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Mr. Silvester married, March 29, 1871, Eliz- abeth Putnam, born September 16, 1849. daugh- ter of Moses and Mary ( Beaton) Putnam, the former a nephew of General Israel Putnam. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Silvester: I. Viola Frances, born April 11. 1872, died August 24, of the same year. 2. A son who died in in- fancy. 3. Florence E., born July 29. 1875. a student at the Northfield College, at Northfield, Massachusetts. 4. Charles Frederick, born De- cember 21. 1876, at Princeton; in 1897 he was appointed preparator in anatomy in Princeton University, and became a member of the Uni- versity faculty in 1890. He is a member of the Na- tional Geographical Society, the American Asso- ciation for the Advancement of Science, and the Association of American Anatomists ; and has contributed papers upon Anatomy and Morphol- ogy to various scientific journals. He is also an officer in the National Guard of New Jersey, and for the past four years has been a member of the New Jersey State Rifle Team. He is an
active member of the Arctic Club, having accom- panied the Peary Relief Expedition to North Greenland in 1899. Mr. Silvester is at present assistant in anatomy and curator of the Mor- phological Museum at Princeton University. 5. George W. P., born June 24, 1879. 6. Geral- dine, borni September 20, 1881, is a trained nurse in the Orange Memorial Hospital, in Orange, New Jersey. 7. Lionel Valdemar, born Decem- ber 14, 1882, at present taking special course at Princeton University. 8. Lulu Genevieve, born March 14, 1885. died July 29, of the same year. g. Percival Beaton, bom September 18, 1886, at present attending and studying at Princeton University. 10. Austin Rienzi, born August 29, 1889, attended the Princeton high school. II. Effie Elizabeth, born February 24, 1893.
JOHN JOHNSON THACKRAY, one of the successful farmiers and influential citizens of Mercer county, New Jersey, wherein he has re- sided since 1860, a period of forty-seven years, is a native of Lower Makefield township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, born February 18, 1834.
His grandfather, Joshua Thackray, born 1764, married ( first ) Mary Sands, and ( second) Jin- key Margerum, and among his children was a son Joshua, Jr.
Joshua Thackray, Jr., father of John J. Thack - ray, born 1785. married, 1813. Rebecca Johnson, and their children were: I. Joseph B., mar- ried Ann Eliza Terry. no children. 2. Mary, married Harvey Terry, three children: Joseph, Rebecca, Sarah. 3. Jane, married David Flaw- ers, one child, Coinly, deceased. 4. Hannah, married William Watson, four children : Pen- nington, Harvey, Edward, Emma. 5. Rachel, died in infancy. 6. John Johnson, see forward. All of the members of the Thackray family, while following agricultural pursuits, were in- ventive and ingenious, and turned their atten- tion to something to make, and much of the old fashioned furniture to be found nowadays is the result of their skill and ability with tools.
John Johnson Thackray was educated in pub- lic schools in the State of Pennsylvania, and then assisted his brother in work.on the farm and in the shop. Having the misfortune to be deprived of both his parents at an early age, he was thrown upon his own resources, and therefore early in life became dependent upon his own ex- ertions for a livelihood. Remembering the mot- to of his parents that "nothing is obtained with-
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out labor," he accordingly worked hard and saved his earnings. From twenty-one until twen- ty-five years of age lie was employed at farm- ing by the day. In 1860 he entered the employ of John Green, a farmer of Mercer county, New Jersey, with whom he remained two years. The following twenty-one years he rented the Ben- jamin Fish farm, consisting of one hundred and sixty-four aeres, and in 1884 purchased the property upon which he now resides. Later he sold a portion of the same, but is now the owner of about one hundred and forty aeres, which is one of the most valuable pieces of property in Ewing township, located four miles from the city of Trenton, one-quarter of a mile from the Reading station, which makes it convenient for the transportation of products to the New York and Philadelphia markets. He conducts a gen- eral farming and dairy business, and by his pro- gressive methods and careful management de- rives therefrom a lucrative livelihood. He is a Presbyterian in religion, and a Republican in politics.
