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September 20, 1742, in Hunterdon county, New Jersey ), and had issue: I. James Hart- pence, married, before 1794, Catherine Bray, daughter of James Bray. James Hartpence and Catherine Bray had issue: A-James Hartpence, who married, about 1822, Lucinda Riggs. They had issue: (a) Rev. Alanson Hartpence, who married Martha Morton, sister of ex-Vice-President Levi P. Morton. 2. Thomas Hartpence. 3. John Eber Hartpence, mentioned below as III.
(III) John Eber Hartpence was twice mar- ried. By his first wife, Miss Brink, he had issue : I. James. 2. Elijah. 3. John Eber, mentioned below as IV. 4. Robert.
(IV) John Eber Hartpence married Ann Runyan, and had issue ten children, of whom the oldest was a son.
(V) Emmanuel Hartpence, who married Eliza Ann Thorp, and had issue eight children, of whom the oldest was a son.
(VI) William Whitfield Hartpence (born September 23, 1844, at Quakertown, Hunter- con county, New Jersey, died January 2, 1881, at Newark, New Jersey). who married (June I, 1870) Cordelia Ann West (born April 17, 1846, at Stanhope, Sussex county, New Jer- sey), daughter of Morris S. West and Mar- garet McMullen, and had issue: I. Leora Al- mita (born November 4, 1872, at Newark, New Jersey ), married (May 16, 1900) John Driscoll Fitz-Gerald (see Fitz-Gerald). 2. Al- bert Whitfield (born June 13, 1876, died Janu- ary 10, 1877). 3. Carrie Margaretta (born September 25, 1877, died November 14, 1881).
CONKLIN Ananias Conkline arrived at Salem, Massachusetts, in 1638, with John Conklin, and while there is no authentic proof of relationship, they were probably brothers. They came from Nottingham, England, as the records of that town in the parish church. St. Peter's, record John Conkline. Here they undoubtedly learn- ed the trade of glass maker, for on coming to Salem they were recorded as giassmen. Ananias was made freeman at Salem, May 18, 1862. He was granted one acre for a house lot, June 25, 1638, and the town also at the same time granted him the ten acre plot on which was built the glasshouse spoken of in the records of January 1I, 1639, and this is the origin of the glasshouse field, from which in later years have been taken at various times many pieces of slag and window glass, now pre- served and accepted as proof that not only were the glass works a reality, but they con-
tinued in actual operation a number of years. John Conkline was associated with his brother, and there is sufficient evidence from his tomb- stone at Southold, Long Island, where he set- tled, that these supposed brothers came from Nottinghamshire, England. John died April 6, 1694, aged sixty-four. There is no ques- tion that they were associated as glass makers, as were Lawrence ' Southwick and Obadiah Holmes, the Conklines being the prime factors in the industry. However, the business was not a success financially, though doubtless a gain historically, they being credited as having the first glass making industry in the United States if not in America. In 1645 they peti- tioned the general court at Boston to be freed from their associates in business, and in 1650 was the advent of the coming of John and Ananias to Southold, and ten years after the foundation of that town the records show property holdings. They were in Salem as late as March 30, 1649, and the First Church there in 1639 records Ananias Conkline as one of its members, and about the same time Susan Conklines name was added to the roll. Thus it would appear that she was his wife, as the church records show that a son Lewis was bap- tized there April 30, 1643, Jacob, May 18, 1649, and Elizabeth, May 18, 1649.
