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Alfred Huntington Burnham married, October 26, 1899, Minnie Church Sim- mons, born October 20, 1875, daughter of Francis Wells Simmons, of Boston, Massachusetts, born September 9, 1839, died March 22, 1884, who married, Sep- tember II, 1872, Harriet Milford Taylor, born May 5, 1850.
Moses Symons, the paternal ancestor of Minnie Church (Simmons) Burn- ham, was a resident of Leyden, Holland, of English parentage, and came to New England in the ship "Fortune" in 1621, landing at Plymouth, Massachu-
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setts, where he lived until his death in 1676-77. His wife Patience survived him.
John Simmons, of Plymouth, married, November 16, 1669, Mercy Pabodie, born January 2, 1649, daughter of William Pabodie, of Duxbury, Massachu- setts, born 1620, died December 13, 1707, who married December 26, 1644, Eliz- abeth Alden, born 1624, died May 31, 1717, daughter of John Alden, a passen- ger on the "Mayflower," secretary of the Plymouth Colony, etc., born 1599, died at Duxbury, Massachusetts, September 22, 1687 (N. S.), whose marriage to Priscilla Mullens, in 1623, is described in Whittier's "Courtship of Miles Stand- ish." Priscilla was a daughter of William Mullens and Alice his wife, from Dorking, county Essex, England, whom she accompanied to New England in the "Mayflower" in 1620. Her daughter, Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie, is said to have been the first white female child born in New England, that fact being re- corded on a monument to her memory in the graveyard at Little Compton, Rhode Island, where she lies buried.
William Pabodie, was a member of Captain Miles Standish's company of brave defenders of the settlement, at Duxbury, in 1643; was a deputy to the General Court of Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1654-63 and 1670-82. He was a son of John Pabodie, who died at Duxbury, in 1666, where he had been a resi- dent since 1636.
William Simmons, son of John and Mercy (Pabodie) Simmons, born at Plymouth, Massachusetts, September 24, 1672, married, in 1696, Abigail Church of Hingham, Massachusetts, and settled at Little Compton, Rhode Island. Abi- gail Church, born in 1680, died at Little Compton, Rhode Island, July 4, 1720, was a daughter of Joseph Church, of Hingham, Massachusetts, born 1638, died March 5, 17II, who married, December 30, 1660, Mary Tucker, baptized at Boston, October 8, 1640, died March 21, 1710; and granddaughter of Richard Church, who was a resident of Boston in 1630, and was sergeant of the train band of Plymouth, in 1643, and served in the Pequot war. He died December 27, 1668, at the age of sixty years. He married, about 1636, Elizabeth Warren, born about 1616, who with her mother, Elizabeth Warren, came to New Eng- land in the ship "Ann" in 1623; her father, Richard Warren, having preceded them in the "Mayflower" in 1620. Richard Warren died at Plymouth in 1628, his wife surviving until October 12, 1673, at the age of ninety-one years.
Joseph Simmons, of Little Compton, Rhode Island, son of William and Abi- gail (Church) Simmons, born March 4, 1702, died July, 1778, married, March 28, 1726, Rebecca Wood, born December 26, 1704, daughter of Jonathan Wood, of Little Compton, born November 20, 1681, who married, January 6, 1703, Elizabeth Thurston, born November 29, 1682, died August 27, 1717, who was a daughter of Jonathan Thurston, of Newport, Rhode Island, born January 4, 1659, died 1740, and his wife Sarah. Jonathan Wood was a son of Thomas and Rebecca Wood, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island.
John Simmons, son of Joseph and Rebecca (Wood) Simmons, born at Little Compton, Rhode Island, January 29, 1726-27, married, January 13, 1746, Lydia Grinnell, born December 7, 1726, daughter of George Grinnell, of Little Comp- ton, born January 25, 1705, died 1768, and his wife, Mercy Sanford, born Janu- ary 19, 1704, daughter of John Sanford, of Little Compton, born June 18, 1672; granddaughter of John Sanford, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, born June 4,
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1633, died 1687, and his wife Mary (Gorton) Greene; and great-granddaughter of John Sanford, one of the first seventeen settlers on Rhode Island in 1637-38, with Rev. John Clark, William Coddington, William and Edward Hutchinson, and others. George Grinnell was a son of Richard Grinnell, of Little Compton, born 1669, died July 1, 1725, who married, May 25, 1704, Patience Amory, born 1681, died March 10, 1749; and grandson of Daniel Grinnell, who died at Little Compton, Rhode Island, in 1641.
