Genealogical and memorial history of the state of New Jersey, Volume III, Part 75

Author: Lee, Francis Bazley, 1869- ed
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Lewis Historical Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 650


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He married, at Roseland, New Jersey, Octo- ber 12, 1898, Marie Mills Moger, born July 15, 1877, daughter of Micah and Mary Anna (Raynor) Moger, of Caldwell. Micah Moger was a farmer. Children: Douglass Everett, born May 17, 1903 ; Mildred, May 6, 1908.


WILLIAMS (IV) Nathaniel Williams, son of Amos Williams (III- q. v.), was born at West Orange, on the homestead of his grandfather, Matthew Williams, near Tory Corner, in 1733, died at Long Island, New York, in 1782. He learned the trade of cooper with his father, who desired him in his will to instruct his brother Benjamin, then fourteen years of age, in the same trade, which he did. In 1760 the brothers dammed the Wigwam brook and built a saw mill, also a cider mill and a distillery in the same neighborhood. Nathaniel was over- seer of highways, 1756. When the revolu- tionary war broke out the brothers, together with their uncle, James Nutman, for good and sufficient reasons thereunto them moving, were uncompromising in their loyalty to the king. James Nutman was imprisoned at Morristown and Sussex county jails by the committee of safety. Nathaniel went to New York. His wife petitioned the committee of safety not to be sent to her husband, but asked to be allowed to remain with her children at home. He died of smallpox which he contracted from the British soldiers. His property was confiscated, but as his action was the result of an honest opinion there was no personal ill will against him by his former neighbors, but rather sym- pathy for his family, and at the sale no one would bid against the widow. Amos, one of his sons, exiled himself to Nova Scotia and died there. James, the other son, was about


twenty years old when he went to New York and entered the British service. He was there in the severe winter of 1779-80, when the bay of New York was frozen so hard that sleighs heavily laden with provisions crossed from New York to Staten Island. He also went to Nova Scotia, but in thirty years returned and died without issue. These royalists all lived at "Tory Corner." At times it had been called "Williamsville," but the old war name can never be displaced. He married Mary Pier- son, born 1736, died 1816, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Sergeant) Pierson. Children: I. Amos, born 1757, went to Nova Scotia where he died ; he married, and had James and Ben- jamin. 2. James, born 1759, died 1825; mar- ried Rebecca Williams. 3. Zenas, born 1762. 4. Joanna, born 1767, died 1770. 5. John, born 1769, died 1770. 6. John, born 1771, died 1849; married Joanna Harrison. 7. Uzal. 8. Nathaniel, mentioned below.


(V) Nathaniel, son of Nathaniel Williams, was born in 1776, at Tory Corner, West Orange. New Jersey, and died in 1845. He gained a meagre education in the district school, and assisted his mother, then a widow, in the duties of the farm. He was early apprenticed to the trade of tailor, which he followed the greater part of his life. The custom then of the tailors was to go from house to house and make the outfit of the family, which necessitated a stay in many cases of many weeks at a place. His wife, Ruth Williams, was said to have been a most capable and energetic woman, strongly devoted to the church and her family. She exerted a great influence with her husband and children. Nathaniel Williams was a staunch Whig and closely adhered to their principles. He married Ruth Ludlow, born 1792, died 1860. Children: I. Owen C., born 1817, mar- ried Mary Harrison. 2. Silas, born 1819, died 1884. 3. Uzal, born 1821, died 1843; married Margaret Harrison. 4. Joanna G., born 1824, married Elias M. Baldwin. 5. James R., born 1825 ; he lost his life by accident about 1894. 6. Mary A., born May 30, 1827, married ( first ) May 31, 1847, John M. Condit ; (second) July 29, 1857, Moses Gardner. 7. George Newton, born June 22, 1829, mentioned below. 8. Amos, born 1831, died 1834.


