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(VI) Abraham Allen, born about 1735, mar- ried, December 31, 1754, Gartru Toy, who was born in 1735, and died in 1772, and whose parents are understood to have emigrated from Holland. His children were: Sarah, Benja- nin, Mary, Abraham Jr. (hereafter mention- ed), William and Samuel, by his first wife, and two children by his second wife, Martha.
(VII) Abraham Allen Jr., son of Abraham Allen and Gartru (Toy) Allen, born I mo. 22, 1761, died 6 mo. 3, 1791, married, 10 mo. 28, 1782, Sarah Pitman, whowas born in 1761. Their children were: Gertrude, born I mo. 3, 1790, died 12 mo. 26, 1884; Nathan (hereafter men- tioned), and Mary, born 8 mo. 24, 1783, and died 5 mo. 28, 1865. This Abraham Allen made a book, bound in calfskin with the hair on the outside (which is now in the possession of his great-granddaughter, Mary Kirby (Allen) White, in the year 1789, and in this book, which appears to have been at first an account book, there are entered the names and dates of birth, marriages and deaths, evidently made at the time of the various occurrences themselves, of the members of the family from that time onward for a number of years. This book in the annals of the family is called the "Calf Book," because of its binding. Mary Kirby ( Allen) White states that this book came to her from the Kirby branch of the family, who received it from the Allens.
(VIII) Nathan Allen, son of Abraham and Sarah (Pitman) Allen, as appears in an entry
in the "Calf Book," by Abraham Allen, the father, was born the Tenth day of Twelfth month, 1785, and the Tenth day of the moon's age, and, as shown,by an entry in the same book, married Elizabeth Cattell, March 2nd, 1807. (See Cattell line). Their children were Sarah, born I mo. 17, 1808, died in 1896, married Charles Lippincott, and Joshua (hereafter mentioned ).
(IX) Joshua Allen, son of Nathan and Eliz- abeth (Cattell) Allen, was born 4 mo. 26, 1809, died in 1843; in 1836 he married Margaret Dilks, who was born in 1808, and died in 1886. Their children were: Nathan, born 1836; Abraham, born 1837; Joshua, born 1839; Eliz- abeth, born 1840, married Benjamin Stafford, and died in 1877 ; Mary Kirby (hereafter men- tioned), and Joseph I., born 1843, died 189 -.
(X) Mary Kirby Allen, daughter of Joshua and Margaret (Dilks) Allen, was born near Haddonfield, New Jersey, I mo. 28, 1841. Her father, Joshua Allen, became a member of the Methodist church when he married Margaret Dilks, who was a Methodist.
It is a tradition of the family that until Joshua Allen became a Methodist, the Allen family from Ralph Allen down, had all been members of the Society of Friends, and Joshua Allen gave his daughter, Mary Kirby Allen, in charge of his aunt, Gertrude Allen, in order that she might be reared as a Friend. On Oc- tober 2nd, 1862, she married Josiah White (see White line) .
(The Cattell Line).
(I) Jonas Cattle, born prior to 1700, mar- ried Mary Peirce about 1714, and Mary Engel about 1727; died 1731. Children: James Cat- tle, William Cattle (under 21 in 1731), Jonas Cattle, Hannah Cattle (under 21 in 1731).
The minutes of Burlington monthly meeting for 1713 show that a man named Jonas Cat- tell produced a certificate from Shrewsbury monthly meeting in East Jersey before said meeting. The minutes of the same meeting and same year show that a Jonas Cattell and Mary Peirce passed meeting for marriage. The minutes of the same meeting the follow- ing year show that a Jonas Cattell and Mary Peirce passed meeting the second time for marriage. The minutes of Haddonfield month- ly meeting for 1727 show a Jonas Cattell with a certificate from Burlington Mo. meeting as to his "Clearness on Marriage and Conversa- tion," and a Mary Engel passed meeting for marriage. The minutes of same meeting for same year show that a Jonas Cattell, with
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certificate from Burlington Mo. meeting, and Mary Engel, passed meeting a second time.
The records of wills for Gloucester Co. for 173I show the will of a Jonas Cattell, of Dep- ford Tp. Gloucester Co., N. J. dated Feb. (10) 23, 1730 (31), and proved April 13, 1731, which named wife Mary, sons James, William and Jonas, and daughter Hannah. James and John Dilks were witnesses.
