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(d). LAWRENCE, b. 1826, m. Catherine Swackhamer (dau. of Fred.); one child.
(e). ELIJAH, b. 1828, m. Susan Swackhamer.
(f). MARY ELISABETH, b. 1834, m. Philip L. Welsh.
(g). HENRY P., m. (1) Sarah E. Wise ; (2) Laura Linnell.
(h). JAMES, died young, 1832.
(1). GEORGE, b. 1837, m. Jane Heath.
(j). JOHN, b. 1837, died young.
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(k). SOPHIA, m. Jesse Smith.
(I). ANDREW P., b. 1842, m. Philhower.
(m). ANN, b. 1844, m. John E. Wert.
(n). CATHERINE, b. 1838, m. Jesse Smith.
(6). ELISABETH, m. Joseph Karr.
(7). MARY. b. 1800, Jan. 5, m. John Naughright.
(8). SOPHIA, m. John Dufford (dau. of Jacob), s. of Matthias I.
(9). MARGARET, m. John W. Gulick (s. of John and Barbara).
2. ELISABETH, m. Jacob Kern (no children).
3. ANN, b. 1770, d. 1837, m. (1) John Neighbor (s. of Leonard II) ; had one dau. who m. Daniel Dilts 3rd, bro. of Jos ph ; and (2) Joseph Dilts and had one child, died young.
4. SOPHIA. m. 1798, Dec. 25, John Trimmer, had one girl.
5. MAGDALENE, m. Andrew Wack (s. of Casper).
6. CATHERINE, m. George Hartrum (s. of George ?).
(III). JACOB, b. 1745, d. 1822, m. Elisabeth Swackhamer (dau. of Samuel), b. 1748, d. 1823, will prob. 1823, Dec. 2 ; no children.
II. GEORGE, m. Catherine Elisabeth ; had a dau. Catherine, b. 1752, con- firmed "in the Valley," 1772, at 19 years.
III. ADAM, his name occurs 1758, Feb. 16, on Tewksbury twp. book.
DU FOUR.
Quite a number of Walloons and Huguenots took refuge in the Palatinate about 1650, from religious persecution in France and French Flanders. They resided for some time in Mannheim, the capital of the Palatinate of the Rhine, and at Franck- enthal, and from thence came to England and America. This was the case with the families of Louis du Bois, the founder of New Paltz [or the New Palatinate], N. Y., and of the Demarest, De Vaux, Hasbrouck, Le Febre and at least nine other families, who afterwards emigrated to this country. [Baird's Huguenots, Vol. I, p. 188]. Some members of the Lucas and Laurent (Laurens or Lawrence) families came directly from La Rochelle, in France, to England, and from thence to America. Frantz Lucas and Johannes Lorentz, of the 2d Palatine Emigration, may have been originally from Rochelle, having gone from thence to the Palatinate. Isaac Feber (Le Fever), in the first Palatine emigration, was prob. a Walloon relative of the Simon Le Febre (Le Fever), who went from French Flanders to Mannheim and then by way of England to New Paltz. It is therefore not at all unlikely that the Tofforts (Dufforts, Duffords) were originally DuFours (De Voors or Du Fourts) and belonged to Mons in Hainault.
DAVID DU FOUR [DU FOURT, DE VOOR, DU VOOR] of Mons in Hainault [a prov- ince in the N. E. part of France], came to this country in 1657 ; one of his sons settled in the vicinity of Readington, although there are now no representatives remaining in this part of New Jersey, David had children :
I. JEAN, bap. in N. Y., 1655, prob. had ch .:
(I). RACHEL, bap. 23 Feb., 1687.
(II). ARLÆNTJE, bap. 21 Nov., 1688.
(III). JANNETJE, bap. 28 Feb., 1690.
(IV). THEUNIS, bap. 12 Feb., 1696.
II. JORIS [George], bap. 7 July, 1658.
III. PETER, bap. 15 Oct., 1662.
IV. ADRIÆN, bap. 28 Jan., 1665.
[V. DAVID (prob. also s. of David) ; had ch .:
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(I). JANNETJE, bap. 20 Jan., 1695.
