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(II). WILLIAM ..
(III). JACOB, m. Elisabeth Heldebrant.
(IV). DAVID, m. first, Anna ; second, 1814, Oct. 1, Margaret Welsh ; had ch. by first wife : 1. JOHN SHARP, b. 1803, Dec. 17; 2. DAVID WELSH, b. 1808, May 26; 3. DOROTHEA, b. 1810, May 26; by second wife : 4. WILLIAM MILLER, b. 1815, Nov. 30.
V. JURY FREDERICK [George Frederick], m. Mary Elisabeth [" Muelius"], confirmed 1769 ; his will, dated Oxford, N. J., April, 1814, prob. 13 May, 1818, names child JACOB, and grandsons, John, Frederick and Isaac Terryberry.
GEORGE DUREBERRY, of Newton, Sussex Co., whose will, prob. 26 Nov., 1767, name wife Cattorn [Catherine] and son JOHN ; daus not named.
HANS MICHAEL TORENBERGER comes over in the same vessel with Stephen, and signs Weygand's call 1749. PETER also signs the call. The name is variously spelled Derenberger, Doerberger, Duerberger, &c.
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THOMAS.
JOHN (?) THOMAS, emigrated from Holland ; lived first near Hackettstown. on a place near Mr. Kennedy's ; probably had ch .:
I. MICHAEL, m. Elisabeth ; had ch .:
(n). JOHN, b. 1772, Oct.
(ID). CATHERINE, b. 1774, Sept. 8.
(III). HEINRICH, b. 1776, Aug. 25.
II. HEINRICH, m. Abigail ; had ch .:
(I). WILLIAM, b. 1776, July 9.
III. GRIFFIT, m. Anna Maria ; had ch .:
(I). ANNA MARIA, b. 1785, Jan. 28.
IV. MATTHIAS, m. first, Anna Scharfenstein (dau. of Morris Ist), b. 1739, d. 1793, Feb. 5 ; second, Mrs. Dr. Gardiner ; had ch .:
(I). JOHN, b. 1767, d. 1820, April 17, aged 53 years, 12 days, m. Annie Flock (dau. of Andreas 1st) ; had ch .:
1. ELISABETH, b. 1794, June 19, m. Abr. Talmage Dickerson (s. of Samuel).
2. ANNA MARY, b. 1795, Sept. 19, d. 1851, Jan. 27, m. Morris Sharp (s. of Morris).
3. MATTHIAS, b. 1796, Nov. 29, m. Charity Reinhart (dau. of Martin) ; had ch .: (1). John, m. Mary Clausen ; (2). William, d. young ; (3). Mary Ann, m. Wm. Read ; (4). Elisabeth, m. Philip Kilts ; (5). Sarah W., unm .: res. at Hackettstown ; (6). Catherine, m. John Woodruff ; (7). Martin, m. Elisabeth Roberts ; (8). David, m. Sarah Rice ; (9). Abraham D., m. Jane Pool.
4. ANNA, b. 1798, March 15 ; unm.
5. CHRISTIANNA, b. 1800, Mar. 21, m. Tunis Dilley.
6. JOHN, b. 1802, Oct. 14, m. Magdalena Bess ; had ch .: (1). Joseph Nathan, m. Anna Maria Stephens (dau. of Peter) ; (2). Mary Ann unm .; (3). Charity, m. Jacob Waterfields ; (4). John, m. Lucinda Howell (dau. of Leonard) ; (5). Jacob B., m. Pernina McPeak ; (6) Mahala, m. George Karr ; (7). Magdalene, m. Augustus Duf- ford ; (8). Morris, unm .; (9). Holloway H., m. Mary Rarick (dau. of William); (10). Noah, m. Nettie Young.
7. BARBARA, b. 1804, July 14, died young.
(II). MORRIS, m. Hannah Searles (dau. of Wm.)
(III). DAVID, m. Hannah Searles (dau. of Wm. ! ).
(IV). MARY, m. Jacob, or Jeremiah, Castner.
(V). ANN, m. - Hensel.
(VI). GREDY (or Griffin), b. 1775, Aug. 10.
WILLIAM, whose lineage cannot be traced, was born 17-9, Jan. 10, m. 1798, Nov.