(VI) George Newton, son of Nathaniel Williams, was born June 22, 1829, on the home- stead at West Orange, New Jersey. He was reared on the home place, gaining his educa- tion at the Tory Corner district school until fourteen years of age. As a youth he worked in the tannery of his uncle and later learned


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the trade of harness maker, but did not follow this as a trade. In his early manhood years he learned the trade of carpenter, and in time became a builder of note and erected many buildings and residences in the Oranges. In 1857, owing to adverse conditions, he decided to emigrate west, thinking this might better his condition. He located at Elkhart, Indiana, where he followed his trade, and while living there decided to serve his country's cause. He came back to his native town and enlisted in 1862 in the Twenty-sixth New Jersey Volun- teer Infantry. The regiment was immediately called to the front, and among the engagements in which he participated was the memorable battle of Fredericksburg, one of the worst carnagees of the rebellion. He also fought at Rappahannock and in other minor engage- ments. Just before the eventful Gettysburg, Mr. Williams received an honorable discharge from the United States service at Camp Fre- linghuysen, in his own state. He subsequently returned to Indiana and located at North Jud- son, where he engaged in farming with his son, Charles S. Williams. In 1872 he removed to California, thinking he might take up a new home there, but after two years returned to North Judson, where he continued at farm- ing until 1889, when he returned to his native state and settled at South Orange, where he later retired, and died at his residence in Prospect avenue, December 20, 1902. Mr. Williams was held in high esteem by all who knew him. He was of high moral character and a worthy citizen. He was a faith- ful member of the Episcopal church. In the old days he cast his fortunes with the old line Whigs, but when the new party came in he was an ardent supporter to the Lincoln policies and remained a Republican up to his death, al- though he never accepted public office. He married, October 27, 1852, at Orange, New Jersey, Louisa Augusta, daughter of John Smith and Hulda (Hamilton) Baldwin. She was born June 8, 1827, died at Caldwell, New Jersey, March 29, 1909. John S. Baldwin was a farmer.


(VII) Charles Stanley, only child of George Newton Williams, was born August 30, 1855, on the maternal Baldwin homestead, then situ- ated on Boiling Spring road and Cherry street, now Arlington avenue and Springdale avenue, East Orange. He attended the nearby district school, and when about fourteen went to a private school at Charlottesville, New York, also to Mr. Shearer's select school. At about eighteen years of age he became clerk in J. H.


Greenfield's grocery store at East Orange, where he remained a year, when he removed to North Judson, Indiana, with his parents, to settle on the farm purchased by his father, which he conducted with his father. In 1872 the senior Williams removed to California for the purpose of settling in that state, but after two years returned to Indiana. In 1879 Charles S. Williams returned to East Orange, New Jersey, and engaged in the milk business, con- ducting this for his uncle, Elias M. Baldwin, for a short time. He later became engaged in coal supply trade in his own behalf and was agent for different dealers. He represented at different times the Hobart Company, Van Ness. & Company, Roberts & Company, East Orange Coal Company, all in East Orange, and Fairlee & Wilson, of Newark, whom he represented at the time of his death. He was actively identified in the best business circles of East. Orange. He was the conscientious type of man, with broad humanitarian principles, of deep sympathy and kindly temperament and lovable and amiable disposition. His jovial and kindly manner made him a host of friends. He was philanthropic, and his duty to his. church and family was always first in his heart. He died September 20, 1905. While reared in Grace Church (Episcopal), South Orange, he: became a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church at East Orange. He was a true Re- publican in his principles, and at different times was elected clerk of his ward. He was a member of Trinity Lodge of Odd Fellows at. Newark, and served that body as its noble grand. He belonged to the Order of Chosen Friends, also the Order of Heptasophs of East Orange. He married, at Christ Church, East. Orange, December 20, 1876, Matilda Green- field, born in New York City, June 12, 1850, daughter of James Harriet and Matilda ( Young) Greenfield.