Mr. Thaekray married, February 22. 1859, Martha Suber, born November 10, 1836, died January 8, 1897, child of William and Esther ( Palmer) Suber, and three children have been born to them, namely: Rachel, born November 10, 1860, married Theodore H. Ivins, and died January 13, 1885, at the age of twenty-four. Marietta, born October 26, 1864, married Will- iam E. Paxson, October, 1890; three children : Florence, Raymond, deceased, and Raeltel. Wil- liam Lincoln, born July 22, 1867, married Ada E. Yard, February 10, 1892; two children : John Yard, born March 16. 1893, and Norman S., born September 2, 1897. Ada E. (Yard) Thaek- ray was born December 27, 1869, daughter of , Rebecca, born February 23. 1703. Isaae, see John C. and Sarah ( Rogers) Yard, who were the parents of six children : William Tilton, mar- ried Emma Hutchinson, no children. Ada E., aforementioned. Mary Emma, married John El- mer. Howe, no children. John Joseph, married Susan Macdonald, one child, John Garrett. Leah M., died in infaney. Milton Garfield, 1111- married. John C. Yard is a son of John and Elizabeth (Wall) Yard, and his wife, Sarah (Rogers) Yard, was a daughter of Tilton and Emeline ( Foreman) Rogers.
SAMUEL S. De COU, a successful farmer of Trenton Junetion, Mercer county, New Jersey, who has taken an active and beneficial interest
in the politics of the township and county, is a descendant of an old and honored family of the state who have resided since their settlement in this country for the most part in Burling- ton, Monmouth and Mercer counties.
The De Cou family in New Jersey trace their origin to the French Huguenots who fled from their country at the time of the persecution of the Protestants after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, and found homes in Holland, Eng- land, and subsequently in America. The pro- genitor of the family in this country was Isaac De Cou, who sailed from England in the ship "Shields," and settled at Burlington, New Jer- sey, more than two hundred years ago. The earliest official account of the family is taken from the records of the Friends' Meeting: "The twelfth day of eighth mo., 1692, Francis Daven- port and Rebecca De Cou, widow of Isaae De Cou, were married at Burlington."
(I) Jacob De Cou was the owner of a con- siderable amount of landed property. A deed for one hundred and ninety-two acres of land in Mansfield township, made by Hugh Hutchins to Jacob De Cou, bears the date 1696, the farm being occupied in 1882 by Joseph De Camp. Isaac De Cou, a brother of Jacob, settled at Burlington, and was at one time surveyor-gen- eral of the state of New Jersey. The will of Jacob De Con, dated 1735, gave his son Jacob five hundred aeres of land in Sussex county, New Jersey ; his son Eber, two hundred aeres; this being the homestead ; and mentions his son Isaac as having received his share previously. Jacob De Cou married Elizabeth Newbold, the date of the marriage certificate being December 21, 1699, and their children were: Susanna and forward. Esther, born Mareh 22, 1705. Eliza- beth, born December 19, 1708. Jacob, born February 19, 1710. Eber, born February 6, 1712. Abi, born May 24, 1714.
(II) Isaac De Cou, third child and eldest son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Newbold) De Con, resided in Mansfield township, Burlington coun- ty, New Jersey, and was a farmer. Deeds in the possession of the present members of the family show that he was the owner of lands in Freehold, New Jersey, in 1722. His will was dated July 18, 1761. By his first marriage he had a daughter, Hannah, who married David Antrim in 1766. He married (second) Eaves, whose first husband was a Mr. Crips, and
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had one daughter : who married Samuel Satterthwaite; and a number of other children.
(IV) Isaac De Cou, grandson of Isaac De Cou, married and was the father of children : I. Stacy, was clerk of the Chesterfield Monthly Meeting for many years, in particular, in 1827, when that society was divided, being known since that time as Orthodox and Hicksites. He died in Mercer county, New Jersey. 2. Daniel lived and died in Burlington county, New Jer- sey. 3. Isaac resided in Mercer county, New Jersey. 4. Achsah married, and settled in Bur- lington county, New Jersey. 5. Nathan, see forward.
