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(X) Michael, son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Mount) Hendrickson, was born in Imlays- town, about 1776, and died there July II, ISII. He married Sarah Horsfull, who died August 4, 1854, aged seventy-one years. Chil- dren: Richard ; Charles; Elizabeth; Michael ; Jacob, referred to below.
(XI) Jacob, son of Michael and Sarah ( Horsfull) Hendrickson, was born in Imlays- town, Monmouth county, New Jersey, July 19, 1806, and died at New Egypt, same county, June 22, 1860. After he left school he learned the trade of carriage making, at which he work- ed until after his marriage. He then spent a short while at Wrightstown, Burlington coun- ty, and from there went to New Egypt, where he spent the rest of his life. He married, Au- gust II, 1831, Mary Matason, daughter of Samuel S. and Sarah (Matason) Davis, of Wrightstown, who was born February 7, 1815, and died November 19, 1891. Her father,
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born in New Hanover township, Burlington county, New Jersey, retired after acquiring a competency and lived in Pemberton, where he died at the age of eighty-six years. Her mother was born in Delaware, and died several years after her husband at about the same age. Children : 1. Sarah Elizabeth, born February II, 1833 ; died April 14, 1860. 2. Sarah Davis, born March 13, 1834; now living at Pemberton, New Jersey. 3. William, born October 8, 1835; now living in San Francisco, California. 4. Marietta, born May II, 1838; died in 1907. 5. Charles Elvin, referred to below. 6. Jacob Conover, born January 12, 1845.
(XII) Charles Elvin, son of Jacob and Mary Matason (Davis) Hendrickson, was born in New Egypt, Monmouth county, New Jersey, January 8, 1843. He received his early education in the public schools of Plumstead township and New Egypt, and prepared for college under the tutorship of Mr. Thomas C. Harrison and at the New Egypt Academy. Then after one term at Union College, Sche- nectady, he entered Princeton University, and received his B. A. degree in 1863, and his M. A. degree in 1866. After acting for a while as principal of Pemberton Academy, he began the study of law with Abraham Browning Esq., of Camden, New Jersey, and later with Garret S. Cannon Esq., of Bordentown, being admit- ted to the New Jersey bar as attorney in 1866, and as counsellor in 1869. In the first men- tioned year he opened his office in Mount Holly, and has continued the general practice of his profession there ever since. He served for twenty-one years as prosecutor of the pleas for Burlington county, and in March, 1896, he was appointed by Governor Griggs judge of the court of errors and appeals. In 1901 he was appointed by Governor Voorhees judge of the supreme court of New Jersey. In poli- tics Mr. Hendrickson is a Democrat, and has been very influential in his party. He served as a delegate to the national convention of 1868 in New York City, and his influence pro- cured the support of New Jersey for Governor Parker. He has been a director in the Mount Holly National Bank many years, and is coun- sel for the bank. He was also a director of the Camden & Burlington railroad, trustee of the Pennington Seminary, and of Dickinson College. He has travelled extensively both at home and abroad. He is a member of the board of stewards of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Mount Holly, has been for many years superintendent of the Sunday school, and in 1876 was lay delegate from New Jer-
sey to the General Conference of the Meth- odists in Baltimore. He is a member of Lodge No. 14, F. and A. M., of Mount Holly, and of Mount Holly Lodge, No. 19, I. O. O. F. He is also a member of the New Jersey Bar Asso- ciation and of the Monmouth County Histor- ical Society. He married, January 12, 1872, Sarah Wood, daughter of Van Ness and Maria (Allaire) Noxon, of Red Bank, who was born in Delaware county, New York, September 3, 1852. Her father was born in 1810, and died in November, 1873; and her mother was born in August, 1814, and died in June, 1886. Chil- dren: I. Charles Elvin, born December 21, 1872. 2. Maria Uytendyle, February 9, 1874. 3. George Davis, June 25, 1878. 4. James Allaire, May 3, 1884. Children of Van Ness and Maria ( Allaire) Noxon : Sarah Wood, re- ferred to above; Van Ness (2), married Mary Bull, of Maryland.
