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The matter of keeping his books was one of haphazard and payment for services quite as much so. He was rich only in . the love of his people and his estate was usually a great many thousand dollars worth of bills receivable. These were all experiences of Dr. Cook's earlier years of practice, but in the later years he confined himself to town work. He was an elder of the Presbyterian church, and took a deep interest in the moral welfare of the communities in which he labored. He was one of the few early Whigs in Hac- kettstown and in later years affiliated with the Republican party.
Dr. Cook married, in 1816, Mary, daugh- ter of James Hyndshaw, of Stewartsville, New Jersey, her father at one time sheriff of Sussex county, New Jersey. He was of Scotch descent, served in the Revolu- tionary War, was taken prisoner and nearly died of starvation. After the war he came to Greenwich township, pur- chased four hundred acres of land, which upon his death was divided among his four children, each of whom received a farm. Mrs. Cook died in 1872, the de- voted mother of many children, several of whom were taken from her in childhood. Those who grew to mature years were: James H., a merchant of Easton, Penn- sylvania, who died in 1880; Dr. Lewis S., who practiced his profession in Hacketts- town until his death in 1874; Silas C., a lawyer of Easton. Pennsylvania, who died in 1864; Dr. John S., a physician of Hac- kettstown until his death, and Joseph Swift, to whose memory this sketch is dedicated.
Dr. Joseph Swift Cook was born at Hackettstown, New Jersey, March 26, 1830, died July 4, 1903. His early educa- tion was obtained at the Model School connected with Lafayette College, Easton, after which he entered the college proper, remaining during the years 1847-48. He chose the profession of law and for
eighteen months pursued legal study in Easton. In January, 1852, he entered Union College, Schenectady, New York, whence he was graduated in 1853, with honors, becoming a member of the Phi Beta Kappa fraternity. He did not con- tinue legal study, but after his graduation from Union College he began the study of medicine under the preceptorship of his honored father, Dr. Silas C. Cook, then practicing in Easton. Later he entered the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, whence he was gradu- ated M. D. in March, 1856. During the following year he was engaged in hos- pital work in Philadelphia, as resident surgeon at St. Joseph's Hospital, and in practice at Easton as his father's assistant. In the spring of 1857 he entered into a partnership with his brother, Dr. John S. Cook, then practicing at Hackettstown, and continued that association for two years. In 1859 he located at Washington, Warren county, New Jersey, where he continued a successful practice until his death at the age of seventy-three years. Dr. Cook's private practice from gradu- ation until death was only interrupted by his service as surgeon in the Union army during the Civil War. In September, 1862, he was appointed and commissioned first assistant surgeon of the Thirty-first Regiment New Jersey Volunteer Infantry by Governor Charles S. Olden. After a few inonths service he was taken with typhoid fever, and after his recovery pri- vate business was so pressing that he re- signed his commission. In 1865 Lafa- yette College conferred upon him the honorary degree Master of Arts, and on September 11, 1877, he was elected a fel- low of The American Academy of Medi- cine. He was also a member of the county and state medical associations.
As a physician and surgeon, Dr. Cook ranked very high and was much sought for in consultation. Among the people
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with whom he lived and moved for over forty years he was held in the highest esteem, not more for his skill in minister- ing to their physical needs than for his admirable social qualities. Warm hearted, sympathetic and public spirited, he re- sponded to every private or public de- mand made upon him, while his profes- sional skill was freely given to those from whom no payment could be expected. Few men occupied so busily as he who had so many warm friends nor was there ever a man more loyal to his friends.
Dr. Cook married, November 4, 1857, Carrie H. Hunt, daughter of Rev. H. W. Hunt, of Schooley's Mountain. Children : Dr. Frank M. Cook, now a practicing phy- sician of Hackettstown, New Jersey ; Fannie H., married William S. Ritten- house; Laura W., a graduate physician, married Augustus P. Hann, who died December 11, 1887. Laura W. (Cook) Hann obtained her professional education at The Woman's Medical College, Balti- more, Maryland, whence she was gradu- ated M. D., class of 1892. She received her literary education at Centenary In- stitute, Hackettstown, New Jersey, gradu- ating in class of 1882 with degree of M. E. L. She engaged in active practice for a few years but is now retired.