(VIII) Stanley May, only child of Charles. Stanley Williams, was born at North Judson, Indiana, October 13, 1878. He removed when an infant with his parents to. East Orange, New Jersey, the ancestral home of his parents. His education was received in the East Orange. schools, graduating from the high school in 1898. He subsequently entered Cooper Insti- tute, New York City, where he devoted a three years course to the study of chemistry, grad- uating in 1901, receiving degree of chemistry, which is the same as Bachelor of Chemistry. During his college course at Cooper Institute he was employed as chemist with Heller & Merz Company at Newark, where he had


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charge of the color department of their works for three years. He subsequently entered the employ of the Asbestos Flooring Company at Greenpoint, Long Island, for a year, as their chemist. In 1904 he became chemist for A. Gross Candle Manufactury at Newark and Jersey City having charge of their chemical department. All of the raw product received is under his direct analysis and the various pro- cesses of manufacture are tested by him. He resides at 269 Springdale avenue, East Orange, with his mother, on a part of the estate of his ancestors. He is a member of St. Paul's Epis- copal Church of East Orange. He is an ardent Republican in politics, having served his party as their delegate. He is a member of the Society of Chemical Industry of the World, American Chemical Society of the United States, American Chemical Society of New York, and Cooper Union Chemical Society of New York. Mr. Williams is unmarried.


(V) Colonel William Will- WILLIAMS iams, son of Captain Thomas Williams (q. v.), was born on the old homestead place of his father near Washington and Day streets, Orange, New Jersey, December 28, 1777, died June 6, 1833. He gained a thorough schooling such as was afforded in the nearby district school. He was taught the rudiments of penmanship and be- came an expert, his accounts in later years being a work of art from his hand. During his early manhood years he assisted his father in the mill and on the farm, and later served his time at the trade of harness maker. He followed this trade through his lifetime in con- nection with various other lines, and from his accounts appears to have done a thriving trade. He also did considerable business in the letting of teams. After his marriage he lived on Main street, opposite Prospect street, East Orange. The property was his wife's by inheritance. During his residence there he frequently slaughtered cattle and hogs for his neighbors, as was the custom then. He carried on farm- ing in a moderate way, raising cattle and sheep. The cattle he slaughtered and sold, as also his sheep, and the wool from the sheep was spun for the wearing apparel of the household. He bore an excellent reputation among his neigh- bors, and was apparently a public-spirited man, much interested in military organizations of his time: He was an ardent Whig in politics and occupied offices of trust in his town. He was elected one of the overseers of the high- ways at the second town meeting of Orange,


an office of responsibility which he faithfully filled. He was appointed justice of the peace November 29, 1822, and November 6, 1827, by Governor Isaac H. Williams. He was ap- pointed judge of the superior court of com- mon pleas for Essex county, February 26, 1830, by Governor Peter D. Vroom. He was appointed justice of the peace by Governor Samuel L. Southard, November 1, 1832. He was consulted on many legal matters. He was prominent in military circles and received the following commissions issued to him by the governors of New Jersey: May 9, 1804, en- sign of Orange Volunteer Company, Second Battalion, First Regiment Essex Militia of New Jersey; February 2, 1809, ensign of Fourth Company, First Battalion, Fifth Regi- inent of Essex Brigade, New Jersey Militia ; April 17, 1809, lieutenant of Fourth Company, First Battalion, Fifth Regiment ; June 1, 1811, captain of same company. The above com- missions were signed by Joseph Bloomfield (governor ) ; February 9, 1816, major of same regiment, signed by Governor Mahlon Dicker- son ; February 11, 1818, colonel of same regi- ment, signed by Governor Isaac H. Williams. Colonel Williams was reputed to be a good disciplinarian. He was a charter and active member of the Second Presbyterian "Brick" Church, and strict in his household regarding church attendance. He was a man of good physique and of dignified bearing, ever court- eous in his manner to all, and was known for his keen sightedness, uprightness and charit- able disposition. His wife, Phebe (Harrison) Williams, was a gentle quiet woman, very lov- able, and highly esteemed by all who knew her. He was buried in the old Scotland street burial- ground, but early in the seventies was removed to the family lot beside his wife in the Rose- dale cemetery. He married, 1798, Phebe Har- rison, born May 6, 1779, died October 8, 1854. daughter of Jotham Harrison, son of Stephen Harrison. Stephen Harrison, born 1698, died 1786, was son of Joseph Harrison, born 1649, died 1742, and Dorcas Ward Harrison. Jo- seph Harrison was son of Sergeant Richard Harrison, who came to Newark, New Jersey, in 1667, being son of Richard Harrison who came from Cheshire, England, and died at Branford, Connecticut, October 25, 1653. Chil- dren of Mr. and Mrs. Williams: 1. Emily, born February 9, 1800, died 1804. 2. Harriet, born October 18, 1807, died July 21, 1833 ; mar- ried Gershom Kilburn ; child, Phebe Ann, mar -- ried Frank Medina and removed to California. 3. William, mentioned below.


