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(I). ANTHONY, b. 7 Sept., 1780, d. 8 April, 1846, m. Elisabeth Sutton (dau. of Richard of Tewkesbury twp) ; their ten children :
1. RICHARD S., h. 1802, d. 1881, m. Margaret (dau. of Herbert Apgar) ; had ten children.
2. ISAAC, died unmarried.
3. ELIZA, m. Samuel Crooks and had two children.
4. MERCY, m. first, a Johnson ; second, John Ryan.
5. MARY ANN, had three husbands.
6. ALTHEA, m. John Force, of Rochester, N. Y.
7. ELLEN, res. Philadelphia, m. James Buist, and has four children.
8. FRANCES, m. William Benjamin.
9. ANTHONY, res. Scotch Plains, N. J., m. first, Harriet Lyons ; second, Mary Roll.
10. MARGARET, res. Plainfield, N. J., m. first, John Meeker ; second, Charles Coultier. (Story of An Old Farm, p. 683).
(II). MINARD, b. in 1782, d. in 1843, m. Mary Frazer, b. in 1783, d. in 1849, rem. 1828 to New York State, and four years later rem. to South Lyons, Washtenaw Co., Michigan, where he died ; had 9 children :
1. ISAAC, b. 1803, died in infancy.
2. DAVID, b. 1805, d. 1885, in. Rosina Blackmar, and had 4 children.
3. WILLIAM, of Albion, Michigan, b. 1807, d. 1872, m. Sally Ann Ostrom, and had 4 children.
4. SARAH F., b. 1809, d. 1852, m. Lemuelle Droelle, and had 2 daus.
5. ISABEL, b. 1812, m. Eli Smith, res. Salem, Michigan, has 2 ch.
6. ELEANOR, b. 1814, d. 1882, unmarried.
7. ARCHIBALD, b. 1816 (dec.).
8. ANTHONY M., b. 19 May, 1817, d. 1882, m. Rosina Packard, and had three sons.
9. MANNING F., b. 1820.
(III). WILLIAM, dec., m. first, a Penn. Quakeress, by whom one son Wil- liam, a Phila. physician ; m. second, Anne Garretson of New Germantown, N. J., by whom several children.
(IV). BARBARA, m. Minard Pickle, of White House, N. J., dec .; rem. to Ohio, thence to Indiana.
(V). MARGARET W., b. 27 Dec., 1792, d. 17 Nov., 1860, m. Joseph Stevens, b. 1792, d. 1864; had ten children.
(VI). CATHERINE, m. Jacob Hoffman, of Lebanon, had, 1. Angeline Hoff- man, b. 1825, d. 1847, m. Will S. Burrell, no children ; 2. Hannah Hoffman, m. Stephen Jorolamen, of Somerville, had four children. (VII). ELEANOR, m. Aaron Smock, and rem. to Ohio.
(VIII). ELIZA, b. 1800, m, Robert Blair, had three children : 1. William Blair ; 2. Lydia Blair ; 3. Ellen Blair , res. Chicago, Ill., m. Mar- tin Hoagland, and has three children.
(IX). MARY ANN, b. 1802, d. 1887, m. first, Jacob Apgar, b. 1802, d. 1850, by whom four children ; second, Charles Woolverton, of Tewkesbury twp., Hunterdon Co., N. J.
(X). CHARLES, died in youth. (XI). ANNA, died in youth.
