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Benjamin Baldwin (2) married Hannah, daughter of Jon- athan Sargent, one of the Branford signers of the " Funda- mental Agreement," at Newark, in 1666. He does not ap- pear on the list, but he evidently came to Newark with the other settlers, as his name is on the "Sure List of Every
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Man's Estate " in 1667. His " home lott " was bounded east by Washington Street, west by High Street, and extended above the present line of New Street to the canal. The town records of Newark, September, 1668, contain the following:
Item .- the town hath granted to Seth Tompkins, Liberty to lay downe his Own Home Lott and take up that which was formerly granted to Benjamin Baldwin.
Whether Benjamin removed to South Orange is not defi- nite y known, but at a town meeting held March 19, 1673-4, " it is also agreed that Weavers Thomas Pierson and Benja- min Baldwin shall be considered by the Surveyors to make their out lotts on the Hill shorter."
Town Meeting, January 1, 1693-4. Item .- Benjamin Baldwin is chosen Constable and he hath chosen Jonathan Baldwin, his son, for his Deputy.
The children of Benjamin and Hannah (Sargent) Baldwin were Benjamin (2), Jonathan, Sarah, and Joseph. Of these Benjamin Baldwin (3), born in 1690, had children David, born in 1715; Aaron, born about 1717; Sarah, born in 1720; and Benjamin, born in 1730. Benjamin (4), the second child, owned and died in the old Baldwin homestead on the corner of South Orange and Munn Avenues in South Orange. His children were Zenas, born in 1748; Aaron, baptized Feb- ruary 5, 1758; Elias A .: Elizabeth, married Richard Harri- son; Eunice; Sarah, born in 1766, married Aaron Munn; Susannah; Tabitha, born in 1752, married Aaron Crane; Hannah, born i 1762, married Deacon Joseph Pierson; and 1 hebe.
Aaron Baldwin (5) was a private in the Revolutionary War as a member of Captain Squire's company, Second Regiment, Ess County, and in Captain Craig's company, S.ate troops. e married, May 5, 1780, Sarah Baldwin, of ewark, born Juy 7, 1762, daughter of Joel Baldwin. Their children were Mary, born 1780, married Moses Munn; Nehe- miah, born November 4, 1783; Samuel, born in 1786; Cyrus, horn in 1788, Ă in 1793: Joel, born in 1790; Ira; Cyrns, korn in 1795; P. be, born in 1797; Incetta, born in 1799; and Sarah and Matilda L., twins, born June 23, 1802. Both Aaron and his f- "ier died at the house of Nehemiah, in South Orange.
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Nehemiah Baldwin (6), born in South Orange, in the fan- ily homestead, November 4, 1783, married Rhoda, daughter of Amos Terrill, of that place, and had children Eliza, Aaron Ludlow, Aaron Riggs, Samuel A., Amarantha, Phebe Louisa, Mary Elizabeth, and George W.
Benjamin Baldwin (4), son of Benjamin (3), had children Josiah, born in 1755, died in 1826, married Lydia Ogden; Jeptha, born in 1788, killed by railroad cars at Market Street crossing, in Newark, in 1852, married Catherine Bishop; Uzal, married Sarah Parrott; Rhoda, married John Myers; Phebe, married Isaac Condit; Mary, married, first, Joseph Cone, and, second, John Personette; Abbey, married Jonathan Condit; Ennice, married James Condit; and Zebula. The Uzal Baldwin farm became the property of East Orange Township, for use as the poor farm. The Jeptha Baldwin farm became the property of his son Benjamin, was sold by him to the Montrose Park syndicate, and is now within the precinets of Montrose Park, since annexed to the village of South Orange.
Josiah Baldwin (5) married Lydia Ogden and had Abram, married Sarah Baldwin; Samuel, married Mary Meeker; Rachel; Josiah O., born in 1796, married Ann Munn; Eliza- beth, born in 1782, married Jonathan Lindsley; Sarah, mar- ried Joel Harrison; Mary, married Cyrus Baldwin; Abbey, married Joel Baldwin; Harriet, born in 1800; and James E., born in 1798.