[VI. DANIEL (perh. also a s. of David), perhaps settled on Raritan before 1720, when his name is found among members Dutch Church ; had ch .:
(I). CORNELIS, bap. 26 July, 1696.
(II). MATTHEAS, bap. (Somerville records) 22 Aug., 1716.
(III). HENDRICK, whose will, " Readington," prob. 1766, names wife Cath- arine, and ch .:
1. HENRY.
2. DANIEL.
3. JOHN.
4 JAMES.
5. ELISABETH.
6. RACHEL.
7. CATHARINE.
8. SARAH.
9. LEA.
10. ANN.
11. MARGARET.
ECKEL.
HEINRICH HAECKEL [ECKEL], came from Germany about 1750 ; settled at Hellertown, Pa .; had ch., at least (Hist. Hunt. and Som. Cos., p. 418) :
I. JOHN, m. in Pa., Mary Harpell ; came to Alexandria twp., Hunterdon Co., about 1780 ; res. Mt. Pleasant, where his descendants now live ; had ch .:
(I). HENRY ; had ch .:
1. AARON.
2. JOHN.
3. ELIZA.
4. FANNY.
5. PETER, m. (1) Sarah Welch ; (2) Emma Rockafellar (dau. of David and Elisabeth); had ch., two by each wife : (1). Elisabeth ; (2). Ellen ; (3). Laura J .; (4). P. Judson.
6. MARY ANN.
7. HENRY, m. Susan Case (dau. of Godfrey); had ch. who live in Frenchtown : (1). Lydia and (2) Levi
8. SAMUEL.
9. GEORGE.
(II). PHILIP, died young.
(III). JOHN.
(IV). MARY.
(V). HANNAH.
EGE.
EGE FAMILY OF PENNSYLVANIA.
MICHAEL EGE, of Carlisle, Cumberland Co., Penn., was one of two brothers, the name of the other brother being GEORGE, whose father came from Ger- many [or Holland ?] to N. Y., and from there to Phila., where he died. His widow, after the death of her husband, rem. to the house of Mr. Stujels, who resided and owned iron works in Lancaster Co., Pa. George, the brother of
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Michael, settled in Heidelberg twp., Berks Co., and built in 1793, the Reading furnace. he was prob. Judge of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 1793. He had at least one daughter Elisabeth. The father of these two brothers was probably JOHN MICHAEL, who arrived in Philadelphia from Germany, 30 Sept., 1738, in ship "Nancy ,and Friendship," with BERNARD and JACOB Ege. On the 16 Oct., 1751, HANS GEORGE Ege arrived in ship "Duke of Wirtemberg." There is a tradition in the New Jersey family that they had relatives in Cumberland Co., Pa. ADAM and MARTIN, probably brothers, who were the first of the name in New Jersey were, therefore, probably sons by a first wife of the first John Michael ; and Michael and George, sons of the same by a second wife. For a Michael Ege, a widower, was married, 25 July, 1745, to Anna Catherine Holst. (Records of St. Michael and St. John Luth. Church, Phila., Pa.) This is, of course, simply a probable conjecture. The children of John Michael would not be named in the list of emigrants if under sixteen. Adam of New Jersey had a son (the eldest), born 1750, while the chil- dren of Michael of Carlisle, Pa., were prob. not born before 1780. Michael, 2d, bought in April, 1768, twelve-sixteenths of the Carlisle iron works, and shortly after became sole owner. " He was one of the most prominent iron-masters of Pennsylvania." Shortly before his death, which occurred 31 Aug., 1815, he owned the Carlisle works, the Pine Grove furnace, Holly furnace and Cumber- land furnace. Each of these consisted of iron works and two or three thousand acres of timber and farm land. Mr. Ege was born in Holland and emigrated with his brother George to Berks county, and was engaged in iron-making before he bought the Carlisle works. He built at the latter place a new metal furnace, a steel furnace and a rolling and shitting mill, probably just before the Revolution. He also made blister steel and cannon balls for the Revolutionary army. The manse house (near the works) was built by Michel Ege in the year 1795, and is one of the handsomest houses in the county. In 1798 he built the new dam on Yellow-breeches Creek at Island Grove, and the race, which car- ries the water of that dam into Boiling Springs. Michael, 2d, left three sons and two daughters :
I. PETER, inherited from his father the Pine Grove iron works.
II GEORGE, inherited the Mt. Holly furnace about 6 miles from Carlisle ; had one son and two daughters :
(I). MICHAEL M., has a son George F. and three others.
