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20, 1672-73, and probably had other chil- dren in addition to those mentioned above.
Edward Hedden, in all probability the son of Jared or Gerard and Margaret Hadden, was born in 1666, and, like many of the New England settlers, migrated to Connecticut, and finally settled in New Jersey. With his wife he settled at "The Mountain," now in the vicinity of South Orange, and there received grants, as their sons all owned tracts there. He married Jane Jones, a Welsh girl, born in 1668, who was a member of the First Church, Presbyterian, at Newark, prior to the for- mation of the "Mountain Society," and she was interred in the burial ground of the church on Broad street, February 23, 1773, being the oldest person who had ever died in Newark up to that time. Children: John, Joseph, Eleazer. Oliver, Diana and Rebecca.
Joseph, son of Edward and Jane (Jones) Hledden, was born at Newark, New Jer- sey, in 1702, and died in that part now known as Orange, November 3, 1798. He settled at "The Mountain," now South Orange, and there he and his brother John owned much land. In various deeds he is styled yeoman. He is buried beside his wife Rebecca in the old First Pres- byterian burying ground at Orange, both having been members in full communion of the "Mountain Society" prior to 1756. The "Centinal of Freedom," of Newark, had this to say of him, in November, 1798: "This venerable citizen has from his youth sustained the character of an honest and upright man and was much lamented by those who were acquainted with him. He had thirteen children, one hundred and seventy-six grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. It is a no less curi- ous than amusing fact that this father of a host' immediately upon arising every morning, and before dressing, took a gen- erous draught of pure Jersey distilled
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liquor. He died at the age of ninety-six years, and was wont to speak with pride of the fact that he had eight sons who served their country during the Revolu- tion." He married (first) Rebecca. daugh- ter of Samuel Dod, granddaughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (Riggs) Dod, and great-granddaughter of Stephen Dod, of Guilford, Connecticut. He married (sec- ond) Rebecca, daughter of Matthew and Ruth (Wheeler) Williams, of Orange. Children: Ebenezer, David, Elijah, Job, Simon, Martha, Phebe, Rebecca, Eliza- beth, Joseph, Jonathan, Sarah and Joanna.
Jonathan, son of Joseph and Rebecca Hedden, was born in that part of Newark now known as South Orange, New Jer- sey, in 1733, and died in East Orange, December 25, 1795. He was a tailor all his life, and also cultivated the large farm which, in the course of time, he had ac- quired by purchase. He was one of the incorporators of the Second Presbyterian Church of Newark (Brick Church of Orange), was one of the seven trustees, and was duly qualified before Judge Peck at the parsonage house, September 22, 1776, each taking the oath of allegiance to his country. Jonathan Hedden was elected president of this board of trustees in the fall of 1776, and filled this office many years. He married Phebe, a daugh- ter of Joseph and Phebe (Freeman) Can- field. Children: Caleb, Daniel, Abial, Jotham, Mary, Rebecca and Deborah.
Jotham, son of Jonathan and Phebe (Canfield) Hedden, was born in what is now East Orange, about 1769, and died October 12, 1803. He was a farmer, and also a shoemaker. He served his town as constable, and was a prominent mem- ber of the First Church. He married, 1795, Mary Jones, born at Orange, June 4, 1774, died October 28, 1827, a daugh- ter of Cornelius and Joanna (Harrison) Jones. Children : Israel, Nancy and Al- bert.
Israel, son of Jotham and Mary (Jones) Hedden, was born on the Hedden home- stead in East Orange, New Jersey, May I, 1796, and died at Orange, October 10, 1825. He learned the trade of hat making with his uncle, Cyrus Jones, and estab- lished himself in business as a hatter in Orange. He died at the early age of twenty-nine years from consumption due to exposure while serving in the War of 1812. His residence in Orange was for a time in the old First Presbyterian par- sonage, next to the present Young Men's Christian Association building. Later he erected a homestead opposite the present Park Hotel. He married, March 17, 1821, Maria Stiles, born October 27, 1798, died October 8, 1830. Children : Mary Joseph- ine, Charles Israel, and Maria Augusta, the last mentioned a posthumous child.
Charles Israel Hedden, son of Israel and Maria (Stiles) Hedden, was born at Orange, New Jersey, October 1, 1823, and died at Newark, New Jersey, January 7, 1893. He was but two years of age at the time of the death of his father, and was then taken by his uncle, Job Wil- liams, of Orange, who raised him. His limited educational advantages were ac- quired in the district school, and even as a young lad he worked out. While liv- ing for a time with his maternal grand- father, his leg was so badly broken by a falling tree that he was lame throughout his life. As an apprentice to his uncle, Job Williams, with whom he remained until he had attained his majority, he learned the trade of hat making. then worked as a journeyman for various man- ufacturers, among them Marshall Smith, with whom he made his home.
