Genealogical and memorial history of the state of New Jersey, Volume IV, Part 5

Author: Lee, Francis Bazley, 1869- ed
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Lewis Historical Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 620

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(VII) Helen Day, daughter of John and Charlotte (Ward) Budd, was born in Chatham, Morris county, New Jersey, January 20, 1839, and is now living at 557 Central avenue, New- ark. She married William James Gibby (q. v.), of Princeton.

The name Dodd, or Dod, is trace- DODD able to the twelfth century in the reign of Henry II., and appears to have been used first in the west of England on the border of Wales, being an ancient family going back to the crusades. Arms: Argent on a fesse gules, between two cotises wary. Sable three crescents or. Crest: A serpent ver issuing from and piercing a garb or. Motto : "In copia coutus" (Wary in plenty ).

(I) Daniel Dodd, immigrant ancestor of Charles Edgar Dodd, late of Orange, New Jersey, was born in England. He emigrated to America, coming to Boston about 1640. He

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later appears with his wife, Mary, at Branford, Connecticut. He died about 1666, and his wife died May 26, 1657, both being buried at Bran- ford. Their children, being left orphans, all removed to Newark, New Jersey, except Anna and Stephen, who settled at Guilford, Con- necticut. After the death of Daniel Dodd his sons, being all minors, petitioned the court that Richard Lawrence and Lawrence Ward might be their guardians and have administra- tion in trust granted to them in their behalf. He married Mary - -. Children: Mary, born about 1646; Anna; Daniel, born about 1650; Ebenezer, born December II, 1651, died 1675; Daughter, born March 29, 1653; Ste- phen, born February 16, 1655, died October, 1691 ; Samuel, mentioned below.

(II) Samuel, son of Daniel and Mary Dodd, was born at Branford, Connecticut, May 2, 1657. He came with his brothers and sister, Mary, to Newark, New Jersey, his father hav- ing died at Branford when he was nine years old, and his mother died when he was three weeks old. At a town meeting February 3, 1678-79, then twenty-two years old, he was admitted a planter, and received his division of home lots adjoining his brother, Daniel. He received a grant of twenty-five acres the same year laid out already on Watsesson ( Bloom- field) and that part of swamp laid out to him by the surveyor contained twenty-five acres. His lands were subsequently confirmed to him by patent from the proprietors. He was chosen constable in 1701-02. He died about 1714, and his will is dated February 3, 1712-13. and proved 1714. He married Martha Children : Samuel, mentioned below ; Jona- than ; Mary, born 1698, died May 25, 1755; Martha ; Rebecca, born 1703, died May 14, 1745 ; Susanna ; Hannah.

(III) Samuel (2), son of Samuel (I) and Martha Dodd, was born at Bloomfield, New Jersey, in 1695, died April 16, 1773, buried in the old Orange cemetery. He was lieutenant of militia, and assessor of the town in 1740. He was a housewright by trade, and had a saw mill on Second river. Among items of liis accounts is a charge "for twelve days work at framing." He married, about 1730, Mary, daughter of Samuel Pierson, who was son of Thomas Pierson, of Newark. Children: Mar- tha, born May 20, 1731; Mary, December 26, 1732; Hannah, December 18, 1734; Samuel, mentioned below ; Aaron, born January 13, 1738; Rebekalı, February 5, 1740; Keturah, July 26, 1744; Jemima, March 25, 1747.

(IV) Samuel (3), son of Samuel (2) and

Mary (Pierson) Dodd, was born at Bloom- field, New Jersey, January II, 1736, died July, 1795, of smallpox. He married (first) Eliza- beth, daughter of James Hinman. Children : I. Jonas, born 1762; died August 20, 1770. 2. Naomi, born 1764; died May 24, 1766. 3. Abiathar, born 1766; died August 20, 1818. Samuel Dodd married (second) Sarah Bald- win, who died October 14, 1819. Children : 4. Elizabeth, born 1768; died August 20, 1770. 5. Elizabeth, born 1774: died June 13, 1790. 6. Samuel, born September 20, 1776; died January 21, 1815. 7. Abner, mentioned below. 8. Patty. 9. Naomi, born February 6, 1785; died February 18, 1850. 10. Lucy.