IV. MINDURT, m. first, Mary Catherine ("Treenie") Melick (dau. Tunis and Eleanor Van Horn), b. 15 Feb., 1763, d. 13 March, 1832, had 3 children ;
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second, Esther M. by whom no children. Had children :
(I). BARBARA, b. 22 Dec., 1783, d. 17 Dec .. 1851, m. Archibald Kennedy, b. 1787, d. 1857, their two children :
1. MARY KENNEDY, b. 1806, d. 1833, m. Daniel K. Reading, of Flem- ington, N. J., had one son dec.
2. CATHERINE KENNEDY, b. 1813, d. 1838, m. Rev. George F. Brown, of N. J. M. E. Conference, and had one son dec.
(ID). ANTHONY M., b. 1789, d. 1851, m. first, Keturah Mccullough (dau. of Col. William of Asbury, N. J.) by whom five children ; second, Sarah E. (dau. of Judge Miller, of Ithaca, N. Y.) by whom 4 ch. :
1. WILLIAM M., died in infancy.
2. CATHERINE, nied in infancy.
3. MINARD, res. N. Y. City, unmarried.
4. WILLIAM, res. New Germantown, N. J., unmarried.
5. ELISABETH, res. Pelhamville, N. J., m. George M. Galliard, and bas three children.
6. SARAH H., m. Lyman Crego.
7. MARGARET E., m. Faith Williams.
8 and 9. Two sons, died young.
(III). FRANCIS ASBURY, M. D., b. 17 April, 1807, d. 18 Sept., 1880, m. 19 Jan., 1873 (at the age of 65), Calvina (aged 14) dau. of Christopher H. Hageman, of Pottersville, N. J .; no children.
V. MARGARET, m. 3 Feb., 1782, Abraham Pickel.
VI. JOSHUA, b. 1769, d. 29 Dec., 1850 at the age of 81 years, 2 months and 9 days, m. Hannah Sutton (dau. of Aaron), b. 16 Feb., 1775, d. 17 Dec., 1822, at the age of 47 years, 10 months and 1 day ; had children :
(I). AARON S., b. 1795, July 8, d. 9 Feb., 1825.
(II). MINDURT, m. Providence Abel (dau. of Jacob and Charity Pickel) ; had ch .:
1. MARY, m. first., Will Johnson ; second, Simon Fisher.
2. JOSHUA, m. Rachel Philhower (dau. of Aaron), the parents of Mrs. Henry Todd, of German Valley, N. J.
3. HULDAH, m. Elijah Swarts, of Illinois.
4. CHARLOTTE, m. George Hoffman (s. of Peter F.).
5. GEORGE, m. Mary Ann Eick (dau. Jacob and Elisabeth Alpaugh).
6. HARRY, of Philadelphia, unmarried.
7. HANNAH, m. John M. Apgar (s. of Herbert).
8. AARON, m. Huldah Apgar (dau. of Matthias, s. of Jacob).
(III). OLIVER W., b. Nov. 10, 1813, d. 26 Nov., 1890, m. 1, Anna Apgar (dau. of Nicholas); 2d -; had children by first wife :
1. HANNAH, m. Henry F. Apgar (s. of William) ; res. Flemington.
2. JEMIMA D., m. William C. Apgar (s. of William C.).
3. AARON, m. Anna Rockefellow.
4. JOSEPH C., the widely known merchant of Mountainville, who is also a most skillful auctioneer, and frequently called upon to set- tle up estates, m. Catherine A. Apgar (dau. of David F.).
5. FRANCES ANN, d. at 11 ; and, 6, MARY L., d. at 3.
7. OLIVER AMANDUS, m. Angeline Potter (dau. of Jacob M.).
8. FRANCIS A., m. Marletta Crater (dau. of Jacob K.).
9. WILLIAM A., m Emma Waldron (dau. of Henry).
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(IV). MERCY, b. 1799, d. 1847 at 48 years of age, m. Charles Woolverton.
(V). ELISABETH, m. William Woolverton.
(VI). HANNAH, m. David Ulp.
(VII). HULDAH, m. Samuel I. Houseworth.
(VIII). MARY, m. John Woolverton.
(IX). CHARLOTTE, m. Jesse Reed.
(X). BARBARA, m. Richard Woolverton. All the preceding six daughters of Joshua removed to Pennsylvania.
(XI). MARQUISE DE LAFAYETTE, m. Jane McCatherine.