(Il). CAROLINE.
(III). A daughter.
III. MICHAEL, JR., inherited the Carlisle iron works ; married twice and had one child by the first wife and at least six by the second :
(I). OLIVER, h. 1799, d. 9 Aug., 1889 ; had ch .:
1. REV T. P.
2. ALEXANDER H., of Mechanicsburg, Pa.
3. ANNIE E., m. Dr. S. Y. Thompson, of Danville, Pa.
4. FRANCIS H., m. John E. Zug, of Washington, D. C.
(II). ANDREW G.
(III). MICHAEL.
(IV). CHARLES.
(V). PETER F., b. 23 Nov., 1818. d. 1 Jan., 1881, m. Eliza A. Johns ; had ch .: Mary Ann, b. 26 Aug., 1850, m. Henry C. Craig ; resided at Washington, D. C., has Albert Ege and Nettie Amanda ; Porter
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F., b. 1 April, 1852. m. Hattie Estelle Hauptman, res. at Washing- ton, D. C., has Ada Austin and Philip Henry ; Ellen, b. 11 Aug. 1853, m. George L Schuchman, res. Carlisle, Pa., has Mary E. and George ; Ann, b. 15 March, 1855, m. Fred. J. Papst, of New York, res. 809 E. 9th St., Kansas City, Mo., and has Frederick ; Adam Crouse, b. 24 May, 1858. d. 20 Sept., 1860 ; Ada, b. 30 June, 1860, m. Jacob P. Neibert, of Carlisle, Pa,, res. 407 Landis Court, Kansas City, Mo., and has Edith : Laura Emma, b. 17 June, 1862, m. Thomas McGuire, of 914 Ashland Ave., Baltimore, Md., and has Edward and Charles ; Edward Stiles, b. 8 Sept., 1865, m. Agnes, and res. in Chicago ; Charles Nesbit, b. 21 Nov., 1869, m. Letitia, res. in Altoona, Pa., and has Robert.
(VI). EDWARD.
(VII). HENRIETTA, m Hon. Frederick Watts and has son Edward Biddle Watts, a lawyer of Carlisle, Pa.
IV. ELIZA, m. a Wilson, and inherited the Cumberland iron works.
V. MARY, m. 11 Jan., 1816, William Chesnut Chambers (s. of Arthur and Ann, both of the name of Chambers); inherited the Cumberland farm property.
EGE FAMILY OF NEW JERSEY.
ADAM EGE is thought to have come from Germany with two older brothers, at 13 years of age. He was most probably a brother of MICHAEL and GEORGE of Pennsylvania ; he prob. had also a brother MARTIN, who was witness in 1757 to a deed from John Hobbs to Adam Ege for land in Hunterdon Co., N J. Adam was brought up by John Hobbs, who probably came from Phila. to Amwell twp., Hunterdon Co .; the latter being without children, left all his property to Adam Ege. He m. about 1748, Margaret Hunt (dau. of Thomas) ; bad ch .:
I. SAMUEL, b. 24 June, 1750, m. Annie Titus (dau. of Jobn), b. 7 June. 1755; had ch .:
(I). JOHN, b. 6 May, 1775, m. 1801, Mary Schenck (dau. of Ralph), of Amwell twp., Hunterdon Co .; had three children :
1. RALPH S., b. Oct., 1801.
2. ANNA, b. 1805.
3. ANDREW, b. 16 Feb., 1813, m. 16 Nov., 1836, Sarah A. Voorhees (dau. of -); had two ch .:
(1). RALPH, b. 23 Nov., 1837, m. 18 Oct., 1864, Mary Emma Skillman (dau, of Abraham), b. 20 May, 1844 ; had ch .: Albert A., b. 30 Oct., 1865 ; Sarah, b. 18 June, 1868 ; An- drew Howard, b 6 June, 1870, d. 26 Oct., 1891 ; Ida S., b. 19 Feb., 1876 ; Mary N., b. 28 July, 1880.
