Genealogical and memorial history of the state of New Jersey, Volume III, Part 82

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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more and several others for destroying the dwelling of John Cornell, and treating him with menacing and abusive language." What the facts of the case were we do not know, but of the minister, show conclusively that the founder of the American family was not a Quaker.


(II) Thomas (2), son of Thomas ( I ) Rush- more, was one of the most prominent men in Hempstead. In 1685 he appears as the owner of two hundred and seventy-seven acres of land. His name appears on list of Friends in 1733, but whether this was the one mentioned above as his son, does not distinctly appear. He married Sarah


(III) Thomas (3), son of Thomas (2) and Sarah Rushmore, married Mary, daughter of Thomas Hicks and Mary Doughty.


(IV) Isaac, son of Thomas (3) and Mary (Hicks) Rushmore, married Sarah, daughter of John Titus and Sarah Pearsall. Their mar- riage license was dated April 18, 1757. Sarah Titus was born 1737, died 1776. Children : Phebe, born 1758; Mary, born 1760, married Charles Frost, 1780; Stephen, see forward ; Jane, born 1768, married Lewis Valentine, 1790; Edmund, born 1771, died 1782.


(V) Stephen, son of Isaac and Sarah ( Pear- sall) Rushmore, was born 5 mo. 1, 1763. He married, 1787, Phebe, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Loines) Townsend. She was born II mo. 23, 1767, and died II mo. 10, 1852, aged eighty-nine years six months nine days. Their children were: I. Isaac, see forward. 2. Sarah, born 9 mo. 10, 1790; married John D. Hicks; died 1893. 3. Townsend, born 8 mo. 25, 1792 ; his son, Isaac, now lives in Plainfield, New Jersey, and has two sons, Robert and Townsend, both married and reside there. 4. Mary, born 7 mo. 15, 1794 ; married Edmund Post. 5. Jane 8 mo. 7, 1796; married Valen- tine Willis. 6. Thomas, born 3 mo. 7, 1799. 7. Phebe, 6 mo. 10, 1803; married Isaac Gif- ford. She died II mo. 21, 1903, aged one hundred years five months eleven days, at Providence, Rhode Island. Stephen Rushmore, father of this family, died II mo. 10, 1852, aged eighty-nine years six months nine days.


(VI) Isaac (2), son of Stephen and Phebe (Townsend) Rushmore, was born 5 mo. 19, 1788. He married, 3 mo. 24, 1813, Lydia Post, born I mo. 13. 1789; died 9 mo. 12, 1841. Children: 1. Stephen, see forward. 2. Ed- mund, born 4 mo. 12, 1816; died 1817. 3. Ed- mund .P., born 4 mo. 12, 1818; died I mo. 26, 1890. Isaac Rushmore, father of this family, died 3 mo. 7, 1875.


(VII) Stephen, son of Isaac (2) and Lydia (Post) Rushmore, was born 9 mo. 8, 1814. He married Matilda, daughter of John H. and Sarah M. Powell, 9 mo. 27, 1837. She was born I mo. 27, 1818. Children: I. Isaac L., born 9 mo. 1841 ; died 1842. 2. Lydia, born 8 mo. 4, 1843; died 1844. 3. Edward, born 5 mo. 1845 ; now living ; a physician in Plainfield, New Jersey. 4. John Howard, see forward. 5. Sarah M., born 8 mo. 24, 1850; died 1850. Stephen Rushmore, the father, died I mo. 13, 1890.


(VIII) John Howard, son of Stephen and Matilda ( Powell) Rushmore, was born 2 mo. 19, 1847. He married, September, 1869, Julia Ann Barker. She was born 6 mo. 7, 1859, and died 8 mo. 15, 1908. Children : I. David Barker Rushmore, born 8 mo. 21, 1873. 2. Edmund Rushmore, born 8 mo. 3, 1875 ; mar- ried Cornelia Faber, April 5, 1899 ; children : Dorothea, Gladys Isabella and Margaret.