(V) Abner, son of Samuel (3) and Sarah ( Baldwin ) Dodd, was born at Watsesson (now Bloomfield), New Jersey, May 6, 1779, died in Bloomfield, January 17, 1833. He was reared to the life of a farmer, and followed this throughout his active career in connection with his business life. The farm and homestead, now owned by John M. Dodd, has been in possession of the Dodd family over two hun- dred years. He had a stone quarry situated on the Bloomfield road going to Newark, and this was very productive, he furnishing much of this product for building purposes. His homestead was situated near the Bloomfield pike on Watsessing avenue, and the farm con- tained about thirty acres. The Erie railroad cut the farm in two. He was major of a com- pany from Bloomfield in the war of 1812, going to Sandy Hook. He was a member of the Presbyterian 'church and a Whig in politics. He married (first), January 26, 1800, Betsey Canfield, a descendant of Ebenezer Canfield, who with other Branford settlers at Newark in 1666 signed the "Fundamental Agreement." Betsey (Canfield) Dodd was a most capable woman. Children: 1. Eliza, born 1801 ; mar- ried John Harrington. 2. Abner, mentioned below. 3. John M., born 1806; married (first), 1829, Sarah Ann Conklin; (second) Deborah Jane Bennett. 4. Ann, born March 14, 1807. Abner Dodd married (second) Charlotte Wal- ter. Children : 5. Sarah, married Henry Rob- inson. 6. Charlotte. 7. Mary.

(VI) Abner (2), son of Abner (I) and Betsey (Canfield) Dodd, was born at Bloom- field, New Jersey, in the old Dodd homestead, October 30, 1803, died at Orange, New Jersey, May 30, 1885. He was brought up in the family homestead, acquiring the usual common school education of a farmer's son at that period. He early learned the trade of saddler, and subsequently removed to Newark, where

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he soon established himself as a manufacturer of saddles, trunks and leather work with suc- cess. In 1837, the year known as the great financial panic, he and the entire business world suffered that depression which caused not only the loss of business but fortunes. From this Mr. Dodd never recovered. He was afterward in the employ of H. N. Peters, a manufacturer of trunks in Newark, following this for many years. He was a highly respected citizen, and an ardent churchman, being connected for some years with the old Third Presbyterian Church of Newark, leaving that to join the South Baptist Church. He was an early Whig and later a Republican in politics. He married, April 6, 1829, Ann Lindsey Harrison, born October 30, 1809, died March 10, 1884, daugh- ter of Isaac Harrison, who was a descendant of Sergeant Richard Harrison, one of the original settlers of Newark. Children : I. Henrietta Carter, born January 23, 1830; died August 17, 1870; married, April 15, 1845, Reu- ben Frederick Harford, of Portland, Maine; children : i. Helen Fidelia, born July 23, 1846, married John G. Gaynor, child, May ; ii. Henri- etta Cornelia, born March 15, 1850, died Au- gust 17, 1870; iii. Kate Alto, born May 8, 1852, died March 21, 1868; iv. Frederick H., born July 4, 1855, died March 2, 1868 ; v. Mary Caroline, born May 24, 1857, died July 28, 1875; vi. Anna Loverine, born September I, 1862, married Silas W. Albro, children : Har- ford and Gerald. 2. Mary Caroline, born Feb- ruary II, 1831 ; died April 10, 1857; married John P. Tracy ; child, Edward. 3. Abby Eliza- beth, born November 17, 1833; married, No- vember 13, 1849, John W. Stryker ; children : i. Mary Adelaide, born August 25, 1850; ii. Abner Dodd, born January 31, 1852 ; iii. Harry, born August 7, 1859 ; iv. Herbert A., born May 18, 1866; v. Clara Louise, born August 28, 1869; vi. Howard, born August 4, 1871. 4. Julia Adelaide, born August 22, 1836; married (first ), October 8, 1862, Charles Edwin Aymar. 5. Charles Edgar, mentioned below. 6. George Whitfield, born April 9, 1841 ; married, No- vember, 1887, Emma Amelia Mangold; chil- dren: i. Margaret Christina, born August 5, 1888; ii. Minnie Gertrude, born February, 1892, died August 28, 1896; iii. Lillian Evangeline, born November 3, 1894. 7. Anna Cornelia, born November II, 1847; died October 23, 1874