(XII). ISAAC N., m. Catherine Swazey.
(XIII). THEODORE F., m. twice, the first time a Wean.
(XIV). EMALINE, m. a Hagamen.
(XV). ELSIE JANE, m. a Harzel.
(XVI). HARRIET, m. Silas Hockenburry (s. of Joseph).
(XVII). LYDIA, m. James Brown (s. of John).
VII. MARY, m Conrad Apgar ("Tanner Coon," s. of John Adam, 1st) ; she died Feb., 1808.
FARROW.
JOHN FARROW, of Hingham, Mass., came from Hingham, Eng., in 1635, with wife, Francis, and one child, Ma y [? d. 7 July, 1687], had ch .: 1. Mary, m. first, 25 Oct., 1649 (?), Stowell ; second, 10 April, 1689, Joshua Beal ; 2. John, b. 6 June, 1639 ; 3. Remember, bap. Aug., 1642, m. 1 Feb., 1660, Heury Ward ; 4. Hannah, b. 9 April, 1648, m. 6 June, 1674, Nathaniel Folsom ; 5. Nathan, b. 17 Sept., 1654.
JOHN, 2d (s. of John), b. 6 June, 1639, m. first, Hilliard; second. 16 Nov., 1691, -; had ch .: 1. Mary, b. 25 Oct., 1665 : 2. Hannah, b. 8 Dec., 1667 ; 3. Abigail, b. 27 Jan., 1670 ; 4. John, b. 8 Dec., 1672 ; 5. Esther, b. 28 June, 1675 ; 6. William, b. 17 Nov., 1677 ; 7. Priscilla, b. 1679 ; 8. Remember, b. 3 Feb., 1682 ; 9. Sarah, b. 29 Aug., 1685.
NATHAN, (bro. of John, 2d), b. 17 Sept., 1657 ; m. first, Mary Garnett, d. 27 Feb., 1710 ; second, Joanna May (dau. of Samuel and widow of Francis Gardner, and afterwards of Thomas Whiton), d. 18 Oct., 1715 ; had ch .: 1. Francis, b. 16 Dec., 1684 ; 2. Christian, b. 13 Oct., 1686 ; 3. Jonathan, b. 20 June, 1689 ; 4. Benjamin, b. 1692 ; 5. Nathan, b. 29 April, 1695.
GEORGE, of Ipswich, Mass., in 1637, m. 16 Feb., 1644, Ann Whitmore (prob. dau. of John) ; had ch .: 1. Mary, b. 6 Jan .. 1645 ; 2. Martha, b. 25 Feb., 1647 ; 3. George, b. 9 May, 1653.
WILLIAM FARROW (perhaps a grandson of one of the last generation of the preceding), of twp. Egg Harbor, Burlington Co., N. J., in his will, dated 7 May, 1788, prob. 9 Sept. 1795, names w., Margaret, and children :
I. SARAH, m. Moses Robins.
II. MARTHA, m. Solomon Leeds.
III. ANN, unmarried.
IV. MARGARET, unmarried.
["Capt."?] JAMES FARRAR (perhaps a nephew of William), owned a lot in Flem- ington as early as 1775 ; m. Margaret, and had his first child, Delia, bap. by the Episcopal Minister of Bethlehem twp. 17 May, 1772. Farrar is probably the same as Farrow. Some members of this family removed with the Swayzys
LEVI FARROW, M. D.
REV. GEORGE W. SMITH.