He established himself independently in the manufacture of hats in 1856, and was a pioneer in this industry in many respects. He was the first in Orange to introduce a steam boiler and a set of pouncing machines in the factory. He
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was also one of the first men to take the refuse hat roundings and have them re- picked into hat fur stock, and from that time to the present every part of waste hat stock has been utilized. He organ- ized the firm of John H. Myers & Com- pany, which continued in business until its dissolution in 1868. Mr. Hedden pur- chased fifteen hundred acres of land in Warren county, North Carolina, and cul- tivated this successfully as a tobacco and grain plantation until he returned to New- ark in 1872. For a time he again lived in that city, then went to Texas with his eldest son, with the intention of starting a sheep ranch there. His stay there was a short one, and after his return to the north he was engaged for a time in the provision business at Washington Mar- ket, New York City. Abandoning this line of business, he again turned his at- tention to the manufacture of hats, and formed the firm of W. B. Huey & Com- pany, of Newark, the other members of the firm being Wilbur B. Huey and Clar- ence Myers Hedden. When this firm was dissolved the new one was formed, known as C. M. Hedden & Company, and this continued its work on the same premises as the old company until December, 1883, when a larger and more commodious factory was erected on Thirteenth ave- nue, of which they took possession, in April, 1884. It was the largest and lead- ing hat factory of its day, employing more than two hundred persons, and manufac- turing one hundred and fifty dozens of hats daily. Their trade extended all over the United States, to various parts of South America, and numerous islands in foreign parts. He retained his member- ship in the old First Presbyterian Church at Orange, although he was a constant attendant of the Wickliff Presbyterian Church at Newark. In earlier years he was a Whig, but affiliated with the Re-
publican party upon its formation. He was a strong supporter of the Abolition party, and actively assisted the "under- ground railway." One of his closest per- sonal friends was Horace Greeley, and he held "The Tribune" in high esteem.
Mr. Hedden married (first) June 9, 1852, Matilda Ward Myers, born June II, 1827, died June 17, 1870, a daughter of Zebulon and Eliza (Lindsley) Myers, granddaughter of Judge John and Phebe (Baldwin) Lindsley, and related to the Days, Condits, Wards, and other first set- tler families. He married (second) Au- gust 11, 1881, Rhoda Eliza Marsh, daugh- ter of Justus Morris and Susanna King (Wright ) Marsh, natives of Rahway and Northfield, New Jersey, respectively. Chil- dren, all by the first marriage: Richard Stiles, Lelia Matilda, Clarence Myers, Israel Charles, Alice Eliza, Jesse Wil- liams, Edith May.
Clarence Myers Hedden, son of Charles Israel and Matilda Ward (Myers) Hed- den, was born at Orange, New Jersey, June 25, 1856, and died May II, 1904. He attended private schools at Orange until he was fourteen years of age, when, as the Civil War had entailed financial dis- aster upon his father, his education was brought to an abrupt conclusion. The family lived for a time on a plantation in North Carolina, and in 1872, two years after the death of the mother, returned to the north, where young Hedden at- tended school for a short time at Hay- denville, Massachusetts. He was soon obliged to abandon this, however, and turn his attention to self-support. Am- bitious, energetic and persevering, he had no difficulty in obtaining employment, and by dint of strict economy accumu- lated a fortune of some hundreds of dol- lars which he put to use to the best ad- vantage. He had attained the age of twenty-five years when he became asso-
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ciated with his father in the manufac- born December 14, 1887; Charles Leslie, ture of hats, and when the firm was in- born January 1, 1890; Ernest Myers, born September 28, 1892; Albert Henry, born June 23, 1895; Walter Page, born June 25, 1898; Dorothy, born December 28, 1902. corporated in 1899 he became the presi- dent of this corporation, his wife the vice- president, and William H. Fitz the secre- tary and treasurer. He was a man of many-sided ability, however, and this in- dustry, large and important as it was, was not sufficient for his untiring energy and executive ability, and for a number of years he was also actively engaged in carrying on an extensive real estate busi- ness. For a period of twenty-eight years he was an active member of the Sixth Presbyterian Church, and a member of the board of trustees during sixteen years of this time. Following is a partial copy of a set of resolutions authorized by the board of trustees at the time of his death :
Resolved, By the death of Brother Clarence M. Hedden the board of trustees of the Sixth Pres- byterian Church have lost a faithful and efficient member who served the church for a period of sixteen years, and whose business judginent and sagacity have always been of incalculable benefit to. us in conducting the affairs of our work. While our church has lost a member who for twenty-eight years has ever rallied to its every call, liberally giving of his strength and substance that our Master's work might be supported and His kingdom advanced.