Jeptha Baldwin (5), died in 1852, E. rried Catherine Bishop. They had issue Mary, married abez Harrison; Clarissa, married Charles Alling; Susan, born in 1811, mar- ried Matthias Crane; Eliza, born in 1810 married Ira T. Freeman; Sarah, married John Lindsl Catherine B., born in 1816, married Robert P. Day; melia F., born in 1817, married Charles Williams; } argaret, marr' d Joseph Wilde; Emma A., married Walter Tompkins; Vir- ginia; George W .; Benjamin E., married Rebecca Tomp- kins; and Aaron Bishop, married Catha Mason.
Usal Baldwin (5) married Sarah Pat tt and had is he Jeptha; William W., married Phebe Lindsley; Matilda, mar- ried Elias Ross; Uzal; Sarah, married Daniel Camp; Josiah L., married Antoinette Quimby; and AAbby.
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Jonathan Baldwin (2), son of Joseph and Hannah Bald- win, was born February 15, 1649, and died December 13, 1730. He married, first, Hannah Ward: second, Thankful Strong; and third, a Miss Bruen. He had sons John, born May 22, 1683; Joseph, baptized in 1685; and Amos.
John Baldwin (3), son of Jonathan, died January 20, 1773. He had a son, Ezekiel Baldwin (4), born December 19, 1719, who married Sarah, daughter of Benjamin Baldwin (2) and Hannah Sargent. Their children were Gabriel, born in 1740, married, first, Rebecca Rittle, and second, Hannah Fos- ter; Jeptha, born in 1741, married Phebe Freeman; Eunice, born in 1745, married Samuel Smith; Mary W., born in 1752, married Isaac Munn; Rachel, born in 1755, married Zadoe Hedden; Caleb, born in 1757; and Benjamin, married Isa- bella Albright.
Caleb Baldwin (5), son of Ezekiel, was born October 21, 1757. He served in the War of the Revolution as private in Captain Abraham Lyon's company, Second Regiment of Essex. He had charge, at one time, of several British pris- oners. He died in 1799, shortly before the birth of his youngest son, Caleb. He married Lydia Johnson and had children Eunice, married Simeon Crane; Sarah, married Henry Baldwin; Betsey, married Lonis Dodd: Catharine, married Jabez Freeman; David; Isaac; and Caleb.
Caleb Baldwin (6), youngest son of Caleb Baldwin (5) and Lydia Johnson, was born in Orange, N. T., November 28, 1799, and after completing his studies was apprenticed to his brother David at the trade of shoemaking. About 1827 he opened a shop of his own, which he conducted for five years, when he engaged in the meat business. About 1836 be became one of the first general merchants in the town of East Orange, now Orange. For twenty years from 1847 be held a position on the Newark Daily Advertiser, after which he was for twelve years connected with the Newark Water Board. He served ten years in two different mili- tary companies of Orange, and in 1824 marched to Newark and participated in the reception to Lafayette. He mar- ried, first, in 1825, Sarah, daughter of Bethuel Pierson, son of Samuel (3), son of Samuel (2), son of Samuel (1), son of Thomas Pierson. The children of Caleb Baldwin by his
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first wife were Mary, born July 28, 1826, married Caleb Neagles; Iliram Pierson, born JJuly 20, 1825, general pas- senger agent of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, mar- ried Caroline E. Schuyler, daughter of Aaron Schuyler, of Easton, Pa., and had children Mary Gertrude, Maggie S. ( married Henry M. Byllesby), Emily Pierson ( married Isaac Post), and Caroline Napier (married Warrington G. Law- rence): Oscar L., born March 29, 1832, married Isabel, daughter of Charles R. Akers, and had Charles R., Isabel, Joseph Halsey, and Edith Merchant; and William II., born December 25, 1834, married Cornelia Price, and has four children, viz. : Elizabeth, married Frederick F. Guild: Oscar IL .; Bertha, married F. Walter Lawrence; and Raymond S. Caleb Baldwin married, second, Abby D., daughter of Lewis Munn, and had issue Sarah C., married James Clark; and Theodore Frelinghuysen, married Adele Laeis, daughter of Felix Lacis, of St. Louis, Mo.