21, Catren, or Kathrina Scbenckel (dau. of Heinrich); had ch .:
I. MARY, b. 1803, Oct. 16, m. Abraham Skinner.
II. JOHN, b. 1807, Oct. 26, m. Mary A. Skinner.
III. FRANK.
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TIGER.
JACOB TIGER, had children :
I. GEORGE, m. Ann Teats.
Il. NICHOLAS, removed to Ohio
III. JACOB, b. 1762, d. 23 Oct., 1835, at 72, m. Elis. B .- , b. 1776, d. 11 July, 1840, at 63 ; both buried at Fox Hill ; had ch .: 1. JACOB, of Peapack ; 2. JOHN, of Cokesburg ; 3. PETER, of Fox Hill ; 4 CHRISTOPHER, of Schooley's Mountain, m. Annie Anderson ; 5. GEORGE, of Cokesburg, m. Annie Teats ; 6. ANN, m. Conrad Lindaberry ; 7. MRS. ANDREW BESS.
IV. ABRAHAM. b. 25 Oct., 1775, d. Aug., 1850, at 74 years of age ; buried at Fox Hill ; had ch .: 1. JACOB, m. Ann Jobs ; 2. ADAM, m. Mary Philhower, and rem. to Pennsylvania ; 3. GEORGE, m. Maria Lutz ; 4. PETER, m. Ann Johnson ; 5. ELISABETH ; 6. EFFLE, m. Peter Shurts ; 7. ANN, m. Peter Teats ; rem. to Illinois.
V. ELISABETH, m. Peter Sutton.
TITMAN.
LODEWICK DITMAN, d, 1772, m. Mary -; was the first of the name in this country. The progenitor of the Titman's in New Jersey probably came from Saxony. The German form of the name is Tittmann. Tittmanns are to- day to be found in Dresden, Leipsic and Wittenberg, and some of them have been men prominent in letters. In New Jersey they have confined themselves mainly to agricultural pursuits, and many of them have succeeded in amassing comfortable fortunes. In 1737, one Tittmann bought 400 acres of land at the foot of the Blue Mountain, near Blairstown, N. J. Here George Titmam, Ist, his son Baltus and bis descendants lived for 107 years, or till 1844, when the farm went into the possession of a great grandson of Geo. Titman, 1st, named Walter Wilson, whose family still owns it. George Titman's other son, George Titman, 2d, in 1775, bought of William Coxe and Mary, his wife, a tract of 266 acres of land at Bridgeville, N. J., to which he added 200 acres in 1793. Most of this Isnd is still in the Titman name. After his death, in 1796, the land at Bridgeville was divided between two of his sons, George, 2d, and Jacob, while while he gave a farm in Sussex Co. to his other son, John Titman. The 200 acre tract at Bridgeville, which went to Jacob, was willed to his son Gwinnnp, who in turn left it to his son William B. Titman, who still owns it. Part of the 266-acre tract is owned end occupied by Marshall Titman, who received it from his father, George, 4th ; his will dated Oxford, Sussex Co., 20 Fept., prob. 23 Nov., 1772 (Trenton Lib. 16, fol. 210), names wife Mary and ch .:
I. GEORGE, b. 1726, d. 1792, m. Elisabeth (probably Chitara); lived at Blairstown twp .; h's will, Feb. 13, prob. 21 Aug., 1792 (Trenton Lib. 34, fol. 175), names wife Elisabeth, bro .- in-law Chitary, and children :
