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(II) Charles P., eldest child of Charles and Martha ( Miller) Bugless, was born in Middle- town, Delaware county, Pennsylvania, Decem- ber 24, 1809. He was a pupil in the public schools of Middletown, and became a clerk when sixteen years of age, and subsequently learned the trade of tailor, in which trade he became an expert cutter and fitter. He next went into the grocery trade on his own account in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and continued the business for two years, when he sold out and went upon a farm in Chester county, Penn- sylvania, and remained in that occupation for five years. He next worked upon a farm in Delaware county, Pennsylvania, and in 1869 located in Burlington county, New Jersey, where he was a farmer during the remainder of his life. While in Pennsylvania he went to the Friends meeting, but on removing to Bur- lington county, New Jersey, joined the Baptist church. He was a member of the Sons of Tem- perance, and his wife of the Daughters of Temperance, both working in the same suborbi- nate division. His political faith was in the principles of the Republican party. He was married, about 1832, to Anna Elizabeth, daugh- ter of Thomas and Catharine ( Barrows ) Hyde.
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born in Manchester, England, September 20, 18II. Children, born in Delaware county, Pennsylvania: I. Thomas, about 1834. 2. John Davis (q. v.). 3. Azariah, about 1836. 4. Mary Elizabeth, about 1838; lives in Bur- lington. 5. Katharine, about 1844; married George W. Barker, of Boston, Massachusetts. 6. Rebecca, 1846 ; lives in Burlington ; has been president of Woman's Christian Temperance Union twenty years. 7. Hannah, twin of Re- becca , married John D. Antrim, of Burling- ton, a farmer. The mother of these children died in Burlington county, New Jersey, 1902.
(III) John Davis Beugless, second son of Charles P. and Anna Elizabeth (Hyde) Bug- less, was born in Middletown, Delaware coun- ty, Pennsylvania, October 18, 1836. He was educated in the public schools of Middletown and Chester, Pennsylvania, in 1848 attended the Friends' school in Chester, and in 1852 went to Greenwood Dell boarding school. In 1854 was for a short time a drug clerk, but went with his father in the grocery trade, meantime attending the grammar and high school of Philadelphia. After leaving school he took a position in the American Baptist Publishing Society as retail salesman and packer, and while in this concern decided to study for the Baptist ministry. With that end in view he entered Bucknell University, Lewis- burg, Pennsylvania, in September, 1856, and worked his way through college, graduating A. B. 1860, and was ordained to the Baptist ministry at Pawtuxet, Rhode Island. His first and last charge in the Baptist church was inter- rupted by the civil war and his appointment as chaplain of the Second Rhode Island Volun- teer Regiment, February 1I, 1863. He re- ceived his commission from the governor Sep- tember 14, 1863, and at the battle of the Wil- derness, May 5, 1864, he was shot through the arm, and for the work done by him that day he was offered command of a battalion. His wound, however, caused him to be taken by an army wagon with wounded comrades to Washington, and on being released from the hospital, convalescent, he was mustered out of the Second Rhode Island Volunteers, and June 19, 1864, was nominated for chaplain in the United States navy, appointed by President Lincoln, July 2, 1864, and his appointment was confirmed by the senate. He was assigned to the frigate "Susquehanna," and that vessel was ordered to report off Fort Fisher, North Caro- lina, and he was a witness of the bombardment of that Confederate stronghold at both of the assaults made, the unsuccessful one of Decem-
ber 24, 1864, and the successful one of Janu- ary 16, 1865, when the fort was captured with all its equipment through the determined opera- tions of both the navy and army. He was in Washington, D. C. March 4, 1865, and wit- nessed the second inauguration of President Lincoln, and after the close of the war the "Susquehanna" was ordered on the South At- lantic station. February 2, 1867, he was order- ed to report at the United States navy yard, Mare Island, California, and he made the jour- ney to his post by way of the Isthmus of Pana- ma, having been detached from the "Susque- hanna" June 30, 1866. After three years serv- ice at the navy yard he was detached June 3, 1870, and made the journey home overland, and awaited order at his home in Burlington, New Jersey. He was ordered to the United States steamship "Franklin," on the European station, in 1874, and on leaving Virgo, Spain, in