Isaac Baldwin (6), son of Caleb and Lydia (Johnson) Bald- win, was born July 1, 1791. He married Nancy Hopper, and had a son, Isaac Preston Baldwin (7), who was born ou Scotland Street, Orange, June 17, 1821. The latter engaged in hat manufacturing, served as Postmaster of Orange from 1857 to 1860, was twice elected Coroner and Justice of the Peace, and in 1880 began the publication of the Orange Directory. Prior to the Civil War he was Lientenant-Col- onel of the First Regiment, Orange Brigade, a member of the Orange Troop, and a participant in the reception to Lonis Kossuth in New York City. He married Abby Dean, daughter of Viner Dean, and had children Jane Augusta. born April 2. 1841; Frank Wilfred, born June 26, 1816; Jeptha Harrison, born March 9, 1849; Mary Estelle, born August 14, 1851; Abbie Caroline, born November 2, 1853: Gertrude, born in 1865; and Elizabeth and Walter, whe died in infancy.
Frank Wilfred Baldwin, second child of Isaac Preston and Abby ( Dean) Baldwin, was born at the corner of Valley Road and Mount Pleasant Avenue, Orange, N. J., June 26, 1816. Starting at the early age of thirteen with a fair knowledge of the elementary branches acquired at the pub- lie schools of his native town, he was soon able to support
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himself. He worked at odd jobs for the first three or four years, and in 1862 found employment as a clerk with a New York publishing firm, where he acquired a knowledge of the details of other departments than that to which he was assigned, especially of the printing department, with which he became thoroughly familiar. In 1868 he obtained the position of cashier and assistant manager in the office of the Newark Daily Journal, and there received his journal- istie training, which was the foundation of his successful career as editor and publisher. The plant which he pur- chased of his predecessor in January, 1869, was limited in quantity and poor in quality. His little cash capital was soon exhausted, and with little or no credit, " a steady outgo for materials and wages, it was for a time uphill work, and often so discouraging that thoughts of giving up the strug- gle often presented themselves." He held on, however, and his efforts were eventually crowned with success. The name selected for the paper was an indication of the character of the founder-a true and faithful chronicler of passing events. On January 27, 1894, be celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the Orange Chronicle. From the beginning of his journalistic career his individuality has been stamped on every page of his journal, and he has in- variably pursued a straightforward, independent course, without fear or favor. His belief in the " brotherhood of man " has been exemplified in his treatment of his em- ployees, some of whom have grown up with him from boy- hood, and through his assistance and encouragement have accumulated property. The Chronicle is issued every Sat- urday morning by the Orange Chronicle Company, of which Mr. Baldwin is President and Treasurer and Leonard C. McChesney is Secretary. Mr. Baldwin is the editor.
With journalism as a profession, the cultivation of his musical talents and the promotion of musical organizations have been Mr. Baldwin's pastime. He founded, in 1881, the Orange Mendelssohn Union, composed of the best musical talent in the Oranges, and this has been one of the most successful organizations of its kind in the State. Gifted by nature with a good tenor voice and a passionate love of music, he has availed himself of every opportunity for the
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cultivation of voral and instrumental music from early childhood, and during this period has enjoyed frequent in- terconese with the musical celebrities of the day. His infin- ence in the community in educating the people up to a high standard of musical attainment has been marked and posi- tive. He has achieved distinction as a musical critic, and is a performer on the violin and other stringed instruments. Of these he has a rare and valuable collection.