(VII) Charles Edgar, son of Abner (2) and Ann Lindsey (Harrison) Dodd, was born at Newark, New Jersey, November 6, 1838, on what was then Oak street, now Lafayette iii-30

street. His educational training was received in the best private schools of his native town up to about eighteen years of age, when he was apprenticed to his uncle, John M. Dodd, to learn the trade of mason. After two years of his apprenticeship, having mastered every de- tail of his trade, he removed to Orange, New Jersey, in 1858, and at once started in business on his own account. The following year, 1859, he signed a contract with James Bogardus to go to Cuba, where he was engaged in erecting a sugar storehouse opposite Havana, where he was under contract for eight months. On his return to his native land he remained in New York City until the breaking out of the civil war, when he enlisted in the fall of 1861 and was assigned to a position in the quarter- master's department, and accompanied the ex- pedition to Port Royal under Dupont and Sher- man. He remained at Hilton Head until the following year, and soon after his return he entered as a private in Company D, Twenty- second Regiment New York State Militia. Dur- ing General Early's invasion of Pennsylvania in 1863 he was with his regiment at the front and was stationed at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and his regiment was engaged in the action at Carlisle and Sporting Hill, and before the expiration of its term of service was ordered back to New York to assist in quelling the draft riots. Mr. Dodd remained in active serv- ice with his regiment until 1865. He subse- quently removed to Charleston, Illinois, where he settled for a year, working at his trade, but then returned via Atlanta and Savannah. After spending a few months at his trade in New York City, he removed to Orange, New Jer- sey, in 1867, and established himself in busi- ness as a mason and builder with Frederick W. Morris, under the firm name of Dodd & Morris, the partners being associated together up to 1880, when Mr. Dodd bought his part- ner's interests. From that time until his de- cease, Mr. Dodd continued the business in his own name and achieved a reputation as a builder second to none in the Oranges. The large contracts which had been awarded him embraced some of the largest and finest struc- tures in this section, and will remain as lasting monuments of his skill as a master builder and of the confidence reposed in him by his pat- rons. One of the finest and most conspicuous as well as most expensive residences built by him is what was formerly known as the Peddie (now the Edison ) residence in Llewellyn Park. The David E. Green residence in the park, the Dr. Seward residence on Main street, the Cush-

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ing residence on Munn avenue, East Orange, and the beautiful Free Public Library on Main street, Orange, were all constructed by him, also many residences at the "Summit."

As a citizen Mr. Dodd was a representative of the two oldest families in Essex county, both his father and mother descending from the original settlers by the names of Dodd and Harrison, and for probity and honor he main- tained that reputation which for more than two hundred years has characterized the fam- ily. Mr. Dodd was a professed member of the Broome Street Presbyterian Church of New York City, but during the major part of his life attended the First Presbyterian Church at Orange. He was decidedly an ardent sup- porter of the Republican party. In 1872 he was elected to the common council of Orange, and for three years was chairman of the com- mittee on fire department. He advocated and brought about the reorganization of the de- partment from a volunteer to a regular duty one. He became repeatedly prominent as chair- man of the committee appointed to devise and promote the adoption of a public water supply system, and when the present system was first launched he became by appointment its super- intendent and organized the department as it later existed. He was for a number of years manager of the Music Hall of Orange, and was successful in this office. He was a member of Union Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, at Orange, and was exalted in Orange Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, at Orange. He was a member of the New England Society of Orange, being prominent in this organization. He was a member of Uzal Dodd Post, Grand Army of the Republic.

