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(VII) David Clark, fourth child and sec- ond son of David and Phoebe ( Baird) Perrine, was born at Clarksburg, October 20, 1816, and died July 6, 1888, and is buried at the old Ten- nent churchyard. For his early education he was sent to the schools at Hightstown. When he was fourteen years old he removed to Free- hold, Monmouth county, where he began a business career as a clerk at a salary of $25 a year, with an advance of $10 each succeeding year for six years, at the end of which time he was admitted as a partner in the firm, that of Lippincott Davis & Company. In 1833 he formed a partnership and established the firm of Cowart & Perrine, and in 1852, having dis- solved this partnership, he embarked alone in an independent mercantile enterprise, found- ing an extensive department store which be- came the extensive department store at Free- hold. He also carried on a large milling busi- ness and was actively identified with other business interests of the city, being president of the Freehold Gas Company, and treasurer of the Freehold & Englishtown Turnpike Com- pany. His mill was on the Matchaponix river, in Middlesex county, and he was regarded as the most considerable buyer and shipper of grain in the county. He took an active inter- est in all local improvements, contributed in a
very large measure for the public welfare, and was a generous supporter of the Freehold Presbyterian Church. February 5, 1851, David Clark Perrine married Hannah Matilda, born June 4, 1829, died March 15, 1900, buried at the old Tennent churchyard, daughter of David I. and Mary (Conover) Vanderveer. Of their five children, four are buried at the old Tennent churchyard. Their children were: I. David Vanderveer, referred to below. 2. Will- iam Conover, born April 16, 1855, died May 6, 1856. 3. John Rhea, born May 23, 1857, died March 23, 1861. 4. Mary Conover, born April 17, 1863, died February 5, 1873. 5. Arthur D., born April 28, 1868, died August 13, 1869.
(VIII) David Vanderveer, eldest and sole surviving child of David Clark and Mary ( Vanderveer) Perrine, was born in Freehold, New Jersey, May 25, 1853, and is now living in that place. For his early education he was sent to the public schools of Freehold, and later to the Freehold Institute. In 1873 he entered sophomore class in Princeton College, and was graduated from that institution in 1876, receiving four years later his master's degree. Immediately after completing his col- lege course he took charge of the financial de- partment of his father's store, and was con- nected with the establishment in this way until his father's death in 1888, when he assumed the entire control, and has since become the sole proprietor. His store building is a capa- cious L shaped structure fronting on Main street, where it occupies three lot numbers, and also three lot numbers in the L on South street. It is four stories high, and affords accommodation for an immense stock of gen- eral merchandise, the business having one of the handsomest structures in Freehold. While his mercantile interests necessarily from the enormous size occupy a great deal of Mr. Per- rine's time and attention, he nevertheless finds opportunity to branch out in other directions: of work. He is the owner of a large farm in Monroe township, Middlesex county, on which is a well equipped flouring mill, which he sold in 1894. He is also one of the leading stock- holders in the Freehold Gas Company, and his. wise counsel has proved an important factor in his successful conduct of these various enter- prises. Mr. Perrine is identified with various fraternal and social organizations, being an active and valued member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, of the Sons of the Holland Society of New York, and the Amer- ican Institute of Civics of New York. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, takes a
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deep interest in church work, gives liberally towards the cause of charity and religion, and in December, 1889, was installed as an elder in the church. In politics he is a Democrat, but has never been an aspirant for office. His life has been just and useful, characterized by industry, honesty and justice in his business relations, devotion to the duties of citizenship, and in his social relations his genial disposition and unfailing courtesy have won him high re- gard and gained him many friends. November 29, 1900, Mr. Perrine married Elizabeth Wyck- off, born in Marlboro township, Monmouth county, August 27, 1857, daughter of Elias and Mary Ann (Wyckoff ) Conover.
Daniel Whitehead, of Beek- WHITEHEAD man precinct, Dutchess coun- ty, New York, is the first member of the family, of whom we have definite information. From the history of the families among which he lived it is reasonable to sup- pose that his ancestors formed a part of the emigration from Salem, Massachusetts, through Long Island and Westchester county, New York, into Dutchess and Orange counties, New York.
