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THE
GENEALOGY AND HISTORY
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GREENFIEI.D, II.I.INOIS. 1901.
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THE LI8RARV OF CONGRESS,
Two CoHits Received
MAY. 20 1901
COPVRIOHT ENTRY
CLASS 'U-zXXa N COPY 8.
I
Copyrighted 1901
BY
L. P. AI^LEN.
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CONTENTS.
Page. List of Illustrations iv
Pi-eface v
Early Colonial History ■ • • • • 1
Early Shreve Families S
Descendants of Mercy Shreve and James White 31
Caleb Shreve and Abigail Antrim 50
Samuel Shreve and Sophia 121
James Shreve and Mary Williams 147
Joshua Shreve and Kebecca Lamb 1G9
Kezia Shreve and Moses Ivins 209
Caleb Shreve and Grace Pancoast 236
William Shreve and Anna Ivins 262
Israel Shreve 344
Benjamin Shreve and Hannah Vail 390
Sarah Shreve and Benjamin Scattergood 407
Samuel Shreve 415
William Shreve and Catherine Martin 436
Benjamin Shreve and Anna Berry 437
Sarah Smith and Shaidlocli Negus 471
Joseph Shreve and Rachel Hewlett 474
Mary Shreve and John Haines 480
Joshua Shreve and Annar 486
William Shreve and Mary Lawrence 503
The Holland Estate 522
Commissions, Wills, Marriage Licenses and Documents 583
Journal of Col. Israel Shreve 603
Personal Narrative of the Services of Lieut. John Shreve 611
Extract from Letter of John Shreve 625
Captain Henry Miller Shreve 627
Index of Names of Shreve Descendants 641
ILLUSTRATIONS.
Page
Shreve Homestead-Built in 1741 Frontispiece
Coat of Arms (Unauthentic) i^
Luther P. Allen ^^
Samuel Shreve of Longacoming, N. J 32
Mrs. Emily Taylor ^^
Charles N. Shreve ^^
John P. Hutchinson 80
Mrs. Sarah Ridgway ^^
Mrs. Charlotte A. Newbold 112
William Ambrose Shreve 128
James Shreve of Venango, Pa 144
Asa Shreve of Baltimore, 0 160
Charles Shreve of Port Gibson, Miss 176
Mrs. Rebecca E. McHenry 192
Mrs. Rebecca Hulme 208
Mrs. Rachel R. Grant 224
Heber J. Grant 240
Ralph H. Shreve 256
Thomas J. Shreve 272
James A. Shreve 288
Mrs. Rebekah Bailey 304
William Shreve of Union City, Pa 320
Thomas Shreve of Shreve, 0 336
Richard Shreve of Union City, Pa 352
James Shreve of Union City, Pa 368
Lieut. John Shreve 384
Henry Miller Shreve 400
Benjamin Shreve of Salem, Mass 416
George Ghoate Shreve 432
William Shreve of Fairfax Co., Va 448
George W. Shreve of San Francisco, Gal 464
Samuel Shreve of Washington, D. C 480
Benjamin Shreve of Loudon Co., Va 496
Judge William Shreve of Jessamine Co., Ky 512
Leven L. Shreve 528
Thomas T. Shreve 544
Charles U. Shreve 560
Mrs. La Belle Dunlap 576
Mrs. Ann B. Martin 592
John M. Slireve 608
PREFACE.
This volume is published with a full knowledge of the imperfec- tions that will be manifest to many who read it and the publication would be further delayed could such action eliminate them.
The author has faithfully endeavored to secure information of in- terest and value from reliable sources and trusts that in a measure he has succeeded, but in many instances this information has not been as complete as desired and this feature is no fault of his. Were the faults only those of omission he would be pleased, for such he could not avoid.
Only through the co-operation of many persons has it been possible to present the tabulations and brief sketches of descendants as com- pletely as they have been. Under such conditions it is luireasonable to expect no errors to have been made as frequently intelligent members of the same family have reported the family tabulation differently and in some instances extremely carelessly. Great care has been exer- cised in transcribing the more than thirty thousand data contained in the volume that the work should be as free from errors as possible. Whether perfect or imperfect, correct or erroneous, every one assisting is entitled to unmeasured thanks from the author and its readers.
The historian Bancroft is authority for the early colonial history and the history of Quakerism, and the language is largely his. Austin's Dictionary of Rhode Island affords data of Thomas Sheriff and his fam- ily, while data collected by the late Samuel H. Shreve of New York City and supplied by Mr. Barclay White and Lydia S. Shreve of Mount Holly, N. J., supplemented by information from Caleb D. Shreve of the same place and Francis B. Lee of Trenton, N. J., has been freely used in the history of the early Shreve Families. A. S. Barnes & Co., of New York City have kindly permitted the reproduction of the zinc etching of the old Shreve homestead, also tlie articles from the pen of Col. Israel Shreve and Lieut. John Shreve supplied the Magazine of American History by Samuel H. Shreve.
It is not proposed to set forth the obstacles and discouragements attending the collection and compilation of such a large amount of data. They were many. The temptation to destroy all memoranda and forever abandon interest in the subject more than once presented itself. Then words of encouragement from some that retained an abid- ing interest deterred and impelled to a completion of the self-imposed task. Among such must be gratefully mentioned John P. Hutchinson of Georgetown. N. J., Charles U. Shreve of Louisville, Ky.. Edmund E. Kiernan of Pittsburg, Pa., Heber J. Grant of Salt Lake City, Utah, and George W. Shreve of San Francisco, Cal. They made the pub- lication possible by their generous subscriptions at a time when aband- onment seemed imminent.
Untiring energy and promptness in the collection of data in thoir respective branches were displayed at an early time by .Joseph Price (if Salem, Mass., Evan Shreve of Damascus, O., James Shreve of Union
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City Pa John P. Hutchinsou of Georgetown, N. J., Dr. Joseph Slireve of Burlington, N. J., Henry Slireve (now deceased) of Sbreve, O Mrs. B. A Melville of Dunn Loring, Va., Mrs. Perry J. Pease of Bellbrook, o" and Mrs. J. II. B. Edgar of Dayton. O. With probably one excep- tion the above supplied tabulations absolutely complete to the date of
their reports.
A much larger number evinced equally as great mterest and liber- ally contributed, although they did not assume to report so many families, but rather confined their efforts to their immediate relatives. Among them are the following:
Frank Carter, I. Shreve Carter. Wm. P. Shreve. Mrs. O. B. Shreve, Mrs. Robert Gay Hooker, Dr. Joseph Beck, Mrs. Mary B. Carter, Geo. W. Shreve, James H. Shi-eve, Mrs. Ann O'Hare, Urias F. Wells, Ezra D Shreve, Mrs. Maria M. Whitmore, Grace L. Shumard. L. M. Shreve, Charles U. Shreve, T. L. Martin, Mrs. T. T. Shreve, Mrs. Juliette A. Nunez, Binford T. Shreve, Mrs. J. H. Hoffecker, Arthur B. Shreve, Mrs. Harriet J. Gentry, J. M. Shreve, Theodore Cowherd, Mrs. Margar&t B. Smith, W. C. P. Ayers, Charles H. S. S. Ayers, Francis B. Lee, Mrs. Anna R. Engle, Mrs. Geo. N. Bowne, Mrs. Mary A. Hand, Mrs J. Biard Carty. Mrs. Caroline Bridge, Mrs. Mary A. Story, Mrs. G. M. S. P. Jones, Juliet F. Heyl, F. S. Zelley, B. B. Antrim, Edmund E. Isaernan, Mrs. Susan R. Ridgway, James S. Hulme, Barclay White, Hiram S. Shreve, Eliza C. McHeni-y, Mrs. David Shreve, Mrs. Eliza McLaughlin. :SIrs. Nancy Bassett, Mrs. Elizabeth Paugh, John Moody, Orrisou Shreve, Mrs. Hannah M. Waldron, Mrs. Mary H. Sedorus, Mrs. Sarah Hasson, Mrs. Tabitha Conner, Geo. W. Cunard. Maude L. Shreve, Mrs. Mary F. Hiestand, Asa Shreve, Frank A. Doty, C. P. Shreve, Mrs. Julia Mac- donald, Heber J. Grant, Theodore McKean, Howard Ivins, J. C. H. Ivins, Caleb D. Shreve, Benj. P. H. Shreve, Lydia S. Shreve, Rev. C. M. Perkins. :Mrs. Emily McClure, Grace S. Bowles, Mrs. Abigail Strawn, Henry Shreve, Julia M. Shreve, Mrs. Esther Sears. George Briggs, Mary Briggs, Mrs. Harriet L. Carter and others. Were personal mention made of each contributor the list would comprise a much larger num- ber. A work of this character is possible only through such generous co-operation and grateful acknowledgement is here made to every one that has even remotely contributed information.
A few pages are devoted to a brief outline of early colonial history since the ancestors of the Shreve family emigrated at such an early period to Massachusetts and Rhode Island and their early environ- ments influenced their posterity so plainly for more than a century and a half. Those families living in America the first one hundred years or previous to 1750. are classified in one section as of one family and their history as fully as known is there recorded. The descendants of each of them if discovered are subsequently classified in a section and their lineal descent from the early families is noted .iust preceding the tabulation of the first ancestor there recorded. The five thousand de- scendants are thus clustered together by large branches rather than as one large family.
The several tabulations were reported from 1896 to 1000— probably three-fourths of them in 1896 and 1897. In many instances, changes occurring, the reports were continued to the year of publication, but such was not always done. It is believed that descendants have lived
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in the places reported sometime during the last four years. Where persons under twenty -one years of age are not designated as deceased, the presumption is that they are living with their pai'ents.
The derogatory finds no place in the volume, the compiler preferring to remain silent rather than record that which it were best to have for- gotten. If good, true and noble qualities of character have existed and been reported, he has gladly given them a place, endeavoring to treat every descendant justly and with consideration regardless of political or religious creed.
THE AMSTERDAM ESTATE.
The publication would be incomplete without the best record ob- tainable of the Amsterdam Estate in which so many ancestors, long since passed away, displayed such great interest. A large number look forward to this portion of the volume with great satisfaction, as at no time has the effort been made to collect from every source every- thing relating to it with the intention of giving publicity to the results. It is believed that much more could have been added to the record had parties felt disposed to communicate more freely. The compiler has never proposed to secure this estate or to encourage anyone in the be- lief that such an estate was obtainable by anyone. He has simply sought information from every source. Representative business men and excellent legal talent of Shreve blood have figured at different times in the investigations and because their efforts did not end in fruition they should not be regarded on the one hand as illusionists or on the other as dealing with insincerity in the matter. To this day the whole affair at the best is puzzling. Descendants have frevly con- tributed copies of documents and family letters in their possession and in many instances have sent the originals. The writer has personally examined many of them yellow with age and the writing faded- written in 1S30 and 1837. Every one published is just what it pur- ports to be— not one is spurious. By the incredulous the estate may be declared a myth, as no one has been able to produce positive evi- dence of its existence, location, value or title. The more conservative with equal propriety may suggest that it is not probable tliat these ancestors would have such confidence without something fairly reason- able on which to base it, particularly when in nearly every generation disinterested persons from Holland of seeming veracity affirmed that to their knowledge such an estate did exist and the property could still be pointed out.
THE COAT OF ARMS.
Persistent efforts have been made to find an authentic Shreve Coat of Arms, but without success. B. F. Haywood Shreve Esq., of Mount Holly, N. J., has displayed great interest in the subject. The results of his researches and his judgment which have been freely communicated are the best authority at this time. Referring to the Coat of Arms discovered by Samuel H. Shreve, he wrote in February, 1897:
"They are the Ireton arms as you will find by examining Burke's Heraldry, and were borne by Cromwell's General of that name. Now, about one hundred years ago, an Ireton married a Stockton, and you are doubtless aware that the Stocktons intermarried with the Lippin-
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cotts, and that a Lippincott married a Shreve. In this way no doubt a copy of these arms came into possession of some member of the Shreve family.
"I have made a careful examination of all the works on Heraldry to which I had access and also employed a Philadelphia professional, who devotes all his time to it, to look into the matter for me, and the result was the same in both cases. We could find no Areson arms. Our claim to these arms is, therefore, in my opinion, altogether spur- ious."
Several copies of Coats of Arms were submitted to Mr. Shreve'a judgment. In June, 1900, he wrote as follows:
The coat of arms embossed on letter paper which you enclosed, and your lithograph copy, and also one or two other engraved copies which I have seen, are all arrangements from the one original.
The essential features of a coat of arms are merely the markings of the shield, which, in this case, are the sable maiitle, and two red bars; the ci*est is frequently altered by different branches ot the family.
All the old copies of the arms in question are like the large colored copy you sent and you will note, that in this copy, the shield has the markings above refered to, and the crest has the helmet and dog's head which appear in your lithograph.
The horns of plenty at each side are known as supporters, and are not essential features of the arms, but merely ornamentation that has little significance excepting, perhaps, to determine the date of the design.
I know of an old copy of this coat of arms painted on a plate, in possession of a member of the Aaronson family, who claim to be de- scended, I believe, from Diedrick Areson, and they claim it as the Are- son arms.
I have never seen the original from which Mr. Samuel H. Shreve made his copy, although I have seen other copies of it.
I beg to call your attention again to the fact that these arms have never been claimed as the Shreve arms by any one who has carefully considered the matter. Mr. Samuel H. Shreve believed them to be the arms of the family of Sarah Areson or possibly Oara Oara. As I wrote in my previous letter I find arms with the same essential features borne by the family of General Ireton, (see Burke) and I can find no author- ity advanced for assuming that they are the Areson arms.
It seems to me therefore, that if you publish these arms at all,
you should label them, "Supposed Areson Arms," and not suggest in
any way, that they could have had any other connection with the
Shreve family, as it only exposes people to ridicule who use coat armor
without a well-proved claim to it.
L. P. ALLEN. Greenfield, 111., March 21st 1901.
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COAT OF ARMS (Unauthentic,)
Discovered by the Late vSamuel H. Shreve.
(See Page IH.)
EARLY COLONIAL HISTORY.
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It is well that every family that can trace its ancestry in Amer- ica to the middle of the Seventeenth century — as the_ Shreves can do — should understand somewhat of the early colonial history of our country. The American ancestors of this family were of En- glish and Dutch birth ; Quakers in religious belief ; dwellers in the colony of Rhode Island, and on Long Island, from whence they emigrated to New Jersey and there at an early period in its his- tory they purchased large tracts of land and were known as "Planters."
The early history of New Netherlands and New Jersey, where many of their descendants reside, and of the Quaker sect, whose religious faith many still practice in its original simplicity, should be especially interesting to their posterity.
Although repeated attempts had been made by nearly every European power, and large concessions had been offered to those risking their lives and fortunes in the interest of discoveries in the New World, from the discovery of the continent in 1492 until after 1600, no permanent colonies had been planted on our soil excepting the weak one of the Spaniards at St. Augustine. Fail- ure was written in every instance.
Jamestown, the first permanent English colony, was planted in 1606. The Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock in 1620, and dur- ing the next few decades the intervening territory was settled. In 1634 Lord Baltimore planted his colony in Maryland, and the same year Roger Williams, a friend of humanity and the cham- pion of the Indians, appeared in Rhode Island and in 1638 ob- tained from the natives a gift of that island, piously naming its future capital Providence.
The spirit of the age was present when the foundations of New York were laid. Every great European event afifected the for- tunes of America. Did a state there prosper, it sought an increase of wealth by plantations in the West. Was a sect persecuted, it escaped to the New World. The reformation, emancipating the United Provinces, led to European settlements on the Hudson. The Netherlands divide with England the glory of having planted the first colonies in the United States ; they also divide the glory of having set the examples of public freedom.
In 1609, Henry Hudson, having repaired to Holland, set sail in the interest of the Dutch East India Company for the north- western passage. He landed on the promontory of Cape Cod, then sailed southward to the Bay of Virginia, when he again
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turned northward, anchoring within Sandy Hook and explored the adjacent river. HoUand thus acquired title to the territory which was known afterwards as New Netherlands.
In 1613 three or four rude hovels had been erected on the Island of Manhattan, as a summer shelter for the few Dutch mariners and fur traders whom private enterprise had stationed there. The next year the first rude fort was erected, and in 1615 the settlement of Albany began. In 1623 the era of the perma- nent settlement of New York commenced. Round the new block house on Manhattan the cottages of New Amsterdam began to cluster; the country assumed the form of a colony, while the office of Governor was held from 1624. In 1625 there was cer- tainly one family on Long Island and a child of European paren- tage was born there. In 1627 there was the first exchange of courtesies with the Pilgrims of Plymouth, and between them the most friendly feeling prevailed.
These were the rude beginnings of New York. Its first age was the age of hunters and Indian traders ; of traffic in the skins of otters and beavers ; when the native tribes were employed in pur- suit of game, and the yachts of the Dutch, in quest of furs, pene- trated every bay and basin and inlet from Narragansett to the Delaware. It was the day of straw roofs and wooden chimneys and windmills.
The historian of Long Island records no regular occupation of lands on that island till 1636. A few years later the limits of New Netherlands were narrowed by competitors on the east and south. The swarms of English in Connecticut grew so numerous that they overwhelmed the feeble settlement of the Dutch, at Hartford, while the tidings of the loveliness of the country had been borne to Scandinavia, and the peasantry of Sweden and Finland emigrated to the banks of the Delaware, which from the ocean to the "Falls" were known as New Sweden. After a dis- tinct existence for seventeen years, in 1655 New Sweden, then numbering about seven hundred souls, surrendered to the Dutch. The descendants of the colonists, in the course of generations, widely scattered and blended with emigrants of other lineage, constitute probably more than one part in two hundred of the present population of our country.
The Dutch seemed to have firmly established their power in New Netherlands. They exulted in the possession of a territory that needed no embankments against the ocean. They were proud of its vast extent, from New England to Maryland, from the sea to the Great River of Canada and the remote northwest- ern wilderness. They sounded with exultation the channel of the deep stream, which was no longer shared with the Swedes, and counted with delight its many lovely runs of water, on which the beaver built their villages.
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The emigrants to our shores from Holland were of the most various lineage ; for Holland had long been the gathering place of the unfortunate. Could we trace the descent of the emigrants from the Low Countries to New Netherlands, we should be car- ried not only to the banks of the Rhine and the borders of the German Sea, but to the Protestants who escaped from France after the massacre of Bartholomew's eve ; and to the earlier en- quirers who were swayed by the voice of Huss in the heart of Bohemia.
New York was always a city of the world. Its settlers were the first fruits of the reformation ; chosen from the Belgic provinces' and England, from France and Bohemia, from Germany and Switzerland, from Piedmont and the Italian Alps. When the hur- ricane of persecution swept over the pious Waldenses, the city of Amsterdam offered the fugitives a free passage to America, and a welcome reception was prepared in New Netherlands for the few who were willing to emigrate. When the Protestant churches in Rochelle were razed, the Calvinists of that city were gladly admitted. Troops of orphans were sometimes shipped for the milder destinies of the New World ; a free passage was of- fered to mechanics.
The colony increased ; children swarmed in every village ; the new year and the month of May were welcomed with noisy frol- ics ; new modes of activity were devised ; lumber was shipped to France; the whale pursued off the coast; the vine, the mulberry planted ; flocks of sheep as well as cattle were multiplied ; and tile, so long imported from Holland, began to be manufactured near Fort Orange. New Amsterdam could in a few years boast of stately buildings and almost vied with Boston. "This happily- sicuated province," said its inhabitants, "may become the granary of our Fatherland ; should our Netherlands be wasted by griev- ous wars, it will offer our countrymen a safe retreat ; by God's blessing we shall, in a few years, become a mighty people." Thus did various nations assist in colonizing our central states.
Private worship was allowed to every religion. Opinion, if not yet enfranchised, was already tolerated, and Jews found a home, liberty and a burial place on the Island of Manhattan.
Cromwell had planned the conquest of New Netherlands ; in the days of his son the design was revived ; and the restoration of Charles II. threatened the territory with danger from the south, the north and from England.
In 1664 Long Island was lost, and shortly after the aristocratic libeities of Flolland yielded to the hope of popular liberties like those of New England, and articles of surrender were accepted by the magistrate and other inhabitants duly assembled. The colonists were satisfied and very few embarked for Holland. Early in October the whole Atlantic coast was for the first time in
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the posKession of England. The final transfer from Horand to England did not occur until ten years later.
The political existence of New Jersey was given by the Duke of York, who fixed its boundaries and granted the soil. Its moral character was moulded by New England Puritans, English Quakers and dissenters from Scotland. In 1665 quite an impetus was given to emigration to New Jersey from the Northeastern colonies and European countries. Security of persons and prop- erty under laws to be made by an assembly composed of the Gov- ernor and Council and at least i.n equal number of representatives of the people ; freedom from taxation except by the colonial as- sembly ; a combined opposition of the people and the proprieta- ries to any arbitrary impositions from England; freedom of judg- ment, conscience and worship to every peaceful citizen — these were the allurements to New Jersey. Lands were promised at a n'odorate quit-rent, not to be collected until 1670.