(I). GEORGE, b. March 4, 1750, d. Sept 4, 1796, m. Lena Albright ; lived at Bridgeville, N. J .; had children :
1. GEORGE, b. 1777, d. Oct. 13, 1813, m. Sept. 5, 1798, Agnes Morgan, b. 1772, d. July 15, 1842 ; lived at Bridgeville, N. J., had ch .: (1). BENJAMIN, b. Jan 17, 1800, d. Jan. 5, 1841, m. Feb. 10, 1820, Mary
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Blair (sister to John I. Blair), b. Oct. 24, 1798, d. July 30, 1840 ; had five ch .: (a). James B., b. Nov. 14, 1820, m. Delilah Earl ; lives at Sparta, Sussex Co., N. J .; had no children ; (b). George, b. Dec. 10, 1821, not married ; died in South America ; (c). John B., b. May 15, 1826, not married ; (d). Mary Ann, b. Dec. 24, 1824, m. first, Charles Kelsey, b. 1818, d. 1854 ; second, Benjamin Bradbury; had ch. by her first husband : Rachel Kelsey, b. Nov. 4, 1846, m. D. M. Perry; Sarah Kelsey, b. Aug. 7, 1852 ; Charles Kelsey, b. May 12, 1854, d. Sept. 5, 1854 ; (e). Elisabeth, m. Thomas Boyer ; (2). LANAH (Lena or Magdalena), b. Oct. 26, 1801, d. April 4, 1845, m. Oct. 12, 1820, Walter Wilson, b. 1800, d. 1892 ; lived near Buctzville, N. J .; (3). GEORGE (Sheriff), b. July 19, 1804, d. Oct. 4, 1872, m. Elizabeth Lomasson, b. July 19, 1809, d. April 29, 1855 ; lived at Bridgeville, N. J .; had ch .: (a). Jesse, b. Feb. 6, 1827, m. 1849, Elisabeth Blair ; llved in Chicago, Ill .; had George B., b. Dec. 5, 1850, m. Elisabeth Foy, and had no ch .; (b). Mershall, b. May 10, 1831, m. (1) Elisabeth Mackey; no ch .; (2) Aug. 20, 1859, Mary P. Curtis, b. Aug. 29, 1833 ; lived at Bridgeville, N. J .; had Dr. Geo. Willis Titman, b. June 20, 1863, m. Oct. 16, 1889, Leonora Stephens, b. Sept. 23, 1869 ; lives at Philadelphia, Pa., and have one child, Willis Stephens Titman, b. March 17, 1891 ; (4). JANE, b. Aug. 4, 1809, d. April 6, 1827, m. Rhyneer Van Sickle ; no children.
2. JACOB, b. April 4, 1781, d. Feb. 25, 1864, m. April 11, 1802, Elisa- betb Mayberry, b. July, 16, 1780, d. Jan. 25, 1854 ; lived at Bridgeville, N. J .; had ch .: (1). GEORGE, b. Mar. 22, 1805, d. May 29, 1871 ; not married ; (2). JOEN, b. July 6, 1807, d. Feb. 26, 1883, m. Charlotte Pellett, had (a). Ann Eliza, m. William Hoag- land ; lived at Townsbury, N. J .; (b). John, d. unm .; (c). Jacob Obadiah, lived at Bangor, Pa .; (3). JACOB BARCLAY, b. Nov. 18, 1809, d. July 10, 1873, m. Ellen Haggerty, d. Sept. 4, 1875 ; had ch .: (a). Elisabeth, m. Aaron Van Buskirk : lived at Vienna, N. J .: (0). Hulda, d. Sept. 30, 1986, m. Steward Shannon ; (c). Jacob, m. twice, one wife a Sharp ; no children ; lived at Toston, Montana ; (4). JABEZ GWINNUP, b. Mar. 22, 1812, d. Dec. 14, 1889, m. Oct. 23, 1841, Mary Ann Blair, b. Jan. 16, 1818, d. Oct. 17, 1870 ; had William Blair, b. Sept. 7, 1844, m. Nov. 28, 1865, Margaret Roseberry, b. Nov. 30, 1844 ; lived at Belvidere, N. J .; (5). ELIZA MAYBERRY, b. Jan. 31, 1816, d. Mar. 15, 1879, died unmarried.