Mr. RALPH EGE belongs to the firm of Ege and Dye, of Trenton, doing business in real estate, insurance and loans. He has been a rul ng elder in the Presbyterian Church of Hopewell, N. J., for 30 years, and Superintendent of the Sunday School for 29 years. From this S. S. the church was organized twelve years ago.
(2). MARIAN, b. 7 Dec., 1853.
(II). WILLIAM, b. 18 Aug., 1776.
(III). SARAH, b. 18 Jan., 1778.
(IV). ANDREW, b. 17 Aug., 1779.
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(V). GEORGE, h. 7 Sept., 1781.
(VI). MARY, b. 16 Aug., 1783.
(VII). ANNA, b. 31 July, 1785.
(VIII). Trrus, b. 8 June, 1787.
(IX). MAHALA, b. 16 Feb., 1794.
(X). NATHANIEL, b. 16 Nov., 1795.
II. NATHANIEL, b. - , d. --- , m. Jane Howell ; had ch .:
(I). STEPHEN.
(II). ADAM.
(III). HANNAH.
(IV). NATHANIEL. (V). JANE.
III. HARRIET, b. -, d. . m. Uriel Titus (dau. of -); had ch .: Joseph Titus, Margaret Titus and Elisabeth Titus.
IV. JACOB, b. -, m. Elisabeth Hart (dau. of -); had ch. (I). MARY.
(II). ELISABETH.
(III). SARAH.
V. SARAH, b. - , d. - , m. William Mckinstry (s. of -); had ch. William, Jane, Elisabeth and Margaret Mckinstry.
VI. ELISABETH, b. - , d. - , m. Andrew Hart (s. of -); had ch .: Mary, Hannah, Adam, Asa, Abner, Sarah, Amos and Rebecca Hart.
VII. GEORGE, b. - , d. - , m. first, Mary Quick, by whom six ch .: second, Mary Ashton, by whom seven ch .:
(I) JOSEPH.
(II). SAMUEL.
(III). SARAH.
(IV). BENJAMIN QUICK.
(V). JACOB.
(VI). ELISABETH.
(VII). JAMES MADISON, first child by second wife.
(VIII). HENRY.
(IX). GEORGE.
(X). HANNAH.
(XI). LEWIS.
(XII). ANDREW.
(XIII). RALPH.
MISCELLANEOUS-JOHN JACOB EGE, m. 12 Nov., 1758, Anna Margaret Kuemle (records St. Michael and Zion Church, Phila , Pa.)
EICH.
JACOB, naturalized 1730 ; will dated Lebanon, Hunterdon Co., August 14, prob. Nov. 3, 1755, names ch .:
I. PETER, perhaps m. Elisabeth and had children, according to his will, prob. 1821 : (I). JULIANN.
(II) MARY.
(III). WILLIAM.
(IV). MRS. HENRY JOHNSON ; and other daus.
II. WILLIAM.
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III. JACOB, b. 1743, May 18, d. 1819, Dec. 3, m. Margaret, b. 1761, May 15, d. 1841, July 19 ; had ch .:
(I). WILLIAM, b. 1790, Feb. 22.
(IN). JACOB, b. 1792, Jan. 30.
(III). ANNA, b. 1794, July 20.
(IV). EVA, b. 1797, April 13.
(V). JOHN, b. 1799, June 9 ; perhaps d. 1887 at 87 ; m. Mary Henry, b. 1803, d. 1880 at 77.
IV. ANNA.
V. JULIANNA.
VI. MARY.
URIE (GEORGE) ; on West Jersey Soc. I'ds, 1735, m. Anna Eva, and had ch .:
I. GEORGE, bap. Readington, 1731, Mar. 28.
II. PETER (perh. s. of Urie), m. Elisabeth, and had ch .:
(I). EvA, b. 1779, Sept. 25.