The portion of New Netherlands which thus gained popular freedom was at that time almost a wilderness. Here and there in the counties of Gloucester and Burlington a Swedish farmer may have preserved his dwelling on the Jersey side of the river ; and, before 1654, perhaps three Dutch families were established about Burlington; but West New Jersey had not a hamlet. In 1618 a trading station seems to have been occupied at Bergen, which grew into a permanent settlement. Before the end of 1664 a few families of Quakers appear also to have found a refuge south of Raritan Bay.
In that year New England Puritans, sojourners on Long Is- land, had leave of the Dutch to plant the banks of the Raritan and the Minnisink and succeeded in obtaining from the Indians a deed to an extensive territory on Newark Bay, which was after- wards called "the Elizabethtown purchase." At this time, the be- ginning of the commonwealth was but a cluster of four houses. The place was called Elizabethtown, and became the capital of the province. In 1668, in the colonial assembly convened at Eliza- bethtown for the first time, the influence of the Puritans trans- ferred the chief features of the New England codes to the statute books of New Jersey.
Tlic province increased in numbers and prosperity. The land was accessible and productive ; the temperate climate delightful by its salubrity. There was little danger from the neighboring Indians ; the vicinity of the older settlements saved the emigrants from the distresses of a first adventure in the wilderness. In the Elizabethtown code Puritan austerity was so tempered by Dutch indifiference that mercy itself could not hardly have dictated a milder system.
The banks of the Delaware were reserved for men who had been taught by the uneducated son of a poor Leicestershire
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weaver to seek the principle of God in their own hearts. In the Seventeenth century a popular, and therefore, in that age, a re- hg:ous party, building on a divine principle, demanded freedom of mind, purity of morals and universal enfranchisement. The sect had its birth in a period of intense pubUc activity ; when the heart of England was swelling with passions, and the public mind turbulent with factious leaders ; when zeal for reform was invad- ing the church, subverting the throne and repealing the privi- leges of feudalism.
The rise of the people called Quakers is one of the memorable events in the history of man. It marks the moment when intel- lectual freedom was claimed unconditionally by the people as an inalienable birthright. To the masses in that age all reflections on politics and morals presented itself under a theological form. The Quaker doctrine is philosophy, summoned from the cloister, the college, the saloon, and planted among the most despised of people.
The mind of George Fox had the highest systematic sagacity ; and his doctrine, developed and rendered illustrious by Barclay atid Pcnn, was distinguished by its unity. The Quaker has but one v/ord, THE INNER LIGHT, the voice of God in the soul. That light is a reality, and, therefore, in its freedom the highest revelation of truth ; it is kindred with the spirit of God, and, there- fore, merits dominion as the guide to virtue; it shines in every man's breast, and, therefore, joins the whole human race in the unity of equal rights. Intellectual freedom, the supremacy of mind, universal enfranchisement — these three points include the whole of Quakerism, as far as it belongs to civil history.
Everywhere in Europe the Quakers were exposed to persecu- tion. Their seriousness was called melancholy enthusiasm; their boldness self-will ; their frugality, covetousness ; their freedom, in- fidelity; their conscience, rebellion. In England, the general laws againsi dissenters, the statute against Papists, and special stat- utes against themselves, put them at the mercy of every informer. They were hated by the Church and the Presbyterians, by the peers and the king. The code of that day describes them as "an abommable sect ;" "their principles as inconsistent with any kind of government." During the Long Parliament, in the time of the protectorate, at the restoration in England, in New England, in the iHiich colony of New Netherlands, everywhere, and for long, wearisome years, they were exposed to perpetual dangers and griefs. They were whipped, crowded into jails among felons, kept in dungeons, foul and gloomy beyond imagination ; fined, exiled, sold into colonial bondage. They bore the brunt of the persecution of the dissenters. Imprisoned in winter without fire they perished from frost. Some were victims to the barbarous crueltv of the jailer ; twice George Fox narrowly escaped death.
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The despised people braved every danger to continue their as- semblies. Haled out by violence, they returned. When their meeting houses were torn down, they gathered openly on the ruins. They could not be dissolved by armed men ; and when their opposers took shovels to throw dirt on them, they stood close together, "willing to have been buried alive, witnessing for the Loru." They were exceeding great sufiferers for their pro- fession, and in some cases treated worse than the worst of their race. They were as poor sheep appointed to the slaughter and as a people killed all day long.
Is it strange that they looked beyond the Atlantic for a reiuge ? In March, 1674. a few months after the return of George Fox from his pilgrimage to all our colonies from Carolina to Rhode Island, the haughty peer Berkley sold for a thousand pounds the moity of New Jersey to Quakers, to John Fenwick in trust for Edward Byllinge and his assigns. In 1675, Fenwick, with a large conipsny and several families, set sail in the Griffith for the Asy- hmi of Friends. Ascending the Delaware, he landed on a pleas- ant, fertile spot, and as the outward world easily takes the hues of men's minds, he called the place Salem, for it seemed the dwelling place of peace. The Quakers desired to possess a ter- ritory where they could institute a government, and in August, 1676, they agreed to a division with Cartaret, who owned the other moiety of New Jersey. And, now that the men who had gone about to turn the world upside down were possessed of a province, what system of politics should they adopt?
The light that lighteth every man shone brightly in the Pil- grims of Plymouth, the Calvinists of Hooker and Haynes, and in the freeman of Virginia, when the transient abolition of mon- archy compelled even Royalists to look from the throne to a surer guide in the heart ; the Quakers, following the same exalted instincts, could but renew the fundamental legislation of the men of the Mayflower of Hartford and the old Dominion. "T h e C o n- cessions are such as Friends approve of." This is the message of the Quaker proprietaries in England to the few who had emi- grated : "We lay a foundation for after ages to understand their liberty as Christians and as men, that they may not be brought into bondage, but by their own consent ; for we put thepower in the peopl e." And in March, 1677, the charter or fun- damental laws of West New Jersey were perfected and published. In that year Burlington was laid out and rude huts were built in imitation of the wigwams of the natives.
Immediately the English Quakers, with the good wishes of Charles II., flocked to West New Jersey, and commissioners pos- sessing a temporary authority were sent to administer afifairs till a popular government could be instituted. Lands were purchased of the Indians ; the planters numbered nearly four hundred souls ;
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and, already, at Burlington, under a tent, covered with sail- cloth, the Quakers began to hold religious meetings. In 1678, the Indian kings gathered in council amidst the shades of the Bur- lington forests, and declared their joy at the prospect of perma- nent peace. "You are our brothers," said the sachems, "and we will live like brothers with you. We will have a broad path for you and us to walk in. If an Englishman falls asleep in this path, the Indians shall pass him by, and say, 'He is an English- man ; he is asleep ; let him alone.' The path shall be plain. There shall not be a stump in it to hurt the feet."
After such trials, vicissitudes and success, the light of peace dawned upon West New Jersey, and in November, 1681, Jen- nings, acting as governor of the proprietaries, convened the first legislative assembly of the representatives of men who said THEE and THOU to all the world, and wore their hats in the presence of beggar and king. Their first measures established their rights by an act of fundamental legislation and in the spirit of "the concessions" they framed their government on the basis of humanity. Neither faith nor wealth nor race was respected. They met in the wilderness as men and founded society on equal rights. They levied for the expenses of their commonwealth two hundred pounds, to be paid in skins or corn or money ; they voted the governor a salary of twenty pounds ; they prohibited the sale of ardent spirits to Indians ; they forbade imprisonment for debt. The little government of a few hundred souls soon increased to ihousands. The people rejoiced under the reign of God, confi- dent that he would beautify the meek with salvation. A loving correspondence began with Friends in England ; and from the fathers of the sect frequent messages were received.
In May, 1682, Burlington was erected into the capital of the province. In 1684 the assembly divided the province into four counties — Bergen, Essex, Middlesex and Monmouth.
These were the times and the places where the first ancestors of the Shreve family in colonial times are known to us. Quaker- ism was their religious and political creed, and its principles were so thoroughly instilled into them that for more than one century almost without exception their descendants followed in the same belief, and now, after a lapse of two hundred and fifty years, a large number have not departed from the early faith of their an- cestors.
Thirty-five years before Rhode Island numbered 4,000 souls, during which period emigration was large, the names of Thomas Sheriff and his family occur in its annals, while within twelve years of the time Long Island is designated as regularly occu- pied, and within twenty-five years of the time the first family lived on it, the name of Areson appears on its early records.
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EARLY SHREVE FAMILIES. J64M750,
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The ancestry of the Shreve family emerges from tradition when the annals of Plymouth, Mass., and Portsmouth, R. I., at an early date after the landing of the Mayflower record the name of "Sheriff." December 7th, 1641, at Plymouth, Thomas Sheriff was a complainant in an action of trespass, and twenty-five years later, December loth, 1666, he was grantor in a conveyance at Portsmouth. An inventory of his estate was filed at Portsmouth June nth, 1675. In those vicinities then he must have lived and died. He was very probably born before 1620, and his wife,
Martha , not later than 1635. His death occurred May
29th, 1675, aged fifty-five years or more, while she survived at least sixteen years, marrying a second and third time, respec- tively Thomas Hazard and Lewis Hues. The latter, it seems, ab- sconded within seven weeks of their marriage, taking with him much property belonging to his wife, which occasioned her to transfer her remaining property subject to certain provisions for her maintenance during her lifetime to her son John.
The traditional ancestry of the Shreve family is very interesting and entertaining, as presented by the late Samuel H. Shreve, civil engineer of New York City, who, during the latter years of his life, devoted much time and labor to the study of the ancestry of the family. Mr. Barclay White, an authority on the early fami- lies of Burlington County, New Jersey, has contributed the fol- lowing from his pen :
Mount Holly, N. J., 7 mo. 9, 1895. L. P. ALLEN, Greeting : The late Sam'l H. Shreve, C. E., of New York City, under date Dec. 4, 1883, addressed me as follows :
I have been interested in the subject of the Shreve family for some years and have embraced every opportunity to add to my stock of information.
From the time of the Caleb Shreve who settled at Mount Pleasant, Mansfield Township, Burlington County, New Jersey, I am satisfied that what I have is authentic. Previous to that it is traditional, but I believe mainly correct.
The first Shreve of whom I have any account was Sir William Shreve, who came from the Southeastern part of Europe, some
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say Greece, others hint at Turkey, in both of which countries, especially in the latter, the name of Sheriff was not uncommon, but borne only by Mohammedan families. I cannot fix the time of Sir William. He married Elizabeth Fairfax (tradition says Lady Elizabeth, but I always suspect titles, etc., in family tradi- tions), and had a son William, who married a young lady of Am- sterdam by the singular name of Ora Ora, or Oara Oara, the daughter of a wealthy nobleman. I have no doubt of Oara being an ancestress of the family.
After their marriage, the story of which is quite romantic, they came to Portsmouth, R. I. They had positively two sons, Caleb and John, and probably a third, William, who left no descen- dants.
We are now able to make a guess at the date of Caleb's birth from an old deed still in the family. This deed is from John Cooke of Portsmouth, in Colony of Rhode Island, to John Shreve of the same town, and conveys three-fourths of all his right and property at Shrewsbury, N. J. Deed is dated January 9th, 1676-7 ; on the back is a transfer from the said John Shreve to his be- loved brother, Caleb Shreve.
Caleb "Shreve received warrants for land from the East New Jersey proprietors as early as 1676. He was certainly of age at the time, and it would be safe to assume that his birth occurred about 1650 to 1655. Allowing thirty years to a generation, we would have for the date of the birth of Sir William, 1590, which is confirmed by the tradition that he was born in the latter part of the Sixteenth century.
This account, you will notice, does not agree with Savage's guess work, referred to by Mr. Saltar, in the Mount Holly (New Jersey) Mirror of April 4th last, that John Shreve of Portsmouth was the son of Thomas of Massachusetts.
I will give you the sources of the tradition of Caleb Shreve's ancestors. I have several statements made by members of the family some fifty to seventy-five years ago, but the best of all, or the one which the few since discovered by me have confirmed most, is that which comes from Col. Israel Shreve, who died in 1799. He was grandson of Caleb, and took a very great interest in family matters. He was very young when his father died ; but there continued to live with the family two persons, James Yar- nell and Betty Martin, who had been in the service o'f Col. Shreve's father long before the death of his grandfather, and who lived to a very great age. Col. Shreve's statement is the fullest of all. The descendants of Caleb Shreve who remained in Burling- ton County seemed to have t^ken the least interest in family his- tory.
Col. Shreve, after the Revolutionary war, moved to the western part of Pennsylvania, and his descendants are scattered through-
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out the West, chiefly in Louisville and St. Louis. It was from them that I obtained his statement. From a descendant of Col. Shreve's eldest brother, now living in London, I obtained an ac- count of the family almost identical with the other ; therefore, I conclude that this tradition was believed in by Caleb Shreve's son, Benjamin, the father of Israel.
The only discrepancies in the written statements that are of consequence in this connection, is whether Caleb Shreve was born in this country, or in England. He died in 1741, or sixty- five years after he purchased at Shrewsbury, N. J., so that he must have been, supposing him to have been twenty-one at the latter time, at least eighty-six when he died. Hence, if born in England, he was very young when he came to this country. It is also evi- dent, from his purchases, that when young he was possessed of considerable means.
I do not think that Caleb Shreve ever lived on Long Island, but he married there Sarah, daughter of Derick or Diedrick Are- son, of Flushing. I do not know the date of his marriage, nor when he moved to Shrewsbury Township, N. J, ; both events occurred probably about 1680. In different conveyances he is described as "Planter." His name is spelled in various ways, but by himself always Shreve. He lived on Narumsunk, now mis- called Rumsom Neck. He served as a grand juror in the years 1692-3-4. Before coming to Burlington County he resided in Freehold, N. J., for a few years, probably removing there from Narumsunk about 1692.
He purchased Mount Pleasant, in Mansfield Township, the old homestead that has been in the possession of the family ever since, and now belongs to my cousin, Benjamin F. Shreve, of Mount Holly, N. J., in April, 1699, and moved there immedi- ately. An account of the title to this place is in the New Jersey Mirror of March 28th last. A portion of the house in which Caleb Shreve lived is still standing. I mean that part of which the first story is of brick, the westerly end thereof, built in 1725, the east- erly, as the date states, in 1742. The house is historical, and I should be sorry to see it pass out of the family, or be neglected.
From what I have said you will see whence came the story that Caleb Shreve came from Amsterdam, his mother was a native of that city, as was his wife's father, and it is possible she may have been born there. I may mention that Col. Shreve's family still possess some silver trinkets and spoons that once belonged to Oara. Caleb Shreve died in 1741 ; his wife, Sarah, was living in 1735, but I do not know when she died.
I do not know whether the first Caleb was a Friend, or not. I am inclined to think he was. He was rich enough to provide handsomely for all his sons, except Benjamin, before his death. To Benjamin he left by his will the homestead and considerable
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other property. Benjamin was a Friend. Of the children of Ben- jamin, Caleb, William, who was a colonel in the state service ; Israel, colonel of the Second New Jersey Regiment, Continen- tal line ; Samuel, who was lieutenant-colonel in the state service, took a very active part in the Revolutionary war. Caleb, who was often called colonel, though I do not know he had any com- mission, with a few militia resisted the British at Crosswick Creek, and in a personal combat shot the British ofificer.
Israel Shreve received his first commission in 1775, was in the attack on Quebec. In 1776 he was made colonel of the Second New Jersey, and was in active service throughout the war. He was a man of noble character and a pure patriot, of whom all Shreves may well be proud, and who was an honor to his state. I intend sometime soon to publish his life and correspondence. I have about two hundred letters written to his wife during the war, letters to and from General Washington and very many other prominent officers of the army. Israel's son, John, was a lieutenant in his father's regiment. His son, Henry M., distin- guished himself in improving the western steamboats and clear- ing out the Red River Raft. Shreveport was named after him. I have also a great deal of his correspondence. He commanded a battery at the battle of New Orleans. My grandfather was a captain and saw active service during the Revolutionary war. There were also two or three others of the family who were soldiers, so that notwithstanding their Quaker blood, the family was well represented among the American patriots.
The romantic story of Oara Oara, as forwarded to me by the late Samuel H. Shreve :
Sometime about the close of the Sixteenth, or the beginning of the Seventeenth century. Sir William Shreve, Knight, lived upon the Isle of Wight. Of his life but little is known ; traditions in regard to his early historv vary. One says he came from Italy, others that he came from Greece, others that he was a native of Southeastern Europe. To account in these cases for his name, which is apparently English, it is said he changed it when he came to England, or, that it was originally Sherifif. a name that formerly was not uncommon in Greece, but was of Mohammedan origin, signifying, first, a descendant of Mahomet, and after, a nobleman. After his arrival in England he was knighted. Proba- bly he was an Englishman who had been sent on some service in Italy or Greece by his government, and was rewarded for his conduct by a Knighthood.
He married Lady Elizabeth Fairfax, and had a son, William. Tradition says nothing of other descendants. The Fairfax family at that time were very prominent in England, and Sir William's
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marriage with one of its members indicates the high position in society he held.
WiUiam, the son, from his childhood upwards was a great favorite with the Lady Abbess of a convent in England, who was an old and intimate friend of his parents, and whom he fre- quently visited. At this convent, as is the custom at the present day, many young ladies, not only of the country, but of foreign countries, were educated.
Among these young ladies was a niece of the Abbess, the only daughter of the latter's brother, a wealthy nobleman living in Amsterdam, Holland, whose surname was Oara, and who had christened his daughter, Oara.
William and Oara met at the convent, and there occurred the old story even in those old days, and there never was a time so old that it was not the older old story, and then, as now and ever will be, the new, newest, sweetest story. William's young and im- pressionable heart knew henceforth no owner but the gentle and fair Oara,
Owing to the Abbess' warm afTection for the one and her re- lationship to the other, William had many opportunities of meet- ing the young lady, and consequently becoming more and more devoted and attached to her, and, as the result showed, his at- tentions were not disagreeable.
The Abbess perceived, too late to mend it, the state of affairs, and though she would have been pleased with the union of her two young friends, felt it her duty, regretting her previous blind- ness, to write immediately to her brother. She acquainted him with the fact, knowing her pupil's and her friend's characters, that their mutual attachment was of no trifling nature ; she men- tioned William's position in society, her high opinion of him, and strongly recommended him to her brother's favoj.
William's visits to the convent after the Abbess' discovery were so restricted that his interviews or meetings with Oara were limited to chance, the Abbess acting as discreetly as pos- sible without betraying her knowledge of their feelings towards each other. This course produced the effect that was not in- tended, and soon led to a declaration by William of his love, which he found was reciprocated, and the stolen meetings always ended with mutual pledges of faith and constancy.
The brother's letter was as the gentle Abbess feared. He was indignant, and his letter was full of scorn and reproaches. His child to wed an Englishman? Never; even of superior rank to her own. But to marry one of inferior rank was a suggestion he could not have expected from his sister. The angry and disdain- ful letter closed with a peremptory demand that his daughter should be immediatelv sent home.
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The Abbess immediately informed William that she had per- ceived his attachment for Oara, remonstrated with him on the folly of it, as the father would never consent ; and that, therefore, she must prohibit meetings between them and send Oara home. William was obliged to submit, and the result of his pleadings was only to obtain the Abbess' consent to a brief interview with the young lady, in which vows of constancy were renewed and each encouraged the other to hope for the future.
Oara's mother was not like her father, "who love nor pity knew," but gradually came to sympathize with her daughter, who had told her everything. As time wore on and Oara's love seemed to become stronger every day, the mother saw that her daughter's life-long happiness depended upon William. She had already been strongly impressed in his favor by the warm-hearted Abbess' letter, and this impression had been made deeper by her confiding daughter. She consented at length to a visit from William, which was to be made without the knowledge of her husband.
During this time the young man had found means of com- municating with Oara, and when he received the permission to come to Amsterdam lost no time in setting upon the journey, and accompanied by a friendly clergyman, took passage in a vessel bound for Amsterdam, and to return in a short time to the Isle of Wight. Once in the city he made his presence known to Oara and her mother ; the latter, after much hesitation, consented to the private marriage of the young couple. This took place on board the vessel on the day of the departure for the Isle of Wight, where the happy pair remained for some time.
The mother soon found it was impossible to reconcile the father, and Oara became so fearful of his power in England to separate her from her husband, that a safe refuge for them was sought in America.
Thus the origin and cause of the Shreve family in America. Oara's mother, at her marriage, gave her many presents, and she was by no means a penniless bride, some of her jewelrv and silver (as claimed) is still in the possession of members of the family.