All of the generations above mentioned were prominent in the Society of Friends, and highly esteemed citizens of Queens county. Isaac Rushmore lived at Wheatly, on what was prob- ably the homestead of his father before him. His son, Stephen, purchased an extensive estate at Westbury, which remained in the family till very recent years, and passed out of the name in 1890. Stephen Rushmore was presi- dent of the Friends' Academy at Locust Valley, and treasurer of Jericho Turnpike Company, in the meanwhile conducting an extensive farm. Several generations of this honored family rest in the Friends' cemetery at Westbury.


John Howard Rushmore, owing to poor health, was compelled to live a quiet life on the ances- tral homestead. He was educated in the Poly- technic Institute, and was for many years sec- 1 etary of the Queens County Agricultural Soci- ety. A large part of his time was passed in the south, in hopes of recovering his health. In 1891 he removed to Plainfield, New Jersey, and resided there till his death, 10 mo. 12, same year. He rests with his ancestors at West- bury, Long Island.


(IX) David Barker, son of John Howard and Julia Ann ( Barker) Rushmore, was grad- uated from Swarthmore College, Bachelor of Science, in 1894, and engineer in 1897, and from Cornell University electrical engineer, in 1895. He is prominent in his profession, and is chief engineer of the power and mining de- partment of the General Electrical Company, Schenectady, New York. He is a member of the following bodies: American Society Me- chanical Engineers, American Society Civil


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Engineers, American Institute Electrical Engi- neers, American Institute Mining Engineers, American Electro-Chemical Society, National Electric Light Association, Society of Engi- neers of Eastern New York, Engineers' Club of New York, the Delta Upsilon fraternity ; various Masonic bodies in Pittsfield, Massa- chusetts ; the Schenectady Board of Trade ; the Mohawk Club and Mohawk Golf Club, of Sche- nectady ; and the Schenectady Gun Club and Boat Club.


(IX) Edmund, son of John Howard and Julia Ann ( Barker) Rushmore, was educated at the Friends' Academy, Locust Valley, and at the Preparatory Collegiate School of John Leal, in Plainfield. It was his intention to enter Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania, to prepare himself for the study of medicine, but the sickness of his honored mother compelled him to relinquish this plan. He then entered the grain business, but afterward entered the banking business in Wall street, where he re- mained eleven years. He then established the real estate developing business on his own ac- count, including all parts of the state, but more especially Plainfield and its vicinity. He is president of the Plainfield Development Com- pany, member of the Board of Education in North Plainfield, treasurer of the Park Club, member of the Watchung Hunt Club, the Log Cabin Gun Club, the Plainfield Kennel Club, the Park Golf Club, and vice-president of the Plainfield Board of Trade. He stands high in Masonry, having taken thirty-two degrees in the Scottish Rite. Withdrawing from the Society of Friends, he is identified with the Protestant Episcopal church.


David Barker Rushmore and Edmund Rush- more are eligible to membership in the Society of Mayflower Descendants.


WHITMORE John H. Whitmore, the first member of the family of whom we have definite in- formation, was born in Washington county, New York, about the end of the eighteenth century. He married Hannah Maria, daugh- ter of John Skiff (q. v.). He left two sons : John H., referred to below ; and James C.


(II) John H. (2), son of John H. Whit- more (I), was born in Washington county, New York, August 4, 1820. He was educated in the common schools and afterwards received a collegiate education. For a number of years he was clerk of the New York City prison, and afterwards held the office of deputy county clerk of New York county. For a time he followed


the sea for a living, but later, having studied law in New York, he was admitted to practice in the courts of New York and was permitted to practice in the United States courts, and be- came the partner of William F. Howe, the firm name being Howe & Whitmore. He retired from business in 1861, and is now living at Red Bank, New Jersey. He is a Democrat in politics, and taking a very active interest in the subject, he was at one time of great service to his party as a public speaker. For a time after his retirement from the law practice he followed the avocation of a farmer in Mill- stone township, rather more as a matter of sentiment than with any expectation of achiev- ing practical business results. He is a communi- cant of the Protestant Episcopal church, and a past master of York Lodge, F. and A. M., in New York City. He married Margaret Ann, daughter of John Yorke Savage, who was born 111 1823. Her father came from England to Raleigh, North Carolina, where she was born. He was a jeweler by profession, and later com- ing to New York City he conducted, until his death, a jewelry store at 92 Fulton street. He made the first clock in the New York City Hall. Children of John H. and Margaret (Savage) Whitmore: I. Catharine, married William A. Butler, who in 1885-86 was county clerk of New York county ; children: William A. Jr., Florence and Frank Butler. 2. Gertrude, now dead; married Garret Hartman, of Free- hold, New Jersey. 3. Walter Savage, referred to below. 4. Sarah or Sadie, married Edwin Ackerman, of New York City ; children: Ed- win Jr., married Matilda , and has Sadie and Matilda Ackerman ; and Gertrude, married James Barker, of Hackensack.


