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October 17, 1908; ii. Caroline, born December 15, 1826; died January 5, 1902 ; iii. Lucy, born February 27, 1829 ; married George Woodman ; married (second) Mary Frank, who bore him: iv. Frederick F .; v. Eugene H., born 1852; died February 26, 1881. 9. Jabez Pierson, born September II, 1799; died June 30, 1877. IO. Betsy (Elizabeth), born December 10, 1802; died March 20, 1882; married (first) Joseph Manners; (second) Morris Tillou; (third) Daniel Beach.
(IV) Henry, son of John Durand, was born at Jefferson Village, South Orange, New Jer- sey, now Maplewood, November 2, 1780; died there August 10, 1846. He was reared on the homestead of his father, attending school in the little old wooden district schoolhouse until he could read and write, which was at about the age of twelve. As a boy, after completing his schooling, he pegged shoes for Henry Lock- wood two years, and at the age of fourteen went to New York, where his brother, Asher B. Durand, was an engraver. Here Henry learned the art of watch-making in parts, work- ing on wheels, pinions, and various parts of the movements, also in making silversmith's products. He remained here about five years, then returned to the parental roof and follow- ed his trade. After his marriage, in 1805, he received enough land from his father to erect a homestead of his own with the assistance of his brothers and father. In the rear room of his house he erected his workshop with a stone for grinding watch crystals, etc., and where he worked and devoted his entire life to the trade of jeweler and watchmaker. His expert work- manship brought him trade from miles around, and he was known all over the state for his skill. In 1812 he enlisted in the war, serving three years as private and fifer, and was sta- tioned on Staten Island. His military ac- coutrements remained in the family for many years. His homestead, on Ridgwood road, Maplewood, is now owned by Hatch. He was fond of hunting, and in disposition was very jovial and full of mirth. He was noted for his jollity, a great wag, and was greatly beloved by the neighboring children. He played the violin. He was an ardent Whig, and a Free Mason in his early days in New York. His wife, Electa Durand, after her parents' death, when she was a very small child, was bound out to the father of "Trim" Brown, with whose family she lived for a time, and she worked in the mill at wool pick- ing. She became a very capable woman and noted for her good cooking. She spun, wove
the garments for her family, and was a mem- ber of the Baptist church.
He married, July 18, 1805, Electa Baldwin, born January 1, 1783; died October 18, 1865. Children: I. William Baldwin, born April 14, 1806, died September 6, 1822. 2. Rachel Meyer, born February 14, 1808; died August 17, 1890; married (first), in 1828, Henry Lockwood, and had two children: i. Mary, born May 30, 1829; died January 27, 1870; married, Sep- tember 30, 1855, Elisha M. Smith, and had two children : Myron August, born September 28. 1856, died October 13, 1886, and Lydia May, born May 27, 1862; died May 30, 1864; ii. Henry, born 1831; married (second) Richard Terhune. 3. Theodore Ross, born June 26, 1810; died March 3, 1837 ; married Ellen Car- roll; one child, Theodore, born October I, 1833; died February 18, 1905 ; married, April 27, 1857, Emily Finehow. 4. James Madison, mentioned below. 5. Cornelia, born February 22, 1816; died November 28, 1907; married, December 1, 1833, Marquis De Lafayette Ball ; children: i. Phebe Angeline, born December 30, 1834; died November 16, 1836; ii. George Oscar, born October 22, 1836; died same day ; iii. Electa Annie, born November 1, 1837 ; mar- ried, September II, 1867, Orrin Ward, and had four children: Frederick Elizur, born Au- gust 20, 1868; married, September 3, 1894; Lillian Magovern, and had two children, Ray- mond Clarence, born May 23, 1898, and Ruth Electa, born September 13, 1900; Nelson Orrin, born July 31, 1871 ; Helen Electa, born April 5, 1876; Rulison Ambrose, born Novem- ber 10, 1878; died February 3, 1882; iv. Fran- ces Angeline, born July 13, 1840; married, May 20, 1863, Alexander Smith; children : Harry Winslow, born April 20, 1865 ; married, September 20, 1884, Annie Taylor, and had three children: Mark Winslow, born August 2, 1885; Angie Durand, born May 13, 1888; Bessie Louisa, born January 11, 1893; the other two children of Frances Angeline and Alexander Smith : Cornelia Angeline, born November 12, 1871; died September 3, 1898; and Marcus Beach, born June 29, 1877 ; died February 20, 1884; v. Jane Elizabeth, born September 27, 1842; married, November 7, 1866, Charles F. Mackenzie, and had four chil- dren: Fanny Ball, born July 26, 1867 ; mar- ried, May 9, 1889, Edward Baldwin, and had a son, Nelson, born December 31, 1890 ; Charles Frederick, born January 17, 1871; Jennie Pierce, born May 12, 1877 ; married, Septem- ber 3, 1896, Charles Jay Becker, and had two children, Austin Paul, born November 15, 1900,