September, 1876, the "Franklin" took on board William M. Tweed, who had been cap- tured on his yacht, having fled from the coun- try, being charged with gross frauds against the city of New York, and his captors return- ed him a prisoner to be dealt with according to law. On March 2, 1877, Chaplain Beugless was detached from the "Franklin" at Nor- folk, Virginia, and returned to Burlington, New Jersey, where he was assistant editor on local papers, and correspondent for the Over- lund Monthly, New York Tribune, The Watch- man, and other leading magazines and news- papers, meantime occupying various Baptist pulpits, lecturing, etc. On September 6, 1878, he was ordered to duty at the Brooklyn navy- yard, and was detached in 1881, when he again returned to Burlington, awaiting orders. In June, 1885, he was ordered to the United States steamship "Brooklyn," which vessel was as- signed to duty at the Isthmus of Panama, after- ward assisted at the Key West fire, and upon returning to New York was ordered to the Asiatic station, sailing via Lisbon, stopping at the Azores, Algiers. Port Said, Suez, Batavia, Java, Manilla, Amoy, China, Yokohama and Tokio, and reached Nagasaki late in June, 1886, and while in the latter port, on Sunday, July 31, 1887, after he had held the Sunday morning service, he was stricken with apo- plexy and died almost instantly. At the time of death he ranked as a commander. He was one of the organizers and was the first presi- dent of the United States Crematory Society, and the first president of the New York Cre- ination Company that built the first crematory at Fresh Pond, Queensboro, New York, in
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1876, where up to 1905 over four thousand bodies had been cremated. Rev. John Davis Bugless was married, at the First Baptist Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Decem- ber 24, 1862, to Kate Griffith, born in Chester county, Pennsylvania, February 4, 1836. Chil- dren : I. Lizzie, born in Pawtuxet, Rhode Island, September 8, 1863 ; married C. S. Car- ter, of Ansonia, Connecticut, June 29, 1898; children: i. Raymond Carter ; ii. M. Emerson Carter, born April 24, 1904; iii. Howard Swartz Carter, born March 8, 1907. 2. Charles Malcom (q. v.). 3. Ida, born at Mare Island, United States navy yard, California, Novem- ber 10, 1868; married Henry Bonsall, of Pal- myra, New Jersey. 4. Anna, born in Burling- ton, New Jersey, September 20, 1870 ; married George C. Gunn, editor of The Daily Enter- prise of Burlington ; children : i. Malcom Beug- less Gunn, born February 28, 1893; ii. Helen Jewett Gunn ; iii. Eleanor Anna Gunn, Febru- ary 2, 1896; iv. John K. Gunn. 5. Owen Mere- dith, born November 25, 1877, of Ansonia, Connecticut.
(IV) Charles Malcom, eldest son of Rev. John Davis and Kate (Griffith) Beugless, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 18, 1867. He attended the Farnum preparatory school, Beverly, New Jersey, and is a graduate of the grammar school, Burlington, New Jer- sey, March 3, 1884. He began his business career as a boy sixteen years old in the audit- ing office of the International Navigation Com- pany, Philadelphia. On January 1, 1886, he was promoted, and May 1, 1893, was made chief clerk to the comptroller, and January I, 1904, was made assistant comptroller; the office was removed to New York City, with offices at No. 9 Broadway, and the name changed to International Mercantile Marine Company. The company control or own the steamship liners of the Red Star line, Amer- ican line, White Star line, Atlantic Transport line, Dominion line, Leyland lines and the Na- tional line. Mr. Beugless was also secretary and treasurer of the Consolidated Electric Company of Philadelphia, Haverford Electric Light Company, Kennett Electric Light, Heat and Power Company from January 1, 1901, up to January 1, 1903, when the companies sold their plants to the United Gas Improve- ment Company. He was a member of the Order of Sparta, of Philadelphia, from De- cember, 1889, to May, 1893. He was secretary of the Oneida Boat Club, Burlington, New Jersey, 1894-95, treasurer of the club 1896- 1904, and is still an active member. Septem-
ber 2, 1893, he won the club championship in single sculls. He has been an active member of the Endeavor Fire Company of Burlington since January 1, 1890, and served for one or two years as its secretary. He is an attendant with his family of the Baptist church of Bur- lington. Mr. Beugless married, in Philadel- phia, Pennsylvania, June 17, 1896, Harriett Dean, daughter of Theodore and Sarah (Cath- cart) Bunting, of Burlington, New Jersey. Children: I. Catharine, born June 29, 1897. 2. Francis Alexander, February 9, 1899. 3. John Griffith, September 28, 1906.