Carrie H. (Hunt) Cook descended from Thomas Hunt, who married Ciceley Pas- ley and came to America in 1652. They were members of the Church of England of the strictest and highest sect. Their son, Thomas (2) Hunt, married Elizabeth Jes- sup and lived at West Farms, New York. Their son, Thomas (3) Hunt, born 1663. also resided at West Farms. He married Elizabeth Gardiner, of the Lord Gardiner family of England. Their son, Augustine Hunt, born 1716, married Lydia Hol- loway, born in Massachusetts of Welsh descent. Their son, Holloway Whitfield Hunt, born April 9, 1769, was a graduate of Nassau Hall, Princeton, class of 1794.
He became a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church, later transferred his allegiance to the Presbyterian church and served the congregation at Sparta, New Jersey. as pastor for seven years, and the churches at Bethlehem and Alexandria for forty years and also was settled over the church at Kingwood. He married a Miss Willis, a cousin of the poet, N. P. Willis. Their son, Holloway Whitfield (3) Hunt, born at Sparta, New Jersey, in 1799, was an active minister of the Pres- byterian church from early manhood until near the close of his life, which ended at the age of sixty-nine. His first and only charge was the church at Pleasant Grove, New Jersey. He was a graduate of Prince- ton, and during his clerical life tutored many young men who wished to enter college. He married Amanda, daughter of Lawrence and Mary Hann. Their daughter, Carrie H. Hunt, married Dr. Joseph Swift Cook. Their daughter, Dr. Laura W. Cook, married Augustus P. Hann. Their son, Philip H. Hann, is a resident of Washington, New Jersey.
The Hunt family crest is: "A lion's head erased per pale, argent and sable collared gules, lined and ringed or." They were large owners of land on Long Island and in 1686 possessd all of that section now known as Hunters Point.
HANN, Augustus P., Well-Known Public Official.
The Hanns of Morris county, New Jer- sey, trace descent to William Hann, who with his wife, Elsie, came from Germany to this country in 1732, and after a brief residence on Long Island settled at Schooley's Mountain, New Jersey, in the year 1754. He purchased one hundred and fifty acres of land there, and devoted himself to its cultivation until his death in 1794, aged ninety years. His wife died in 1791, at about the same advanced age.
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Some time prior to his death, he sold the farm to his son, Jacob, who died suddenly, leaving a son, Philip, who purchased the homestead from the other heirs and there resided until his death in 1821, leaving children: Mary, Jacob, of further men- tion, Elizabeth, John, and Philip.
Jacob Hann, son of Philip Hann, was born in 1782, and resided on the home- stead farm on Schooley's Mountain until 1809, then moved to Mansfield township, Warren county, New Jersey, where he bought a farm. He continued his resi- dence in Mansfield until about 1824, then returned to the old homestead on Schoo- ley's Mountain; later he occupied his farm in Mansfield township and there he died in 1867. He was a strong and promi- nent Democrat, holding the office of jus- tice of the peace in both Morris and War- ren counties, being first appointed in 1816. During his second residence in Morris county, he was elected and for five years served as judge of the Court of Common Pleas. He was a man of sound judgment and clear brain, well informed and much sought for as a conveyancer and legal advisor. He was a member of the Pres- byterian church, while first residing in Morris county, but in Warren county united with the Methodist Episcopal church at Anderson. Judge Hann mar- ried, in 1802, Susan Gary. Children : Ann Eliza, Clarissa, Ellen, Jane, Philip H., of further mention, Tamzen, Jacob, and Ra- chel.