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and Frederick Jay, born December 14, 1904; Alexander Smith, born April 12, 1880; mar- ried, August 2, 1902, May Tuttle, and had three children: Chester Alexander, born June 24, 1903 ; Marcus Ball, born August 19, 1905, and Royal, born August 9, 1907; vi. Mary Amanda, born November 27, 1844; married, August 11, 1870, Joseph A. Smith; six chil- dren : Mary Cornelia, born November 17, 1870 ; married, October 3, 1890, Frank H. Tay- lor, and had three sons: Howard W., born July 3, 1891 ; died May 22, 1904; Harry Au- gustus, born February 8, 1894; Frances Dur- and, born July 11, 1905 ; the other children of Mary Amanda and Joseph A. Smith: Olive Booth, born July 20, 1872; died May 1, 1874; Delmar Bunnell, born July 2, 1875; Olive Eu- dora, born January 28, 1882; married, June 19, 1905, Frederick Welker, and had a daugh- ter, Marion Hildgrade, born September 26, 1906; Gertrude Elburtis, born April 25, 1885 ; Ezekiel Beach, born May 11, 1888; vii. John Henry, born December 14, 1848; married, July 26, 1868, Annie King, and had two children: Frank, born April 2, 1871; married, October 18, 1899, Hannah Latham; Nellie, born De- cember 31, 1873 ; married, November 26, 1891, Thomas Amis, and had three children: Lur- etta Cornelia, born August 4, 1893; George Williams, born February 7, 1898, and Dorothy Ellen, born March 28, 1905 ; married (second) September 6, 1881, Marie Barrot, and had chil- dren: Mark, born July 26, 1882; Conzuelo, born December 12, 1884; married, October 31, 1902, Frank Foulk, and had a daughter Elea- nor, born February, 1906; Aimee, born May 25, 1886; married (third), November 26, 1900, Belle Moore; viii. Howard Winslow, born Au- gust 21, 1854; died August 20, 1856. 6. George, born May 4, 1819; died September 2, 1822. 7. Lydia Elizabeth, born July 30, 1823; died Sep- tember 21, 1863; married, 1843, John Craw- ford; children: i. John Durand, born 1844; died 1856; ii. Robert Henry, born August 9, 1846 ; married, November 6, 1865, Jennie Sipp ; two children: William, born April 4, 1870, and Lotta, born 1873 ; married Thomas Ricol- ton, and had two children, Robert and Helen. 8. William Baldwin, born September 2, 1828; died September 1, 1889; married, November 5. 1862, Jennie Thompson ; children : i. Blanche, born July 18, 1863 ; died October 26, 1864; ii. Allen, born August 1I, 1865; married (first), October 6, 1890, Grace Eichorn, and had a daughter, Dorothy ; married (second), Decem- ber 21, 1901, Sarah Watson; children: Jean and Jeanett, twins, born July 22, 1905 ; iii. Nel-
son Crawford, born June 28, 1872; married, October 21, 1901, Elizabeth Parmely ; children : Louise, born January 3, 1903 ; Margaret, born July 5, 1904.
(V) James Madison, son of Henry Durand, was born at South Orange, New Jersey, in the Cherry Hill district, as then known, March 20, 1813 ; died at the Westminster Hotel, New York City, August 9, 1895. He was brought up on his father's homestead, and was one of a family of eleven children, gaining an education in the nearby district school. He was early apprenticed to the trade of jeweler, which he served until he became of age, and for a number of years worked at his trade as journeyman for Major Baldwin, a prominent watchcase maker on Walnut street, Newark, and for whom he named his son, Wickliff Bald- win Durand. In 1848 -he became one of the pioneers in the great jewelry manufacturing industry of Newark. He was a thorough, conscientious workman and was exacting in his work, and as an adept in every branch of the art of manufacture he was not only the proper man to found such a business but be- came the very one who was to succeed in the undertaking from the start. He brought his sons up in the same channel of the business and they acquired consummate skill in all its branches. His eldest son, Henry, who died in recent years, was a master in the art of making jewelry, and the others had their particular place in the great enterprise. To the founder of the Durand house is due an honored name. He was first among his equals, and the results of his sound judgment, energy and probity of character will remain a monument for years to come. During his long and active business life Mr. Durand found time to take part in the business affairs of his city, and about 1865 served three terms as the Republican alderinan of the old ninth ward. He numbered among his personal friends the leading business and professional men of Newark and held their esteem and friendship as long as he lived. He was at one time president of the Merchants' National Bank and was one of the chief fac- tors in making that institution what it is to-day. He made during his business career thirty-five round trips to Europe to purchase diamonds and study new styles in jewelry, and was well known in London. He was an expert angler and fond of fishing trips, becoming a regular visitor to Greenwood Lake.