Haddonfield monthly meeting was in vicinity of Depford Tp. and both in Gloucester Co. which adjoins Burlington county. Search re- veals no other records of a Jonas Cattell who could be other than the one above mentioned, who lived at above named places and at those times, and to whom any of above records could refer.
All above records probably refer to the same Jonas Cattell because of: I. Similarity of name. 2. Identity of locality. 3. Sequence of dates. 4. Identity of name of wife. 5. Lack of any inconsistent records or other people of same name. It is therefore concluded as prob- able that prior to 1713 one Jonas Cattell lived at Shrewsbury, East New Jersey, and in 1713 removed to some place within the precincts of Burlington county. That in 1714 he married Mary Peirce, which would fix the date of his birth as prior to 1700. That this wife died prior to 1727. That he moved to Depford township, Gloucester county, prior to 1727, and in that year married one Mary Engel. That his children by either his first or second wife, probably all by former, since he died four years after his second marriage, where James, William, Jonas and Hannah, and that he died at Depford township in 1713, his sec- ond wife surviving him.
(II) Jonas (2), son of Jonas (I) Cattle, born (somewhere about 1716), married Mary Pratt (c. c. 1740) and Sarah Stevenson, a widow, c. c. 1750; died 1776; was of Depford township, Gloucester county, New Jersey. Chil- dren : Mary, married Heritage ; James, Uriah, David, Sarah, Nathan, Jonas, William, Hannah, Amy, Amos, Martha.
The will of Jonas Cattell (I), who died in 1831, named as a son one Jonas Cattell. The records of New Jersey marriage licenses of I, 10, 1740, show that one Jonas Cattell and Mary Pratt were granted a license to marry.
The same records for 1750, July 10, show a license to Jonas Cattell, of Gloucester coun- ty, and Sarah Stevenson, of Gloucester county. The wills records for Gloucester county for 1748 show a Sarah Stevenson, of Depford township, Gloucester county, made adminis-
tratrix of estate of her husband, John Steven- son, deceased. The same records for 1776 show the will of one Jonas Cattell, of Depford township, Gloucester county, New Jersey, dated 5, 30, 1774, proved 6, 1, 1776, which names wife Sarah, and children Mary Heritage, James, Uriah, David, Sarah, Nathan, Jonas, William, Hannah, Amy, Amnos and Martha.
No records were found of any other Jonas Cattell to whom any of above records could possibly refer. Above records are judged to all refer to the same man, because: I. Identity of name. 2. Indentity of locality. 3. Sequence of dates. 4. Lack of any inconsistent data. It is therefore concluded as probable that Jonas Cattell (II) named in will of first of that name, continued to live at Depford township all his life. That he was born somewhere near 1716, since his first marriage was in 1740. That he married twice, (first) Mary Pratt, in 1740, and (second) Sarah Stevenson, a widow, in 1750. That he died in 1776 at Depford township, leaving wife Sarah and twelve children, one named Jonas.
(III) Jonas (3), son of Jonas (2) Cattell, of Depford township, Gloucester county, New Jersey, born (c. c. 1755) ; married Sarah Clem- ent II, 3, 1780, and Amy Peirce, 1796; died II, 12, 1849. Children by first wife: Eliza- beth, born 8, 10, 1782, married Nathan Allen, 3, 2, 1807 ; later William Nash, died. Hannah, married Wall ; Rebecca, married-
Chew ; Jonas.
Record of will of Jonas Cattell (II) shows he was of Depford township, died about 1776, and had son Jonas Cattell.
Records of Christ Church, Philadelphia, 1780, November 3, show one Jonas Cattell was there and then married to one Sarah Clement. Records of Gloucester county marriages, vol. 1, p. 5, show marriage between Jonas Cattell and Amy Peirce, 1, 21, 1796, before Justice of Peace John Sparks.
Records of Gloucester county. Deeds, lib. M. M., p. 299, shows a deed dated June II, 1824, from one Jonas Cattell, of Depford township, and Amy, his wife, to David, Uriah, John Cattell, David, and all other descendants of Jonas Cattell, dec'd, "father of said Jonas Cattell the Grantor," of one-quarter acre of land for a graveyard.