(V) Nathan De Cou, fourth son and fifth and youngest child of Isaac De Cou, was born 1799. He spent the greater part of his active business life in Hamilton township, Mercer county, New Jersey, where he was a represent- ative farmer, and accumulated a large amount of landed property by his own industry and thrift, and where he died about 1850. The De Cou family has always been identified with the interests of the Society of Friends, and have been noted for their success in the field. Thev have been stanch supporters of the Whig and Republican parties of agriculture. Nathan De Cou married Deborah Coleman, born 1804, died 1854, daughter of Nathaniel Coleman, and they had children: Mary, deceased. Samuel C., of Burlington county, New Jersey. Nathan, de- ceased. Isaac, see forward. Frank, of Hamil- ton township.
(VI) Isaac De Cou, third son and fourth child of Nathan and Deborah (Coleman) De Cou, was born in Hamilton township, Mercer county, New Jersey. January 15, 1840. He en- joyed the. advantages of a liberal education in the Friends' school, at Providence, Rhode Island, and then in the private school of William Ivans, near Trenton, New Jersey. He purchased the Lee farm, consisting of two hundred and twen- ty-six acres of land in his native township, in 1866, and resided upon this until his death, March 5, 1890. He cultivated this as a berry, fruit and vegetable farm, devoting a part of it to dairy purposes, and found a home market for all his farm produced. He married, 1867, Sarah T. Satterthwaite, daughter of Joseph and Mary C. (Taylor) Satterthwaite, of Burlington county. The Satterthwaites were among the early set- tlers in Burlington county, and records in the
possession of the De Cou family show that His Excellency William Franklin, Esquire, Captain- General, Governor, and Commander-in-Chief over His Majesty's province of New Jersey, ap- pointed Robert Burchan surrogate of the coun- ty, before whom the will of Samuel Satter- thwaite was proved on August 23, 1773, and that this Samuel married Susanna Forsyth. Isaac M. and Sarah T. (Satterthwaite) De Con had children : Samuel S., see forward. Joseph, married Rebecca Hendrickson, has children : Isaac, Gardner A. and William S. Lillie S., married Dr. W. H. Tomlinson.
(VII) Samuel S. De Cou, eldest child of Isaac M. and Sarah T. ( Satterthwaite) De Cou, was born in Hamilton township, Mercer coun- ty, New Jersey, in what is now known as Broad Street Park, February 13, 1869. His early edu- cation was acquired in the public schools of his native township, and he was then sent to the Model School at Trenton, from which he was graduated with honor, and his education was supplemented by a one year's course in Rutger's College. Upon his return to his home he acted in the capacity of assistant to his father in the cultivation and management of the homestead farm, and upon the death of the latter in 1890 assumed the entire management of a portion of eighty acres, which he cultivated very success- fully for general market purposes up to the pres- ent time. During his residence in Ewing town- ship he has become closely identified with the Republican party, and has filled a number of public offices in a very acceptable and capable manner, among them being: Member of the board of education: supervisor of roads; and member of the township committee. He is a consistent member of the Friends' Meeting, and also of the Patrons of Husbandry.
Mr. De Cou married, October 1, 1896, Lillian Yarnall, born February 23, 1868, daughter of William P. and Mary (Heacock) Yarnall, of Concord, Delaware county, Pennsylvania, who were the parents of : I. Ellis W., married Grace Fisher, resides in Swarthmore, Pennsyl- vania, and has children: Mary Heacock and Hannah Fisher. 2. Edgar M., resides in Phil- adelphia, married Anna Gillespie, of Maryland. has one child : Helen G. 3. Lillian, mentioned above, was born in Concord, Delaware county, Pennsylvania, February 23, 1868, was educated in the public schools and in Swarthmore Col- lege, from which she was graduated. She then
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commenced teaching, and followed this occupa- tion for a period of five years, until her mar- riage. Samuel S. and Lillian ( Yarnall) De Cou have children : Samuel S., Jr., born May 23, 1898, and Harold H., born December 8, 1902.
JAMES HENDRICKSON COX, for many years a prosperous farmer of Ewing township, Mercer county, New Jersey, and a man of promi- nence and influence in the community, is a rep- resentative of an old family of the state of New Jersey.
