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Issue by 1st wife :
Mary Binney, d. May 26, 1861, m. William Henry Rawle, see Shoemaker,
Elizabeth Binney, m. George Harrison Hare, see Ship- pen,
Issue by 2nd wife :
Sarah Bancker,
Frances, d. unm.,
Thomas, b. 1837, d. 1841,
Charles Evert, b. Nov. 5, 1839, grad. A. B. and M. D. (U. of P.), served in 1861 in First City Troop, after- wards enlisting as 1st Lieut. in 6th Pa. Cav., and attaining the rank of Lieut. Col. on Meade's Staff, director of Phila. Soc. for Organizing Charity,
Anne, m. Rev. Henry J. Rowland of Phila., Issue (surname Rowland) : John Cadwalader,
John, grad. A. B. (U. of P.), of the Phila. bar, m. Mary
Helen, dau. of Joshua Francis Fisher (descend. of Logan),
Issue : Sophia, Mary Helen, John, Thomas Francis,
George, b. 1845, d. y.,
GEORGE, b. May 16, 1806, grad. A. B. (U. of P.), at the age of 18 entered the City Troop, and in 1832 was elected Captain of the "Philadelphia Greys," in which position he was the first officer in the United States to drill a militia company with a battery, in 1842 was commissioned by Gov- ernor Porter Brigadier-General of 1st Brigade of 1st Divis- ion of Penna. Militia, and held that command during the riots of 1844-The question as to the power of a municipal-
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ity to use troops to quell disturbances was a hotly-disputed one, and General Cadwalader and other officers were in much personal danger from the anti-Catholic faction. A gibbet was erected for his execution, but his person not being secured, he was hung in effigy. The coroner's inquest on the bodies of the dead rioters was held during the height of the excite- ment, and the jury at first found General Cadwalader crimi- nally responsible for the killing. This finding was however set aside. To his determination and calm judgment, the prompt suppression of the riots was generally conceded. A popular fund was raised, limited to a few cents for civilians only, with which a massive silver vase was procured and pre- sented to him in the name of the people. He continued to take great interest in developing the Militia, until the break- ing out of the Mexican War in 1847, when President Polk commissioned him as a Brigadier-General in the Regular Army. He at once repaired to the seat of war, and serving under General Scott's command, participated in every general engagement from the landing at Vera Cruz to the taking of the City of Mexico; and was brevetted Sep. 13, 1847 a Major-General in the Regular Army for gallant conduct at Chapultepec. On his return after the War, a public demon- stration in his honor took place, and the Mayor received him in Independence Hall, to which he was escorted by the troops. He resigned from the service, but renewed his connection with the militia, and resumed his care of the large interests con- fided to him, having succeeded his father in the agency of the Penn, Hamilton, and other estates. He became interested in agriculture, acquiring an estate of 10,000 acres in Mary- land, including the celebrated ducking-ground, Maxwell's Point. He was connected with many corporations, including the old " Green Tree " Insurance Company, of which he was President for years. On the outbreak of the Rebellion in 1861, he at once tendered his services to the President. There '. was a difference of opinion as to the precedence of an officer holding a brevet rank, as maintained by General Scott, and in consequence of this difference, General Cadwalader accepted a commission as Major-General of Volunteers, and served throughout the war in various capacities. During the early period, his services were actively in the field; but later, he
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was engaged principally in Washington, where he was con- stantly consulted by Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Stanton. He d. Phila. Feb. 3, 1879, bu. Xt. Ch., m. May 4, 1830 Frances Butler Mease, dau. of Dr. James Mease of Phila., by his w. Sarah, dau. of Pierce Butler, U. S. Senator from So. Car.,- Issue : Frances, d. inf.,
THOMAS, b. Aug. 27, 1808, d. s. p. Jany. 19, 1844,
HENRY, b. Jany. 21, 1817, entered the U. S. Navy at 14, Passed Midshipman July 8, 1839, stricken with fever on the African coast, d. s. p. June 29, 1844,
WILLIAM, b. Oct. 2, 1820, d. s. p. Oct. 15, 1875.