Records of wills for Gloucester county, lib. E, p. 83, show will of one Jonas Cattell, of Depford township, dated August 18, 1823, proved November 12, 1849, which names chil- dren Elizabeth Nash, Hannah Wall, Rebecca Chew, and Jonas Cattell.
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Records of no other person of name of Jonas Cattell living at Depford township was found to whom above records could possibly be ap- plied. Above records are judged to refer all to same person because: 1. Name Jonas Cat- tell. 2. Place of residence Depford township. 3. Dates fit naturally into each other. 4. No inconsistent data discovered. It is therefore concluded as probable that Jonas Cattell ( III) of Depford, was son of Jonas Cattell ( II) of same place, whose will was quoted. That he was born about 1755, at Depford, and was son of Sarah Stevenson, second wife of Jonas Cat- tell (II). That he married twice (first ) Sarah Clement, in 1780, and later Amy Peirce, in 1796. That he died a very old man after 1849, at Depford township, near Haddonfield.
(IV) Elizabeth, daughter of Jonas (3) Cat- tell, of Depford township, Gloucester county, New Jersey, born 8, 10, 1782 ; married Nathan Allen 3, 2, 1807, and William Nash. Children : Sarah Allen, born 1803; Joshua, born 1809. (See records in "Calf Book").
Will of Jonas Cattell, made in 1823, makes gift to his daughter Elizabeth Nash. Mary Kirby White (neé Allen) writes in a letter in my possession, of her grandmother Elizabeth Cattell, later Allen, and then Nash as follows:
"Elizabeth Cattell, born August 10, 1782, died about 1880, aged I think about 98 years ; married March 2, 1807, never having employ- ed a doctor while I knew her until her last sickness; she had medical works and read them, raising and using herbs when ailing ; as I recollect her she was much like me in size, brisk and hale, until after a fall from the effects of which she died in Haddonfield, N. J., at the residence of her daughter, Sarah Lippin- cott, now deceased. My grandfather, Nathan Allen, died on their farm near Woodbury. New Jersey, his widow, my grandmother, Eliz- abeth Cattell, marrying an Englishman by name of William, I think, Nash, very much against the wishes of the Allen family, a differ- ence not healed for many years, and finally through the influence of the aforesaid Nash.
"In connection with my grandmother I should mention my great-grandfather, Jonas Cattell, who was in a way a character well known in the vicinity of Woodbury in the carlier days, being employed on account of his swiftness of foot and great endurance, in carrying messages to places as distant as Bur- lington and Trenton in one day during the Revolutionary War, his honest and trustworthy character and knowledge of the woods and paths making him altogether reliable in such iii-26
cases .. In a booklet published and edited by a hunting club of that period and section he was said 'to be so swift as to outrun the hounds.' (I have the book somewhere). He lived to be one hundred and five years of age. I recollect perfectly his hale, florid complexion, he was then a very old man, I a child of not over four years of age."
This shows the Elizabeth Nash named in above will to be the one who married Nathan Allen, and mother of Joshua Allen and grand- mother of Mary Kirby White (neé Allen).
(V) Joshua Allen, Elizabeth Cattell (4) Jonas (3), Jonas (2), Jonas (I). (See report on Allen family main Stem.)
(The Clark Line).
(I) On 9 mo. 13, 1687, William Clark was married to Mary Heritage, daughter of Rich- ard Heritage, of Sutton, New Garden. (Had- donfield marriages, vol. i. p. I). The will of William Clark was proved September 19, 1733, in Gloucester county, and showed that he left surviving him his wife Mary, and sons Will- iam, John, Joseph, Benjamin, Richard and Thomas, and daughters Sarah and Mary ( Will Book, Gloucester county, file 1732).
(II) The minutes of Haddonfield monthly meeting of 3 mo. II, 1727, show that on that date William Clark Jr. and Phillis Ward made their second declaration in meeting of their intention to marry. The will of Aaron Ward, of Gloucester county, dated April 29, 1749, is witnessed by Phillis Clark.