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WILLIAMS tributing to the name of Williams, states that the family is one of the most noted of the early New England settlers for intellectual ability, and the social and public standing of its mem- bers. They antedated the Christian era, flour- ished and came down through the medieval reigns. Burke's "Book of Peerage and Bar- onetage" says of the house of Williams, of Penrhyn, the most ancient family of the northern principality of Wales, that it deduces its pedigree with singular perspicuity from Brutus, son of Sylvius, posthumous son of Acencus, son of Acucus, which Brutus was first King of Britain, and began the reign about eleven hundred years before the birth of Christ. Other authorities trace them back to several years before the Norman Con- quest ( 1066) from a Welch chief. From Marchudel of Cyam, Lord of Abergelin, in Denbighshire, one of the fifteen tribes of Northern Wales, is descended Endyfid Vycham, Lord of Brynffenigl, in Denbighland, a powerful noble of his time, and from whom the royal house of Tudor is claimed to have succeeded. The eminent family, in common with the royal house of Tudor, Lloyds of Plymog, Lord Moslyn, and other distinguished lines, derive from Marchudd ap Cynam, Lord of Carnervon, founder of the eight noble tribes of North Wales and Powys, contemporary with Rhodri Mawr (Roderic the Great), King of Wales, who succeeded to the throne in 843 and died in 877 A. D.
The first to adopt the name of Williams as a surname was Roger Williams, of Liangibby Castle and the Priory at Uske, county Mon- mouth, England. He was said to be a direct descendant of Brychan Bricheinish, prince and lord of Brecknock, who lived about the year 490. The pedigree also shows the name of Roger Williams, of Flint, Wales, from whom
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descended John Williams, receiver of Flint- shire in the reign of Edward IV., which extended from the year 1461 to 1483, who married for his first wife the daughter and heir of Edward Matthews, of Yorkshire. Their son George assumed the name of Mat- thew, which has continued to be a family name ever since. The Welch coat-of-arms has the inscription : "He beareth sable," showing royalty, and is as follows : Arms, lion, rampant, argent, armed and languid. Gules. Crest : A Moor cock or partridge. Motto: "Cognosce Occasionen" ("Watches his Opportunity"). The Welch motto: "Y fyno. Dwy Y. fidd" ("What God willeth will be").
(I) Matthew Williams, progenitor of the Essex county, New Jersey, families, born about 1605, was according to the best authority the eldest son of Richard Williams, who descended from the Williams family of Glamorganshire, the south principality of Wales. Authority further states that Richard was a kinsman of Oliver Cromwell, a traditional claim of Rich- and Williams as well, and, moreover, which is not common to other pioneer Williams families of New England. It is claimed that Oliver Cromwell was a Williams by birth. Coyle states that Cromwell descended from General Williams, of Berkshire, or from Morgan Will- iams, of Glamorganshire, and called him Crom- well, alias Williams, he having assumed the name from his maternal uncle, Thomas Crom- well, secretary of state to Henry VIII., on ac- count of estates left to him. Matthew Will- iams for a time seems to have been at Water- town, Massachusetts, from whence, like many other settlers there, allured by the attractive reports of Oldham and Hall, the pioneer traders and explorers of the Connecticut val- leys, came to Pyquaug, the old Indian name of Wethersfield, in 1642. He was doubtless a brother of Thomas, who later settled at Rocky Hill (Old Wethersfield ) and a cousin of Rich- ard Williams, of Taunton, born January 28, 1606, son of William Williams, who descend- ed from a family of that name in Glamorgan- shire, Wales. William Williams was of Syn- well, a hamlet in the Wotten-under-Edge. Ac- cording to his will he speaks of his brother, Mr. Richard Williams.