(VII) Hendrick, son of Daniel and Jane (Luitgirt) Hendricks, was born in Flatlands, Long Island, in 1673, and died in what is now Holmdel township, Monmouth county, New Jersey, in January, 1728. He came to Mon- mouth county in 1693, and purchased those farms just west of Middletown, which are now owned by the heirs of the late Hon. William Henry Hendrickson, referred to below. He served on the Monmouth county grand jury in March, 1699, and the following year, when the new judges appointed by Governor An- drew Hamilton took their seats for the first time, he was appointed to serve again. Refus- ing to do this and also refusing to acknowledge the authority of these judges, he was fined fio; but the surrender of the Proprietary gov- ernment to the Crown in 1702 brought him again to the front, and he was constable of Middletown township in 1704 and 1705, and in 1707 was appointed high sheriff of the coun- ty by Queen Anne, being the first Hollander to hold that office. In 1709 he and his brother William and their wives were among the organ- izers of the Dutch Church of Middletown, and a few years later he was an elder. He was also at one time captain of the militia of Mid- dletown township. He married, according to one account, Evertse Giberson or Gibbonson, and according to another account, Catharine, daughter of Jan Janse Van Dyke and Teuntje Thyse Laen Van Pelt. Children: I. Geesye, born October 9, 1696 ; died September 20, 1747 ; married, 1714, Roelof Janse Schenck. 2. Teuntje, baptized April 9, 1699 ; married, 1715, Jonathan, son of Obadiah and Alice ( Ashton) Holmes. 3. Hendrick, born 1700; died Feb-
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ruary 21, 1753 ; married, 1725, Neeltje Schenck. 4. John, born about 1702; married, about 1734, Annetje Couwenhoven. 5. Mayke, married Guysbert Van Mater. 6. Tryntje, married Henry Dusenbury. 7. William, baptized No- vember 6, 1709; married, about 1731, Maria Langstraat. 8. Annetje, baptized December 30, I7II; married, 1732, William Couwen- hoven. 9. Francyntje, married, 1731, Teunis Denyse. 10. Jannetje, married (first) Ruliph Couwenhoven ; (second) 1747, Peter Schanck. II. Daniel, referred to below.
(VIII) Daniel, son of Hendrick and Evertse (Giberson) or Catharine (Van Dyke) Hend- rickson, was born on the homestead at "Hol- land," Holmdel township, Monmouth county, New Jersey, January 5, 1723, and died there June 24, 1788. He was a quiet prosperous farmer, and so active in church work that he was known as "Dominie Dan I." He was highly educated, and somewhat of a musician and an artist. A portrait of him, painted by himself, is now in possession of the family of the late Hon. William Henry Hendrickson, referred to below. He married, December 22, 1743, Catharine, daughter of Cornelius and Margaretta (Schenck) Couwenhoven, who was born June 2, 1720, and died May 5, 1810. Children: I. Daniel D., born October 29, 1744; died November 23, 1836; married Eliz- abeth Stevenson. 2. Cornelius, born August 28, 1747; died October 10, 1802; married, March 24, 1784, Lydia, daughter of Cornelius and Margaretta (Lamberson) Vanderbilt, and aunt of the distinguished Commodore Vander- bilt. 3. Catharine, born August 8, 1753; died March 1, 1835; unmarried. 4. Hendrick, re- ferred to below. 5. William, baptized Novem- ber 21, 1761 ; died young.
(IX) Hendrick, son of Daniel and Cath- arine (Couwenhoven) Hendrickson, was born June 12, 1758, and died December 1, 1840, and is buried on the old Hendrickson homestead where he was born, lived and died. He mar- ried, May 13, 1781, Francinke, daughter of Cornelius R., and Jane (Denise) Covenhoven, who was born November 18, 1763, and died March 26, 1845. Children: I. Catharine, bap- tized March 14, 1782; married May 23, 1803, Garret Lane, of Piscataway. 2. William Henry, referred to below. 3. Jane, born March 6, 1792; died August 5, 1875; married, March 23, 1808, Garret D., son of Denise and Anne (Schenck) Henrickson.
