Genealogical and memorial history of the state of New Jersey, Volume III, Part 84

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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7. Margaret, born 1814; died November 10, 1896; married James English. 8. Rebecca, married Rev. Joseph Parkyn. 9. Christopher, married Harriet Kendal. IO. Phebe, married Captain Joseph Price.


(V) Joshua, son of Amariah and Margaret (Adams) Lake, was born in 1803, and died March 10, 1869. He married Hannah Leeds. Children : Lettie J., born September 28, 1847, died in September, 1847 ; Lettie J., born April 7, 1848, died October 7, 1864; Margaret Ann, married William Price; Caroline, married Lewis Filton; Amariah; Lydia, referred to below.


(VI) Lydia, daughter of Joshua and Han- nah (Leeds) Lake, married John T., son of Samuel and Mary (Garwood) Price. Their daughter, Gertrude Lydia, born at Bargain- town, Atlantic county, New Jersey, November 20, 1870, married, June 27, 1895, Harry, son of Samuel and Helena ( Pharo) Headley, re- ferred to above.


Joseph Ingersoll, the first


INGERSOLL member of this family of whom we have definite in- formation, was born in 1796. His father was the man who established the old Ingersoll iron works at the head of the Tuckahoe river.


(II) Denman Bevis, son of Joseph Inger- soll, was born in that part of Gloucester county which is now Atlantic county, in 1831. He married Mary, daughter of Simon and Mary D. (Lake) Hanthorn. Her father was the son of John and grandson of Isaac Hanthorn. (See Lake).


(III) Hon. Robert Hanthorn, son of Den- inan Bevis and Mary ( Hanthorn) Ingersoll, was born at Mays Landing, Atlantic county, New Jersey, November 17, 1768, and is now living at Atlantic City, New Jersey. He re- ceived his early education at the public schools of Mays Landing, and 1884 entered Rutgers College, when he remained for two years. While studying at Rutgers, Senator John J. Gardner procured him an appointment as page in the New Jersey state senate, and in attend- ing to his duties as page he formed may ac- quaintances that proved valuable friends in later life, and gained an extremely useful ex- perience. In 1884 he became assistant journal clerk of the New Jersey assembly, a position he held till after his admission to the bar. After leaving college lie read law with Hon. John E. P. Abbott, of Mays Landing, and also with Hon. Allen B. Endicott, and was admitted to the New Jersey bar as attorney in June.


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1890, and as counsellor in 1895. Since that time he has been engaged in the successful practice of his profession. In 1892 Mr. Inger- soll was elected coroner of Atlantic county, and in 1895 alderman and president of the town council of Atlantic City. In 1896 and 1897 he served efficiently as recorder for At- lantic City, and it was mainly owing to his efforts that the legislation necessary to estab- lish a district court at Atlantic City was se- cured. In 1898 Governor Voorhees appointed him president judge of this court, and at the expiration of his term Governor Stokes re- appointed him for a second term, which will expire in 1911. Mr. Ingersoll is a member of the New Jersey Bar Association, and ex-presi- dent of the Atlantic County Bar Association. He is a Republican in politics, and a member of Trinity Lodge, No. 79, F. and A. M .; of Trinity Chapter, No. 38, R. A. M .; of Atlantic Commandery, K. T., of which he is a charter member. He is a past worshipful master of the Blue Lodge, and district deputy grand master of the Twelfth Masonic District of New Jersey. He is an ex-lieutenant of the Morris Guards, a member of the Atlantic City Yacht Club, of the Republican Club of Atlantic City and captain of the Atlantic City Troop. He married, in 1894, Emma L., daughter of Gen- eral William H. Skirm, of Trenton, New Jer- sey, who died in 1907. No children.


(The Lake Line).


William Lake, the first member of this fam- ily of whom we have definite information, died between March 22, 1716-7, and June II, 1717, the dates of the signing and proving of his will. He married Sarah Children : Nathan, Daniel (referred to below) ; also three daughters.


(II) Daniel, son of William and Sarah Lake, died in Gloucester county, New Jersey. He married, September 14, 1730, Gartara (or Gortery), daughter of Hance, and granddaugh- ter of James and Susanna (Toy) Steelman, a family of Swedish origin, originally settled in New Castle, Delaware.