Mr. Durand married, 1833, Sarah Ann, born April 29, 1815, died March 24, 1886, daughter of John and Sarah Carroll; children : I. Ange-
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line, born 1833; died March 8, 1874; married Frederick Warner; children: Caroline, mar- ried (first) - Harmon ; (second) --; Thomas ; Joseph. 2. Henry, born 1834; died December 8, 1880 ; married Charlotte Bragaw, died July 27, 1895; children : i. Charlotte, married John Fletcher; children: Durand, Lucien, Constance; ii. James Madison. 3. Celia, born 1836 : married (first) James Hunt- ing ; (second) John J. Clark. 4. Wickliff Bald- win, mentioned below. 5. James, born Sep- tember 28, 1843 ; died aged one year six months seven days. 6. Wallace, mentioned below. 7. Frank, born December 29, 1847; died Janu- ary 13, 1885. 8. Sally, born April 25, 1858; married ex-Governor Henry C. Warmoth, of Lawrence, Louisiana; four children: Frank Sheridan, born October, 1878; Henry, died young ; Reinette; Lester, born 1885; Carroll Kenneth, born 1889.
(VI) Wickliff Baldwin, second son of James Madison Durand, was born in Broad street, Newark, New Jersey, September 28, 1841 ; died at Millburn, New Jersey, December 15, 1906. He was reared in his father's home, Broad street, near Kinney, and attended the boarding school conducted by Mr. Francis at Bloomfield during his youth. He was greatly devoted to his home, and finally through home- sickness returned to Newark to the parental roof and attended the old celebrated Newark Academy, then conducted by Nathan Hedges. When about eighteen years of age he entered his father's employ as clerk and salesman in the New York office, then at No. 9 Maiden Lane. Mr. Durand, while possessing the taste of the family, early developed remarkable busi- ness capacity and introduced a novelty of method into the business which had previously been lacking. It was said of him that he was the first manufacturing jeweler to have visited the retailers with goods for sale. Previous to that retailers called upon the manufacturers or the business was done through jobbers. He learned the business from beginning to end and became a practical manufacturer as well as a practical salesman. He became an expert through his knowledge of diamonds and one of the best in New York City, where he was well known in the trade. At the time of the senior Durand's retirement from the business, about 1882, his sons took the affairs to conduct. The firm had always made a specialty of fine and artistic jewelry, and many of the finest speci- mens of American handiwork were exhibited in the cases of leading jewelers of New York and other large cities, and the firm supplied
the leading jewelry house of Tiffany & Com- pany. For a number of years the late Charles I .. Tiffany, the head of that house, was con- nected in the Durand firm, also the late Joseph G. Ward, whose son also became active in the present company. The firm of Durand & Company was established over sixty years ago and embraced the senior member, who was also founder of the business, with his sons, Henry, Wickliff B., Wallace and Frank Durand. The Durands were an artistic family, and several members besides these were connected with the jewelry business and were noted artists, the most famous being Asher B. Durand, the celebrated scenic artist, many of his noteworthy and renowned work being American mountain views and numerous other subjects. He died September 17, 1886, at the venerable age of ninety years. Wallace Durand, brother of Wickliff B., is now the president of the com- pany. Mr. Durand showed great energy in all the business relating to the manufacture and sale of jewelry, and during his period of activ- ity its prosperity was remarkable. He resided for many years on Broad street, Newark, and was a noted host, entertaining with unstinted liospitality. He was fond of horses and main- tained the most expensive equipment in New- ark. He was an expert whip and drove a tan- dem and four-in-hand frequently, displaying great skill. After his retirement from busi- ness, about 1891, he passed his remaining years on his estate at Millburn or old Short Hills, New Jersey. He was a ready wit, fond of social life, and possessed a most kindly and amiable disposition. For years he was an at- tendant of Trinity Episcopal Church at New- ark. He was a staunch Republican and served his city on its board of aldermen. He was a member of the Essex Club.