(X) William Henry ( I), son of Hendrick and Francinke (Covenhoven) Hendrickson, was born in the old Hendrickson homestead
January 28, 1787, and died there February 9, 1831. He married, January 12, 1812, Elea- nor, daughter of Charles and Anne ( Hendrick- son ) Du Bois, who was born August 19, 1792, and died September 25, 1879. Her mother was daughter of Daniel and Eleanor (Van Mater) Hendrickson, granddaughter of John and Annetje (Couwenhoven) Hendrickson, and great-granddaughter of Hendrick Hendricks, referred to above. Children: I. William Henry (2), referred to below. 2. Sarah Ann, born April 14, 1816; died February 20, 1843; married, October 21, 1834, Rev. Garret C. Schanck. 3. Charles Du Bois, born April 21, 1818; died October 31, 1834. 4. Francinke, born August 18, 1822, died April 29, 1854; married, March 4, 1840, George W. Cox. 5. Mary, born October 1, 1825; died in August, 1898; married December 25, 1856, Henry Cor- lies.
(XI) Hon. William Henry (2), son of Will- iam Henry (I) and Eleanor (Du Bois) Hend- rickson, was born on the old homestead, June 3, 1813, and died there August 2, 1898. He was educated at the grammar school of Rut- gers College, which he left in his sophomore year owing to the death of his father. He then gave his attention largely to agricultural pursuits and met with marked success. As an appreciation of his sterling characteristics the people of Monmouth county have chosen him three different times to represent them in the state senate-from 1858 to 1861, from 1872 to 1875, and from 1875 to 1878. During his legislative career he was a member of the finance, printing and education committees, and during the first term chairman of the last named committee. His election in 1872 was without opposition, and his service in the senate was a credit to himself and an honor to his constituency. He was a presidential elector twice, and for fifteen years was a member of the board of freeholders of Monmouth coun- ty. He was also a member of the Geological Survey of Monmouth county, president of the Middletown & Keyport Steamboat Company, and also of the Farmers' and Merchants' Bank of Matawan. He married (first) February 28, 1839, Elizabeth E., daughter of Nimrod Wood- ward of Cream Ridge, who was born in 1818, and died December 13, 1865; (second), June 24, 1868, Rebecca C. Fields, daughter of James and (Hopping) Patterson. Children, two by first marriage: Henry; Elizabeth ; William Henry; and James P., all referred to below.
(XII) Henry, son of William Henry and
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Elizabeth E. (Woodward) Hendrickson, was born in Middletown, Monmouth county, New Jersey, May 16, 1855, and is now living at Asbury Park, New Jersey. For his early edu- cation he was sent to the public school at Eaton- town, New Jersey, and after three years there entered the Freehold Institute, where he took a four years course under Mr. A. G. Chambers. He then went to work on his father's farm, where he remained until the death of the latter, after which he started out for himself on a farm of one hundred and fifty-five acres, which he managed successfully for many years. Sev- eral years ago he retired from active life, and letting his farm out on shares, went to Asbury Park to live. He is a Democrat in politics, and a member of the board of registration of Holmdel. He attends the Dutch Reformed Church. He married, in New York City, Jan- uary 6, 1900, Helen B., daughter of Thomas and Jane (Robinson) Henderson, who was born in Middletown, Monmouth county, New Jersey, August 2, 1871. Child : Waltrude Helen, born July 12, 1905.
(XII) Elizabeth, daughter of William Henry and Elizabeth E. (Woodward) Hendrickson, was born in Middletown, New Jersey, in 1863. She married, June 16, 1886, William H., son of James S. and Anna (Hopping) Barron, of Hanover, Burlington county, New Jersey. Child : Madeleine Hendrickson (Barron), born September 21, 1889. Children of James S. and Anna (Hopping) Barron: William H., referred to above ; Henry ; Randall P.
(XII) William Henry (2), son of William Henry (I) and Rebecca Fields (Patterson) Hendrickson, was born at Middletown, New Jersey, May 13, 1869, and is now living at Red Bank, New Jersey. After attending the public schools he entered the Freehold Insti- tute, from which he graduated in 1887, and went to the Stuart & Hammond Business Col- lege in Trenton. Then, after spending one year in the office of the county clerk in Free- hold, he took a position in the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Matawan, where he re- mained for nine years, until he went to Red Bank in 1899 to take a position in the Mer- cantile Co-operative Bank, which he retained until 1902, when he became a partner in the Lake Marion Ice Company. Mr. Hendrickson is a Democrat in politics, and was chairman of the Monmouth county Democratic committee in 1908. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., the Matawan Club, the Knickerbocker Club of New York, the Monmouth County Historical Society, the Holland Society of New York and
the Monmouth Boat Club. He married, in . Philadelphia, April 12, 1898, Louisa V., only daughter of Henry S. and Christiana (Sharp) Bush, who was born August 3, 1871. Child : Willianı Henry (3), born August 28, 1899.
