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USA > New Jersey > Cumberland County > History of the counties of Gloucester, Salem, and Cumberland New Jersey, with biographical sketches of their prominent citizens, vol. 2 > Part 72
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. He died in 1863. He was twice married. By his first wife, Eleanor Davis, to whom he was married in 1803, he had seven children, of whom James H. (deceased), Ethan, and Eleanor (deceased) survived him. By his second wife, Hannah L. Pierson, to whom he was inar- ried in 1816, he had children,-Dr. John, living in Philadelphia ; Theophilus, now living in Bridgeton : Emily, wife of Hon. George S. Whiticar, of Fairton ; Rufus, Nancy (deceased), Jane (deceased ), and Henry
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RICHARD WHITACAR, of London, came with Fen- wiek in the ship "Grithin." By tradition he is said to have first come to America in 1065 or 1666, after the great fire in London, and then returned to Eng- land. He was one of the leading spirits who came with Fenwick, and was one of his most earnest sup- porters in his numerous trials while trying to buikl up his colony. William Hancock, who had bought in England one thousand acres of Fenwiek, appointed him his attorney July 6. 1675, to manage his land for him in New Jersey. The power of attorney is still preserved in the family. When the first government for the new colony was organized in the spring of 1676, Fenwick was chosen Governor, and fifteen mag- istrates, of whom Richard Whitacar was one, were chosen. They probably exercised legislative as well as judicial powers, and made the laws needed for the colony. He settled in Salem at first, but re- | moved to the south side of Cohansey between 1690 and 1700, where he took up a large traet of land near New England Town, and built a brick dwelling, which was taken down about twenty years ago. He and Henry Bock kept a general merchandise store near there, and had a sloop trading to New York and Boston. One of his descendants still has the old store-book of the firm. Besides the other public busi- ness mentioned under the notice of Hemy Back, Whitacar was a member of the grand jury April 12, 1709. No man exercised a greater influence at that day than did Richard Whitacar. He married ou April 4, 16so, Else Adkin-, daughter of George Prevo, late of Alloways Creek, and had children,-Richard, Jr., and others. He and his wife were Friends, but most of his descendants are Presbyterians, resulting from his near location to the Old Fairfield Presbyte- rian Church. He probably died soon after 1709, as his name disappears from the court records after Sep- tember term of that year.
REV. EPHER WHITAKER, who has been for many years pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Southold, L. I., was born in Fairton. He is the son of Reuel, a descendant of Richard Whitaker. Richard Whit- aker's descendants are very many in both South and North Jersey, in New York, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and other States.
Epher Whitaker entered the office of the Bridgeton Chronicle as a journeyman printer, when the West Jer- sey Observer and Washington Whig were consolidated, and the name of the consolidated paper is dne to his suggestion. Being of a very studious turn and piously inclined, he believed it to be his duty to prepare for the gospel ministry, and, as he says, was urged to do so by the venerable Gen. Elmer, then in his ninety- second year, and only six months before his death, in 1843. Mr. Whitaker graduated at Princeton Semi- nary, and has been one of the ablest and most useful minister- of the Presbyterian Church ever since. Hle is a writer of much repute, and has been especially noted for his historical researches. His exceedingly
valuable address at the bi-centennial celebration ..: the Old Stone Church, which has been published and extensively circulated, will ever endear his memory to the descendants of the early fathers.
The Rev. Dr. Whitaker is the father of the Rev. William Force Whitaker, who was graduated at the University of Pennsylvania, first in his class and with the highest honors, in 1873, and at the Union Thro- logical Seminary, New York City, in 1876. He is the first pastor of the St. Cloud Church, Orange, N. J. Ilis mother, who was married March 12, 1810, -till survives at the extreme old age of ninety-three, and is the oldest woman in the township of Fairfield.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
RICHARD LANING.