Among other things that were brought was a picture of a coat of arms, which I was delighted to discover in the garret of a relative, when I was a boy. From the peculiar ornamenta- tion about the shield, the original picture was evidently made not less than about three hundred years ago, and it certainly was brought to this country by the family. I cannot find the name to which it originally belonged, whether Oara, Shreve, Fairfax or any other ; and I have looked in many works on Heraldry. I have since found two copies of the same picture in the possession of members of the family. Tlie motto, "Fide et Constantia," "with
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Faith and Constancy," seems quite appropriate for William and Oara.
I give you above and in previous letters, all my authority as to the parentage of Caleb Shreve.
Very respectfully,
BARCLAY WHITE.
This splendidly written account is at this date considered ac- curate in statement and conclusions by those that have subse- quently studied Shreve ancestry, with the exception that Caleb Shreve, of New Jersey, is acknowledged the son of Tliomas Sheriff, or Shreve, of Rhode Island Colony. This requires the removal of the traditional ancestry back one generation and a correction of assumed dates and facts to conform, making Will- iam Shreve that married Elizabeth Fairfax, born about 1590, and Sir William Shreve that married Oara Oara born about 1560.
Nine years after Mr. Samuel H. Shreve wrote Mr. White the preceding letters, Mr. Caleb D. Shreve, of Medford, N. J., now residing in Mount Holly, wrote Mr. Francis Bagley Lee, of Trenton, N. J., each of whom are genealogists of authority, as follows :
Genealogy of the Shreve family in New Jersey, commencing with Caleb Shreve to Caleb D. Shreve, the writer, October 29th, 1892 :
I have in my possession the original deed from John Cooke, Senior, to John Shreve, both of Portsmouth, R. I., by which he conveys to the said John Shreve certain lands in Shrewsbury, N. J., bearing date the 9th day of January, 1676 or 1677, and which deed has on it the assignment thereof by John Shreve to his beloved brother, Caleb Shreve. As the Shreves first settled near Shrewsbury, this deed approximately fixes the date of their arrival. The brother, John, is supposed to be the ancestor of the Shreves in New England.
Caleb Shreve the First afterward moved to the farm called "Mount Pleasant," in Mansfield Township, in the County of Burlington, about three miles from what is now the village of Columbus. The "Mount" Pleasant is a small but quite conspicu- ous round-topped hill in one of the fields.
Tlie name of Caleb's wife is sometimes spelled Aaronson. She was the daughter of Diedrich Areson, of Dutch ancestry, and through her it is said that the Shreve family are the rightful heirs of a fortune of about twenty millions of dollars over in Holland.
In August, 1685, the proprietors of the eastern division of New Jersey granted a warrant to Jacob Coal and Caleb Shreve (by the name of Caleb Sheriff), to lay out or locate one hundred acres of land, fifty acres at a place called Fe-pe-que-work-qua, Book L of Warrants, page 33, Surveyor General's ofifice, Perth Amboy.
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On January 22nd, 1687, patent was granted to Caleb Shreve (by the name of Caleb Sheriff) for eighty-two acres of land on Rumson Neck and a branch of Shrewsbury River. Book B of East Jersey Deeds and Patents, page 274, at Perth Amboy or Trenton.
On April 22nd, 1699, deed of Richard French to Caleb Shreve for three hundred and twenty-five acres at "Mount Pleasant," and on which Caleb Shreve settled and which is still in the family, excepting one hundred and twenty-five acres of it, which Caleb Shreve sold on February 7th, 1812 (Book M, page 413, at Mount Holly), conveyed to Thomas Kinsey. The deed from Richard French to Caleb Shreve is recorded at Trenton in Book B of Deeds, folio 643. Twenty-five days after purchasing of French, Caleb Shreve and Sarah, his wife, late of Freehold, in Monmouth County, that is to say on May 15th, 1699, conveyed sundry tracts of land" to Charles Hubs, of Mandamus Neck, L. I., consideration 180 pounds, on tract bounded on the north by Burlington Path (which went from Burlington to Freehold and forked about one- half mile east of Freehold, one branch going to Shrewsbury and the other to Middleton), and south by Passaquamequa brook, and one lot or meadow at or near the head of Manasquan brook.
The said Caleb, January nth, 1700, purchased of David Curtiss the farm between Upper Springfield Meeting House and Wrightstown (his son Joshua afterwards lived there). Book AAA of Deeds, page 371, at Trenton. The said Caleb Shreve conveyed this last mentioned farm to his son, Joshua, by deed dated 12th mo.. II, 171 1. The said Caleb Shreve's will dated April 5th, 1735, and proved February i8th, 1740, is of record in the office of the secretary of state, at Trenton, in Book N 4 of Wills, page 267.
Benjamin Shreve, son of the first Caleb Shreve, was born in 1706. His will is dated March 14th, 1750-51, and recorded in the offfce of the secretary of state, at Trenton, in Book 7, page 47. His son, Caleb, grandson of Caleb the first, was born in 1734, and died in 1792. His son, Benjamin, great grandson of Caleb the first, was born in 1759 and died in 1844. His son, Caleb, grandson of the grandson of Caleb firsts was born in 1788 and died in 1848. His son, Caleb D. (myself), was born in 1833, and my son, Caleb Edgar, was born in 1877. I now reside with my family in Mount Holly, having moved here from Medford in 1889.
Aside from the dates of births and marriages, and the names of parents and the parties contracting marriage recorded in the monthly meetings of the Society of Friends, it is nearly impos- sible to ascertain the history of any family, excepting it is of unusual prominence, in the early colonies of the United States.
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This is especially true of the class known as "early pioneers." The means of disseminating knowledge of current events were meager, and the motive was nearly entirely wanting. Printing was expensive until after 1800, and mail facilities were hardly known. After the service was established in the more popu- lous districts between New York and Boston, it was uncertain and slow, and the tax of twenty-five cents on each letter, when received, was often a drain on the family finances, as it exceeded the value of a bushel of wheat. Communication, therefore, be- tween famines in Massachusetts and New Jersey was infrequent, and required more time than now from San Francisco to London. The attention of the sturdy pioneer was occupied in wresting sustenance for his family and his fiocks from the fertile soil that abounded at every side, and in taking an active part in the local politics of the day. European emigrants brought little wealth, and when their kindred in the mother country left estates in which their descendants had an interest, before many years proofs of ancestry were difBcult to secure, and other technical require- ments eventually caused such estates to revert under the laws to the crown.
Markets for extra products were few and often distant. -Some of the more persevering and intelligent pioneers had homes em- bellished with a little more than the domestic hfe compelled, but the vast majority were not nearly so fortunate. Wearing apparel from head-wear to foot-wear was "home-made." The furniture of the primitive homes was rude and in keeping. It was no small part of the work of the women to supply the warm, comfortable bedding for the household. The old Dutch ovens and open fireplaces were the facilities for cooking, and fire was supplied by fiint, steel and tinder. The pine knot, tallow dip and genial fireplace afforded light for the long winter evenings. Medicinal herbs were gathered from the fields and forests, while the science of cure was learned from the friendly Indian. Books were scarce and expensive, but the Bible was always the first to enter the household. Such were the surroundings of our early ancestors. Superior homes only came with development and advancing civ- ilization. Many in those times were unaware of better surround- ings and certainly never lived to enjoy them.
It is, therefore, not surprising that the history of entire local- ities is summed up in a few lines, and that of individual families entirely lost. The old court and church records are the principal sources of information. The probate records afTord the names of solvent persons and their heirs, with inventory of their estates ; while it is the province of the church records to take notice of marriages and births, recording the names of all connected with those occurrences, and the dates they transpired. When parties were insolvent or married "outside" of the church, these records
IvlTHER P. ALLliN.
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are unavailing', and the chain of descent is broken. These records are frequently imperfect, sometimes entirely lost, often only par- tially intelligible, but withal they are of inestimable value to genealogists. The next records of value are those attending the stirring events of the Revolutionary war, and from that period the obstacles to successful research are not so great.
The ancestry of Thomas Sherifif, of Rhode Island, may be tra- ditional, but the early records of that province show conclusively that he had eight children and was a property-owner when he died. As late as 1737 the members of the family that remained in the vicinity retained the name "Sherifif," while Caleb, who had married and emigrated to New Jersey, adopted the form "Shreve."
Austin's Dictionary of Rhode Island is authority for the fol- lowing :
I. THOMAS SHERIFF, was b. , in ; m. Martha
, before 1649. He d. May 29th, 1675.
(She m. (2) Thomas Hazard and (3) Lewis Hues.) Plymouth, Mass., Portsmouth, R. I.
1641, Dec. 7. He and William Brown complained against James Laxford in an action of trespass. They attached four goats 'and a lamb in the hands of Samuel Eddy and Joshua Pratt, amounting to 33s, and several other sums in other persons' hands.
1666, Dec. 10. Portsmouth. He deeded Thomas Hazard a quarter of a share in Misquamicut, and also paid him 20 pounds, receiving in exchange therefor 30 acres in Portsmouth, and house, orchard, etc., all to belong to Thomas Hazard for life, and at the decease of Thomas Hazard to be for Thomas Sheriff and wife, Martha, for their lives, and at death of both of them to go to second son, John Sherifif, and heirs, and for want of issue of John to go to third son, Caleb Sherifif, etc.
1675, Jun. II. Inventorys, £218, 12s., viz.: house and land £15, a horse and mare £^7,2 cows, 3 calves, 5 ewes, 5 lambs, 8 shoats, a feather bed, 6 pillows, 2 bolsters, 6 blankets, ring, flock bed, 56 pounds pewter, warming pan, silver dram cup, looking glass, &c.
Her 2nd husband, Thomas Hazard made a declaration (just af- ter her husband's death. 1675, May 29) : "This is to satisfy all men, whom it may anyway concern, whereas there is a promise of matrimony betwixt Thomas Hazard and Martha Sherifif, yet I the foresaid Thomas Hazard do take the said Martha Sheriff for her own person, without having anything- to do with her es- tate or with any thing that is hers" &c.
1691, Mar. 22. Martha Hues wife of Lewis Hues, made agree-
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ment with her son John Sheriff, which she had by former hus- band, whereas said Lewis Hues was lawfully married to his above named wife Martha, took an occasion privately to go away with- in six or seven weeks after he was married, taking away great part of her estate, that was hers in her former husband's time. She now surrenders all her estate real and personal to her son John, excepting provisions, bedding, &c., and such things as she formerly gave her daughter Susanna Sheriff, John Sheriff to pay his mother £6, on Dec. 25th yearly for life, and thirty pounds good butter, and thirty pounds good cheese, and two barrels cider, two barrels apples, firewood, room at north east end of house she now lives in, east part of garden, and keep of a horse or mare, &c.
1719, Mar. 17. The will of his daughter Elizabeth Carter,widow (proved 1719, Jul. 13), mentions her brothers John and Daniel Sheriff, sisters Mary Sheffield, Sarah Moon, and Susanna Thomas, besides nephews and neices, &c. [Second Generation]. Children:
1. i. Thomas Sheriff; b. Sept. 2, 1649. -
2. ii. John Sheriff; b. Portsmouth, R. I.; m. Jane Havens,
Aug., 1686; d. Oct. 14, 1739.
3. iii. Caleb Sheriff; b. [about 1652; m. Sarah Areson, of
Long Island, about 1680; d. Burlington County, N.
Jm 1741].
4. iv. Mary Sheriff; m. Joseph Sheffield, Feb. 12, 1685; d.
after 1706.
5. V. Susannah Sheriff; m. Thomas ; d. after 1714.
6. vi. Daniel Sheriff; b. Little Compton, R. L; m. Jane
, 1688; d. 1737.
7. vii. Elizabeth Sheriff; m. Edward Carter (no issue); d.
June 5, 1719.
8. viii. Sarah Sheriff; m. John Moon; d. June 24, 1732.
2. ii. JOHN SHERIFF (or SHREVE), the second child and
second son of Thomas Sheriff and Martha , was b. in
Portsmouth, R. I. ; m. Jane Havens, dau. of John Havens and Ann . She d. after 1739. He d. Oct. 14th, 1739.
1680. Taxed 2s.
1739, Sept. 27. Will — proved 1739, Nov. 12. Ex, son John. To son John, my andirons, iron crow, spit and grindstone. To son Caleb 5s. To son Daniel £30, and two pewter platters. To son William £30, and two pewter platters, and all my bedding. To daughter EHzabeth Burrington 5s. To daughter Mary Fish 5s. To daughter-in-law, Mary Sheriff, wife of son John, £5, and a pewter platter. To grandson John, son of Caleb, £5. To son John, rest of personal.
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Inventory £ 193, 8s., viz : wearing apparel, silver buttons and cane, £20, money due by bond £115, 5s, pewter, grindstone, &c. [Third Generation]. Children: 9. i. John Sheriff; b. June 10, 1687 ; m. Mary .
10. ii. Thomas Sheriff; b. Dec. 24, 1692.
11. iii. Elizabeth Sheriff; b. Nov. 16, 1693; m. ■ Bur-
rington. ..^^
12. iv. Mary Sheriff; b. June 10, 1696; m. > ' -ft Fish.
13. V. Caleb Sheriff; b. Apr. 12, 1699.
14. vi. Daniel Sheriff; b. Jan. 16, 1702.
15. vii. William Sheriff; b. May 3, 1705.
3. iii. CALEB SHREVE, probably the third child and third son of Thomas Sheriff (or Shreve), of Rhode Island Colony, and
Martha , his wife, was b. about 1652; m. Sarah Areson,
dau. of Diedrich (or Deric) Areson, of Long Island, about 1680. He d. in Burlington Co., New Jersey, in 1741. _ Caleb Shreve permanently located in New Jersey on his mar- riage, about 1680. He lived after 1699 in Burlington Co., seven miles east of the present site of Mount Holly. At that date his children numbered seven. The eldest, Martha, was twelve years of age ; the five next older were boys, with probably the young- est, Mary, an infant ; a daughter and two sons were subsequently born. Previous to the birth of the youngest in 1706, the oldest daughter, Martha, married, in 1704.
The family otherwise remained unbroken by marriages until 1711-1713, during which period Thomas, Joshua, Joseph and Caleb married. The marriages of the remaining children oc- curred : Jonathan in 1720, Mary in 1721, Sarah in 1724, Benjamin, the youngest, in 1729. After marriage the father gave each child a fine farm, the precise locations of which are not known. They were probably all living in Burlington County in 1739, as the poll book of an election held in that county that year has in it the names of every son and son-in-law, excepting John Ogborne. The four elder children had sons old enough to vote,but they may have moved to other places. In the list of voters is an Amos Shreve, and Caleb, Jonathan, Samuel and Thomas Scattergood, who were probably sons of ]\Iartha Shreve and Benjamin Scat- tergood. The descendants of Benjamin, the youngest child, have preserved the best history of the family. He acquired from his father by will the old homestead, and became, by contract with his mother, sole heir to her property, which subsequently they construed to cover her interest in the rumored Amsterdam es- tate. This instrument was executed February 28th, 1740-41, while she was living with Benjamin, and after the marriages of her other children.
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Other branches had heard of the estate, and as a precaution had preserved their lineage to protect their future claims ; but as they became more remotely removed from the old homestead their records are not so complete, and assume a more traditionary character.
There is no reliable authority for a correct tabulation of the family of Caleb Shreve and Sarah Areson in the order of ages. The order must be conjectured from the dates of their marriages shown on the church records of the Society of Friends in Bur- lington County, assuming the sons married at the age of twenty- one, and the daughters at eighteen, or thereabouts. However, the dates of the births of Joshua and Benjamin have been authori- tatively transmitted to their respective descendants. The author- ity for their names is Caleb Shreve's will, dated April 5th, 1735; others may have died in infancy or unmarried previously. The authority for the places of their births is the late Samuel H. Shreve, of New York City. The places of their deaths, where noted, is the probate records of the state. The precise locations of their homes are unknown, excepting Benjamin's, nor whether their places of residence were permanent or transient. The mar- riages of eight were in Burlington Co., New Jersey, by Friends Ceremony. There is every reason to believe Joshua's was also by Friends Ceremony. No record of David is found, excepting in his father's will and the election poll book in 1739 for Bur- lington County. Caleb Shreve devised to each : Thomas, "my eldest son ;" Joshua, Joseph, Caleb, Jonathan, "my son-in-law" Benjamin Scattergood, Mary Gibbs and Sarah Ogborne, five shillings ; my son, David Shreve, one good cow — said bequests are designated as "compleating his (or her) portion" — undoubt- edly referring to the farms given them in his lifetime.
[Third Generation] . Children :
16. i, Martha Shreve; b. 168 — ; m. Benjamin Scattergood
in Burlington Co., N. J., in 1704 (declared Mar. 3) by Friends Ceremony at Chesterfield Meeting.
17. ii. Thomas Shreve; b. 168 — ; m. Elizabeth Allison in
BurHngton Co., N. J., May 26, 171 1, by Friends Ceremony at Burlington Meeting ; d. in Burlington Co., N. J., July , 1747.
18. iii. Joseph Shreve; b. 168 — ; m. Hope Harding in Bur-
lington Co., N. J., in 171 1 (proposed second time July 3), by Friends Ceremony at Burlington Meet- ing; d. before 1757.
19. iv. Joshua Shreve; b. Apr. 5, 1692; m. Jane ; d.
1752 (?).
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20. V. Caleb Shreve ; b. 169 — ; m. ist, Mary Hunt in Bur-
lington Co., N. J., May 8, 1713, by Friends Cere- mony at Chesterfield Meeting; 2d, Ann ; d.
1746.
21. vi. Mary Shreve; b. 169 — ; m. Isaac Gibbs, Jr., in Bur-
lington Co., N. J., Jan. 5, 1722, by Friends Cere- mony at Chesterfield Meeting.
22. vii. Sarah Shreve; b. 169 — ; m. John Ogborne in Bur-
lington Co., N. J., Jan. 19, 1724, by Friends Cere- mony at Chesterfield Meeting.
23. viii. Jonathan Shreve; b. 169 — ; m. Hannah Hunt in Bur-
Hngton Co., N. J., Feb. 4. 1720, by Friends Cere- mony at Chesterfield Meeting; d. 1756.
24. ix. David Shreve; b. 169 — ; d. after 1735.
25. X. Benjamin Shreve ; b. June 9, 1706 ; m. Rebecca
French in Burlington Co., N. J., Feb. 23, 1729, by Friends Ceremony at Springfield Meeting; d. 1751.
No report has been received of the descendants of Martha Scattergood. Several of the name now reside in Burlington Co., and probably are descended from her. Her children were born between 1704 and 1732. She probably died before 1735.
The names of the descendants of Thomas Shreve, other than his children, are not reported. These are ascertained from his will and the church records of marriages. They were born after 1712, and Hilbournes, Norths and Tylees born after 1740 may be descendants of this branch. Whom the two sons and Martha married is unknown. Thomas lived and died in Burlington, N. J.
The tabulation of Joseph Shreve's descendants is not satisfac- tory. He resided in Mansfield Township, Burlington County, where he died. No inventory of his estate was filed nor any record of a settlement, consequently the names of his children do not occur in the probate records of the county. He was mar- ried to Hope, the daughter of Thomas Harding, by Friends Cere- mony. Inasmuch as many descendants in this branch bear her name, she must have been an exemplary woman. The descen- dants of their son, Caleb, have generally continued to reside in Burlington County, and transmitted their genealogy in a reliable manner. By the authority of S. H. Shreve, a son, Thomas, is placed in the family tabulation. He married March ist, 1740, Sarah Shreve, his cousin, daughter of Joshua Shreve, for which the Society of Friends "disowned" them. Their descendants are not known. A daughter, Ann, married Solomon Southwick by Friends Ceremony about 1747. Some of their descendants live in Burlington County. Another child, Mercy, is placed in the fam- ily tabulation on the authority of Mrs. Mary A. Hand. Mercy Shreve married James White about 1747. Mrs. Hand's paternal grandmother, Hope Robbins, was a cousin of her maternal
22 THE GENEAI^OGY AND HISTORY
grandfather, Isaac Shreve. They, therefore, were grandchildren of Josei^h Shreve and Hope Harding. Hope Robbins' parents were Mercy and James White. There may have been other children. Joseph Shreve's family were born after 171 1.
The children of Joshua Shreve were born after 171 3, and the family tabulation as to names is satisfactory. The order of births is unknown. Marriages occur from 1728 to 1750, and Curtises, Shinns and Becks born after those dates may be descendants. Several of those names reside in Burlington Co., but their ances- try is unknown. James Shreve's descendants generally remained in Burlington Co., or New Jersey. Caleb's emigrated to Vir- ginia, then Pennsylvania, Ohio and the far West. Sarah married her cousin, Thomas Shreve, and the Society of Friends "dis- owned" them. ]\Iercy Mathis' descendants located generally in the eastern part of New Jersey, as did Faith Butler's. There may have been other children that died in infancy or unmarried. The tabulation is on the authority of S. H. Shreve.
