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The following is the paternal and maternal genealogical lines through which Mr. Parkin- son has descended :
(1) Edward Parkinson, an Englishman, born February 29, 17-, served in the Irish war. He married Mary Beilby, born May 7, 1785, and died December 8, 1853. They emigrated to America in 1824, settling in Wilkesbarre, Penn- sylvania. In 1836 they removed to Mt. Carmel, Illinois. Edward Parkinson died in Illinois, in 1838. The children born to Edward and Mary (Beilby) Parkinson were : I. Jane, born in Westmoreland county, England; mar- ried William Wood, in Wilkesbarre, Pennsyl- vania. 2. John, born in Westmoreland county, England ; never came to America. Last heard
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of was married and residing in Hull. 3. Mary, born in England and died young. 4. Infant, died in England. 5. Thomas, born in West- moreland county, England, 1813; married Jane McGregor in Mt. Carmel, Illinois. She died June 17, 1852, aged thirty-nine years. 6. Robert, born in Westmoreland county, England, Octo- ber 9, 1816; mentioned hereinafter. 7. Esther, born in Westmoreland county, England; died in Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania. 8. Edward, born in Westmoreland county, England, June 28, 1823; married Sarah Hodgson at Pinehook, Wabash county, Illinois, who died June 18, 1892, aged sixty-six years, four months and twenty-two days. Died December 28, 1868. 9. William, born in Pennsylvania, August 21, 1825 ; married Eliza Ann, daughter of Abraham and Hannah (Stewart ) Russell, April 6, 1847. Killed in the battle of Shilo, April 6, 1862, in the Civil war. (II) Robert Parkinson, sixth child of Ed- ward and Mary (Beilby) Parkinson, born Octo- ber 9, 1816, in Westmoreland county, England ; came to America in 1824 and settled in Wilkes- barre, Pennsylvania. In 1836, with his parents, removed to Mount Carmel, Illinois. In 1839 was appointed first postmaster of Friendsville, Wabash county, Illinois. He later moved back to Mount Carmel, where he engaged in the mer- cantile business, in which he continued until his death, which occurred April 8, 1878. Although having twice faced bankruptcy, he paid his cred- itors one hundred cents on every dollar. He left a record for honesty surpassed by none. The authority on titles in Wabash county, Illinois, once said : "Robert Parkinson handled more real estate than any other man in Wabash county, and I have failed to find one instance where any of his dealings was not upright and square. His name was never connected in any transaction in which there was fraud."
He married, November 22, 1842, Frances Jane, daughter of Abraham and Hannah (Stew- art) Russell, by whom was born the following ten children : I. William Stewart, born Sep- tember 16, 1843; died July 3, 1852. 2. James Russell, born July 7, 1845; married Mary Bruner, of Patoka, Indiana, June 4, 1874. 3 Eleanor Laws, born November 2, 1847; married
Bushrod N. Mahon, April 22, 1873. He was. 14, 1688; died July II, 1743. 5. Sarah, born
born June 19, 1842, died January 22, 1884. 4. Mary Eliza, born May 13, 1850; died June 19, 1904. 5. Isaac Scoby, born September 27, 1852; died September 21, 1854. 6. Robert, born Feb-
ruary 7, 1854; married Catherine Churchill, of Albion, Illinois, November 25, 1825. 7. Abra- ham Russell, born August 9, 1856; died Janu- ary 23, 1880. 8. Esther Hannah, born December 6, 1858; died February 19, 1863. 9. Edward Stewart, born October 18, 1861 ; see sketch here- inafter. 10. Francis Beall, born April 2, 1864; married Laura V. Smith, November 18, 1885. She was born October 18, 1867.
Mr. Parkinson's maternal line of ancestry is as follows :
(I) Robert Rand, died 1639 or 1640. He mar- ried Alice Sharp (?), who died August 5, 1691, aged ninety-eight years, according to town rec- ords. She was admitted to church in Charles- town, Massachusetts, 1648. Their children were: I. Robert. 2. Margery, born about 1624. 3. Thomas, born about 1627. 4. Susanna, married February 8, 1652, Abraham Newell, of Rox- bury, Massachusetts. 5. Nathaniel, in direct line to the subject, baptized November 3, 1636; died May 17, 1696. 6. Elizabeth, baptized De- cember 29, 1639; died May I, 1702; married, 1661, Nathaniel Brewer, in Roxbury, Massachu- setts.