The family of Lanings are of Welsh origin, David Laning, the pioneer, having emigrated from Wale, in 1705, and settled in Burlington County, N. J. Ile married about 1732, and had among his sons Samuel and Jolin Laning. The latter, who is the grand father of the subject of this sketch, was born in the enunty of Burlington, N. J., Jan. 19, 1738, and married, about the year 1774, Miss Rhoda Izard. Soon after their marriage they removed to Cumberland County, and resided in the township of Greenwich, where Mr. Laning followed the trade of a chair-maker. Iu 1781 he purchased a large and productive farm, which afterwards became the property of the subject of this sketch. The children of John and Rhoda Laning were Samuel, born in 1776; Richard, whose birth ov- curred in 1777 ; and John, born in 1780.
Mr. Laning having died Oct. 26, 1780, he married | Ann Ewing, born Aug. 12, 1748. To this marriage were born children, -Anna, in 1786; Rhoda, in 1787 ; and George, in 1789. Mrs. Laning died June 27, 1821, aged seventy-six years, and her busband Jan. 14, 1826, in his eighty-ninth year, after maintaining throughout his long life an excellent character for integrity and probity. He was in religion a consistent | member of the Friends' Meeting.
John, the third son of John and Rhoda Laning, was born Oct. 16, 1780, and married Judith, daughter of David Westcott, of Fairfield, to whom were born six children,-Mary Ann, Richard, David W., Julia 1., Rhoda, and Phobe. John inherited the Fairfield property, was an active business man, a member of the State Legislature, and sheriff of the county of Cumberland. His death occurred on the 11th of November, 1850, in the seventy-first year of his age. His son Richard was born Sept. 20, 1807, in Faichold township. Soon after his birth his father removed " Maurice River town-hip, where the son remained until his fifteenth year. lle inherited the strength and powers of endurance of his ancestors, and caris
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bore his part in the labors of the farm, of which, during the official career of Mr. Laning, his son Riebard became sole manager. daughter of John and Mary Sheppard, on the 2d of December, 1770. Their children were Abraham, who was born in 1789, and died in infancy ; Lydia, He was on the 5th of May, 1835, married to Miss Violetta W., daughter of John Whitaker and grand- daughter of Jeremiah Whitaker, of Fairfield town- ship. Their children are John W., Samuel, Eliza- beth W. (deceased), Julia Ann (deceased), Richard G., Rhoda W., Ebenezer W. (deceased), and Wil- liam W. (also deceased). After his marriage Mr. Lan- ing removed to a farm on Manantico Creek, Mill- ville township, and remained four years, when a farm was purchased in Fairfield township which be- came his home. His father's death occurred in 1850, and a year later he became owner of the homestead both by inheritance and purchase. Here he remained, actively engaged. in agricultural employments, until 1869, when he again removed to a farm near Fairton, in Fairfield township. In 1878, Mr. Laning and his family became residents of Bridgeton, where he died, Dec. 3, 1880, in his seventy-fourth year. He was highly esteemed for his genial qualities of heart no less than for his upright character and his sound business principles. Mr. Laning rarely participated in the exciting scenes of a political campaign. - Though a strong party man, and an carnest exponent of the principles of Republicanism, he coveted not the honors of office, and found his chief pleasure in the - gniet delights of his own fireside. He was a member of the County Agricultural Society, and actively inter- ested in its growth. In religion he was a supporter of the First Baptist Church of Bridgeton, of which Mrs. born in 1792; Ann, in 1795: Elias, in 1708; Jchiel, in 1800; Jane, in 1802; Elias (2d), in 1804; John Bunyan, in 1806; Mary, in 1810; and Susannah. in 