The tabulation of the family of Caleb Shreve is by authority of the late S. H. Shreve. No further reports have been made of descendants. The children were born after 1713. The Amos Shreve that voted in BurHngton Co. in 1739 is probably his son. There are reasons to believe that Joshua Shreve, that mar- ried Vashti Rogers, was the child of Amos, and that the daugh- ter, Mary, married John Haines, and left many descendants who remained in New Jersey. Gaskills born after 1737 may be de- scendants. There may have been others that died in infancy or unmarried.
If Jonathan Shreve had children they were born after 1721. None are reported.
The children of Mary Gibbs were born after 1722. None have been reported.
The descendants of Sarah Ogborne (or Ogbourne) are also un- known; if any they were born after 1724.
David Shreve is only mentioned in his father's will and in the poll book of the election held in Burlington County, N. J., in 1739. If he had descendants, they were probably born not earlier than 1723.
The genealogy of the descendants of Benjamin Shreve, the youngest child, is the most satisfactory. For several generations they remained in the vicinity of the old homestead, which was duly transmitted to descendants of that branch. The late Samuel H. Shreve, of New York City, was a great, great grandson, and took great interest in the latter part of his life in family genealogy, not confining himself to his own branch. All Shreve descendants are indebted to him, and it is a matter of regret that he did not live to see some of his laudable hopes bear fruition, one of which was the purchase of the old homestead by an association of de- scendants, to be perpetually transmitted to later generations.
OF THK SHREVE FAMILY. 23
Of the children of Caleb Shreve and Sarah Areson, the de- scendants of five are unknown, three daughters and two sons. There is little doubt that all had descendants, with the possible exception of one son. The names of thirty-one grandchildren are known. All were born between 1712 and 1750; twenty-three are known to have married, the marriages occurring between 1728 and 1771. One died unmarried. The marriages of five are uncertain, and two probably married, but are not so reported.
Caleb Shreve and Sarah Areson's children, or the second gen- eration, intermarried between 1704 and 1730, with Scattergoods, Allisons, Hardings, (one unknown), two with Hunts, Gibbs, Ogbournes, (one doubtful), and Frenchs. The surnames of the children of this second generation are Scattergood, Shreve, Gibbs and Ogbourne.
The next, or the third generation, the issue of the five re- ported second generation, intermarried with Hilbournes, Norths, Tylees, Antrims, Shreves, Whites, Southwicks, Davis, Thorns, Curtis, Shreves, Mathis, Butler, Shinn, Beck, Gaskills, (one un- known), one probably Haines, Ivins, Pancoasts, (one un- known), Curtis, Cokeley, Very, Wood, Scattergood, Beck, Nix- on, and (probably) Trout ; and the surnames of the children of this third generation, or the fourth generation are Hilbourne, North, Tylee, White, Southwick, Curtis, Shreve, Mathis, Butler, Shinn, Beck, Gaskill, Haines, Ivins, Scattergood, Beck.
The religious principles of the Society of Friends were thor- oughly imbedded in the Shreve descendants until the period of the Revolutionary war, when the stirring events of those times compelled many averse to war to take an active part in the de- fense, not only of their political principles, but their property. The society "disowned" their members when even remotely par- ticipating, yet their principles permitted their return on "making acknowledgment to satisfaction." Many did this, but others never returned. The women were not subject to such discipline and reared the youth according to the faith.
17. ii. THOMAS SHREVE, probably the second child and eldest son of Caleb Shreve and Sarah Areson, was b. on Narum- sunk in New Jersey, 168 — ; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Richard Aleson (or Allison), of BurHngton, N. J., May 26th, 171 1, by Friends Ceremony at Burlington, Mo. Meeting. He d. in Burlington Co., N. J., July , 1747.
Thomas Shreve lived in Burlington, N. J. His will is dated Feb- ruary 23d, 1746, proved July 24th, 1747, and recorded in the of- fice of secretary of state, Trenton, N. J., in Book 5, page 362, of Wills.
24 THE GENEAI^OGY AND HISTORY
[Fourth Generation]. Children:
26 Mary Shreve ; b. ; m. Thomas Hilborne in BurHngton
Co., N. J., March 7, 1739; d. .
2y. Hannah Shreve; b. ; m. North.
28. Ehzabeth Shreve; b. ; m. James Tylee, in Burhngton
Co., N. J., Apr. 26, 1740.
29. Thomas Shreve ; b. ; m. (hved in N. Y.)
30. Caleb Shreve ; b. .
?oa. ]\Iartha Shreve ; b. .
18. iii. JOSEPH SHREVE, probably the third child and sec- ond son of Caleb Shreve and Sarah Areson, was b. in 168 — , on Narumsunk, N. J. ; m. Hope Harding, the dau. of Thomas Hard- ing and Elizabeth Nichols, at Friends Meeting in Burlington, Burlington Co., N. J., July 3d, 171 1. He d. intestate in Burhng- ton Co., N. J., about 1757.
The parents of Joseph Shreve moved to Freehold, Monmouth Co., N. J., in 1692, from thence in 1699 to Mansfield Township, Burlington Co., N. J., where they lived, their children married cind they died. Very little is known of Joseph Shreve and his fam- ily. In his lifetime his father gave him a fine farm in Burlington Po., where he lived and died, probably in Mansfield Township. The 15th of October, 1757, letters of administration were granted on his estate to Thomas Shreve, "he being Duly affirmed and Giving Security well and well and truly to administer the said Deceased's Estate, to Exhibit a true and perfect Inventory and to render a Just and true account thereof." (State Records, Tren- ton, N. J., Book 8 of Wills, page 517.) There is no record of the settlement of the estate or the names of his heirs to be found in Burlington County or Trenton. N. J. The state records desig- nate Joseph Shreve as grantee in transfers recorded in Book E, pages 221, 222, and in Book DD, pages 78 and 253 as grantor. His wife, Hope Harding, was born June nth, 1694, and he was at least sixty-five or seventy years of age at his death. Those best posted in Shreve history name four children. There were probably others, which unfortunately cannot with any degree of certainty be placed in the family tabulation.
A white oak walking cane, with a silver head cap, containing a Spanish half-dollar, dated 1742, is an heirloom from this ances- tor, now in possession of Dr. Joseph Shreve, of Burlington, N. J., the title passing to his son, Caleb ; then to his son, Joseph ; thence to his son, Joseph ; then to his son, Joseph ; thence to his nephew, Joseph, the present owner, by will. [Fourth Generation]. Children:
31. Mercy Shreve; b. ; m. James White about 1747.
32. Thomas Shreve; b. ; m. Sarah Shreve, Mar. i, 1740.
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33. Caleb Shreve; b. Aug. 13, 1721 ; m. Abigail Antrim, Jan. 7,
1748; d. Sept. 27, 1786.
34. Ann Shreve; b. ; m. Solomon Southwick in 1747.
19. iv. JOSHUA SHREVE, probably the fourth child and third son of Caleb Shreve and Sarah Areson, was b. Apr. 5th, 1692, in Monmouth Co., N. J. ; m. Jane , date and place un- known. Place and date of death is unknown,
Joshua Shreve was an approved and esteemed minister of the Society of Friends, traveling on horseback in the ministry as far south as Virginia, and as far north as Massachusetts, holding and attending meetings on his way there and on his return. He lived in Springfield Township, Burlington Co., N. J., adjoining Richard Stockton. He gave to the Society of Friends four acres of land from his farm, on which to erect a meeting house, and for a graveyard. This was built in 1727, and that date is still to be seen in the brick work over the door. It is located about one- half mile from Wrightstown, and is known as Upper Springfield Meeting. Previous to its erection Friends in the neighborhood attended meeting at Crosswicks. May 6th, 1749, Chesterfield 1 Meeting granted him a certificate "to make a religious visit in the government of Pennsylvania. Maryland and Virginia." April 7th, 1750. he produced a certificate from Fairfax, Va., which was "to satisfaction." (Chesterfield Monthly Meeting Records.) His children were born in Springfield Township, [Fourth Generation], Children:
35. Mary Shreve ; m. Curtis.
36. Sarah Shreve; m. Thomas Shreve, Mar. i, 1740.
37. Mercy Shreve; b. 1716; m. Micajah Mathis, Mar. 7, 1747;
d. 1804.
38. Faith Shreve; m. Israel Butler, Jan. i, 1750.
39. James Shreve; m. Leah Davis, July i, 1737.
40. Caleb Shreve; b. Aug. 16, 1717; m. Hannah Thorn. Bur-
lington Co., N. J., Jan. 16, 1737; d. Bedford Co., Pa., Feb. 8. 1810.
41. Martha Shreve; m. William Shinn, Burlington Co., N. J.,
Nov. 5, 1728.
42. Susannah Shreve ; m. John Beck, July i, 1737.
39, JAMES SHREVE. child of Joshua Shreve and Jane
, was b. in Springfield Township, Burlington Co., N, J. ;
m. Leah Davis, July ist, 1737. Date and place of death un- known.
[Fifth Generation], Children:
43. Joshua Shreve; b. ; m. Rebecca Lamb; d. advanced
age in 1819.
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40. CALEB SHREVE, child of Joshua Shreve and Jane was b. Aug. i6th, 171 7, in Springfield, Burlington Co.
N. J.; m. Hannah Thorn, dau. of John Thorn and Catharine Thorn, Jan. i6th, 1737, by Friends Ceremony at Chesterfield Meeting, in Burlington Co., N. J. He d. in Bedford Co., Pa., Feb. 8th, 1810.
[Fifth Generation]. Children:
44. i. John Shreve; b. Jan. 11, 1739.
45. ii. Mary Shreve; b. July 5. 1743.
46. iii. Ann Shreve; b. Oct. 16, 1745.
47. , iv. Samuel Shreve; b. Sept. 15, 1747; ni. .
48. V. Mercy Shreve; b. Nov. 15, 1749.
49. vi. Sarah Shreve; b. Feb. 27, 1751.
50. vii. James Shreve ; b. Springfield, Burlington Co., N. J.,
Oct. 13, 1754; m. Mary Williams; d. Perry Co., O., aged about 100 years.
20. V. CALEB SHREVE, probably the fifth child and fourth
(son of Caleb Shreve and Sarah Areson, was b. 169 — ; m. ist,
(Mary Hunt, 1713, by Friends Ceremony, at Chesterfield, Bur-
)ington Co., N. J.; 2nd, Ann . He d. 1746.
' Caleb Shreve Hved in Springfield, Burlington Co., N. J. [Fourth Generation]. Children:
51. Amos Shreve.
52. Amy Shreve; m. Josiah Gaskill, Aug. 3, 1737-
53. Rachel Shreve.
54. Mary Shreve.
55. Caleb Shreve.
18. X. BENJAMIN SHREVE, probably the tenth child and seventh son of Caleb Shreve and Sarah Areson, was b. June 9th, 1706; m. Rebecca French, dau. of Richard French, Feb. 23d, 1729, by Friends Ceremony, at Meeting House at the upper end of Springfield Township. He d. in 175 1, in BurHngton Co., N. J., on the old homestead.
[Fourth Generation]. Children:
56. i. Kazia Shreve; b. Burlington Co., N. J., Mar. 8, 1730;
m. Moses Ivins.
57. ii. Richard Shreve; b. Burlington Co., N. J., June 10,
' 1732 ; unmarried.
58. iii. Caleb Shreve; b. Burlington Co., N. J., Aug. 25,
1734; m. Grace Pancoast, Nov. 19, 1755; d. Apr. 21, 1792.
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59. iv. William Shreve ; b. Burlington Co., N. J., Aug. 4,
1737; m. 1st, Ann Ivins, Burlington, N. J., May 8, 1756; 2nd, Ann Reckless, July 17, 1779.
60. V. Israel Shreve ; b. Burlington Co., N. J., Dec. 24, 1739;
m. 1st, Grace Curtis, Burlington Co., N. J., Feb. 27, 1760; 2nd, Mary Cokely, Philadelphia, Pa., May 10, 1773; d. Fayette Co., Pa., Dec. 14, 1799.
61. vi. Benjamin Shreve; b. Burlington Co., N. J., Oct. 7,
1747; m. 1st, Hannah Vail, July 10, 1770; 2nd, Susan Wood, of Alexandria, Va. ; d. Nov. 18, 1801
62. vii. Sarah Shreve; b. Burlington Co., N. J., Oct. 18, 1744;
m. ist, David Scattergood ; 2nd, Joseph Beck ; 3rd, John Nixon.
63. viii. Samuel Shreve; b. Burhngton Co., N. J., Jan. 25,
1750; m. ist, ; 2nd, ; 3rd, .
4. iv. MARY SHERIFF (or SHREVE), the fourth child
and eldest dau. of Thomas Sheriff and Martha ; m. Joseph
Sheffield, Feb. 12th, 1685. He was b. Aug. 22nd, 1661. He d. 1706 and was the son of Ichabad and Mary (Parker) Sheffield. She d. after 1706.
[Third Generation]. Children:
64. i. Joseph Sheffield ; b. Nov. 2, 1685.
65. ii. Mary Sheffield; b. Nov. 8, 1687.
66. iii. Elizabeth Sheffield; b. Feb. 15, 1688.
67. iv. Benjamin Sheffield; b. Jun. 18, 1691.
68. V. Edmund Sheffield; b. Apr. 5, 1694.
69. vi. William Sheffield ; b. Mar. 30, 1696.
70. vii. Elizabeth Sheffield ; b. June i, 1698.
6. vi. DANIEL SHERIFF (or SHREVE), the sixth child and fourth son of Thomas Sherifif and Martha , was b. in Lit- tle Compton, R. I.; m. Jane , in 1688. She d. after 1737.
He d. in 1737.
1737? Jun. 8. Will, proved 1737, Dec. 20. Ex, son, Daniel. To wife, Jane, a third of real and personal estate in Little Compton. To sons, Thomas, William and Caleb, and daughters, Martha Linckin and Elizabeth Dyer, los each. To grandson, Ben- jamin Sherifif, los. Inventory, £78, 17s, 6d, viz.: Wearing ap- parel, 4 cows, swine, woolen wheel, linen wheel, old mare, 2 old guns, pewter, &c.
[Third Generation] . Children :
71. i. Martha Sherifif; b. Jan. 2, 1690; m. Linckin.
72. ii. Sutton Sherifif; b. Dec. 3, 1692.
73. iii. John Sherifif; b. Dec. 15. 1694.
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Daniel Sheriff; b. Oct. 15, 1696.
Elizabeth Sheriff; b. May 20, 1698; m. Charles Dyer. Thomas Sheriff; b. Sept. 20, 1699. William Sheriff; b. Mar. 26, 1701 ; m. Freelove Dyer; d. Fairfax Co., Va., about 1750.
Caleb Sheriff; b. Mar. 3, 1707. Benjamin Sheriff; b. 1709.
7. vii. WILLIAM SHREVE, the seventh child and fourth son
of Daniel Shreve (or Sherifif) and Jane , of Little Comp-
ton, R. I., was b. Mar. 26th, 1701, in Little Compton, R. I.; m. Freelove Dyer (b. June 21st, 1699). He d. about 1750, in Fairfax Co., Va.
Freelove Dyer was born in Little Compton, R. I., and was the great grandchild of Mary and William Dyer. Charles Dyer, their sixth child, had a son, James Dyer, who was the father of Free- love. Charles Dyer was born in 1650, and died May 15th, 1709.
His first wife was Mary , and his second wife, Martha
Wait, widow of Jeremiah. James Dyer, his son, was born in Lit- tle Compton, and married in 1696. Freelove Dyer's brother, Charles, was born March 22nd, 1697, and married Elizabeth Shreve, sister of William Shreve, the husband of Freelove. James Dyer moved with his family to Bucks Co., Pa., and died there about 1735. Letters of administration were granted on his estate Jan. 29th, 1735-6, to William Shreve, his son-in-law. The sureties were William Shreve and Henry Van Horn. About 1745 William Shreve and Freelove Dyer went to Fairfax Co., Va., to live. He died there about 1750. His widow, Freelove, appears upon the court records of Fairfax and Loudon Counties, petitioning for her dower, and her sons, Benjamin and William, are acting for her. William Dyer, the great grandfather of Freelove Dyer Shreve, was the first attorney general for Rhode Island, in 1650, and one of the original settlers. Commander-in-Chief upon the sea. He was sent to England in 1653 to revise the charter, and was one of the most prominent men in Rhode Island in its early colonial history. His wife, Mary Dyer, was hung on Boston com- mon in 1660, for preaching the Quaker doctrine in that city.
[Fourth Generation]. Children:
80. William Shreve ; m. Catharine Martin, Piscataway, N. J.,
Nov. 10, 1755.
81. Elizabeth Shreve ; m. Hulls.
82. Mary Shreve ; m. Mead.
83. James Shreve.
84. Benjamin Shreve; m. Anne Berry.
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8. viii. SARAH SHERIFF (or SHREVE), the eighth child
and fourth dau. of Thomas Sheriff and Alartha ; m. John
Moon. He d. before 1723. She d. June 24th, 1732. [Third Generation]. Children:
85. John Moon ; b. May 16, 1685.
86. Sarah Moon.
87. Abigail Moon.
88. Martha Moon.
89. Elizabeth Moon.
Neither ancestors nor descendants of the following who gave "Marriage Bonds" are known :
90. Amos Shreve; m. Aug. 2, 1737, Ann Woolston, Burling-
ton, Co.
Amos Shreve; m. Aug. 2, 1750, Hannah Peters, North- ampton.
Joseph Shreve; m. Aug. 28, 1750, Elizabeth Hatch, Mans- field.
Martha Shreve; m. Aug. 10, 1759, John Renshaw, Spring- field.
Anna Shreve; m. Mar. 6, 1760, John Page, Springfield.
Rachel Shreve; m. Feb. 10, 1761, Moses Atkinson, Spring- field.
Sarah Shreve; m. Nov. 7, 1763, Joseph Biddle, Jr., Bur- lington Co.
Job Shreve; m. Aug. 11, 1764, Rebecca Brown, North- ampton.
Hope Shreve; m. Feb. 4, 1767, William Cowperthwaite, Burlington Co.
Samuel Shreve; m. June 26, 1771, Mira Trout, Burling- ton Co. Also the following : 100. Caleb Shreve; m. Nov. 3, 1743. Ann Jess, loi. Abraham Shreve; m. Mar. 4, 1756, Edith Rockhill.
Tlie following have descendants but their ancestors are un- known :
102. Rebecca Shreve; m. Nov. 22, 1738. Thomas Smith.
103. Joseph Shreve. of Monmouth Co.; m. Sept. 14, 1771,
Rachel Hewlett, of Middlesex Co.
104. Mary Shreve ; m. John Haines.
105. Joshua Shreve (b. 1728); m. ist, Anna ; 2d, Hope
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96
97 98
99
106. William Shreve; m. ist, Mar}^ Laurence; 2d, Mrs. Ann Barnett Wake.
102. REBECCA SHREVE was b. in ; m
Thomas Smith, Nov. 22d, 1738. She d. .
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[Second Generation]. Children:
Nancy Smith; b. June 5, 1739.
Joshua Smith; b. Oct. 5, 1741.
Joseph Smith; b. Nov. 20, 1743.
Thomas Smith; b. Dec. 5, 1745.
John Smith ; b. Nov. 14, 1750.
Sarah Smith; b. Apr. 29, 1751 ; m. Shaidlock Negus,
Mansfield, N. J., Nov. 16, 1774; d. Oct. 13, 1821. Mary Smith ; b. May 4, 1754. Hope Smith; b. Dec. 22, 1756.
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DESCENDANTS OF MERCY SHREVE AND
JAMES WHITE.
5(5* t^w ^Jrt t^*
ANCESTRY.
I. Thomas Sheriff and Martha .
II. Caleb Shreve and Sarah Areson (3. iii.).
III. Joseph Shreve and Hope Harding (18. iii.).
IV. Mercy Shreve and James White (31),
31. MERCY SHREVE, child of Joseph Shreve and Hope Harding, was born in Burlington Co., N.J., not earlier than 1725 ; m. James White about 1747; d. .
Very little is known of Mercy Shreve. She probably was reared in Burlington Co., N. J., and lived in West New Jersey in the vicinity of Philadelphia and later in Virginia. The best record states James White was a planter in Virginia and of English descent. He was living between 1785 and 1790 in that state, and about that time on the occasion of a visit from his second son, Thomas, and James, Thomas White's eldest son, then quite young, he gave a family dinner party in their honor, and at the dinner table were seated fourteen Thomas Whites, all relatives. The incident appears authentic. Mercy White probably visited her relatives near Chesterfield, N. J., in 1783, as on Dec. 4th, she was a witness to a marriage by Friends Cere- mony at Chesterfield Meeting. Nothing further is known of the parents. The places of the births of their children are not known. The dates of their births and their names are authentic.
