History of Burlington and Mercer counties, New Jersey : with biographical sketches of many of their pioneers and prominent men, Part 92

Author: Woodward, E. M. (Evan Morrison) cn; Hageman, John Frelinghuysen
Publication date: 1883
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : Everts & Peck
Number of Pages: 1096

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In 1741, Benjamin Stevens and Joseph Burt ap- peared before the New Brunswick Presbytery to secure the services of Mr. Rowland, and the Presbytery granted the request. Mr. Rowland preached at Maid- enhead for some time, supplying the pulpit with Messrs. Wales and Robinson. He was called in 1743, but took the call under consideration, and probably declined it during the summer, for August 20th of that year they applied again for liberty to call any faithful minister whom they could find. This request was granted, and Mr. Gilbert Tennent was appointed to write them a letter informing them of the consent of the Presbytery. In the following October they signified their desire that Rev. James Davenport should settle with them. For certain reasons the Presbytery did not see the way clear to proceed with the settle- ment, but permitted the people to employ Mr. Daven- port to supply them until the following May. They sought, Sept. 12, 1744, the services of Rev. John Gra- ham, of Southbury, Conn., but failed to secure them. May 28, 1745, they applied for the services of Rev. Daniel Lawrence, and called him Sept. 19, 1745. He did not accept. The application was vainly renewed May 21, 1746. Oet. 12, 1748, Rev. Timothy Allen was called, but, although he resided in the parsonage and preached for them three years and a half, he was not installed.

Oct. 30, 1753, Rev. James Davenport, having been dismissed by the Presbytery of New Castle on condi- tion of his settlement with the people of Maidenhead and Hopewell, was received. He was called on the 31st, and declared his acceptance. Messrs. Charles MeKnight, William Tennent, Eliab Byram, Thomas Lewis, aud Isaac Reed were appointed to install Mr. Davenport. IIe was installed at. Hopewell, Oct. 22, 1754. May 31, 1757, the people of Maidenhead peti- tioned to be discharged from this pastoral relation. The people of Hopewell entered a similar petition June 30th. Certain irregularities prevented the grant- ing of these petitions for some time. In his earlier years Mr. Davenport's career was wild and fanatical. publicly retracted them, manifesting before his con-

: ity, sincerity, aud genuine piety. He died at the "New Side" parsouage, near the Lawrence line, Nov. 10, 1757, and is buried in the graveyard about a mile west of Pennington, near the scene of his labors. Iu June, 1758, the church called Rev. Mr. Lewis, who supplied the pulpit until May, 1760. April 28, 1761, Messrs. Parkhurst, Smith, and MeKnight were ap- pointed supplies, and Rev. Enoch Green was appointed a supply Oct. 11, 1763. About a year afterward a call was tendered to the latter, which he considered, and which upon the advice of the Presbytery, after some ineffectual attempts to unite the two congrega- tions, he resigned in April, 1766. The last instance of an application for supplies was Oct. 21 and 23, 1766, at which date an arrangement for four Sundays after the latter date was concluded.

For nearly forty years this people had a checkered and painful history. They met with unusual diffi- culty in raising funds for pastor and parsouage. They were much of the time dependent on the pastors of the Presbytery for supplies. At different times they vainly presented calls to Messrs. John Rowland, Timothy Allen, Daniel Lawrence, Thomas Lewis. Samuel Parkhurst, and Enoch Green. They were . served occasionally by William Robinson, Henry Martin, John Graham, James MeCrea, - Hunter, Lamb. The only minister who was installed over them as pastor was Rev. James Davenport, and at the time of his death steps had already been taken toward severing this tie.

The Presbyterian Church of Titusville. - This church was organized Jan. 10, 1844, and was an out- growth of the Pennington Church. Meetings had been held in the village some years previously, and a house of worship had been crected in 1838-39, which was dedicated by Rev. Samuel Miller, D.D., of Prince- ton, April 25, 1842.

The names of the constituent members foilow : Joseph Titus, Cornelius F. Moore, Peter F. Van Zandt, Philip Cole, Theodore Hunt, Theodore How, Aaron Pidcock, John W. Burrowes, Mary Vannoy, John D. Roberts, Enoch Hart, Edward Roberts, John

Compiled from historical discourses by Rev. George Hale, D.D., and Rev. A. Gosman, D.D.

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Hunt, Charles Hunt, Philip T. Hunt, Theophilus Hunt, Benjamin McCannon. William B. Hunt, Isaac S. Nevins. Ira Farley, Charles T. Hunt, Margaret Hunt, Amos Parker, Hannah Parker, and Noah Harbourt.