Mr. Dodd married (first), October 19, 1864, Josephine Irwin, of New York City, died May 7, 1872. He married (second), September 22, 1873, Helen Sturtevant, born January 29, 1852, at Brooklyn, daughter of David and Margaret (Rockefeller) Sturtevant, of Brooklyn, the former of whom was engaged in the hay and grain business. Children of first wife: Anna Marian, born August 29, 1867, died January 7, 1893; Josephine, born June 10, 1869, died September 19, 1870.

The family of Alden are of Eng- ALDEN lish extraction and have been traced back to about the year 1300, during the reign of Edward I. No known effort has been made to go beyond this. There seems to have been three ways of spelling the name-Alden, Aldon and Olden, and the first

would appear to be correct as the record is made clearer, although the descendants of Gov- ernor Olden, of New Jersey, claim their fam- ily an entirely distinct one. The Alden coat- of-arms, which is on record, was given to "John Alden," of Hertfordshire, England, a member of the "Middle Temple," and inter- preted denotes respectability, civil service and some military renown.

The American branch of the family appear to have had very little desire to parade their English ancestry, being satisfied to start with the Pilgrim, John, who came over to this coun- try in the "Mayflower" at the age of twenty- one years, and died in Duxbury, Massachu- setts, at the age of eighty-seven years. He came from Hertfordshire, England. In 1621 he married Priscilla Mullins, or Molines, and his courtship has been romantically portrayed in a creation of the poet Longfellow. The family of Alden in this country as well as in England have not produced a numerous prog- eny; of all the families of the Pilgrims, its representatives are the least numerous, but a noted characteristic is their longevity ; during the first six generations two lived to be a hun- dred years and over; thirteen ninety years ; fifty-four eighty years ; and one hundred, sev- enty years and over. A similarity in names through all the lines and a remarkable similar- ity in features has been noted. "Pilgrim John" moved to Duxbury, Massachusetts, in 1624, and built, but rebuilt in 1653, and that house, one of the four oldest in New England, stands at the present time (1910) and is occupied by his descendant, John Alden (8). Every year the Aldens and their connections make a pil- grimage to the old house as their "Mecca." Among the Alden descendants were Presi- dents John Adams and John Quincy Adams, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Alden Brad- ford (who were Aldens on the female side), Henry Mills, editor of Harpers' Magazine, about 1870 ; Rear-Admiral James Alden, United States Navy ; Timothy Alden, inventor of the type-setting machine; William Livingston Al- den, consul general at Rome; Joseph Alden, president of Jefferson College; Mrs. Isabella M. Alden ( Pansy), and many others who have been more or less interested in the building up of this country. The majority, however, have been of a literary or mercantile turn of mind. The line of descent from Pilgrim John Alden is as follows: Joseph, Isaac, John, Jonathan, Jonathan (2), James, James Weeks, James Gamble Alden.

Captain James Alden, grandfather of James

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Gamble Alden, was born in New York City, February 9, 1772, died in Newark, New Jer- sy, March 20, 1862. He moved to Newark in 1815. He was the owner of two schooners, one of which, the "Northern Liberties," he built on the Passaic river, altogether of Jersey timber, and by Jersey workmen. It was a memorable occasion, even the military turning cut at the launching, as it was the first large vessel built at Newark. The vessels plied be- tween Newark and Albany, New York. Cap- tain Alden also owned a lumber yard on the river bank. He was a religious man, attending the Methodist church; was a Whig in politics ; always charitable, highly respected, and con- sidered in affluent circumstances for the time. He married, December 8, 1800, Ann Weeks, born April 18, 1778, died January 30, 1849. Children: I. James Weeks, see forward. 2. Thomas C., married Mary Thompson; chil- dren : Fannie, wife of a Mr. White, of New- ark ; Minnie, unmarried; Mary, wife of Sum- ner M. Gilman, of Newark. 3. Joseph L. (colo- nel), married Rebecca Lang, the survivor of their children being Herbert C. Alden, mechan- ical engineer, New York City. 4. Matilda, mar- ried William Silvey, of Newark ; children : Ann Eliza Plume, of Orange, New Jersey; James Alden Silvey, of New York City. 5. Sarah, mar- ried (first) John Mackenzie ; (second) Thomas Alden Hornsey.