Benoni Simmons, of Little Compton, Rhode Island, son of John and Lydia (Grinnell) Simmons, born August 4, 1755, died June 15, 1835, was a soldier ill the Revolutionary war; losing an arm in an engagement on Lake Champlain, October II, 1776, while acting as "master gunner" under Captain Seth Warren of the Galley, "Trumbull". He married, December 9, 1784, Nancy Bailey, born 1767, died October 21, 1855, daughter of Cornelius Bailey, of Little Compton, born July 31, 1740, died July, 1772, and his wife Mary; granddaughter of Wil- liam Bailey, of Little Compton, and his wife, Comfort Billings, and great-grand- daughter of William Bailey, Sr., born 1684, died February 17, 1730, who married June 30, 1707-08, Dorothy Graves, born 1684, died November 26, 1771, daugh- ter of John and Martha (Mitton) Graves. William Bailey, Sr., was a son of John Bailey, of Newport, Rhode Island. Comfort (Billings) Bailey, born De- cember 2, 1716, died February 23, 1802, was a daughter of Richard Billings, of Little Compton, born 1674, died November 20, 1748, and his wife, Sarah Little, born 1685, died March 19, 1742, daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Gray) Little, of Marshfield, Massachusetts.
Valentine Simmons, of Little Compton, Rhode Island, son of Benoni and Nancy (Bailey) Simmons, and father of Francis Wells Simmons, before men- tioned, was born April 10, 1802, died September 22, 1885. He married, August 20, 1826, Mary Ann Lombard, born November 14, 1809, died March 23, 1843, daughter of Peter Lombard, born at Truro, Barnstable county, Massachusetts, November 24, 1765, later a resident of Provincetown in the same county, who married, May 14, 1795, Hannah Hopkins, born May 19, 1761, daughter of Con- stant Hopkins, of Truro, born July 28, 1720, died June 15, 1800, who married, December 1, 1743, Phebe Paine, born December 2, 1724, died May 6, 1798, daughter of Jonathan Paine, born February 1, 1685-86, died May 23, 1752, who married, June 29, 1719, as his second wife, Mary Purington, a widow; grand- daughter of Thomas Paine, of Eastham, Massachusetts, born 1657, died June 23, 1721, who married, August 5, 1678, Hannah Shaw, died July 24, 1713, daughter of Jonathan Shaw, who married, January 22, 1657, Phebe Watson; and great-granddaughter of Thomas Paine, of Eastham, Massachusetts, who died August 16, 1706, and his wife, Mary Snow, who died April 28, 1704.
Constant Hopkins was a son of Caleb Hopkins, of Truro, Massachusetts, who married, October 8, 1719, Mercy Freeman, born August 31, 1702, died Decem- ber, 1786, daughter of Constant Freeman, of Eastham, Massachusetts, born March 31, 1669, died June 8, 1745, who married, October II, 1694, Jane Treat, born December 6, 1675, died September I, 1727, daughter of Samuel Treat, of Eastham, baptized September 3, 1648, died March 18, 1716-17, and his wife, Elizabeth Mayo, baptized May 22, 1653, died December 4, 1696, whom he mar- ried March 16, 1674; and granddaughter of Samuel Freeman, of Eastham, born
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May II, 1638, died November 20, 1712, who married, May 12, 1658, Mercy Southworth.
Caleb Hopkins was a son of Caleb Hopkins, of Eastham, Massachusetts, born January, 1650-51, died 1728, and his wife, Mary Williams, and grandson of Giles Hopkins, of Plymouth, Massachusetts, ( 1605-90) who married, October 19, 1639, Katharine Whelden, who died March 15, 1688-89. Jonathan Paine, above mentioned (1686-1752), was a representative in 1723, and his father, Thomas Paine, was a deputy and representative, 1691-96, captain of Provincial Militia ; and justice of the Court of Common Pleas in 1713.
Constant Freeman, (1669-1745) was a representative in 1715, and his father, Samuel Freeman, ( 1638-1712) was a representative, in 1697, and Thomas Wil- liams, the father of Mary Williams Hopkins, served in the Pequot war.