FRANCES CADWALADER, b. June 25, 1781, dau. of John and Wil- liamina Cadwalader, p. 377, d. Mch. 25, 1843, m. 1800 David Montagu Erskine, son of Lord Chancellor Erskine, and gr'dson of Henry David, 5th Earl of Buchan, and at his marriage Secretary of the British Legation at Washington. In 1802, he returned to England, and became a barrister. In 1806, he was elected to Parliament, and the same year was appointed British Minister to the United States. He was recalled in 1809, and for many years was Minister to Wurtem- burg and afterwards to Bavaria. He succeeded his father as 2nd Lord Erskine in 1823. (He m., 2nd, his first wife's cousin Anne Bond Travis, dau. of John Travis of Phila. by his w. Elizabeth Bond, and, 3rd, Anna, widow of T. C. Durham, neither lady having any children.) Issue (surname ERSKINE) :
FRANCES CADWALADER, b. Dec. 11, 1800, bapt. Xt Ch., d. June 7, 1876, m. Gabriel Shawe, left issue,
THOMAS AMERICUS, b. May 3, 1802, bapt. Xt. Ch., 3rd Baron Erskine, d. s. p. May 10, 1877, m. May 12, 1830 Louisa, dau. of George Newnham of Co. Sussex, and widow of Thomas Legh of Cheshire,
ANNE, d. inf.,
JOHN CADWALADER, b. 1804, 4th Baron Erskine, in Bengal civil service, d. Torquay Mch. 28, 1882, m., 1st, Margaret, dau. of John Martyn of Co. Tyrone, and, 2nd, Mary L. C., dau. of Col. Alex. Campbell of Ayrshire,
Issue (surname Erskine) :
Fanny Macnaghten, d. May 5, 1872, m. 1861 Stan- dish G. Rowley of Co. Meath,
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Margaret Catherine, m. Rev. Evelyn H. V. Burnaby, Rector of Burrough, Melton Mowbray,
William Macnaghten, 5th Baron Erskine, late Capt. 9th Lancers, m. 1864 Caroline Alice Martha, dau. of William Grimble, Issue (surname Erskine) :
Montagu, Margaret, Stuart, Esme Standish, Stuart William, d. y.,
MARY, b. Feb. 28, 1806, was the authoress of "Quits," " The Initials," " At Odds," and " Cyrilla," d. Mch. 15, 1874, m. June 16, 1832 Herrman Tautphous, Count von Baumgarten, of Bavaria, who d. Jany. 11, 1846,
Issue (surname Tautphœus) :
Elizabeth, m. Count Lerchenfeld,
Ella, m. Count Pfeuninger,
Frances, m. Count Toerring,
Irene, unm.,
MARGARET, b. 1808, d. unm. Jany. 30, 1881,
SEVILLA, b. 1809, d. Mch. 12, 1835, m. Dec. 23, 1830 Sir Henry Francis Howard, K. C. B., Envoy to Hanover and Bavaria,
Issue (surname Howard) :
Isabel Mary, a nun,
Adele Mary, a nun,
Sevilla Catherine, d. y. 1846,
STEUARTA, b. Oct., 1810, d. Sep. 17, 1863, m. 1826 Yeats Brown of Stuppington, Kent, British Consul at Genoa,
Issue (surname Brown) :
Montagu Yeats, b. 1829, British Consul at Genoa,
ELIZABETH, b. Apr. 11, 1812, m. Apr. 1, 1832 Sir St. Vin- cent K. Hawkins-Whitshed, Bart.,
Issue (surname Hawkins-Whitshed) :
James, d. in lifetime of his father,
Elizabeth Sophia, d. Jany. 4, 1858, m. Feb. 18, 1857 Lieut. Gen Arthur Cavendish-Bentinck, gr'dson of the 3rd Duke of Portland,
Issue (surname. Cavendish-Bentinck) :
William John Arthur Charles James, b. Dec. 28, 1857, 6th Duke of Portland, m. Marion Margaret, dau. of Lt. Col. Charles H. Lindsay, and granddau. of James, 13th Earl of Crawford and Balcarres,