Mr. Baldwin married, first. Frances Eliza Love, daughter of Samuel G. Love, of Western New York, for many years Superintendent of Schools of Jamestown and one of the first to introduce manual training in the public schools. Four children were the issue of this marriage. The second wife of Mr. Baldwin was Miss Harriet M. E. Cox, daughter of Thomas C. and Harriet E. Cox, and a descendant of an old New Jersey family. Mr. Baldwin has been for thirty- two years a member of the New Jersey Editorial Associa- tion and was its President in 1891. He has also been a member of the New England Society of Orange for twenty- four years.
FREDERICK WILLIAM RICORD, son of Jean Baptiste Ricord, M. D., and Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. Peter Stryker, was born October 7, 1819, on the Island of Guada- loupe, where his parents were temporarily residing. He was educated at Geneva and Rutgers Colleges, read law, taught school, and in 1849 became Librarian of the Newark Library Association, which position he held for twenty years.
He was a member of the Newark Board of Education for sixteen years, Secretary of the board for six years, and President in 1867, 1868, and 1869. For four years he was State Superintendent of Public Schools. He was elected Sheriff of Essex County in 1865 and was twice re-elected, was elected Mayor of Newark in 1869 and again in 1871, and was a lay judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Essex County. As Librarian of the New Jersey Historical Society Judge Ricord became especially noted. He pub- lished a number of books, including . An English Gram-
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mar," " History of Rome." " Life of Madame de Longue- ville," " The Henriade, from the French of Voltaire." " Eng- lish Songs from Foreign Tongues," " More English Songs from Foreign Tongues," and " The Self-Tormentor."
JEPTHIA HARRISON BALDWIN, of Orange, N. J., edi- tor and publisher, was born in Orange on the 9th of March, 1849, being the son of Isaac Preston and Abby (Dean) Baldwin. He is a descendant in the seventh generation of Jonathan Baldwin, born February 14, 1648, his pedigree being as follows: Jonathan', John2 (born May 22, 1687), Ezekiel3 (born December 19, 1719), Caleb+ (born October 21. 1757), Isaac5 (born July 1, 1791), Isaac Preston® (born June 17, 1821), and Jeptha Harrison ?.
Mr. Baldwin's father. Isaac Preston Baldwin, was educated in the Orange public schools, and was apprenticed to learn the hatting trade with Henry Stryker. He engaged in the manu- facture of hats with Alexander McChesney, subsequently embarking in that business on his own account. He was appointed Postmaster of Orange by President Buchanan in 1857 and served until 1860; he also served twice as JEPTHA H. BALDWIN. Coroner and twice as Justice of the Peace. He began the publication of the "Orange Directory " in 1880. Previously to the Rebellion he was Lieutenant-Colonel in the First Regiment of the Orange Brigade (militia), and also was a member of the Orange Troop, participating in the reception in New York
ISAAC P. BALDWIN.
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City to Louis Kossuth. He married Abby Dean, October 12, 1842, and had children as follows: Jane Augusta, born April 2, 1844; Frank Wilfred, born June 26, 1846; Jeptha Harrison, boru March 9, 1849; Mary Estelle, born August 14, 1851; Abbie Caroline, born November 2, 1853; Gertrude, born in 1865; and Elizabeth and Walter, who died in in- fancy.
Jeptha Harrison Baldwin attended the Orange public school until he was twelve years old. In 1862 he entered the Orange Journal office, and on May 5, 1864, went to work for the Newark Daily Journal. On the latter paper he com- menced almost immediately as a reporter. He was pres- ent at the serenade to General George B. Mcclellan after his nomination for the Presidency in 1864, and reported his ad- dress. He became connected with the Orange Chronicle in 1870, and in 1873, in conjunction with Joseph Howard, be- gan the publication of the East Orange Expositor. In 1880 he was associated with his father in the publication of the " Orange Directory," and in 1890 he assumed the entire di- rection of that enterprise. In 1891 he became manager of the Holbrook Newark Directory Company, and he has since had control of all its publications, also continuing to issue the " Orange Directory." He is a member of the Orange Camera Club and the Newark Athletic Club.
