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CALEB BAKER.
Caleb Baker was the son of Philip and Maria Baker, who resided at Griggstown, Somerset Co., N. J., where the former followed farming occupations.
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Their children were Sally, Elias, Cornelius, Ulick, Caleb, Samuel, Jacob V., Catherine, and others who died in childhood.
Of this number Jacob V. and Catherine are still living.
during the remainder of his life.
Caleb Baker was united in marriage to Miss Susan, daughter of David Stont, of Hopewell township. Their children are David S. and William H., both of whom reside in Trenton.
Mr. Baker was induced as a result of delicate health to remove to Trenton, where he abandoned business pursuits and devoted himself to rest and leisure.
He seldom interested himself in public affairs, and manifested no desire for participation in the distrac- tions of political life. He was, however, especially ac- tive in church enterprises, and for many years was a member of the Baptist Church of Bordentown. On his removal to Trenton, both he and his wife became connected with the Hanover Street Baptist Church of that eity.
Mr. Baker's death occurred Feb. 9, 1879, in his sixty-seventh year. His remains are interred in the family burial plot in Hopewell, where an imposing monument indicates their last resting-place. Mrs. Baker still survives, and resides with her son, Wil- liam H., in Trenton.
JOSEPH MOORE PHILLIPS.
The original ancestor of the branch of the Phillips family represented by the subject of this sketch was Theophilus Phillips, who resided at Newtown, L. I., in 1676, and who married Ann, daughter of Ralph Hunt, one of the patentces of that place, and one of the purchasers of Middleburg, L. I., from the Indians in 1656. The children of Theophilus Phillips were Theophilus, William, and Philip, of whom William became a frecman of New York. The other two sons settled in Maidenhead, now Lawrence township. Mercer Co., N. J., and were the ancestors of the nu- merous branches of the Phillips family now repre- sented in that county.
John Phillips resided in Maidenhead as early as 1740, and soon after that date married Miss Abby Tindall, by whom he had four sons, viz. : Thomas, Joseph, Theophilus, and William. Of these, Thomas was the grandfather of the subject of this sketch. He was born in Maidenhead, where he pa -- ed the earlier years of his life, and in 1790 purchased of the
Caleb, who is the subject of this biography, was born in 1812, in Somerset County, and spent his boy- . heirs the old John Hart property, near the village of
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Columbia (now Hopewell), Mercer Co., where he passed the remainder of his days, and died about 1819. He married Catharine, daughter of William Phillips, of Maidenhead, and had children, -- William, Ephraim, Elijah. John, Enoch, and Sarah, who mar- ried Joseph Moore, of Hopewell. Of these, Ephraim removed to Beaver County, Pa., where his descend- ants are infinential residents at this day. Elijah also
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Charles T., who lives in the District of Columbia; Catharine, who also married William L. Titus, and is dead: Elizabeth B., residing in Trenton ; William R., living in Kent County, Del. ; and Millie, also re- siding in Trenton.
Joseph Moore Phillips was born on the old home- stead upon which he resides on Oct. 13, 1822. The central and older portion of his residence was erected by his grandfather, Thomas Phillips, in 1805. Here j he grew to years of maturity, and on Oct. 26, 1844, married Miss Marietta Entphen, danghter of William P. and Ursilla (Van Kirk) Sutphen, of Montgomery township, Somerset County. At the age of twenty- three lic removed to the Sutphen homestead for two ycars, where he engaged in farming, and subsequently followed the same occupation in the township of East Amwell, Hunterdon County, for seven years. At the expiration of that time he removed to the Phillips homestead, which he now owns. A portion of it has been devoted to building-lots, and a part of Hopewell village stands upon the original tract.