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St. Vincent, 3rd and last Baronet, d. 1871, m. Alice, dau. of Rev. John Handcock, and grddau. of Rich- ard, 2nd Lord Castlemaine, Issue (surname Hawkins-Whitshed) : John Handcock, d. y., St. Vincent, d. y., Alice,
Remira,
EMMA, b. 1814, d. y. 1815,
HARRIET, b. 1815, d. Nov. 19, 1855, m. Aug. 29, 1833 Charles Woodmass of Co. Warwick,
DAVID MONTAGU, b. 1816, Maj. 21st regt., Colonial Secre- tary of Natal, m., 1st, Nov. 12, 1839 Anne Maria, dau. of Josiah Spode, and, 2nd, Sep. 26, 1870 Florence Rose, dau. of Capt. C. I. Harford,
Issue by 1st wife (surname Erskine) :
Fanny Cadwalader,
Montagu Bond, b. Aug. 16, 1842, d. y., Feb. 11, 1843, Stuart Townsend, b. Nov. 23, 1844, m. Jany. 17, 1866 Jessie S., dau. of David Dale Buchanan of Natal, Issue (surname Erskine) : Jessie Smith Buchanan,
St. Vincent Whitshed, b. Feb. 22, 1846,
Robert Henry, b. July 26, 1848, lieut. in colonial ser- vice, d. s. p. killed in action against the Caffres Nov., 1873,
Montagu Neville, b. Apr. 21, 1850, d. y. Oct. 31, 1851,
Anne Barton, b. Aug. 14, 1854, m. Aug. 14, 1872 Arthur H. Pain, Lieut. 75th regt.,
Issue by 2nd wife (surname Erskine) :
Charles Harford, b. Sep. 21, 1871, a dau., b. May 7, 1875,
EDWARD MORRIS, b. Mch. 28, 1817, C. B., British Minister to Greece and since to Sweden, m. July 24, 1847 Caroline, widow of Andrew Loughnan,
Issue (surname Erskine) :
Mary Maud, m. April 16, 1872 Wm. J. P. Lawton of Cheshire,
Issue (surname Lawton) : Percy, Elizabeth Steuarta, m. Mch. 2, 1875 Offley J. Crewe- Read,
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Evelyn Constance, m. June 1, 1876 Francis W. White, Commissioner of Customs, China,
Christian Edith Eleanor,
JANE PLUMER, b. Mch. 9, 1818, d. Mch. 30, 1846, m. Aug. 29, 1837 James H. Callander of Co. Sterling, d. Jany. 31, 1851,
Issue (surname Callander) :
Frances Jane,
Mary Hermoine,
Jane Sevilla, b. 1846, m. Jany. 12, 1869 Lord Archi- bald Campbell, 2nd son of the Duke of Argyll,
Issue (Campell) : Niall Diarmid, b. Feb. 16, 1872, Elspeth Angela, b. Nov. 2, 1873,
JAMES STUART, b. 1821, m. 1850, Countess Charlotte Lerch- enfeld,
Issue (surname Erskine) : James Stuart.
LAMBERT CADWALADER, son of the Councillor, entered into com- mercial business with his brother. The following letter to George Morgan shows his feelings upon the dispute with the Mother Country as early as May 18, 1766:
" I have now the pleasure to communicate to you the joyful news of the repeal of the Stamp Act; news that almost calls back youth to the aged, gives health and vigor to the sick and infirm. The act to repeal the Stamp Act received the Royal assent on the 18th of March and a copy was brought here in a vessel from Poole. If ever the Americans should fall into paganism, place dead men among their gods and worship them, there is scarce anyone that will have a better chance of being enrolled in the number of them, than Mr. Pitt. This great man by his abilities, virtues and extraordinary courage has gained a never dying name. * *
America is again free! God bless her ! long may she remain so ! As to the act asserting the right of Parliament to tax the colonies, we shall regard it as waste paper. Let us only enjoy liberty but half a century longer and we will defy the power of England to enslave us."