Sammel Brearly was elected an elder.

The following pastors have served this church : Rev. Garret Van Arlsdalen, 1844-52 ; Rev. Jesse B. Davis, 1852-61; Rev. William A. Jenks, 1862-70; Rev. John S. Gilmore, 1874 ; Rev. John Miller, 1874- 77 (supply ) ; Rev. W. P. Patterson, 1877-79; Rev. S. R. Queen, 1880-82.

The elders in 1882 were Isaac Farley, George Serviss, and Charles T. Hunt.

The membership is ninety-one.

The First Presbyterian Church of Hopewell Village .- The First Presbyterian Church of the vil- lage of Hopewell grew out of a Sunday-school which was established there in. 1865, and was formally or- ganized Dec. 6, 1877, with the following constituted members :

Ralph Ege, Mary E. Ege, Benjamin S. Hill, Sarah E. Hill, Edward Updike, Mary A. Blackwell, Carrie S. Tatten, Benjamin V. Garrison, Elizabeth F. Garri- son, William H. Kossler, Lucinda M. Harley, Emily W. Wood, Asher H. Snoak, Sarah M. Snoak, Mary Phillips, John B. French, Sarah L. French, William B. Van Pelt, Matthew A. Van Pelt, Fanny Van Pelt, W. Imlat Phillips, Catharine Phillips. O. G. Hol- combe, Joseph C. Harrison, Hattie B. Van Buskirk, Gertrude H. Stout, Anthony G. Fetter, B. Fetter, John C. Reid, Mary E. Reid, Jolin H. Case, Mary H. Case, James Gillcock, and Albert A. Ege.

The first officers were Ralph Phillips, A. L. Hal- combe, William B. Van Pelt, Anthony G. Fetter, and Benjamin S. Hill, trustees; Ralph Ege, Benjamin S. Hill, Edward Updike, William B. Van Pelt, and Jo- seph C. Harrison, elders; and W. Imlat Phillips, Asher H. Snoak, and Benjamin V. Garrison, deacons. Since that date there have been no changes in the official list except among the trustees. , In 1882 the following trustees were serving: Ralph Ege, A. L. Halcombe, William B. Van Pelt, A. S. Fetter, and J. : C. Harrison.

The first pastor was Rev. M. S. Morgan, who served from April, 1878, to October, 1879. The present pas- tor, Benjamin P. Johnson, assumed the pastoral re- lation to this church in the fall of 1879.

The chapel is a wood structure in the Gothic style of architecture, at the west end of the village. It has a seating capacity of three hundred, and is valued at four thousand dollars. It was crected in 1877, under the management of a building committee consisting of Asher H. Snoak, A. G. Fetter, A. L. Halconbe, William B. Van Pelt, and Ralph Egc.

The Sunday-school, which was organized in 1865, has ever since been under the conduct of one super- intendent, Ralph Ege. It numbers one hundred officers, teachers, and scholars.

The Methodist Episcopal Church of Penning- ton .- This church claims an antiquity co-equal to that of the old Hopewell Methodist Episcopal Church, in which it is supposed Pennington Church was in- cluded.

Methodist services were first held in Pennington in an old barn of Samuel Bunn's, and were continned there for some time with more or less regularity. In 1826 a church was built on Martin Street, in the south part of the village, which in 1845 was sold and con- verted into a dwelling.

At this time a new and more commodious brick church was built on the site of the present house of worship. It was forty-two feet by sixty in size, and cost seven thousand dollars. It was dedicated by Rev. Charles Pitman. In 1874 it was rebuilt at a cost of eleven thousand dollars, and was dedicated in 1876 by Rev. J. H. Vincent, of New York. The present structure is of brick with a stone front, forty- two feet by eighty-five in size. It was erected under the management of a building committee, consisting of Isaac Bergen, Ripley T. Martin, Noah H. Tin- dall, and Rev. Benjamin C. Lippincott.