The eldest, Sarah, married a Mr. Cooper, and probably
previously a Mr, Newton. She was living in 1807 i^
Philadelphia, and with her a niece and namesake, which she had reared, the mother having died while she was an infant. She was then known as Mrs. Sarah Cooper. It is not known that she had descendants, very likely none. At an early day three sons, Joseph, Thomas and Robert, emigrated to Western Penn- sylvania, and later to Eastern and Central Ohio, where they en- dured all the sufiferings and trials of early pioneers. Hope mar- ried and remained in Philadelphia or its vicinity in New Jersey. The four remaining daughters and one son probably died in in- fancy or unmarried.
[Fifth Generation]. Children:
I. i. Sarah White ; b. Aug. 31, 1748; m. Cooper; d.
probably in Philadelphia.
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2. ii. Joseph White; b. Mar. 28, 1751 ; m. ; d. at Mt.
Eaton, O., Apr. 15, 1825.
3. iii. Thomas White; b. Oct. 26, 1752; m. ist, Mary (Van-
dyke); 2nd, Amy McGee; d. near ChiUicothe, O., about 1827.
4. iv. Penelope White; b. May 26, 1755.
5. V. James White; b. Feb. 21, 1757.
6. vi. Mary White; b. Feb. 21, 1759.
7. vii. Robert Lewis White; b. Sept. 19, 1761 ; m. Anne
Brown, Apr. 9, 1800; d. near Marlborough, Stark Co., O., about 183 1.
8. viii. Martha White; b. Oct. 2, 1763.
9. ix. Hope White; b. May 21, 1766; m. Job Robbins in
Burlington, N. J., in 1786; d. in Swedesborough, N.J.
10. X. Ann White; b. , 1770.
2. ii. JOSEPH WHITE, the second child and eldest son of Mercy Shreve and James White, was b. Mar. 28th, 1751; m.
Debora . She d. Aug. i6th, 1846, in her 8ist year of age.
He d. at Mt. Eaton, O., Apr. 15th. 1825.
A descendant writes : My great grandparents lived in Beaver Co., Pa. I think Wilksborough was my father's birthplace. They must have died in Ohio somewhere. They seemed to have lived with their children. Great grandmother, I think, lived with her son, Joseph W. White, in Medina Co., O., at Chardon, the coun- ty seat. My mother saw her after my parents' marriage, as they made them a visit. She said great grandmother was very old, and at times her mind wandered when she talked of her troubles ; at other times her mind was all right and she was very pleasant and quiet — no trouble at all. Great grandfather, it seems, lived with his daughters. I think he lived nearly 100 years and died in the woods, where he wandered. My impression is his body was never found. Ohio' in those days was a dense forest, and wolves and panthers were as plentiful as sheep are now. They lived apart in their old days and were taken care of by their chil- dren. I do not think great grandfather ever had a burial. [Sixth Generation], Children:
11. i. Nancy White ; b, ; d. unm. at Pittsburg, Pa.
12. ii. Betsey White; b. Aug. 25, 1783; m. Thomas Cook;
d. at Layton, Mich., Mar., 1884.
13. iii. Shreve White; b. 1784; d. at Pittsburg, Pa., in 1790.
14. iv. James White; b. ; d. unm. at New Orleans, La.,
Sept. 9, 1822.
15. V. Joseph Wilkinson White ; b. July 3, 1788, in Pittsburg,
Pa. ; m. Polly Reisinger in Beaver, Pa., Jan. 4, 1810; d. at Youngstown, O., Nov. 17, 1869.
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i6. vi. Lavina White; b. in 1792; d. July 3, 1804.
17. vii. Sally White; b. ; m. Joseph McDonald; d. .
12. ii. BETSEY WHITE, the child of Joseph White and , was b. Aug. 24th, 1783; m. Thomas Cook. She
d. in Layton, Mich., in 1884.
Their children were all born in Green Township, Columbiana Co., O.
[Seventh Generation]. Children:
18. i. Joseph W. Cook ; b. Feb. 4, 1804; m. Rebecca Moore ;
d. in Layton, Allegan Co., Mich.
19. ii. Job Cook; b. June 3, 1806; m. Rachel Taylor; d. in
Newton Tp., Trumbull Co., O.
20. iii. Israel Cook ; b. Mar. 19, 1809 ; m. Minerva McFall ; d.
in Newton Tp., Trumbull Co., O.
21. iv. Nancy Cook; b. Dec. 24, 181 1; m. Joseph Robison ;
d. in Meigs Co., O.
22. V. Mary Ann Cook; b. Oct. 10, 1814; m. John W. Brad-
ley in 1833, in Trumbull Co., O. ; d. in Meigs Co., O., in 1841.
23. vi. Thomas Cook; b. Apr. 17, 1817 (unm.) ; d. in Newton
Tp., Trumbull Co., O., Sept. i, 1857.
24. vii. Edward Cook ; b. Sept. 29, 1819 (unm.) ; d. in Meigs
Co., O., in 185 1.
25. viii, Eliza Cook; b. Mar. 27, 1822; m. Britton Force, in
Trumbull Co., O., in 1845; 1. Rockford, Mich.
26. ix. Amos Cook; b. Sept. 3, 1824; m. Lydia M. Brown, in
Lordstown, O., Dec. 24, 1845 ; d. in Layton, Mich., Apr. 8. 1893.
27. X. Alfred Cook; b. May 17, 1827; m. ist, Elsie Brown in
Cleveland, O., Sept. 1850; 2nd, Mary E. Brown in Layton, Mich., Oct. 1856; 3rd, Olive M. Niles; d. in Grand Rapids, Mich., May 8, 1893.
28. xi. Olive Cook; b. July 11, ; d. (unm.) about 1850.
15. V. JOSEPH WILKINSON WHITE, child of Joseph
White and , was b. July 3d, 1788; m. Polly Reisinger, in
Beaver, Pa., Jan. 4th, 1810. She was b. in York Co., Pa., Sept. 25th, 1787, and d. Feb. 4th, 1861. He d. in Youngstown, O., Nov. 17th, 1869.
Joseph Wilkinson White was a pioneer editor and publisher in Ohio. At an early age he edited a paper in Chardon, O., after- ward in Canton, Massillon, Mt. Eaton and Cincinnati. In poli- tics he was a Whig, his papers being of that character. He was an advocate of temperance and published books and songs for the temperance society.
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[Seventh Generation]. Children:
29. i, James White ; b. 181 1 ; d. few days old.
30. ii. Madison Heckert White; b. Beaver, Pa., Apr. 17,
1812; m. Eleanor Matilda Pinkerton, in Mt. Eaton, O., Mar., 1832 ; d. at SaUne, Ind., Oct. 28, 1882.
31. iii. Joseph Washington White; b. St. Clairsville, O., May
9, 1814; m. 1st, Emily Stockwell, in Grandville, Licking- Co., O., Nov. 9, 1837; d. St. Louis, Mo., Sept., 1897.
32. iv. Lavinia C. White; b. in St. Clairesville, O., May 7,
1816; m. I St, Dr. Alexander Beatty, in Medina, O., in June, 1836; 2d, Almon Booth.
33. v. Thomas J. White; b. at New Athens, O., May 4,
1818; m. Phoebe Sanders; d. at Medina, O., Apr. 26. 1863.
34. vi. Sarah Theresa White ; b. in Mt. Eaton, O., Oct. 18,
1820; m. 1st, William Ross Lindsay, in Chardon, O., about 1843 j 2d, Ira Heaton, in Massillon, O., about 1850; 3d, Maxwell Cornelius, in Cincinnati, O., about 1872 ; 4th, Henry McCalmont, in Char- don, O., in 1879; cl. in Clay Centre, Kan., Mar. 12, 1885.
35. vii. James R. White ; b. near Mt. Eaton, O., Oct. 27,
1824; d. in 1830.
36. viii. Charles Reisinger White ; b. near Mt. Eaton, O., July
17, 1826; m. Hannah N. Kirk, in Cincinnati, O., Aug. 16, 1852; d. in Cincinnati, O., Nov. 30, 1875.
37. ix. Mary Ann White; b. in Paris, Stark Co., O., Sept. 12,
1828 ; d. three weeks old.
38. X. Mary Debora White ; b. in Paris, Stark Co., O., Sept.
12, 1828; m. Dr. James E. Grant; 1. in Cincinnati, O.
39. xi. Elizabeth Eleanor White ; b. in Medina, O., June 3,
1832 ; m. Henry E. Hall, in Canton, O., Dec. 29, 1853 ; d. in Youngstown, O., Aug. 5, 1873.
17. vii. SALLY WHITE,the child of Joseph White and
, was b. ; m. Joseph McDonald.
J. W. Lindsay, Nov. 27th, 1894, writes : "Mother visited the family while they lived in Clay Centre, Kan. They are scattered about in Pottawottamie County. Kan." Another writes : "They all lived in Wayne County, O. Their P. O. would be Mt. Eaton. Mary married a Mr. Forney and died before 1852. William went boating to New Orleans and was never heard from. Their father was Wilkason McDonald ; he was killed by the bursting of a boiler in a steam grist mill he was operating, when the children
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were small; their mother reared and educated them; they were smart and good children."
[Seventh Generation]. Children:
William McDonald. Mary McDonald. Wilkerson McDonald. Eli McDonald. Emeline McDonald. Izabell McDonald; m.
3. iii. THOMAS WHITE, the third child and second son of Mercy Shreve and James White, was b. Oct. 26th, 1751, proba- bly in New Jersey; m. ist, INIiss Mary (Vandyke) ; 2d, Amy Mc- Gee. He d. in Chillicothe, O., about 1827. She was living in Columbus, O., in 1839, with her daughter, Mrs. Hope Van Horn.
Thomas White invested in lands in Ohio, to where he emi- grated from Pennsylvania, about 1798. engaging in the business of a tanner. For many years he lived near Circleville. His mail was addressed to Westfall, the location of a warehouse many years ago on the canal. He was an intelligent, well educated man, and encountered the hardships of early pioneer life in his Ohio home.
[Sixth Generation]. Children:
(By Miss Mary Vandyke.)
46. i. Jam'es White; b. 2d St.. Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 23,
1779; m. Lucy Elizabeth Parrot, near Ft. Adams, Miss.. June — ^— , 1804; d. Pinkneyville, Miss., May 12, 1809.
47. ii. Sarah White: b. Wrightstown, N. J., Feb. 27, 1781
(unm. in 1807, and 1. then in Philadelphia, Pa.).
48. iii. Marcy White.
49. iv. Marthar White.
(By Amy McGee.)
50. V. Marv White ; b. Mouth of Street Run, 6 miles above
Pittsburg, Pa., Oct. 25, 1787; m. James Henderson, near Circleville, O., Jan. i, 1808, d. Whitehall, III. Aug. 9, 1849.
51. vi. Ann White; b. Mouth of Street Run, 6 miles above
Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 6, 1791 (unm.); d. Whitehall,
III, 1843.
52. vii. Hope White ; b. Mouth of Street Run. 6 miles above
Pittsburg. Pa., Sept. 24. 1792 ; m. Walter Van Horn, Columbus, O.; d. Columbus, O., Jan. 30. 1845.
53. viii. Samuel White ; b. Mouth of Street Run. 6 miles above
Pittsburg. Pa., Sept. 28, 1795 ; d. McKeesport, Pa., Oct. 5, 1796.
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54. ix. Amy White; b. McKeesport, Pa., Aug. 8, 1796
(unm.) ; d. Mason Co., Ill, 1846-7.
55. X. Eliza White; b. ChilUcothe, O., May 17, 1799; m.
Levi Reeder, near ; d. Harrison Co., la.,
May 7, 1863.
56. xi. Safety McGee White ; b. ; d. infancy.
46. i. JAMES WHITE, the eldest child of Thomas White and Mary Vandyke, was b. in Philadelphia, Nov. 23d, 1779; m. Lucy Parrott, dau. of Thorpe Parrott and Sarah Barton, June, 1804, near Fort Adams, Miss., Mr. Wall, the County Magis- trate officiating, there being few ministers of the Gospel in the vicinity at that period. He d. in Pinkneyville, Miss., May 13th, 1809.
James White moved with his father to Ohio, and from thence, owing to his frail health, to the mild climate of Southern Mis- sissippi, then a territory. He was a merchant at Pinkneyville, a refined and cultured man, well educated, and in politics a Fed- eralist.
[Seventh Generation]. Children:
57. i. James Franklin White; b. Wilkinsburg, Miss., Dec.
II, 1806; m. Emily Edwards, near Woodville, Miss., Oct. I, 1834; d. Vicksburg, Miss., Oct. i, 1863.
58. ii. Juliet White; b. Pinkneyville, Miss., Feb. 27, 1809;
m. Dr. David Holt, in Woodville, Miss., July 21, 1825; d. Columbus, Miss., July i (or 2), 1891.
50. V. MARY WHITE, the fifth child and fourth dau. of Thomas White, and the eldest by Amy McGee, "was b. Oct. the 25th, 1787, at the Mouth of Street Run, six miles above Pitts- burg; on the Monongehaley, Pennsylvany ;" m. James Hender- son, near Circleville, O., Jan. ist, 1808. She d. near Whitehall, Greene Co., 111., Aug. 9th, 1849. He d. at the same place, July 25th, 1849, aged 66 years, 4 months and 16 days.
After marriage they resided in the vicinity of her father's home near Circleville, O., until 1818, six children being born in the meantime. They there, with their brother-in-law, Levi Reeder, and his family, in company with several others, embarked in a fiat boat for the territory of Illinois. The boat floated down the Sciota and Ohio Rivers to Cairo, from where it was "cordelled" up the Mississippi to the mouth of Wood River, in Madison County, 111., a point about twenty miles above St. Louis. Here they passed the first winter, making themselves as comfortable as possible. The next spring they moved about 45 miles farther
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north, to what is now Greene County, III, and were the first set- tlers north of Apple Creek, in that county. On the homestead they selected they lived thirty years. Their daily lives were those of the early pioneers, ever filled with hard toil to secure and main- tain a comfortable home. They were through life members of the M. E. Church, and devoted Christians. Their home was the haven of the early itinerant minister, and their influence always for piety, morality and education.
[Seventh Generation]. Children:
59. i. Caroline Henderson ; b. seven miles east of Circle-
ville, O., Oct. 13, 1808; m. George W. Allen, Whitehall, 111., Jan. 3, 1828; d. Greenfield, 111., Apr. 5, 1894.
60. ii. Hope Henderson ; b. seven miles east of Circleville,
O., Feb. 22, 1810; m. ist, Rev. Amos Prentice, Whitehall, 111., Oct. 12, 183 1; 2d, Rev. Braxton Parish, Coles Co., 111., Dec. 3, 1874; d. Windsor, III, Nov. 12, 1878.
61. iii. Nathaniel Henderson; b. seven miles east of Circle-
ville, O., Dec. 25, 181 1 ; m. ist, Martha Bacon, near Whitehall, 111., Dec. 12, 1833; 2d, Mary Ann Daily, near Barr's Store, 111., Mar. 22, i860; d. Barr's Store, III, June 30, 1863.
62. iv. Thomas Henderson ; b. seven miles east of Circleville,
O., Apr. 15, 1813; m. Eliza Estes, Greene Co., Ill, Aug. 14, 1834; d. Reeders' Mills, la., in 1898.
63. V. Edwin Henderson ; b. seven miles east of Circleville,
O., June 15, 181 5; m. Eliza J. Williams, Greene Co., Ill, Nov. 21, 1839; d. near Greenfield, III, Apr. 30, 1889.
64. vi. James W. Henderson ; b. seven miles east of Circle-
ville, O., Feb. 10, 1817; m. Elizabeth Peters, Greene Co., Ill, Mar. 30, 1842; d. Reeders' Mills, la., May
14, 1893.
65. vii. Mary Henderson; b. near Alton, III, Dec. 4, 1818; d.
Whitehall, III, age 9 months.
66. viii. Perry Henderson; b. Whitehall, III, Dec. 6, 1820; m.
1st, Ellen Williams, Whitehall, III, Jan. 15, 1846;
2d, Mrs. Brewster, Rock Island Co., 111. ; d.
Hillsdale, III, June 11, 1882.
67. ix. Amy Ann Henderson ; b. Whitehall, III, Oct. 29,
1822 ; m. Thomas J. Robinson, Whitehall. Ill, Jan.
15, 1846; d. Rock'island, III, June 18, 1805.
68. X. Safety McGee Henderson ; b. Whitehall, III, June 10,
1826; m. ist, Kezia J. Williams. Whitehall, III, Mar. 5, 1854; 2d, Lucv Grav, June. 1896; I White- hall, III.
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69. xi. Franklin Henderson; b. Whitehall, 111., Sept. 15,
1828; m. Sarah Metcalf, Whitehall, III, Aug. 11, 1851; d. Bloomington, 111., Aug. 2, 1890.
59. i. CAROLINE HENDERSON, the eldest child of Mary White and James Henderson, was b. seven miles east of Circle- ville, O., Oct. 13th, 1808; m. George W. Allen, son of Zachariah Allen, of Tennessee, at her parents' home, Jan. 3d, 1828. He was b. in 1801, and d. in Greenfield, III, Jan. 17th, 1865. She d. at the same place April 5th, 1894.
Mrs. Allen's parents and their six children emigrated from Ohio in 1818, settHng the next year in Greene Co., 111. She lived with them until her marriage. The succeeding four years were passed about three miles southwest of the present City of Whitehall, 111., where her husband engaged in farming. In the spring of 1832 they moved 13 miles southeast, where, in 1835, George W. Allen had surveyed and platted the present site of Greenfield, III, so named by his life-long and valued friend, the Rev. J. B. Corrington. At this place he was the first postmaster, which office he held sixteen years; the first merchant, in 1832; the builder and proprietor of the first mill, in 1835 ; and a justice of the peace, holding the office many years, and to his death. Through life he engaged in the mercantile and milling business. Their home was open to hospitality, and travelers were enter- tained without charge. They were ever in advance in the cause of education, morality and Christianity, being pillars in the church, in their day entertaining such eminent personages as Lorenzo Dow, Peter Cartwright, Peter Ackers, James B. Cor- rington and others. During all their married lives they were de- voted members of the M. E. Church, he holding official positions therein. In politics they were ever loyal to the government.
[Eighth Generation]. Children:
70. i. Mary Jane Allen; b. Whitehall, III, Oct. 5, 1828; m.
William A. Tunnell, Greenfield, III, July 15, 1847; d. Greenfield, III, Jan. 25, 1864.
71. ii. Sarah Ann Allen; b. Whitehall, III, Aug. 14, 1830;
m. Joseph H. Gray, Greenfield, III, Oct. 9, 1855 ; I Greenfield, 111. y2. iii. Luthera Allen ; b. Greenfield, III, Aug. 9, 1832 ; d. Greenfield, III, July 28, 1833.
73. iv. Harriet EHzabeth Allen; b. Greenfield. Ill, July 13,
1834; m. Edward D. Sweeney, Greenfield, III, Nov. 5, 1862 ; d. Rock Island, III, Mar. 20, 1889.
74. V. Winthrop S. G. Allen ; b. Greenfield, III, July 20,
1837; I Greenfield, 111.
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75. vi. George Benson Allen ; b. Greenfield, 111., Dec. 28,
1840 (unm.) ; d. Greenfield, III, June 5, 1887.
76. vii. James Henderson Allen ; b. Greenfield, 111., July 12,
1843; d. Greenfield, 111., Jan. 27, 1845. yj. viii. Caroline Mellissa Allen; b. Greenfield, 111., Aug". 16, 1846; m. John T. Noftsker, Greenfield, 111., Oct. 17, 1871 ; 1. Rock Island, 111.
78. ix. Luther Prentice Allen; b. Greenfield, III, Mar. 21,
1853; m. Jane Ann Ostrom, Greenfield, 111., Apr. 15, 1874; 1. Greenfield, 111.
78. ix. LUTHER PRENTICE ALLEN, the ninth child and fourth son of CaroHne Henderson and George W. Allen, was b. in Greenfield, 111., March 21st, 1853; m. Jane Ann Ostrom, dau. of Isaac Roberts Ostrom, of Utica, N. Y., and Debora Amy Woolley, of Erie, Pa., then residents of Greenfield, at that place April 15th, 1874, the Rev. James B. Corrington officiating clergy- man. They reside in Greenfield, 111.
Mr. Allen has resided continuously in his native place, ex- cepting while pursuing educational studies at Evanston, 111., 1868-1872, and Rock Island, 111., in 1873. He has engaged prin- cipally in the mercantile and grain business.
[Ninth Generation]. Children:
79. i. Amy Caroline Allen ; b. Greenfield, 111., Apr. 5, 1875 ;
1. Greenfield, 111.
80. ii. Edith Ostrom Allen ; b. Greenfield, III, Nov. 18, 1876 ;
m. Harlev Warren Hamilton, Greenfield, 111., May 18, 1898 ;'l. Greenfield, 111.