Mr. Phillips is recognized in the community in which he resides as an intelligent and enterprising farmer, in active sympathy with the progressive movements of the age, a friend to the cause of edu- cation, and a cheerful supporter of church and kin- dred institutions. He acts politically with the Re- publican party, but is no politician, and has studiously avoided the acceptance of public office. In deference to the wishes of both his political friends and oppo- nents, he is now filling his second five-year term as justice of the peace. He was a trustee of his school district for over eigliteen years, and has acted as es- ecutor, administrator, and guardian in a number of cases. He is a member of the board of directors of the Mereer County Mutual Fire Insurance Company, and is interested in other local institutions and enter- prises. His judgment is regarded as excellent, and
passed his life in Beaver County, engaged in farming pursuits. John died in Rock Island County, Ill., : his advice and counsel are sought by a large number where he held several prominent offices, and was a leading citizen for many years, and Enoch died at Hopewell a few years ago.
of people. In the management of large business in- terests he has ever manifested the strictest integrity, and is worthily held in high esteem by his friends and neighbors. His children are Williamn Imlah, farming the homestead property ; John Schenck, engaged in farming in Buchanan County, Iowa ; Martha E., wife of Lewis Labau, of Harlingen, N. J. ; Emma C., wife of Stephen W. Van Syckel, of Hunterdon County ; and Mary J., residing at home. Mrs. Phillips is still living.
William Phillips, father of our subject, was born at Maidenhead, in the year 1789, being one year of age at the time of the settlement of his father at Hopewell. He passed his entire life as a farmer on the old homestead, still occupied by his son, and was a man of probity and moral worth, confining himself closely to the peaceful pur-uits of agriculture, and participating but little in public affairs. His wife was Martha, daughter of Jolin and Elizabeth Van- cleve, of Hopewell township. He died in 1854, in CHAPTER LXIX. LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP. his sixty-fifth year, and his wife in 1842, in her forty- second year. Their children who reached adult age were ten in number, namely, John V., who resides in Missouri ; Thomas, who passed the greater part of Situation and Boundaries .- If any township in Mercer County, may be called the centre township of the county it is Lawrence. In a north and south di- his life in Iowa, but died at Hopewell; Joseph M .; Sarah, deceased, wife of William L. Titus, of Hope- well; Jane MI., deceased, wife of Andrew J. Lanning ; | rection it extends about nine miles, from Millham to
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Princeton, nearly across the county. From its east- ern extremity to the eastern border of the county it is about as far as from its western extremity to the county's most western point.
The soil is rich and fertile and abundantly pro- duetive. Grass grows luxuriantly, and the fruits and cereals are cultivated in large quantities.
The Pennsylvania Railroad crosses the southeast corner, with a stopping-place at Lawrence Station.
Settlement .- It appears from deeds still in exist- ence that Ralph Hunt, who was one of the two who paid the consideration for the original deed of the "church property," thus owning the farms adjoining the ground upon which the Presbyterian Church at Lawrenceville stands, repurchased them from Daniel Coxe in 1723, including grounds now occupied by the church.
Some idea of the extent to whiel settlement had advaneed in the township and vicinity in 1698 may be obtained from a glance at the large number of names of persons to whom the ehureh property was deeded that year, and who were referred to as "in- habitants of Maidenhead and parts adjacent." It is not at all improbable that there were many men liv- ing in the township at the time who took no active part in the establishment of the church. It is likely a few of the persons named below lived in Hopewell, but that a majority of them resided within the pres- ent borders of Lawrence eaunot be doubted:
Ralph Hunt, John Baiubridge, Johannes Lawren- son, William Hixon, John Brearley, Samuel Hunt, Theophilus Phillips, Jonathan Davis, Thomas Smith, Jasper Smith, Thomas Coleman, Benjamin Hardin, William Akers, Robert Lanning, Philip Phillips, Joshua Andris, Samuel Davis, Elnathan Davis, Enoeh Andris, Cornelius Andris, James Price, John Runyan, Thomas Runyan, Hezekiah Bonham, Ben- jamin Maple, Lawrence Updike, Joseph Sackett, and Edward Hunt.
Reference to some of these persons will be found in succeeding pages. Of some of them no resident of the township has any knowlege. Data concerning the pioneers of Lawrence is at the best incomplete. Such as diligent inquiry and research has brought to light are here presented.