1812. But four of this number attained adult years. namely, Jebiel, John B., Ann (who became Mrs. William Taylor), and Jane (Mrs. Ephraim Shep- pard). Jchiel, the subject of this sketeb, was born Aug. 14, 1800, upon the ancestral property in Fair- field township. He resided during the greater por- tion of his life at the place of his birth, and in his youth enjoyed but limited advantages of education. A strong mind and quick powers of perception, how- ever, in a large measure supplied the wants of carly training, and enabled its possessor to become one of the most useful citizens of his township. Ile con- tinued to reside during his youth upon the home property, temporarily under the management of hi- step-father, of which he eventually became owner, having inherited a portion and purchased the remain- ing shares. This farm he cultivated until 1867, when Greenwich township became for three years his resi- dence, after which he resided with his children alter- nately until his death, in November, 1873, at the house of his son, Jehiel Westcott, Jr. Mr. Westcott mar- ried Miss Phobe Remington, daughter of Mark Rem- ington, of Salem County. Their children were Henry S., Jane (Mrs. Robert Newton), Jehiel, Jr., Josiah, Enos, Mary (who died in youth), Sarah M. (Mirs. Ephraim Malfordy, Emily (Mrs. John W. Laning), Laning, their son, John W., and daughter, Rhoda W., . Phobe R. (Mrs. Robert Sheppard), and Mark S. (who are members. John W. was married, Feb. 16, 1860, to , occupies the homestead). All of this number survive Miss Emily H., daughter of Jehiel Westcott, of Fair- field township. Their children are Lizzie (Mr -. E. Coates Swing, of Fairton), Milton W., Enos, and Frank N. Samuel married Ann Eliza, daughter of Josh Sheppard, of Cedarville. Their children are Laura B., Julia A., Blanche B., and William W.
Richard married Charlotte, daughter of Smith Westcott, of Cedarville.
with the exception of Mary, Henry, and Enos, the latter having left a wife and two children. MIr. Westcott was a consistent and unswerving Democrat, who for fifty-two years voted without variation the ticket of his choice. He cared little for office, but was induced to accept one or more minor positions in the township. He had been from early manhood an active and earnest member of the Baptist Church of Roadstown, but prior to his death placed his name upon the membership roll of the Pearl Street Baptist Church of Bridgeton. Ilis wife was also a member of both churches.
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The Westcott family are of English lineage. Eben- ezer Westcott and Phobe, his wife, resided in Fair- field township, and were the grandparents of the snb ABEL S. DARE. ject of this biography. Their children were Ebenezer, The Dares were formerly residents of Dor-et or Somerset Counties, in the south of England, and came to America about the year 1680. Their pro- genitor in Sonth Jersey was Capt. William Dare, who purchased land at Back Neck in 1695. In the line of descent from him is David Dare, who was probably born in Roadstown, and followed the trade of tailor. lle married and had children,-David, born in 1750; Philip, in 1751; Temperance, in 1753; Sarah, in 1756; David, in 1757; Jonathan, in 1750; Rhoda, in 1760; Henry, in 1762; Jchiel, in 1704; Sheppard, in 1766; Abraham, in 1768; Phobe, in 1769; and Lydia, in 1771. Jehiel, of this number. was born Oct. 31, 1764, and died in 1812, his resi- dence having been at Back Neck, where he followed farming employments. He married Mary, daughter. born in 176%; Mary, in 1768; Cynthia, in 1790; David, of Elias Sheppard and his wife Susannah, and grand. in 1791; Sarah, in 1793; Mary, in 1595; Lucy, in
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1798: Phoebe, in 1799; Isaac, in Is02; bel S., in the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Sheppard married . 1803; Ruth, in 1806; and Amelia S., in 1509.