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and others to Western Florida (now Mississippi) in 1772, and others removed to Shamokin, Penn
MOSES FARROW (a grandson of Capt. JAMES Farrow), b. Bethlehem, N. J., engaged in his early days in a drug store in New York ; rem. to Bethlehem, Hunterdon Co., N. J., whe e he spent the balance of his life in the drug busi- ness, being also a manufactuer of medicines ; b. 9 March, 1809, d. 1 Aug., 1891, aged 82 yrs., 4 mos. and 22 days ; m. first, 15 Nov. 1834. Caroline Smith (dau. of Joseph Smith and Ann Elisabeth Andres), h. 16 Nov , 1818, d. 7 Sept., 1850, aged 31 yrs., 9 mos. and 21 days ; second, 12 Aug. 1852, Rebecca Bass (born a Smith, half sister of his first wife, and widow of Charles Bass), b. 22 Dec., 18 25, d. 15 Dec., 1873, aged 67 yrs., 11 mos. and 24 days. Dr. Moses Farrow's mother, Catherine, was b. 3 Sept., 1785, d. I Jan., 1836. M. Farrow had ch .:
I. ANN ELISABETH, b. 8 Jan., 1836, d. 23 April. 1852, aged 16 years.
II. WILLIAM BURGER, a farmer, res. at West Portal, N. J., b. 22 Sept., 1837, m. Elisabeth Williamson ; has one child, a daughter.
III. CLARKSON, a druggist, res. at West Portal. N. J., b. 24 April, 1839, m. Alice Housel.
IV. CATHERINE, b. 20, Nov. 1840, m. 8 Dec., 1860, T. B. Lake, resides at Belvidere, N. J.
V. SARAH JANE, b. 25 Sept. 1842, d. 15 June, 1857, aged 14 years.
VI. LEVI, M. D., read medicine with Dr. John Blane at Perryville, N. J .; graduated from the Medical department of Columbia College, March, 1865 ; practised one year with Dr. John Blane ; began practice 5 Feb., 1866, at Middle Valley, Morris Co., N. J., where he now resides. He is a member of the Morris County Medical Society ; has been its secretary since 1886, and its president since 1891. Dr. Farrow began his work in this vicinity at an early period of his life (at 22), with his youth and youthful appearance against him, but rapidly grew into the confidence and esteem of the community. At the very beginning of his course he took a very active interest in the work of the Presbyterian Church of German Valley. Notwithstanding the claims of a growing practice, he has always been one of the most regular attendants upon Church service, sometimes beginning his visits upon the sick at 6 o'clock on Sabbath morning, in order to have time for attendance at morning service. He was elected and ordained a ruling elder of the above church 26 May, 1872, and has been ever since most active and influential in that im- portant position. His marked characteristics as a physician are faith- fulness, promptitude, cheerfulness and honesty ; and in other relation- ships, his enterprise, generosity, sound judgment and energy are in continual demand, and have helped to make successful more than one movement of public advancement and reform. Dr. Farrow was born 25 April, 1844, m. 20 Oct., 1869, Alice Trimmer (dau. of Anthony and Mary), b. 1850, d. 10 Jan., 1892 ; had ch .: Joseph Rusling Smith Farrow, M. D., b. 2 Oct., 1870 ; graduated from the Long Island College Hospital 1892 ; res. at German Valley, where he is practising his profession ; Frank Pierce Farrow, D.D. S., b. 1 April, 1872 ; graduated from the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery, 1893, and is now engaged in his profession at Washington, Warren Co., N. J .; John Wesley Farrow, b. 27 Oct., 1873, d. 15 Nov., 1874, aged 1 yr. and 18 days : Luella Weise Farrow, b. 9 Sept., 1875 ; Charles Alden Farrow, b. 10 Sept., 1881, d. 8
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Dec., 1881, aged 2 mos. and 28 days.
VII. JOSEPH S., M. D .. b. 20 March, 1846, d. at Flanders, N. J., 1 Sept., 1888, aged 42 yrs., 5 mos. and 20 days ; was a practising physician ; graduated from the Medical department of the New York University ; m. Elisabeth Naughright (dau. of Jacob, of Naughrightville) ; bas a son, Jacob Willard, a medical student.