Ananias Conkline removed to East Hamp- ton, Long Island, in 1650, while John went to Southold, and they had land interests together there. Ananias did not tarry long at Southold, as the new settlement at East Hampton had begun to grow and he saw opportunities ahead for him. He was first recorded at East Hamp- ton, July 5, 1653, when he was given two grants of land between grants of Thomas Os- born and William Hedges, and another grant was given him in May, 1655, also another in July, and he had with others the meadow at north side of Hook Pond. The last grant was April 1, 1656, and soon after his death oc- curred. There were children of Ananias men- tioned at East Hampton : Jeremiah, Cornelius, Benjamin ; a daughter, wife of George Miller ; and Hester, six and a half years old when her father died. If Ananias was not a widower at his death, his wife must have soon followed. Jeremiah, the eldest son, was administrator. Ananias Conkline married Susan - --. Chil-
dren : I. Jeremiah, born 1634. died March 14, 1712 ; became a large landowner and prom- inent in the affairs of the town and county ; married, 1658. Mary Gardiner, born August 30, 1638, died June 15, 1727, daughter of Lion Gardiner, one of the first settlers of Connecti-
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cut, and afterwards lord of Gardiner's Island ; children : i. Jeremiah, married, June 29, 1718, Jane Parsons; ii. Cornelius; iii. David; iv. Lewis, ancestor of Roscoe Conklin, died Octo- ber 2, 1716; v. Ananias, married Martha Stret- ton ; vi. Mary, married Thomas Mulford. 2. Cornelius, see forward. 3. Benjamin, died 1709; married Hannah Mulford; children : John, Eliakim, Benjamin and Ananias. 4. Lewis, baptized April 30, 1643. 5. Jacob, bap- tized May 18, 1649. 6. Elizabeth, baptized May 18, 1649. 7. Hester, born about 1650.
(II) Cornelius, son of Ananias Conkline, was undoubtedly born at Nottingham, Eng- land, about 1636, and came with the family to America, settling at Salem, and later at East Hampton, Long Island. There has been some dispute regarding Cornelius Conkline, as some writers state that he died at Salem. If such was the case he may have returned and settled there. The records of East Hampton show that Cornelius Conkline lived at this latter piace, and undoubtedly owned land near his father. The name Cornelius has continued as a family name for several generations. Cor- nelius Conkline, Jeremiah Mulford and Elias Mulford were witnesses to the will of Robert Daiton, April 14, 1712. He married
and had children: I. Cornelius, born about 1690; married, March 16, 1715, Deborah Mulford; children: i. Esther, baptized Octo- ber 23, 1715; married, January 20, 1739-40; Jonathan Mulford; ii. Mary, baptized May 25, 1718; iii. Jane, baptized September 18, 1720; married, December 25, 1739, Thomas Osborn; iv. Deborah, baptized April 28, 1723; v. Cor- nelius, baptized February 26, 1726; vi. Eliza- beth, baptized July 6, 1728-29; vii. Mulford, baptized May 14, 1731-32; viii. Nathan, bap- tized September 28, 1735. 2. William, see for- ward.
(III) William, son of Cornelius Conkline, was born at Easthampton, Long Island, about 1692, died at Basking Ridge, New Jersey, 1760. After his marriage to Ruth Hedges, in 1718, he removed to Basking Ridge, New Jersey, where he was one of the first settlers. He is named in the deeds as a yeoman or farmer. He made his will November 29, 1760, which was proved March 18, 1761. His wife survived him several years. He died shortly after making his will, which states "indisposed in body." His daughter Ruth is first men- tioned in the will, and is given all the house- hold goods after the death of her mother. Mr. Conklin possessed a number of tracts of land in and around Bernard, New Jersey. He mar-
ried, November 26, 1718, Ruth Hedges. Chil- dren, and dates of baptisms: I. William, Au- gust 30, 1719. 2. Stephen, see forward. 3. Mary, January II, 1724. 4. Abraham, June 12, 1726. 5. Ruth, December 8, 1727. 6. Isaac, February 27, 1731-32. 7. Jacob, August II, 1734. 8. Abigail, January 23, 1736. 9. Thomas, October 14, 1739.