The earliest record which can be found of him is his marriage in 1760, and the records of tax receipts for 1761-62, and his name in the Dutchess county road book. He married Esther Rogers. Children recorded in the regis- ters of the Brinkerhofville Presbyterian Church in Dutchess county are: I. Jemima, born November, 1761. 2. Thomas, born Sep- tember 16, 1764; served during the American revolution. He removed to Upper Canada and became a prominent Methodist minister and president of the Methodist conference there. 3. Stephen G., referred to below. 4. Jesse, married Phebe Hills, sister to his brother Ste- phen's wife. 5. Henry. 6. Lyman. 7. Daniel Jr. 8. Elizabeth.
(II) Stephen G., son of Daniel and Esthier (Rogers) Whitehead, was born in Beekman precinct, Dutchess county, New York, in 1774. He became converted to Methodism, and be- came a preacher in that denomination. In 1804 he was a farmer at Duanesburg. He dis- posed of his farm and removed to Schenectady, New York, about 1815. He was ordained in 1806 by Bishop Francis Asbury, after which he travelled on what was known as the Dela- ware Circuit. He died in 1822, and was buried in Schenectady. He married, in 1796, Sibil. daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Cobb) Hills. Sibil died in 1832 and was buried beside
her husband. Her grandfather was Ebenezer Hills, a revolutionary soldier and farmer in Duanesburg. Children of Stephen G. and Sibil Hills Whitehead : 1-2. Twins, died in infancy. 3. Samuel Hills Whitehead, died in infancy. 4. Joanna, married Edmund B. Bailey, of Pough- keepsie. 5. Phebe, died unmarried. 6. Charles Herrick, died in infancy. 7. Chancy, emigrated to California. 8. Elizabeth, married Isaac Requa. 9. Angeline. 10. Edmund Bailey, re- ferred to below. II. Deborah Ann, married James Taylor. 12. Willard Willie Whitehead, child died in infancy.
(III) Edmund Bailey, son of Rev. Stephen G. and Sibil Hills Whitehead, was born in Schenectady, New York, January 24, 1819, and died in Newark, New Jersey, December 18, 1899, in the eighty-first year of his age. He resided in Newark for over fifty years, and for eighteen years he was the assistant collector in the department of internal revenue under Presidents Lincoln, Grant and Garfield. He was a member of Oriental Lodge F. and A. M. Three years before his death he and his wife, who survived him, celebrated their golden wed- ding. He married, in 1846, Elizabeth Stains- by, who died December, 1907. Children of Edmund Beebe and Elizabeth (Stainsby) Whitehead: 1. Frederick, died aged seventeen years. 2. Ella, married Frank England, of Ocean Grove, New Jersey ; children : Edward. Hazel, and Clifford England. 3. Annie, mar- ried Thomas G. Post, of Newark; children : Minnie and Elsie Post. 4. Clara Minetta, mar- ried Nestor H. Brewster, of East Orange. 5. Benjamin Stainsby, referred to below. 6. Will- iam T., died age three years. 7. Elizabeth, living unmarried, in Newark, New Jersey. 8. Edmund Hays, died aged three years.
(IV) ,Benjamin Stainsby Whitehead, son of Edmund Bailey and Elizabeth Stainsby White- head, was born in Newark, New Jersey, Janu- ary 24, 1858, and is now living in that city. For his early education he attended the public school, and then after taking a course in a business college he took up the course in chem- istry in the Cooper Institute, New York City After this he learnt the printing business, and in 1873 he started in business for himself, and to-day his business is the largest of its kind in the United States. In politics Mr. Whitehead is a Republican, and from religious conviction he is a member of the Centenary Methodist Church, of which he is one of the trustees. He is a member of the St. John's Chapter, F. and A. M. ; of the Essex Club, the Union Club, North End Club of Newark. the Forest Hill
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Golf Club, and the Automobile and Motor Club of New Jersey. He is a director of the Manufacturers' National Bank of Newark, a trustee of the Centenary Collegiate Institute, president of The Whitehead & Hoag Co., and one of the managers of the Newark Young Men's Christian Association.