(II) Nathaniel Rand, son of Robert Rand, baptized November 3, 1636; died May 17, 1696. Was a sergeant freeman in 1668, selectmen 1690. A Nathaniel Rand participated in King Philip's war, under Captain John Cutter, June 24, 1676. Nathan Rand was married twice. First to Mary Carter, September 2, 1664. She died April 13, 1678. His second marriage was to Abigail Car- ter, who died October 16, 1695. By his first marriage Nathaniel Rand had the following chil- dren : 1. Nathaniel, born July 13; died July 27, 1665. 2. Mary, born December 30, 1666; died young. 3. Nathaniel, born August 12, 1668; died young. 4. Samuel, born 1670; died young. 5. John, born October 17, 1671 ; died young. 6. John, born October, 1673. 7. Samuel, born Feb- ruary 20, 1676; died young. 8. Mary, born No- vember 16, 1677. By Abigail Carter, his second wife, was born: I. Abigail, born May 9, 1680; married William Kettell. 2. Joseph, born Feb- ruary 4, 1682. 3. Thomas, born August 10, I685; died of smallpox June 17, 1691. 4. Ebenezer (in direct line to subject), born May June 16, 1690; married Thomas Call; died May 12, 1671. 6 and 7 (twins), Susanna and Isa- belle, born May 28, 1694; died young.
(III) Ebenezer Rand, the fourth child of Na-
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thaniel Rand by his second wife, Abigail Car- ter, was born May 14, 1688; died July 11, 1743. He married, April 20, 1710, in Boston, Eliza- beth (Whaff) Brigden, daughter of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Whaff) Brigden, born in Charles- town, Massachusetts, April 23, 1690. By this union Ebenezer Rand had the following chil- dren: I. Abigail, born January 21, 1711. 2. Waffe, 1712. 3. Ebenezer, 1715; died prior to 1743. 4. A child buried September 1, 1718. 5. Nathaniel (in direct line to subject), born 1718; died September 9, 1795. 6. Thomas, baptized April 2, 1720. 7. Elizabeth, born September, 1728; married (first), Samuel Adams, April 12, 1749. The second husband was Michael Mos- ley. 8. Abraham, born September, 1728. 9. Joanna, born January, 1730; married August 27, 1752, Anderson Adams. IO. Ann, born April, 1733; died young.
(IV) Nathaniel Rand, a ferryman, the fifth child of Ebenezer and Elizabeth Rand, was born December, 1718, died September 9, 1795. He married three times : First, May 23, 1743, Fran- ces, daughter of Timothy and Frances (Gar- land) Phillips, who was born August 29, 1721, and died September 5, 1758. The second wife of Nathaniel Rand, to whom he was married June 21, 1759, was Sarah Trowe, widow of Simon Stacy, who died July 17, 1762. The third wife was Hepzibah Larkins, to whom he was married March 28, 1763. She died January 12, 1812, aged eighty-six years. She was the daugh- ter of Edward and Hepzibah (Bellows) Lar- kins, widow of Samuel Larkins.
Nathaniel Rand's children by his first mar- riage were: I. Frances, born July 18, 1744; died September 30, 1745. 2. Ebenezer (direct line to subject), born January 12, 1746; died October 3. 1825. 3. Nathaniel, born March 25, 1747. 4. Henry, born June 17, 1748; died Sep- tember 8, 1749. 5. Frances, born September 17, 1749 : married (first), Matthew Clark: (second), Joseph Phipps. 7. Samuel, born April 30. 1753; died September 20, 1754. 8. Sarah. born De- cember 30, 1755; married Samuel Garter. By Nathaniel Rand's second marriage the children were: Jonathan. born September 9, 1760, and Elizabeth, born July 10, 1762 ; married Ebenezer Leman. By the third marriage the children were : Mary, Nancy, (Ann) Joanna and Thomas.