(IV) Stephen, son of William Conklin, was baptized at Easthampton, Long Island, Sep- tember 3, 1721, died at Basking Ridge, New Jersey, September 8, 1791. He was a farmer, and moved to Basking Ridge Centre after De- cember, 1753. He was an enterprising, inde- pendent citizen. He was given ten shillings in his father's will, being the third named among the children. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church at Morristown, which was under King's charter, became a communicant July 7, 1755, and was later a trustee. He married, about 1746, Deborah Dimon, born 1725, died August 23, 1774. She was said to have been a most capable, ener- getic person, filled with "glory of the Lord," and a devoted member of the church. Chil- dren : I. Climena, baptized 1748; married Josiah, son of Elisha Ayres, of Basking Ridge, New Jersey; child, Stephen Ayres, the cele- brated itinerant Dr. Ayres, so eminently suc- cessful in curing cholera in Montreal in 1832. 2. William, see forward. 3. Stephen, baptized 1751; joined First Church of Morristown; died there August 29, 1788; married (first) May 2, 1776, Abigail Mitchell, who died April 26, 1777, aged thirty-five ; ( second ) May 7, 1778, Rachel, born November 28, 1758, died June 18, 1793, daughter of Benjamin and Sarah (Mitch- ell) Lindsley ; she married (second) Francis McCarthy, and had a daughter Charity, mar- ried William B. Johnston. 4. Ruth, born at Suffolk, Long Island, December 22, 1753, died October 21, 1797; married, January 27, 1779, Stephen Whittaker; children: i. Jonathan, married Mary Bailey ; ii. Mary, married Moses Hall; iii. Deborah, married William Roy Jr .; iv. Stephen, married Mary Hall ; v. Ruth, mar- ried (first) Ephraim Mallory; (second) Jacob Vanderentice ; vi. Isaac, married Achsah Cush- man ; vii. Moses Hall; viii. Anna, married Jonathan A. Hall. 5. Mary, baptized Septem- ber 17, 1758, died 1838; married, February 18, 1778, John Runyon ; children: i. Stephen; ii. Richard; iii. John; iv. Elias; v. Betsey, mar- ried Joseph McLain ; vi. Debby, married James McLain; vii. Polly, married Vance ; viii. Anna. 6. Isaac, baptized August 30, 1761, died September 12, 1791 ; married, August 24,
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1784, Comfort Pitney; children: i. Sarah, born November 25, 1784; married S. Baker ; ii. Jonathan Dimon, born July 7, 1787; mar- ried Sally Nevell. 7. John, baptized November 6, 1763 ; married, December 3, 1784, Elizabeth Mills ; children: i. Deborah, born April 21, 1785; ii. Sarah Roberts, May 18, 1787; iii. John J., September 6, 1789, died March 25, 1870. 8. Abraham, baptized September 29, 1765; married, February II, 1789, Jemima Lindsley; children: i. Anna, born June 25, 1790, died 1830; ii. Maria, born January 14, 1792; iii. Deborah, born March 6, 1795; iv. Richard; v. Eliza; vi. Zeba, born 1802; vii. Joseph L .; viii. William; ix. Willimina; x. John Runyon. 9. Deborah, born April 17, 1769 ; married, March 18, 1790, John Seward. (V) William, son of Stephen Conklin, was baptized at Easthampton, Long Island, 1749, died at Basking Ridge, New Jersey, February 14, 1803. He resided at Basking Ridge the greater part of his life, and became a noted tanner and currier, which trade he carried on in connection with farming. His tanyards and shop were situated near his homestead. He was a justice of the peace many years and was known as "Squire Conklin." He was consid- ered well-to-do for those times, owning con- siderable property at Basking Ridge. He and his wife were devoted members of the First Presbyterian church, where he was an elder. Mr. Conklin died in a fit, in his bark-house, February 14, 1803. He married Rebecca, born May 10, 1754, daughter of Jonathan Whittaker, of Mine Brook, New Jersey. Chil- dren : I. Phebe, born September 29, 1779, died 1785. 2. Stephen, see forward. 3. Jonathan, born October 28, 1783, died September, 1803; married Apha Colie; child, Mary, born Febru- ary 9, 1803 ; married, December 31, 1848, John Faulks. 4. Mary, born October 7, 1785; mar- ried, May 6, 1809, John Littell, born November 28, 1779, son of Nathaniel and Mary (Cald- well) Littell; children: i. William; ii. Mary, married Jonathan Valentine ; iii. William, mar- ried Mehitable Bonnell; iv. Eliza, married James K. Harris; v. Harriet, married John T. Wilcox; vi. Susan, married Charles Whit- taker ; vii. John, married Deborah Hall; viii. Luther ; ix. Huldah Rebecca ; x. John Thomas. 5. William, born August 23, 1787; married (first) Keturah Green; (second) Cornelia (Goltra) Sturgis, widow of Elias Sturgis, and daughter of Thomas Goltra; children: Will- iam, Mary E., James Alonzo, Stephen, John L., Sarah Augusta. 6. Joseph, born Novem- ber 28, 1789; married Viletta Hampton, of
Woodbridge, New Jersey. 7. Isaac, born Jan- uary 24, 1792; was a farmer and shoe manu- facturer ; married Sarah Hall, daughter of Richard Hall; children: i. Elisha W., married Margaret Hilter ; ii. Mary Elizabeth ; iii. Emily H .; iv. Oscar. 8. Nathaniel, born March 5, 1794; married Emily Halsey, daughter of Daniel Graw and Milicent (Halsey) Fitch; children: Emily Halsey, Charles Fitch, Mary Littell, married Robert Evans; Rebecca Mili- cent, Nathaniel Whittaker. 9. Sarah, born Oc- tober 2, 1796; married James S. Rose; child, James Augustus, married Caroline Drake.
