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OGDEN FAMILY.
Joseph, the eldest son of Samuel and Mary Ann Ogden, succeeded his father in the tanning business near Swedesboro, at that place he accumulated a large fortune, and retired many years before his death to the town of Woodbury. He was four times married ; his first wife was the daughter of John Tatem, Sr., of Woodbury, she was the mother of his children ; their names were David, Samuel, John, Elizabeth and Mary Ann Ogden. One of Joseph Ogden's wives was Prudence Hall, daughter of Clement and Sarah Kay Hall, of Elsinboro, she being his third wife. His last wife I think survived him, he dying 20th of 11th month, 1863, being in his eighty-ninth year. Martha, daughter of Samnel and Mary Ann Ogden, married Samuel Abbott, of Mannington, Salem county, she was his second wife; they had issue; (see genealogy of the Abbott family); she died 5th of 4th month, 1848, aged about sixty-nine years. Hannah, daughter of Samuel and Mary Ann Ogden, married Isaac Townsend, of Cape May county. Soon after they were married they resided at Port Elizabeth; they had issue ; the names of their children were Samuel, Isaac, Ann, Hannah, William and Charles Townsend. Isaac and his wife a few years before their death, removed to the city of Philadelphia. Ann Ogden, daughter of Samnel and Mary Ann Ogden, married John, son of Zadoc and Eunice Silvers Street, of Mannington, about 1804 or 1805. He sold his valuable real estate in said township to John Wistar, and removed with his family to the then new State of Ohio, and purchased a large tract of land in what is now known as Columbiana county, and there founded a town which they called Salem, after Salem, New Jersey.
The Street family became one of the wealthiest families in that section of the State. John, the oldest son of Zadoe and Eunice S. Street, carried on a large business for many years as a merchant ; he and his wife had several sons, but no daughters. The family of Streets have great energy of character and a literary turn of mind. Aaron Street, the second son of Zadoc, (after the North-West became open to settlers,) left Salem and located in the territory of Iowa, and there founded a town he called Salem, the said town was the capital of the territory for some time. Aaron had a family ; one of his sons was named Isaac Street, he also had a family ; one of his daughters was named Mary Ann Street, she subsequently married a young man by the name of Duncan, they were of Scotch family; Mary Ann and her husband reside at San Francisco, California. One of the Street family located in Oregon, and there founded a town and called it Salem. Ann Ogden Street, the wife of John,
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departed this life 31st of 8th month, 1861, aged seventy-eight years.
Saralı, daughter of Samuel and Mary Ann Ogden, married Samuel Holmes, of Upper Penn's Neck; they had four children, their names were Martha, Ann Eliza, Sarah and William Holmes. Sarah Ogden Holmes died 26th of 2d month, 1829, aged about forty-two years. John, the son of Samuel and Mary Ann Ogden, has been twice married ; his first wife was Ann Howe, daughter of Isaac and Abigail Howe, of Gloucester county. John and his wife had three daughters-Mary Ann, Martha and Ann Ogden. Soon after the death of their mother, Aun Street who was on a visit to her relatives in New Jersey, asked permission of her brother John to take two of his daugh- ters home with her to Ohio, he gave his consent, and she brought up and educated them as she would have done with her own chil- dren. They are both married, and in affluent circumstances, living in their adopted State. John's second wife was Abigail Atkinson, widow of Caleb Atkinson, her maiden name was Antrim; they have four children, two are deceased, Joseph and Clement are living. John lived the greater part of his life on the homestead farm near Woodstown. He sold his farm some years ago, and now resides in the city of Salem; he is the only one left of Samuel and Mary Ann Ogden's children ; he is now in his eighty-fifth year. David, the youngest son of Samuel and Mary Ann Ogden, married Sarah Ann Burr, of Burlington county, they have had two children-Wharton and Rebecca Ogden, the latter is deceased ; Wharton has a store at Port Elizabeth. David was a carriage maker, and soon after he married, removed to Burlington county, there he followed his trade until his death, which event took place 2d of 7th month, 1825, when he was only twenty-nine years of age.
OAKFORD AND MOSS FAMILIES.