John and Lambert Cadwalader were chosen as members of the Committee of Superintendence and Correspondence for Philadelphia. Lambert Cadwalader was sent to the Provincial Convention which met in January, 1775. To the call to arms, Lambert promptly responded, and was chosen Captain of one of the companies of the Greens. The Congress of Deputies called upon Pennsylvania for four battalions. The Committee sent in a list on January 3rd, 1776, with Lambert Cad-
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walader's name at the head for one of the Lieut. Colonelcies. Cadwala- der was attached to the battalion under the command of Col. Shee, and Graydon, in his Memoirs, says, " Ours was on a footing of the most promising on the continent." On the 18th of June, Genl. Heath wrote in his diary, "The Pennsylvania Regiment commanded by Col. Shee and Magaw have the appearance of fine troops."
That same month, they, under the command of Genl. Mifflin, erected Fort Washington on the Hudson, so as with the Forts Constitution and Lee opposite to command the River.
On the report of Genl. Heath to Genl. Washington, that Shee and Magaw's Regiment were among the best disciplined of any troops in the army, Genl. Mifflin was ordered with them to New York. Irving refers to them as well disciplined, efficient, and accustomed to act to- gether. When their time expired, Col. Shee returned home: the Third battalion re-enlisted for the war as the Fourth Regiment of Foot in the Army of the U. S., and Cadwalader, who had been in command, was commissioned Colonel. Cadwalader in command of his regiment was among those taken prisoner at Fort Washington. Irving, in speaking of that battle, said of Washington, watching at one stage of the fight, that nothing encouraged him more than the gallant style in which Cadwalader with an inferior force maintained his position ; "it gave me great hope," he wrote to Congress, " that the enemy was entirely repulsed." Cadwalader with the rest of the captured garri- son were marched to New York, and although sent home was unable to procure his release by an exchange of prisoners. He was compelled to remain inactive, and finally resigned from the army.
He took a prominent part in the Constitutional Convention of 1776. In 1784 he was elected a deputy to the Continental Congress, and sat there until 1787. He was also a member of the Grand Committee to which was referred the Report of the Annapolis Commission recom- mending the calling of the Federal Convention, resulting in the Con- stitution of the United States.
He was elected a Representative from New Jersey to the 1st Consti- tutional Congress beginning the 4th of March, 1789, and served in the 3rd Congress until March, 1795, finally retiring to private life.
In March, 1776, he bought the country seat "Greenwood" in Ewing township, about a mile from the city of Trenton, New Jersey, a portion of which is supposed to have been of the original tract held by his father, and where his father died. Lambert Cadwalader d. Green-
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wood Sep. 13, 1823, in the 81st year of his age, bu. Friends' ground at Trenton.
He m. 1793 Mary, dau. of Archibald McCall of Phila.
Issue :
THOMAS [MCCALL], b. Sept. 11, 1795, bapt. Xt. Ch., see below, JOHN, b. June 22, 1794, d. Mch. 8, 1801.
THOMAS [MCCALL] CADWALADER, b. Green wood Sep. 11, 1795, son of Lambert and Mary Cadwalader, as above, grad. at Princeton, and studied law, but did not practise. He was appointed, June 2, 1830, Deputy Adj. Gen. Hunterdon Brigade, N. J. Militia, and Lt. Col. and Aide-de-camp to Gov. Seeley Apr. 10, 1833, and Brig. Gen. and Adjutant-General of New Jersey July 30, 1842. The last position, he retained, through all changes of politics, until his resignation Jany. 26, 1858. In 1856, at the request of the Governor, he proceeded to Europe to travel through various countries, and report as to the fire- arms there in use. The report was printed. In March, 1858, in pur- suance of a special Act of the Legislature, he was brevetted Major- General for long and meritorious services. He d. Greenwood Oct. 22, 1873, bu. Friends' ground at Trenton.
He m. Dec. 27, 1831 Maria C., dau. of Nicholas Gouverneur of New York by his w. Hester, dau. of Lawrence Kortright, and sister of the w. of President Monroe.