(III) On June 15, 1773, the will of William Clark, the elder, of Gloucester township, dated November 2, 1769, was proved. It shows that he left sons Joel and William, three children of a deceased son Cornelius, and daughter Deb- orah Champion, and three daughters, Esther, Abigail and Lydia. (See West Jersey Wills, liber xvi, p. 71).
(IV) William Clark Jr. and Susannah At- more received a license to marry, on March 28, 1763 (New Jersey Marriage Licenses). The minutes of Haddonfield monthly meeting of 5 mo. 14, 1764, show that William Clark, son of William Clark, was dealt with for marrying out of meeting, and the minutes of Haddonfield monthly meeting of I mo. 14, 1765, show that William Clark Jr. was disowned for the above cause. On March 5, 1784, letters of administration on the estate of William Clark, deceased, were granted to Caleb At- more, and at March term, 1787, in the orphans' court of Gloucester county, New Jersey, the administrator applied for admission to sell real
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estate of William Clark, deceased, who had died intestate, leaving children, five of whom were minors. At the same term the petition of Susanna Clark, widow of William Clark, and mother of Sarah, Thomas, Rebecca, Lydia and Jonathan Clark, infants under fourteen years of age, was presented praying that Caleb Atmore be appointed their guardian. A deed from Susannah, widow of William Clark, late of Deptford township, Gloucester county, New Jersey, and Caleb Atmore, administrator of the estate of said William Clark, dated August 22, 1792, conveyed certain real estate to Ben- jamin Clark (see Gloucester County Deeds, liber A, iii. p. 442). The will of Thomas At- more, of Newton township, Gloucester county, dated December 7, 1773, proved January 24, 1775, bequeaths legacies to his daughter Sus- annah Clark and to her daughters, Abigail, Margaret, Mary and Edith. ( West Jersey Wills, liber xvii. p. 193).
(V) On August 31 1786, at Old Swedes Church, Philadelphia, Margaret Clark, daugh- ter of William and Susannah Clark, was mar- ried to James Dilks. The will of Caleb At- more, of Philadelphia, dated October 9, 1793, proved September 16, 1794 (see Philadelphia Wills, liber x, p. 114), provides for his sister, Susannah Clark, and her children, Abigail, Margaret Dilks, Mary Leonard, Sarah Thomas, Rebecca, Lydia and Jonathan Clark.
(VI) Margaret Dilks, daughter of James Dilks and Margaret (Clark) Dilks, was born in 1808, married Joshua Allen, in 1836. She died in 1886. Her children were: Nathan, Abra- ham, Joshua, Elizabeth, Mary Kirby (above mentioned) and Joseph I.
(The Heritage Line).
Joseph Heritage was the son of Richard Heritage and Mary Heritage, and was born 2 mo. 24, 1675, at a place called Sutton under Brales, in Gloucestershire, in Old England. He came over with his parents in about the ninth year of his age, and settled in West Jer- sey (records of Haddonfield Meeting, Births and Deaths, page 26). This Joseph Heritage is probably a brother of the Mary Heritage who married William Clark 9 mo. 13, 1687.
Richard Heritage, of New Garden, departed this life on the 16th day of Sixth month, 1702. (Records of Haddonfield Meeting, Book of Marriage Certificates, page 104). He is prob- ably the Richard Heritage whose wife was Mary Heritage, and who were the parents of Joseph Heritage above mentioned, and the Mary Heritage who married William Clark.
On September 1, 1702, John Heritage, son and heir-at-law of Richard Heritage, late of Sut- ton, New Garden, deceased, was granted letters of administration on the estate of said Rich- ard Heritage (Gloucester County Wills, file 1683-1708).
(The Collins Line).
(I) Francis Collins was born in Oxford- shire, England, in 1635, his parents being Ed- ward and Mary Clement Collins. In 1663 he lived at Ratcliff Cross, parish of Stepney, coun- ty of Middlesex. He was a bricklayer. He married Sarah Mahan, of Stepney, at Bull and Mouth meeting, in 1663. In 1667 he re- ceived from William Penn a deed for 4-7 of I-20th part of the province of West Jersey. He had children in 1675 named Priscilla, Eliz- abeth and Joseph. He came to America in 1678 and settled in Newton township, Glou- cester county, West Jersey, but later removed to Northampton township, Burlington county, where he died in 1720. In 1683 he was a mem- ber of the governor's council and of the West Jersey assembly. From 1684 to 1686 he was judge of the supreme court of West Jersey, and in 1706 was a member of the council of proprietors. (See Clement's "Early Settlers of Newton Township").