(III) Dr. Walter Savage Whitmore, son of John H. (2) and Margaret Ann (Savage) Whitmore, was born in New York City, Octo- ber 18, 1849, and is now living in Red Bank, New Jersey. For his early education he was sent to Ward School, No. 44, in New York City, after which he graduated from the Perine- ville Academy, Perineville, New York. He then took up mercantile life, and during the mayorality of A. Oakey Hall he became an inspector of permits in New York City. Finally he turned his attention to medicine, and, supple- menting his common school education by a course of study at Columbia University, enter- ed the New York Medical College, from which he graduated and received his M. D. degree May 12, 1887. He began the practice of his profession in New York City, where he re- mained for one year. In 1888 he went to the


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Cook County Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, where he remained for one year, and then coming to Red Bank, New Jersey, he settled himself there in the active general practice of medicine and surgery, in which field he has become espe- cially distinguished. He lives at Oceanic, near Red Bank, where he possesses a most charm- ing home. He is a Republican in politics, and from 1890 to 1899 was president of the Board of Health of Shrewsbury township, Monmouth county, and he has also held the position of president of the Board of Health of Rumson borough. He was for fifteen years a member and surgeon of the Second ( Monmouth) Troop, New Jersey National Guard. He is a member of the medical staff of the Monmouth Memorial Hospital of Long Branch, of the New Jersey State and Monmouth County Medical societies. and one of the former presidents of the Practi- tioners' Society of Eastern Monmouth. He was a past great sachem of the Improved Order of Red Men of New Jersey ; is a member of Hiram Lodge, F. and A. M .; the Knights of Pythias, and a member also of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and he is medical examiner of the Heptasophs and the Frater- nities Accident Association. He married, Janu- ary 18, 1893, at Red Bank, Harriet A., daugh- ter of James and Harriet Hume, who was born in New York City, January 6, 1861. Children, none. Children of James and Harriet Hume : I. James. 2. Harriet. 3. Mary, married George Longstreet, of Oceanic; child, Harriet Long- street. 4. George, married Mary Riddle ; child, Henry Whitemore Hume.


(The Skiff Line).


(I) James Skiff, progenitor of all the colo- nial families of this surname, is said to have come from London, England, and settled at Plymouth, New England, before 1636. He re- ceived five acres of land for services done to Isaac Allerton, and bought five more acres of Peter Talbot August 22, 1836. He sold his house and land at Plymouth, January 1, 1637, and removed to Sandwich. He had lands granted in 1641, and was admitted a freeman June 5, 1644. He was a town officer and deputy to the general court. He was tolerant in relig- ion, and on account of his humanity toward the Quakers was disciplined by the general court. He deeded lands to his son, Nathaniel, February 27, 1671. His wife, Mary, died Sep- tember 21, 1673. Children: I. James, born September 12, 1638. 2. Stephen, April 14, 1641. 3. Nathaniel, March 20, 1645. 4. Sarah, October 12, 1646. 5. Bathshuah, April 21,


1648. 6. Mary, March 25, 1650. 7. Miriam (or Marienne), March 25, 1652. 8. Patience, March 25, 1653. 9. Benjamin, November 15, 1655. 10. Nathan, May 16, 1658; mentioned below. II. Elizabeth (?).