3. JOHN, had three children : Michael B .; a dau. m. John Iliff ; Margaret, m. a Shiner.
4. MARGARET, b. April, 1775, d. Jan. 26, 1850, m. William Hiles, b. April 30, 1775, d. Jan. 26, 1848.
5. LANAH, m. Jeremiah Mackey ; had two children : Lewis and Joseph.
6. CATHERINE, m. John Raub.
7. ELISABETH, m. Jacob Sharp.
(II). BALTUS, b. 1751, d. 1796, m. Magdalena -, d. 1842 ; lived in Blairs- town, N. J. Their descendants are numerous in the northern part
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of Warren Co., N. J .; had ch .: 1. JOHN, m. Elisabeth Teel, and had, Jacob, Catherine, Jeremiah, John, Marie, Charles ; 2. WIL- LIAM, m. Juda Hill and had, Baltis, George and William; 3. ABRAHAM ; 4. CATHERINE, m. Conrad Kun [Kuehn]: 5. ELISABETH m. Barnet Sippley ; 6. MARGARET, m. George Crouse ; 7. ANNA, m. Isaac France : 8. LANAH, m. Isaac Blackford ; 9. GEORGE, m. Mary Tester, and had, Catherine, Elias, Baltis, John, George, Philip, William, Abraham, Isaac, Mary Ann, Jacob.
(III). MARY CHITARY.
II. PHILIP.
III. JOHN.
IV. CHRISTINA, not yet 18 at date of her father's will, 1772 ; prob. m. about I780, Rev. Ludwig Chitara, a converted Swiss Augustinian monk, who preached to the German Reformed congregations at Knowlton and Newton. He was a tall man, over seven feet in height, and his wife was also remarkable in the same way.
Most of the above except with regard to the first comer was furnished by Dr. J. W. Cummins, Ph. D., M. D., of Belvidere, N. J.
TODD.
JAMES and ANDREW TODD, two brothers, Scotch-Irish, emigrated about 1749 to America from Longford, Ireland. These two brothers were formerly sup- posed to be John and David, both prob. sons of James, but they are found to be one generation too late as we see by the following account of the family now for the first time made complete.
JAMES TODD, of Bernards twp., Somerset Co., m. Jemimah ; will prob. 1781, Oct. 25 ; had ch .:
I. JAMES, res. at Liberty Corner ; had ch .:
(I). DAVID.
(II). JAMES, b. probably about 1760, m. 1°84, Mar. 23, Jane Martin (dau. of Alex.); had ch .:
1. ALEXANDER, b. 1785, d. 1849, May 6, unm.
2. WILLIAM, m. Catherine Hand (dau. of Jonathan) ; had ch .: (1). John, m. Elisabeth Paulson (dau. of Cornelius); (2). Jane, m. Ellis D. Baldwin (s. of David); (3). Sarah, m. George Bird (s. of Isaac) ; (4). Mary, m. James Waldron (s. of John) ; (5). Sallie, m. James Gibson (s. of Wm.); (6). Jonathan, m. Hannah Vatican ; (7), William ; (8). Hugh ; (9). James.
3. SALLIE, m. John Norton, had a son Thomas.
4. JAMES, JR., unmarried.
5. ANNE, m. John Nesbit (s. of James).
II. JOSEPH.
III. JOHN. b. 1730, d. 1802, April 23 ; came with parents to America from Longford, Ireland, 1749, when about 20 years of age ; had ch .:
(I). "MAJ." JOHN, b. 1755, d. 1820, Sept. 4, m. 1782, Aug. 6, Jane Todd, b. 1767, d. 1842, at 75 years ; lived between Greater and Lesser Cross Roads ; had ch. (order as named in will) :
1. JOHN, m. Jane McClure.
2. MARGARET, m. Peter Dow.
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3. NANCY, m. John Van Nest.
4. ELISABETH, m. Cornelius Van Nest.
5. WILLIAM, m. - McClure.
6. MARY, m. Clark Dye, res. at Chester.
7. THOMAS JEFFERSON, b. 1805, Jan. 1, m. Sarah Whitehead ; had ch .: (1). Marietta, m. Augustus Sherwood, res. at Raritan ; (2). Phebe Ann, m. Wm. R. Oaks, of Bedminster ; (3). John M., m. Emily C. Barkman (dau. of David, s. of Jonathan); res. at Ger- man Valley; has Henry, of German Valley, who m. Ellen Farley; Annie, w. of Lewis Dufford, Frank, Willie and Johnnie (twins) ; (4). Clark Dye, m. Martha Lindsey ; res. at Bedminster ; (5). David, died in army; (6). Henry Cannon, died in army ; (7). Harriet, m. John Sutphen, of Bedminster.