Mr. Hedden was a member of Newark Lodge, No. 8, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and of the West End Club, in which he was a member of the board of governors for a number of years.
Mr. Hedden married, at Haydenville, Massachusetts, Nellie Frances Hamilton, born November 2, 1857, daughter of John Royal and Sarah Clarissa (Mather) Ham- ilton, the former a carpenter and builder, and a descendant of an old pioneer family of Vermont. Children : Frances Matilda, born September 2, 1880; Lulu Josephine, born October 12, 1882: Clarence Hamil- ton, born July 1, 1885; Nellie Estelle,
Mr. Hedden was one of the most effi- cient business men of his day, and in pub- lic life his merits were no less. His quick- ness of perception and earnestness in every cause which he espoused, made him an invaluable ally and a most formidable opponent. As an organizer and worker, he was invaluable, his sagacity was un- usual and his energy untiring. What- ever he had to do, he did with all his might, and it was always well done. With pleasing manners and a strange power of personal magnetism, it is not to be wondered at that he compelled success. Toward those in his employ he was not alone employer, but a kind, fatherly friend, so that they knew to whom to go in time of trouble, and were always certain to find the needed assistance. He was chari- table to a degree, but his bounty was be- stowed in so unostentatious a manner, that it was only in rare cases that others in addition to the recipient knew anything about it.
FORT, George F.,
Governor of New Jersey.
George Franklin Fort was born in Pem- berton in May, 1809. He graduated M. D., University of Pennsylvania, in 1830. He was a member of the New Jersey Assembly, of the State Constitutional Convention of 1844, and later a State Sen- ator. He was Governor, 1851-54, and subsequently judge of the Court of Errors and Appeals. He received the degree of M. A. from the College of New Jersey, in 1847. He died in New Egypt, New Jer- sey, April 22, 1872.
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PUTNAM, Erastus G.,
Man of Lofty Character.
To the long and honorable record of an ancestry traced in England to the year 1199, Erastus G. Putnam added the rec- ord of a long life, spent largely in the service of his fellow men, a life filled with kindly deeds and charitable acts. From 1872 until his death, October 1, 1915, he was a resident of the city of Elizabeth, New Jersey. From 1877 he was largely engaged in public service, the schools of the city and the public health depart- ments receiving at his hands especially valuable labor, much of it performed without compensation, surely as a duty and a labor of love. When he did receive compensation, it was returned, in chari- table acts to those he met in distress, more than twice over. While he was stern in the discharge of his duties as health officer, he was deeply respected and admired by all with whom he came in contact, and was very popular.
Mr. Putnam traced his English ances- try to Simon de Puttenham, A. D. 1199. The family bore arms:
Arms-Sable, in pale, a stork argent, between sixteen crosses fitchee of the same.
Crest-On a wreath, a wolf's head, couped gules.
The American ancestor was Captain John Putnam, of Aston Abbotts, Eng- land, and Salem Village, Massachusetts, one of the brave spirits who aided ma- terially in founding the colony which has become a proud Commonwealth. The English and American families through twenty-five generations is thus traced :*
The line of descent is as follows: (I) Simon de Puttenham (1199) ; (II) Ralph de Puttenham, of Puttenham (1217) ; (III) Richard de Puttenham (1273) ; (IV) John de Puttenham, of Puttenham (1291); (V) Thomas Puttenham (temp.
Edward I.); (VI) Roger Puttenham, High Sheriff for Herts (1322) ; (VIII) Sir Roger Puttenham (about 1320-1380).