Charles and Wade Oakford emigrated from England to West Jersey about 1695 ; it is evident by the records of the Wade family they were nephews of Edward Wade, instead of what many supposed, that Charles Oakford's wife was the daughter of Edward. The brothers, Charles and Wade Oakford, had considerable means when they came in 1698, each of them con- tributed quite a sum of money for that time, towards erecting the first brick meeting house in the town of Salem. Charles purchased of his uncle Edward Wade of his allotment of land, located in Lower Monmouth precinct, quite a large tract, that being about 1696; he married and settled ; the following are the names of his children-Elizabeth, born at Alloways Creek, 17th of 3d month, 1698; Charles and Mary Oakford, born 20th of 1st month, 1701, Mary died young ; John Oakford, born 12th of 1st month, 1704. Charles' second wife was Margaret Denn, daughter of James and Elizabeth Maddox Denn ; their daughter Mary Oakford, was born 21st of 1st month, 1706 ; Susanna Oakford, was born in 1709. Charles the father of these children, died about 1728. His son Charles inherited the homestead, and subsequently was one of the ablest farmers in the lower precinct of Monmonth. In the Assessor's duplicate made by George Trenchard, Sr., Charles paid the highest tax in the township, excepting William Tyler. In 1742 he built himself a brick dwelling, which is still standing .- Charles died in 1760, leaving several children-Elizabeth, Isaac and Samuel, also one or two other daughters whose names are not given. Elizabeth married Samnel Naylor, they had issue. Their son Charles Oakford Naylor, married, had a son, Joseph Naylor, who resides at Hancock's Bridge at this time, being over seventy years of age. Isaac Oakford, (Charles' eldest son), inherited the homestead and soon after sold the farm to John Ware, and purchased lands near Darby, Pennsylvania, and there ended his days. The Oakfords in the city of Philadelphia are his descendants. Samuel Oakford settled in the State of Dela- ware; he lived to a very advanced age, and left issne. Mary,
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the daughter of Charles and Margaret Oakford, married James, the son of Nathaniel Chambless ; they had issue .- Susanna Oakford, the daughter of Charles and Margaret Oak- ford, married Jonathan, the son of William Bradway, she was his second wife ; they had issue. John, the son of Charles and Mary Oakford, married Margaretta Colsten in 1733, they had several children ; they married in the Acton family of Salem.
Wade Oakford, the emigrant, brother of Charles, purchased a large tract of land in the upper precinct of Monmonth, being part of James Wasse's 7000 acres ; I never heard whom he married. His son William Oakford married when he was past middle-age Rebecca Moss, daughter of Abraham Moss ; they had two daughters, one of them died a minor. Notwithstand- ing William's great possessions, he was a man of very industri- ons habits. One day some of his friends called to see him and he was not at home, they inquired of his honsekeeper where he was (his wife was deceased at that time), she told them he was in the woods cutting wood. They went to look for him and found him busily entting cord wood ; they told him he was too old a man to work so hard, and abundantly able to live without, and leave his only daughter well provided for. To which the old man assented and replied, "that he expected some stranger would "reap the benefit of his labors, inasmuch as some Dutchman "would come and marry his daughter one of these days." This proved to be true, for in a short time one of Richard Wistar's glassblowers by the name of Jacob Houseman married her .- The name has since been abbreviated, and is now spelled House. Jacob and Mary Oakford House had one son named William House, who married Sarah, the daughter of Jonathan and Milicent Wood. Milicent was the daughter of Peter Stretch. William House and his wife Sarah left two children-Jonathan and Mary House. Jonathan House who is still living at an advanced age, married Francis, the daughter of John Black- wood ; they have issue. Mary Honse, his sister, married Wil- liam, the son of James and Catharine Sherron, of Salem .- William and his wife are both deceased; they left three or more children-Samuel, Albert, and a daughter. Albert Sher- ron resides in Salem and keeps a grocery store, and has been prosperous in his business.
Alexander Moss I think came to this country about 1720, he located in Alloways Creek township; he and his wife Rebecca Moss had four children-Richard, was born in 11th month, 1724 ; Isaac, was born 18th of 11th month, 1726 ; Hannah, was born 14th of 7th month, 1730, and Rebecca Moss was born in
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1733. Abraham Moss purchased part of Jonathan Smith's estate, about the year 1735 ; he died about 1750, and his son Richard Moss become the owner. In 1751 Charles Fogg purchased the farm where William Cooper now lives of William Chandler ; in 1767 Richard Moss and Charles Fogg exchanged farms. The Smith property or part of it has been in possession of the Fogg family since. Richard Moss had two children-Isaac and Rebecca Moss, both of them lived to old age, never married. Isaac became the owner of his father's real estate, and subse- quently sold it to John Vanculer.