8. DAVID, m. Phebe Dow.
(II). WILLIAM, b. probably 1761, d. 1840 (pensioner).
(III). JAMES, b. 1765, d. 1840, Mar. 13, m. 1786, Jan. 2, Catherine Melick, dau. of Phil., who was b. 1736. d. 1844, Mar. 7 ; had ch .: I. PHILIP, d. 1814, from disease contracted in war 1812 ; 2. MARTHA, b. 1786, July 8, m. Elijah Pennington ; 3. JOHN I., b. 1788, Sept. 5, d. 1871 ; had ch .: (1). Joseph, (Paterson,) ; (2). Rev. John A., D. D., res. at Tarrytown, N. Y .; (3). James A., of Dunellen ; (4). Augustus, of Bergen Pt., N. J .; (5). Maria, m. John Martin, no children, died about 1875 ; (6). Catherine; 4. ANNA CASTNER, b. 1790, Dec. 7, d. about 1830, m. David Kirts ; 5. MARIA, m. (1) John Martin ; (2) Wm. Pennington ; 6. DAVID, of Martinsville, N. J.
IV. DAVID, b. 1731, d. 1809, June 29, m. Margaret (dau. of John King (?) ) ; had ch. (order uncertain) :
(I). ROBERT, b. 1756 (?), found dead in the road, 1826, Sept. 21, m. Sarah -; had ch .:
I. ROBERT, b. in German Valley about 1762 (n), d. 1850, March 4, m. Eunice Moore (dau. of Stephen), b. 1770, d. 1860, Dec. 2 ; had ch .: (1). Rev. Isaac, b. 1797, Dec. 2, d. 1885, April 13, at 85 (?), m. Car- oline Sayre (dau. of "Capt." David), graduated at Hamilton Col- lege and Princeton Seminary ; licensed by Elisabethtown Pres. 1830 ; (2). Stephen, b. 1799, m. Marianna Roff (dau. of Samuel) ; (3). David, b. about 1801 ; (4). Robert, b. 1803, d. 1861; (5). Eunice Mf., b. in New Germantown, 1805 ; (6). Silas Mf., m. Harriet -; (7). Phebe H .; (8). Harriet Newell.
2. CORNELIA HARDECKER, ("Towt"), b. 1777, Dec. 26. 3. MARGARET, ("Towt"), b. 1780, Oct. 4.
(II). MARY, m: John McCord.
(III). JOHN, b. 1763, d. 1736, May 2I.
(IV). ISABEL, m. Daniel Skinner.
(V). MARTHA, m. John Betson.
(VI). JAMES.
(VII). SAMUEL, b. 1785, d. 1808, Mar. 30. V. ROBERT.
VI. MARY, m. - McTire.
VII. ELENOR.
VIII. "MAN," m. - Camrow ; had two children, ANN, JOHN.
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ANDREW, of Bedminster, m. Sarah ; his will prob. 1781, April 4 ; had ch .:
I. SAMUEL, of Bedminster, m. Elisabeth ; his will prob. 1816, Oct. 28 ; had ch .: (I). NANCY ; (II). DANIEL, m. Sarah Emans ; (III). SAMUEL ; (IV). ANDREW ; (V). JOHN F .; (VI). JAMES S .: (VII). JOSEPH W.
II. JOHN, b. 1739, d. 1823, Oct. 27, m. Sarah, b. 1751, d. 1833, June 25 ; his will prob. 1823, Nov. 29, names ch .: (1). EASTER ; (II). LYDIA ; (III). JOHN ; (IV). ELISABETH ; (V). JANE ; (VI). ELLENOR ; (VII). REBECCA; (VIII). SARAH ; (IX). MARY ; (X). WILLIAM ; (XI). ANN ; and grandson Hugh Bartley or Barkley.
WILLIAM J. (perhaps a grandson of John, son of Andrew), b. 1792, Oct. 1, d. 1870, Aug. 12, m. Rosannah Melick (dau: of Daniel), b. 1812, April 14 (?), d. 1859 ; had ch .: I. JOHN, b. 1821, d. 1829 ; II. NICHOLAS PATTERSON, b. 1824, m. Margaret Honeyman (dau. of James); had eight children : Esther Ann, Wm. J., James H., Susan H., David, Rosanna, Margaret, Herbert ; III. DAVID M., b. 1826, in. Caroline Wolf ; IV. WILLIAM HARVEY, b. 1830, unm.