(IX) William Futtenham, about 1360- 1420, of Pattenham and Pennsylvania; married Margaret, the third daughter of John de Warbleton, of Warbleton, Sus- sex. and Sherfield on London, Southamp- ton, by Katherine, daughter of Sir John de Foxle, Bramshell and Apuldrefield, and had :
(X) Henry Puttenham, 1403-1473, of Puttenham, Pennsylvania, Sherfield, Warbleton, etc; married Elizabeth, widow of Geoffrey Goodluck, and had :
(XI) William Puttenham, 1430-1492, of the Manor of Puttenham, Pennsylva- nia, Long Marston, Sherfield, Warbleton, Tannerigge and Williegh; married Anne, daughter of John Hampden, the most an- cient of English families, claiming de- scent from Baldwin de Hampden, who was of note before the Norman invasion ; (John, the father of Anne Puttenham, was Knight of the Shire for Bucks in 1420 and 1430, of Beds, in 1450, in which year he died. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Whalesborough, Knight of Whalesborough, County Corn- wall. From John descended John Hamp- den, the Patriot, noted for his resistance to the collection of ship-money, whose mother was Elizabeth Cromwell, aunt to Oliver Cromwell,) and had:
(XII) Nicholas Puttenham or Putt- nam, third son, born about 1460, lived at Putnam Place in Pennsylvania, and had :
(XIII) Henry Putnam, younger son, was living in 1526; he had:
(XIV) Richard Putnam or Puttyn- ham, 1500-1556, of Eddlesborough and Woughton, married Joan, and had :
*This, and the various ancestral narratives which follow, relating to the Putnam-Woodward familles, are from the papers of Mrs. Mary N. (Erastus G.) Putnam. The personal narratives relating to Mr. and Mrs. Putnam are by a staff writer.
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(XV) John Putnam, of Rowsham, Slapton and Wingrave, was buried 27 January, 1568; his eldest son was :
(XVI) Nicholas Putnam, of Wingrave and Stukeley, 1540-1598, married at Win- grave, 30 January, 1577, Margaret, daugh- ter of John and Elizabeth Goodspeed. She was baptized at Wingrave, 16 Au- gust, 1556, and had : 1
(XVII) John Putnam, of Aston Ab- botts, County Bucks, England, was bap- tized 17 January, 1579. He married Pris- cilla Gould, probably early in 1612. With their four children they came to New England and settled in Salem Village, now Danvers, Massachusetts. He died suddenly on 30 December, 1662. Their third son was:
(XVIII) Captain John Putnam, bap- tized at Aston Abbotts, England, died at Salem Village, 7 April, 1710, "buried by ye soldiers." He was made freeman in 1635. In 1672 he is styled corporal; on the 7 October, 1678, he was commis- sioned lieutenant of the troops of horse at the village; after 1687 he is styled "Captain." He served in the Narragan- sett fight, and retained his military man- ners throughout his life. He was deputy to the General Court in 1679-80-86-91-92. He married, at Salem, 7 March, 1652, Re- becca Prince, stepdaughter of John Ged- ney, and had :
(XIX) Eleazer Putnam, born in Salem Village, 1665; died there, 25 January, 1732-33. In 1690, had been one of Cap- tain William Raymond's company en- listed for the Canada Expedition. In 1700 he was chosen tythingman for the village, and again in 1705. He was con- stable during the year 1708, and surveyor of highways on Topsfield road in 1711. He married (second) 14 November, 1711, Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. Benjamin and Apphia (Hale) Rolfe, of Newbury, born there, 15 December, 1679, died 2 January, 1752, and had :
(XX) Captain Henry Putnam, born in Salem Village, 14 August, 1712; killed at Lexington, 19 April, 1775. He was an officer in the French War, and did good service for his country in the subjection of Canada to the English during our Colonial War. He was a man of experi- ence in military matters, and had earned the commission of lieutenant, which he held during the Louisburg expedition. Although exempt from military duty, he accompanied the troops, with his five sons, to Lexington, and fell in action. He mar- ried Hannah, and had :
(XXI) Eleazer Putnam, born in Dan- vers, 5 June, 1738, died probably in 1805; administration on his estate granted 14 March, 1806. He was in Captain Isaac Hull's company, and received credit for five days' service on the Lexington Alarm. He married Mary Crosby, of Billerica, published in Charlestown, 20 March, 1761 ; and had :
(XXII) Doctor Elijah Putnam, born in Medford, Massachusetts, November 17, 1770, died in Madison, New York, January, 1851. He moved from West Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Petersbor- ough, New York, in 1801, thence to Madi- son, March, 1802, where he located and practiced medicine for forty years. He was an organizer of the Madison County Medical Society, July 29, 1806; was an excellent physician, a worthy, respected man, and a Christian gentleman. He married Phoebe, daughter of Captain Abner Wood, born in Madison, died about 1854, and had :
(XXIII) Hamilton Putnam, born in Madison, New York, 5 September, 1807, died at Cortland, New York, 15 Decem- ber, 1892, where he resided more than fifty years. He was justice of the peace and supervisor of the county many years ; a director of the National Bank of Cort- land; and a member of the Presbyterian church. He married, 20 April, 1831, Jean-
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nette Cleaveland, born January 26, 1812, died 31 July, 1884, daughter of General Erastus Cleaveland, and had :
(XXIV) Erastus Gaylord Putnam, sec- ond son of Hamilton and Jeannette (Cleaveland) Putnam, born December 23, 1833, in Harford, New York, died in Elizabeth, New Jersey, October 1, 1915. He was educated at Cortland Academy, Cortland, New York, and after complet- ing his studies taught school until com- pleting his years of minority. At the age of twenty-one he left home and went as far west as Cleveland, Ohio, where he entered his uncle Erastus Gaylord's wholesale drug house, studying medicine five years under an English chemist.