The existence of Pennington Station dates from 1832. Previous to that time this church was on a circuit or charge with other Methodist societies. The pastors since then have been as follows :

Revs. William H. Bull, 1832-34; John Swan, 1834- 36 ; John K. Shaw, 1837-38; Isaac Weinner, 1838- 40; Jefferson Lewis, 1840-42 ; Robert Morrison, 1842- 44; Thomas Sroweigon, 1844-46; Joseph Chatten, 1846-48; Asaph Vandewater, 1848-50; George Win- sor, 1850-52; Curtis Tallery, 1852-54; Abraham Owen, 1854-55; Joseph Ashbrook, 1855-57; James Brian, 1857-59; Aaron Ballard, 1859-61; Richard Chalken, 1861-63; John H. Heisler, 1863-65; William Quines, 1865-66; Samnel Post, 1866-67; Samuel Parker, 1867-70; George Hitchens, 1870-72; Milton Relyea, 1872-75; E. Green, 1875-76; R. C. Lippin- cott. 1876-79; Henry Belting, 1879-82.

The Methodist Episcopal Church of Titusville. -This church was organized at an early date. The records are so incomplete that they shed little light on its history. It is stated by some of the active members of the present time that the house of wor- ship formerly stood about a mile southeast of Titus- ville, on the River road, where it was rebuilt many years ago. Subsequently it was removed to Titusville, and there again rebuilt in 1863. The value of church property, including the parsonage, now ( March, 1882) abont to be sold, is abont nine thousand dollars.

The present pastor is Rev. A. Wagg. The trustces are Daniel Atchley, John Smith, David Craft, Jesse A. Holcombe, Enoch Harbourt, and Jesse C. Har- bourt. The stewards are Jesse A. Holcombe. Daniel Atchley, David Craft, Watson Lewis, John Hoppock, John Houghton, and Eli Lawyer.

The house of worship is a commodious building of wood and stone.

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The First Baptist Church of Hopewell .- Accord- ing to an existing manuscript prepared by Isaac Eaton, the First Baptist "Church of Hopewell was constituted April 23, 1715, by Abel Morgan, of Phila- delphia, and John Burroughs, of Middletown, at the house of Joseph Stout. The first pastor was Mr. Thomas Simmons. He came and settled as a minister and preached in private houses, there being no regular public place erected to keep meeting in. He served the church three years. The next pastor was one Egglefield, and remained until 1728. Mr. Joseph Eaton supplied the church for fourteen years, and in 1742, Mr. Thomas Davis accepted a cali to the church and served three years, and in 1747 the first meeting- house was built of brick." Isaac Eaton was pastor from 1748 to 1772.

The following are the names of the constitueut members : Jonathan Stout, Hannah Stout, Ann Stout, Ruth Stout, Joseph Stout, Sarah Fitz Randolph, Rachel Hyde, Mary Drake, Abel Curtis, Sarah Smith, Thomas Curtis, and Benjamin Drake.

The following elders have served as pastors since 1774 : Benjamin Cole came in 1774; Oliver Hart came in 1780, and died Dec. 3, 1795; James Ewing was a supply till 1807 ; John Boggs came in 1807, and re- : mained till 1846: William Curtis came in 1846, and resigued in 1851; Philander Hartwell came in 1853, and served uutil 1878; William J. Purington, the : by thirty-six, and it has a seating capacity of fifty. present pastor, came iu 1878.

The membership of this church is two hundred and twenty, and it is officered as follows: Clerk, Samuel H. Stout; Trustees, Samuel H. Stout, Simpson Van- dike, Johnson Blackwell, David L. Blackwell, A. V. Chamberlin, J. B. Hill, and John Blackwell; Dea- cons, Grant Hixon, William Tindall, Elijah Leigh, Thompson Sutphin, Johnson Blackwell, and William Simmons.

The Calvary Baptist Church, Hopewell .- The Baptists first held meetings in Hopewell village in August and September, 1871, in a wheelwright-shop, and later for seven months in the district school- house. A church was organized with the following- named members: Lewis Manning, Mrs. Ella MI. Lee, William O. Stout, Mary Alice Stout, Mrs. A. Lewis, aud Mrs. Jeremiah Stout.

The first officers chosen were the following: John Slocum, Joseph V. M. Blackwell, Reuben McPherson, Henry V. B. Cox, Randolph Stout, trustees ; John Slocum, deacon ; Reuben McPhersou, treasurer ; E. S. Alshouse, clerk.

sand five hundred and twenty-seven dollars. In 1876 a parsonage was built adjacent to the church. It is a two-story frame building, and cost one thousand five hundred dollars.

The following are the pastors who have served this church. with the term of service of each :

Rev. D. C. Romine, from October, 1871, to April. 1873; Rev. A. V. Dimock, from October, 1873, to May, 1876; Rev. A. J. Hays, from May, 1876, to February, 1878; and Rev. H. D. Garner, from July, 1878, to the present.