(III) Daniel (2), son of Daniel (I) and Gartara (Steelman) Lake, was born in 1740, and died about 1798. He lived in Gloucester county, New Jersey. He married Sarah Lucas, of Burlington county. Children: I. Christo- pher, born October 1, 1765. 2. Daniel, referred to below. 3. Jemima, born October 18, 1768. 4. Tabitha, May 27, 1770. 5. Sarah, December 2, 1771. 6. John, December 21, 1773; married Abigail Adams. 7. Lidia, March 17, 1776. 8.


Amariah, April 5, 1778; died June 26, 1847; married, September 20, 1801, Margaret Adams. 9. Mary, born September 15, 1780. 10. Ase- nath, January 23, 1783; died July 18, 1860; married (first) August 16, 1801, Levi Colling ; (second), February 13, 1815, Paul Sooy. II. Lucas, born October 12, 1785. 12. Lois, twin with Lucas.


(IV) Daniel (3), son of Daniel (2) and Sarah (Lucas) Lake, was born in Gloucester county, New Jersey, August 7, 1767. He mar- ried Ann, daughter of Samuel and Lovica (Barber) Leeds, of Leeds Point, Gloucester county. Children: Dinah Ann, married John Moore; Lucinda; Christopher, referred to below ; Daniel ; John.


(V) Christopher, son of Daniel and Ann (Leeds) Lake, was born and died in that part of Gloucester county, which is now Atlantic county. The name of his wife is not known.


(VI) Mary, daughter of Christopher Lake, married Simon, son of John and grandson of Isaac Hanthorn, referred to above.


Jesse William Starr, the third, STARR was born at Mount Ephraim, New Jersey, July 27, 1863. He is the son of Benjamin Archer and Abigail Burrough (Lord) Starr. His father was born at Cam- den, New Jersey, in 1837. His mother, who was the daughter of James Lord, of Delaware, was born at Red Bank, New Jersey, October 17, 1836. He is thus a descendant of many of the oldest and most prominent families in the states of New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Dela- ware. Children of Benjamin Archer and Abi- gail Burrough (Lord) Starr were: I. Anna Eugenie, born May 27, 1859; unmarried. 2. Benjamin Archer Jr., July 14, 1861 ; died De- cember, 1906; married Marion C. Collings, and had Benjamin Willis and Marion C. 3. Jesse William, see forward.


Jesse William Starr moved with his parents while he was yet a child from Mount Ephraim to Haddonfield, New Jersey, and from there to Camden, where his parents lived until he was eighteen years of age. They then re- moved to Merchantsville, New Jersey, where he remained until 1908, when, after being a summer resident for a number of years in Atlantic City, Mr. Starr made his permanent home there at 304 Pacific avenue. For his early education Mr. Starr attended the public schools of Camden, and the Friends' Central School of Philadelphia. After graduating from the latter, he worked for six years in the dye stuff establishment of Browning &


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Brothers, and then for eleven years more with the chemical company of A. K. Clipstein & Company. After this he became connected with the National Aniline & Chemical Com- pany, of which he became the president. He was also at this time interested in the firm of Schoellkopf, Hartford & Hanna. In this latter company he still retains his interest, but his principal business is as the president of the National Aniline & Chemical Company, whose offices are at No. 109 North Water street, Philadelphia. Mr. Starr is a Republican and in religion an independent. In addition to his chemical business, he is a director in the Cen- tral Trust Company, of Camden, New Jersey, and one of the trustees of the West Jersey Homeopathic Hospital of Camden. He is a member of numerous clubs and organizations, besides several secret societies, among these should be mentioned Merchantsville Lodge. No. 119, Free and Accepted Masons, Benev- olent and Protective Order of Elks, Union League Club of Philadelphia, Country Club of Atlantic City, Dye Club of New York City, Philadelphia Yacht Club, New Jersey Society of Pennsylvania, and the Manufacturers' Club.