MISCELLANEOUS-GEORGE, of Bedminster, m. Mary -; his will prob. 1830, July 19, mentions ch .: I. GEORGE ; II. WILLIAM ; III. ROBERT.
TOPPING.
THOMAS TOPPING, of Roxbury, whose will, dated 17 July, prob. 28 July, 1777, names ch .:
I. THOMAS.
II. ESTHER.
III. JOSIAH, m. Jemima, gave mortgage in 1772 to David Brown on six acres in Chester.
WILLIAM, b. 1743, d. 7 June, 1822, m. Sarah -, b. 1749, d. 28 Feb., 1817 ; came from Southampton, L. I .; had ch. (order uncertain) :
I. JAMES TOPPING died at Chester, N. J., Sept. 16, 1874. He was born June 1, 1780, on the John Carlyle farm (later the W. J. Taylor place). His father WILLIAM Topping came here from East Hampton, Long Island, his native place, purchased this place, and reared a family of 7 children, 4 girls and 3 boys, none of whom lived to be less than three score and ten, and some of whom are yet living at over 80 and over 90 years of age. Of these JAMES was the sixth child. His father lived to be over 78 years of age, and his mother 89 years at the time of her de- cease. At the age of about 15 years James left home to learn the trade of a cabinet maker with Jonathan Scudder at Westfield, N. J., where he became acquainted with Sarah Marsh whom he married when he was about 22 years of age. After finishing his trade, with another young man he bought Mr. Scudder out, and continued business at Westfield for one year, when he sold his business at Westfield to his former employer and removed to Chester, where he bought the place now known as the George Hedden place and resided in the saine house that now stands on that lot, his shop being nearly opposite the house. Here he carried on his business for many years. He was successful financially for those years, and purchased a great deal of property and loaned money on mortgage. At the age of thirty he purchased the farin, on which he was born, from his father. He had eight children, four boys and four girls in the fol- lowing order : I. ELIZA ; II. CHARLES ; III. MARY ANN ; IV. EVERT :
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V. JANE ; VI. THEODORE ; VII. GEORGE ; and VIII. SARAH. About fifty years ago he bought the property on which he lived till the time of his death, and moved upon the farm he bought from Reeves Corwin. This house was built about the year 1800. About the time he bought the Corwin place he became a member of the Presbyterian Church, of which he was always a generous supporter. ELIZA, his first child, died in 1868. unmarried ; CHARLES, the second, was drowned at the age of four years ; MARY ANN married Henry Hedges, and died 1890, leaving one daughter, the wife of Rev. George M. S. Blauvelt ; EVERT received a college educa- tion, and became a professor of languages in Princeton College, after- ward taught a classical school in Baltimore ; JANE married John S. Hunt, and died at the age of 27, leaving two children, who are now dead, leav- ing no heirs ; THEODORE died in 1873, leaving one daughter ; GEORGE died at the age of 27, unmarried : SARAH, the eighth child, is still living ; Mrs. Topping the mother of the family died in 1854 in the 74th year of her age.
II. HEZEKIAH.
III. TEMPERANCE, m. [William ?] Wooley.
IV. CHARITY, m. a Howell.
V. BETSEY, b. 1787. d. 25 May, 1858, m. first, Arnold Brown (s. of David) ; second, Amos Roberts (s. of John).
VI. CHLOE, m. 7 March, 1798, Noah Scudder, b. 1772, d. 1858.
VII. ALANSON, m. 25 Dec., 1800, Elisabeth Coleman.
ABIJAH TOPPING, b. 12 Feb., 1768, d. at Frederick, Md., 10 Sept., 1831. m. Mehitable -, b. 26 April, 1771, d. 6 Jan., 1-27 ; had ch. at least :
I. MINERVA. b. 1795. d. 22 Sept., 1825, m. Stephen R. Haines.
II. WILLIAM, J., b. 28 July, 1797, d. 24 April, 1878, m. Temperance Hedges, b. 30 Jan., 1782, d. 14 May, 1874.
III. MEHITABLE, b. 1809, (I. 8 June, 1829.
TRIMMER.