81. iii. Rubv Gray Allen; b. Greenfield, 111., Mar. 25, 1883;
d.'Greenfield, 111., Oct. 22, 1889.
82. iv. Elsie lane Allen ; b. Greenfield, III, Dec. 24, 1885 ;
I Greenfield, 111.
83. V. Harriet Allen; b. Greenfield, III, Feb. 2, 1888; I
Greenfield, 111.
55. X. ELIZA WHITE, the tenth child and eighth dau. of Thomas White and the sixth child of Amy McGee, was b. in Chillicothe, O., May 17th, 1799; m. Levi Reeder, near Circle- ville, O., in 1816; d. May 7th, 1863, in Harrison Co. la. He d. a few months later at the same place.
Eliza White lived with her parents in Ohio until her marriage. In the spring of 1818, with James and Mary Henderson (her sis- ter) and a few others, they emigrated to Illinois by keel boat, landing in June at the mouth of Wood River, in Madison Co., a short distance from Alton, where thev lived the first summer
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and winter. During this time preparations were made to locate about 45 miles north, in what subsequently became Greene Co., 111. They lived as pioneers in the vicinity of Apple Creek until 1842, when they moved to Mason Co., 111., near Bath. All but the oldest and youngest children were born in Greene Co. For eleven years they engaged in farming and selling merchandise in Mason Co. In 1853 they emigrated to Harrison Co., la., then a new country. All of their family were married but two at this time. Only a short time elapsed before all the children were lo- cated near them. Here they lived until death. In their home kindness and affection were always displayed. It was the abid- ing place of the early itinerant ministers. They were, from early Hfe, members of the M. E. Church.
[Seventh Generation]. Children:
84. i. Mary Eckley Reeder; b. near Chillicothe, O., May 2,
1817; m. Benjamin Minturn, Greene Co., 111., 1836; d. Mason Co., 111., Apr. 21, 1849.
85. ii. Lewis Reeder; b. Greene Co., 111., June 20, 1819; d.
Greene Co., 111., June 6, 1821.
86. iii. Thomas White Reeder; b. Greene Co., 111., Dec. 13,
1820; m. 1st, Sarah Howard, Whitehall, III, Nov. 4, 1841 ; 2d, Mary O. Jones, Oct. 6, 1864; 3d, Mary J. Lewis, Harrison Co., la., Apr. 2, 1868; d. Meade Co., S. D., Nov. 9, 1889.
87. iv. Henry N. Reeder; b. Greene Co., 111., Apr. i8th,
1823; m. Hester Skinner, Mason Co., 111., Dec. 11, 1849; d. Hannibal, Mo., Sept. 26, 1853.
88. V. Clarrissa Reeder; b. Greene Co., 111., Apr. 22, 1825;
m. William Tucker, Mason Co., Ill, Mar. 28, 1844; d. Harrison Co., la., July 16, 1891.
89. vi. Sarah Reeder; b. Greene Co., 111., Aug. 4, 1826; d.
Greene Co., 111., Aug. 11, 1826.
90. vii. Martha Jane Reeder ; b. Greene Co., 111., June 30,
1827; m. Orlando Skinner, Mason Co., Ill,, Sept. 18, 185 1 ; d. Anaheim, Cal, Mar. 10, 1897,
91. viii. Levi Reeder, Jr. ; b. Greene Co., 111., Apr. 14, 1829; d.
on Gulf of Mexico, June 23, 1847.
92. ix. Eliza Emeline Reeder; b. Greene Co., 111., Oct. 12,
1831 ; m. George A. White, Mason Co., 111., Apr. 4, 1848; 1. Grant, Ore.
93. X. William W. Reeder; b. Greene Co., 111., July 8, 1833;
m. 1st, Amanda Norris, Wichita, Kan., Nov., 1856; 2d, Emeline A. Foutz ; 1. Rock Springs, Wyo.
94. xi. Hope Prentice Reeder; b. Greene Co., 111., Apr. 17,
1836 ; m. John M. Rogers. Harrison Co., la., Oct. 4, 1855 ; 1. Kansas City, Mo.
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95. xii. James Franklin Reeder; b. Greene Co., 111., Feb. 5,
1839; m. Martha A. Champion, Harrison Co., la., Nov. 12, 1865 ; 1. Grant, Ore.
96. xiii. John W. Reeder; b. Greene Co., 111., Apr. 8, 1842; d.
Mason Co., Ill, Aug. 25, 1844.
97. xiv. David P. Reeder; b. Mason Co., 111., June 13, 1846;
d. Mason Co., 111., June 13, 1846.
7.vii. ROBERT LEWIS WHITE,the seventh child and fourth son of Mercy Shreve and James White, was b. Sept. 19th, 1761 ; m. Anne Brown, Apr. 9th, 1800. She d. in 1855 or 1856. He d. near Marlboro, O., in 183 1.
Robert L. White, after marriage, moved from Redstone, Pa., to Canton, O. In 185 1 the eldest son and youngest daughter moved to Henry Co., taking their widowed mother with them, where a few years later the mother died. [Sixth Generation]. Children:
98. i. Nathan White ; b. Redstone, Pa., Mar. 20, 1801 ; m.
Prudence Gibson, Salem, O., Apr. i, 1840; d. Long Lake, Minn., May 31, 1885.
99. ii. Josiah White; b. May 17, 1802; d. Aug. 17, 1803.
100. iii. Sarah White; b. May 9, 180 — ; m. Isaac Dawson,
Marlborough, O., 1833; d. Cadiz, Ind., Apr. 17, 1863. loi. iv. Lewis Shreve White; b. Mar. 20, 1805; m. Thamer Reynolds, Columbiana Co., O.; d. Marlborough, O., 1846.
102. V. Jesse White; b. Nov. 17, 1807; d. Oct. 25, 1829.
103. vi. Israel White; b. Lexington, O., Sept. 8, 1808; m.
Massey Hutton, Marlborough, O., 1834; d. Jen- nings Co., Ind., Apr. 9, 1852.
104. vii. Paul White; b. Nov. 2, 1809; m. Tabitha Reynolds,
Columbiana Co., O., June 28, 1838; d. Leaven- worth, Kan., May 26, 1879.
105. viii, Ann White; b. July 6, 1816; m. Joseph Cadwallader,
Henry Co., Ind., Sept. 2, 1852; d. Tonganoxie, Kan., Mar. 11, 1895.
98. i. NATHAN WHITE, the eldest child of Robert Lewis White and Anne Brown, was b. Mar. 20th, i8or, in Redstone, Pa.; m. Prudence Gibson in Salem O.. Apr. ist, 1840. She d. in Long Lake, Minn., Oct. i8th, 1872. He d. May 31st, 1885.
Nathan White, when young, came with his parents from Red- stone, Pa., to Canton, O., where he lived until 1842. He lived in Henry County, Ind., from 1851 to 1865, when he moved to Long Lake, Minn., where they remained.
42 THE GENEALOGY AND HISTORY
[Seventh Generation]. Children: io6. i. WilHam G. White; b. near Marlborough, O., Feb. 2,
1846; m. 1st, Alma E. Gordon, June 15, 1869; 2d, Jane Jenkins, Long Lake, Minn., Sept. 26, 1893 > ^• Long Lake, Minn.
107. ii. Moses H. White ; b. near Marlborough, O., Sept. 7,
1847; ^- Amanda M. Draper, Tonganoxie, Kan., May 3, 1874; 1. Minneapolis, Minn.
108. iii. Esther Ann White ; b. Marlborough, O., Mar. 7,
1850; m. Charles R. Stubs, Long Lake, Minn., Dec.
1, 1868; 1. Long Lake, Minn.
109. iv. Son ; d. infancy. no. V. Dau. ; d. infancy.
100. iii. SARAH WHITE, the third child and eldest dau. of Robert Lewis White and Anne Brown, was b. May 9th, 180 — ; m. Isaac Dawson at ]\Iarlborough, O., July 3d, 1833. She d. in Cadiz, Ind., Apr. 17th, 1863.
[Seventh Generation]. Children:
111. i. William Dawson ; b. near Marlborough, Stark Co., O.,
Mar. 4, 1834; m. Abigail Hammer, Spiceland, Ind., 1862; d. Henry Co., Ind., Aug. 11, 1890.
112. ii. Ann W. Dawson ; b. near Marlborough, Stark Co., O.,
June 30, 1835; m. Elias Modlin. Henry Co., Ind., Mar. 23, 1859; d. near Cadiz, Ind., Apr. 22, 1863.
113. iii. Nathan Dawson; b. near Cadiz, Henry Co., Ind.,
1837; d. Cadiz, Ind., 1837.
114. iv. Ruth Dawson; b. near Cadiz, Henry Co., Ind., Apr.
21, 1838; d. 1853.
115. v. Lydia Dawson; b. near Cadiz, Henry Co., Ind., Oct.
2, 1839; m. I St, Noah Draper, Henry Co., Ind., Apr. 17, 1862; 2d, Joseph Anglemeyer, Winfield, Kan., 1883; 1. Cross, O. T.
116. vi. Robert Dawson ; b. near Cadiz, Henry Co., Ind., Mar.
22, 1841 ; unm. ; d. near Cadiz, Ind., 1863.
117. vii. Tabitha M. Dawson; b. near Cadiz, Henry Co., Ind.,
May 4, 1844; ^- Edmond Bowman, Spiceland, Ind., 1867; 1. Kansas City, Kan.
118. viii. Sina Dawson; b. near Cadiz, Henry Co., Ind., Apr.
18, 1846; m. ist, William Mendenhall, Henry Co., Ind., 1881 ; 1. Ellwood, Ind.
loi. iv. LEWIS SHREVE WHITE, the fourth child and third son of Robert Lewis White and Anne Brown, was b. Mar. 20th, 1805; m. Thamer Reynolds in Columbiana Co., O. He d. near Marlborough, O., in 1846. She d. near ]\Iarlborough, O., Feb. 3d, 1897.
OF the; shre;ve family. 43
Mrs. Emma Sheets writes : "I am living on the farm my father, Lewis Shreve White, entered from the land office at Steuben- ville, O., and he and mother cleared up, first building a log house and barn, and then as soon as able a large bank barn and after- ward a large frame house. The log house is yet on the place ; in it were born mother and father's eight children, and the first grandchild. Of the children, but the two oldest and the youngest are living. When my brother, Cyrus, mother's main support at the time, died, my husband, who is a carpenter by trade, and my- self, moved from Alliance to the farm for the sole purpose of tak- ing care of my dear aged mother, who is quite feeble, and Brother Joel, who never married. Many cares keep me very busy. I have no living children. Grandfather came from Athens Co., O. Moth- er remembers the war of 1812. Coming here when all was a wil- derness, she has seen a great many Indians. She has helped to make maple sugar in every field as they cleared them up to pay for the land. Wild animals were numerous, and trees were blazed for a traveling guide. Mother says we do not appreciate the hardships and trials of pioneer life. Brother Lewis K. White was mustered in the U. S. service by Capt. A. E. Drake, 2d Inft., U. S. A., Sept. i8th, 1862, at Camp Massillon, O. ; was captured at the battle of Nashville, Tenn., and taken to Andersonville, Ga. ; was there several months ; then discharged and died at St. Louis, Mo., on his way home, of chronic diarrhoea. He was in Co. F, 115th Reg., Ohio Inft. Vols." T\Irs. White has since died. The local paper says : "She has been a remarkable woman, re- taining her faculties up to the time of her death."
[Seventh Generation]. Children:
119. i. Joel White; b. near Limaville, O., Feb. 9, 1832; 1. Limaville, O.
120. ii. Mary White ; b. near Limaville, O., Sept. 20, 1833 ; m. Newton Thomas, Canton, O. ; 1. Salem, O.
121. iii. Amv White; b. near Limaville, O., Sept. 13, 1835; d.
1837.
122. iv. EHza White; b. near Limaville, O.. Oct. 20, 1837; m. John Willabv, Bloomington, 111.; d. Ill, Oct. 5, 1867.
123. v. Matilda White; b. near Limaville, O., Nov. 25, 1839; m. Henry Willaby, jNIarlborough, O., Sept. 1859; d. Hudson, 111., Aug. 2, 1868.
124. vi. Lewis K. White; b. near Limaville, O., Feb. 24, 1842 ; d. St. Louis, Mo., May 16, 1865.
125. vii. Cyrus White; b. near Limaville, O., Feb. 10, 1844; unm. ; d. Marlborough, O., Oct. 20, 1885.
126. viii. Emeline White; b. near Limaville, O., Jan. 17, 1848; m. ist, ; 2d, Joseph Sheets, Marl- borough, O., Oct. 13, 1885 ; 1. Alarlborough, O.
44 THE GENEALOGY AND HISTORY
103. vi. ISRAEL WHITE, the sixth child and fifth son of Robert Lewis White and Anne Brown, was b. Sept. 8th, 1808, in Lexington, O. ; m. Massey Hutton (b.in Atwater, O., May 24th, 1816), at Marlborough, O., in 1834. He d. in Jennings Co., Ind., Apr. 9th, 1852.
[Seventh Generation]. Children:
127. i. Hannah White; b. 1834; m. Foster Morfs ; d. 1868.
128. ii. Marian White ; b. 1837; m. Ozias Mix, Feb. 9, 1865 ;1.
Atwater, O.
129. iii. Edward White.
130. iv. William Henry White.
131. V. Lewis Parker White
104. vii. PAUL WHITE, the seventh child and sixth son of Robert Lewis White and Anne Brown, was b. Nov. 2d, 1806; m. Tabitha Reynolds in Columbiana Co., O., June 28th, 1838. (She was b. Feb. 2d, 1814 in Ohio, and d. in Lawrence, Kan., Mar. 2ist, 1887). He d. in Leavenworth, Kan., May 26th, 1879.
[Seventh Generation]. Children:
132. i. John M. White; b. Stark Co., O., Apr. 13, 1839; m.
Martha Presnall, Cadiz. Ind., July 25, 1865 ; d. In- dianapoHs, Ind., Oct. 12, 1869.
133. ii. Elizabeth White; b. Stark Co., O., Sept. 9, 1840; d.
Marlborough, O, June, 1841.
134. iii. Anna White ; b. Stark Co., O., Nov. 22, 1841 ; d. Nov.
22, 1841.
135. iv. Mary White ; b. Stark Co., O., Nov. 22, 1841 ; d. Nov.
22, 1841.
136. v. Joseph W. White; b. Stark Co., O., Dec. 21, 1842; d.
Ind., 1853.
137. vi. William P. White; b. Stark Co., O., Aug. 9, 1845 ; m.
Belle Jones, Tonganoxie, Kan., Mar. 26, 1873; 1. Eldorado. Kan.
138. vii. Ann Eliza White; b. Stark Co., O., Oct. 17, 1847; d.
Marlborough, O., June, 1858.
139. viii. Sarah White; b. Stark Co., O., Apr. 7, 1849; "i-
Thomas Franklin Newby, Tonganoxie, Kan., Mar. 26, 1873 ; ^- Lawrence, Kan.
140. ix. Robert Lewis White ; b. Stark Co., O., Apr. 25, 185 1 ;
m. Cynthia A. White. Tonganoxie, Kan., Apr. 12, 1878; 1. Tonganoxie, Kan.
141. X. Samuel E. White: b. near Cadiz, Ind., July 17, 1854;
1. Cripple Creek, Col.
105. viii. ANN WHITE, the eighth child and second dau. of Robert Lewis White and Anne Brown, was b. July 6th, 1816;
OF THE SHREVE FAMII^Y. 45
m. Joseph Cadwallader, in Henry Co., Ind., Sept. 2d, 1852. (He
was b. June 2d, 1786). She d. March 12th, 1895, in Tonganoxie,
Kan. He died in Cadiz, Ind., April loth, 1863.
Mrs. Cadwallader was a faithful member of the Friends' Church, and was buried in the Friends' Cemetery at Tonganoxie, Kan.
[Seventh Generation]. Children:
142. i. Reece Cadwallader; b. Cadiz, Ind., Mar. 31, 1854; m.
Delia White, Tonganoxie, Kan., Oct. 10, 1883 ; 1. Tonganoxie, Kan.
143. ii. John C. Cadwallader; b. Cadiz, Ind., Mar. i, 1856; d.
Cadiz, Ind., Mar. i, 1856.
144. iii. Asa C. Cadwallader; b. Cadiz, Ind., Aug. 10, 1857; d.
Cadiz, Ind., Sept. 22, 1857.
145. iv. Amos Cadwallader; b. Cadiz, Ind., Sept. 21, 1858; m.
Mary A. Turner, Jasper Co., Ind., Dec. 29, 1881 ; 1. Lebanon, Ore.
146. V. Sarah Ann Cadwallader; b. Cadiz, Ind., Feb. 27, 1861 ;
m. Frederick H. Wait, Wyandotte, Kan., Sept. 8, 1886 ;1. Kansas City, Mo.
9. ix. HOPE WHITE, the ninth child and fifth dau. of Mercy Shreve and James White, was b. May 21st, 1766; m. Job Rob- bins (b. June 7th, 1764), in 1786. She d. in Swedesboro, N. J. He d. Feb. 22d, 1839.
His occupation was a weaver. All his sons were bound by law and learned trades.
Robert was a farmer and weaver.
Nathan was a druggist ; kept store in Salem, N. J.
James W. was a painter and cabinet maker.
John was a baker.
Elisha was a jeweler.
Charles was a tailor.
Caleb S. was a baker in Philadelphia, and after the marriage of his daughter lived in Hatboro, Pa.
[Sixth Generation]. Children:
147. i. Ruth Robbins ; b. Jan. i, 1788; m. Samuel Barry,
Philadelphia. Pa., Sept. 24, 1818; d. Philadelphia, Pa., Sept., 1863.
148. ii. ]\Iercy White Robbins; b. Oct. 28, 1789; m. Abner
Pitman, near Recklesstown, N. J. (no issue) ; d. Camden, N. J., Nov., 1863.
149. iii. Caleb Shreve Robbins; b. Sept. 25. 1791 ; m. Hannah
Shreve, spring, 1818; d. Aug. 6, i860. 150.. iv. Robert L. Robbins; b. Aug. 14, 1793; m. Ann Cra- shaw; d. near Vincentown, N. J., Aug. 6, 1859.
46 THE GENEAI^OGY AND HISTORY
151. v. Nathaniel Robbins ; b. Apr. 30, 1796; m. Mary Ann Robertson, Philadelphia, Pa., June 6, 1816; d. Nor- wich, Pa., Jan. 2, 1873.
152.. vi. James White Robbins; b. Apr. 4, 1798; m. Jemima Madara, Swedesboro, N. J. ; d. Smithport, Pa., 1835.
153- vii. John Ackley Robbins; b. Mar. 22, 1800; m. Matilda Wessells, Philadelphia, Pa., July 7, 1821 ; d. Mal- vern, la., 1890.
154. viii. Elisha Robbins; b. Feb. 2, 1802; m. Anna Foust; d.
Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 19, 1890.
155. ix. -Charles Berryen Robbins; b. Dec. 6, 1804; m. Han-
nah Risdon.
156. X. Job Miller Robbins ; b. July 5, 1808; d. July 21, 1808.
157. xi. Marv White Robbins; b. Nov. 15, 1811; d. Oct 22,
1818.
147. i. RUTH ROBBINS, the eldest child of Hope White and Job Robbins, was b. Jan. ist, 1788; m. Samuel Barry, in Philadel- phia, Pa., Sept. 24th, 1818, by William Moulder, J. P. ; d. in Sept., 1863, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Mr. Barry was by trade a weaver.
[Seventh Generation]. Children:
158. i. Jesse Bond Barry; b. Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 11, 1819
(unm.) ; 1. in California in 1895, at Soldiers' Home.
159. ii. Job Robbins Barry; b. Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 23,
1821 ; m. Catherine Kinsinger, of Pemberton, N. J., July 2, 1843 'y ^- Philadelphia, Pa.
160. iii. Jane Barry; b. Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 27, 1823
(unm.) ; 1. Mt. Lebanon, Shaker Village, Columbia Co., N. Y.
161. iv. Edwin Atley Barry; b. Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 20,
1826; d. Oct. 31, 1828.
162. V, Mary Hope Barry ; b. Philadelphia, Pa., Apr. 21,
1828; m. Josiah Henck; 1. Los Angeles, Cal.
149. iii. CALEB SHREVE ROBBINS, the third child and eldest son of Hope White and Job Robbins, was b. Sept. 25th, 1791 ; m. Hannah Shreve, dau. of Isaac Shreve and Abigail Thorn, spring of 1818. She d. June 26th, 1846, at Hatboro, Pa. He d. Aug. 3d, i860.
Mr. Robbins served five years in the war of 1812. After his marriage they went to Philadelphia, where he engaged in the bakery business, having learned the trade while young. They lived there until 1855, when they moved to Hatboro, Pa. They are buried in the Baptist Cemetery at that place.