(XII) James P., son of William Henry ( 1) and Rebecca C. Fields ( Patterson) Hendrick- son, was born in Middletown, New Jersey, April 20, 1874. After taking the three years course in the Freehold Institute he went to the Stuart & Hammond Business College in Trenton for one year, and then returning home, working on his father's farm until 1901, when he started in for himself in the business as producer and distributor. He is a Democrat in politics, and a member of the Holland Soci- ety of New York and of the Monmouth Boat Club. He married, October 26, 1895, Eva C., daughter of Benjamin S. and Margaret (Gor- ley) Payne, of Sag Harbor, Long Island, who was born September 10, 1878. Children : Henry Gorley ; Frank S .; Eva; Bertha ; Margaret.
Marmaduke Hunt, the first mem- HUNT ber of this family of whom we have definite information, was born about 1731, and died in Middlesex coun- ty, New Jersey, November 16, 1814, aged sev- enty-nine years. It is said that he is a de- scendant of the Hunt family of Hunt's Point, Westchester county, New York, but the first official record that we have of him is his mar- riage according to the Quaker ceremony, at the home of his father-in-law in Rahway, and he may have been a son of the old Quaker Solomon Hunt, of Rahway, who married Cath- arine Bishop in that place in 1729. He mar- ried, July 17, 1761, Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Shotwell) Marsh of Rah- way. Children, as given by Rahway and Plainfield monthly meeting: I. Abigail, born November 23, 1765 ; died April 29, 1837 ; mar- ried Isaac, son of Jonathan and Jane ( Walms- ley) Sayre (see Sayre). 2. Gilbert, born May IO, 1767; died October 12, 1776. 3. James, referred to below. 4. Samuel, born December 23, 1770 ; died November 6, 1789.
(II) James, son of Marmaduke and Eliza- beth (Marsh) Hunt, was born in Middlesex county, New Jersey, September 3, 1768, and died there December 18, 1855. He was a gentle- man farmer and large land owner in the coun- ty, his home farm consisting of a plantation of one thousand acres. In religion he was a birthright Quaker of the orthodox school. For some reason, however, not known to-day, both he and his wife are buried not in the Friends'
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ground but in the Rahway Presbyterian ceme- mitted to the New Jersey bar as attorney in tery. He married, at Westfield, New Jersey, . November, 1884. After his admission to the bar he entered the law office of Vail & Ward, with whom he remained until 1892, when he opened an office for himself in Rahway and has since that time been engaged in the general practice of his profession. From 1891 to 1894 he acted as one of the town councilmen of Rahway, and during 1891 and 1892 he served on the water board of the town. He.was one of the organizers and is a charter member of the Ilderan Outing Club of Rahway, and also a member of the Rahway Club. He married, in Newark, May 27, 1900, Mary Estelle, daugh- ter of Robert and Caroline (Dixon) Woodland, who was born October 8, 1876. No children.
June 24, 1792, Sarah, born in Rahway, Sep- tember 27, 1769, died there November 16, 1852, daughter of Ezra and Jane (Freeman) Sayre (see Sayre). Children, all born at Rah- way : I. Samuel I., born April 18, 1793, died 1887; married, October 18, 1821, Elizabeth Vail, of New York. 2. Jane, born October 28, 1794; married Peter Noe, of New York. 3. Betsy, born July 11, 1796; married Andrew Clark, of New York, who died September 8, 1830. 4. Nathan, born August 9, 1798; died June 3, 1833. 5. Mary, born September 2, 1800; died December 3, 1893 ; married, August 3, 1823, Benjamin Shotwell, of New Jersey. 6. Noah Sayre, born March 4, 1803 ; died 1884. 7. Esther, born February 26, 1805; married, June 18, 1827, James Earle, of New Jersey. 8. Harriet, born April 27, 1807; died May I, 1896; married, March 5, 1833, Henry A. Corey, of New Jersey. 9. Gilbert S., born April 14, 1809. 10. Sarah, born December 28, 1811; died January 21, 1886 ; married John S. Wood- ward Esq., who was born in New York City, June 27, 1814, and died May 18, 1890. II. Isaac Laing, referred to below.