(II) Nathan, son of James Skiff, was born in Sandwich, Massachusetts, May 16, 1658. He married (first) Hepsibah, daughter of Rob- ert Coleman, 1680; ( second ) Mercy, daughter of John Chipman, of Barnstable, December 13, 1699. They settled on Martha's Vineyard. Children of first wife: I. Hepsibah, married Norton. 2. Patience, born at Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard. 3. James, born at Chil- mark, Martha's Vineyard, March 10, 1689. 4. Elizabeth, September, 1690. 5. Benjamin, April 29, 1691. 6. Stephen, May 26, 1693. 7. Mary, May 26, 1695. 8. Sarah, February, 1698. Chil- dren of second wife: 9. Mercy, July 5, 1701. 10. Samuel, December 24, 1703 ; was in Scitu- ate and Hanover, Massachusetts. II. John, born August 22, 1705 ; died March 6, 1728. 12. Joseph, November 18, 1707. The mother of Mercy Chipman was Hope Howland, of May- flower ancestry. Nathan Skiff died February 9, 1726.


(III) Benjamin, son of Nathan Skiff, was born at Martha's Vineyard, April 29, 1691. He married ( first ) Abigail James ; ( second ) Miriam Merry. He lived in Chilmark, Martha's Vine- yard, and Ellsworth, Maine, where he died De- cember 2, 1781. Most of this family were Quakers. Children of first wife: Abigail, married Merry ; Nathan, lived at Mar- tha's Vineyard ; John, mentioned below ; Prince ; Benjamin, married Susannah Hillman, of Chil- mark. Children of second wife: Mary, Sep- tember 1, 1744; Elizabeth, 1741, died at Ells- worth, 1818.


(IV) John, son of Benjamin Skiff, was born at Chilmark, Martha's Vineyard, about 1730. The genealogy states that he had a son, Jacob, and is unable to trace him. He seems to be without doubt the John Skiff, of Dartmouth (New Bedford), Massachusetts. He was a soldier in the revolution from Dartmouth, in Captain Daniel Egery's company, Colonel Tim- othy Danielson's regiment, in 1775 : was musi- cian in Captain Thomas Crandon's company from Dartmouth ; matross in Captain Timothy Ingraham's company, March 1. 1778, to May I. at Dartmouth; fifer in Captain George Clag- horn's company, Colonel Abiel Mitchell's regi- ment, July to October. 1780, in Bristol county. In the census of 1790 we find Benjamin, Prince and Stephen Skiff, of this family, heads of families in New York. Prince was at Cam-


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bridge, Albany county, and the other two in the Mohawk Valley, Montgomery county. In 1790 John was living at New Bedford, and had two sons under sixteen and four females in his family. His elder sons probably had left home. John Jr. had a family of his own, with a son under sixteen and four females. Another John Skiff was living at Worthington, Massachu- setts, in 1790. Fairhaven and New Bedford were formerly Dartmouth, Massachusetts. Ac- cording to the family records, John Skiff was a soldier in the revolution, and was a prisoner of the British for a time in the old Coffee House, New York.


(V) John Skiff, son of John Skiff, was born about 1760, in New Bedford, Massachusetts, of adjoining town. As stated already he was living there in 1790, and had a family. His daughter, Hannah Maria Skiff, married John H. Whitmore (I).


SOMERS John Somers, founder of the family of his name in New Jer- sey, was born in Worcester, England, in 1640, and died in that portion of Egg Harbor township, Gloucester county, New Jersey, which is now Somer's Point, Atlantic county, in 1723. He emigrated first, it is said, to upper Dublin, Pennsylvania, but if so, he removed very shortly to West Jersey, as he is styled "husbandman of the Province of West Jersey" in the deed of Thomas Budd, of Phila- delphia, dated November 30, 1695, conveying to him fifteen hundred acres "on the Sound, north east of Great Egg Harbor," eight hun- dred acres "between Patconec Creek, the Bay and the Sound," and seven hundred acres "on the Sound side of Great Egg Harbour between Peter Cowonover and Patconec Creek." In a deed dated March 23, 1695-6, in which he con- veys to James Steelman one hundred acres of the fifteen hundred acre tract, he is styled "John Somers, of Great Egg Harbour, Glou- cester county, Esquire," a title that, according to its use in those days, implied that he had the right to bear coat armor. He is buried in the old Somers burying-ground, in the pines, near Somer's Point. He married (first) in Eng- land, a woman whose name is unknown, and who died during the voyage to America. He married (second) Hannah Hodgkins, of Wor- cester, England, born 1667; died 1738. Chil- dren by second wife: Richard, referred to below; James, born July 15, 1695, married Abigail --; Samuel; Job; Isaac ; Edmund, married January 2, 1704, Mary Steelman ; Bridget ; Hannah; Millicent, born October 7,


1685, married, June 16, 1704, Richard Town- send, of Cape May.