Issue :
EMILY, m. William Henry Rawle, see SHOEMAKER,
JOHN LAMBERT, b. Nov. 17, 1836, grad. A. B. (Princ.), LL.B.
(Harv.), read law with Daniel Lord of New York, appointed in 1874 Assistant Sec. of State of the U. S., remaining such until Sec. Fish went out of office, formerly of New York law firm of Bliss & Cadwalader, afterwards of Eaton, Tay- lor, & Cadwalader, now of Strong & Cadwalader,
MARY, m. June 23, 1875 (was 2nd w. of) Silas Weir Mitchell, son of Prof. John Kearsley Mitchell, M. D.,-b. Feb. 15, 1829, grad. M. D. (Jeff.), has contributed to the Smithsonian Institute the result of experiments on the venom of serpents, and other valuable researches, is also the author of various medical works and contributions to general literature, is an acknowledged authority in England and the United States on diseases of the nervous system, also is Trustee of the Uni- versity of Penna., and is a member of National Academy of
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Science, Physician to the Orthopedic Hospital at Philada., Fellow of College of Physicians, Member of New York Academy of Medicine, Associate Fellow American Academy of Arts and Sciences of Boston, Hon. member of various State Medical Societies, Hon. correspond. member of British Med. Asso., Hon. Fellow London Med. Soc., Foreign Asso- ciate of the Royal Med. Soc. of Norway,
Issue (surname Mitchell) :
Maria Gouverneur, b. March 5, 1876,
RICHARD McCALL, b. Sep. 17, 1839, grad. A. B. (Princ.) and LL.B. (Harv.), of the Phila. bar, author of "The Law of Ground Rents," m. Nov. 26, 1873 Christine, dau. of J. Wil- liams Biddle by his w. Emily, dau. of Prof. Charles D. Meigs, M. D.,
Issue :
Thomas, b. Dec. 21, 1874,
Williams Biddle, b. July 9, 1876,
Richard McCall, b. Nov. 7, 1877,
Gouverneur, b. Feby. 3, 1880, Lambert, b. Oct. 11, 1882,
MARIA, m. Apr. 29, 1880 John Hone Jr., b. Dec. 14, 1844, of New York, broker, son of John Hone by his w. Jane, dau. of Comm. M. C. Perry, Issue (surname Hone) :
Hester Gouverneur, b. July 10, 1882.
MARY CADWALADER, b. 1745, dau. of the Councillor, d. May, 1781, m. July 14, 1767 Philemon Dickinson, b. Apr. 5, 1739, son of Samuel Dickinson of Maryland, by his 2nd w. Mary Cadwalader. Philemon's brother was the celebrated John Dickinson (see Norris). Philemon Dickinson grad. at the College of Phila., and read law with his brother, both of them signing the Non-Importation Agreement. Philemon practised a few years. In August, 1775, on the organiza- tion of ten battalions of infantry for the defence of New Jersey, Philemon Dickinson, who resided during part of the year on his property near Trenton, was made Colonel of the Hunterdon bat- talion, and, on Oct. 19, was commissioned a Brigadier-General. In the following summer, he was a delegate to the Provincial Con- gress at Burlington. In Sept., 1776, he joined Washington at Perth Amboy. He accompanied the American army on its retreat through the Jerseys, and was at Morrisville, Bucks Co., Pa., when Wash-
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ington planned his attack on Trenton. Dickinson was to cross the Delaware from Yardleyville ; but was unable to do so there or at. McConkey's Ferry or at the Falls. Crossing subsequently, he at- tacked a party of British at Somerset Court House, and charged them so severely, that although he had to lead his own men through the river up to their middle in the face of three cannon, they fled, leaving 40 wagons, 100 horses, and a number of sheep and oxen. On Jany. 6, 1777, he was appointed Major-General and Commander-in-Chief of the New Jersey troops. He participated in the battle of Mon- mouth, and after the battle pursued the enemy as far as Amboy. In Dec., 1778, Washington made him Chief Signal Officer from New- burgh on the Hudson to Phila. The State of Delaware chose him one of its delegates to the Continental Congress in 1781. In Oct., 1783, he was elected one of the Council of New Jersey, of which body he became Vice President, serving two years. The Continental Congress in 1784 appointed Robert Morris, Philemon Dickinson, and Philip Schuyler to select a site for the Federal Capital. They re- ported in favor of Trenton, but the report was laid upon the table. In 1790 Dickinson, was chosen U. S. Senator from New Jersey for the unexpired term of William Paterson, ending Mch. 4, 1793. Dickinson d. at " the Hermitage," near Trenton, Feb. 4, 1809.