Mary A. Robbins, the only child of Caleb S. Robbins and
OF THE SHREVE FAMILY. 47
Hannah Shreve that Uved through childhood, married the Rev. George Hand. He was a graduate of Pennsylvania University, ranking highest in his class, and its valedictorian. He entered the Baptist Ministry and was a pastor about twenty-five years, and for about twenty years principal of a young ladies' boarding school, which he opened. A Bucks Co., Pa., paper, referring to his death, says : "A Prince in Israel has fallen in the death of the Rev. George Hand, who died Nov. 3d, 1894, aged seventy-three years. He was an able preacher. Whether as a minister or edu- cator, his life's work is a beautiful monument to his memory." There were no children. Mrs. Hand survives, residing in Hat- boro, Pa.
[Seventh Generation]. Children:
163. i. Mary A. Robbins ; b. Philadelphia, Feb. 19, 1819; m.
Rev. George Hand, Philadelphia, Pa., Nov 8, 1847; 1. Hatboro, Pa.
164. ii. Sarah Jane Robbins ; b. Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 23,
1821 ; d. Philadelphia, Pa.. July 3, 1824.
165. iii. Wm. Shreve Robbins ; b. Philadelphia, Pa., July 29,
1823 ; d. Philadelphia, Pa., Apr. 19, 1828.
150. iv. ROBERT L. ROBBINS, the fourth child and second son of Hope White and Job Robbins, was b. Aug. 14th, 1793; m. Ann Crashaw; d. near Vincentown, N. J., Aug. 6th, 1859.
Robert L. Robbins was a weaver and farmer, and resided dur- ing all, or most, of his married life in Vincentown, N. J. [Seventh Generation]. Children:
166. i. Isaiah C. Robbins; b. Oct. 18, 1818; m. ist, Elizabeth
Ann Huff, Nov. 22, 1845 ; 2d, Lydia W. Haines, Mar. 5, 1856; d. Vincentown, N. J.. June 14, 1896.
167. ii. Barzillai W. Robbins; b. Aug. 24, 1820; m. Annie
Wilson, 185 1 ; 1. Vincentown, N. J. Two other children d. young.
151. V. NATHANIEL ROBBINS, the fifth child and third
son of Hope White and Job Robbins, was b. in N. J., April 30th,
1796; m. j\Iary Ann Robertson (b. in Edinburg, Scotland, May
1st, 1793), in Philadelphia, Pa., June 6th, 1816. He d. Jan. 2d,
1873, ii^ Norwich, Pa. She d. seven weeks previous.
George Robertson married an only child, Mary A. Crusher, who stole at night from the window of her bed chamber, went to England, and was married to her affianced. Their children were George Crusher Robertson and Mary Ann Robertson. Their mother died and the children lived with their grandparents. The father, after a time, married an English lady, and sailed for New York, where his property was burned and the family moved to Philadelphia, where he had previously gone to prepare for them.
48 THE GENEAI.OGY AND HISTORY
and where the parents died. George C. Robertson went to the East Indies, where he died, and his sister, an orphan at the age of i6, learned the book binding trade. She and Nathaniel Rob- bins were married by Rev. Henry Holcomb, pastor of the First Baptist Church. After living there awhile they moved to Salem, N. J., where they lived from i8i8 to April, 1835, when they moved to McKean Co., Pa., where he purchased a home in the new country. After 1844 they returned to New Jersey, near Mor- ristown, on a farm. In April, 1852, they returned to McKean Co., Pa., where they died.
Nathaniel Robbins was proprietor of a drug store in Salem, N. J., until 1835. He was a member of the Baptist Church, and sometimes preached; at his death he was a deacon in the Church. He was a member of the order of A. F. & A. Masons, and by trade an operative mason.
[Seventh Generation]. Children:
168. i. George C. Robbins ; b. Philadelphia, Pa., July 7,
1817; d. July II, 1817.
169. ii. JuHa Anna Robbins; b. Salem, N. J., Dec. 24, 1818;
m. John Colgrove Corwin, Norwich, Pa., Oct. 14, 1840; 1. Friendship.
170. iii. Mary Hope Robbins; b. Salem, N. J., Oct. 11, 1820;
d. Salem, N. J., Oct. 7, 1827.
171. iv. James White Robbins ; b. Salem, N. J., June 13, 1823 ;
d. Sept. 23, 1823.
172. V, Rebecca Tiler Robbins; b. Salem N. J., Mar. 15,
1825 ; m. Samuel Beckwith, Norwich, Pa., Dec. 4, 1844; 1- Farmers' Valley, Pa.
173. vi. Charles Hopkins Robbins ; b. Salem N. J., Sept. 27,
1829; d. Feb. 21, 1832.
174. vii. Mary Jane Robbins; m. Salem, N. J., Sept. 11, 1831 ;
d. Moorestown, N. J., Nov. 18,1850.
152. vi. JAMES WHITE ROBBINS, the sixth child and fourth son of Hope White and Job Robbins, was b. April 4th, 1798; m. Jemima Mandara, in Swedesboro, N. J. He d. in Smith- port, Pa., in 1836.
Mr. Robbins lived in Philadelphia, Pa., until he moved to Smithport in 1835. He was an artist and by trade a cabinet maker. His death resulted from a surgical operation. His widow survives residing in Swedesboro.
[Seventh Generation]. Children: 175 i. Emily Robbins; b. in 1831 ; 1. Swedesboro, N. J. 176. ii. Robbins (son) ; d. in infancy.
153. vii. JOHN ACKLEY ROBBINS, the seventh child and fifth son of Hope White and Job Robbins, was b. March 22d,
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1800; m. Matilda VVessells, in Philadelphia, Pa., July 7th, 1821. He d. in Malvern, la., in 1890.
[Seventh Generation]. Children:
177. i. Elizabeth Robbins ; b. Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 22,
1822; d. Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 4, 1822.
178. ii. Mary Clifton Robbins; b. Philadelphia, Pa., Mar. 31,
1827; d. Philadelphia, Pa., June 19, 1844.
179. iii. John White Robbins; b. Philadelphia, Pa., Apr. 30,
1829; m. Rebecca , Dec. 23, 1865; d. Moun- tain Grove, Va., July i, 1894.
180. iv. Cornelius Wessells Robbins; b. Philadelphia, Pa.,.
Jan. 3, 1834; m. Lavina Lois Barnes, Williamsville,. Pa., July 4, 1866; d. Humbolt, Neb., Feb. 11, 1879.
181. v. Matilda Robbins ; b. Philadelphia, Pa., June 22, 1836;
m. John Glover, Jan. 26, 1855 ; d.
182. vi. Lavina Robbins; b. Philadelphia, Pa., June 9, 1840;;
m. 1st, Benj. Geo. Harrison, Buchanan, la, Feb. I2> 1875; 2d, Elias King Temple, Oct. 16, 1884; 1. Malvern, la.
154. viii. ELISHA ROBBINS, the eighth child and sixth son of Hope White and Job Robbins, was b. Feb. 2d, 1802; m. Anna Foust. He d. Feb. 19th, 1890, in Philadelphia, where he had lived.
[Seventh Generation]. Children:
183. i. Charles Robbins; 1. Philadelphia. 184
185 186
187
188
ii. George Robbins ; 1. Philadelphia, iii. Robert F Robbins ; 1. Philadelphia, iv. Job Miller Robbins ; 1. Philadelphia.
V. Anna Robbins ; 1. Philadelphia, vi. Theodore Robbins ; 1. Philadelphia.
155. ix. CHARLES BERRYAN ROBBINS, the ninth child and seventh son of Hope White and Job Robbins, was b. Dec. 6th, 1804; m. Hannah Risdon (b. about 1806; d. Jan., 1896).
They lived in Philadelphia many years, also at Blackwood^ town, N. J.
[Seventh Generation]. Children:
Charles W Robbins ; 1. Philadelphia Pa.
Richard R. Robbins ; 1. Leavenworth Kan., Soldiers'
Home, 1896.
Elizabeth Robbins ; m. ; d.
Emily Robbins ; m. ; d.
Margaret Robbins ; m. Butler ; 1. Media. Pa.
Hannah Robbins; m. Frederick Behring; 1, Council
Grove, Kan.
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50 THS GENEALOGY AND HISTORY
DESCENDANTS OF CALEB SHREVE AND ABIGAIL ANTRIM.
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ANCESTRY.
I. Thomas Sheriff and Martha .
II. Caleb Shreve and Sarah Areson (3.111.)-
III. Joseph Shreve and Hope Harding- (iS.iii.).
IV. Caleb Shreve and Abigail Antrim (33.).
33. CALEB SHREVE, child of Joseph Shreve and Hope Harding, was b. Aug. 13th, 1721, in Burlington Co., N. J.; m. !\bigail, dau. of Isaac and Jane Antrim, at Friends' Meeting in Burlington, N. J., Jan. 7th, 1748. He d. in that county Sept. 27th, 1786. She d. Apr. 8th, 1800.
[Fifth Generation]. Children:
1. i. Joseph Shreve ; b. BurUngton Co., N. J., Dec. 28, 1748;
m. Sarah Taylor, Burlington Co., N. J., Nov. 20, 1777; d. Springfield, N. J., Dec. 22, 1829.
2. ii. Isaac Shreve ; b. ; m. Abby Thorn, Apr. 25, 1784;
d. Mansfield, N. J., 1829.
3. iii. Job Shreve; b. May 24, 1755; m. Elizabeth Gaunt,
Burlington, N. J., Dec. 1780; d. Aug". 21, 1826.
4. iv. Caleb Shreve; b. ; m. ist, Charlotte Minor; 2d,
'Margaret Donaldson ; d. .
5. V. Rebecca Shreve ; b. Mansfield Township, N. J., Jan. 5,
1757; m. Joseph Field; d. Mansfield, Bur. Co., N. J., Sept. 17, 1825.
6. vi. Penelope Shreve ; b. Mansfield, Nov. 10, 1759 ; m. Dan-
iel Zelley, Burlington Co., N. J., Jan. 10, 1787; d. near Jacksonville, N. J., Aug. 24, 1831.
7. vii. Mercy Shreve ; b. Mansfield, Burlington Co., N. J.,
Dec. 15, 1763; m. Jeremiah Brown, 1809; d. (no issue), 1823.
8. viii. Sarah Shreve; b. May 5, 1765; m. Joseph Wills, near
Rancocas, N. J., Dec. 2^), 1812; d. (no issue), Jan. 8, 1838.
9. ix. Jane Shreve ; b. ; m. John Antrim ; d. May 30,
1786.
I. i. JOSEPH SHREVE, the oldest child of Caleb Shreve and Abigail Antrim, was b. Dec. 28th, 1748, in Burlington Co., N. J.; m. Sarah, dau. of Samuel and Rebecca Taylor at Friends' Meet-
OF THE SHREVE FAMII.Y. 51
ing in Chesterfield Tp., Burlington Co., N. J., Nov. 20th, 1777. He d. Dec. 22d, 1829, in Springfield Tp., N. J. She d. Jan. loth, 1828.
Joseph Shreve first settled in Mansfield Township, Burlington Co., N. J., on the "Old York Road," occupying the old Shreve mansion on the old homestead, which consisted of between three hundred and four hundred acres. When his son-in-law, Charles Newbold, died in 1807, he moved to Springfield, on his daugh- ter's farm. They lived the remainder of their lives at this place. Joseph Shreve, their son, lived on the Charles Newbold farm un- til the marriage of Martha Shreve Newbold to Taunton Earl, in 1830, when he returned to the old Shreve homestead, and there built a large new brick house, where he and his wife resided until their respective deaths, leaving no issue. [Sixth Generation]. Children:
10. i. Rebecca Shreve ; b. Mansfield, Burlington Co., N. J.,
Sept. 25, 1778; (unm.) ; d. 1849.
11. ii. Abigail Shreve; b. Mansfield, BurHngton Co., N. J.,
Sept. 28, 1780; m. Aaron Quicksall; d. near Bor- dentown, N. J., Dec. 30, 1864.
12. iii. Amy Shreve ; b. Mansfield, Burlington Co., N. J.,
Sept. 29, 1782; m. Charles Newbold, 1803; d. Bur- lington Co., N. J., June 25, 1854.
13. iv. Ann Shreve; b. Mansfield, Burlington Co., N. J.,
Dec. 30, 1784; d. Aug. 8, 1785.
14. v. Sarah Shreve ; b. Mansfield. Burlington Co., N. J.,
June 12, 1786; (unm.) ; d. Oct 13 (?).
15. vi. Elizabeth Shreve ; b. Mansfield, Burlington Co., N. J.,
Aug. I, 1788; (unm.); d. Dec. 17. 1840.
16. vii. Joseph Shreve ; b. Mansfield, BurHngton Co., N. J.,
Mar. 22, 1791 ; m. Ann Newbold, Mar. 13, 1828 (no issue); d. Nov. 29, 1871.
17. viii. Samuel Shreve ; b. Mansfield, Burlington Co., N. J.,
Oct. 19, 1793; m. Ann Haines, Mt. Laurel, Oct. 14, 1819; d. Berlin, N. J., Dec. 20, 1869.
18. ix. Caleb Shreve; b. Mansfield, Burlington Co., N. J..
Sept. 2^, 1796; m. Martha Aaronson, Burlington Co., N. J., Nov. 15, 1820; d. Aug. 10, 1834.
19. X. Thomas Shreve ; b. Mansfield, Burlington Co., N. J.,
May 20, 1799; (unm.) ; d. May 20, 1825.
20. xi. Charlotte Shreve ; b. Mansfield, Burlington Co., N. J.,
Mar. 25. 1802; m. Joseph Newbold. Wrightstown, N. J., Mar. , 1835 ; d. June 5, 1888.
II. ii. ABIGAIL SHREVE, the second child and second dau, of Joseph Shreve and Sarah Taylor, was b. Sept. 28th, 1780, in
52 THE GENEAI.OGY AND HISTORY
Mansfield Tp., Burlington Co., N. J.; m. Aaron Quicksall. She
d. near Bordentown, N. J., Dec. 30th, 1864.
The family lived between Bordentown and Three Tuns, near the public road, where the children were born and the parents died.
[Seventh Generation]. Children:
21. i. John Quicksall; b. near Bordentown, N. J., Sept. 6,
1801 ; d. Oct. 9, 1801.
22. ii. Joseph S. Quicksall ; b. near Bordentown, N. J., Dec.
17, 1802; m. Rebecca Shreve, Philadelphia, Apr. 2, 1856; d. near Bordentown, N. J., Jan. 2, 1876.
23. iii. Samuel Quicksall ; b. near Bordentown, N. J., Feb. i,
1805 ; d. near Bordentown, N. J., Mar. 5, 1805.
24. iv. Charles N. Quicksall ; b. near Bordentown, N. J., Nov.
12, 1806; m. Sarah Barton, near Florence, N. J.; d. near Three Tuns, N. J., about 1869.
25. V. Amy Quicksall; b. near Bordentown, N. J., Sept. 12,
1809; d. near Bordentown, N. J., Oct. 27, 1826.
26. vi. Caleb S. Quicksall ; b. near Bordentown, N. J., Jan. 8,
1812; m. Mary Ann Nixon, Longacoming, N. J., Aug. 5, 1833 ; d. Berlin, N. J., July 30, 1873. 2.^. vii. George Quicksall ; b. near Bordentown, N. J., Dec. 3, 1814; m. Mary Zelley; d. Rising Sun Square, N. J., about 1891.
22. ii. JOSEPH S. QUICKSALL, the second child and second son of Abigail Shreve and Aaron Quicksall, was b. Dec. 17th, 1802, near Bordentown, N. J. ; m. April 2d, 1856, in Philadelphia, Pa., Rebecca, dau. of Job Shreve. He d. Jan. 2d, 1876, near Bor- dentown, N. J.
[Eighth Generation]. Children:
28. i. Job Shreve Quicksall; b. Oct. 30, 1858; 1. Borden-
town, N. J.
24. iv. CHARLES N. QUICKSALL, the fourth child and fourth son of Abigail Shreve and Aaron Quicksall, was b. Nov. I2th, 1806, near Bordentown, N. J. ; m. Sarah Barton near Flor- ence, N. J. He d. about 1869, near Three Tuns, Burlington Co., N. J., where the family had lived.
[Eighth Generation]. Children:
29. i. Amy Quicksall ; 1. Philadelphia, Pa.
30. ii. Rebecca Jane Quicksall ; m. William Ettinger (no
children) ; d. Bordentown, N. J.
31. iii. Caleb Quicksall; d. young.
32. iv. Abigail Ann Quicksall ; 1.
OF THE SHREVE FAMILY. 53
26. vi. CALEB S. QUICKSALL, the sixth child and fifth son of Abigail Shreve and Aaron Quicksall, was b. Jan. 8th, 1812, near Bordentown, N. J. ; m. Aug. 5th, 1833, Mary Ann Nixon, of Longacoming, Gloucester Co., N. J., in that place. He d. in BerHn, N.J., July 30th, 1873. She d. Apr. 9th, 1896. They lived at Fieldsboro, N. J.
[Eighth Generation]. Children:
33. i. Charlotte Shreve Quicksall; b. White Hill, N. J., June
20, 1834 ; m. Geo. W. Chew, Camden, N. J. ; d. Nov. 25. 1875.
34. ii. Joseph Shreve Quicksall ; b. White Hill, N. J., Jan 21,
1836; d. May 17, 1842.
35. iii. William Nixon Quicksall; b. White Hill, N. J.. Mar.
25, 1838 ; m. Mary Ann Dixon, Camden, N. J., Jan. 2, 1862; 1. Camden, N. J.
36. iv. Elizabeth Nixon Quicksall; b. Mansfield Square, N.
J., Apr. 19, 1840; m. Harry Maxwell, Camden, N. J., May 26, 1859; 1. Magnolia, N. J.
37. v. Abigail Shreve Quicksall ; b. Clemington, N. J., June
19, 1842; m. ist, Joseph Marshall, Camden, N. J., July 23, 1861 ; 2d, Joseph Martin, Camden, N. J., April 12, 1877; 1. Camden, N. J.
38. vi. Joseph Shreve Quicksall; b. Camden, N. J., June 21,
1844; m. 1st, Annie Helms, Camden, N. J., Jan. — , 1866; 2d, Linda W. Martin, Mar. 28, 1878; 1. Cam- den, N. J.
39. vii. Anna Rebecca Quicksall ; b. Mechanicsville, N. J.,
Apr. 13, 1847; "1- John Engle, Camden, N. J., Feb. 8, 1872 ; 1. Glendale, N. J.
33. i. CHARLOTTE S. QUICKSALL, the eldest child of Caleb S. Quicksall and Mary Ann Nixon, was b. June 20th, 1834; m. George W. Chew at Camden, N. J. She d. Nov. 25th, 1875. He d. in June, 1862.
[Ninth Generation]. Children:
40. i. Laura Walton Chew; b. Camden, N. J., July 8, 1857;
d. Nov. 26, 1875.
41. ii. William Walter Chew; b. Camden, N. J., Feb. 19,
i860; m. Jennie Drew, Camden, N. J., May 2, 1877; 1. Camden, N. J.
41. WILLIAM WALTER CHEW, the second child and only son of Charlotte S. Quicksall and George W. Chew, was b. Feb. 19th, 1859 (i860); m. Jennie Drew in Camden, N. J., May 2d, 1877. He 1. in Camden, N. J.
54 THE GENEALOGY AND HISTORY
[Tenth Generation]. Children:
42. i. William W. Chew; b. May 21, 1879; ^^
43. ii. George W. Chew; b. Aug. 21, 1881 ; 1.
44. iii. Charlotte Chew ; b. Oct. 21, 1883 ; 1.
35. iii. WILLIAM NIXON QUICKSALL, the third child and second son of Caleb S. Quicksall and Mary Ann Nixon, was b. Mar. 25th, 1837 (1838) ; m. Mary Ann Dixon, Jan. 2d, 1862. He 1. in Camden, N. J.
[Ninth Generation]. Children:
45. i. Emma O. Quicksall ; b. Camden, N. J., Aug. 10, 1863
d. Aug. 20, 1863.
46. ii. Charles F. Quicksall ; b. Camden, N. J., July 18, 1864
d. July 19, 1864.
47. iii. Charles F. Quicksall ; b. Camden, N. J., July 30, 1865
d. Jan. 30, 1871.
48. iv. Agnes A. Quicksall; b. Camden, N. J., Dec. 27, 1868
1. Camden, N. J.
49. V. Mary E. Quicksall ; b. Camden, N. J., Apr. 24, 1870
d. July 29, 1870.
50. vi. Caleb S. Quicksall; b. Camden, N. J., June 4, 1874
d. June~5, 1874.
51. vii. John W. Quicksall; b. Camden, N. J., June 4, 1874
d. June 5. 1874.
52. viii. Marv E. Quicksall ; b. Camden, N. J., July 28, 1877
d.'Feb. 28, 1899.