Jesse Williams Starr married Blanche L., daughter of Joseph C. and Caroline Lawrence. Children: Lawrence Hannah, born October 13, 1897, and Elinor, October 23, 1901.


PARKER The Parker family, of Mon- mouth county, New Jersey, be- longs to one of the oldest of the early settlers of that region, the first of the family whose names appear being Joseph and Feter Parker, whose names are found in the records of Shrewsbury in 1667-68. Thomas Parker Sr. and Thomas Parker Jr. are named in the Freehold records of 1716, and it is from these persons that the family which has won itself such an enviable and well-deserved repu- tation in the county and state are descendants.


(I) Joseph Parker, ancestor of the line under present consideration, was one of the most prominent men in old Shrewsbury, being one of the commissioners, a justice of the court, a deputy to the general assembly, and holding several other offices at various times. In the general assembly of 1662-63 he and John Bowne were foremost in the efforts to main- tain the rights of the people of Monmouth against the demands of the Lords Proprietors. He appears to have died in 1685, as in May of that year letters of administration were grant- ed on his estate to Jedediah Allen, his succes-


sor in the assembly. Among his children was Joseph Parker, referred to below.


(II) Joseph (2), son of Joseph ( I) Parker, of Shrewsbury, died in 1723, devising by will his land in Shrewsbury township to his wife, Elizabeth, and nine children. Among these was Thomas, who is referred to below.


(III) Thomas, son of Joseph (2) Parker, of Shrewsbury, settled in Freehold township, where he was twice married, his first wife being a Miss James, by whom he had children : I. Robert. 2. John (both of these children went west while they were yet young men). 3. Thomas, married ; children: Thompson, Isaac, Amy, Caroline, Lydia Ann, Mary Ann, George. 4. Anthony, married Phebe, daughter of David Stout ; children: Thomas; David Stout ; Abi- gail, wife of Rev. David B. Salter ; John, and Joseph. 5. William, referred to below. 6. Lydia, married William Barkalow ; children : Ann, wife of Job Emmons; Amy, wife of D. D. Denise ; Thomas Parker, the noted hotel proprietor. 7. Ann, married a Mr. Thompson. By his second wife, Sarah (Stout) Parker, Thomas Parker had seven more children: 8. Joseph, married, and had Sarah Ann, Achsah and Henry. 9. Hannah, married Cornelius Thompson, and had Pemberton, Burr, Mary Ann and Sarah. 10. Charles, sheriff of Mon- mouth county ; member of the general assem- bly thirteen years ; state treasurer, and at same time state librarian; married a daughter of Captain John Coward, of the Continental army, and had Helen, wife of Rev. George Burrowes ; Mary, married James B. Glover; Joel, the famous governor of New Jersey, and Charles. II. Amy, married David Reed, and had Aaron and Thomas. 12. Mary, married John John- stone, and had Lydia, wife of a Mr. Gravatt, and had William. 13. Joel, died unmarried. 14. Ann, married John Clayton, and had one child, Mary, married a Mr. Potts.


(IV) William, son of Thomas Parker, mar- ried and was the father of children: I. Jesse, married Martha Davison ; children : William, Edmund, Margaret, Alexander, and one died in infancy ; Jesse settled in Freehold township. 2. Hannah, married a Mr. Cheeseman ; five children : they went west. 3. Lewis. married Mary, daughter of Asher Smith, of Smith- burg ; went west ; among their children, all who settled near Dayton, Ohio, were: Asher, John, Mary, Lucy. 4. Edmund, see forward. 5. Thomas. 6. Robert. 7. Lydia. 8. James. 9. William. 10. John. The last five named went west in early life.


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(V) Edmund, son of William Parker, set- tled in Freehold township. He married Sarah, daughter of John and Nancy (Reed) Smith. Children: I. John. 2. Henry William, born at Freehold, New Jersey, 1836; died July, 1887, leaving a widow, who was daughter of James A. Reid, of the same place; children : Sarah Smith, died soon after reaching woman- hood ; Lydia Reid; James, married a Miss Kid- der, of New York, and has one child, John R .; John, attended Freehold Institute, graduated from Princeton University in 1888, engaged in business in Freehold; Cornelia; Alfred, died in infancy ; Clarence, attended Freehold Insti- tute, graduated from Princeton University in 1890, engaged in business in Paterson; Ellen. 3. James Smith, see forward. 4. Alfred. 5. Thomas. 6. Rebecca Ann. 7. Sarah Elizabeth.