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THE HUNT FAMILY .- From records to which the historian has had aeeess, as well as from tradition, it appears that Ralph Hunt was one of the earliest set- tiers in New Jersey. He came from Newtown, L. I., some time before the beginning of the last century, and purchased a large tract of land lying on both sides of the king's road in Maidenhead, and extend- ing northward to Stony Brook. He also owned an extensive fract in Hopewell, and another about New- ton, in Sussex County. The sons of Ralph Hunt and his wife Elizabeth were named (I.) John, (II.) Ed- ward, (III.) Nathaniel, (IV.) William, and (V.) Daniel.
(I.) John, known as Capt. Hunt, was of unusual
stature. He married Martha Horsful, and had daughters named Ruth and Betsey. The former married Stephen Hunt, the latter Jesse Hunt, of Kentucky.
(II.) Edward married Charity, daughter of Willian Cornwell, or Cornell. and had children named Ralph, John, Abigail, and Elizabeth. John was the father of Asa, Ralph, Edward, Nathaniel R., Mary (the wife of Henry Drake), Martha (wife of John Lanning), and Elizabeth (wife of Christopher Vankirk). Abi- gail married Robert Updike. Elizabeth married a Northrup.
(III.) Nathaniel, born July 27, 1733, lived in Law- rence, opposite Capt. Inman's, on the king's road, northeast from Lawrenceville, and by his wife, Mary Phillips, had Joseph, born July 1, 1764; Ralph, born Oet. 14, 1765; Mary, born Mareh 15, 1766; Philip, born July 1, 1769; Mary (the second of the name), born Jan. 23, 1771 ; and Samuel, born Nov. 12, 1780. From this branch of the family are deseended Samuel, the son of Ralph Hunt, and others well known in the township.
(IV.) William's children were Ralph and Anne.
(V.) Daniel had Maj. Ralph, Dr. Benjamin (of Lebanon), and Elizabeth, wife of Jacob Anderson.
It appears that Ralph Hunt was the progenitor of all of the name of Hunt in this section. His deseend- ants are widely distributed over the counties of Hun- terdon, Sussex, and Mereer, with one branch in Hope- well. They are very numerous, and some of them may be found at Cincinnati and Urbana, Ohio, and at Lexington, Ky. The present residenee of Sammel Hunt, son of the late Ralph Hunt, is supposed to have been his dwelling-place in this township. He is thought to have lived at one time, but not perma- nently, on his property in Hopewell. How long or how continuously he lived in Maidenhead is not known. He was known as " London" Ralph Hunt, to distinguish him from another of the name living on Stony Brook, in Hopewell, and known in couse- quenee as "Stony Brook" Ralph Huut. One of his daughters married Philip Phillips, a son of Theoph- ilus Phillips, and the probable progenitor of the Phillips family of Lawrenee.
In the old town record book of Maidenhead appears this entry :
"Samuel Hunt was born April ye 5th day iu the year of our Lord 1724."
Later the following was written :
" Samuel Hunt records his children's age that was born in Maidenhead March 14th, 1755.
" llis daughter, Elizabeth Hunt, born April 27, 1742.
" His son, Willian Hunt, boru January 7, 1744.
" His daughter, Mary Hunt, born May 31, 1746.
"His daughter, Penelopy Hunt, born December 2, 1748."
The old town record book contains a record of the births of the children of at Ralph Hunt who seems to have been contemporary with the Samuel Hunt first mentioned. Of what branch of the family he was does not appear. The following is the entry :
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" March 15. 1755, F'rme Abner I'billips, ck .; Ralph IInne records his children's age, born in Maidenhead.
"Ralph, born April 27, 1742.
" Philip, born June 1, 1744.
" Elias, born May 14, 1746.
"Sarah, born October 15, 1748.
"Jemima, bern May 17, 1751.
" Keziah, born January 26, 1754.
" Elizabeth, born June 21, 1756.