(VI) Stephen, eldest son of William Conk- lin, was born at Basking Ridge, New Jersey, February 3, 1782, died at Somerville, New Jersey, November 3, 1849. He was brought up on his father's farm, acquiring the usual common school education of a farmer's son at that period. He resided on the homestead at Basking Ridge, and was an elder of the Pres- byterian church. He later removed to Som- erville, where the remainder of his days were spent. He married (first) January, 1807, Sally, daughter of Elias Coriell, of Long Hill, New Jersey. Child: 1. Sarah, born De- cember 15, 1808, died February 23, 1842; married Thomas Layton; child, Theodore Layton. He married (second) August 15, 1809, Catherine, daughter of Willet Tailor. Children: 2. Willet Tailor, born October 6, 1810; married, December 21, 1836, Eine- line, daughter of Daniel Heath; children : William Wilson, Catherine Jane, Daniel Heath, John Tailor, Stafford Wilson, Stephen, Ransford Wells, Frederick Heath. 3. Jane, born August 15, 1815; married John Littell; children : Margaret Suydam, Catherine Eliza- beth, Mary, Samuel, Sarah Jane. 4. William, born April 11, 1818; married Mary, daughter of Charles Toms, of Somerville, New Jersey ; children : Harriet and Albert. 5. John Tailor, born January 25, 1821 ; married Elizabeth Hig- gins ; children : Nathaniel, Ansel Munroe, Ger- trude Tailor, Charles Griffin, Bogart Tailor, George Tunison. 6. Nathaniel, see forward. 7. Mary Elizabeth, born August 13, 18 -.
(VII) Rev. Nathaniel Conklin, son of Ste- phen Conklin, was born at Basking Ridge, New Jersey, October 20, 1823, died at Madi- son, New Jersey, August 17, 1892. He attended the schools of his native place and prepared for college at Somerville, New Jersey. He entered Rutgers College, New Brunswick, New Jersey, and after graduation studied for the ministry at the Theological Seminary at New Brunswick. After the completion of his
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course his first charge was at the Reformed Church at Long Branch, New Jersey. Three years later he became pastor of the Reformed Church at Montville, New Jersey, and while there was instrumental in organizing the Re- formed Church at Boonton, New Jersey. In 1870 he took the pastorate of the Presbyterian Church at New Vernon, New Jersey, remain- ing there until 1883, when he retired from active service. He was always earnestly inter- ested in home and foreign missions, and during his active career exerted an influence for good which is still felt and recognized. He was a Republican in politics, and at the time of the civil war made a number of speeches in favor of the Union cause and aided actively in send- ing supplies to the wounded soldiers. He mar- ried (first) October 24, 1848, Elizabeth John- son Woodruff, born in Newark, New Jersey, July 31, 1828, died April 1, 1872, daughter of Archibald and Catherine (Johnson) Woodruff, the former of whom was a merchant of New- ark. Children: 1. Katharine Johnson, born March 21, 1850, died January 13, 1890; mar- ried, December 22, 1884, Almon Baxter Mer- win. 2. John Woodruff, born December 30, 1851, died September 12, 1909; missionary to India ; married, September 16, 1880, Elizabeth Lindsley; children: i. Elizabeth Woodruff, born February 6, 1885 ; ii. Archibald Lindsley, August 28, 1886; iii. Robert Heath Lindsley, March 27, 1891 ; iv. Sherman Lindsley, June 26, 1894. 3. Archibald Woodruff, see forward. 4. Mary Jane, born October 18, 1856. 5. Will- iam Bogart, born April 30, 1859; married, June 25, 1902, Sarah Hogate Groff, born Au- gust 5, 1868, daughter of William Gaskell and Christine Rammille (Hogate) Groff ; children : i. Edward Groff, born September 6, 1904; ii. William Groff, November 9, 1905. 6. Dr. Ed- ward Dore Griffin, born May 27, 1862; mar- ried, May 20, 1891, Helen Ford; child, Alys Ford, born November 29, 1892. 7. Martha Heath, born November 18, 1864, died October 7, 1882. 8. Anna Clark, born October 2, 1867. 9. Vernon Shields, born September 15, 1870. He married (second) March 17, 1880, Jennie M. Drinkwater, born April 14, 1841, daughter of Captain Levi Drinkwater ..