Abels., of this number, was born in Roadstown, May 5, 1803, and was deprived at an early age of a father's care, when he became an inmate of the house of his brother-in-law, Mr. Richard Garrison, where he remained until his majority was attained. Very few opportunities of education were available at this carly period, and the youth of the neighborhood were as a rule made proficient in the labors of the husbandman. Mr. Dare at first rented a farm in Stow Creek, but eventually became so successful in his pursuits as to become the owner of four produe- tive farms. He married Susan, daughter of Daniel Husted, who was born Nov. 19, 1804, and had one sou, Ebenezer (born Nov. 5, 1529), who died in IST6, at the age of forty-six, on the homestead. Mrs. Dare having died Oet. 19, 1829, Mr. Dare married again Mrs. Jane Hu,ted Westcott, born Feb. 9, 1796, half- sister of his first wife. Their children are Edgar (born Nov. 16, 1831), David (whose birth occurred . place. He has been for years a trustee and member Oct. 6, 1833), Smith (born Dee. 19, 1835), and Maria (born March 17, 1838). Edgar married Catharine Bechtel, and has four children,-David, married Addie, daughter of Richard Jaggers; Smith is un- married, and Maria is the wife of Norton L. Paullin, of Bridgeton, and has one daughter, Jennie D. About the year 1950, Mr. Dare purchased the farm in Fair- field township now occupied by his sons David and ISAAC W. MULFORD. Smith, and continued farming occupations until his death, which occurred Jan. 28, 1877, aged seventy-four years. He was in politics a Democrat, and hield the offices of township committeeman and surveyor of highways, though not especially active in local con- tests. He was a devout member of the Baptist Church of Cedarville.
ROBERT F. SHEPPARD.
The ancestral record of the branch of the Sheppard family from which the subject of this sketch is de- . scended is giveu in the sketch of Elward HI. Shop- pard, of Stow Creek, his brother. Robert F. was born Oct. 5, 1827, in Fairfield township, upon the farm where his boyhood was spent. At the age of fourteen years he embarked on a schooner and en- gaged with his brothers in the oyster trade, which occupation was continued for seven years. On his return he married Mi-s Amanda, daughter of Simon S. Swing, of Fairfield township, who was born in 1831. Their children are Ellen Louisa, born Novem- ber, 1853, whose death occurred Dec. 26. 1856; Emily F., born June 30, 1855 ; Lewis F., born October, 1860, who died in May, 1865; and Sarah E., born April, 1865, whose death occurred April 12, 1566.
Mrs. Sheppard died Jan. 11, 1378. She maintained throughout her life a consistent Christian character, was a devoted wife and mother, an affectionate and kindly neighbor and friend, and a zealous member of
second time on the 24th of December, 1879. 31i-, Phoebe R., daughter of Jehiel Westcott, and had hij. dren,-Robert F. and Franklin R. (twins), born Jun .. 23, ISSI, the former of whom died Aug. 25. 1-s1. Mr. Sheppard on his first marriage removed to a farm at Sayre's Neck, and six years later to Back Neck, in Fairfield township. In 1865 he purchased his pre-ent home, and has since that time been engaged in farm- ing of a general character and the raising of produce. which business he has conducted with success. IIc has ever been in politics a stanch Republican and strong partisan, and though aiding materially by hi- influence and vote the success of the ticket in local contests. is not himself an aspirant for office. He ha -. however, been commissioner of appeals, and held other minor offices. He has been a member of the Cedar- ville Division, No. 36, Sons of Temperance, since eighteen years of age. He is also a member of Wel- eume Friends Lodge, No. 48, J. O. O. F., of the same of the Presbyterian Church of Cedarville, and is e -. pecially interested in Sunday school work, having at varion- times acted as superintendent, and by his zeal aud ability greatly advanced the Sunday-school eause in the township.