James Weeks Alden, father of James Gam- ble Alden, was born in New York City, May 4, 1815, died in Newark, New Jersey, April 22, 1893. His parents moved to Newark the year of his birth. He was apprenticed (as was the custom) to a coach maker. He served his time, but in the panic of 1837 was compelled to go into some other line of business. Being a great lover of music and having studied it for some years, he took it up as a profession. He had a fine bass voice, and being a man of ability in this line soon became prominent. He sang in grand opera and helped to form the Har- monic and Mendelssohn singing societies of New York ; was a chorister in several churches, and a member of the celebrated vocal quar- tette known as the "Four Jims," a quartette which gave the people of Newark many pleas- ant evenings, and old citizens still recollect it. It was composed of Jim Alden, Jim Gamble, Jim Carter and Jim Ross, all gentlemen of highly respected connections.

Mr. Alden was an Odd Fellow and a Free Mason, a christian gentleman, with liberal views, a Republican in politics, and at one time a member of the crack company known as the

"Jersey Blues." During the civil war he sent one son to the army who served three years. During the draft riots in New York City, Mr. Alden volunteered and was accepted as a spe- cial officer to patrol the streets, no easy or safe matter at the time. He was found dead in bed from heart failure at the residence of his son in Newark, at the age of seventy-eight, yet he did not look to be older than sixty. He left many friends, and his funeral at night, in the Church of the Redeemer, was a memorable event. The services were partly Masonic. His father's stone mansion on Belleville avenue was an old landmark, said to have been the oldest house in Newark when torn down; it antedated the revolution, Mr. Alden married, October 26, 1836, Anna Margaret Williams, in New York City. She died October 22, 1859. She was a daughter of Aaron Lane and Mar- garet (Ellsworth) Williams, granddaughter of Aaron Lane Williams, and great-granddaugh- ter of Jonathan Williams, who served through the revolutionary war in the Second Regiment, Essex county, New Jersey. Margaret ( Ells- worth) Williams was a daughter of John Ells- worth Jr., and granddaughter of John Ells- worth. John Ellsworth Jr. served in the revo- lutionary war in a New York regiment, Cap- tain Van Zant, Colonel Lasher. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Alden : I. Frederic Cox, of New York City ; married Emma Brooks, of New- burg, New York. 2. Emily Louisa, married Captain James P. Thompson, of Christiana, Denmark; both deceased. 3. James Gamble, see forward.

James Gamble Alden was born on Com- merce street, Newark, New Jersey, July 18, 1844. He was named for James Gamble, one of the celebrated "Four Jims." He was sent to a private instructor for several years, and when the family moved to New York City at- tended public school, No. 12, from which he graduated to the New York Academy, now the College of the City of New York. After leaving college he entered the hardware trade and remained until 1870, when he entered the employ of the Star Fire Insurance Company of New York City. After eight years he left to become assistant secretary of the Northern Insurance Company of New York, of Water- town, New York, the "Little Hartford of America," from whence so many public men have come. After six years service there he returned to New York City to accept the American superintendency of the Standard Fire Office of London, England, a $5,000,000 cor- poration. He remained with the latter con-

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cern until its withdrawal from the United States on account of disastrous losses in France and Russia, when he became general agent of the old Irving Insurance Company of New York, and worked that company's business up to the satisfaction of the stockholders. He then took up the general fire insurance broker- age businesss, and has since continued in that branch of the business, having an experience of over forty years in filling positions from office boy to manager, including field man and adjuster of losses. Mr. Alden has always been a staunch Republican; was for several years chairman of the tenth ward committee, and a member of the county executive committee. He has been a member of the grand jury, is well known, and has hosts of friends. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, the Order of Elks, the Improved Order of Red Men, the Republican Club, the Thirteen Club, and sev- eral other local clubs. He attends the Uni- versalist church. During the latter part of the civil war he enlisted in a New York regiment, was sent to camp, but as the war ended shortly after he saw no active service and was dis- charged. He volunteered and served in New York in the draft riots of 1864. In 1874 he enlisted in the Twenty-second Regiment, Na- tional Guard, State of New York, the insur- ance regiment, and served seven years, and while a member went through both "Orange Riots." With the exception of a few years residence in New York and in traveling, he was a lifelong resident of Newark; for some years past he has had a summer place in West Summit, New Jersey, but disposed of it in 1908.