Philip H. Hann was born in Mansfield township, Warren county, New Jersey, August 6, 1819, and died May 7, 1900. His youth and early manhood were spent on the paternal farm, his education ob- tained in the public school, Schooley's Mountain Academy, and under the pri- vate instruction of Rev. Holloway W. Hunt, a graduate of Princeton and pastor of the Schooley's Mountain Presbyterian Church. In 1848 he rented the home farm
of his father and there resided until 1854. In that year he was elected surrogate of Warren county, an office which he held for five years, during which period he resided in Belvidere, the county seat. In the spring of 1860 he moved to Washing- ton, New Jersey, where for two years he engaged in business as a merchant. He was appointed judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Warren county in 1864, an office he held through successive re-appointments for ten years. In 1864 he aided in the organization of the First National Bank of Washington, was elected its first cashier and held that position all through his service as judge of the Court of Common Pleas and for many years thereafter. He was advanced to vice- president and later to president, which position he was filling at the time of his death. He was also a director of the Phil- lipsburg Bank for several years and other important business interests. He was an able financier and in his capacity of cashier exercised an influence which prac- tically amounted to a controlling interest. In 1878 he was elected county collector, an office he held through succeeding re- elections for several terms. He was highly regarded by his fellow citizens without regard to party, his continuance in public office being regarded as good public policy. Both he and his father served as judge of the Court of Common Pleas, the father in Morris and the son in Warren county, and both retired from the office with the entire respect of the legal frater- nity.
Judge Philip H. Hann married Caroline C., youngest daughter of Rev. Johnson Dunham, an early minister of the Metho- dist Episcopal church, and his wife, Mary, eldest daughter of Daniel Hunt. Both Judge Hann and his wife were active members of the Washington Methodist Church. Children: Mary, married Rev. S. W. Gehrett, a Methodist minister of
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the Philadelphia Conference; Augustus P., of further mention ; and Louis J.
Augustus P. Hann was born in Belvi- dere, Warren county, New Jersey, Febru- ary 15, 1856, died in Washington, New Jersey, December 11, 1887. His education began in private schools and was con- tinued at Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pennsylvania, whence he was graduated, class of 1875. He then was a student at Wesleyan College for one year but did not complete his collegiate course, decid- ing against a professional career, which had been his ambition. He next spent some time in study for business life at Eastman's Business College, from which he graduated, then entered the employ of the First National Bank of Washington, of which his father had been cashier since its organization in 1864. He began as assistant cashier and proved so efficient an assistant that in the course of time he was promoted to cashier, a position he was holding at the time of his death, hav- ing also been elected vice-president. He was a man of pleasing personality, very . popular, not only in Washington but throughout the entire county. He drew men to him by his genial, friendly manner and held them to him through his many manly qualities. He took a deep interest in public affairs even before becoming a voter, and had barely attained his major- ity when elected a member of Washing- ton's Common Council, an office to which he was elected over and over again until he refused longer to serve. In 1884 he was elected county collector, an office in which his honored father had served and to which the son was reelected in 1885 and 1886. He was one of the best loved young men in Warren county and all de- plored his early death. On the day of his funeral every business house in Washing- ton was closed as a mark of respect to the memory of the young man whose hand was always extended to aid those in
distress and whose genial, cheerful dis- position had so endeared him to so large a circle of true friends.
Mr. Hann married Laura W., daughter of Dr. Joseph Swift and Carrie H. (Hunt) Cook, of Washington, New Jersey. After the death of her husband, Mrs. Hann took a course at the Woman's College, Balti- more, whence she was graduated, M. D., class of 1892. For several years she prac- ticed the profession to which so many Doctor Cooks have devoted their lives and which profession they have honored. Dr. Hann is now retired from practice, re- sides in Washington, her only son, Philip H. Hann, also a resident of that borough.
SANDYS, Arthur,
Student, Scholar, Historian.