(V) Ebenezer Rand, second child of Nathan- iel Rand by his first wife, Frances Phillips, was born January 12, 1746; died October 3, 1825. He
was a native of Nantucket. He married, Septem- ber 28, 1769, Hannah Waters, born February 2, 1750; died September 9, 1825, aged seventy-five years. Their children were: I. Hannah, born August 17, 1771. 2. Frances (in direct line to subject), born February 23, 1774; died April 20, 1849; married (first), Abraham Russell; (second), William Beauchamp. 3. Susan, born August 23, 1776; married Sylvanus Russell, Jr. 4. Ebenezer, born May 30, 1779. 5. Nathaniel, born June 3, 1782. 6. Polly, born March 31, 1785; married (first), Robert C. Fisher ; (sec- ond), Salomon Folger. 7. Charles, born De- cember 18, 1788. 8. Nancy, born December 12, 1790; married Jonathan Paddock, son of Na- thaniel Paddock.
(VI) Frances (Rand) Russell, second child of Ebenezer and Hannah (Waters) Rand, born February 23, 1774; died April 20, 1849; mar- ried (first), Captain Abraham Russell, who sailed from Nantucket in the early part of April, 1798. Nothing was ever heard of the vessel or any of the crew. For her second husband Fran- ces (Rand) Russell married William Beauchamp, a minister in the Methodist Episcopal church. By her first marriage, Frances Rand had two children : I. Judith, born February 28, 1793; married Joshua Beall, a banker in Mount Car- mel, Illinois. She died October 2, 1852. 2. Abraham Russell, born August 29, 1798; died September 20, 1869; mentioned hereinafter.
(VII) Abraham Russell, youngest child of Frances Rand by her first husband, Captain Abraham Russell, was born August 29, 1796, on the Island of Nantucket. When a mere boy, his mother, fearing that he would follow the sea, moved to Chillicothe, Ohio, where she married Rev. William Beauchamp. In November, 1817, they settled in Mount Carmel, Illinois, and were pioneers of that town. Abraham Russell married (first), Hannah Stewart. December 31, 1822. She died March 30, 1843. Married ( secondly), Eliza (Stewart) Ficklin, sister of Hannah Stew- art and widow of Thomas Ficklin. December I, 18.16. Abraham Russell died September 20, 1869, leaving no issue by his last marriage. The children born to him by his first wife were: I. Frances Jane, born August 9, 1824: married Robert Parkinson, November 22, 1842, and be- came the mother of the subject of this memoir. Edward Stewart Parkinson. 2. Eliza Ann, born March 6, 1826; married William Parkinson April 6, 1847. He was killed at the battle of Shiloh
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(Pittsburg Landing), April 6, 1862. She died November 27, 1895. 3. Edwin Stewart, born April 14, 1828; married Virginia Club Mc- Clean. 4. Judith, born June 19, 1830; died Au- gust 26, 1831. 5. William Beauchamp, born May 17, 1832; married Clara (Jolinson) Crane. 6. Charles Rand, born June 17, 1835; married Frances Baldwin, and died November 28, 1904. 7. Mary Ellen, born July 28, 1837; married Bradley B. Gould, 1865. She died October 3. 1904. 8. Isaac Thomas, born May 7, 1840 ; died August 22, 1858. 9. Hannah, born February 27, 1843; married William Harmon, a lawyer of Mount Carmel, Illinois.
Edward Stewart Parkinson, son of Robert and Frances Jane (Russell) Parkinson, was born at Mount Carmel, Wabash county, Illinois, October 18, 1861. After attending the common schools of his native state and the state schools of New Jersey, he took a course at the Capital City Com- mercial College of Trenton, which thoroughly qualified him for the duties of an active business career. In 1885 he embarked in the general fire insurance business at Trenton, and is at the pres- ent time (1907) interested in his agencies. In 1904 he was appointed deputy tax receiver for the city of Trenton, and served faithfully in that capacity for six years, and subsequently he was elected comptroller of Trenton and at the expir- ation of his first term was re-elected for a sec- ond term of three years which will expire Jant- ary 1, 1910. He has various property interests in Mercer county, and is regarded as one of the enterprising and influential residents of Trenton.