PLUMMER FAMILY.
The laws of this country are well calculated to give every young person, no matter how poor or obscure their parentage is, an opportunity to rise in a social and political standing in the community in which they live. Hence, many of the most useful citizens in this section, and likewise throughout this favored country, descended from what is called the lower order of society. Samuel Plummer was the son of an emigrant from England, named David Plummer, as is supposed by the family. Their record seems to have been lost. Samuel Plummer mar- ried Amy Johnson; they had seven or eight children; their names were-David, William, James, Sarah, Samuel, John and Hannah Plummer. Samuel, the son of Samnel and Amy John- son Plummer, was born the 29th of 9th month, 1813; in early life, he was apprenticed to a carriage maker ; after he arrived to manhood, he followed his trade for several years, I think at Sharps- town in Salem county. He however, turned his attention to politics, and subsequently was elected Sheriff of the county of Salem. Soon after the expiration of his term of office, he was elected to the State Legislature, and the following year to the State Senate; he now holds the important office of United States Marshal for the State of New Jersey. He married Ke- ziah Woodruff, daughter of Enos Woodruff, of Bridgeton, Cum- berland county ; she can properly claim as long a line of an- cestry as any other one in the county of Salem, being a lineal descendant of Thomas Woodruff, who was the son of John Woodruff, yeoman, in the county of Worcestershire, England. Thomas married Edith Wyatt, daughter of Joseph Wyatt, a gentleman. The said Thomas Woodruff and his wife Edith, left Worcestershire, and removed to London, at which place they had several children born; their names were Thomas, Edith, John and Isaac Woodruff. In the year 1678, Thomas and Edith Woodruff, together with their children, and in com- pany with a number of others, emigrated for West New Jersey, on board the ship Surrey, Steven Nichols, Captain. They arrived at Salem in 4th month, 1679. Samuel Plummer and his
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wife, Keziah Woodruff, have had eight children, only three of them are living at this time-Charles, John E. and Sallie Pluim- mer. Charles has been twice married ; his first wife was Han- nah, the daughter of Benjamin Heritage; she died a young woman, leaving one daughter, Wilhelmina Plummer. His sec- ond wife is Anna, the daughter of Benjamin M. Black; they have one daughter-Rebecca Plummer. Charles Plummer is a merchant, and resides at Pedricktown, in Upper Penn's Neck, at which place he has an enviable reputation ; his future career is promising. He was elected last year to represent Salem county in the New Jersey State Senate.
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PRESTON FAMILY.
John E. Preston, M. D., a resident and practicing physician in the city of Salem, New Jersey, is a lineal descendant of Peregrine White, who was the first European born in this country north of Mason and Dixon line. The following was written for one of the Massachusetts' papers a short time since by Susanna French, she being one of the family. "Peregrine " White was the son of William and Susanna White, who ar- "rived on board of the Mayflower at Plymouth Rock, 22d of 12th "month, 1620. Peregrine was the son of the before mentioned "parents, and was born in the 11th month, 1620, whilst the ship " was anchored in Cape Cod, between Cape Cod and Plymouth "Rock. Daniel White was the son of Peregrine White. John "White, son of Daniel White, married Miss Skinner, they had a "son-John, who married Mary Grover, he lived many years in "Mansfield and was a merchant at that place John and Mary "Grover had nine children, named respectively-John, Abial, "Otis, Calvin, Mary, Rachel, Lavinia, Aziah and Susanna "White, the latter, the author of the poem published some time "ago ; she married William French, who was killed at the battle "of Bunker Hill. At the intercession of his mother, she sub- "sequently married William's brother, John French, a resident "of the city of Providence, Rhode Island. They afterwards "moved to Dublin, New Hampshire. Lavinia, the daughter of "John and Mary Grover White, married Aaron Preston ; they "had several children. John E. Preston, M. D., the eldest son, "who resides at Salem, New Jersey, he being the eighth gener- "ation from Peregrine White, and the ninth from William and "Susanna White."
REEVE FAMILY.