William Henry Cox, father of James Hend- rickson Cox, was a well-known farmer in Ewing- ville until his retirement from all active work. He was the son of Andrew and Eleanor (Gul- ick) Cox, and married Sarah Skillman, daugh- ter of John Skillman, and they had children : James Hendrickson, see forward. Ella G., mar- ried Alfred M. Lanning. Mary S., married John McCoy. Luther S., married Susie Anderson.
James Hendrickson Cox, eldest child of Wil- liam Henry and Sarah (Skillman) Cox, was born in Ewingville, Mercer county, New Jersey, 1855. His early days were spent on the farm of his father, and he then attended the public schools of the township, from whence he went to the private school of Dr. Hammill at Law- renceville. Upon the completion of his educa- tion he became the assistant of his father on the home farm, which consisted of one hundred and fifteen acres. He was thus employed until 1882, at which time he took entire charge of the place, farming it on shares for himself and his father with very profitable results. He purchased this property from his father in 1888, and for the past years has made a specialty of general mar- ket produce and hay and grain. In addition to this he carries on dairy farming on a small scale. His political affiliations are with the Democratic party, and he has taken an active and beneficial interest in the public affairs of the community. He lias served as a member of the board of elec- tions, and also as supervisor of roads. He is a member and elder of the Presbyterian church, and of Ewing Grange No. 73, Patrons of Hus- bandry.
Mr. Cox married Elmira V. Ivins, daughter of Alexander Lowry and Margaret G. (West) Ivins, and granddaughter of Daniel and Theo- dosia (Tindall) Ivins. Margaret G. (West) Ivins is a daughter of William and Lydia (Gor- don) West. Alexander Lowry and Margaret G.
( West) Ivins had children : William W., mar- ried Delia Titus, has children: George and Lowry. Elizabeth F., married William Hutchin- son, has children: Margaret, married Herbert Silcox, and Gertrude, unmarried. Theodore H., married Belle Akers, has children : Frederick and Leola. Elmira V., mentioned above. Wal- ter B., married Lizzie Allen, has children : Ma- mie, married John B. Powers, and Margaret, un- married.
ADDISON J. PERRINE, one of the success- ful young farmers of East Windsor township, Mercer county, New Jersey, is a representative of an old and honored family of the state.
William M. Perrine, grandfather of Addison T. Perrine, was a son of Matthias and Ann ( Per- rine) Perrine. His death occurred March 29, 1888. He married Margaret Duncan, who died February 25. 1889.
John D. Perrine, son of William M. and Mar- garet (Duncan) Perrine, was born on the home- stead in West Windsor township, June 28, 1850. He received his education in the township schools and under private tuition in Hightstown and Princeton. During his minority he assisted in the cultivation of the homestead farm, but upon reaching man's estate he purchased a farm of ninety-six acres on the Princeton road, in West Windsor township. This estate he cultivated for a period of fifteen years, and soon after the death of his father purchased the homestead, to the management of which he has ever since that time devoted his attention. He is a thorough, practical agriculturalist, and his farm is one of the most productive in the county. He married, December 4. 1872. Elizabeth Chamberlain, born March 9, 1845, also a member of an old family. Joseph Chamberlain, great-grandfather of Mrs. Perrine, was born October 28, 1788. He mar- ried, November 20, 1805, Susan Chamberlain, born June II, 1788. daughter of Daniel and Lucy (Jones) Chamberlain, and they had chil- dren: I. Elizabeth, born October 4. 1806, died February 17, 1885. 2. Randolph, born March 26, 1808. 3. Lucy Ann, born September 3, I 809. 4. Israel Clark, born March 19, 1811, died January 27, 1889. 5. Stephen, born June 22, 1813, died December 12, 1881. 6. Joseph, born January 20, 1815, dicd January, 1896. 7. Daniel, born February 11, 1817, died October 25, 1847. 8. Sarah, born November 5, 1818, died January 14, 1845. 9. Emeline, born Novem-
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ber 17, 1820, died September 23, 1900. 10. John M., born October 21, 1823. 11. Hannah M., born October 28, 1825, dicd March 5, 1906. 12, Mary E., born September 5, 1829, still living. John D. and Elizabeth (Chamberlain) Perrine have had children : Lillian M., born August 9, 1873; William M., born May 13, 1876; Lizzie M., born January 18, 1879; Addison J.