(II) Joseph Collins, son of Francis (spell- ed Ffrancis) Collins and Sarah Mayham, was of Burlington county, New Jersey, and in 1698, he married Catharine Huddlestone, formerly of Rhode Island, then of East Jersey. They passed the Chesterfield monthly meeting of Friends in that year. In 1696 Joseph received five hundred acres of ground in Burlington county from his father, Francis, upon the event of the second marriage of his father. A com- mittee of the Society of Friends met to see that Francis made proper conveyance of his property to his first wife's children before they would allow him to pass meeting for his second marriage. Later, in his will, Francis cuts all these children off with one shilling apiece, and gives all the rest of his estate to his second wife.
(III) Rebecca Collins was a daughter of Joseph Collins and Catherine Huddleston, of Burlington county, New Jersey. Her husband was Samuel Clement, who in 1735 received conveyance from her father, Joseph Collins, of 297 acres of ground in Newtown township, Gloucester county, which plantation was part of a five hundred acre conveyance received by her father, Joseph Collins, from his father, Francis Collins, who received a larger tract in 1716 from William Penn.
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(IV) Jacob Clement, son of Samuel Clem- ent and Rebecca (Collins) Clement, married Hannah Albertson.
(V) Sarah Clement, daughter of Jacob Clement and Hannah Albertson, married Jonas Cattell (III). (See Cattell line).
The Abeel family is of Dutch ex- ABEEL traction and belongs to the group of the early pioneers of Fort
Orange, now Albany, New York, whence they dispersed to various places in that state and in New Jersey.
(I) Stoefel or Christopher Janse Abeel was a master carpenter in Beverwyck, New Amster- dam, from 1653 to February 3, 1655. At this time he is recorded as being about thirty-two years old so that he was born probably about 1621 or 1623. December 4, 1678, "appeared before Adrian Van Elpenden, Notary Public resident in New Albany, Stoefell Jansen Abeel and Neeltje Jansen, joined in matrimony, being both in good health. They leave all estate to the survivor for life and then to their children, Magdalen, aged seventeen, Maria, aged, four- teen, Johanes, aged eleven, and Elizabeth aged seven. The said Magdalen is already married and has had given to her one bed and fifty whole Beavers. They exclude the Lords Or- phan Masters from all management, and do not desire them to meddle with the govern- ment of the children. The survivor and their brothers in law Cornelis Vander Pool, and Adrain Gerrits Popendorf are made overseers." This will was proved October 14, 1681. His wife was Neeltje Janse Croon.
(II) Johannes or John Stoeffels Abeel, third child and only son of Stoefel or Christopher Janse and Neeltje Janse (Croon) Abeel, was born about 1667. He was a merchant, lived in New York for a number of years, during which time he married; returned about 1696 to Al- bany, of which town he became the mayor for the years 1694-95 and also for the years 1709- IO. June 26, 1710, he wrote his will which was proved in New York, March 31, 1714. In it he leaves "to my eldest son Christopher £15 by right of primogeniture." He bequeaths all his real and personal estate to his wife for life or widowhood "on condition that she shall maintain and educate the children, and they are to be taught to read and write and some lawful trade whereby to get their living hon- estly. And when they are come of age or are married my wife is to give them such a por- tion as she thinks fit." After his wife's death .all goes to the children. His executors were
his wife, and his friends Gerardus Beekman, Evert Duyckinck, Evert Bancker and Myndert Schuyler. His gravestone, dug up some years ago near the Second Dutch Church in Albany, has the following inscription: "Here lies the body of John Abeel who departed this life ye 28th day of Jan'y 1711, and in the 44th year of his age Dient begin van wel televen, Gingh der weer den Hemel waert, Uyt den Hemel was gegeven, Storf maar verliet deAert."