Mr. Durand married, at Newark, New Jer- sey, February 15, 1865, Jane Augusta, born September 29, 1842, daughter of Alva Burr and Prudence (Cheney) Taylor, of New York City. Alva B. Taylor was a manufacturer of printing presses in New York City. Children : I. Harry, born December 24, 1865, mentioned below. 2. Jane, born December 20, 1867 ; un- married. 3. Grace, born September 8, 1869 ; married, June 26, 1896, Henry Billings, Dor- rance, of Providence, Rhode Island; children : i. Lockwood, born October 18, 1905; ii. Nancy, born August 20, 1908. 4. Beatrice, born July 24, 1874, died September 2, 1874. 5. Marie Louise, born March 15, 1876; married, March 2, 1906, Carlos Manuel Eche Verria.
(VII) Harry, eldest son of Wickliff Bald-
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win and Jane Augusta ( Taylor) Durand, was born in Newark, New Jersey, December 24, 1865. He was graduated at the Newark Acad- emy in 1882, and began his business life with Durand & Company, as clerk, and he learned the business thoroughly under the tuition of his father. In 1892, when the business was in- corporated as Durand & Company, he became secretary of this corporation, and in 1903 was appointed secretary and treasurer, which posi- tions he held in 1910. His other business affili- ations are with the Wilkinson Gaddis Com- pany as director ; Merchants' National Bank as director; Irvington National Bank as di- rector ; Irvington Building & Loan Association as president ; Manufacturing Jewelers' Asso- ciation of Newark as secretary. He is a mem- ber of the Essex Club and of the Essex Coun- try Club. His religious affiliation is with Trin- ity Protestant Episcopal Church of the diocese of Newark. He married, November 4, 1891, Blanche Earl, daughter of Elias Ackerson and Alice Blanche (Earl) Wilkinson. Children, born in Newark : 1. Prudence Earl, November 8, 1892. 2. Harry Jr., January 30, 1898. 3. Elias Robert, June 14, 1902.
(VI) Wallace Durand, son of James Madi- son Durand (q. v.), was born at Newark, New Jersey, March 4, 1846. He early attended a private school at Newark, subsequently taking a course in Frames Boarding School at Bloom- field, New Jersey, which was supplemented by a course in the Newark Academy and Blairs- town Presbyterian Academy. He studied abroad and completed his studies at Geneva. Switzerland. After returning to his native city, he entered as an apprentice with Durand, Carter & Company, manufacturing jewelers. at Newark, and after completing his appren- ticeship worked as a journeyman up to 1869, when the firm of Durand & Company was formed, comprising James M. Durand. his sons, Wickliff B. and Wallace Durand, and Joseph G. Ward, Wallace Durand having charge of the manufacturing end of the business. In 1892 the firm of Durand & Company was in- corporated under New Jersey laws; Wallace Durand was elected president, Joseph G. Ward, vice-president, and Harry Durand, secretary and treasurer; Mr. Ward subsequently died and his son, Harry C. Ward, was elected to fill that office. The house of Durand & Company manufacture every variety of solid gold jewelry and precious jewel work, their product being the very highest class on the market. Mr. Durand personally superintends to the manu- facturing end of the business and represents
the company's interests in New York City. The house has an extensive patronage through- out the United States and Canada and are represented in Paris and London. Mr. Dur- and is a veteran of the civil war, having served in Company F, Second New Jersey Volunteers, in Pennsylvania emergency service. He was in reserve within twenty miles of Gettysburg during that memorable action, having been en- camped at Charlottsburg, Shippensburg and Harrisburg, as a reserve in case of a Rebel invasion into Pennsylvania. In his political views Mr. Durand is a strict Republican in every sense, though he has never accepted office in the gift of the people. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, affiliating with Kane Lodge, No. 55, Free and Accepted Masons, joining November 4, 1868. He was exalted in Harniony Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, No- vember 26, 1875; was knighted in Damascus Commandery, No. 5, Knights Templar, March 30, 1876; was a member of Mecca Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, at New York, and when Salaam Temple was organized he became one of its charter members. He is a member of Essex County Country Club and the New Jersey Automobile and Motor Club. Mr. Durand and members of his family are communicants of Trinity Episcopal Church at Newark, where he has served as vestryman.
Mr. Durand married in Trinity Church, Newark, New Jersey, November 16, 1869, Anna M., born July 3, 1848, daughter of James Harvey and Harriet ( Halsey ) Halsey. James H. Halsey was a manufacturer of leather, and served his city in the office of alderman. Chil- dren: I. Halsey, born September 7, 1870; mentioned below. 2. Helen, born October 3, 1876. 3. Sara Carroll, born April 27, 1879; married, October 7, 1902, Dr. Edward Blair Sutphen, son of Dr. Theron Yoeman and Sarah Locke (Vail) Sutphen. Child, Wallace Durand Sutphen, born August 13, 1903.