VIII. BARNET A. S., b. 15 June, 1848 ; a traveling salesman ; res. at Glen Gardner ; m. Catherine Rounsavel ; four ch. living.
IX. JAMES RUSLING, b. 10 Aug., 1850, d. 15 Sept., 1850, aged 5 weeks and 1 day. By s. ond wife :
X. EMMA, b. 30 May, 1853, m. 28 Oct., 1874, C. W. Gano; res. at Norton, N. J .; no children.
XI. ANNA, b. 24 Sept., 1855, d. 19 Dec., 1881 ; res. at Bloomsbury, N. J .; unm. XII. FRANKLIN PIERCE, b. March, 1857, d. 10 Dec., 1881, aged 24 years.
XIII. MARY, b. 9 Dec., 1859, m. 26 May, 1880, C. W. Vannatta ; res. at Philips- burgh, N. J .; three children living.
XIV. EDWIN, M. D., h. 2 Nov., 1861 (a twin bro. of Ella), m. 19 March, 1887, Grace Hammond ; graduated from College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, has ch., two boys and one girl ; practices medicine at Peapack, N. J.
XV. ELLA, b. 2 Nov., 1861 (twin sister to Edwin), m. F. McCrea, a school- teacher (dec.) ; res. at Bloomsbury, N. J .; has a dau., Florence.
FEIT.
JOHN, of Greenwich twp., Sussex Co .; his will, 27 April, 1789, prob. 17 May, 1790, names children :
I. DANIEL, "only son."
II. MARY, dau. of Jacob Minier.
III. CATHERINE, m. Henry Dislandeed ? [illegible]; had ch .:
(1). HENRY.
(II). ELISABETH.
(III). MARY.
(IV). PETER.
Witnesses were Valentine Biddleman, John and Henry Winter.
FELMLEY·
DAVID FELMLEY (sometimes spelled Faermly), b. 1756 (?), m. first, -, d. 1782; second, Sophia Sidells ; he owned about 500 acres, a still works and tannery one mile east of Cokesbury ; had ch .:
I. MARY (only child by the first wife), b. 10 July, 1782.
II. JACOB, b. 27 June, 1789.
III. MOSES, b. 2 Nov., 1789, d. 16 Nov., 1819, m. Mary Mellick (dau of Peter) b. 4 April, 1786, d. 4 Aug., 1868 ; had ch .:
(I). DAVID, b. 30 Sept., 1810, m. Sarah Logan (dau. of Major John) ; rem. to Illinois.
(II). SUSANNA, b. 10 Nov., 1812, m. Morris Welsh (s. of Jacob).
(III). PETER M., b. 30 Nov., 1814, m. Gertrude Smith (dan. of Zacharias).
(IV). JOHN S., b. 5. Nov., 1816, m. first, Ann Stothoff (dau. of Henry); second, Ellen Voorhees (dau. of Garret).
(V). ANTHONY, b. 29 May, 1818, d. 2 Dec., 1873, m. first, Catherine Van
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Dyke (dau. of John); second, Margaret Cortelyou (dau. of Henry); third, Adeline Park (dau. of James). There were twin children of Moses who died young.
IV. JOHN, b. 9 March, 1792, m. Hannah Adams ; had ch. :
(I). JOHN CRAWFORD, m. Lydia Hoffman (dau. of Peter, 1st); she m. 2d a Tiger, and 3d Nicholas Apgar.
(II). MOSES, m. Mary Ann Fox.
(III). CATHERINE, m. Peter Everitt.
(IV). SOPHIA, m. Ebbe Tiger (dau, of Jacob).
(V). MARY, m. Joseph Biglow.
V. SARAH, b. 16 April, 1794, m. Jonathan Barkman.
VI. ANDREW, b. 7. Nov., 1796.
VII. MARGARETTA, b. 31 Dec., 1797, m. John Alpaugh (s. of William).
VIII. CATHERINE, b. 2 June, 1800, m. William C. Apgar ("Pony Bill," s. of Conrad and Elisabeth Cramer).
IX. DAVID, b. 29 Oct., 1805, lived in the old parsonage, m. first, Wyckoff; sec- ond, a Line ; third, Mrs. Ginthro (born a Stillwell) ; had ch .:
(I). PETER WYCKOFF, m. Margaret Condit.