Matthew Williams, of Wethersfield, was a brickmaker by trade, and a yeoman, which is proved by the earmarks of his cattle, which were recorded in the records. After 1655 he was for a time at Long Island, and eventually at the Barbadoes, though still a householder at the Wethersfield colony, where his family were
still living. January 14, 1678, according to Hutton's emigration records, he was granted a ticket of leave back to the colony with his servant, a slave. His death probably occurred the following year (1679), for in 1680 his widow, Susanna Williams, asked the court at Wethersfield to appraise the estate and divide between the sons, and this step on her part probably fixes a conclusive date for the de- parture of the widow and her three sons, as follows : Amos, now thirty-five years of age, with his wife and three children-Matthew, twenty-nine years of age. Samuel, twenty- seven, all coming to Essex county, New Jer- sey, in the second Branford emigration. Sam- uel settling at Elizabethtown, and Amos near- by. Samuel died in 1706. Matthew Williams Sr. married, about 1644, Susanna Cole, of Eng- lish birth, probably a sister of James Cole, an early settler there, and in 1639 an original set- tler and planter of Hartford, Connecticut. Children : Amos, born March 14, 1645; Mat- thew, October 27, 1647, died an infant; Mat- thew, born May 14, 1651 ; Samuel, born Janu- ary 4, 1653-54, died at Elizabethtown, 1706.
(II) Matthew (2), son of Matthew (I) Williams, was born at Wethersfield, Connecti- cut, May 14, 1651, died in that part of New- ark (now Orange), New Jersey, November 12, 1732. Dr. Wicks, the historian, assumes that Matthew was a planter in 1680 (November 29, 1680, John Johnson, Thomas Lyon, Mat- thew Williams and John Mckency are admitted planters provided they pay the purchase price for what land they have as other planters have done), which was about the time he emigrated from Branford, Connecticut, to Newark, and according to the records in the second division of land, received the customary allotment, tak- ing up a house lot on the hill (in the neighbor- hood of Hill and High streets) in the rear of Henry Lyon's house lot. (See map of New- ark, p. 148, Atkinson's "History of Newark"). In 1688, according to deeds at the Essex coun- ty registry at Newark, George Day exchanged lands with Matthew Williams, the latter part- ing with a dwelling house, shop, other edifices and orchard and lands near Newark, and re- ceiving two tracts at the mountain, one bound- ed east by Wigwam brook and the other on Parrow's brook. For some reasons the lands near Eagle Rock were known to the later de- scendants as the David Day fields. About 1695, before the birth of Thomas and after the birth of Matthew, the elder Matthew moved to his mountain lands and built a dwelling on the south side of Eagle Rock road, near where the
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mountain stream unites with Wigwam brook, at that time a dense wilderness inhabited only by bears, wolves and panthers, for whose de- struction large bounties were offered as late as 1751. Lawrie describes the mode of building among the first settlers: "They built with cloven timber eight or ten inches broad, like planks, one end in the ground and the other nailed to the raising which they plasted within." Whether Matthew built in this way or with logs we have no knowledge, but timber was plenty for any style of architecture. It is prob- able that the stone house erected about 1720 on the north side of the road and stream was built by him with the assistance of his son Matthew. A description of this house can be found in the history of Zenas Williams. This house was demolished in 1822, a great-grand- son, Zenas Williams, replacing it by a modern frame structure.