Mr. Alden married, March 2, 1865, in New- ark, Mary Viva Nelson, a cultivated woman, and an exceptional wife and mother. She was born in Belfast, Ireland, March 1, 1847, and came to this country with her parents when two years of age. She was the daughter of William and Jane ( Parker) Nelson, who were the parents of other children, namely : Robert, a machinist, Elizabeth, New Jersey ; Elizabeth Hall, widow of Charles Hall, of Newark; Annie, wife of Charles Douglass, of Kansas City, Missouri ; Emma, deceased wife of Frank Sipp, also deceased. Mrs. Nelson was related to the Parkers and Martins of Central New York; she was an old school Presbyterian and a most estimable woman. William Nelson, father of Mrs. Alden, was born 1808, died 1899; he was an old time blacksmith when it required skill; was at one time foreman of Rogers locomotive works at Paterson, New

Jersey, in the blacksmith department. At the outbreak of the civil war he joined the Fifth Regiment of New Jersey, Company E, Cap- tain Gould, and participated to the end of the war, having a most enviable record. He was wounded several times, and when discharged was awarded the highest bounty given any private soldier. In the battle of Gettysburg but five men of his company were able to re- spond to roll call after the fight. He fought in the battles of Williamsburg, Second Bull Run, Warrington Junction, Malvern Hill, Fredericks- burg (first and second), Gettysburg, York- town, Seven Pines, seven days before Rich- mond-in all, twenty-six battles, great and small. He was an Episcopalian by faith. Chil- dren of Mr. and Mrs. Alden : 1. Emily Louisa, born June 2, 1868; unmarried; educated in grammar and high schools of Newark; resides at home. 2. Eleanor Nelson, born May 9, 1876; educated at grammar schools and State Normal School, Trenton, New Jersey; now teaching in Rutherford, New Jersey. 3. Mary Marguerite, born November 20, 1882; edu- cated at grammar school and State Normal School; now teaching school in Newark. 4. James Weeks, born July 17, 1880, in Water- town, New York ; educated in grammar schools and Stevens Technical Institute, Hoboken, New Jersey ; graduated as mechanical engineer ; is now with the Public Service Corporation ; mar- ried Ida Ballantine, of Bernardsville, New Jer- sey

· WADE John Wesley Wade, the first mem- ber of this family of whom we have definite information, married Maria Patten, daughter of John Dunlap, of Lan- caster county, Pennsylvania, who was of Scotch- Irish descent. Children: I. Elizabeth Jane, married Francis Herbert Ware, of Bridgeton ; children : Francis Vernon Ware, M. D., Carl Nash Ware, Esq., the latter now dead, Leon Ware, Mabel Langley Ware, Lulu Ware and Frederick Ware. 2. John Wallace, referred to below. 3. Ella Lucelia, married Albert Charles- worth, of Millville, New Jersey, concerning whose ancestry and descendants see index. 4. Joseph Houston, married Effie D. Wallen ; chil- dren: Newton Benjamin, a civil engineer of Millville, New Jersey; Hazel and Miriam. 5. Benjamin Lincoln, married Elizabeth Madden ; children: Emily and Clearfield Park. 6. Lulu Rachel, married Provie Flannegan ; children : Ethel Flannegan, Alice Flannegan, Nina Flan- negan and Paul Flannegan.

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Genealogical and memorial history of the state of New Jersey, Volume IV, Part 5

Author: Lee, Francis Bazley, 1869- ed Publication date: 1910 Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Lewis Historical Publishing Co. Number of Pages: 620

Author: Lee, Francis Bazley, 1869- ed
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Lewis Historical Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 620