April 10, 1694, he married Catalina Schuy- ler, who bore him six children: I. Neeltje, baptized in Albany, April 14, 1695. 2. Chris- toffel, baptized in New York, December 16. 1696. 3. Catalina, baptized in New York, Oc- tober 23, 1698. 4. Neeltje, baptized in Albany, March 30, 1701. 5. Jannetje, baptized in Al- bany, June 6, 1703. 6. David, referred to below.
(III) David, youngest child of John and Catalina (Schuyler) Abeel, was baptized in Albany, April 29, 1705. He entered into his father's business in New York, to which he finally succeeded, becoming in 1750, when the firm name was changed from Abeel & Kier- stede to Abeel & Company, the senior part- ner. February 4, 1726, he married Maria, sister of Gerardus Duyckinck, the executor of whose will he became in 1756. From this union there was at least one son, James, re- ferred to below.
(IV) Colonel James, son of David and Maria (Duyckinck) Abeel, was born May 12, 1731, died April 23, 1825. He served in the revolutionary war as a deputy quartermaster- general, and at the close of hostilities retired to his estates near Lake George, New York. March or May 30, 1762, Colonel James Abeel married Gertrude, only daughter of John Neil- son, M. D., of New Brunswick, born between 1740 and 1750, died July 16, 1799. Children : I. David, born January 13, 1763; married, May 10, 1789, Jane Hassert, and had two children : i. Mary Ann, born 1791, died April 29, 1864; married Dowd Ditmars Williamson and had one child; ii. David, born June 12, 1804, died September 4, 1846; was the first missionary to China of the Dutch Reformed church, whither he went in 1829 as chaplain in the employ of the Seamen's Friend Society, his addresses in London led to the formation of the undenominational society for promoting female education in the east, in 1834; founder of the Amoy mission in 1844, and publisher of several works on the east and its problems. 2. Joanna, born September 13, 1764, died De- cember 22, 1804; married, November 23, 1783,
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Major Leonard Bleecker, and had six chil- dren: James, George Washington, Gertrude, married Edward Kemeys, Elizabeth, Leonard and Edward. 3. John Neilson, referred to below.
(V) The Rev. John Neilson, third child and youngest son of Colonel James and Gertrude ( Neilson) Abeel, was born in 1768, died Janu- ary 19, 1812. He was a clergyman in the Collegiate Dutch church in New York. Janu- ary 29, 1794, he married Mary Stille, born Sep- tember 27, 1773, died June 13, 1826, who bore him one child : Gustavus, referred to below.
(VI) The Rev. Gustavus, only child of the Rev. John Neilson and Mary (Stille) Abeel, was born June 6, 1801, died September 4, 1887. He married, July 26, 1827, Mary Van Nest, born April 19, 1807, died in May, 1884. One of their children was Gustavus Neilson, re- ferred to below.
(VII) Gustavus Neilson, son of the Rev. Gustavus and Mary (Van Nest) Abeel, was born in Geneva, New York, in 1839. In 1851, his father removed with his family to New- ark, New Jersey, where he had been called to minister to the Second Dutch Reformed Church. Young Gustavus N. entered Rutgers College, from which he graduated in 1859. Soon after he began studying law in the office of the Hon. Frederick Theodore Frelinghuy- sen, and in June, 1862, he was admitted to the New Jersey bar. October 7, 1862, he was com- missioned second lieutenant in Company D, First Regiment of New Jersey Volunteers (three year men) ; August 30, 1863, he was promoted to first lieutenant, Company B, same regiment, and in November following was ap- pointed major in the Thirty-fourth Regiment. March 13, 1865, he was promoted to the brevet rank of lieutenant colonel, and about this time resigned from the service. On his return home he began the practice of law, and for several years he was the partner of the Hon. Theo- dore Runyon, of Newark. In 1874 he was ap- pointed prosecutor of the pleas for Essex county, and was reappointed to the same office in 1877. On the expiration of his term in 1882, he was again reappointed by the gov- ernor, but the senate failing to confirm he was continued in this office by Judge Depue until the appointment of his successor in 1883. Be- fore the last year of his service as prosecutor bad expired Colonel Abeel's health had so completely failed that he was obliged to re- tire from active duty and although he at one time rallied so much as to propose to resume his practice, he found himself unable to do so,
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