(VIII) Archibald Woodruff, son of Rev. Nathaniel Conklin, was born at Montville, Morris county, New Jersey, April 2, 1854. He began study at the village school of Montville, and afterward attended the Morris Academy at Morristown, New Jersey. He began his business career as clerk in Newark City Na- tional Bank, Newark, New Jersey, in 1869,
and continued with them until 1891, having advanced to the position of receiving teller. He then, at the request of the German Na- tional Bank of Newark, became cashier of that institution. In 1902 the German National Bank, by change of name, became the Union National Bank of Newark, and the Second National Bank and State Banking Company of Newark were merged with it. It is the largest national bank in the state of New Jersey, and Mr. Conklin has remained as cashier of the enlarged institution. He is a member of the Park Presbyterian Church of Newark, and serves in the office of elder ; member of Board of Trade, the Royal Arcanum and Wednesday Club, of Newark. He has always cast his vote for the candidates of the Republican party, but has never sought or held public office.
BOOTH Towards the latter part of the eighteenth century there was a large immigration into the newly born nation of the United States, com- posed in the main of enterprising, progressive middle-class Englishmen, who saw in the new world the opportunity of establishing for them- selves an independence and prosperity denied them at home ; and to these later comers should be given full credit for their share in the pro- motion and establishing of the stability and supremacy of this country in the commercial and industrial world, even as they are almost always given it for what they have done for England. Among these industrial pioneers was the ancestor of the branch of the Booth family at present under consideration.
(I) Richard Booth, founder of the family, was born in England, and was by trade a block printer. He came over to this country as a young man and for some time followed his trade on this side of the Atlantic. For a time he lived in Hudson, Columbia county, New York, but about 1830 removed to Nutley, Essex county, New Jersey, where he built the present hotel, now known by the name of "Military Hall." He lived to be over three score years of age, and was one of the pillars of the Dutch Reformed church in his commu- nity. His wife, Sybil ( Burns) Booth, who came like her husband from England, bore him four children: 1. Jackson, married Mary Ann 2. Roger. 3. Sarah. 4. Enoch, referred to below.
(II) Enoch, son of Richard and Sybil (Burns) Booth, was born in Hudson, New York, November 17, 1827, died in Franklin township, Essex county, New Jersey, August
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10, 1879. He was a boss woolen mill spinner and a millwright. His military service began with twelve months as a private in the Thirty- ninth Regiment of New Jersey Volunteers, after which he was promoted to the rank of corporal, and later he joined the state militia as a lieutenant. After this he went to Nutley and took charge of the hotel and conducted that until his death. Enoch Booth married, July 3, 1855, Mary Magdalen, born February 16, 1828, and still living, the eldest child of Richard and Elizabeth (Snyder) Stager. Richard Stager, her father, born February 13, 1801, died December 8, 1860, belonged to one of the old colonial Dutch families who came into New Jersey by way of New Amsterdam, Long Island and Staten Island. Elizabeth (Snyder) Stager, her mother, born August 28, 1808, died January 6, 1898; she was left a widow at forty with three daughters. She was well known throughout the community as "a good Christian woman, most generous to the poor." The three daughters of Richard and Elizabeth (Snyder) Stager, were: I. Mary Magdalen, referred to above. 2. Bar- bara Ann, born November 1I, 1837, married, April 12, 1857, William C. Hough. 3. Rachel Elizabeth, born January 1, 1845, died Decem- ber 9, 1905; married, June 28, 1865, Calvin Rutan, and has two children: Howard, born June 24, 1866, and Estella, July 5, 1868. The children of Enoch and Mary Magdalen (Stager ) Booth are: I. Barbara, born August 17, 1856, married Stephen Sargent, of Belleville, and has one son Roy. 2. Richard William, who is referred to below. 3. Joseph M., a carpenter, living on Centre street, New- ark, born April 1, 1863, who married Maria Curran and has one daughter Mary, born May 30, 1891. 4. Horace Newton, referred to below.