Issue of PHILEMON and MARY DICKINSON :
MARY, b. 1768, m. George Fox, see below,
SAMUEL, b. Aug. 11, 1770, m. Anne Meredith, see below.
MARY DICKINSON, b. 1768, dau. of Philemon and Mary Dickin- son, as above, d. after her husband, m. 1803 (was 2nd w. of) George Fox of "Champlost," Phila. Co., son of Joseph Fox, Speaker of the Assembly. George Fox was a member of Asssembly and a Trustee of the Univ. of Penna. He d. 1828.
Issue (surname Fox) :
JOSEPH DICKINSON, b. 1804, grad. A. B. (U. of P.), d. s. p. 1825,
MARY DICKINSON, now of " Champlost," unm.
SAMUEL DICKINSON, b. Aug. 11, 1770, studied law with Edward Tilghman of Phila., and was admitted to the bar in 1792, but never practised. He resided at Trenton, d. Nov. 8, 1839. He m. 1796 his cousin Anne, dau. of Samuel Meredith by his w. Margaret Cad- walader. Mrs. Dickinson d. June 25, 1857.
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Issue (surname DICKINSON) :
MARY, b. 1798, d. May, 1862, m. 1830 William Coleman McCall, son of George McCall of Phila. by his w. Margaret, dau. of George Clymer, Signer of the Declaration of Inde- pendence, by his w. Elizabeth, sister of Samuel Meredith, Issue (surname McCall) :
William Coleman, b. 1831, Capt. U. S. Inf., serving in the Civil War, d. unm. Apr. 13, 1868,
JOHN, b. 1802, of near Trenton, d. Apr. 12, 1857, m., 1st, 1830 Elizabeth Barlow, who d. 1833, and, 2nd, 1837 Mary Drake, who d. 1873,
Issue by 1st wife (surname Dickinson) :
Margaret Meredith, m. her cousin Samuel Reese Mere- dith, see p. 397,
John, b. 1832, m. 1855 Anne Herbert, Issue (surname Dickinson) : Henry, b. 1856, d. y. 1863, Laura Virginia, William McCall, d. y.,
Issue by 2nd wife (surname Dickinson) :
Samuel, b. 1838, manufacturer, now druggist, m. Anna Skillman,
Issue (surname Dickinson) : Edith May,
Augusta Katzenbach,
Edith, b. 1840, m. Samuel E. D. Hankinson, Issue (surname Hankinson) :
Eudora, Francis,
Lambert Cadwalader, b. 1842, m. Elmira, dau. of Samuel Hankinson,
Issue (surname Dickinson) : Josephine,
Anne, b. 1844, m. 1866 George N. Schrew, a merchant in Phila.,
Issue (surname Schrew) : George Clifford,
PHILEMON, b. 1804, grad. A. B. (Princ.), member of the Trenton bar, Pres. of the Trenton Banking Co., one of the Commissioners of the State Sinking Fund, and U. S. Pension Agent, d. Sep. 2, 1882, m. 1835 Margaret, dau. of Charles Gobert by his w. Charlotte T., dau. of Louis Ogden, Mrs. Dickinson d. July 3, 1875,
Issue (surname Dickinson) :
Philemon, b. 1836, d. s. p. Aug., 1861,
Emily, b. 1838, m. Sept. 21, 1857, Richard F. Stevens,
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Issue (surname Stevens) :
Richard F., Theodosius F., Margaret C., Mary D.,
Samuel Meredith, b. 1839, Paymaster of the sloop-of- war "Dale" 1861-2, admitted to the bar in 1863, private secretary to Governor Parker, and aide-de- camp to Governor Randolph, appointed in 1872 Asst. Adj. Genl. N. G. N. J., Chief Dep. Cl'k. in Chancery, author of "Practice, Pleadings, and Precedents in Chancery," m. Sept. 28, 1871 Garetta, dau. of John J. Moore, of Newtown, L. I.,
Issue (surname Dickinson) : John Moore, Walter Meredith,
Philemon, Lynford McCall,
Frances Moore,
George Fox, b. 1844, m. 1866 Jane, dau. of Peter P.