TRIMMERS OF HUNTERDON COUNTY.
JOHN TRIMMER, died Jau., 1743, in Amwell twp., Hunterdon Co. : prob. arrived at Philadelphia in ship Davy, 25 Oct., 1738 ; his name is signed by the clerk to the oath of allegiance, taken at the above date, Huns Timmer. This is the only case in which this uame appears in the list of emigrants that arrive at Phila. : Johannes and Matthias Trimmer are naturalized by act of Assembly, 12 Nov .. 1744. In Lib. 3, fol. 365, of deeds, in clerk's office at Flemington the following occurs in the beginning of a modern deed, from which we can locate the place of first settle ment of this family : "Whereas John Trimmer stood possessed at the time of his decease of a tract of land in Am well of 300 acres, bounded ou the south by land of Jacob Hand, westerly by land formerly William Bings, now Paul Couls, northerly by land of John Jarell's and part of Neshaning [Neshanic] brook, Adam Bellowsfelt's and Jacob Stout's land, and easterly by William Bellowsfelt ; and did agree to sell to his eldest son, the said Matthias Trimmer, of Long Valley near Fox Hill, party to these presents, 105 acres, part of the above mentioned tract, for 425 pounds, on the 4 Nov., 1748 ; and the said John Trimmer died before any conveyance was made out and no provision was made in his will to give a title to the said lands ; as the money had been paid
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by said Matthias Trimmer, the sons and legatees of John Trimmer, Tunis, Andrew, George, Harman, William, John, Nicholas and Henry, sign a release of said land unto their oldest brother, the eldest son of John, viz. Matthias, 31 May, 1750. On 4 April, 1751, Matthias sells this land to Philip Kels. Johannes Trimmer in his will dated Readington, 10 January, prob. 22 February, 1749 [Trenton Lib. 6, fol. 335], names wife Mary Catrina and ch .: by the first wife, Tys [Matthias], Toenes [Anthony], Ry [ Andrew], Georg, Herbert [Harman in the deed]; by second wife, Anna, Christina, William, Hannis [John], Niclas, Judit, Henrick ; the witnesses were Adam Bellisfelt. Matthias Housel and Godfrey Peters. He speaks of some of his children as not yet of age. The wife named in the will, Mary Catherine, may be the third and who would therefore have no children, for Johannes Tremer and wife Elsje [Alice] have a child, Hendrick, bap. at Readington, 3 Oct., 1747. As this was probably the youngest child of John, according to the order of the will, and by his second wife, there would seem to have been three wives :
I. MATTHIAS, d. 1793, rem. to German Valley before 1748 (see below).
II. ANTHONY (Tunis or "Tys"), rem. to German Valley before 1750 (see below).
III. ANDREW ("Ry") ; nothing known of him.
IV. GEORGE, m. Catherine ; his will Amwell, Nov. 18, 180€, prob. 8 May, 1807, names ch .: (I). TUNIS ; (II). CATHERINE, m. a Kuhl ; (III). JOHN ; (IV). SARAH, m. Will. Risler ; (V). MARY, b. 1752, d. June 23, 1846, aged 93 ; m. Matthias Case ; (VI). ELISABETH, m. Jacob Bearder ; (VII). RE- BECCA, m. Andrew Weart ; (VIII). ANNA, m. a Rels and had George, Elisabeth, Anna, Henry, Catherine, Mary and Sarah Rels.
V. HERBERT, (Harman), m. Martua Case ; letters admin. of his estate granted, Sept. 4, 1810 : had ch .:
(I). JOHN H., d. 1840, m. Maria Martha Thatcher ; had ch .: 1. JOHN E., b. 1788, d. 1880 at 92 ; had ch .: Asher, Ann, Eliza, Sarah, m Mahlon Fields, Jeremiah, John, Mahlon, Catherine ; 2. SAMUEL, had Aaron, Joseph, Elias H .; 3. CHARLES ; 4. AARON ; 5. FRANCIS m. Sarah Thatcher and had (1) Thatcher, m. Susan DeHart (nee Nixon); (2) Mahala, m. George Milton Schomp ; (3) James; 6. ELDRIDGE ; 7. THATCHER, m. Charlotte King (of Newton, N. J.), and had Martha A., Amy, Elisabeth, William, Janette, Mary, Sarah, Newton ; 8. TUNIS, m. Hannah Trimmer (dau. of John 2d), and had Amos, John, Servis, Sarah.