Peter Lombard was a son of Isaac Lombard, of Truro, Barnstable county, Massachusetts, born August 5, 1734, who married, January 22, 1756, Thankful Eldredge, born August 6, 1736, daughter of Timothy Eldredge, of Truro, and his wife, Hannah Dyer, born January 29, 1716-17, daughter of William Junisi- mus Dyer, of Truro, born October 30, 1690, and his wife Hannah, and grand- daughter of William Dyer, of Truro (1654-1738), who married, December, 1686, Mary Taylor, born 1659, died October 17, 1738.
Isaac Lombard was a son of Thomas Lombard, of Truro, born August 3, 1698, died April 20, 1779, who married, April 5, 1721, Elizabeth Binney, born December 25, 1702, died May 21, 1787, daughter of Samuel and Rebecca (Vick- ers) Binney, and granddaughter of John and Mercy Binney, and Isaac and Elizabeth (Cromwell) Vickers, of Hull, Plymouth county, Massachusetts, Eliz- abeth Cromwell being a daughter of Thomas Cromwell, a resident of Boston in 1636, who was captain of the privateer, "Separation", 1646-49.
Thomas Lombard was a son of Thomas Lombard, of Barnstable, Massachu- setts, born June 22, 1671, died November 13, 1736, who married, October 4, 1694, Mary, daughter of Lieutenant Andrew Newcomb, of the Isle of Shoals, Edgartown, Massachusetts, born 1640, died 1708, and his wife Sarah; and grandson of Jedediah Lombard, of Barnstable, baptized September 19, 1611, who married, May 20, 1668, Hannah Wing, born July 28, 1642.
George Milford Taylor, of Little Compton, Rhode Island, the maternal grand- father of Mrs. Alfred Huntington Burnham, was born September 15, 1815, died February 14, 1872. He was a son of Simeon Taylor, of Little Compton, born May 7, 1774, died June 17, 1835, and his wife, Mary Ann Jones, born in Wales, May 25, 1775, died 1867, whom he married, October 13, 1799.
George Milford Taylor married, October 30, 1844, Sarah Jane Dean, born March 29, 1823, daughter of Captain Joseph Dean, of Berkley, Massachusetts, born May, 1780, died June `30, 1855, and his wife, Elizabeth Tew, born Septem- ber 20, 1787, died October 14, 1843; granddaughter of Benjamin Dean, of Berkley, Massachusetts, born May 26, 1736, died October 21, 1798, who mar- ried, December 22, 1757, Mary Turner, born 1739, died February II, 1824, daughter of Dr. John Turner, of Bowenville, Massachusetts, and his wife, Pa- tience Gardiner, daughter of Samuel and Hannah Gardiner, of Swansea, Massa- chusetts, and granddaughter of Lieutenant Samuel Gardiner, of Newport, Rhode Island, who fought in King Philip's war, and his wife Elizabeth. Benjamin Dean was a son of Joseph and Sarah Dean, grandson of Joseph and Mary Dean,
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of Taunton, Massachusetts, the former of whom died January 10, 1729; and great-grandson of Walter Dean, and his wife, Eleanor Strong, who came from Chard, Somersetshire, England, to Massachusetts, in 1635, or earlier.
Elizabeth Tew, wife of Captain Joseph Dean, and great-grandmother of Mrs. Burnham, was a daughter of Benjamin Tew, of Berkley, Massachusetts, who died in 1795, and who married, March 28, 1784, Abigail Hathaway, born Octo- ber 10, 1767, died January 29, 1845, daughter of Lieutenant Philip Hathaway, Jr., of Freetown, Massachusetts, born July 19, 1740, died January 21, 1816, who was an officer in the patriot army during the Revolutionary war, by his wife, Lucy Valentine, born February 20, 1740, died September 25, 1800, daughter of Samuel Valentine, of Freetown, Massachusetts, born December 28, 1702, died March 14, 1781, and his wife, Abigail Durfee, daughter of William and Mary Durfee, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island.
Lieutenant Philip Hathaway was a son of Philip Hathaway, Sr., of Free- town, Massachusetts, who married, December 11 or 12, 1735, Martha Simmons, and a grandson of Jacob Hathaway, of Freetown, and his wife, Philipi Chace. Samuel Valentine, maternal grandfather of Abigail Hathaway, was a son of John Valentine, of Boston, Massachusetts, who married, April 6, 1702, Mary Lynde, born November 16, 1680, died 1724.