This name originally Sands was by act of Legislature legally changed to Sandys at the request of Arthur Sandys, to whose memory this sketch is dedicated. De- prived of both of his parents when two years of age, Arthur Sandys grew to youthful manhood at the home of his ma- ternal grandparents in New York City, by whom he was given every advantage and educational opportunity. When a young man he went abroad and in the cities of the Old World spent several years. He was a man of cultured tastes and culti- vated mind, a heritage from his French maternal ancestors, the de Normandies, who, for their Protestant faith, sought refuge in Geneva and resided there for several generations until the whirligig of fate again drove them forth for serving an earthly monarch, Frederick I., of Prussia, as the first de Normandie had fled from Noyon, France, for allegiance to his spiritual king.
Mr. Sandys was an insatiable reader of biographies of great men, a student of history and the historian of the family. He spent much time while in Europe in
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searching French and Genevese records, with the result that he gave to the world a valuable contribution to its literature in "Annals de Normandie," an exhaustive historical and genealogical account of the de Normandies, their times and the part they played in French and Genevese his- tory (see de Normandie line). This was but one of his contributions to American literature, his writings being numerous. He was not bound continuously to busi- ness life, but devoted long periods to travel and study as inclination seized him, indulging in all the pursuits and pleasures of a gentleman.
There is reason to believe that the name was originally Sandys, and that the Amer- ican family is descended from Henry Sandes, Sands, or Sandys, who came from Yorkshire to America probably earlier than 1638, and was one of the founders of Rowley, Massachusetts. He died in Bos- ton in 1654. His wife, Sybil, whom he married in England, was the mother of James Sands, one of the founders of the town of New Shoreham, Rhode Island. This town embodies Block Island, and was represented in the Rhode Island As- sembly in 1665 by James Sands. He was born in Yorkshire, England, 1622, and died at Block Island, March 13, 1695, and was buried there. He had grants of land in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, October 5, 1643, and August 29, 1644 ; was made free- man there 1655; was commissioner to the General Court, May 19, 1657; was con- stable in 1654, and deputy to the General Court in 1655. In April, 1661, he sailed with a party which went from Taunton, Rhode Island, to settle Block Island; was tax rater in 1670 and 1671, and deeded the land on which he settled to his son, John. November 15, 1690. He married, 1645-46, Sarah, daughter of John and Catherine (Hutchinson) Walker. John Walker was a freeman in Boston, May 14, 1634; was among those condemned for adherence to
the religious teachings of Ann Hutchin- son, and removed to Portsmouth, Rhode Island, about 1637-38. John Sands, eldest child of James Sands, born 1649, suc- ceeded his father on the paternal home- stead in Block Island, had a gant of land at Portsmouth, May 27, 1674, was deputy from Block Island in 1678 and 1680-81. In 1691 he removed to Cow Neck, on Long Island, where he purchased, for two hundred pounds, a farm, deed dated December 25, 1691. He married in New Shoreham, Sybil Ray, born March 19, 1665, daughter of Simon (2) and Mary (Thomas) Ray, granddaughter of Simon (1) Ray, of Braintree, Essex, England, and died at Braintree, Massachusetts, September 30, 1641. Mary Thomas was a daughter of Nathaniel Thomas, born about 1606, in Wales, died February 13, 1674, in Marshfield, Massachusetts. John Sands died March 15, 1712, at Cow Neck, and his wife, December 23, 1733. Both were buried in the Sands graveyard