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(VI) William Williams, son of Colonel William Williams, was born in the family home- stead on Main street, East Orange, where the present bank building now stands, October 9, 1822, died at his residence on Hillyer street, Orange, October 25, 1901. His educational training was limited to the select school then located on the mountain, where he attended to early manhood. As a young man before mar- riage he kept a general store at the corner of Main and Washington streets, East Orange, for a brief period. About 1852 he erected his homestead on Hillyer street, where he settled and engaged in farming in a small way on the lands of his ancestors. He possessed a con- siderable tract left him by his father, this being a part of the original Matthew Williams lands. Mr. Williams was instrumental in the opening of this section; Elm and State streets were built, and through his ability and good judg- ment much of his valuable property was sold at a satisfactory profit. A number of modern houses were erected by him for rental. He in- herited many of the true qualities of his an- cestors, was retiring in disposition, and his rec- ord as a man and citizen was above reproach. He was a deep reader and strong thinker, and kept in touch with the affairs of the world at large through reading of history and the cur- rent news. He never aspired to participate in public affairs, and was a staunch Republican in political principle. Following the footsteps of his ancestors, he affiliated with the Presby- terian faith and became in early life a member of the Second Presbyterian, but was later dis- missed to the Old First Church at Orange, where he served as trustee. He later became a member of the Central Presbyterian Church. He married, June 11, 1850, Louisa Peck, born April 25, 1827, died July 5, 1908, daughter of Stephen Matthew and Martha ( Baldwin) Peck, the former of whom was a farmer. Children : I. Frederick Harrison, born April 16, 1851 (q. v.). 2. Harriet Louisa, born April 20, 1856; married, June 12, 1884, Henry Hall Duncklee, born Au- gust 5, 1857, son of George Otis and Mary S. (Little) Duncklee; children: Mary Louise, born May 4, 1885; Adelaide Elizabeth, January 17, 1888. 3. Henry Clinton, mentioned below. (VII) Henry Clinton Williams, son of Will- iam Williams, was born in the Hillyer street homestead, September 18, 1862. He received his education in the public schools, graduating from the Ashland grammar school and taking a two years course in the high school. At the age of sixteen he was employed as clerk in the Wall street brokerage office of Musgrave &


Company, New York, where he remained two years, subsequently becoming assistant teller of the Newark Banking Company, where he remained six years. From 1886 to 1902 Mr. Williams was engaged as a concert and church vocalist, and devoted his energies successfully in the musical world, but was obliged to aban- don this calling owing to impaired health. In February, 1902, he entered the employ of W. B. Smith & Company, stock brokers, of New York City, and became the manager of their branch office at Orange. In June, 1909, he retired from this position and at present ( 1910) is a member of the board of assessors of East Orange. He resides at 19 State street. He is a Republican in politics. He is a member of the Central Presbyterian Church, Mrs. Will- iams also being a inember ; she is a member of the Woman's Auxiliary of the Young Men's Christian Association, of Hakuai Circle of King's Daughters, and president of same, also a member of the Woman's Club of East Orange.