Mr. Parkinson has ever been public-spirited and performed well his part in advancing the general welfare and interests of his adopted city and county. He is one of the advisory board of the Union Industrial Home for Friendless Children in Trenton, a very worthy, humane institution. He is an ardent Republican in politics, and an attendant at the services of the Methodist Epis- copal church. It was through his efforts that the present Republican Club building on East Hanover street was purchased and a permanent home for the party in Trenton secured. He has attained high rank in civic society circles, being a member of all degrees of the Masonic fraternity excepting the thirty-third degree, and also holds membership in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, National Union and Independent Order of Foresters.
ELDRIDGE FAMILY. The Eldridge family were among the early settlers of New Jersey, John Eldridge having been an associate of Wil- liam Penn, and Jonathan Eldridge having been numbered among the pioneers of Mercer county.
Prior to the revolution Abram Eldridge bought a tract of land nearly a mile square, extending northeasterly from Hamilton Square, and includ- ing the site of part of this village. It is said that the price paid was about seven dollars per acre. Obadiah Eldridge, probably a brother of Abram, owned land east of this tract. The home- stead house of Abram Eldridge was in the cen- tre of the farm now owned by James C. Robbins, and was taken down some thirty years ago. There Mr. Eldridge lived in peace and plenty. He was prominent in church work, and in 1785 gave the original piece of land held by the Baptists, on which in the same year they built the first church edifice. About 1789, when in the prime of life, Mr. Eldridge met death in a singular manner. Working one day, he became very thirsty, and no water being at hand he broke a small twig from a cedar tree and began chewing it to allay his thirst. The twig slipped down and lodged in his windpipe, producing an abscess which caused his death in a few days. He was buried in the Baptist church yard which he had so recently given. being the first person interred there. His grave is marked by no headstone.
The children of Abram Eldridge were as fol- lows : John, Obadiah, Martha and Wilson. There is evidence that there was another son whose name has not been preserved. John became possessed of part of the old plantation, as did Obadiah and Wilson, but Wilson was the only one who long retained any of this land. The part on which the original house stood eventually be- came the property of Joel Taylor, Senior. The land belonging to John went to Benjamin Taylor, Obadiah's inheritance becoming the property of Theophilus Furman and ultimately passing to Is- rael Taylor. These Taylors were brothers and became possessed of about three-fourths of the Eldridge tract. John had many descendants through his sons, Aaron, John, Henry and per- haps others. He died in Monmouth county. Obadiah appears to have left this part of the country. Martha married Benjamin Nelson and lived and died at Hamilton Square. Her de- scendants are widely scattered, those of her son Samuel appearing to be the only ones who still reside in this county.
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It remained for Wilson Eldridge, youngest child of Abram Eldridge, to become the founder of the most numerous branch of the Eldridge family. Wilson was still in the cradle when his father met an untimely death. His mother married Benjamin South, of White Horse, and Wilson, on coming of age, inherited that part of the homestead which he always con- sidered the poorest of his father's possessions. It is related that his brothers, who had dis- posed of their portions, advised him to sell the "old swamps" and leave, but Wilson held on to the "old swamps," built a house thereon, became the father of thirteen children and when he died, in 1870, was worth about eighty-five thousand dollars. When a lad Wilson Eldridge was ap- prenticed to the carpenter's trade, at which he worked for some years in Lamberton ( sixth ward of Trenton). About the time of the war of 1812 he built the kitchen part of the now deserted house and lived in it during the erection of the house proper. Here thirteen healthy children grew up around him, and both he and his wife lived to be very old. The cradle, being for so long a time so much in evidence in this home, it is said that one of the older sons painted a figure of a cradle on the side of the house near the door.
Wilson Eldridge married, about 1809, Lydia, daughter of Robert Douglas, of Lamberton, and niece of Captain Alexander Douglas, of Washı- ington's army. It was at Captain Douglas's house on Broad street that the council of war was held the night before the battle of Princeton, and the Douglas family, with their relatives, the Pear- sons, Reeds, Hunts and others, were among the leaders in the old colonial days.