(II). POHLMAN, m. Kate Honeyman.
(III). EMALINE, m. Cornelius Voorhees.
(IV). MARGARET, m. Edward Barry.
X. SOPHIA ANN, b. 7 Sept., 1809, m. George Philhower (s. of Peter) ; lives near Irvington, N. J.
XI. JAMES PARKER, b. 12 Aug., 1812, went West.
XII. WILLIAM, m. Ruth Apgar (dau. Herbert), went West ; had at least Herbert, John and David.
FIELDS.
JOHN, b. 1659, was a grandson of ROBERT, b. 1610, who is supposed to have come to Rhode Island with Roger Williams. In 1645, Robert Field, with fifteen associates, obtained from Governor Kieft, a large area of land in Long Island, including the site of Flushing. John, of New Jersey, was the fifth in descent from the famous astronomer, JOHN, b. 1525, who introduced the Copernican system of astronomy into England. For this he received a patent of nobility. The family trace their descent from Hubertus de la Feld (i. e., Field, cleared land in distinction from the forest), who held lands in Lancaster Co., England, in the third year of William the Conqueror [1069 7] John bought. 14 Dec .. 1695, 1055 acres in Somerset Co., commencing one mile below Bound Brook, extending for two and one-half miles along the Raritan, and one and and one-half miles inland (Story of an Old Farm, p. 177) ; prob. had ch. at least :
I. JEREMIAS, m. Mareitje Van Vechten (dau. of Michael Ist. and widow of Albert Ten Eyck), b. 8 Oct., 1687 ; had ch. (all but first two on Somer- ville Church Records) :
(I). JEREMIAH, b. (or bap.) 1713 ; prob. m. Femmetje, and had ch .. Theunis, bap. 30 April, 1740.
(II). JOHN, b. (or bap.) 1714 ; prob. m. Elisabeth, and had ch., Mary, bap. 7 Sept., 1745.
(III). MICHIELL, bap. 22 Aug., 1716.
(IV). MARGRIETIEN, bap. 15 Oct., 1717.
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(V). MARYTIE, bap. 13 Oct., 1719.
(VI). MARIA, bap. 10 Dec., 1720.
(VII). MICHAEL, bap. 17 March, 1723.
(VIII,. BENJAMIN, bap. 12 May, 1725.
(IX). DIRCK [RICHARD], bap. 11 Dec., 1726 ; prob. had ch. at least :
1. JEREMIAH, b. 1753 ; bought 103 acres in Bedminster twp. from Daniel Heath, 6 Feb., 1790 ; m. Jane Ten Eyck (dau. of Captain Jacob) ; had ch .:
(1). RICHARD J., b. 12 Sept., 1785, d. 6 May, 1871 ; m., 22 Dec., 1808, Mary Kline (dan. of Jacob), b. 17 April, 1791, d. 15 Jan., 1869 : had ch. (Story of an Old Farm, p. 651): (a). Jeremiah R., b. 16 Dec., 1809, d. 2 Feb., 1856, m. Margaret W. Telfair, of New York ; (b). Phebe Maria, b. 18 Nov., 1811, d. 8 March, 1889, m. Henry Cornell Brokaw ; (c). Jacob K., b. 31 Jan., 1814, m. Rebecca J. Stewart. (d). Jane,b. 16 March, 1×16, d. 16 Dec., 1857, m. Henry H. Garretson ; (e), Richard R., b. S March, 1818, m. his cousin, Margaretta Miller (dau of Jacob B .. of Morris Co., N. J.); (f). Benjamin M., b. 1 May, 1820, m. Helen M. Field (dau. of John D.) ; (g). Rachel D., b. 5 June, 1823, d. 12 May, 18'1, m. James Polhemus ; (h). John K .. b. 27 Dec., 1825, m. Lucinda Whitehill ; (1). Isaac N., b. 4 May, 1828, m. Mary Dutcher (daughter of Jacob C.); (j). Peter, b. 17 Nov., 1830, m. Helen C. Shipman (dau. of Chauncey N.) ; (k). William B., b. 16 Sept., 1834, m. Harriet E. Boyd.