Mr. Baldwin was married, September 11, 1872, to Elma Vale Reimer, and from this union had four children: Mer- rick Reimer, born March 9, 1874; Cyrus Preston, born July 28, 1875; Marion Elma, born April 4, 1877; and Ralph Brin- ton, born July 22, 1878. His wife died October 21, 1884. On April 14, 1886, he married Hannah Reeves Edwards.
GARRET A. HOBART, LL.D., late Vice-President of the United States, was born at Long Brauch, Monmouth County, N. J., June 3, 1844. After receiving his early education in the common schools he entered Rutgers College, from which he subsequently graduated. He studied law in the office of the late Socrates Tuttle, in Paterson, and was admitted
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to the New Jersey bar as an attorney in June, 1869, and as a counsellor in June, 1872. His practice grew rapidly, and it was but a short time until he was recognized as one of the most promis- ing lawyers of the State. In 1871 he became City Coun- sel of Paterson, which position he filled with marked ability. He was elected a member of the Assembly from the Third Dis- triet of Passaic County in 1872 and was re-elected in 1873. As an ovi- dence of his popu- GARRET A. HOBART, LL. D. larity and ability he was chosen Speaker of the Assembly in 1874.
From the Assembly Mr. Hobart was called to the higher branch of the Legislature, being elected a State Senator in 1876 by a majority of 1,890. Three years later he was re- elected to the State Senate by a majority of 1,899. Twice during his six years' service in the Senate he was elected President of that body, and he also served at different times on the most important committees, during 1879 and 1880 being Chairman of the Judiciary Committee. In 1883 he ro- ceived the nomination of his party for the United States Senate. In 1884 he was chosen a member of the National Republican Committee, and served as such for several years. He was nominated at the Republican National Convention, in 1896, for the Vice-Presidency of the United States, and was elected. He was sworn into office at Washington, with President-elect MeKinley, on March 4, 1897. As presiding officer of the United States Senate, by virtue of his position
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as Vice-President, Mr. Hobart made an enviable reputation as a parliamentarian.
In 1896 Rutgers College, of which he was a trustee, con- ferred upon him the honorary degree of LL.D. He died in Paterson, November 21, 1900.
JABEZ HALSEY EAKELEY, successful in the three- fold capacity of citizen, preacher, and merchant, was born at Ilorse Pond, or Beach Glen, sometimes called White Meadow, Rockaway, Morris County, N. J., on the 10th of November, 1832, and died at his residence, No. 71 Pacific Street, Newark, N. J., December 6, 1895, of congestive chill. He was the youngest of five children of James Eakeley and Harriet Howell and a descendant of colonial ancestry.
When he was old enough he attended the district schools. His father died when he was twelve years of age, leaving him to support the family, which made it necessary for him to go to work. He entered the employ of a farmer at Parsippany, Morris County, and continued there for about three years. receiving twenty- four dollar's per year and his clothes. The farmer promised to send him to school in the winter at the foot JABEZ HI. EAKELEY. of Fox Hill, but did not let him go very regu- larly; and while there he contracted typhoid fever. Return- ing to his eldest sister's at Rockaway, who nursed him through his illness, he found work, after his recovery, in the foundry and machine shop of Fuller & Hoagland, of that
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place, and during the next four years learned the machin- ist's frade. In 1851 or 1852 he moved to Newark and fol- lowed his trade until his health failed. when he engaged in the butcher business. Later he added groceries to his stock. He continued in this business for a number of years, when he sold out and returned to his trade. Later he bought the store back and continued in the grocery and butcher business with the exception of one or two intervals until a few years before his death. In each of these enter- prises he was successful.