(II). JACOB, b. 1781, Nov. 29.
(III). PETER, b. 1791, Sept. 7.
(IV). HELENA, b. 1794, June 8. (V). MARIA, b. 1800, March 24.
PHILIP, "Sen." b. 1715, April 24, d. 1788, Oct. 24, m. Eva Christina Sharp, b. 1713, d. 1792, Feb. 12 at 79 ; his will, dated 1776, prob. 1791, May 11, names five chil- dren and refers to others :
I. GEORGE.
IL. PAUL. III. EVA.
IV. ANNA, m. Morris Alpaugh prob. of Upper German Valley.
V. ELISABETH, m. John -.
VL WILLIAM, (perhaps s. of Philip), m. Catherine ; had ch. (order uncertain) : (D). MORRIS, m. Hannah Bush (dau. of Ephraim); had ch .:
1. MARGARET, b. 1800, m. Peter Souers.
2. WILLIAM M., m. Mary Crater (dau. of Morris), b. 1805, July 9 ; had ch .: (1). Morris, m. Charity Philhower (dau. of Peter) ; lived at Cokesbury ; (2). Catherine M., m. George W. Bunn (s. Jacob) : lived at Parker, Morris Co .; (3). John, died young ; (+). Philip, died young ; (5). Hannah, m. Richard Hellebrant (s. of Jacob) ; at Bartley, Morris Co .; (6). David, died young ; (7). George, died young ; (8). William, m. Rebecca Smith (dau. of John); at Mit. Salem, Hunterdon Co .; (9). Mary Ann, m. Isaac Hoffman (s. of Jacob).
3. PETER, m. Mary Ann Eick (dau. of John); had ch .: (1). John, unmarried ; (2). Mariah, m. first. George Drake ; second, Cor- nelius Byram ; (3). Harvey, m. Eliza Ann Yawger ; (4). Cath- erine, and (5), Margaret, unmarried ; (6). Isaac, went West ; (7). Philip G., m. Mary Elisabeth Sutton (dau. of George B.) ; (8). Jennie, m. Peter D. Sutphen.
4. EPHRAIM, m. Anna Rowe (dau. of Jacob); res. at Flemington.
(II). GEORGE, m. Polly Tiger.
(III). WILLIAM.
(IV). CATHERINE, m. James Beatty.
(V). ANNIE, b. 1770, April 28.
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(VI). ELISABETH, b. 1772, Aug, 23.
(VII). EFFIE, b. 1777, Sept. 23.
VII. PHILIP, (prob. s. of Philip), m. Lena, b. 1754, Mar. 24, d. 1798, Nov. 1; had ch .:
(I). EVA, b. 1772, Oct. 22.
(II). JOHN, m. Mary Wyckoff (dau. of John, prob. b. 1747, July 19, d. 1806, Aug. 2 ; and his wife Alice, b. 1746, Sept. 1, d. 1814, May 1), will dated, Franklin twp., Somerset Co., 1824, Jan. 5, prob. 1827, Feb. 9, names father-in-law, John Wyckoff, and the four eldest children: 1. LOUISA F.
2. WILLIAM G., b. 1811, d. 1847, April 15, m first, -, b. 1808, June 5, d. 1839, Nov. 5 ; second, Mary, b. 1815. May 17, d. 1842, Sept. 22. 3. MARY ANN, m. Peter Eick (s. of Morris).
4. PHILIP L.
(III). GARRET.
VIII. CASPER (perh. s. of Philip), m. Ebigin ; will prob. 1812, Jan. 25, names ch .: (I). ELISABETH, perh. b. 1769, Oct. 20, m. Jacob Walters.
(II). ELENOR, b. 1754, Nov. 24, d. 1835, Aug. 21, m. Ezekiel Ayres (s. of Ezekiel).
(III). EVA, m. William Headen.
MISCELLANEOUS -HENDRICK Eyck arrives at New York in ship Bontakoe (Spotted Cow), April, 1660. He may be the ancestor of the above family.