He married Fannie M., daughter of George M. and Elizabeth (Smith) Thompson, who was born in Mendham, New Jersey, November 2, 1861. Children of Benjamin Stainsby and Fannie M. (Thompson) Whitehead: 1. Ray- mond Benjamin, born February 22, 1883 ; mar- ried Florence M. Rowe; one child. Muriel, born March 12, 1906. 2. Helen Thompson, born December 3, 1886; married Roy F. An- thony, October 20, 1909.
BLAISDELL The name was originally written Blasdale, Blesdale, Blasdell, as well as in the form here used, and others. The name Blais- dell is derived from the Saxon words Blas-die- val, signifying a "blazed path through the vale," which could be followed through the forest by trees which had been blazed with an axe to guide the traveler. It came from England among the early emigrants, and has spread all over New England and the United States.
(I) Ebenezer Blaisdell, the first member of this family of whom we have definite infor- mation, may have been the grandson of Eben- ezer and Hannah Blaisdell, of Amesbury. He was born in Providence, Rhode Island. He was by trade and occupation a tanner and farmer, conducting these operations in Frank- fort, now Winterport, Maine, where his chil- dren and grandchildren were born, removing there from Kennebunkport, Maine. He mar- ried Annie Ferren, of Kennebunkport, Maine, daughter of a soldier in the revolutionary war, serving with General Washington, and also a participant in the French and Indian war. He was taken captive by the Indians and sold into Canada for twenty-five cents, later was taken to Quebec and finally returned home. Chil- dren: I. Ebenezer Ferren, referred to below. 2. Sarah, married Hiram Morrill; children : Frank and Edward Morrill. 3. Latinus, mar- ried Elizabeth -; children : Charles, Ern- est and Albert.
(II) Ebenezer Ferren, son of Ebenezer and Annie (Ferren) Blaisdell, was born in Frank- fort, now Winterport, Maine, January 30, 1823, died April 29, 1901, at Bradford, Penn- sylvania, at the home of his son. As a boy he assisted in the cultivation of his father's farm,
later learned the trade of tanner, and subse- quently turned his attention to the cooperage business. He married Nancy Chase, born No- vember 30, 1821, died in Brooklyn, New York, January 25, 1900, daughter of a mechanic and Universalist minister who lived between Bald- hill Cove and Winterport, on the Maine coast. Children: I. Walter Ferren, born November 5, 1848; married (first) Nelly Mitchell; (sec- ond) Cordelia Bruce; children: i. Charles Orrin, born June 8, 1879; married, November 21, 1908, Frances Seniza, born in May, 1882; ii. Sarah, born October 15, 1880; married George Bell; children: Walter Blaisdell Bell, born March 12, 1906, William Bell, born May 8, 1910. 2. Mark Lester, married (first) Dora Herman; (second) Caroline Penney ; children, one by first marriage: i. Herbert Chase, born September 4, 1873; married Emma School- master; child, Philo; ii. Mary Lee, born Au- gust 15, 1882; married Lothrop Higgins; iii. Fanny Fern, born December 14, 1888. 3. Frank Louis, referred to below. 4. Joseph William, referred to below. 5. Silas Canada, is a practicing physician of Brooklyn, New York, residing at No. 500 Bedford avenue ; married Ella Fisher. 6. Philo Chase, referred to below. 7. Abraham Lincoln, married Cora Neeley ; children: i. Annie, married Robert Lincoln Grayson ; ii. Florence, married William Lewis ; iii. Kathryn ; iv. Silas ; v. Cora. 8. Ed- ward, married Sarah Harris, who died Novem- ber 27, 1904; child, Eleanor Fisher, born Oc- tober 15, 1900.