Mr. Eakeley had a strong, well-knit frame and a strong, vigorous, aente mind. He loved to read, and what he read he made his own. The Bible and the hymnal were his favorite books, and these he could quote by the hour. His knowl. vilge of these and his good judgment in their use made his sermons, exhortations, and prayers instructive and effect- ive. His knowledge of theology, especially of the dor- trines of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was thorough and complete. He was converted when but a youth of eighteen, and from thai hour until his death was a consistent Chris- fian and an earnest, aggressive worker. His spirit and talent early won for him the recognition of the church, and he was licensed as a local preacher May 6, 1857. The work of presenting Christ and expounding His word was so con- genial to him, and so acceptable to those unto whom he ministered, that he would have entered the itinerant minis- try had not a widowed mother and fatherless sisters do- manded his care and support. Consequently he never real- ized the fondest wish of his heart. He was a very pious man, a kind and loving father, progressive in his ideas, pos- sessed of sound judgment, and respected by all who knew him. At his funeral the church was crowded to the doors, and some of the most noted Methodist ministers of the Newark Conference were present and spoke. He joined the Union Street Methodist Episcopal Church of Newark, May 23, 1852, and for many years was one of its leading members and officers. He never held a charge, but frequently acted as supply. On May 6, 1888, he joined the Franklin Street Church, of which he remained a member until his death. In politics he was a Republican. The only secular office he
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ever held was that of Chaplain of Newark Lodge, No. 8, I. O. O. F., of which he was an honored member for about a quarter of a century.
Mr. Eakeley was married, April 2, 1862, to Hester Hopper, who was born at Tom's Point, Morris County, N. J., and lived there during the early years of her life. Their chil- dren, all born in Newark, were Charles Wesley Eakeley, born February 12, 1863; Joseph Henry Eakeley, born March 17, 1865, died June 11, 1866; Edwin Halsey Eakeley, born February 17, 1867; Clara May Eakeley, born May 12, 1870; and Frederick Clifford Eakeley, born September 8, 1875.
MARCUS L. WARD, Governor of New Jersey, was born November 9, 1812, in Newark, where his ancestors settled in 1666, the first one being John Ward, son of Stephen and Joice (Traford) Warde, of Nottinghamshire, England. He was a Whig, a supporter of Fremont and Dayton in 1856, and a delegate to the Republican National Convention of 1861. The stirring scenes of this period led him into an active political career, and in 1862 the Republicans unani- mously nominated him for Governor. He was defeated, however, but in 1864 was placed on the ticket as a Sena- torial elector, and in 1865 was renominated for Governor and elected. His administration was one of the best the State has ever known. He became a member of the Re- publican National Committee in 1864 and its Chairman in 1866, and in 1872 was nominated for Congress and elected. Hle was renominated in 1874, but was defeated. He was the first President of the Newark Industrial Exposition, and active and influential in various other important insti- tutions. He died April 25, 1884.
In 1840 he married Susan L., daughter of John and Eliza- beth (Longworth) Morris.
GEORGE SCUDDER MOTT, D.D., of East Orange, for many years an active clergyman of the Presbyterian Church in New Jersey, was born in New York City on the 25th of November, 1829. His father was Lawrence S. Mott, also a
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native of the City of New York. He was prepared for col- lege at a private school in his native city, and was graduated in 1850 from the University of New York. He entered Princeton Theological Seminary in the fall of 1850, graduat- ing therefrom in 1853. lle immediately ac- cepted a call to the Sec- ond Presbyterian Church of Rahway, N. 1., and in October, of that year, was ordained and installed its pastor. May 17, 1854, he mar- ried Isabella Acken, daughter of John Acken, of New Bruns- wick, N. J. He re- mained at Rahway for five years. During his pastorate there a church debt was liquidated and a parsonage built. Ile resigned in 1858, rested one year, and then ar- GEORGE S. MOTT, D.D. cepted a call from New- ton. N. J., where he was installed pastor of the Presbyte- rian Church in October, 1859. While he had that charge there were large additions to the church roll and a par- sonage was built. He resigned in January, 1869, moved to Flemington, April 1st, of the same year, and continued as pastor of the Presbyterian Church there for nearly twenty- seven years.
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