Parrott, of Orange Co., New York,
Issue (surname Dickinson) : Corinne,
Charlotte, b. 1846, m. Aug. 9, 1871 Garret D. W. Vroom, son of Gov. Peter D. Vroom by his w. Maria, dau. of Garret D. Wall, U. S. Senator from New Jersey,-Garret D. W. Vroom was Prosecutor for Mercer Co., and succeeded his father as Reporter of the Supreme Court of the State,- Issue (surname Vroom) : Charlotte, d. y., Gouverneur Rutgers, Margaret C.,
SAMUEL, b. Nov. 30, 1806, in 1844 Col. in N. J. Militia, Capt. 10th U. S. Inf. in Mexican War, d. July 18, 1852, m. June 16, 1840 Martha, dau. of William Gibson of Springfield, Otsego Co., N. Y., by Sarah, dau. of Thomas Wharton, Lieut. in British Army, Mrs. Dickinson d. Dec. 7, 1861,
Issue (surname Dickinson) : Anne, b. 1841, d. 1842,
Henry, b. 1842, d. 1843, Charles Fox, b. 1843, d. 1845,
Mary D., b. Sept. 19, 1845, m. Sept. 15, 1864 John Graham, merchant in N. Y., son of Peter Graham, merchant in Phila.,
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Issue (surname Graham) : John de la Cuesta, Samuel Dickinson,
Marie, George Malcolm,
Peter, Donald, Clarence,
Thomas Meredith, Martha,
William Gibson, b. 1847, d. Mch. 25, 1859,
Wharton, b. Sep. 9, 1849, of the Luzerne Co. bar, author of various articles on historical subjects, m. Oct. 4, 1877 Emily H., dau. of Edward Albert Bar- ron of the Royal Marines,
Maria Meredith, b. June, 1852, d. July, 1852.
MARGARET CADWALADER, b. 1748, dau. of the Councillor, d. " Belmont " Sept. 20, 1820, m. May 19, 1772 Samuel Meredith, son of Reese Meredith, of Phila., merchant, by his w. Martha, dau. of John Carpenter of Phila., and granddau. of Samuel Carpenter, Pro- vincial Treasurer and an early Councillor. Samuel Meredith was born in Phila. in 1741, and educated at Dr. Allison's Academy. He was partner in business with his father and his bro-in-law George Clymer. He enlisted as Major in the 3rd Battallion of Associators in 1775. In Dec., 1776, he was made Lieut .- Col., and afterwards participated in the battle of Princeton. As Brig .- Gen. of the Penna. Militia, he served at Brandywine and Germantown. He resigned in Aug., 1778, and was subsequently member of the Assembly for several years, and member of the Continental Congress from 1786 to 1788. At the organization of the Federal Government, Washington appointed him Treasurer of the United States. He held the office more than twelve years. The first money ever paid into the Treasury was $20,000 loaned by him to the Government. He subsequently loaned $140,000. He retired after 1801 to his seat called "Belmont," near Pleasant Mount, Wayne Co., Penna. He owned 75,000 acres in Wayne Co., and 67,000 acres in Lackawanna and Wyoming; and George Clymer and himself owned altogether nearly a million acres in Penna., New York, West Virginia, and Kentucky. He died at " Belmont " Feb. 10, 1817.
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