there. Their eldest child was John Sands, born January 22, 1684, on Block Island, and died at Cow Neck, August 30, 1763. He removed from Block Island, about 1716, and built a house at Cow Neck, which was subsequently occupied by his son. About 1733 he purchased from his brother, Daniel, the paternal homestead there, on which he thereafter resided. He married at Newport, Rhode Island, September 9, 1706, Catherine Gutherie, born June 24, 1690, on Block Island, died at Sands Point, February 10, 1769, daughter of Robert and Anna (Alcock) Gutherie, granddaughter of Dr. John and Sarah (Palgrave) Alcock, both natives of Eng- land. Dr. John Alcock graduated at Har- vard University, and was the purchaser of Block Island from the Indians. He was a son of George Alcock, who came over with Governor Winthrop, was also a physician, and died December 30, 1640. at Roxbury, Massachusetts. His wife was
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a Hooker. John Sands, eldest child of John and Catherine (Gutherie) Sands, was born January 1, 1708, on Block Island, and died at Sands Point, Novem- ber 22, 1760. He lived on his grand- father's homestead, there he was a farmer, and married, May 12, 1736, Elizabeth Cor .. nell, born September 27, 1711, died May 10, 1793, daughter of Caleb and Elizabeth (Hagner) Cornell, granddaughter of John and Mary (Russell) Cornell, who came from England in 1677, and settled at Sands Point, where they were buried. Caleb Cornell was born there in 1683. and died there. He married, October 10, 1705, Elizabeth Hagner, of Flushing, who died in 1734. Comfort Sands, fourth son of John and Elizabeth (Cornell) Sands, was born February 26, 1748, was baptized at St. Paul's Chapel, New York, in 1767, and died at Hoboken, September 22, 1834. He resided in New York City previous to 1809, when he removed to Newark. and remained three years. Returning to New York, he lived there until 1826, when he removed to Hoboken, was buried at St. Peter's Church, Westchester, New York. In 1775 he was a member of the committee of one hundred to manage colonial affairs in opposition to the home government ; was a member of the pro- vincial congress in that year ; was auditor- general of New York in 1776, and con- tinuously from that year until 1783 on the committee of public safety. He also filled other important posts during the Revolu- tionary War, and was president of the New York Chamber of Commerce after peace had come. He married, June 3, 1769, Sarah Dodge, born 1749, at Hunts Point, died in New York, January 24, 1795, and was buried in the Middle Dutch Church on Nassau street in that city. She was descended from Tristram Dodge, one of the original settlers of Block Island. in 1662, died in 1733. He was the first free- man of Block Island, admitted in :664.
His son, William Dodge, lived and died on Block Island, and was the father of Samuel Dodge, born there September 19, 1691, died about. 1766, and was buried at Sands Point, Long Island. His wife, Elizabeth, was the mother of Wilkie Dodge, born at Sands Point, where he died in 1752, married Mary Hunt, born 1725, at Hunts Point, Westchester county, New York, died in New York City, July 22, 1796, and was buried in the Middle Dutch Church there. Comfort Sands married (second) in New York, Decem- ber 5. 1797, Cornelia, daughter of Abra- ham Lott, born November 5, 1761, died April 6, 1856, in New York. Joseph Sands, second son of Comfort and Sarah (Dodge) Sands, was born January 7, 1772, in New York, and died there December 5. 1825, buried in St. Mark's Church. He married in Paris, France, March 26, 1801, Maria Therese Kampfel, born 1782, in Vienna, Austria, died in New York, Au- gust. 1846, buried in Greenwood Ceme- tery, Long Island. She was the daughter of Matthias Kampfel, a major in the Aus- trian army, and his wife, Anna (Zach) Kampfel, of a Flanders family, long situ- ated in Lisle.