(III) Frank Louis, son of Ebenezer Ferren and Nancy (Chase) Blaisdell, was born in Winterport, Maine, November 6, 1851, died in Red Bank, Monmouth county, New Jersey, January 6, 1910. He received his education in the public schools of Winterport, and upon the completion of his studies learned the trade of cooper. He came to New York City and enter- ed the employ of the Havemeyer Sugar Refin- ing Company, working as a cooper, and also filling contracts in kindling wood. He finally abandoned this occupation in order to enter into partnership with his brothers, Walter Fer- ren, Joseph William and Philo Chase, under the firm name of Blaisdell Brothers, and in January, 1893, they organized the Standard Wood Company of New Jersey, which corpo- ration has various branches in the state of Pennsylvania, and consumes one hundred and seventy-five thousand cords of wood annually, which is cut up into kindling wood and sold in all the large cities of the eastern part of the United States. The brothers, in 1877, under
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the name of Blaisdell Brothers, engaged in the kindling wood business, making and patenting their own machines and thoroughly systema- tizing the business, which proved a most profit- able investment. The brothers were also mem- bers of the firm of Curtis & Blaisdell, which was incorporated in 1908 as the Curtis-Blais- dell Company, with main office and depot at 56th and 57th streets and East river, with depots and offices at 119th street and East river, 96th street and North river, 337 Water street, 40th street and North river, 90 West street, 100 Washington street, and 503 Grand street, Jersey City, New Jersey. They had a ship tonnage of three thousand tons, and in 1908 the tonnage had increased to one million one hundred thousand tons; they devised and put into operation the first steam shovel and- the first coal scow to hoist, load and unload coal used in America. The Blaisdell Brothers, in connection with coal and wood business, en- gaged in the widow glass trade, which they sold to an excellent advantage to the United States Glass Company. They also owned a gas supplying business which they sold to the Standard Oil Company. They still conduct the Blaisdell Machine Company at Bradford, Pennsylvania, where they manufacture air compressors and engines used in house clean- ing plants familiarly known as the vacuum process. 'The brothers are also largely inter- ested in southern pine and cypress, owning large tracts of timber lands in the southern and gulf states. Frank L. Blaisdell was a member of the Order of Free and Accepted Masons of New Jersey, and was a Democrat in politics.
He married, in Brooklyn, New York, Sep- tember 13, 1877, Margaret, born in New York City, October 23, 1852, daughter of Frederick Charles and Margaret (Ludwig) Fenter, the former of whom was born July 22, 1826, died June 17, 1901, and the latter born March 8, 1821, died September 18, 1865. Children of Frederick C. and Margaret (Ludwig) Fenter : I. Margaret, referred to below. 2. Carolyn, born July 31, 1855, died June 26, 1890; mar- ried Charles Rowe. 3. Kathryn, born Novem- ber 27, 1857, died February 23, 1901, unmar- ried. 4. Frederick Charles Jr., born May 24, 1860. Children of Frank Louis and Margaret (Fenter) Blaisdell: I. Joseph Fenter, born July 27, 1878; married, November 21, 1907, Lelia Morgan, born May II, 1883. 2. Alice, born January 3, 1880; married William Mar- tin Thompson, born September 7, 1878; child, William Martin Thompson, Jr., born
January 6, 1908. 3. Nancy, born Febru- ary 10, 1883 ; married Richard Chesman Hack- staff, born September 3, 1881. 4. Margaret, born January 23, 1885. 5. Freen Frank, born December 13, 1886. 6. Carolyn, born July 30, 1891.
(III) Joseph William, son of Ebenezer Fer- ren and Nancy (Chase) Blaisdell, was born in Winterport, Maine, May II, 1854, and is now living in New York City. After completing his studies in the public schools, he learned the trade of cooper and is now head of the firm of Blaisdell Brothers, mentioned fully above. He married, in Brooklyn, New York, Septem- ber 25, 1883, Rebecca, born in Brooklyn, Sep- tember 21, 1858, died June 17, 1906, daughter of David and Rebecca (Swasey) Bruce. Chil- dren : I. Jean Bruce, born November 7, 1886: married Edward J. Boyd; child, Edward J. Jr., born April 11, 1910. 2. David Bruce, born December 13, 1889. 3. Maud Bruce, born March 1, 1892.