-The Sunday-school connected with this church was organized in April, 1872. The superintendent is Rev. H. D. Garner. The membership is sixty. The li- brary contains four hundred volumes.

In 1882 the church was officered as follows : Reubeu McPherson. E. Snoak, James L. Manning. William L. Titus, John L. McPherson, trustees ; Lewis Man- uing, Reubeu McPherson, Andrew H. MePherson. Thomas Johnson, deacons ; James L. Mauning, treas- urer ; and William L. Titus, clerk.

The Hopewell Christian Church .- The house of worship of this society is located on the line between Mercer and Hunterdon Countics, on the north border of the township. It was built in 1847, on a lot given for the purpose by John Horn, and is valued at twelve hundred dollars. Its size is twenty-four feet

Previous to the ercction of this house of worship services were held in the school-house, beginning iu 1828. The church was formally organized in 1844. The constituted members were John Horn and wife, Mary Golden, Joseph Dalrymple and wife, C. Riley, Tunis Serviss, Richard Serviss, Lucinda Buchanan, and otliers. The successive pastors have been Rev. Henry Black, who served twelve years ; Rev. J. G. Lour, two years ; Rev. P. J. Hawk, four years; Rev. J. E. Soule, two years ; and Rev. William H. Pitman. the present pastor, who has served during the past fifteen years. The utembership of the church (1882) is sixty-two. Its trustees are Charles Matthews, James F. Riley, Richard W. Snoak, Joseph Horn, and Jacob C. Wilsou. Its deacons are Charles Mat- thews and Richard W. Snoak.

St. Alphonsus' Roman Catholic Church, Hope- well .- Previous to the erection of this church ser- vices were held by the Catholics for several months in the house of Michael Norton, who with Edward Proney and Edward Cashel and others was among the constituent members of St. Alphonsus' Church.

In the spring of 1872 a lot containing half an acre A lot containing three acres was purchased, and the erection of a house of worship begun in 1874. The corner-stone was laid by Bishop M. A. Corrigan, of Newark, who, assisted by Rev. Anthony Smith, of Trenton, blessed the church upon its completion. I. is a frame building, thirty-six feet by seventy-two, and connected therewith is valued at seven thousand dol- lars. was purchased of Jerome Morrell, and preparations were made to erect a church thereon without delay. The corner-stone was laid June 12, 1872. The church was completed within the few succeeding months, and dedicated by Rev. Henry C. Fish, D.D., of New- ark, December 19th following. This structure is of ' cost five thousand dollars, and with other property wood, with a stone basement. It is located on Maiu Street, in the centre of the village, and cost five thou-

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It was under the management of Rev. Anthony Smith, of Trenton, that this congregation was organ- ized. It is dependent upon St. Mary's Catholic Church of Trenton, of which Rev. Anthony Smith is pastor, and has been ministered to by Revs. Michael Holland and J. A. McFaul.

The African Methodist Church of Pennington .- The house of worship of this church was erected at the south end of the village in 1847, on a lot pur- chased of Joshna Bunn. It was rebuilt in 1876, and is valued at one thousand dollars. The present pastor of this church is Rev. John Whittaker. The stew- ards are Samuel Allen and Thomas Ely. The trustees are William Downs, Benjamin Hanson, and A. John- son1.

Harborton Baptist Church .-- At Harborton is a Baptist meeting-house valued at two thousand dol- lars. Services are held only once in two months. The attendance is about twenty.

Burial-Places .- On the farm of Algernon Wearts, in the northeast part of the township, is an ancient graveyard, in which burials were made far back in . the last century.

Another, which seems to have been contemporane- ous with the above, is to be found on the Capt. Edward Vandyke place. Some of the graves here are marked by field-stones and some have been plowed over. A few inscriptions are to be found here and there.

The old First Baptist Church burying-ground at Hopewell is kept up by the sale of lots, and contains many monuments and headstones, some of which bear old and interesting inscriptions.

On the farm of Jolin Golden is a burial-place known as the Golden family burying-ground. Here are to be scen several headstones, none of which bear early dates.

The burying-ground in the Presbyterian church- : vard in Pennington is one of the most attractive in this section in view of its many historical associations.

The burying-ground where once stood the New Side Presbyterian Church, and which contains the grave of the only pastor of that body, will repay a visit.

At Titusville inany persons have been buried in the Presbyterian aud Methodist churchyards.