EMMONS.
ANDRIES supposed to be the first of the name in this country ; is inhabitant of Gravesend, L. I., 1661 ; prob. had ch .:
I HENDRICK ; res. at Six Mile Run, Somerset Co., N. J., 1703.
II. ABRAHAM ; res. in Monmouth Co., 1716.
III. JOHN ; res. Gravesend, 1683 ; prob. had son :
(I). JOHN, of New Brunswick, 1717 ; prob. m Rachel and had son :
1. NICHOLAS, bap. Readington, 3 Dec., 1721.
IV. BENJAMIN, of Six Mile Run in 1717 ; on tax list, 1738, of Franklin twp., Somerset Co.
NICHOLAS, voter of Readington, 1738, m. Ceitzen and had ch. bap. at Readington: I. REBECCA, bap. 16 May, 1725.
II. ABRAHAM, bap. 3 Sept., 1727 ; perh. m. Margrietje Schenck, and had ch. bap. at Readington :
(I). NEELTJE, bap. 8 April, 1751.
(II). NICHOLAS, bap. 1 Oct., 1752.
(III). ANNE, bap. 10 Oct., 1754.
(IV). SAARTJE, bap. 15 Aug., 1756.
III. NEELTJE, bap. 18 May, 1732.
JAN (JOHN), (perh. a bro. of Nicholas), m. Theuntje and had ch. bap. at Readington: I. JAN, bap. 31 Jan., 1731.
II. ANNA, bap. 7 Jan., 1733.
III. JACOBUS, bap. 26 Oct., 1735.
IV. SARA, bap. 4 June, 1741.
V. ABRAHAM, bap. 29 Jan., 1743.
VI. JACOB, bap. 23 March 1746.
NICHOLAS [perhaps the son of Abraham and Margrietje, and b. 1 Oct., 1752], m.
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Fanny ; owned large tract of land at Hacklebarney, Chester twp., Morris Co .; had ch .:
I. ISAAC, m. - Shangle ; rem. to the " Lake Country," N. Y.
II. ELIZA, m. Samuel J. Vliet.
III. MARGARET, m. Joseph Wortman.
IV. SALLIE, m. Nicholas Corwin.
V. KATIE, m. Nathaniel Skinner.
VI. HARRIET, m. in Warren Co.
VII. JEREMIAH, m. Sallie ; res. at Mendham.
VIII. JOHN.
IX. ABRAHAM, m. Hannah Durling (Dorland), dau. of Peter.
MISCELLANEOUS-NICHOLAS, of Walpack ; his will, May 18, prob. June 18, 1791, names wife Catrene and ch .: John, Alexander, Sarah, Catrena, Elisabeth, Lena, Daniel. ABRAHAM, m. Marregrieta and had ch., bap. at Readington, 5 April, 1759, Catrena. ANDRIES, m. Saartje [Sarah] Van Duyne and had ch. bap. at Readington, Anna, bap. 16 Sept., 1753 ; Cathrya, bap. 22 Feb., 1756.
ENGELL.
JOHANNES ENGEL, [or ANGEL], b. 1679 ; came to New Amsterdam in the " Second Emigration," 1710, by the help of Queeu Anne ; prob. had ch. at least:
L JOHN JACOB, naturalized by act of Assembly, July, 1730, m. Elisabeth ; had ch. at least :
(I). JOHN, b. 29 Aug., 1731, bap. at "Raghaway [Rockaway], on the Raritans," by Lutheran Minister of N. Y., 12 Sept., 1731, at 14 days old.
II. WILLIAM, prob. bro. of John Jacob, naturalized by act of Assembly, July, 1730.
EOFF.