Addison J. Perrine, second son and fourth and youngest child of Jolin D. and Elizabeth (Cham- berlain) Perrine, was born in West Windsor township, June 1, 1881. He received his educa- tion in the public schools and at Trenton Busi- ness College, and has been engaged in agricul- tural pursuits since boyhood. He purchased the farm on which he now resides in 1904, this con- sisting of one hundred and fifty acres which his skillful management has brought to a high state of cultivation, and the entire property gives evi- dence of thrift and industry. Mr. Perrine be- longs to Hightstown Grange, No. 96, Patrons of Husbandry. He and his wife are consistent members of the Hightstown Baptist Church.
Mr. Perrine married, September 2, 1900, at Hightstown, Carrie E. Dey, daughter of John W. and Eleanor ( Pittenger) Dey, and they have children: Lillian E., born December 20, 1902 ; Isabel, born November 13, 1905; Hellen, born July 21, 1907.
JOHN HOLMES SCUDDER, president of the First National Bank of Trenton, New Jersey, who, in the course of a useful life, has filled many positions of trust and responsibility, is a representative of a family whose American ancestor came to this country in the early part of the seventeenth century.
(1) Thomas Scudder, the American ancestor of the greater number of the bearers of that name in this country, was a near relative, prob- ably a brother, of Rev. Henry Scudder, of Col- ingsborne, Wiltshire, England, and left London or its vicinity with his family and came to America. He is next heard from as being at Salem, Massachusetts, in 1635, where he resided until his death in 1658. He was familiarly known as "Old Goodman Scudder." In his will, dated 1657, he mentions his wife. He married Elizabeth , who died in 1666, and they had five children.
(II) John Scudder, son of Thomas (1) and Elizabeth Scudder, removed with his brothers from Salem, Massachusetts, to Southold in
1657, and prior to 1660 he is to be found in Newtown, Long Island, with whose affairs he was prominently identified. He married, about 1642, Mary King, born in England in 1623, eld- est daughter of William and Dorothy King, and they had six children, all of whom were bap- tized when young.
(III) John Scudder, son of John (2) and Mary (King) Scudder, was born in 1645. He married, 1669, Joanna Betts, third daughter of Captain Richard Betts, a man prominently identi- fied with the public affairs of Newtown, Long Island, and the owner of considerable property in that section of the country.
(IV) Richard Betts Scudder, son of John (3) and Joanna ( Betts ) Scudder, was born in 1676. He was the direct ancestor of all the Scudders in Ewing and Trenton. New Jersey, and removed to that section at least as early as 1708, as his name is to be found in deeds of that date. His plantation is still in the possession of his lineal descendants. This property is near what is now known as Scudder's Falls. It consisted of two tracts, conveyed to him in 1709 by Thomas Hough, of Springfield, Burlington county, who had received them in 1696 from John Hutchinson and John Brier. Mr. Scudder was one of the most energetic and influential men in the town, and his name is mentioned frequently in public documents of all kinds. His name heads the list of grantees to whom land on which to build a church was conveyed by Alexander Lockhart, in March. 1708. He died March 14, 1759. He married Hannah Reeder, who died at the age of sixty-three years. (V) John Scudder, son of Richard Betts (4) and Hannah (Reeder) Scudder, was born in 1701, and died May 10, 1748. He married Phoebe Howell, who died January 31, 1787, daughter of Daniel and Mary ( Prout) Howell.
(VI) Amos Scudder, son of John (5) and Phoebe (Howell) Scudder, was born February 14, 1739, died August 11, 1827. At the be- ginning of the revolutionary troubles he was a member of a company of militia. A detachment of soldiers was needed for immediate service, and the company was assembled and the case stated to them. Mr. Scudder was the first to step from the ranks and volunteer his services, and his gallant example was soon followed by others. He was engaged in active military duties until the close of the war. During the eventful night which preceded the capture of the
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Hessians, he was one of the guards on whose fi- delity and intelligence a great part of the suc- cess of the expedition depended, and led the army through darkness and storm from McKonk- ey's Ferry, near his residence, to the place of de- cisive action. He married Phoebe Rose, daugh- ter of Stephen and Elizabeth ( Prout) Rose.