He married, at East Orange, March 5, 1902, Elizabeth Bomeisler, born in New York City, April 21, 1874, daughter of Theodore and Esther (Rowland) Bomeisler, the former of whom was a merchant in New York. Chil- dren: Esther, born May 8, 1903; Phebe Har- rison, May 20, 1906.


(VI) Edward Williams, son WILLIAMS of Amos Williams (V-q. v.), was born in the Amos Will- iams homestead (built in 1812), October 6, 1821, died there April 21, 1893, in the room in which he was born. He attended the dis- trict school taught by Schuyler Hillyer, and later attended a military school on the Hudson, supplemented by a course at a school in Troy, New York, up to sixteen years of age. At this time he engaged himself to his father in the tannery business as apprentice, and con- tinued as his father's assistant during his life. After his father's death he formed a partner- ship with Charles Williams, his cousin, under the firm name of C. & E. Williams. The tan- nery, situated near the homestead on Eagle Rock avenue, derived its power from the waters of Wigwam brook, where a mill pond was formed. This water privilege ran the bark mill, where bark was brought from over the mountains as far back as Wanague Mountains by the settlers. In the early fifties the part- ners leased the tannery plant to Goldstein & Trier, of Newark, who carried on the business a few years, when the partners again took the


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business, converted the old bark mill into a grist mill, and for a time made flour. This did not prove profitable, and in 1856 the partners dissolved, Edward embarking in business with Dennis Sullivan under the firm name of Sulli- van & Williams, dealers in leather, the firm supplying various dealers in the county. In the panic of 1857 they suffered heavy loss re- sulting a dissolution of partnership, Mr. Will- iams retiring to the old farm which he conduct- ed during the remainder of his life.


Edward Williams possessed a wonderful re- tentive memory. He was a great reader and careful thinker. His study of mathematics and algebra and his fondness for astronomy mark- ed him as a man of the rarer type, self-school- ed in the higher problems of culture. His man- ner was quiet and unassuming, and he held the respect of the entire community. Following the faith of his ancestors, he became a vestry- man of St. Mark's Episcopal Church, where he and his family attended. In early years he was an ardent Whig, but during the early Lin- coln times became affiliated with the Lincoln party. He was an ardent patriot, served in the Home Guards during the civil war, and was a member of the Union League. In later years, before the seventies, he was elected township superintendent of the West Orange schools, and in the early seventies served on the town committee and board of assessors of West Orange. He married, November 3, 1847, Mar- ion White, born September 6, 1823, died Octo- ber 8, 1900, daughter of Richard Mansfield and Ann Eliza (Tousey) White. Richard Grant White, brother of Marion White, was editor of the New York World and New York Times, a renowned English scholar, writer and publisher. Children: 1. Edward Grant, born October 22, 1848, died August 20, 1849. 2. James Austin, mentioned below. 3. George Herbert, born May 13, 1853; married, Decem- ber 27, 1889, Josephine Hart; child, Edward Hart, born June 22, 1894. 4. Anne Eliza, born March 23, 1855. 5. Marion, born August 30, 1857. 6. Alfred Grant, mentioned below.


(VII) James Austin, son of Edward Will- iams, was born in West Orange, June 3, 1850. He received his education in the public schools, and later was associated with the Newark Daily Advertiser for twenty years. He has been engaged in literary work for some time. He is now engaged in general insurance business in Newark, representing as an insurance broker for Essex county, New Jersey, accident, burg- lary, liability and fire insurance. He is general agent for the Great Eastern Casualty and In-


demnity Company of New York City. He re- sides in Newark. He married, January II, 1877, Mary, daughter of James Brand and Elizabeth ( Plowman) Robertson.