Matthew Williams married Ruth Wheeler, born 1657, died July 27, 1724, daughter of Lieutenant Thomas Wheeler, of Wethersfield, Connecticut. Children : 1. Jemima, born 1686, died February 20, 1758; married Samuel Har- rison, born 1684, died 1776. 2. Jane, born 1688; married, December 10, 1741, Abraham Soverel. 3. Amos (q. v.), born 1690. 4. Eunice, born 1692, died unmarried, August 19, 1752. 5. Matthew, mentioned below. 6. Ger- shom, born 1698; married Hannah Lamson. 7. Thomas, born 1700, died April 19, 1795; married Martha Dodd. 8. Johanna, born 1702 ; married John Condit, born 1701, died June 16, 1783. 9. Rebecca, born 1703, died May 14, 1745 ; married Joseph Hedden, born 1702, died November 8, 1798.
(III) Matthew (3), son of Matthew (2) Williams, was born on the first homestead . farm of his father, in 1694, where his descend- ants now live, in the vicinity of Day and Wash- ington streets. When an infant he removed with his parents to their mountain home north of the Eagle Rock road, and here he was rear- ed after the customs of his forefathers in this vast wilderness. He became a master in the trade of stone mason, and a farmer (yeoman in the deeds). After the death of the father, Amos reigned in the homestead, and Matthew undoubtedly inherited the Washington tract of land. He gave a deed for land where the "par- sonage house now stands," of four acres, Sep- tember 14, 1748, on the north side of the high- way, to the mountain. He died in the old home- stead near Day and Park streets, June 22, 1772, aged seventy-eight years. He married Abigail Nutman, born 1698, died September I,
1771. Children: Isaac (q. v.) ; Sarah, born 1722; Joanna, born 1727, died 17 -; Jemima, born 1729, died 1736; Lydia, born 1731, died 1801; Joanna, born 1736, died 1811 ; Thomas, mentioned below.
(IV) Captain Thomas, son of Matthew (3) Williams, was born in 1740, at the homestead erected by his father, at Washington and Day streets, died there July 12, 1830. He was an earnest patriot and among the first to espouse the cause of independence. He was commis- sioned captain in the Second Regiment, com- manded by Philip Van Courtland ( Essex coun- ty) and attached to Heard's upper brigade. It is said that Washington made occasional visits to his house while in the neighborhood, and consulted with him in regard to the affairs of the surrounding country. He was known throughout the war and ever after as "Captain Tom." He was a leading man in his own neighborhood, although his name does not ap- pear anywhere in the municipal affairs of the township at large. He was well known to the Tories, but escaped serious injury to himself and property. One day a party of about forty Hessians came to his house while he was in his yard. They threatened to shave one-half his head. When about to proceed to the opera- tion they were attracted by some barrels of cider standing near at hand. Having drank all they wanted, they took their leave, going across the fields towards the highway (now Main street ), and at a convenient spot in the rear of the meetinghouse and on the site of the present Music Hall, they lay down among the trees and slept off the effects of their potations. While true to the cause of his country, Cap- tain Thomas was charitable to his Tory neigh- bors and relatives who honestly differed with him, and after the close of the war did all in his power to assist them to recover their prop- erty. He inherited the property at the corner of Washington and Day streets, on which the first grist mill was built in 1780. He, with Isaac Williams, Joseph Hedden and Zenas Ward, were equal owners in the mill, and they ran the mill "week about" in turn and received its earnings accordingly. Captain Thomas re-, tained his one-quarter interest and it descended to his heirs. The other three owners sold their respective shares, some of which passed through many hands. They finally came into posses- sion of William Brown Williams, who after a few years sold them to his cousin, Jesse Williams. When the mill was built the water power was derived from Parrow and Wigwam brooks. The latter supply was diverted from
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the pond several years since by the improve- ment of the meadows through which the mill race passed. Captain Thomas was one of the owners and managers of the parish sloop "Orange," built 1784, to run between Newark, New Jersey, and Albany, New York, which was built as a source of income or revenue for the First Presbyterian Church, one-third of the profits, which was from forty to sixty pounds a year. He was a great friend of his Tory cousin, "Governor Ben," and his friend- ship remained cemented as long as they lived. A copy of his will and account books are now in possession of his great-grandson, Henry Clinton Williams. The gravestones of Cap- tain Thomas Williams and Dorcas, his wife, are to found in the old Presbyterian burial- ground on Scotland street, Orange.