(II) Richard, son of John and Hannah (Hodgkins) Somers, was born probably in West Jersey, in March, 1693, and died at Somer's Point, November 27, 1760. It was he who burnt the brick and built at Somer's Point the old family mansion which is still stand- ing. He married Judith Letart, born May 16, 1712 ; died August 26, 1763. According to one account she is said to have been the daughter of Sir James Letart, of Acadia, Nova Scotia, but according to another and very circumstantial tradition preserved by the Frambes family, she was the daughter of William Letart, was left an orphan while still very young, and was brought up in the household of Peter White, of Shrewsbury. Children :


I. Francis. 2. James, referred to below. 3. John, born Octo- ber 14, 1727; died August 27, 1799; married (first) ; (second) Hannah Spiner Ludlam. 4. Richard, born November 24, 1737 ; died October 22, 1794; married, December 3, 1761, Sophia Stilwell, of Cape May. He was a colonel in the militia, a judge of the county court, a member of the provincial congress of 1775, although he did not take his seat, and an active Whig during the revolution. 5. Edmund, born May 20, 1745. 6. Joseph, lost at sea with his brother, Edmund. 7. Judith S., born April 5, 1743; married Risley. 8. Sarah S., born July 21, 1729; married, March 5, 1740, Frederick Steelman. 9. Elizabeth S., born April 5, 1733; married - Paul. 10. Han- nah, born December 22, 1735; married Peter Andrews.


(III) James, son of Richard and Judith (Letart) Somers, was born at Somer's Point, New Jersey, July 2, 1739. He married, July 20, 1759, Rebecca Steelman. Children : James (2), referred to below; Abigail, married John Steelman ; Samuel ; Alice, married Peter Fram- bes ; Rebecca, married - - Conover ; Han- nah, married (first) John Holmes, (second) John Shillingsworth; Aaron ; Sarah.


(IV) James (2), son of James (I) and Re- becca (Steelman) Somers, was born at Somer's Point, Atlantic county. He was a slave owner, and built the old mill at Bargaintown. He married (first) Sarah - -; (second) Mary ( Brennan) Scull. `Children, all by first mar- riage: I. Samuel, referred to below. 2. Nich- olas, married (first) Ruth (Willits) Corson ; (second) Phebe Scull. 3. James, married Susan, daughter of James and Lettice (Finley) Som- ers, and granddaughter of John and Hannah (Spicer) Ludlam Scull, referred to above. 4.


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Joseph. 5. David. 6. Jacob, married Mary Clark. 7. Sarah, married John, son of John Recompence and Phoebe (Dennis) Scull (see Scull). He was brother of her brother Nich- olas's second wife. 8. Richard, married Leah Holmes. 9. Francis, married Margaretta Van- sant.


(V) Samuel, son of James and Sarah Som- ers, was born November 25, 1779, and died January 4, 1855. He married, December 13, 1801, Roxanna, daughter of John Recompence and Phoebe (Dennis) Scull, and granddaugh- ter of John and Mary Scull. Her sister, Phoebe, married her husband's brother, Nicholas, re- ferred to above, and her brother, John Recom- pence Jr., married her husband's sister, Sarah, referred to above. Children: 1. Sarah, born 1804; married Andrew Frambes. 2. Constant, referred to below. 3. Washington, born 1809; married Deborah, daughter of James and Anna ( Blackman) Somers (a second marriage), and grandson of John and Hannah (Spicer) Lud- lam Somers, referred to above. 4. Mary, born 1812; died young. 5. Eliza Ann, born 1814; died 1872 ; married David B., son of James and Aner (Blackman) Somers, and grandson of John and Hannah (Spicer ) Ludlam Somers, referred to above, who was born in June, 1807, and died April 12, 1874. He was a justice of the peace, a lay judge, and a member of the New Jersey senate. 6. Mary, born 1817; died 1836; married John Brock. 8. Phoebe, born 1824 ; married Josiah Dilks.