(VI) James Smith, son of Edmund Parker, was born at Freehold, New Jersey, in March, 1839. He was for many years president of the Central National Bank of Freehold. He married Annie, born in Monmouth county, New Jersey, daughter of Enoch Ely. Chil- dren : I. Edmund J., born in Freehold, New Jersey, April 9, 1873 ; in April, 1894, entered Central Bank of Freehold, and in 1901 was made cashier, being the youngest man in that capacity in the state of New Jersey. 2. Enoch Ely, see forward. 3. Mary Rue, married a Mr. Palmer, of Philadelphia, and is living in south- ern California.


(VII) Enoch Ely, son of James Smith Parker, was born in Freehold, New Jersey, February 28, 1875. For his early education he was sent to the public schools of Freehold, and after graduating from Freehold Institute, 1894, enter- ed the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, from which he graduated with high honors and received his degree of M. D. in 1898. He then took up hospital work at the Medico-Chirurgical Hospital in Philadelphia, and after remaining there some time began general practice at Long Branch, New Jersey. where he remained about two years, and then removed to Philadelphia, continuing there a little over a year. In 1900 he came to Atlantic City, where he has won an enviable name and a most successful practice. Since taking up his residence in Atlantic City he has taken an active interest in politics, and has been affiliated with the second ward organization of the city. During the memorable campaign for governor between Messrs. Murphy and Seymour, he organized a political club in the northern part of the state and was unanimously chosen as the president of the organization. Shortly


after his advent at Atlantic City he became a Mason, affiliating himself with Trinity Lodge, No. 79. He is also a member of Trinity Chap- ter, No. 38, R. A. M., and Atlantic City Lodge, Order of Foresters, of which lodge he is the physician. He is a member of the Presbyterian church, and in politics is an independent. Among the numerous clubs and associations to which he belongs are the Atlantic City Yacht Club, and the celebrated City Troop, of which he is not only a member but a director. He is also one of the stockholders of the Board Walk National Bank. Among his friends he is con- sidered as "a good fellow," and his popularity among the permanent residents of the city is. well known.


MILLER This is a common family name in Germany, originating in the occupation in which the early ancestors engaged, and generally a thrifty fam- ily, largely engaged in agricultural pursuits. The first American ancestor of the subject under consideration was his grandfather, for whom he was named.


(I) Francis Joseph Miller, was born in Col- senbuch, Baden, Germany, in 1807. He was a son of John Miller, of that place, who was born about 1761, and died about 1857, after attaining the unusual age of four score years and sixteen, reaching within four years of the century mørk. John Miller was a soldier in the German army, and was taken prisoner by Na- poleon the Great in his invasion of the German and Prussian territory, and subsequently ex- changed. Francis Joseph was named for his father's commander, Francis I. of Germany, who at the head of the army of the Nether- lands defeated the army of France at Catean and Landrecy, April 26, 1796, and May 22, of the same year, gained the bloody battle of Tournay. The fortunes of war were, however, with the young Corsican, and his triumphs in Italy forced Francis I. to conclude the treaty of Campo Fornica, October 17, 1797, and this humiliation, followed by the victories of Na- poleon at Ulm and Austerlitz and the capture of Vienna, completely discouraged Francis, who surrendered the Venetian states and Tyrol, and the German Empire, after an existence of one thousand years, was dissolved, and all that was left to the proud Francis I. was the title of emperor of Austria, king of Bohemia and Hungary. In 1809, however, he renewed the war with Napoleon, and the victory gained at Aspern did much to restore the prestige of the Austrian army. It was through these scenes