Mrs. Burnham is also a "Mayflower" descendant on another line. Edward Gray, the father of Sarah (Gray) Little, above mentioned, a soldier in King Philip's war, and a deputy to the General Court from Marshfield, Massachu- setts, 1676-79, married, January 16, 1650-51, Mary Winslow, born 1630, daugh- ter of John Winslow, of Plymouth, born April 26, 1597, who came in the "For- tune" in 1621, and was a son of Edward Winslow, of Droitwich, county Wor- cester, England, (born October 17, 1560), who married, November 4, 1594, Magdalena Ollyver; and a grandson of Kenelm and Katharine Winslow, of Worcester, England. John Winslow was a member of the "Council of War" 1646, and a deputy to the General Court, 1653-55. He died March, 1674. He married, October 12, 1624, Mary Chilton, who came to Plymouth with her parents, James and Mary Chilton, in the "Mayflower" in 1620. She died prior to May II, 1679.
Alfred Huntington and Minnie Church (Simmons) Burnham have four chil- dren : Alfred Huntington Burnham, Jr., born August 7, 1900; Francis Simmons Burnham, born December 27, 1901; Josephine Burnham, born February 26, 1904, and Lydia Dean Burnham, January 30, 1906.
CHARLES EDWARD ETTING
ELIJAH ETTING was born at Frankfort-on-the-Main, August 10, 1724; came to Pennsylvania in 1758 and settled at York; engaged in business as a mer- chant and continued to reside there until his death, July 3, 1778. During the Revolution he was appointed Commissary of Provisions for British prisoners of war. He married, January 5, 1759, Shinah, eldest daughter of Joseph and Bell Solomon. Mrs. Etting was born at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, January 3, 1744, and died in Baltimore, Maryland, November 30, 1822. She removed to the latter city with her children shortly after her husband's death.
The male issue of Elijah Etting and wife, with the exception of a child who died in infancy, were Reuben and Solomon Etting. Solomon Etting, a Balti- more merchant, was president of City Councils, a member of the first board of directors of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, and of the first company to supply Baltimore with water. He held numerous other positions of trust and responsibility in the city of Baltimore.
REUBEN ETTING, (grandfather of Charles Edward Etting), the elder of the two brothers, was born at York, Pennsylvania, June 16, 1762, and died at Philadelphia, June 3, 1848. He continued to reside in Baltimore until 1804; thereafter in Philadelphia. During the Revolutionary War he enlisted as a private in Captain Sterrett's Independent Company, composed of Baltimore merchants and their clerks; was called into active service under Colonel Small- wood and was engaged in suppressing uprisings of Loyalists in Somerset and other counties of Maryland. He was commissioned, June 19, 1794, by Governor Lee as lieutenant of Captain James A. Buchanan's company, Fifth Regiment, Maryland Militia. On December 5, 1795, he was commissioned as a captain in the same regiment. In 1797, when war with France seemed probable, he as- sisted in organizing and was elected the first captain of the Baltimore Inde- pendent Blues, which company he continued to command until his resignation, in 1803. On May 25, 1801, he was appointed by President Jefferson, Marshal of Maryland District. In 1804 he removed to Philadelphia and engaged in bus- iness as a merchant ; was a director of the Farmers' & Mechanics' Bank, 1808-9, and during the War of 1812, a member of the committee appointed to see to the fortifications of the city. His appointment as commissary-general of the army was suggested by his Maryland and Pennsylvania friends. In 1841, some seven years before his death, his old comrades, "the Blues", came to Philadelphia to pay their respects to him. Upon hearing of his death the armory of the com- pany was ordered to be shrouded in mourning and a badge of mourning to be worn by the members of the command for thirty days. The following is an extract from the company's records :
"His name is identified with the most interesting and treasured records of our Corps, and, although, of those who then formed his command, it may be that none now stand among us, yet his name has been handed down to us by the previous generation as one eminently entitled to our veneration, and we are resolved that it shall be so kept."