" Abigail, born July 26, 1758.
" Mary, boru December 18, 1760."
The last three names were added after those pre- ceding them had been recorded by the clerk.
By his will dated June 15, 1717, and proved Oct. 12, 1720, witnessed by Ralph Hunt, Theophilns Phil- lips, and John Davis, one Samuel S. Hunt left his farm, lying on both sides of the king's road, in Maid- enhead, to his son, Samuel Hunt ; lands lying on both sides of Stony Brook, in Hopewell and Maidenhead townships, to his sons John and Ralph. For his other sons, John and Ralph, and his daughters, Mary, Anna, and Elizabeth, he provided with other prop- erty and by payment of legacies.
Samuel Hunt, son of Samuel S. Hunt. above men- tioned, devised his property as follows: By a will dated Aug. 22, 1752, proved in the following Novem- ber, and witnessed by George Pettit, Isaac Pettit, and Samuel Green, all living in the county of Sussex, to Samuel Hunt his farm lying in Maidenhead, to Rieh- ard, John, and Thomas Hunt about eleven hundred acres in Sussex County ; to Ralph Hunt an education and money; to his wife a dower in Samuel Hunt's farm during her life; his horses and negroes to be divided among all his children.
PHILLIPS FAMILY .-- It appears that Philip Phil- lips, born Dec. 27, 1678, was the patriareli of the Phillips family of Lawrenee and vieinity. He was a son of Theophilus Phillips, and a grandson of a eertain Ralph Hunt, of Newtown, L. I., and married Elizabeth, a daughter of the pioneer, "London" Ralph Hunt.
The births of his children are thus recorded in the old town records of Maidenhead :
" His daughter Hannah was born February 11th, 1702.
. " His son Philip was born October 6th, 1704.
" His son Richard was born December 1st, 1705
" His daughter Abigail was born October 9th, 1708.
" His daughter Elizabeth was born the 14th March, 1711.
"His daughter Mary was born July ye 13th, 1:13.
" His son Abner was born February ye 12th, 1716-1718.
" His danghter Esther was [born] December 21st, 1719.
" His son Samuel was born February ye 12th, 1722.
" His daughter Ruth was born May ye 1st, 1724.
" His son John was born July 29th, 1726. " Deceased March 16th, 1792, aged 65 years and 9 months. " His son Elias was born October ye 23, 1723."
The will of Philip Phillips was dated Aug. 22, 1740. It was witnessed by Samuel Hunt, John Van Cleve, and Lewis Charles Faroniel. It was proved November, 1740. His devisee- were his children- Philip, Abner, Samuel, John, Esther, and Ruth- and his wife Elizabeth. His executors were his son Philip and his wife Elizabeth.
The following entries concerning Abner Phillips, son of Philip Phillips, and his family appear in the time-worn records of Maidenhead :
" Abner Phillips marryage, December ye 3, 1740.
"The age of Abner Phillips' children being born in Maidenhead.
" His daughter, Jemina Phillips, was born November 4th, 1741.
" Ruth Phillips was born October ye 26th, 1742.
" Jemima Phillips was born November 10th, 1744.
" Keziah Phillips was born March 13th, 1745.
" His son, Elias Phillips, was born December ye 23d, 1747.
" His danghter, Dermelia Phillips, was born February 14th, 1750.
" Elizabeth Phillips was born Jans 10th. 1753.
" His son, Samuel Phillips, was born February 8th, 1754.
" Abner Phillips was born April 4th, 1757.
" His danghter Sarah was born March 314, 1759."
Two other children, whose names are illegible, were born, one in 1761, the other later. The eon- dition of the record is such that no further informa- tion is obtainable from it.
The will of Joseph Phillips was made April 23, 1748. It was witnessed by William Phillips, John Phillips, and Benjamin Stuart. It directed that his real estate and personal property should be sold, and the proceeds divided among his heirs. The executors were his wife, his brother, Theophilus Phillips, and his brother-in-law, Abner Phillips.