(2). MICHAEL T., b. 4 Oct., 1789, d. 1 Aug., 1871 ; res. at White House, m. Fanny Traphagen (dau. of Roelof) ; had ch .: (a). Jeremiah, m. Mary A. Welsh (dau. of William and Marga- ret Leek) ; (b). Richard, m. Nancy Aller ; (c). John Depew; (d). Michael ; (e). Henry.
(3). JEREMIAH.
(4). JACOB DEPEW.
(5). MARGARET.
(6). ELISABETH.
(7). POLLY. (8). JANE.
(X). SARA, bap. Dec., 1728.
(XI). ANTJE, bap 27 Dec., 1730.
FISHER.
HENDRICK FISHER was born in 1697, according to some historians in Bound Brook, N. J., but according to other and more reliable historians his birthplace was in the Palatinate, Germany. He came with his father's family to America in 1703. His father purchased a house and considerable land of William Dockwra this same year, on the south bank of the Raritan River near Bound Brook, on the road leading to New Brunswick. The house was built by Dock- wra in 1688 and is now occupied by William Voorbees. It was at one time owned by Capt. Creighton McCrea, son of the Rev. James McCrea who preached in the Presbyterian Church of Bound Brook, and brother to Jennie McCrea whose tragic death at Fort Edward during the Revolution is well known.
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Hendrick Fisher was a mechanic by trade, but a man of more than ordinary intelligence and with a wonderful business capacity. He was held in the high- est esteem by his fellow citizens, and held for many years the highest positions in the Colony of New Jersey and in the church of which he was a member. He united with the Reformed Church, of New Brunswick, in 1721, during the pas- torate of Rev. Theodore Frelinghuysen. The next year in 1722 he was elected Deacon, and held this office for two terms. In 1727 he was elected Elder, and was re-elected for seven different terms. He was a regular attendant on all Ecclesiastical conventions, and exerted a great influence in the establishment of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in America. He was appointed Catechist and Lay Preacher as an assistant to Rev. Mr. Frelinghuysen. Some of his published sermons had a large circulation among the people, and were valuable for their doctrinal and spiritual truths. In civil life no man in all New Jersey was more influential than Hendrick Fisher. He was elected as a member of the Colonial Assembly of New Jersey from Somerset Co. in 1745, and was re elected to every succeeding assembly until 1775. While a member of the Assembly, he was chairman of many of the most important committees. He never flinched from active duty in whatever form it appeared. He was one of the three men whom New Jersey sent to represent her in the congress, called by Massachusetts and Rhode Island, to meet in New York on the first Tuesday of October, 1765. In January, 1775, he was appointed on a Committee of Grievances, of which he was elected chairman. This committee sent to His Majesty, King George, a petition asking for a redress of the "grievances under which the colonies are now laboring." In May, 1775, he was a delegate to the Provincial Congress of New Jersey, which met at Trenton, of which important body he was elected chairman. In his opening address he set forth most forci- bly the grievances of the American colonies. He was chairman of the Com- mittee of Safety which had charge of legislative and executive affairs during the recesses of Congress. No man in all the colony was more loyal to the cause of American Independence t_ · n Hendrick Fisher ; and no one was more courageous and uncompromising in seeking to obtain freedom for his country. He was intensely hated by his