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that John Miller passed under his emperor, who was about his own age. Francis Joseph Miller was given the usual good education ac- corded by the government to German boys, and he worked at farming, and at the same time learned the shoemaking trade so as to fill up all his time to advantage. In 1854 he left Ger- many with his wife and sons, William and Jacob R., and they settled at Cherry Valley, New Jersey, where he found employment on the farm of John Griggs, where he remained for two years. He then removed his family to Bloomberry, where he worked on a farm for eight years. In 1864 he located his family in the city of Trenton, and he worked in the rolling mill of the New Jersey Steel and Iron Company continuously up to the time of his death, which occurred in Trenton, September 15, 1892, at the age of eighty-five years. He married, about 1840, in Goldenbach, on the river Necker, Baden, Germany, Elizabeth Stught, born 1816; died in Bloomberry, New Jersey, in 1863. Children : 1. William, born in Baden, Germany, about 1842. 2. Jacob R. (q. v.). Others were born in New Jersey, among them Charlie, born in Cherry Valley, about 1856.


(II) Jacob R., probably second child of Francis Joseph and Elizabeth (Stught ) Miller, was born in Baden, Germany, in 1844, where he attended school with his brother, William, and came with the family to America in 1854, where he continued his school training, and there learning English. As he grew beyond school years he engaged in farming work in various places near his home, and September 15, 1862, when eighteen years of age, he en- listed in Company F, Thirtieth New Jersey Volunteers, which company was recruited in Bloomberry, Oliver Kebbe elected captain. The regiment was commanded by Colonel John J. Chadwick, and was mustered into the United States volunteer service. Private Miller took part with his regiment in the second battle of Fredericksburg, May 3-5, 1863, also known as the battle of Chancellorsville. He was muster- ed out with his regiment at the expiration of its nine months' service, June 28, 1863, at Flemington, New Jersey. He resumed farm- ing, and in 1872 went to Trenton, where he found employment in the rolling mill of the New Jersey Steel and Iron Company. He re- signed his position in 1875, in order to take a position as night watchman and janitor in the buildings of the College of New Jersey at Princeton, afterward Princeton University. He remained at the college for about three years, when he resigned to become head farmer for


Paul Trulane in Princeton. In 1885 he re- sumed work for the New Jersey Steel and Iron Company, and continued in its employ four- teen years. In 1899 he removed to Philadel- phia, Pennsylvania, to take a responsible posi- tion in the Baldwin Locomotive Works, and the engagement was extended to seven years service. In December, 1906, he removed from Philadelphia to Roebling, New Jersey, and took a position in the rod mill of the steel works, where he was still employed in 1909. On re- moving to Trenton he was made sexton of Christ Church (Episcopal), in which position he served for six years. His fraternal affilia- tions were : Membership in the Order of United American Mechanics, founded in 1845, Council No. 2, of Trenton, and-the Order of the Shep- herd of Bethlehem, No. 88, of Roebling, New Jersey. His service as a soldier in the civil war was recognized by Aaron Wilkes Post, No. 23, G. A. R., to which he was elected a comrade. His political party was the Demo- cratic organization of the state of New Jersey. He married, February 22, 1867, Mary Ellen, daughter of Horace Woodard, of Troy, New York. Children: 1. William H., born in Har- bourton, New Jersey, October 28, 1869: be- came a rod maker in mills at Roebling, New Jersey ; married Hannah Davenport ; children : Ellsworth, Harold F., Marion Elizabeth, Will- iam Anthony and Maud Anna. 2. Francis Jo- seph (q. v.). 3. Ellsworth Rice, born in Tren- ton, September 16, 1874; became superintend- ent of rod mill at Roebling; married Mary McCabe. 4. Jacob R., born in Princeton, March 5, 1876 ; died at Camden, January, 1900. 5. Mary Elizabeth, born in Princeton, April 9, 1878; married Francis M. Rydel, proof- reader in office of North American, Philadel- phia, Pennsylvania. 6. Caroline Emma, born in Trenton, August 28, 1879; married John Clary, electrical engineer, Philadelphia, Penn- sylvania. 7. Anna Matilda, died in 1884, aged three years. 8. Sophia Julia, born in Trenton. 1887 ; married Henry Richards, timekeeper at mills in Roebling : child, Caroline Francis.