JACOB EOFF, Sen., perh. a son of the widow, Magdalena Off, of the 2d Emigra- tion. 1710; in N. Y. 1710 at age 32; bought 432 acres, including the site of Pluckamin, from the Johnstone, 1742, built and kept an inn, "afterwards kept by his maiden sister, SARAH, then by Jacob's son Christian"; signs with JACOB JR., subscription to Pluckamin Luth. Ch., 1756 ; also signs Articles of Faith of Luth. Ch. of New Germantown, 13 May, 1767 ; his will, "Somerset Co." 12 Aug., 1772, prob. 10 Sept., 1780, names wife Mary and ch .:
I. JOHN, dec. at date of father's will who names his two small ch .: (I). JACOB. (II). JOHN.
II. PETER, "innholder;" prob. m. Elisabeth and gave mortgage 3 June, 1767, to Bryan Lefferty on house in which Peter lived.
III. GARRET.
IV. JACOB, bap. (Somerville records), 19 Jan., 1728.
V. ABRAHAM, bap. (Som. records), 25 Oct., 1730.
VI. ROBERT, bap. (Som. records), 24 May, 1741 ; his will dated Somerset Co., 1813, prob. 1814, names wife Rachel, but no children.
VII. CORNELIS, bap. (Som. records), 18 Dec., 1743.
VIII. CHRISTIAN, kept inn at Pluckamin.
IX. MARY MAGDALEN, "called Lentey."
X. MARY.
XI. CATHERINE.
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FAIRCLOE.
THOMAS, b. 1720, d. 1794 at 74; bought large amount of land in Chester twp., Morris Co., including the site of Chester Village ; came originally from border between France and Germany ; no other family of the name has been met with; married first, Elisabeth Trimmer (dau. of Anthony, Ist, who first owned the present Hager farm in German Valley and d. 1754), b. 1723, d. 1781 at 58 ; appointed guardian, 1 Nov., 1770. of Anthony Trimmer, the son of Anthony ; m. second, a Morehouse. of Hanover twp .; had ch .:
I. ISAIAH, m. first, Mehitable Swayze (dau. of Caleb) ; second, Meritie King ; third, Sophia Hugg ; had 21 ch., 11 by 1st w., 2 by 2d, and 7 by 3d:
(I). ELISABETH, b. 1790, m. Dr. Beavers, of Warren Co.
(II). RUTH, b. 1792, m. Zephaniah Drake (s. Jacob and Phebe McCurry).
(III). MEHITABLE, b 1794, m. first, Stephen Brown, of New York ; second, Israel Lum, storekeeper in Chester.
(IV). LYDIA, b. 1796, m a Swazy of upper New York State, and rem. to Indiana.
(V). THOMAS, b. 1798, m. Temperance Emmons (dau. of Abraham) rem. to Illinois ; had ch. at least : 1. Ann ; 2. Mehitable; 3. Isaiah ; 4. Elisabeth, and others.
(VI). CALEB: b. 10 July, 1800, d. 4 March, 1886. m. Elisabeth Overton (dau. of Rev. Stephen) ; had ch .: 1. Theodore Stephen, died young : 2. Sarah Louise, died young ; 3. Paul Trimmer, died young ; 4. Charles Marshall, res. at Newark, unm. ; 5. Catherine Matilda, m. Augustus Cutler (s. of Silas) ; 6. Sarah, m. Samuel Thomson Bray, of Clinton ; now res. at Newark.
(VII). ISAIAH, b. 1802, m. twice in Indiana.
(VIII). MARY ANN, b. 1804, m. first, Robert Lindsley, of Morristown ; second, William Lindsley, of the same place.
(IX). PAUL TRIMMER, b. 1806, m. first, Martha Axford, of Warren Co .; second, the Widow Brown, of Belvidere ; had one dau., who died.
(X). BENJAMIN, born 1808, died young.
(XI). Infant, who died.
(XII). THEODORE WILSON, by second wife.
(XIII). Infant, who died.
(XIV). CHARLES, first child by third wife.
(XV). MELISSA.
(XVI). HARRIET.
(XVII). CAROLINE.
(XVIII) and (XIX). GEORGE, one of twins, the other of whom died. (XX) and (XXI). died in infancy.
II. ELISABETH (?), married Rev. Lemuel Fordham.
III. JOHANNA, m. Caleb Dickerson (s. of Philemon and Johanna Swazey).
IV. MEHITABEL.
V. A daughter, who married an Esta.
FARLEY.