(VII) Halsey, son of Wallace Durand, was born at Newark, New Jersey, September 7, 1870. His elementary educational training began in Miss Craven's private school and this was supplemented by a course in the Newark Academy under Dr. Samuel A. Farrand up to 1887, when he graduated, and shortly after- ward entered Princeton College, taking special courses in chemistry. He received the degree of B. S. in class of 1891. He subsequently established a laboratory in the Durand & Com- pany's factory, performing much of the chem- ical work of the jewelry business, assaying,
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analysis, electrical metalogy and photography. He also was engaged in much outside work in chemistry, &c. In 1893 he entered the employ of the New York City Health Department, where he was appointed assistant chemist and inspector, remaining in that office nine years, since which time he has held office of first assistant chemist under Chief Chemist J. P. Atkinson. Mr. Durand is a member of Trinity Episcopal Church at Newark, and is a Repub- lican in politics. He is a member of the Prince- ton Club of New York City, University Cottage Club of Princeton, Baltusrol Golf Club of Short Hills, New Jersey, Salamagundi Club, a social club of New York artists, and was formerly a member of Society of Chemical Industry of London.
Lewis Mitchell, the first MITCHELL member of this family of whom we have definite in- formation, was born about 1793, and being left an orphan at an early age was adopted by a family in East Orange. He was probably a descendant of Jacob Mitchell, of Elizabeth- town, who died intestate in 1730, leaving, it is believed, a son Daniel and a daughter Mary. It is also supposed that Jacob's father was James, son of Matthew Mitchell, who in 1635 emigrated to America from England and the following year removed from Charlestown, Massachusetts, to Saybrook, and after remov- ing first to Wethersfield and then to Stamford, finally joined the New Haven colony, and died in 1645. Through his marriage Lewis Mitchell came into possession of a part of the old Peck farm and homestead property in East Orange, situated on Main street, and here in 1738 he built a house near the old Peck homestead. He was a thrifty prosperous farmer and a man of influence in the community. He married Mary Ann, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Hedden) Peck (see Peck). Children : I. Aaron Peck, referred to below. 2. George Lewis, born August 9, 1831, died March 29, 1891 ; married Joanna Wyckoff, daughter of Isaac and Jane (Wyckoff ) Collins. 3. Mary T., married Joseph I. Kirby, of Brooklyn.
(II) Aaron Peck, son of Lewis and Mary Ann ( Peck) Mitchell, was born on Main street, East Orange, near the present Greenwood ave- nue, July 3, 1829, on the farm purchased by his mother, and when quite young moved with his parents to their new home on Main street, near the present Maple avenue. After preparing for college at the school of Mr. Williams, which in its day was celebrated as one of the
best in the country, and where he had for a classmate Dr. William Pierson, he entered Madison University with the intention of tak- ing a course in medicine, but his health giving way he was obliged to leave during the sopho- more year. Returning to East Orange he started a dairy farm, which he carried on suc- cessfully for a number of years, and having acquired from his parents a large tract of land, he was one of the first to take advantage of the upward movement in real estate which began as the result of increased railroad accom- modation that made Orange a convenient suburb to New York. He was a man of broad ideas and large hearted liberality, favored every public improvement, and was actively connected with all the great enterprises which had for their object the development of East Orange. He was one of the chief promoters of the system of macadamized roads, some of which passed through his own property and all of which he improved and beautified. He encouraged the planting of shade trees, and was earnest in every endeavor to make the locality an attractive one for suburban homes. Among the streets and avenues which he and his brother were instrumental in opening, were Pulaski, Steuben and William streets, and Cen- tral, North and South Maple, Arlington, Green- wood and Ninth avenues, most of which pass- ed through his own or his brother's property. He opened Grove street, south of Main, and on it he erected the beautiful homestead, where he lived for many years. He was one of the founders and chief promoters of the First Congregational Church of East Orange, and before his death, December 28, 1893, he was permitted to witness the fruition of his hopes and the completion of his labors in one of the most prosperous religious organizations and one of the finest church edifices in all the Oranges. During the early struggles of the congregation, when the expenses often exceed- ed the income from all sources, he and his brother and a few others made up the annual deficits ; and he was not only one of the largest contributors to the building fund, but as a member of the building committee, he can- vassed other churches and individuals for miles around, soliciting subscriptions, and his win- ning, persuasive, and yet persistent manner, opened their hearts, as well as the pockets of all those with whom he came in contact. He was an ardent Republican, but he had a rooted dislike to "politics," and although frequently solicited to do so, he could never be induced to accept an appointive office. At one time
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