Theophilus Phillips' will was dated May 29, 1761, and was witnessed by Ralph Hunt, John Bainbridge, and Abner Phillips. It gave to Abigail, his wife, his house and household goods, the use of a negro man, and a dower in money, payable annually during her widowhood; his property "to his children, John, William, and Francis Bainbridge, and to his grand- children, and to his grandehildren of his son Joseph, deeeased,-Elizabeth, Hezekiah, Mary, Joseph, and Theophilus." . His executors were his sons, John and William Phillips.
Joseph Phillips' will, dated 1768, directed that his property be divided between his wife and youngest son, Joseph, and his daughter, Mary Philpat, his son Samuel to be placed to learn a trade at the age of sixteen.
John Phillips, a descendant of the settler, Philip Phillips, had a son Joseph, whose children were (1) Joseph, (2) William, (3) Frances, (4) Abigail, and (5) Martha. Joseph, the son of John, was the his- torieal Col. Joseph Phillips, mentioned by Stryker 1 as Maj. Joseph Phillips, of the New Jersey Battalion. This was the first military organization of New Jer- sey, and was formed of five companies from Somerset County and three from Hunterdon County. It was commanded at first by Col. Philip Johnson, who was killed at the battle of Long Island, after which Maj. Joseph Phillips was promoted to be a lieutenant-colonel and later a eolonel. Subsequently he was colonel of the first regiment of Hunterdon County, forming a part of the brigade of Gen. Philemon Diekinson. This regiment participated in the battles of Long Island, Trenton, Assanpink, Princeton, Germantown, Spring-
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field, and Monmouth. In the regiment of Col. Phil- tliree sons, all of whom became officers in the United States army. The eldest was in the war of 1812-14, and was taken prisouer at Detroit. The deseendants of Capt. Jonathan are in Ohio, those of Capt. John at Pittsburgh, Pa. lips were his two sons-in-law from Lawrence. John Phillips, previously in the Continental army, and Elias Phillips, who was a very brave partisan officer, and performed a number of daring and successful ex- ploits against the enemy. The family of the latter is Another family of Phillipses in. Lawrence is de- scended from John Phillips, who emigrated from Wales, and settled in Maidenhead in 1740. Soon after his arrival he married Abbie Tindall, and had four sons named Thomas, Joseph, Theophilus, and William. Theophilus, the grandfather of John F. Phillips, was, perhaps, one of the most prominent members of the family in "the olden time." He married Margaret Disborrough, and had sons, John and Henry. The former removed to Bristol, Pa., where he practiced medieine with much success about. forty years, and died there at the age of seventy. Henry remained on the old homestead of his ances- tors, and married Jennie Feaster in 1827, and had a family of seven sons and three daughters, of whom one was John F. Phillips, who owns considerable property on the Princeton turnpike in the eastern part of the township. He is a graduate of Princeton College, aud is the largest and best farmer in the township, if not in the county. extinct. Joseph Brearley. Benjamin Van Cleve, and Henry Phillips, all from this township, also served in this regiment. Some time after the Revolution Col. Phillips died in a stone house which stood on the site of the present residence of his grandson, James Gould Phillips, in Lawrenceville, opposite the churchi- yard, in an unmarked grave in which the remains of the old patriot are supposed to have found a resting- place. The following partieulars have been obtained concerning his family: (1) Joseph, his oldest son and child, read medicine with Dr. Nicholas Belle- ville, a surgeon of the French-American army, who remained in the country after the Revolution, and spent the balance of his life in Trenton. Later he was appointed surgeon of a battalion raised in New Jersey, which was attached to the first army organ- ized under the Federal government. He subse- quently saw much service, which continued until the reduction of the army. Returning to Lawrenceville, he passed a quiet life, which closed July 29, 1847. BAKER FAMILY .- The name of Baker has long been prominent in this township. Three brothers of Dr. Phillips was then eighty-two. He had married, late in life, Mary C. Moore, who died at fifty-five, " the name, whose Christian names are unknown, came to America from England at an early date. One of these located at Eighteen-Mile Run, one in Pennsyl- vania, and one in Maidenhead, on the road between Lawrenceville and Trenton. The latter had one son named Joseph and several daughters.