(III) Francis Joseph, second son of Jacob R. and Mary Ellen (Woodard) Miller, was born in Harbourton, New Jersey, May 28, 1872. His school training was received in the public schools of Princeton and Trenton, and at the Correspondence School of Scranton. Pennsylvania. His first employment was with the Trenton, New Jersey, Steel and Iron Com- pany, 1887-92, and in the rolling mills of the Roeblings at Roebling. New Jersey. 1892-94. He went in 1894 to Allentown, Pennsylvania,


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with the United States Steel Company, and from there to Cleveland, Ohio, for the same concern, then back to Allentown, still with the same concern. Both at Allentown and in the shops at Cleveland he was assistant roller, be- came head roller in Cleveland, and on his re- turn to Allentown was second roller on the night tour. In 1905 he returned to the estab- lishment of the Roeblings at Trenton, and was made head roller of the entire plant, and in 1907 was transferred to Roebling as head roller and superintendent of the rod mill, which posi- tion he was still holding in 1909. He was a member of Lodge No. 36, I. O. O. F., of South Trenton, and of the Encampment at Trenton. He was also member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, initiated as a mem- ber of Lodge No. 105, Trenton. He was bap- tized and confirmed in the Protestant Episcopal church, which was the church of his parents. He married (first ), September 14, 1893, Myrtle, daughter of Jacob and Martha Hawk, of Tren- ton. Children, born in Trenton : Myrtle, Violet and Edna. The mother of these children died in Trenton, in 1902, and Francis Joseph Miller married (second), 1903, Lucy, daughter of George and Lucy Sticker, of Allentown, Penn- sylvania. Children: Francis Joseph Jr., born in Trenton ; Herbert Walter, born in Roebling, New Jersey.


Thomas Arrowsmith was ARROWSMITH born in England, and died at Arrowsmith Mills, New


Jersey, 1800-1802. He was a farmer, and owned and ran a mill, from which the place, Arrowsmith Mills, took its name. Children: Thomas, referred to below; Joseph; Henry ; Maria.


(II) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (I) Arrow- smith, was born at Arrowsmith Mills, Middle- town township, New Jersey, in 1797, and died there, December 27, 1869. He was a man of limited educational advantages, but naturally gifted with superior mental endowments. Hav- ing stored his mind with general reading, he became an interesting and entertaining conver- sationalist as well as a pleasing public speaker. He was a veteran of the war of 1812, and had a pension of a quarter section of land given him in return for his services. In 1835 he was elected a member of the legislative counsel of New Jersey, a position corresponding with that of state senator, under the constitution of 1844. In this capacity he served two years, being suc- ceeded by the late Hon. William L. Dayton. In 1843 he was elected to the responsible position


of treasurer of the state of New jersey, hold- ing the office until 1845. From 1848 until 1850 he was a member of the board of chosen freeholders for the town of Raritan, being the first to represent that township on the board. From February, 1852, until February, 1858, he was one of the lay judges of the court of errors and appeals of New Jersey. In all these official positions he discharged his duties credit- ably and acceptably to the public, and his integ- rity was never assailed. Throughout his career he enjoyed in the highest degree the confidence and respect of his fellow citizens. He married Emma, daughter of Matthias Van Brackle, of Monmouth county, who survived the death of her husband a few years. She was a lady of quiet manner, whose countenance seemed radi- ant with maternal tenderness and affection, and whose life was full of good works. Her father, Matthias Van Brackle, was a substan- tial farmer, who in 1820 represented his district in the state legislature. Children of Thomas and Emma (Van Brackle) Arrowsmith : I. Joseph Edgar, M. D., resident of Keyport ; children by first marriage: Emma (died), Annie ; children by second marriage: Cath- erine, Infant (died). 2. John V., resident of Keyport ; children : Emma, died ; Maria, died ; Joseph, resident of New Monmouth, New Jer- sey. 3. Eleanor, died ; married Daniel Roberts ; children : Thomas H. Roberts, of Rahway, New Jersey; David E. Roberts. 4. Cordelia, died at twenty years. 5. Thomas Van Brackle, referred to below. 6. Stephen, died in infancy. 7. Emma, died. 8. George, referred to below. 9. Stephen V., referred to below.




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