(II). GEORGE.
(III). PETER.
(IV). TUNIS.
(V). WILLIAM.
(VI). ANN.
VI. ANNA.
VII. CHRISTINA.
VIII. WILLIAM, rem. to German Valley (see below).
IX. JOHN, of Amwell, in Revolutionary war, m. a Servis ; his will, dated Amwell, May 16, 1819, prob. Aug. 9, 1820, names ch .:
(I). AMos, m. Susanna Scott (dau. of George); letters of admin. of his estate granted June 21, 1814 ; had ch .: 1. HENRY SCOTT, m. first, Eury Wilson ; second, Isabella Probasco and had (1). Samuel W.
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M. D .; (2). Charles ; (3,. John, (soldier in Rebellion) : (+). Josiah W .; (5). Wiltiam [soldier); (6). Eurilla, m. Levi Snyder ; (7). Susan, m. Josiah Prall ; 2. JOHN S., Justice of the Peace many years. m. a Thatcher and had George ; Amos (a soldier) ; Jeremiah; Augustus (a soldier) ; Eliza, m. first, Peter Van Syckel : second. Augustus Dilts ; third, Silvanus Carkhuff ; Margaret ; 3. ELIZA, m. William Rockafellar ; 4. MERINDA, m. William Snyder ; 5. MARY ANN, m. a Mattison ; 6. JOSEPH P.
(II). HENRY.
(III). JOHN (" Long John"), a blacksmith.
(IV). HANNAH, m. Tunis Trimmer (s. of Herbert).
(V). SUSANNAH, m. Furman Marshall.
(VI). MARY, m. John Young.
(VII). SARAH, m. Jacob Bush ; had ch .:
1. JOHN S.
2. SUSAN.
3. SIDNEY L.
4. SARAH. 5. JACOB.
(IX). CATHERINE, m. a Macintire.
X. NICHOLAS, rem. to German Valley (see below).
XI. JUDITH, b. 30 April, 1746, d. 18 Oct., 1798. aged 52 years, 5 months and Is days ; rem. to German Valley, m. (Ist wife), Matthias Dufford (s. of Jacob), of Schooley's Mountain.
XII. HENDRICK, bap. Readington, 3 Oct., 1747, as child of Johannes Tremer and Elsje [Alice].
TRIMMERS OF GERMAN VALLEY.
MATTHIAS, ["Tys"], oldest son of John Ist, of Readington. d. 1793, m. Auna Martha Neighbor (dau. of Leonard Ist), rem. to Long Valley or German Valley before 1748 ; signs Weygand's call. 1749 ; his will dated 1791, prob. March 10, 1793, names ch .:
I. MATTHIAS, "to be taken care of by the rest of the family."
II. JOHN, m. (1) Catherine Roelofson (dau. of Hermanes), b. 1755 : (2) Ann Catherine Sharp (dau. of John), b. 1769 ; had children by Ist wife :
(I). JOHN, b. Feb 5. 1774. m. Jan. 11, 1806, Elisabeth Youngs (dau. of William), b. Jan. 6, 1783 ; had ch .: 1. WILLIAM Y., b. Oct. 20. 1806, d. Feb. 27, 1879, m. Julia A. Lawrence (dau. of Daniel), b. Aug. ^0, 1808, d. April 10, 1851, and had (1). Stella Semantha, b. Nov. 2, 187 ; (2). Emana Malvina. b. June 9, 1839, m. Eliphalet C. Willett ; (3). Frances Margaretta, b. Jan. 20, 1843, m. George Swackhammer : (4). Mary Ann, b. Aug. 24, 1945 : 2. MARIA A., b. 17 Sept , 1800. m. Silas Horton of Chester : 3. MARGARET, b. 11 Aug., 1816, m. Samuel T. Lawrence, s. of Daniel and brother to Julia A.
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