(VII) Alfred Grant, son of Edward Will- iams, was born at West Orange, New Jersey, April 5, 1860, on the homestead of his grand- father Amos Williams, built in 1812. He at- tended Robinson's select school on Lincoln avenue, from which he was graduated in 1876. He subsequently entered the employ of W. T. Meredith, a stock broker on William street, New York City, where he was clerk one year, occupying a similar position with Dater & Timpson. Here, by his energy and strict at- tention to every detail of the business, and his probity, he gained for himself such favor with the firm that he was promoted to a position of greater responsibility and remuneration, be- coming cashier, which position he held at the end of his fifteen years service with the firm. In 1887, desirous of obtaining a yet broader field for his chosen occupation, he entered into business for himself at 26 Broad street, New York City, and maintained a stock brokerage office until 1904, when he located in more com- modious quarters at 52 Broadway, his present location. Mr. Williams conducts a strict broker- age and commission business, buying and sell- ing all kinds of marketable stock. He has made his home at the old family homestead on Eagle Rock avenue, West Orange, with his sisters, Anne Eliza and Marion Williams. Mr. Williams is a member of Holy Trinity Epis- copal Church at West Orange, a branch of St. Mark's Episcopal Church, established through the adoption of Episcopacy by his great-grand- father, Governor Benjamin Williams. Mr. Williams is at present senior warden and treas- urer of this church. Politically he is a staunch Republican, having represented his party as delegate from the eighth congressional district. He is a member of the Men's Club of the Dio- cese of Newark of the Episcopacy. He mar- ried, May 23, 1889, Josephine Baldwin, born at South Orange, June 22, 1858, daughter of Benjamin and Rebecca (Tompkins) Baldwin. No issue.


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(IV) Isaac Williams, son of Matthew Williams (III-q.


v.), was born in the first Williams homestead at the corner of Day and Washington streets, Orange, New Jersey, No- vember 6, 1722, died 1806. He was the oldest of seven children, his only brother, Captain Thomas Williams, being the youngest. He and


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his brother, Captain Thomas Williams, inherit- ed their father's property at the corner of Day and Washington streets, on which the first grist mill was built in 1780, and with Captain Thomas Joseph Hedden and Zenas Ward was an equal owner in the mill which they ran "week about" in turn, receiving its earnings accordingly. He later sold his share with the others, while Captain Thomas retained his own quarter interest. Isaac Williams was a pros- perous farmer and lived and died on his prop- erty, which descended to his heirs. In 1753 he subscribed to the new meetinghouse £5 9 shillings 9 pence, the tribes of Williams giving £58 6s. 8d. Prior to 1756 he was a member in full communion of the Mountain Society (First Presbyterian Church). "The five lots on the north side" (of the glebe) were on the north side of Main street, being a part of the parsonage house tract which had been bought in two parcels from Matthew Williams in 1748 and Isaac Williams in 1787 "who sold a single acre between Park and Hillyer streets adjoin- ing the Parsonage." He married Eunice, daugh- ter of Samuel and Mary (Sergeant) Pierson, and sister of Dr. Matthias Pierson. Children : I. Abigail, born 1746, married Stephen Will- iams. 2. Jabez, born 1748, married Paty Sov- erell, and moved to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsyl- vania. 3. Jemima, born March 14, 1750; mar- ried a Mr. Jacobus, and lived in Bloomfield. 4. Matthias, born July 26, 1753; married, Nancy Hall. 5. Mary, born November 3, 1756, married John Harrison. 6. Aaron, born Feb- ruary 5, 1759, mentioned below. 7. Caleb, born July 18, 1763, died 1844; married Phebe Ward, born 1768, died 1849, daughter of Zenas Ward. 8. Isaac, born March 15, 1768, died 1851; married Elizabeth, daughter of Abel Dodd ; she died 1823. 9. Mary.




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