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On September 17, 1794, Reuben Etting married Frances Gratz, the eldest daughter of Michael and Miriam (Simon) Gratz. Hyman Gratz, a brother of Mrs. Etting, was for many years president of the Pennsylvania Company for Insurance on Lives & Granting Annuities; a charter member of the Philadel- phia Club; a director and treasurer of the Academy of Fine Arts and prominent in many other undertakings of a social and business nature. Rebecca Gratz, a woman of great charm and culture, about whom centered much of the social and charitable life of the city, and whose name is best known to the present generation by the description of her given to Sir Walter Scott, by Washington Irv- ing, was a sister of Mrs. Etting. Mrs. Etting survived her husband and died at Philadelphia, September 21, 1852. Her father, Michael Gratz, born in Upper Silesia, in 1740, came to Pennsylvania in 1759, and in the following year mar- ried Miriam, daughter of Joseph and Rose Simon, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Reuben and Frances Etting had eight children; their male issue was as fol- lows :
Gratz, b. Baltimore, July 14, 1795; grad. at Univ. Penn., 1812; studied law and was admitted to Phila. Bar, 1816; d. at Phila., May 25, 1849;
Benjamin, b. March 25, 1798, d. at Phila., March 27, 1875;
Henry, b. in Baltimore, May 20, 1799; d. at Phila., Feb. 15, 1876. After seeing some service in navy as midshipman, was transferred to Pay Corps and retired as Pay Director. During Civil War was selected by Secretary of the Navy to carry orders for reinforcement of Fort Pickens, and for other duty of a confidential nature. After his retirement the Secretary of the Navy, being dissatisfied with the conduct of the Navy Agent in New York, then a civil officer, ordered Director Etting to assume charge of that office;
EDWARD JOHNSON, see forward.
Horatio, b. at Phila., Nov. 2, 1805, and d. at Phila., Dec. 9, 1891.
EDWARD JOHNSON ETTING, father of Charles Edward Etting, was born in Baltimore, June 20, 1803, died at Philadelphia, December 10, 1862. At an early age he went to Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, to take charge of landed interests of the family in that county, and to acquire a practical knowledge of the making of iron. He married, February 24, 1841, Philippa, daughter of Isaac Minis, of Savannah, Georgia, granddaughter of Abram Minis, who came to Georgia in 1733, a few months after the arrival of Governor Oglethorpe and his colonists, and whose descendants, with few exceptions, have since continued to reside there. Mrs. Etting survived her husband and died at Philadelphia, February 5, 1881.
The children of Edward Johnson and Philippa (Minis) Etting are :
Reuben, b. Feb. 14, 1842, who became associated with his brother, Charles Edward Etting, in the insurance business.
CHARLES EDWARD, see forward.
Theodore Minis, b. May 25, 1846; grad. at the U. S. Naval Academy, 1868; was com- missioned as Ensign Master and Lieut. Resigned from the Navy in 1877; graduated at the law dept. of the Univ. of Penn,; was admitted to the Phila. Bar in 1878. From 1885 to 1894 was a member of Select Councils of Phila. In 1898 was appointed referee in bankruptcy, which office he still holds. M., March 8, 1886, Jeannette Verplanck, dau. of William S. and Anna N. Verplanck, of Fishkill-on-the-Hudson. Pres. of the Children's Aid Society of Pennsylvania and of the United States Naval Academy Graduates' Association of Pennsylvania. By right of descent, a member of the Penn- sylvania Society of the Sons of the Revolution, and in his own right a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the U. S., and a member of the Philadel- phia, Rittenhouse, Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Country clubs.
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Philippa, b. Jan. 15, 1848; m., May 28, 1872, Alexander Lardner Brown, and after his death m., Oct. 14, 1884, John A. Brown, Jr .; d. April 2, 1893.
Gratz, b. Nov. 24, 1850, d. June 21, 1884.
Henry, b. Feb. 16, 1859, d. March II, 1861.
CHARLES EDWARD ETTING was born February 5, 1844. He was educated at private schools. He was mustered into the service of the United States as sec- ond lieutenant, One Hundred and Twenty-first Regiment, Pennsylvania Volun- teers, August 4, 1862 ; promoted to captain, March 15, 1863; served continuously as lieutenant, captain, aide-de-camp, acting assistant-adjutant, general and mus- tering officer until honorably discharged, June 2, 1865, by reason of termination of hostilities. He was in the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. At the close of the war he resumed his residence in Philadelphia, and is engaged in the insurance business. He is by right of descent a member of the Pennsylvania Society of the Revolution, and in his own right of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States; of the Society of the First Army Corps; of the Society of the Army of the Potomac, and of Post I, Grand Army of the Republic. He is a trustee of the Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry, a director of the Philadelphia Orthopaedic Hospital and Infirmary for Nervous Diseases, and a member of the Philadelphia, Rabbit and the Philadelphia Country clubs.