Dec. 16, 1849. Their children were named James Gould, Joseph, and Juliet. James Gould is living in Lawrenceville, unmarried. Joseph married a Miss Griskey, of Philadelphia, and became a business man in New York, whence he went to participate in the late civil war, serving with such credit as to ob- tain promotion to a captaincy. He has sons, Joseph, Lewis, Augustus, and Edward, all in business in New York, and two daughters. Juliet married Elisha Gordon, and lives in Delaware.
(2) William removed to Kentucky, where he spent his life and reared a family.
(3) Francis married William Phillips, of Lawrence, and had one daughter, who is dead.
(4) Abigail married Capt. Edward Madison Yard, now of Trenton (an officer in the United States navy during the late war), and bore him children.
(5) Martha never inarried.
One Ralph Phillips, from this township, also served in the Revolutionary war. In the Continental army were Capt. Jonathan Phillips and his brother, John Phillips, 'of Lawrence. The former served until the close of the war, and was a member of the Society of the Cincinnati for New Jersey. The latter resigned, and became a captain in the First Regiment of Hun- terdon County. C'apt. Jonathan Phillips died, leav- ing two sons, Horatio Gates and Churchill Phillips. Horatio Gate, Phillips moved to Obio in 1804, and settled in the valley of the Miami, on the site of the city of Dayton. At a later date Churchill Phillips aiso went to Dayton, Ohio. Capt. John Phillips had
Joseph Baker married, and located on the New Brunswick turnpike, about a mile from Baker's Basin. His children were named (I.) Martha, ( II.) Matilda, (III.) Sarah, and (IV.) Benjamin.
I. Martha married Jonathan Brearley, and located at Franklin Corners.
II. Matilda married John Brearley. and located near Princessville, and had four children, named Jo- seph B., Randall, Susan, and Mary. Joseph A. mar- ried Gertrude A. Hart, and remained on the home- stead. Randall went West. Susan died unmarried. Mary, unmarried, lives with her brother.
III. Saralı married Lott Howell, and located near Trenton, in Ewing township, and had a large family.
IV. Benjamin married Elizabeth Conover, and set- tled at Baker's Basin. His children were Maria, Ann, Joseph, Garret, Lamattie, Eliza, Matilda. Theodore, Benjamin, Jr., Margaret, and I-aac B.
Maria married Churchill Phillips, and, after living at Lawrenceville many years, removed to Ohio. Ann died unmarried. Joseph removed West. Garret died young. Lamattie married Bergen Van Nest, and lo- cated in West Windsor, and had one son. Edward. who died unmarried. Eliza married William Con- over, and went West. Matilda married Jobn Mahon, and located at Trenton, and had two daughters,
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named Elizabeth and Mary Ann. Theodore went West. Benjamin, Jr., married Margaret 8. Stryker, and lived at Baker's Basin. Margaret died unmar- ried. Isaac B. married Mary Baird, and located on the old homestead of his father at Baker's Basin. He had two children,-Charles H., who married Joanna Cook, and lives with his father, and Ellen B., who married Clark Floek, and lives near Baker's Basin.
LANNING FAMILY .- John Lanning settled in what is now Lawrence township prior to the Revolution, purchasing a large traet of land ou the king's road, abont two miles from Lawrenceville to the northeast. He was twiee married. His first wife was Martha Hunt. His second was Rachel Hawkins. His ehil- dren were (I.) Mary, II.) Elizabeth, ( III.) Abigail, (IV.) Sarah, (V.) Martha. (VI.) Susan, (VII.) Char- ity, and (VIII.) Edward. -
I. Mary married John Lawrenee, and located on a portion of the old homestead, and had two sons, Andrew and Edward.
Andrew married Eliza Slaek, and settled adjacent to his father's homestead.
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