The thirteen children of Wilson Eldridge and his wife were as follows: George, Alexander, Abram, Mary, Robert, Wilson, Lydia Ann, John, William, Samuel, Elizabeth, Emma and Adaline. George learned the carpenter's trade, became a resident of New Brunswick and married there. He lived to be about eighty years old and had a family of five children. Alexander always lived near the homestead. He remained single until past middle age, when he married Hannah Holmes. He also lived to be old and two chil- dren survived him. Abram learned the baker's trade and settled at Hightstown. He died in middle life and left five children. Mary was twice married, her first husband being named Forsyth and her second Reed. She was the
mother of four children. The prime of her life was spent in New York and Baltimore, but in her latter years she returned to her native village, living to be very old. Robert became a baker, learning the business in New York, but after- ward settled in Baltimore, becoming at one time quite wealthy. He had four children, and died when about seventy years old. He was the au- thor of several books on religious subjects. Wil- son also became a baker and settled in Baltimore, where he eventually died, but he was one of the adventurers who rushed to California in the early days of that state. He left no issue. Lydia Ann married Clayton Coward, station agent and shoe dealer at Hightstown. She had two sons, one of whom was killed in the civil war.
John Eldridge, born September 4, 1825, became a farmer and has always resided in the county of his birth. He is still living and in good health, though more than eighty years. His wife died a few years ago, and his sons are prominent farmers of the county. John Eldridge married Abigail, born 1829, daughter of Stephen Hooper, and their children were: I. Matthias, died in early childhood, his death caused by accident. 2. Stephen, of whom later. 3. Lydia. unmarried. 4. William, died in childhood. 5. Enoch, mar- ried (first) Ella Perine, one daughter, Nellie Eldridge ; married (second) Margaret Stults, no issue. 6. Lavinia, married Everett Dilatush, and had one daughter, Leila, who died in March, 1906, aged twenty-one years. 7 and 8. Emma and Phebe (twins) ; both died during years of early womanhood. 9. Ella, married Edward Maple, no issue. 10. Walter, see forward. II. Elizabeth, married Rev. Ward Peabody, no issue. 12. Lewis D., see forward. 13. Abigail (Hooper) Eldridge died at the home of her daughter, Ella, in the village of Ewing, Mercer county, New Jersey, September, 1899, and her remains are interred in the Baptist burying ground at Hamil- ton Square.
Of the other children of Wilson and Lydia (Douglas) Eldridge, William became a baker, learning the trade in New York, but settled in Baltimore. He afterwards engaged in mercantile business and amassed considerable wealth. His children are four in number. He died recently in Baltimore. Samuel became a farmer and always lived near the place of his birth. He owned a large portion of the old Eldridge tract. He is now deceased. Emma died when a young wo- man; she was the only one of this large family
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who died young. Elizabethi married James Allen, gunsmith of Trenton. Both are still living and in good health. They have had five children. Ada- line, the youngest of the family, became the wife of Lewis Darling, baker of Baltimore; both are now deceased.
Stephen Eldridge, second son of John and Abi- gail (Hooper) Eldridge, was born at the old homestead in Hamilton township, Mercer county, New Jersey, February 1, 1849. He attended the public schools, and until old enough to begin life for himself assisted in the labors of his grand-
father's farm. In 1875 he came to Trenton and settled on the Brooks farm, whence he made one or two removals to other farms. In 1887 he pur- chased the Paul Tillane farm consisting of one hundred and forty acres. This he has since cul- tivated for general farming and dairy purposes, carrying on a dairy business in Trenton and never missing a trip for a period of twenty-seven years. His residence is beautifully situated on the main road between Trenton and Princeton and between two trolley lines. Some years ago he sold from the rear of the farm fifty acres, now known as Eldridge Park, which is being rapidly disposed of in building lots. He superintended the construction of the macadam road. His politi- cal affiliations are with the Republican party, his vote and influence being always given in support of the men and measures advocated by the or- ganization.