Mark Reeve was another of those early pioneers of America who was calculated by his mental endowments and high moral character to give a moral force to the neighborhood wherein he dwelt. He turned his attention more to the religious associa- tions than his intimate friend, William Hall, although the latter is frequently mentioned in the early records of Salem Monthly Meeting, showing that he was a consistent member of the Society of Friends. Mark Reeve, in 1684, married Ann Hunt, of Salem, and on the following year the executors of John Fenwick directed John Woodledge, the deputy surveyor, to lay off sixteen acres of land which Mark Reeve had purchased of them in the town of Cohansey. It is most probable that Mark made that place his home for a short time, but a few years later he purchased a large tract of land on the south side of Cohansey creek, oppo- site Cohansey (known at the present time as Greenwich). In the year 1705, a four rod road was surveyed from Salem to Maurice river, which, after crossing the Cohansey, passed between James Pierce's and Mark Reeve's land. The Reeve family held large tracts of land in that section for more than a century and a half, but at this time the family have disposed nearly or quite the whole of it. As early as 1698 James Dun- can and Mark Reeve made application to Salem Friends for assistance to build a meeting house. There was one erected, having been built of logs, near the banks of the Cohansey, on the main street, where the present brick meeting house now stands. The exact time of Mark Reeve's death does not appear in the records, but circumstances go to show that it was about 1716 or 1717. He left one son, Joseph Reeve, who married Ellinor Bagnall, in 1722 ; they had five children-Mark, Joseph, John, Mary and Benjamin. Mark, the son of Joseph and Elli- nor Reeve, born 28th of 12th month, 1723, became a highly esteemed minister in the Society of Friends in early life. He married about the year 1761 when he was past middle age. The following are the names of his children-Josiah, Ann, Mark, William and George Reeve. Josiah, his eldest son, was born
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23d of 9th month, 1762. His father purchased a tract of land in Alloways Creek township, situated on the north side of the creek, and built a substantial brick building on the property. (It is now owned and occupied by Luke S. Fogg.) At that place Josiah went to reside, and soon afterwards married At the death of his father the said property was devised to him, but he sold it soon afterwards to John Pancoast, and removed to Burlington with his family to reside with his wife's relatives. She, I think, was a Newbold, and by her he had two or more children. Martha, their daughter, married Clayton, the son of John and Charlotte Wistar, she being his second wife. They had one son-Josiah. John Reeve, the son of Josiah, married Priscilla, the daughter of John and Mary Sheppard, of Green- wich. They had children.
The Sheppard family is one of the oldest and most numerous in the county of Cumberland. David Sheppard emigrated from England about the year 1683, and with the Swing family and a few others organized the Cohansey Baptist church, which is considered the mother of the Baptist churches in this section of the State. John and Mark, the grandsons of David Sheppard, having become converted to the principles of the Society of Friends, left the religious society of their father and became members of the Friends' association, but far the largest portion of the Sheppard family still adhere to the Baptist society, while a number of them are members of the Presbyterian church at the present time. William, the son of Josiah and Hannah Reeve, was born 11th of 12th month, 1766, and subsequently mar- ried Letitia, the daughter of Josiah and Letitia Miller, of Mannington ; they had eight children-Josiah Miller, Anna, Elizabeth M., Letitia, William F., Mark M., Priscilla and Em- mor Reeve. Josiah M., the eldest son, married a young woman in Pennsylvania, by the name of Garrigues. She died not many years after their marriage, having two daughters-Hannah and Emma. His second wife was Mary, the daughter of Jonathan Dallas, of Port Elizabeth. Josiah and his wife are both de- ceased at the present time, leaving one son-Dallas Reeve. Few men that have lived in this county possessed a more energetic character than Josiah M. Reeve; his judgment was above that of ordinary men, and he was of pleasant and agreeable tempera- ment. He more than once represented his county in the State Legislature. He with his two younger brothers, William F., and Emmor, carried on ship building with success for a number of years at Allowaystown. They did not however, confine their attention exclusively to one particular business, but bought
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largely of land in that neighborhood, considered not worth farming, which through their energy and judicions management has been made to produce more than four-fold. They also en- larged and beautified the town of their adoption, with large and substantial buildings, and no village in this section of the State has superior improvements. I will here state that William Reeve and his wife, after marriage, like his brother Josiah, re- moved to the county of Burlington and made it his permanent home. Their children were born and raised to maturity. Anna, the daughter of William and Letitia Reeve, married William Hilliard, who lived near Rancocas. Elizabeth M. Reeve, mar- ried Jesse Stanger ; I believe they had issue. Letitia M. Reeve remains single. William Foster Reeve's wife was Mary, the daughter of William Cooper, of Camden; they have four chil- dren living-William Cooper, Augustus, Rebecca and Richard H. Reeve. William, the eldest, married Mary, the daughter of Richard M., and Hannah Acton, of Salem. Richard, the son of William F., and Mary Reeve, married Sarah Ann, the daugh- ter of Samuel P. Carpenter; they reside in the city of Camden. Mary, the mother of the before mentioned children, died sud- den recently, whilst on a visit to her relatives in Camden, her native city. William F. Reeve is the only one of the three brothers, who still remains at Allowaystown, a place they did so much to improve. Josiah M., his elder brother, died at that place several years ago, and Emmor his younger brother, left with his family a few years since and resides in the city of Cam- den. Mark M. Reeve, the son of William and Letitia Reeve, died a few years ago, unmarried, in one of the Western States. The first wife of Emmor, the youngest son of William and Letitia Reeves, was Susan the daughter of William Cooper; they had issue-Mark, Benjamin and Sarah Cooper. Emmor's second wife is Sarah, the daughter of Benjamin and Sarah Ac- ton.