(VI) Constant, son of Samuel and Rox- anna (Scull) Somers, was born in Egg Harbor township, Atlantic county, in 1806, and died there in 1891. He married, in 1829, Sarah, daughter of Daniel Edwards. Children: I. Samuel, died young. 2. Maryett, born 1832; died 1857 ; married Samuel W. Tilton ; one son, Curtis. 3. Daniel E., born 1834; died 1908; married Mary E. Price ; two children. 4. Sam- tel, referred to below. 5. Lewis Henry, born 1839; died 1890; married Lenora C. Adams ; two children. 6. Susan E., married Harrison Dubois, of Woodbury. 7. Israel S., born 1844; went to California in 1866; married, and had nine children. 8. Sarah, married James Til- ton ; six children. 9. Annie J., born 1849; died 1881; married James Steelman; removed to Kansas, where both died about the same time. IO. Aner B., married James Farrish ; four chil- dren.


(VII) Samuel, son of Constant and Sarah ( Edwards) Somers, was born at Egg Harbor, Atlantic county, December 5, 1836. He mar- ried Rachel Lambert, daughter of Dr. John H.


Githens, of Philadelphia, who was born in 1840. Children : Warren and Hubert, both referred to below.


(VIII) Warren, son of Samuel and Rachel Lambert (Githens) Somers, was born in 1868. He married Isora Blackman. Children : Helen ; Samuel ; Harold, born 1895, died 1899 ; Rachel ; Warren Jr.


(VIII) Hubert, son of Samuel and Rachel Lambert (Githens) Somers, was born in Egg Harbor township, Atlantic county, New Jer- sey, January 5, 1872, and is now living at At- lantic City, New Jersey. He married, March 4, 1907, Laura Estelle, daughter of Isaac C. Toone, who was born July 23, 1878. Child, Florence, born April 19, 1908.


RICHARDS Among the numerous fam- ilies bearing the name of Richards which are repre- sented in the new world, it is sometimes diffi- cult to ascertain the exact nationality, as the modern spelling in some cases is derived from the German Reichert, in others from the Eng- lish Richard, and in still others, as in the pres- ent instance, where the descent has been proven by Mr. Louis Richards, of Reading, Pennsyl- vania, from the Welsh christian name, which is identical in form with the English.


(I) Owen Richards, founder of the family under consideration, emigrated from Merion- ethshire, North Wales, certainly before 1718, and probably not earlier than 1710 or 1715. Possibly he lived for a time in Predyffryn, Whiteland, or some other of the Welsh por- tions of Chester county, Pennsylvania, Decem- ber 22, 1718, he bought three hundred acres in Amity township, then Philadelphia, now Berks county, and in 1726, with another Welshman named David Harry, of Chester county, he bought two hundred and fifty acres in Oley township. He died some time after 1734. Ac- cording to tradition he was accompanied to this country by his wife, three sons, and one daugh- ter. In 1727 he married (second) in Christs Church, Philadelphia, Elizabeth Baker, who died at the age of eighty, in 1753. Children : James ; William, referred to below ; John, mar- ried Sarah -, and probably removed to Virginia ; Elizabeth, probably died unmarried.


(II) William, son of Owen Richards, was born in Wales, and had grown to manhood when he came with his father to this country. He seems at one time to have possessed consid- erable property, but died poor. For some years he was constable of Amity township, and a deposition dated in 1738 contains a diverting


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account of his rough experience as a peace office with some violators of the provincial law against the obstruction of the navigation of the Schuylkill river by the erection of racks for taking fish. He died in Oley township, January, 1752; his will being dated December 26, previous, and the inventory of his estate amounting to £207 7s. 10d., Pennsylvania cur- rency. His children were: 1. Mary, married John Ball, of Berks county, whose son, Joseph, became the manager of Colonel John Cox's foundry at Batisto, New Jersey, where many of the cannon for the revolutionary army were forged. 2. Owen, served in the revolution. 3. James, referred to below. 4. Ruth, mar- ried Daniel Kunsman. 5. William, born Sep- tember 12, 1738, died August 23, 1823; another of Colonel Cox's resident managers, and one of the revolutionary army at Valley Forge; he married (first) Mary Patrick, ( second) Margret Wood. 6. Margret, mar- ried Cornelius Dewees. 7. Sarah, married James Hastings, and removed to Virginia.




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