( III) Philo Chase, son of Ebenezer Ferren and Nancy (Chase) Blaisdell, was born in Winterport, Maine, March 30, 1858, and is now living in New York City. Like his brothers, he attended the public schools and learned the trade of cooper. He entered the employ of Havemeyer & Elder, sugar refiners, April 16, 1873, and subsequently joined his brothers in the organization of the firm of Blaisdell Brothers, mentioned above. Mr. Blaisdell is a member of the Order of Free and Accepted Masons and of the Zem Zem Temple. He mar- ried, in Winterport, Maine, April 24, 1884, Sarah Frances, daughter of Enoch and Han- nah (Cole) Grant. Children : 1. Ella Fisher, born June 6, 1886; married William Cullen Bryant ; child, George Blaisdell Bryant, born August 5, 1909. 2. Ada W., born July 7, 1888; married Howard D. Yates ; child, Walter Blais- dell Yates, born October 1I, 1909. 3. Walter G., born February 6, 1893. 4. George Grant, born June 6, 1895.
The Yard family is of Norman YARD origin, and accompanied William the Conqueror into England, where they established themselves at Yard, near Marl- borough, county Devon. One proof of the antiquity of the family is that there has issued nineteen or twenty generations in the direct line, whose fruit is also seen in many fine spreading branches it has yielded at Bradley, Brusbur, Whitney and Exeter. Their arms have been used by the American branch as of right belonging to them, being engraved on an
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old seal which is said to have been brought over to this country more than two hundred years ago, and now in the possession of the family. This coat-of-arms was created in 1442.
The direct ancestor of the New Jersey branch was Richard Yard, one of the high sheriffs of county Devon. Two, possibly three of his descendants, brothers, Joseph and Will- iam, emigrated to America about 1687. The exact relation of these two to Thomas Yard, of Cohansey, who died in 1695, is not yet defi- nitely known, probably he was either a brother or cousin. Joseph Yard settled in Philadel- phia, where he died in 1715, possessed of a large landed estate, part of which was a town lot on Third street. He and his brother's de- scendants took prominent parts in the French and Indian wars and in the revolution, and their names are enrolled among those of the founders and early worshippers of the early Presbyterian institutions of Philadelphia and Trenton.
(I) William Yard, founder of the branch at present under consideration, died December 8, 1744, his will, dated February 12, 1742, being proved July 4, 1745. Until about 1710 he lived with his brother Joseph in Philadel- phia, where three of his children were baptized between 1707 and 1709. He then removed to Trenton, then called Hopewell, where in the minutes of the Presbyterian church, Septem- ber 27, 17II, it is recorded, "Upon the desire of the people of Maidenhead and Hopewell, signified by William Yard, for our assisting them in getting a minister, it was agreed that in case the people of Maidenhead and Hope- well are not engaged with Mr. Sacket, they use all opportunities they have for a speedy supply, and apply themselves to the neighbor- ing ministers for assistance in getting a min- ister for them." April 1, 1712, William Yard purchased from Mahlon Stacy Jr., two acres on Second (now State) street, extending to the Assunpink creek, and between King (now Warren ) and Queen (now Broad) streets. He built his residence on Front street, near the intersection of that street with Broad. The homestead lot was thirty-five feet front and the same in depth. Here he kept a public house called the "Ligonier, or Black Horse," which was taken down in 1889. Later he purchased other large portions of land, and when the time came for the final naming of the town it was a serious question for quite a little while as to whether the name should be Yards-town or Trents-town. Until 1719 the courts of Hun- terdon county were held alternately at the
house of William Yard, in Trenton, and the house of A. Heath. In March, 1720, the court appointed his house as the rendezvous where the public house keepers and the justices and freeholders were to meet in order to receive and issue licenses. For many years the clerk of the court was William Yard. By his wife Mary, who died in 1747, he had seven children : I. Jethro, died December, 1760, without issue. 2. Joseph, baptized in First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, February 21, 1707, died January or June, 1764; married Anne, daugh- ter of John Dangworth ; left issue. 3. Mary, baptized Philadelphia, February 21, 1707 ; mar- ried, January, 1728, Henry Mershon ; had issue. 4. William Jr., baptized in Philadelphia, May IO, 1709, died August 19, 1760 ; married, Sep- tember, 1746, Mary Peace, of Trenton; had Isaiah, Elijah and Mary. 5. John, referred to below. 6. Benjamin, born 1714, died 1808; married Ann, daughter of Robert Pearson, of Burlington county. 7. Elizabeth, baptized at Hopewell, September 13, 1715; married Mor- ris Justice.