Captain Thomas Williams married Dorcas Harrison, born 1741, died March 12, 1806, daughter of Nathaniel Harrison. Children : I. Phebe, born 1762, died 1825; married Sam- uel Lindsley. 2. Hannah, born 1763, died 1840 ; married Daniel Lindsley. 3. Jesse, mar- ried Rebecca Johnson. 4. Keturah, born 1767; married Thomas Bucklee. 5. Abigail, born 1759, died 1848; married Joseph Munn. 6. Moses, born June 10, 1771, died December 24, 1821. 7. Matthew, mentioned below. 8. Will- iam (q. v.), born December 18, 1777. 9. Tabitha, married Elijah Williams.
(V) Matthew (4), son of Captain Thomas Williams, was born in Orange, on the old homestead corner of Washington and Day streets, 1774, and was baptized in the First Presbyterian Church by Rev. Jedediah Chap- nian, November 26, 1775. His early life was spent in his father's mill and the district school. In early manhood he was apprenticed to the trade of carpenter, and this he followed, with the occupation of farmer. He was an honest, hardworking man, industrious and frugal, liv- ing in high esteem with his neighbors and townsmen, abiding by the simple, wholesome life. He died at the homestead, in 1830, within a short period of his father; both died of typhus fever. He was elected one of the over- seers of the highways of Orange in 1811. He married (first) Phebe Williams, born 1773, died 1805, daughter of Governor Benjamin and Phebe (Crane) Williams (see sketch). Children : I. Phebe, died 1854. 2. Philip, born 1803, died April 6, 1877 ; married Jane Wright. 3. Sarah, born 1805, died 1880. He married (second) Elizabeth Leonard. Chil- dren : 4. John, born July 4, 1808, died July 30, 1848; married Catherine McCormack. 5.
Jesse, mentioned below. 6. Abby, died 1863; married Thomas Sargent Tichenor. 7. Amzi, born 1815, died 1837.
(VI) Jesse, son of Matthew (4) Williams, was born on the old homestead, corner of Wash- ington and Day streets, Orange, April 29, 1810, and died there in 1885. His educational training was somewhat limited, the district school affording but small opportunity. He was taught the habits of industry and frugal- ity. During his early manhood, from early youth until he became of age, he was apprenticed to the trade of hatter, but did not follow the trade after twenty-one, as at this time he in- herited the original farm of his grandfather, which passed from father to son. He took up farming in earnest and cultivated and improved his lands. He and his cousin, William Brown Williams, purchased the old grist mill of their grandfather, Thomas William, Jesse owning one share and William B. three shares. Together they operated the mill ten years, Jesse running it one week and William B. three weeks, tak- ing one-tenth of the grinding for their pay to sell and use. Jesse finally bought his cousin's interest and became sole proprietor. He later sold his share of the land to D. N. Ropes, who wanted the stream for a water privilege. He was the owner of several parcels of real estate, one of which was at the foot of Mt. Vernon avenue, known as the old copper mine prop- erty. He was always fond of books and had a thirst for knowledge, so that in early life he became a great reader. As he grew in years his thirst for books grew with him, and his wonderful retentive memory enabled him to profit by all he read, and this, combined with a quickness of retort and a keen sense of the ridiculous and a vein of sarcasm, made him a dangerous opponent in debate. In his day he was a pronounced Whig, and when the Repub- lican party was launched he became an ardent supporter. He held various offices of trust in the gift of the citizens. He was for two terms director of the board of freeholders, and for two years was member of the Essex coun- ty road board. He was justice of the peace fifteen years, and for a term was judge of court of common pleas. He also held the com- mission of major of the militia for many years. He was one of the incorporators and trustee of of the Orange Savings Bank. He was a mem- ber of Union Lodge, No. II, F. and A. M., and served that body as its worshipful master cne year. He was an active member of the Episcopal church, and outspoken in the cause of temperance, and gave it his influence and
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