(III) Isaac Laing, son of James and Sarah (Sayre) Hunt, was born in Rahway, New Jersey, October 8, 1814, and died there No- vember 23, 1883. He was a hardware manu- facturer, and had his shop in Newark and his salesrooms in New York City. He was noted for his musical ability, and for many years sang in the church choirs of Elizabeth. He married (first) June 16, 1842, Caroline Grif- fithis, of New York; (second) July 1, 1858, Caroline Remsen, daughter of Joseph Walker and Harriet (Shotwell) Allen. Children, by second marriage : 1. Samuel I., born February 22, 1859. 2. William Allen, August 20, 1860. 3. Isaac Laing (2), referred to below. 4. Car- oline Woodward, born July 20, 1866; married Jackson Jaques. 5. Frederick Mortimer, born May 18, 1872. Children of Joseph Walker and Harriet (Shotwell) Allen: Joseph Ed- ward; Joseph Walker (2); Miriam; Mary; Julia ; Catharine ; Caroline Remsen, referred to above.
(IV) Isaac Laing (2), son of Isaac Laing (I) and Caroline Remsen (Allen) Hunt, was born in Middlesex county, New Jersey, Feb- ruary 3, 1862, and is now living at Rahway, New Jersey. After receiving his early educa- tion in the public schools he began reading law with Hon. Benjamin A. Vail, and was ad-
(The Sayre Line).
William Sayre, the first member of this fam- ily of whom we have definite information lived in the parish of Podington, in the hundred of Willey, county Bedford, England, where he died in 1564. He married Alice Squyre. Chil- dren: I. Thomas, married Margery
2. Alice, married Robert West ; children : John and George West. 3. Agnes, married William Makernes; child William Makernes Jr. 4. William (2), referred to below.
(II) William (2), son of William (I) and Alice (Sqyre) Sayre, died before 1581. He married Elizabeth Children : William ; Robert; Thomas; Francis, referred to below.
(III) Francis, son of William (2) and Eliz- abeth Sayre, died intestate in 1645. He lived at Leighton Buzzard, a market town on the river Ouse, on the borders of Buckingham- shire, forty-one miles from London and about thirty miles south of Hinwich, the ancient home of the Sayres. He was a mercer or "silkman" by trade. He married, November 15, 1591, Elizabeth Atkins, who survived him. Children: 1. Francis, baptized May 14, 1592. 2. Elizabeth, baptized April 28, 1594; married, November 27, 1625, Francis Wells. 3. Will- iam, baptized September 15, 1595; died April 9, 1598. 4. Thomas, referred to below. 5. Alice, baptized September 3, 1598. 6. John, baptized August 10, 1600. 7. William, bap- tized September 19, 1602. 8. Abel, baptized September 26, 1604. 9. Daniel, baptized Octo- ber 23, 1605. 10. Rebecca, baptized April 10, 1608. II. Job, baptized January 13, 1610-II ; emigrant to Massachusetts, and after removing to Southampton, Long Island, apparently dis- appears. 12. Sara, baptized October 4, 1612 ; died February 2, 1612-13. 13. Tobias, baptized
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December 15, 1613; married Frances ; children, born at Dunstable; Mary, Martha and Hannah.
(IV) Thomas, son of Francis and Elizabeth (Atkins) Sayre, was born in Leighton, where he was baptized July 20, 1597. He died in Southampton, Long Island, in 1670. He lived at Leighton Buzzard until he was about forty years old, and then emigrated with his family to America and settled in Lynn, Massachu- setts, about 1638, and two years later removed to Southampton with the company of Rev. Abraham Pierson. His dwelling is still stand- ing on the main street of Southampton. The name of his wife is unknown. Children: I. Francis, died about December, 1673; married Sarah Wheeler. 2. Daniel, died in 1707 or 1708; married (first) Hannah, daughter of Christopher and Frances Foster; (second) Sarah -. 3. Joseph, referred to below. 4 Job, died April 1, 1694; married (first) October 27, 1670, Sarah - , who died Oc- tober 29, 1684; (second) June 18, 1685, Han- nah Raynor, widow of Arthur Howell. 5. Damaris, married before 1647, David Atwater, one of the original settlers of New Haven, who was born in 1613, and died October 5, 1692. 6. Mary, married, before 1669, Benja- min Price, one of the Elizabethtown Asso- ciates. 7. Hannah, under eighteen in 1669. 8. A daughter, married Edmund Howell (unless Thomas Sayre had married (second) Eleanor, widow of Edward and mother of Edmund Howell).