Ferdinand Sands, son of Joseph and Maria Therese (Kampfel) Sands, was born May 26, 1806, in New York, and died there December 7, 1839, was buried in St. Mark's Church. He graduated A. B. at Columbia College in May, 1824. He married, March 15, 1830, Susan Bard, born February 7, 1812, at Hyde Park, New York, died in New York City, Janu- ary 28, 1838, buried in St. Mark's Church. She was a descendant of an old New York family. Her first known ancestor was Benoit Bard, who fled from France in 1682 to escape religious persecution, and died in London after 1734. His son, Colo- nel Peter Bard, born 1679, in France, came to America in 1706, settled in New Jersey, died July 13, 1734, in Burlington,
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that State, and was buried at St. Mary's Church there. He was a member of the Colonial Council in New Jersey in 1720, ยท commander of a regiment of foot, May 4, 1722, and was judge of the Superior Court of the State at the time of his death. He married in New Castle, Delaware, 1709, Dinah Marmion, born 1693. in Leicester- shire, England, died after 1760, in Burl- ington, New Jersey, buried at St. Mary's Church, daughter of Dr. Samuel Mar- mion, born in Leicestershire, received the degree of A. B. from Cambridge Univer- sity, and came to America before 1700. He died in Burlington, New Jersey, March 20, 1734, buried at St. Mary's Church. He married, July 28, 1692, at Astley Abbots, Salop, Elizabeth Parker, born 1670, in England, died in Burlington, September 24, 1729, buried at St. Mary's Church. Dr. John Bard, son of Colonel Peter and Dinah (Marmion) Bard, was born February 1, 1716, at Burlington. died at Hyde Park, New York, April 1, 1799, buried at St. James' Church there. He married at Christ Church, Philadelphia, 1737, Susanne Valleau, born July 19, 1721, in New York, died and was buried at St. James' Church, Hyde Park, daughter of Pierre Valleau, grandaughter of Faulkner Valleau, great-granddaughter of Esaie Valleau, born in France, 1638, came to New York in 1685, died at New Rochelle, New York, 1713. The son, Faulkner, born 1662, died before 1712, had wife, Jeanne, and they were the parents of Pierre Valleau, died in New York before 1745. He married Magdalena Faucon- nier, born 1685, in London, died in New York after 1750. Dr. Samuel Bard, son of Dr. John and Susanne (Valleau) Bard, was born April 1, 1742, in Burlington, re- ceived the degree of A. B. at the Univer- sity of Edinburgh, LL. D. at Princeton College, founded the New York Medical School and the New York City Hospital, died at Hyde Park, New York, May 24,
1821, buried there in St. James' Church. He married at Christ Church, Philadel- phia, May 14, 1770, his cousin, Mary Bard, born June 18, 1746, died at Hyde Park, May 23, 1821, buried there at St. James' Church, daughter of Peter Bard, who was a son of Colonel Peter and Dinah (Mar- mion) Bard. Peter (2) Bard was born July 29, 1712, at Burlington, was com- missary-general of the Pennsylvania forces, died at Mount Holly, January 30, 1761,. buried at St. Andrew's Church there. He married at Christ Church, Philadelphia, September 28, 1738, Marie de Normandie, born May 15, 1780, at Bristol, Philadelphia, died at Mount Holly, New Jersey. William Bard, son of Dr. Samuel and Mary (Bard) Bard, born April 4, 1778, in Philadelphia, gradu- ated A. B. Columbia College, 1798, mem- ber of the Society of the Cincinnati, died October 17, 1853, on Staten Island, buried in St. Mark's Church, New York. He married in Trinity Church, New York, October 7, 1802, Catherine Cruger, born May 7, 1781, at St. Croix, West Indies, died on Staten Island, October 14, 1868, buried at St. Mark's Church, New York. She was a descendant of John Cruger, who came to America before 1700, was mayor of New York, 1739, died there Au- gust 13, 1744, buried in the Old Dutch Church. He married, March 5, 1702, Maria Cuyler, died September 14, 1724, in New York, buried in the Dutch Church there, daughter of Hendrick and Anna Cuyler. Her father was captain of the troop at Albany in 1689. Henry Cruger. son of John and Maria (Cuyler) Cruger, born November 25, 1707, in New York, was member of the Colonial Assembly. 1745-59; of the Council, 1762-73; died at Bristol, England, 1778, and buried at the Cathedral there. He married, December 21, 1736, Elizabeth Harris, born June 7, 1716, at Jamaica, West Indies. They were the parents of Nicholas Cruger, born March
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