The Mulford family early emigrated to America from England, and after a brief sojourn on Long Island removed to Fairfield, in the county of Cum- berland, N. J. Branches of the family located else- where in the county, David, the grandfather of Isaac W., having been a farmer at Roadstown, where he re- sided until his death. He married Mary Sayres, of the same county, and had children, -Hannah, born in 1776; Ephraim, in 1778; Mary, in 1780; Thomas, in 1782; Nancy, in 1785; David, in 1787; Sarah, in 1790; William, in 1722; Rebecca, in 1794; John, in 1796; and Elizabeth, in 1790. The birth of Ephraim occurred in Roadstown, where his boyhood was passed. In 1819 be removed to a farm now the property of his son Isaac, where his death occurred in 1868, in his ninety-first year. He was united in marriage to Ruth, daughter of Isaac Wheaton, and had children,-Isaac W., Ananias S., William, and David. By a second marriage, with Rhoda, daughter of John Laning, were born Ruth Wheaton (Mrs. Rush Bateman), Al- fred (of Bowentown), Ellen (Mrs. M. D. Diekinson), and John L. (deceased). Isaac W. was born on the 26th of July, 1805, in Greenwich township, where hi- early years were spent. At the age of cleven he re- moved with his father to Fairfield, which has since been his residence. Until thirty years of age he re- mained upon the homestead farin, and in December, 1837, was married to Sarah E., daughter of John l'ar- vin, of Dennisville, Cape May Co., N. J., born in 1814. Their children are Eliza 1 .. , Charles E. (mar-
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ried to Mary Powell, who has three children,-Belle, married Ella C. Banford ; Leonard C., bern July 15, Charles Ewing, and Lizzie P.), John L., and The- 1862; John, born Sept. 9, 1866 ; Smith, born March 7, 1569; and Annie F., whose birth occurred May 21, 1872. ophilus D. (married to Emma Tomlin, who has two children,-1. Ward and William T.). Mrs. Mulford's death occurred July 1, 1878, in her sixty- fourth year. Mr. Malford has devoted his life to farming employ- ments, and never deviated from his routine of home GEORGE E. AND JAMES E. EL.MER. pursuits to engage in business of a public character or in the exciting conflicts of the political world. He was for years a Whig, and later became a Republican, but never an office-holder. The family are support- ers of the Presbyterian faith, and worship at the church of that denomination in Cedarville.
SMITH DAVIS.
Smith Davis is the son of Joel Davis, who came to Deerfield township when a boy, and, remaining for a brief time, subsequently removed to Maurice River. Here on reaching man's estate he engaged in the busi- ness of cutting and shipping wood and cultivating the land on which this timber grew. He was married to Priscilla Coombs, of Maurice River township, and had children, -Mary (Mrs. Andrew Cassidy), Ruth (Mrs. Simon Woodruff'), Esther (MIrs. Samuel Shaw), Sarah (Mrs. Philip Birch), Jane (Mrs. Elmer Dou- zenbaker), Joshua, John, Joel, Benjamin, David, Jesse, and Smith, of whom nine survive. Mr. Davis added farming to his other profitable occupations, and continued to reside in Maurice River until his removal to the residence of his son, Smith, in Fair- field township. His death occurred in Bridgeton, February, 1868, in his seventy-fourth year. Smith Davis was born Ang. 12, 1831, in Maurice River, where he remained until thirteen, when his removal to Fairfield occurred. Here, with the exception of a brief interval, the remaining portion of his life has been spent. He early developed a taste for agricul- tural employments, and was a tenant of his father until the latter's death, when one of his farms became the property of his son by inheritance. Here he- has- continued to cultivate the soil, and makes a specialty of produce for the New York and Philadelphia mar- kets. Je is also an extensive dealer in fat cattle, which are principally sold for home consumption. Mr. Davis is descended from Whig stock, but. now votes the Democratie ticket, though not specially in- terested in the political issues of the day. The family Mr. Elmer has practically retired from the activities of business life, though he is still energetie, and lends : a willing band when emergencies arise requiring his aid. Hle is not in any scuse a party man in polities, though Democratie principles receive his support. Ile has served as freeholder of the township, and also as collector. Both he and Mrs. Elmer are mem- bers of the Presbyterian Church at Fairton. are strongly attached to the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which, with the exception of the younger, all are members. Mr. Davis was married June 1S, 1853, to Frances A., daughter of William Roecap, of Millville. Their children are William, born April 28, 1851, and married to Annie Phillips, of Cumber- land County ; E-ther, born July -1, 1855 (Mrs. Howard Banford); Mary, born April 22, 1857 (Mrs. Alexander His brother, James E. Elmer, was born Nov. 15, J$1G, on the homestead in Fairfield, where the years Williams; Joch, born Ang. 23, 1855, and marrie 1 to Emeline T. Westcott; Edmund P'., born April 3, 1860, " of his youth were spent. After limited opportunities