(V) Joseph, son of Thomas Sayre, was born probably in Bedfordshire, England, and died in Elizabethtown, New Jersey, in December, 1695. He became one of the Elizabethtown Associates in 1665, signed the petition to the governor in 1667, and took the oath of allegi- ance to the Dutch, September 1I, 1673. He was a tanner and farmer. He married Mar- tha -. Children : Thomas, died 1713, married Hannah -; Daniel, referred to below ; Ephraim ; Sarah.
(VI) Daniel, son of Joseph and Martha Sayre, was a farmer in Elizabethtown. He died in 1722 of 1723. He married Elizabeth Children: 1. Daniel, born in No- vember, 1702; died 1760; married Elizabeth Lyon. 2. Ephraim, married, June 1, 1737, Elizabeth Lynesson. 3. John, married (first) Esther Stilwell; (second) Rachel, daughter of Jean Le Chevalier, and widow of Francis Bowes, of Philadelphia. 4. Ebenezer, died in 1765 ; married Mary 5. Jonathan, re- ferred to below. 6. Joseph, born 1719; died
February 6, 1757; married Price, of Maryland. 7. Sarah. 8. Elizabeth. 9. Han- nah, married Morris.
(VII) Jonathan, son of Daniel and Eliza- beth Sayre, lived in Elizabethtown, New Jer- sey, where he died between October 15 and November 1, 1762. He married Jane Walms- ley. Children: I. Ezra, referred to below. 2. Moses, married (first) Agnes -; and (second), October 26, 1777, Huldah Skinner. 3 Sarah. 4. Abner, died in April, 1807; mar- ried (first) Sarah -; (second) Joanna Meeker. 5. Cornelius. 6. Abigail, born in 1753 ; married, February 21, 1770, Daniel Rob- inson, of Westfield, New Jersey. 7. Frederick. 8. Frank. 9. Hannah. 10. Isaac, born in 1762; died January 22, 1842 ; married Abigail, daugh- ter of Marmaduke and Elizabeth (Marsh) Hunt, referred to above. II. Lydia.
(VIII) Ezra, son of Jonathan and Jane ( Walmsley) Sayre, was born in Elizabethtown, in 1739, and died in Rahway, New Jersey, Au- gust 24, 1775. He married, December 5, 1768, Jane, daughter of Joseph Freeman, who after his death married, December, 1780, John Will- iams, who died in 1798. Children: 1. Sarah, referred to below. 2. Noah, born September 20, 1771 ; died October 1I, 1848; married Esther Crane. 3. Elizabeth, born July 30, 1773; married, December 8, 1810, Jonathan Rowland. 4. Jennet, born November 23, 1775; died November 30, 1852 ; married, October 27, 1782, John Connor Jr.
(IX) Sarah, daughter of Ezra and Jane (Freeman) Sayre, was born in Rahway, New Jersey, September 27, 1769, and died there November 16, 1852. She married, at West- field, June 24, 1792, James, son of Marmaduke and Elizabeth (Marsh) Hunt, referred to above.
William Daniel Nolan, an active NOLAN factor in the business circles of Somerville, well known for his enterprising and progressive methods, is a na- tive of Pleasant Grove, Morris county, New Jersey, born November 8, 1880, son of George and Mary B. ( Fisher ) Nolan, who were mar- ried at Pleasant Grove, New Jersey, June 20, 1878, and who were the parents of one other child, George Ray, born December 3, 1887. George Nolan served in the capacity of fore- man in a woolen mill; he was a Republican in politics, and acted as sergeant and second lieu- tenant with the Third Connecticut Regiment, Nineteenth Army Corps, during the civil war. His wife, Mary B. (Fisher) Nolan, born
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