Societies .- PENNINGTON LODGE, No. 31, I.O.O. F. -This lodge of the Independent Order of Odd-Fellows was instituted Nov. 12, 1854. The following were the officers in March, 1882: William S. Kelley, N. G .; Ebenezer Golden, V. G .; Samuel H. Chatten, Sec. ; B. Frank Lewis, Treas. ; Abraham Van Pelt, Warden. This lodge meets every Saturday evening in Odd-Fel- lows' Hall, over Blackwell's storc.

Horn, Treas. ; Reuben Titus, Gate-keeper. The pres- ent membership is twenty-eight. Meetings are held on the first and third Saturdays of each month.

CYRUS LODGE, No. 148, F. AND A. M .- Cyrus Lodge, No. 148, Free and Accepted Masons, was in- stituted Jan. 28, 1878. The following were the peti- tioning members: Rev. B. C. Lippincott, John G. Muirheid, William B. Muirheid, William T. Bunn, Edward L. Welling, William B. Curlis, William II. Muirheid, Isaac I. Johnson, David W. Hunt, Oliver B. Gray, Levi T. Atchley, Joshua L. Allen, George Hale, Jr., Josephi Barlow, Alfred W. Smith, Daniel A. Clarkson, Scudder H. Phillips, Noah S. Hart, and Enoch H. Drake.

The following were the first officers : Rev. B. C. Lippincott, W. M. ; John G. Muirheid, S. W .; Wil- liam B. Muirheid, J. W. ; Enoch H. Drake, Treas. ; Edward L. Welling, Sec. ; I. I. Johnson, Chaplain : William H. Muirheid, S. D .; D. A. Clarkson, J. D. ; Charles R. Burroughs and William T. Bunn, M. of C. ; William B. Curlis and Joseph Barlow, Stewards; Samuel Chatten, Tyler.

The officers in March, 1882, were as follows: John M. Titus, W. M .; James L. Bragg, S. W .; Frederick E. Blackwell, J. W. ; Enoch H. Drake, Treas. ; Jo- seph C. Bunn, Sec. ; Jonathan S. Bunn, S. D .; Eu- gene D. Wood, J. D .; George R. Carver and Edward H. Burroughs, M. of C .; George H. Frisbee and Charles R. Burroughs, Stewards; Rev. Thomas Han- lon, Chaplain ; Samuel H. Chatten, Tyler.

At the date mentioned the membership was forty- one. This lodge meets monthly, on the Friday even- ing on or before full moon, in Odd-Fellows' Hall.

THE WOMAN'S HOME AND FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETIES OF PENNINGTON .- The Woman's Home Missionary Society of Peunington was organized in 1879, and is officered as follows : Miss Mary L. Hale, president ; Mrs. Thomas Holcombe, vice-president ; Mrs. D. C. Titus, treasurer; Miss Emoline Burd, secretary.

The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of Pen- nington, also organized 1879, is under the following management : Mr .. E. M. Titus. president; Mrs. E. L. Welling, vice-president ; Mrs. J. G. Muirheid. treasurer ; Mrs. D. R. Foster, secretary.

Industrial .- The Drake grist-mill was built some time iu the last century. It was owned by Josiah Vankirk from 1800 (probably earlier) to 1810, when it became the property of Peter Schenck, from whom, in 1850, it passed to Dr. George White, who sold it to a man named Chamberlain in 1856. The present owner and operator, Robert S. Drake, purchased it in 1872. The raft-mills at the mouth of Jacobs Creek were owned for some time by Stephen Moore, who was operating them in 1842. They passed into other hands, and were bought by William Raft in 1974. A

PENNINGTON GRANGE, NO. 64, P. or H .- Penning- ton Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, was organized in February, 1874, with about fifteen members. The officers in March, 1882, were as follows: E. H. , grist- and saw-mill were built at Titusville by Joseph Drake, Master; A. Updike, Overseer; Joseph P. Blackwell, Chaplain; S. B. Ketchum, Sec. ; J. B.

Titus in 1849. They were operated by Welling & Titus for some years. This firm has been succeeded

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by Messrs. Matthews, Agnew, George W. Snoak, and Agnew & Snoak. Sinee the death of Mr. Snoak the property has been owned by Agnew and the Snoak estate. Tlie grist-mill known as the Titus mill has been owned by William M. Titus several years. It had previously passed through the hands of several proprietors. The mill now owned by Joseph II. and Frank Moore was built very early, and has been several times renovated and partially rebuilt. An early owner was Philip Ringo.