Mr. Eldridge married, June 8, 1873, Sarah R. Miller, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Apple- gate) Miller, and they are the parents of three children : I. George B., born August 4, 1875, married Rebecca A. Hughes, born May 19, 1873, daughter of Alfred and Julia (Schenck) Hughes, and has one son, Lloyd Alston, born November 3, 1898. 2. Harvey H., born January 11, 1879, married Lucy K. Aull, born January 5, 1886, daughter of Joseph and Susan (Kirby) Aull. 3. C. Wellington, born August 9, 1883.
It would be a difficult matter to describe ac- curately the boundaries of the original Abram Eldridge plantation, but roughly describing it would be to say that it would take in about one- fourth of the village, the Dr. Wiley farm, the farms of Samuel and Eliza Eldridge, the James C. Robbins farm, that of Anna Anderson, the most of that of Allison Nutt, a small part of the farm of V. N. Cubberley, and the lot of Albert Hooper adjoining the rubber mill, being prob- ably about six hundred acres in all. The house
is situated half a mile northeast from Hamilton Square and has been long deserted. The barns and all the out-buildings have disappeared and the kitchen has fallen in, but the house proper still stands. The substantial red paint, used in old times on farm houses, must have had good wearing qualities, for this house was last painted nearly sixty-five years ago, yet still shows the red plainly. In this mansion, now given up to the bats, was reared a family of thirteen children, most of whom in turn became prolific, and many residents of this county and elsewhere look back to this old house as the abode of their ancestors.
Walter Eldridge, son of John and Abigail (Hooper) Eldridge, was born in Windsor town- ship, Mercer county, New Jersey, January 16, 1867. He was educated in a school at Compton Corner, from there went to the school at Mount Lucas, from which he was graduated. He as- sisted his father on the farm in Ewing township until he had attained the age of twenty-one years, then went to what is now ( 1907) known as the Purity farm, and commenced a retail milk busi- ness for himself. Prior to this he had been en- gaged in establishing a trade by taking the milk from his father's farm and delivering it to the customers. The Purity farm was originally owned by Noah Hart, who commenced with one hundred quarts per day, and increased this quan- tity to one hundred and fifty. Mr. Eldridge remained on this farm for one year, then rented a farm of twenty-seven acres in Ewingville, and remained on this another year. He next took the Farley farm of sixty acres, at Hillcrest, and remained there for a period of three years, doing a large business in general market gardening, dairy produce and poultry, for all of which he found a ready and profitable market. He next cultivated the Edward Lane farm, consisting of ninety acres, for two years. In all these (2 res
he was continually increasing his holdings, sad he finally purchased the David Lee farm of one hundred and sixty acres in Hamilton townshi. This he cultivated for a time, then sold a portion of it, and let the remainder for farming pur- poses. Mr. Eldridge resides in a beautiful 1 ome on the Clinton Avenue road, near Greenwood cem- etery. He is a stanch supporter of the Republican party, and a member of the Presbyterian church at Hamilton Square. He married, January 16, 1889, Ida Smith, born January 31, 1865, of Yard- ley, Pennsylvania, daughter of Andrew and Mary (Fish) Smith, and granddaughter of Andrew and
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Rachel ( Anderson) Smith. Mary (Fish) Smith was the daughter of Elijah and Elizabeth ( Mil- ler ) Fish. Andrew and Mary (Fish) Smith had children : I. Elizabethi, died at the age of six years. 2. Harry, married Esther Suber, no chil- dren. 3. Ella, married William Suber, had chil- dren: Clarence, Walter, Clara and Russell. 4. Benjamin Fish, married Clara Hagaman, had children : Clara, Gladys and Viola. 5. Edward, deceased, married Angelina Knowles, no children. 6. Ida, mentioned above. 7. Walter, married Alice Van Dyke, has one child : Stella. 8. Alfred, died at the age of five years. 9. William Fish, married Ina Richards, no children. Walter and Ida (Smith) Eldridge had children : Florence May, born October 30, 1889; Harry Smith, De- cember 31, 1891 ; Clinton Walter, March 9, 1894; Helen. October 26, 1895 ; Ella Bessie, November 10, 1897, died March 30, 1898; Clifford Leroy, January 15, 1900 ; Mildred Aileen, April 24, 1902 ; Lelia Dilatush, February 19, 1906.
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