tory neighbors and by the British, so that he was always armed to meet their threatened attacks. When the British General offered pardon to all the citizens of New Jersey, who would forsake their allegiance to the American cause, he made an exception of Hendrick Fisher, with three other citizens of Bound Brook. In December, 1776, a foraging party from the British army drove away many of his cattle. On April 13, 1777, after the first battle of Bound Brook, the victorious British army marching back to New Brunswick, stopped at his house and took all the money they could find and all the rest of his cattle. Hendrick Fisher did not live to see the full inde- pendence of America. He died while the war was still in progress, but with unwavering faith in the justice of the cause, and the hope that the States soon would enjoy the blessings of peace and prosperity. His body rests in a family graveyard on his farm. There in a dense thicket overgrown with trees, stands a plain brown upright slab with this simple inscription, "In memory of Hendrick Fisher, who departed this life August 16th, 1779, in the eighty-second year of his age." In the minutes of the Assembly of New Jersey his name is printed Ffisher. In the records of the First Reformed Church, of New Bruns- wick, his name, at the time of uniting with the church, is given as Visser. At another place his name is given as Vischer. The above has been kindly fur-
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EARLY GERMANS OF NEW JERSEY
nished by the Rev. Titus E. Davis, of Bound Brook, N. J. Hendrick Fisher and wife Elisabeth had children, bap. at Somerville, N. J .:
I. VOLKERT, bap. 11 Dec., 1726.
II. MARIA, bap. 14 May, 1729.
III. NEELTIE, bap. 24 Oct., 1731.
IV. ABRAHAM, bap. 21 Sept., 1740.
V. MARGARET, bap. 5 June, 1743.
VI. HENDRICK, bap. 9 Dec., 1744.
VII. JEREMIAS, bap. 1 Sept., 1746 ; his will, "Somerville," 13 Sept., 1805. prob. 27 Feb., 1807, names wife Catherine and ch .:
(I). JEREMIAH.
(II). ISAAC.
(III). HENDRICK.
(IV). JOHN.
(V). ANN.
(VI). CATHARINE.
(VII). MARIA.
MISCELLANEOUS-HANNES [John] FISCHER and Maria, have a child Margareta, bap. at Quaseek [Quassaick or Newberg], who was born 15 Feb., 1710.
FISHER OF POTTERSVILLE.
GEORGE (or JOHN) came from Germany and settled at Changewater about 1790. He had three sons George, John and Christian. The last of these settled in Pennsylvania. The records of St. Michael and St. John's Lutheran Church, Phila., state that in December, 1761, Christopher Fisher (named Christian in the license) was married to Barbara Omensetter. In the list of emigrants we find a Christian arrives 1733, 1749 and 1753 ; a George arrives 1753. In 1787; Dec. 31, letters of administration of the estate of Christopher of Hunterdon Co. are granted to Mary Fisher and John Lequear (Trenton Lib. 29, fol. 297).
REV. GEORGE, son of George, came to Tewkesbury twp. 1797. and bought fifty acres, where Charles McKagin lived ; he was born May, 1768 and died 14 May, 1846, m. first, Hannah Hiles (sister to John Pace's wife); second, Sarah C. Cooper, b. 8 June, 1797, d. 24 Nov., 1868. He had 9 children by each wife :
I. ANNA MARY, b. 27 Nov., 1789, m. Rev. Mr. Lee.
Il. JOHN, b. 50 Mar., 1792, m. (1) Anna Sutton ; (2) Elisabeth Miller ; lived in Tewkesbury twp.
III. ELISABETH, b. 24 March, 1794, m. (1) Andrew Rose, of Newton, N. J., (2) a Kishbaw.
IV. GEORGE, b. 5 Nov., 1796, m. Anna Sutton (dau. of Samuel), b. 24 June, 1801, d. 21 Dec., 1890 ; res. at Lamington ; had,
(I). ELLEN, m. Will. H. Drake, of Schooley's Mountain.
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