(II) John, son of William and Mary Yard, died in 1763 or 1765. September, 1732, he married (first) Jane Ward; children: Isaac. referred to below ; William, said to have died unmarried. By his second wife, Hannah Oak- ley, he had: Thomas; Achsah, born in 1744, died October 2, 1823, married Samuel Baller- jean, and had Henry, Benjamin, John, Samuel, Thomas, Daniel, Hannah, and Sarah; Benja- min ; David, or Daniel.
(III) Isaac, eldest child of John and Jane (Ward) Yard, died January 1, 1819. He married Mary, sister to George Ely, of Tren- ton; children: Isaac; Benjamin, referred to below; William; Jane ; John.
(IV) Benjamin, second child of Isaac and Mary (Ely) Yard, was born April 12, 1679, and died September 9, 1832. On the occasion of General Washington's triumphal entry into Trenton on his way to his inauguration as first president of the United States, the triumphal arch under which he passed while being wel- comed by the matrons and maids of the city was erected the day before by workmen in charge of Benjamin Yard; and his wife's sis- ter, Miss Mary C. Keen, was one of the thir- teen young ladies who represented the thirteen new states, and strewed flowers in the path of the "Conquering Hero." Benjamin Yard mar- ried Priscilla, born September 29, 1771, died December 28, 1852, daughter of Jacob Keen, of Trenton, a gallant soldier of the revolu- tionary war. Children : Isaac, born March 14,
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1791, died December 21, 1822; Edward, born January 19, 1793 ; Jacob Keen, born March II, 1795, died November 21, 1822; John, born January 6, 1798; Charles Cox, born May 15, 1800; Joseph Ashton, referred to below ; Ben- jamin, born October 29, 1806, died October 22, 1847, married Mary, daughter of Barna- bas and Mary (Cart) Davis; Mary D., born August 7, 1810; Wilson H., born January 27, 1813, died September 16, 1818; William.
(V) Joseph Ashton, sixth child and son of Benjamin and Priscilla (Keen) Yard, was born March 23, 1802, and died October 17, 1878. He studied medicine in Philadelphia, but afterwards, with his brother Charles, took up his brother Jacob Keen's business of manu- facturing brushes, in which branch of industry he built up a large trade. At the outbreak of the cholera epidemic in 1832 he devoted him- self largely to alleviating the sufferings of the sick. In 1835, business reverses over which he had no control, caused his failure, and he started afresh that same year as the keeper of the New Jersey state prison, and for the four subsequent years, 1836 to 1840, was superintendent of the new prison. At the end of this time he had established himself in a business which rendered him independent. Until the outbreak of the Mexican war he was one of the inspectors of the New York custom house, and he then became captain in the Tenth United States Infantry, raising the first company of that regiment. He served with distinction in the war, and was publicly thanked by one of the Mexican governors for his humanity to the townspeople. After the war he was elected to the New York assembly, and was chairman of the committee on state prisons. He was next appointed warden of the new Syracuse penitentiary, and then in- spector in the New York custom-house until 1861. He then, anticipating a call for troops, called for volunteers and raised the first com- pany either raised in the state or mustered into service. It was called the "Olden Guards," and was attached to the Third New Jersey militia, in General Runyon's brigade, being designated as Company A, and being the first company from the north to occupy Virginia soil. Being honorably discharged at the end of his term of enlistment, he raised another company to oppose Lee's invasion of Penn- sylvania, and after the war he removed from Trenton to Farmingdale, Monmouth county, where he spent the remainder of his life. He was a zealous Methodist and temperance reformer and, became well-known throughout
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