The Elmers are of English lineage, and are, in America, descended from Edward Elmer, who, hav- ing emigrated in 1632, located in Cambridge, Mass. A branch of the family removed to New Jersey. from which Jonathan Elmer, the grandfather of the subject of this sketel, traced his deseent. He was both a farmer - and surveyor, and resided three miles from Fairton, in Fairfield township. He married Theodosia Bate- | man, and had children,-Jonathan, born in 1779; Theodosia, in 1781; Jane, in 1782; Esther, in 1784; Sabrinah, in 1787; Martha, in 1790; Sabra, in 1792; and Ruth, in 1795. By a second union with Pamelia --- , of Cape May County, N. J., were born children, -Hannah, in 1799; Pamelia, in 1801; and Ruth, in 1506. Jonathan, of this number, was born Dee. 12, 1779, in Fairfield township, near Fairton, and mar- ried Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Earl, whose birth occurred Aug. 16, 1782. Their children were Eli, born in ISol; John, in 1803; Jonathan, in 180G; George E., in 1808; Owen, in 1810; Betsey, in 1813; Martha, in 1815; James E., in 1816; Ebenezer, in -----; and larris O., in 1820. Mr. Elmer's death occurred Oct. 25, 1862, in his eighty-third year. His son, George E., was born Aug. 17, 1808, in Fairfield township, where his early years were spent at the home of his father. The educational opportunities of that day were usually limited to three months of study during the winter, under masters employed by the families of the neighborhood, and Mr. Elmer was not an exception in the advantages of education he enjoyed. Ile early embarked in the cutting and sell- ing of wood, and in 1835, having purchased a farmi near Fairton, added the improvement of his land to other business interests in which he was engaged. Ile was married on the 14th of March, 1833, to Miss Deborah C. Ogden, of Fairfield township. Their children are Martha J. (Mrs. I-aac Sheppard), The- ophilus HI., George L., Ruth O. (Mrs. Nathaniel Gandy), Sarah E. (Mrs. John P. Jerrell), and three who are deceased. By a second marriage, to Mrs. Ruth Smith, was born a son, Daniel C.
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at the school of the neighborhood he began farming employments, and rendered invaluable assistance to his father in the cultivation of his land. He also en- gaged in the cutting and shipping of wood, which proved an extensive and Incrative business. When twenty-five years of age he purchased a farm, and has since that time continued to follow farining employ- ments. Mr. Elmer was married, on the 21st of April, 18-11, to Miss Lydia MI., daughter of John M. Swing, of Fairton. Their children are Lydia (Mrs. Edwin Starin), born in 1842; James H., born in 18-44; Isa- bella P. (Mrs. S. 11. Williams), born in 1846; Emily (Mrs. James C. McNichols), born in IS48; John S., in 1850 (deceased); Sophronia, in 1837 (deceased); Ellen T. (Mrs. Charles O. Whitaker), born in 1850; Charles S., in 1862; and Wilber B., in 1864. MIr. Elmer, in 1883, removed from the farm which for a period of forty-two years had been his home to the village of Fairton, where his brothers-George E., Harris O., and Owen-also reside. He has abandoned active labor, and now enjoys the rest and comfort to which his life of industry entitles hin.
In polities he is a Democrat, though not an active politician. Ile is connected with the Presbyterian Church of Fairton, of which bis wife is also a mem- ber.
CHAPTER XCVIL.
TOWNSHIP OF GREENWICH.
Boundaries .- This township has the same bounds as when it was erected by the act setting off the county from Salem. It is bounded by Stow Creek on the north. Hopewell on the east, the Cohansey sepa- rates it from Fairfield on the southeast, Delaware Bay is on the southwest, and Salem County on the west. Previous to the separation from Salem County the whole of the north side of Cohansey was one township, or precinct, as they were then called, called the " North Side of Cobansey"; but sometimes it was called Greenwich P'reeinet, probably because that was the chief town. The township as a whole comprises the richest agricultural portion of the county.
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