At the outbreak of the Civil War he was physically unfit for army service, but under appointment of Governor Tod served on the Sanitary Commission, where his medical knowledge was of sub- stantial value. He was offered appoint- ment as assistant surgeon, but his health forbade acceptance. In 1868 Mr. Putnam, having returned to New York, was offered and accepted the position of busi- ness manager of Cornell University, re- siding during his term of office (from 1868 to 1871) at Ithaca, the seat of the university.
In 1872 he became a resident of Eliza- beth, New Jersey, that city being his home for forty-three years, until death. He bought the Library Hall drug store on Broad street, now the site of Proctor's Broad Street Theatre, and there con- ducted a very prosperous business. He continued in the drug business until No- vember, 1887, then sold out to William J. Whelan. For ten years, from 1877 to 1887, he served on the city board of edu- cation, was president of the board, and most earnest in his efforts to furnish the youth of Elizabeth with the best educa- tional advantages. One result of his efforts was the establishing of the high
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school, that grade of school having been established largely as a result of his efforts. After ten years' service he de- clined renomination.
After surrendering the cares of busi- ness, and at the earnest solicitation of many physicians of the city, Mr. Putnam consented to act as health officer, serving from May, 1888, until he resigned in 1898, being succeeded by Louis J. Richards. As health officer he had to combat a severe epidemic of smallpox, and during that period his execution, ability, firm- ness and devotion was of inestimable value. So his life was passed, "spending and being spent." His life was essentially one of usefulness to his fellow men, and his monument is in the hearts of those who during his long lifetime worked by his side, knew his devotion and self-sacri- ficing spirit, and in the hearts of those who benefited thereby. ,He sought not worldly honor, but only asked to be of service. His ancestry opened to him the door of every patriotic order, but he availed himself of but one, the Sons of the American Revolution, joining as a charter member, Elizabeth Chapter, No. I, on April 3, 1891.
He married, at "Keewaydin," Orange county, New York, January 30, 1867, Mary Nicoll Woodward, born October I, 1834, in Ithaca, New York, daughter of William A. and Frances M. (Evertson) Woodward. Mrs. Putnam is a descend- ant of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, the pa- troon of the Hudson River Valley, and of Matthias Nicolls, secretary of the Province of New York from 1664 to 1680, and other eminent families. her genealogy being fully traced on the following pages. She is a member of the societies basing their membership on colonial residence and warlike deeds, and of many women's organizations, active in good works, a lady of culture, grace and charm, most `highly esteemed.
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Four children were born to Erastus G. and Mary N. (Woodward) Putnam, all of whom died young: 1. Mary Evertson, born December 27, 1867, died August 25, 1868. 2-3. Rosalie Gaylord and Harry Barrow (twins), born April 7, 1872, died two days later. 4. William Hamilton. born November 4, 1875, died three days later.
Mrs. Putnam continues her residence in Elizabeth, her home on South Broad street.
(The Cleaveland Family).
Arms-Per chevron, sable and ermine, a chev- ron engrailed counterchanged.
Crest-A demi-old man proper, habited proper, having on his head a cap gules, turned up, with a hair front, holding in his dexter hand a spear, headed argent, on top of which is fixed a line proper, passing behind him and coiled up in sinister hand.
Motto-Pro Deo et Patria.
The Cleaveland family traces its de- scent from Thorkill, a Saxon, who about the time of the Norman Conquest as- sumed the name of De Cliveland, main- taining a country seat in the County of York, England. From him descended Moses Cleaveland, also known as Moyses Cleveland, the ancestor of Jeannette Cleaveland, mother of Erastus Gaylord Putnam. From Moses Cleaveland de- scended Grover Cleveland, twice Presi- dent of the United States, and other men eminent in public life, four of the name having been Governors: Grover Cleve- land, Governor of New York; Chauncey Fitch Cleveland, Governor of Connecti- cut; Jesse F. Cleveland, Governor of North Carolina ; Alvin P. Cleveland, Gov- ernor of Indiana.
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