(VII) John Scudder, son of Amos (6) and Phoebe (Rose) Scudder, was born August 31, 1765, died April 15, 1830. He was a trustee of the Presbyterian church of Ewing. He mar- ried, November 21, 1790, Mary Keen Holmes, daughter of Jacob and Hannah (Wales) Holmes, granddaughter of John and Jane (Wales) Holmes, and great-granddaughter of Rev. Abel Morgan Algock Wałcs.
(VIII) William Scudder, son of John (7) and Mary Keen ( Holmes) Scudder, was born June 15, 1807. He was educated in Ewing and Trenton, New Jersey, and always resided on the farm now ( 1907) occupied by his son, John Holmes Scudder. His political affiliations were with the Democratic party, and he represented the county in the state legislature. He was an active worker in the interests of the Ewing church, and was a trustee of that institution. He married, December 16, 1829. Mary Montgomery Hay, born in Moumonth county, New Jersey, No- vember 26, 1807, daughter of James Newell and Margaret ( Montgomery) Hay, granddaugh- ter of Colonel David and Margaret (Newell) Hay. the latter the daughter of James and Eliz- abeth (Lawrence) Newell. Margaret ( Mont- gomery) Hay was the daughter of Major Will- iam and Mary ( Rhea) Montgomery, the latter the daughter of Robert and Mary (Thomson) Rhea. All of these were residents of Monmouth county, New Jersey.
(IX) John Holmes Scudder, son of William (8) and Mary Montgomery ( Hay) Scudder, was born at Scudder's Falls, New Jersey, 1841. His education was acquired in private schools, under private tuition at his own home, in the Trenton Academy, and, finally, in Cooper Institute, New York City. For a time he was engaged in business in Trenton, and then with Sheffelin & Company, New York. While residing on the homestead in May, 1864, he was appointed surrogate of Mer- cer county to fill the unexpired term of his broth- er, James H. Scudder, until November of that year. He was then elected on the Democratic ticket to serve a full term of five years, and was re-elected in 1869-74-79. He engaged in the dry
goods business in 1878 in partnership with Sering P. Dunham, under the firm name of Scudder & Dunham, and this business was conducted in so able a manner that it had become the largest de- partment store in the city of Trenton. Mr. Scud- der sold out his interest to his partner in 1895. Against his wishes he was nominated for the of- fice of senator in 1886, and for county clerk in 1887, but as the county was for the greater part Republican, he was defeated by a small majority. He was appointed a member of the state board of education by Governor Abbott in 1899; he rep- resented his congressional district and was chair- man of the committee on buildings and grounds in building the gymnasium and large addition to the boarding halls of the state schools; he was elected director of the First National Bank of Trenton in 1885, president in 1895, and is filling that responsible office at the present time. He was a member of the state Democratic commit- tee from 1880 to 1888, and chairman of the Mer- cer county Democratic committee for many years. He is trustee of the Trenton Savings Fund So- ciety and was a member of the building com- mittce for the erection of the new building on East State street. He was chairman of the build- ing committee for the erection of the First Na- tional Bank building, and chairman of the build- ing committee of the Church Extension for the erection of the Italian Evangelical Church. He has always been closely identified with the First Presbyterian Church of Ewing, was a member of its board of trustees from 1878, and president of the board from 1879 to the present time. In this office he has had charge of the cemetery connect- ed with the church, and it is due to his personal efforts that the new church house was erected and the grounds beautified, and a larger endow- ment secured to care for them permanently. Seven generations of his family on the paternal side are interred in these grounds, and four gen- erations on the maternal side. Mr. Scudder was one of the incorporators of the Mercer Hospital. a member of its board of directors, and was nom- inated as the first president, but declined the honor of this office. He was subsequently made treasurer and resigned this office after several years of service ; he is now chairman of the com- mittee on buildings and grounds. He is a mem- ber of the advisory committee of the Widows' and Single Women's Home and the Union In- dustrial Home for Children.
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