The name FARLEY or FAERLY first occurs in New Jersey in the history of the Presbyterian Church of Ewing or Trenton. In 1709, March 6, Alexander Lock- hart gave a deed for a burial place and the site of a church to trustees, among
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whom were GEORGE and CALEB FARLEY. These names next occur on the records of the First Reformed Dutch Church of Somerville, N. J. From these records it would appear that George and Caleb were children of CALEB.
As the majority of the settlers of Ewing came from Long Island and New Eng- land, it may be that this family also came from Massachusetts and were supposed to be of German origin, only because they married into families of German descent. GEORGE FARLEY (or FARLO), of Woburn, Mass., married first, 9 April, 1641, Christian Births, who prob. died soon after ; he was a petitioner with many others, in 1655, for religious liberty ; removed to Billerica before 1655, m. sec- ond, 9 Feb., 1643, Beatrice : had children : James, b. 23 Nov., 1643 ; Caleb, b. 1 April, 1645 : Mary, b. 27 Feb., 1647.
CALEB, 1ST, prob. 2d son of GEORGE, of Billerica ; res. at Billerica, Mass. ; had at least two children : EBENEZER. b. 3 April, 1674 and GEORGE, b. 30 July, 1677, both of whom are born at Woburn. He rein, with part of his family to Rox- bury, Mass., where he died 16 March, 1712. His wife, Lydia, died 19 Nov., 1715.
[CALEB, 2d (?) prob. s. of Caleb, Ist, and father of GEORGE and CALEB, on Som- erville records]. GEORGE, perh. s. of Caleb 2d. m. Femmitie and had at least one child, KELP [CALEB], bap. 4 April, 1719.
CALEB, 3d, prob. the 2d s. of Caleb 2d, m. Margrietje ; had ch .: CALEPH [CALEB], m. Febe [Phebe] and had at least, Margrieta, bap. 2 Nov,, 1738; Willem, bap. 6 Sept., 1743 ; Vebe [Phebe], bap. 28 April, 1754 ; MEINDERT.
MEINDERT (prob. s. of CALEB, 3D), bap. 17 Sept., 1720 (Somerville records) ; m. Barbara Van Dieren, a woman of notable piety wbo died in the year 1808. His will (Trenton, Liber 30, fol. 289), dated 1 March, prob. 6 April, 1790, names w. Barbara and five children : Caleb, John, Isaac, Joshua and Mary. He bought 200 acres where Oliver Farley lives in Tewkesbury twp., Hunterdon Co., N. J., then moved to Lamington on the old Todd place.
I. CALEB, m. Gertrude, and had at least one child, Elisabeth, b. 25 March, 1783. He lived in Northumberland Co., Pa., and Nov. 11, 1809, appoints John Farley, his attorney.
II. JOHN, m. 13 Feb. 1776, first, Mary Klein (dau. of Jacob), b. 15 Feb., 1763; second, a Sunderland ; third, Elisabeth Heaton (dau. of Jabesh), d. 1847. He lived at Flanders, N. J., until his children were all born, then moved to Mountainsville, and afterwards returned to Flanders ; died in Penn. while making arrangements to move his family thither and it was a long time before his wife knew of his death ; had nine children, four by his first wife and five by his third :
(I). JACOB, b. 30 March, 1777.
(II). BARBARA, b. 13 Feb., 1779.
(III). MEINHARD, b. 26 March, 1781.
(IV). AARON, b. 3 Sept., 1789.
(V). ANDREW A., b. 1804, m. Jane Bale ; had six girls and six boys.
(VI). SAMUEL Sunderland, b. 1804, twin brother of Andrew A .; unm.
(VII). ELIZA, b. 1808 ; unm.
(VIII). SARAH A., b. 1811, m. Geo. P. Rose ; had eleven children.
(IX). HARRIET, b. 1813, m. George Stover ; had three children.
III. ISAAC, lived near New Germantown, N. J. : died about 1814, m. Anna Melick (dau, of Tunis and Eleanor Van Horn), 2 Dec., 1779 ; she died about 1831 ; had children (order uncertain) :
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