The feed- and saw-mill at Hopewell village was built in 1876, by Finney & Fetter, the present owners.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

SPENCER STOUT WEART.

Maj. Speneer. Stout Weart was born at Hopewell, Sept. 13, 1803, and died at the same place, Oet. 9, 1868, aged sixty-five years and twenty-six days, leav- ing a wife and nine ehildren.

The genealogy of the Weart family is traeed as fol- lows: In 1733 a German family emigrated to this country, and settled at Amwell, in Hunterdon County, at Wert's Corners, now known as Wertsville. The original name is not well defined, and in old deeds and bonds it is written in various ways. The first record extant is a deed from Col. Joseph Stout for a traet of woodland in Amwell township, dated Dee. 7, 1743, in which he is named as grantee by the name of William Helmus Virtue. In a bond dated May 5, 1762, and executed to him by Peter Kunee, he is named as Helleinos Werehe. To this bond his son is · a subseribing witness, and his name is written Jolin Weart.

Wilhelmus and Christine, his wife, had four chil- dren,-John (born on the high seas on the passage out), Christopher, Mary, who married a Cool, and Mrs. Emrod, whose given name is not now remem- bered, and nothing is known of her family.

John and Christopher lived together at Wert's Corners until about 1795, when Christopher died, and Jolin removed to Hopewell, now Mereer County. Christopher's family remained on the old homestead, and several of his deseendants speli their names " Wert," henee when the post-office was established at Wert's Corners the office was named Wertsville.

John, born on the passage out, March 17, 1733, died at Hopewell in 1821, aged eighty-eight years. His first wife was a daughter of Hendrick Salter, by whom he had a son William, who lived at Hopewell.

His seeond wife was Mary Magdaline Varse, whom he married July 7, 1776. Miss Varse emigrated from Frankfort-on-the-Main. She was born in 1749, and emigrated to this country in 1758, when she was nine years of age, with her half-brother, Andrew Bearder, who settled in Hunterdon County, near Flemington. By this marriage Jolin had five children,-Jolin, Jr.,

born April 17, 1777, the father of the subject of this sketch : Andrew, Margaret, Mary, and Jacob. Mary Magdaline died March 31, 1833, aged eighty-four years.

John, Jr., married Susan Stout, and had but one ehild, the subject of this sketeh.

Susan Stout was born Oct. 19, 1780, and died Nov. 23, 1845, aged sixty-five years. She was a daughter of Jesse Stout, who married Abigail Lot, and had twelve eliildren, of whom Susan was the oldest. Susan was a direet deseendant of the celebrated family of Richard Stout, who married Penelope Van Prinees, the woman sealped by the Indians and left for dead. She survived aud lived to bear ten ehil- dren, and to attain the age of one hundred aud ten years, and saw her offspring multiply to the number of five hundred and two.1

Richard and Penelope's son Jonathan, who married a Bullen, was one of the earliest settlers and founders of Hopewell. His son David married Elizabeth Lar- rison, and their son James married Catharine Stout, who was also a deseendant from Richard and Pene- lope, and their son Jesse, who married Abigail Lot, was the father of the mother of this sketeh.

Speueer Stont Weart married Sarah Garrison, daughter of Maj. William Garrison, who resided in Montgomery township, Somerset Co., and afterwards at Lambertville, N. J. They had nine ehildren,- John Quiney, who married Mary Ann Meeker ; William Alfred, who married Catharine Griggs, both residing near Stoutsburg; Jaeob, who married Cath- arine J. Van Winkle, residing at Jersey City ; Charles Douglass, who married Mereia Aun Niekleson, and resides at Yardleyville, Pa .; Speneer Algernon, who married Ellen Stout Fisher, and resides on the old homestead; George Washington, who married Mary T. Taylor, and resides at Philadelphia ; James Man- ners, who married Jane Maria Taylor, died at Inde- pendenee, Iowa; Osee Garrison, who married Andrew Lawrison Holeomb, aud who resides at Hopewell ; aud Susan, who married Jonathan Hunt Blackwell, and resides at Trenton.

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History of Burlington and Mercer counties, New Jersey : with biographical sketches of many of their pioneers and prominent men, Part 92

Author: Woodward, E. M. (Evan Morrison) cn; Hageman, John Frelinghuysen Publication date: 1883 Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : Everts & Peck Number of Pages: 1096

Author: Woodward, E. M. (Evan Morrison) cn; Hageman, John Frelinghuysen
Publication date: 1883
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : Everts & Peck
Number of Pages: 1096