Joseph, son of Joseph and Ellinor Reeve, was born 5th of 7th month, 1725, and subsequently married Milicent, daughter of Joseph and Hannah Wade, 29th of 6th month, 1729 ; they had three children-Samuel, Martha and Joseph. Samuel, their eldest son, inherited the landed estate of his father, located on the south side of Cohansey, a part of which his great ances- tor purchased of the executors of John Fenwick, and there he ended his days. His wife was Ruth, the daughter of Gideon and Judith Scull. The latter were residents of Egg Harbor, and likewise the parents of Gideon Seull, who purchased land near the head waters of Oldman's creek, in Salem county, and
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carried on merchandising. It was known for many years as Sculltown, but is now called Anburn. Gideon and his wife, Judith Belange Scull, died in the winter of 1780 with the small- pox, which disease they contracted in attending Salem Quarterly Meeting, and both died with it a short time after they returned to their homes at Egg Harbor. Samuel Reeve and his wife Ruth had seven children-Joseph, Rachel, Ruth, Martha, Mary, Samuel and Benjamin. Four of them died in childhood .- Samuel died a number of years before his wife, and she subse- quently sold the property and removed to Philadelphia with her children. Her daughter Rachel married Henry, son of Thomas P. Cope ; they had issne. Henry and his wife are both de- ceased at this time. Martha Reeve married a man by the name of Pleasant ; her second husband was Lloyd ; she was several years his senior.
Joseph, the youngest son of Joseph and Milicent Reeves, was born 26th of 9th month, 1756, and married Martha, the dangh- ter of Preston and Hannah Carpenter, of Mannington. Soon afterward he left his native county, Cumberland, and resided for a while in Salem, where he taught the public school on Margaret's Lane, as it was called at that time. The name of this was derived from an old lady who lived there in a small tenant house belonging to William Parrott. I believe the name of the street has been changed two or three times within the memory of some of the present generation. At one time it was called South street, but at the present time it is known as Walnut street .. Joseph Reeve subsequently purchased a small farm in Mannington, being part of his father-in-law's (Preston Carpenter) property, a part of James Sherron's great estate .- He removed there and established a fruit nursery, and continued in that business whilst he lived. His son Samuel carried it on a number of years after his father's death. Joseph and his wife had five children-Samuel, Milicent, Thomas, (who died several years before his father,) Mary and Joseph Reeve .- Joseph their father, was a religious man, and possessed a large share of the milk of human kindness. His death was a great loss to his immediate family, and to the religions society of which he was a useful member. His eldest son Samuel in time purchased his brother's and sister's share of the farm, and car- ried on farming and the nursery business until within a short period of his death. He died not many years ago, being over four score years. He married, when he was far advanced in life, Achsa Stratton, of Burlington county; they had no issue. Milicent, the eldest daughter of Joseph and Martha Reeve,
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married Joseph Owen, of Gloucester. She has been deceased some years, leaving no children. Martha, the daughter of Joseph and Milicent Reeve, was born 29th of 9th month, 1754, married Joseph, the son of John and Ann Nicholson Brick ; she was the second wife of Joseph Brick. They had two sons -Joseph and John R. Brick. Joseph, the eldest, born 13th of 8th month, 1785, married Elizabeth, the daughter of David Smith. Joseph and his wife had several children-Samuel, Martha, John E., Edward K. and Hannah Reeve. John Reeve Brick married Elizabeth Kinsey ; they had one daughter who married Clinton, son of Samuel and Eliza Clement, of Salem. She died young, leaving no issue.
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