KIMBER FAMILY
About the beginning of the seventeenth century, Richard Kimber, whose fam- . ily was then residing in Down Ampney, near Cirencester, England, it is said, became a member of the Society of Friends, whereupon the family becoming incensed turned his picture to the wall. A widow by the name of Kimber, liv- ing in the latter place, told the writer of this paper in 1882 that she remembered when she was a child seeing that picture still turned to the wall. The house has now fallen. The church at Down Ampney is exceedingly old, a portion of it having been built before the arrival of St. Augustine at Canterbury. The churchyard is full of Kimber graves-one lies crosswise to the others, and it is said on the tombstone that this Mr. Kimber desired to lie in that position as he always occupied it with his relatives while alive. Richard Kimber came to Philadelphia to join Penn's Colony. His only living son at the time of his fath- er's death in 1753 was Richard Preddy, who married Gertrude Griffith, and for many years lived in a house which was standing in 1882 at the northeast corner of Ninth and Filbert Streets, Philadelphia. This couple had nine children. One of these, Emmor Kimber, married Susannah Jackson, of Kimberton, Pennsyl- vania, near Phoenixville. Emmor Kimber carried on, in conjunction with his gifted wife and daughters, a boarding school for girls at Kimberton, which for thirty years was conducted on advanced and liberal principles and attracted pu- pils from far and near. He was a highly esteemed minister of the Society of Friends, recognized publicly as such by the Society in Philadelphia in 1803. The building in which this school was conducted has since, and probably up to this time, been occupied as a girls' boarding school by the German Lutherans. It is said of Emmor Kimber that his public spirit with enlightened foresight saw the necessity for the Reading railroad and he, in 1831, called the first meeting that opened the subject to the public. He was an earnest advocate for the rights of the slave who, when fleeing from the South, found shelter in his dwelling.
Richard Preddy Kimber's son Richard married Susannah Millhouse, June 26, 1768. The second son of this union was Joshua Kimber, who was born December 29, 1792, and the sixth son was Emmor Kimber, born March 26, 1797. He for many years was a maker of beaver hats. His establishment was in North Second Street, Philadelphia.
JOSHUA KIMBER married, August 7, 1817, at Burlington, New Jersey, Rachel James Gummere, who was born at Willow Grove, now part of Philadelphia, in 1792. They were both teachers in Philadelphia at the time. One of Rachel J. (Gummere) Kimber's brothers was a writer of high grade mathematical books, surveying and practical astronomy, which for years were standard works. An- other brother conducted a boarding school at Greenbank, Burlington, New Jer- sey, which property he sold to the first Bishop Doane for St. Mary's Hall. Sam- uel J. Gummere, the son of John Gummere, was president of Haverford College, in which institution his son, Frank Barton Gummere, is now a professor. One
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of the sons of Samuel Gummere was clerk of the Court of Chancery, New Jer- sey, succeeding his father, and a grandson is now chief justice in that State.
Joshua and Rachel Kimber shortly after their marriage went to Flushing, Long Island, where they resided until their deaths respectively in 1856 and 1865. They were, 'tis said, the proprietors in Flushing of a boarding and day school for girls, where they continued until they had the grandchildren of their first pupils. They first rented and then owned the building adjoining the Hicksite Meeting House built in 1693 and used in the Revolution as British barracks and hospital. Joshua Kimber was an approved minister of the So- ciety of Friends, and his wife a recommended minister. Together they made many journeys in the interest of that Society. They had in all eight children, of whom four reached maturity : Anna, born in Philadelphia, 1819, unmarried, died in Brooklyn in 1894. George Dillwyn, born in 1824, was killed in a rail- road accident at Bridgeport on May 7th, 1895; he was for many years in the nursery business at Flushing, Long Island. Sarah, born in 1831, married Thomas Ellwood Roberts, October 19, 1851 ; he died early, and Sarah was for many years a widow; her son, Ellwood Walter Roberts, has been for many years the assistant treasurer of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church.
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