(III) Richard William, the second child and eldest son of Enoch and Mary Magdalen (Stager) Booth, was born in Nutley, Essex county, New Jersey, August 13, 1858, and is now living at Centre street, Nutley, New Jer- sey. After receiving a public school education, he took a position at the age of twelve in a woolen mill where he remained for two years, and then went on a farm. In 1876 he became a clerk in a grocery store, where he remained until 1892, when he set up for himself, run- ning a general store in Nutley, which he con- tinued to do until 1900. At this date he was elected to the office of county collector, which he has held ever since ; previous to this he had served as township clerk for two years, as
town committeeman for five years, and for three of the last had been chairman of the township committee. He had also been elected freeholder for two terms. Mr. Booth is at present the senior member of the board of education. For eighteen years he held the chairmanship of its most important committee, that having charge of the school buildings and property. He also served several years as district clerk. Largely through his practical judgment and foresight the school facilities of Nutley have had a remarkable growth and improvement. Mr. Booth's long service and the progressive ideas he has urged have made his influence very strongly felt in all that per- tains to the advancement of the public schools of his native town. In politics he is a Repub- lican. He is a member of Nutley Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, No. 167, and belongs to the Republican and the Indian League clubs. His family attends the Methodist Episcopal church in Nutley. For the last twenty-three years he has been a charter member of the Franklin Building and Loan Association.
Richard William Booth was married in Brooklyn, Long Island, April 2, 1885, to Elizabeth, born October 13, 1869, eldest child of Leonard and Sarah M. (Hinckle) Rusby. Her father was born September 13, 1844, died July 3, 1901. Her mother, born April 9, 1844, and still living, is the daughter of James Green and Anna Eliza (Holmes) Hinckle, and the granddaughter of George and Mary (Sinner) Hinckle. Her grandfather was one of four children who emigrated to this country from Holland. George and Mary (Sinner) Hinckle had fifteen children. James Green and Anna Eliza (Holmes) Hinckle had three children : Sarah M., referred to above, James A., who married Mary Allen, and Frank M., who mar- ried Minnie Cadmus and had two children : Edgar Morrell and Margaret Lois. The chil- dren of Leonard and Sarah M. (Hinckle) Rusby are: Elizabeth, referred to above; Bertha, born April 3, 1873: Frank Leonard, July 10, 1875 ; Oscar Bruen, December 4, 1880. The children of Richard William and Eliza- beth (Rusby) Booth are : I. Bronson Phil- hower, born June 9, 1886. 2. Mollie Red- mond, July 2, 1889. 3. Dudley Hoyt, October 15. 1890. 4. Leonard Rusby, October 20, 1891. 5. Dorothy Irene, May 20, 1893. 6. Richard William Jr., August 6, 1896. 7. Elizabeth, September 6, 1897.
(III) Horace Newton, youngest child of Enoch and Mary Magdalen (Stager) Booth, was born in Nutley, Essex county, New Jer-
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sey, June 2, 1866, and is now living in that town. After receiving his education in the public schools, he learned the trade of plumb- ing, and then became clerk in a general store. Then he went into partnership with his brother, Richard William, in the grocery business, and later sold out his interest, becoming the engineer in the state penitentiary, which posi- tion he held for eight years. In February, 1908, he was elected to the office of chief of police of Nutley, which position he now holds. Mr. Booth is a Republican, but other than his present one has held no political office. He is a member of the Royal Arcanum, and of the Order United American Mechanics. Horace Newton Booth married, March 23, 1891, Eliz- abeth, eldest child of John and Sarah Frances (Van Cleef) Speer. Her father was born September 12, 1839, and is now living in Mont- clair. Her mother was born in Orange, New York, December 24, 1847. Her two sisters are: Leah, born in 1876, married Howard Hamkin, and has one child, John Franklin, born October, 1908; and Gertrude, born in 1882, married J. Willis Pingree, and has one child, Eunice, born in July, 1908. Elizabeth Speer was born June 26, 1871. The children of Horace Newton and Elizabeth (Speer) Booth are: I. Frances Newton, born January 18, 1892. 2. Nancy, January 3, 1894.
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