53. ix. Ida S. Quicksall; b. Camden, N. J., June 12, 1880.
36. iv. ELIZABETH NIXON QUICKSALL, the fourth child and second dau. of Caleb S. Quicksall and Mary Ann Nixon, was b. April 19th, 1840; m. Harry Maxwell (b. June 6th, 1830), May 26th, 1859. She 1. in Magnolia, N. J.
[Ninth Generation]. Children:
54. i. Florida Maxwell; b. Camden, N. J., Mar. 4, i860; 1.
Magnolia, N. J.
55. ii. Frank C. Maxwell; b. Camden, N. J., July 19, 1862;
m. Julia Watson, Haddonfield, N. J., June 3, 1891 ; 1. Berlin, N. J.
56. iii. Mary Irene Maxwell; b. Camden, N.J.. Mar 26, 1866;
m. Arthur B. Stafford, Camden, N. J., Oct 3, 1885 ; 1. Kirkwood, N. J.
55. ii. FRANK C. MAXWELL the second child and only son of Elizabeth N. Quicksall and Harry Maxwell, was b. July 19th, 1862; m. Julia Watson, June 3d, 1891, at Haddonfield, N. J.
OF THE SHREVE FAMILY. 55
[Tenth Generation]. Children:
57. i. Helen E. Maxwell; b. Magnolia, N. J., June 13, 1892.
58. ii. Emma P. Maxwell; b. Magnoha, N J., Mar. 17, 1894.
59. iii. Frank C. Maxwell ; b. Berlin, N. J., Jan. 5, 1896.
56. iii. MARY IRENE MAXWELL, the third child and sec- I ond dau. of Elizabeth N. Ouicksall and Harry Maxwell, was b. Mar. 26th, 1866; m. Arthur Stafford (b. Feb. 27th, 1857), at , Camden, N. J., Oct. 3d, 1885. I [Tenth Generation]. Children:
60. i. Raymond S. Stafford; b. Haddonfield, N. J., Sept. 29,
1886.
37. V. ABIGAIL S. QUICKSALL, the fifth child and third dau. of Caleb S. Quicksall and Mary Ann Nixon, was b. June 19th, 1842; m. 1st, Joseph Marshall (b. June 25th, 1837; d. Feb. 17th, 1868), July 23d, 1861 ; 2d, Joseph Martin (b. Apr. 23d, 1838), Apr. 12th, 1877. He d. in 1899.
[Ninth Generation]. Children: (By Joseph Marshall.)
61. i. Mary Haradah Marshall; b. Camden, N. J., July 26,
1862; m. Howard F. Shedaker, Apr. 12, 1880; 1. Camden, N. J.
62. ii. Abigail Virginia Marshall; b. Camden, N. J., July 2,
1864; m. ist, Walter L. Brown, Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 17, 1878; 2d, V. Maxev Markoe, Camden, N. J., Oct. 28. 1891 ; 1. Philadelphia, Pa.
(By Joseph Martin.)
63. Mary Estelle Martin; b. Manahakin, N. J., Jan. 8, 1879; 1-
Camden, N. J.
61. i. MARY H. MARSHALL, the eldest child of Abigail S. Quicksall and Joseph Marshall, was b. July 26th, 1862; m. How- are F. Shedaker (b. Mar. 8th, 1859), Apr. 12th, 1880.
[Tenth Generation]. Children:
64. i. Rov Nicholson Shedaker; b. Camden, N. J., Apr. I,
1 88 1 ; 1.
65. ii. Helen Adelia Shedaker; b. Camden, N. J., Mar. i,
1886; 1.
66. iii. Earl Shedaker; b. Camden, N. J., Aug., 1887; d. Apr.,
1888.
62. ii. ABIGAIL VIRGINIA MARSHALL, the second child and second dau. of Abagail S. Quicksall and Joseph Marshall,
56 THE GENEALOGY AND HISTORY
was b. July 2d, 1864; m. ist, Walter L. Brown (b. Feb. 14th, 1859), Nov. 17th, 1878, at Philadelphia, Pa.; 2d, V. Maxey Mar- koe (b. June 27th, 1853), Oct. 28th, 1891, at Camden, N. J. [Tenth Generation]. Children:
67. i. Claude H. Brown ; b. Camden, N. J., Aug-. 2"], 1879; 1.
38. vi. JOSEPH SHREVE QUICKSALL, the sixth child and third son of Caleb S. Quicksall and Mary Ann Nixon, was b. June 2ist, 1844; m. ist, Annie Helms (d. Jan., 1873), ^t Camden, N. J., Jan., 1866; 2d, Linda W. Martin, at Camden, N. J., Mar. 28th, 1878. He 1. in Camden, N. J.
[Ninth Generation]. Children:
68. i. Annie M. Quicksall; b. Camden, N. J., Apr. 28, 1867;
m. Jesse W. Bassett, Mar. 19, 1890; 1. Camden, N. J.
69. ii. George Caleb Quicksall ; b. Camden, N. J., Jan. 14,
1869; 1. Camden, N. J.
70. iii. Joseph C. Quicksall ; b. Camden, N. J., Feb. 11, 1881 ;
d. Dec. 18, 1889.
39. vii. ANNA REBECCA QUICKSALL, the seventh child and fourth dau. of Caleb S. Quicksall and Mary Ann Nixon, was b. Apr. 13th, 1847; m. John Eng-le (b. Aug. 6th, 1833, d. Apr. 8th, 1889), Feb. 8th, 1872. She 1. in Kirkwood, N. J.
[Ninth Generation]. Children:
71. i. Mary Wilkins Engle ; b. Glendale, N. J., Feb. 8, 1874 ;
m. Wilkins, Woodbury, N. J., April 19,
1896; 1. Kirkwood, N. J.
72. ii. Linda May Engle; b. Glendale, N. J., Oct. 27, 1875;
m. Randall B. Stafford, Camden, N. J., Mar. 13, 1897; 1. Kirkwood, N. J.
73. iii. Clarence John Engle ; b. Glendale, N. J., Oct. 22,
1877; 1. Kirkwood, N. J.
74. iv. Lydia Rodgers Engle ; b. Glendale, N. J., Jan. 9,
1880; 1. Kirkwood. N. J.
27. vii. GEORGE QUICKSALL, the seventh child and sixth son of Abigail Shreve and Aaron Quicksall, was b. Dec. 3d, 1814, near Bordentown, N. J.; m. Mary Zelley. He d. about 1891, at Rising Sun Square, N. J.
[Eighth Generation]. Children:
75. i. George W. Quicksall; 1. near Bordentown, N. J.
76. ii. Elizabeth Quicksall. "jy. iii. Aaron Quicksall
OF THB SHREVE FAMILY. 57
12. iii. AMY SHREVE, the third child and third dau. of Jo- seph Shreve and Sarah Taylor, was b. in Mansfield Tp., Burling- ton Co., N. J., Sept. 29th, 1782 ; m. Charles, son of Joseph New- bold, in 1803. He was b. Dec. 9th, 1782, and d. May 2d, 1807. She d. June 25th, 1854, in BurHngton Co., N. J.
Charles Newbold owned a farm of 400 acres three miles from Wrightstown, in Springfield Township, where he and his wife died.
[Seventh Generation]. Children:
.78. i. Martha Shreve Newbold; b. near Wrightstown, N. J.,
Dec. 10, 1804; m. Taunton Earl, 1830; d. Chester- field, N. J., Mar. i, 1868.
78. i. MARTHA SHREVE NEWBOLD, the only child of
Amy Shreve and Charles Newbold, was b. Dec. loth, 1804, near
Wrightstown, N. J. ; m. Taunton, son of Thomas Earl, about
1830. He d. Sept. loth, 1854. She d. Mar. ist, 1868.
On the old homestead, three miles from Wrightstown, N. J., ■all their children were born.
[Eighth Generation]. Children:
79. i. Francena A. Earl ; b. near Wrightstown, N. J., Mar.
13, 1831 ; 1. Juliustown, N. J.
80. ii. Charles N. Earl ; b. near WVightstown, N. J., Oct. 19,
1832; unm.; d. Mar. 21, 1868.
81. iii. Joseph Shreve Earl; b. near Wrightstown, N. J., Jan.
26, 1834; m. Harriet Curtis Sykes, Pemberton, N. J., Apr. 19, i860; d. Jobstown,^N. J., Apr. 28, 1888.
82. iv. Edith Earl; b. near Wrightstown, N. J., Oct. 9, 1835;
m. Henry Ellis, near Wrightstown, N. J., Mar. 24, i860; d. Jobstown, N. J., Nov. 8, 1891.
83. V. Amanda M. Earl; b. near Wrightstown, N. J., Feb.
25, 1837; m. Thomas J. Dorian, Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 19, 1861 ; 1. Wrightstown, N. J.
84. vi. Thomas Earl; b. near Wrightstown, N. J., Jan. 17,
1839; d. Chesterfield, N. J., Oct. 4, 1861. ■85. vii. William Henry Earl ; b. near Wrightstown. N. J., Aug. 31, 1840; m. Rebecca Swaine, Sykesville, N. J., 1867; d. Sykesville, N. J., Apr. 19, 1874.
81. iii. JOSEPH SHREVE EARL, the third child and second ■son of Martha Shreve Newbold and Taunton Earl, was b. Jan. 26th, 1834, near Wrightstown, N. J.; m. Harriet Curtis Sykes (dau. of Caleb Sykes), Apr. 19th, i860, at Pemberton, N. J. He d. Apr. 28th, 1888.
58 THE GENEALOGY AND HISTORY
[Ninth Generation]. Children:
86. i. Virginia Taylor Earl ; b. near JuUustown, N. J., Feb.
13, 1861 ; m. Rudolph V. Ohl ; 1. Jobstown, N. J.
87. ii. Helen Newbold Earl ; b. near JuUustown, N. J., May
8, 1862; m. Charles D. Henderson; 1. Detroit, Mich.
88. iii. Mary Sykes Earl; b. near JuUustown, N. J., Jan. 13,
1866; m. John W. Garrison; 1. Detroit, Mich.
86. i. VIRGINIA TAYLOR EARL, the oldest child of Jo- seph Shreve Earl and Harriet Curtis Sykes, was b. Feb. 13th, 1861, near JuUustown, N. J.; m. Rudolph V. Ohl. She resides in Jobstown, N. J.
[Tenth Generation]. Children:
89. i. Joseph E. Ohl.
90. ii. Frederick B. Ohl.
87. ii. HELEN NEWBOLD EARL, the second child and sec- ond dau. of Joseph Shreve Earl and Harriet Curtis Sykes, was b. May 8th, 1862, near JuUustown, N. J. ; m. Charles D. Henderson. She resides in Detroit, Mich.
[Tenth Generation]. Children:
91. i. Helen Henderson.
82. iv. EDITH EARL, the fourth child and second dau. of Martha Shreve Newbold and Taunton Earl, was b. Oct. 9th, 1835, near Wrightstown, N. J.; m. Henry Ellis, Mar. 24th, i860, near Wrightstown, N. J. She d. Nov. 8th, 1891, at Jobstown, N. J.
[Ninth Generation]. Children:
92. i. Henry Ellis ; b. Jobstown, N. J., Aug. 8, 1865 ; 1. Rich-
mond, Va.
93. n. Samuel Ellis; b. Jobstown, N. J., Jan. 10, 1867; m.
Marion E. Biddle, Nov. 15, 1894; 1. Columbus, N. J.
94. iii. Mary Earl Ellis ; b. Jobstown, N. J., Sept. 11, 1873 ; ^^
JuUustown, N. J.
83. V. AMANDA M. EARL, the fifth child and third dau. of Martha Shreve Newbold and Taunton Earl, was b. Feb. 25th, 1837, near Wrightstown, N. J.; m. Thomas J. Dorian, Sept. 19th, 1861, in Philadelphia, Pa. She resides at Wrightstown, N. J.
[Ninth Generation]. Children:
95. i. Henry E. Dorian; b. Dorian's Mills, Pa., Apr. 23,
1863; d. Dorian's MiUs, Pa., Mar. 4, 1865.
OF THE SHREVE FAMILY. 59
96. ii. Virginia E. Dorian ; b. Dorian's Mills, Pa., Oct. 20,
1867; 1. Wrightstown, N. J.
85. vii. WILLIAM HENRY EARL, the seventh child and fourth son of Martha Shreve Newbold and Taunton Earl, was b. Aug. 31st, 1840, near Wrightstown, N. J. ; m. Rebecca Swaine in 1867, at Sykesville, N. J. He d. Apr. 19th, 1874, at Sykesville, N.J.
[Ninth Generation]. Children:
97. i. Charles Newbold Earl; b. Sykesville, N. J., Nov. 7,
1868; d. Sykesville, N. J.
98. ii. Caroline Earl; b. Sykesville, N. J., Nov. 14, 1870; 1.
Washington, D. C.
17. viii. SAMUEL SHREVE, the eighth child and second son of Joseph Shreve and Sarah Taylor, was b. Oct. 19th, 1793, in Mansfield Tp., Burlington Co., N. J. ; m. Ann Haines, Oct. 14th, 1819, at Cropwell Meeting, in Cropwell, Gloucester Co., N. J. She was the dau. of Samuel Haines and Elizabeth Inskeep. He d. in Berlin, N. J., Dec. 20th, 1869. She d. Feb. 9th, 1876.
Samuel Shreve, of Longacoming, commenced his business life with Mark Reeve, a merchant of Medford, Burlington Co., N. J. Reeve was the patentee of cut nails and began their manufacture at Medford by horsepower. He later built a factory at the Falls of Schuylkill, Philadelphia, where he manufactured them for some time. The subsequent history of the cut nail business is well known. About 1864, Reeve died, in Tennessee. Samuel Shreve was with him many years. After leaving him he settled in Longa- coming, Gloucester Co., N. J., where in 1816 or 181 7 he engaged in the mercantile business with Jonathan Haines. They pur- chased of Thomas Wright a store room and forty-two and one- half acres of land. In 1818 Samuel Shreve bought his partner's interest and continued the business. In 1819 he married Ann Haines, and about the same year associated farming with his mercantile interests. He was also interested in the manufacture of glass, at Clemington, the first glass works in New Jersey, lo- cated four miles from Longacoming. Jonathan Haines had in the meantime started the Waterford Glass Works, and operated them very successfully eight years when he died. Within a very short time thereafter Joseph Porter, Thomas Ivens, of Haddonfield, Samuel Shreve, of Longacoming, and John Ivens, of IMarleton, formed a co-partnership and succeeded to the business at W^ater- ford, which for a long time was the leading glass manufacturing establishment in the United States, supplying New York. Phila- delphia and Boston markets with their products. They operated
"60 THE GENEALOGY AND HISTORY
the works nearly thirty years. Samuel Shreve retired^ and in 1834 bought property at Evesham Mount, now Mount Laurel, where he built a new home, leaving Longacoming for about twenty years. His children grew up and his son, Joseph, marry- ing, settled at the old homestead in Longacoming. On his daugh- ter, Martha's, marriage, he built for her a new home at the same place. Samuel and his wife returned to Longacoming, living with their daughter, where they died. Their remains were buried in Mount Laurel Cemetery.
[Seventh Generation]. Children:
99. i. Martha N. Shreve; b. Longacoming, N. J., May 13,
1821 ; m. Ezra Stokes, Crosswell, N. J., Nov. 14, 1850; d. Berlin, N. J., Feb. 13, 1889.
100. ii. Joseph Shreve ; b. Longacoming, N. J., Sept. 24,
1822; m. Catharine Ridgway Glover, Haddonfield, N. J., Oct. 17, 1844; 1. Burlington, N. J. loi. iii. Samuel H. Shreve; b. Longacoming. N. J., Nov. 25, 1824; m. Elizabeth T. Glover, Haddonfield, N. J., Mar. 20, 1856; 1. Mt. Laurel, N. J.
99. i. MARTHA N. SHREVE, the eldest child of Samuel Shreve and Ann Haines, was b. in Longacoming, N. J., May 13th, 182 1 ; m. Ezra Stokes, at Crosswell, N. J., Nov. 14th, 1850. She d. in Berlin, N. J., Feb. 13th, 1889.
[Eighth Generation]. Children:
102. i. Anna M. Stokes ; b. Mt. Laurel, N. J., Mar. 22, 1853 ;
m. Joshua Barton, Cropwell Meeting House, Feb. 14, 1878; 1. Berlin, N. J.
103. ii. Samuel Shreve Haines Stokes ; b. Mt. Laurel N. J.,
Dec. 12, 1856; m. MelHcent Buzby, Berlin, N. J., Nov. 18, 1886; 1. Haddonfield. N. J.
102. i. ANNA M. STOKES, the eldest child and only dau. of Martha N. Shreve and Ezra Stokes, was b. at Mt. Laurel, N. J., Mar. 22d, 1853; "^- Joshua Barton, at Cropwell Meeting House, Eavesham Tp.. Camden Co., N. J., Feb. 14th, 1878. She resides in Berlin, N. J.
[Ninth Generation]. Children:
104. i. Edith Barton ; b. Berlin, N. J., Mar. 29, 1882.
103. ii. SAMUEL S. H. STOKES, the second child and only son of Martha N. Shreve and Ezra Stokes, was b. at Mt. Laurel, N. J., Dec. I2th. 1856; m. Millie Buzby, by Friends' Ceremony, at her home in BerHn, N. J., Nov. i8th, 1886. He resides at Had- donfield, N. J.
OF THE SHREVE FAMII<Y. 61
[Ninth Generation]. Children:
105. i. Everett E. Stokes; b. Berlin, N. J., Feb. 8, 1889; 1.
106. ii. Samuel Alfred Stokes; b. Haddonfield, N. J., Oct. 7,
1895 ; d. July 22, 1896.
100. ii. JOSEPH SHREVE, the second child and eldest son of Samuel Shreve and Ann Haines, was b. Sept. 24th, 1822, in Longacoming, N. J. ; m. Catharine Ridgway Glover, dau. of John Olden Glover and Ann (Inskeep) Glover, Oct. 17th, 1844, at Haddonfield, N. J. She was a grand dau. of John Thorn Glover and great grand dau. of John Glover, b. Feb. 8th, 1729, and whose father, Richard Glover, came from England in the early part of the eighteenth century.
Joseph Shreve, of Burlington, N. J., acquired a common school education at his native place, and for several years engaged in mercantile and agricultural pursuits. For many years after his marriage he devoted much of his time to the study of medicine, directing his investigations to the field of homeopathy. In 1864 he entered the Philadelphia University of Medicine and Surgery, from which he graduated in 1866. Dr. Shreve is a member of the American Institute of Homeopathy, New Jersey State Home- opathy Society, and the West Jersey District Homeopathy So- ciety. He began his professional career in his native place ; moved to Haddonfield, N. J., in 1871 ; from thence, in 1875, to Burhng- ton, N. J., where he has successfully pursued his profession, hav- ing actively practiced medicine thirty-four years. One of the most enjoyable occasions in his life was the anniversary of the golden wedding of himself and wife. Oct. 17th, 1894, and^which was participated in by a large number of friends and relatives.
[Eighth Generation]. Children:
107. i. Martha Ann Shreve; b. Longacoming, N. J., Sept. 4,
1845 ; m. Geo. W. Veatch, Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 5, 1874; 1. lone City, Nev.
108. ii. Walter Olden'Shreve ; b. Longacoming. N. J., Aug.
20, 1848; m. C. Louise Hancock, Burhngton, N. J.,
Jan. 14, 1879; d. Burlington, N. J. 100. iii. Anna Glover Shreve ; b. Longacoming, N. J., July 27,
1851. no. iv. Joseph Newbold Shreve; b. Longacoming, N. J.,
Feb. 8, 1855 ; 1. Burlington, N. J.
111. V. John Glover Shreve ; b. Longacoming, N. J.. Mar. 12,
1858; m. Mary E. Rogers. Burlington, N. J., Jan. 12, 1882; 1. Atlantic City. N. J.
112. vi. Ephraim Glover Shreve; b. Longacoming, N. J., July
29, i860.
62 THE GBNEALOGY AND HISTORY
113. vii. Charlotte Newbold Shreve ; b. Longacoming, N. J.,
Sept. 16, 1863; d. Longacoming, N. J., Sept. 3, 1868.
III. V. JOHN GLOVER SHREVE, the fifth child and third son of Joseph Shreve and Catharine Ridgway Glover, was b. in Longacoming, N. J., Mar. 12th, 1858; m. Mary E. Rogers in Burlington, N. J., Jan. 12th, 1882. He resides in Atlantic City, N. J.
[Ninth Generation]. Children:
114. i. George R. Shreve ; b. Dec. 4, 1882 ; d. May 4, 1886.
115. ii. Kathleen Glover Shreve; b. Atlantic City, N. J., June
12, 1887.
loi. iii. SAMUEL H. SHREVE, the third child and second son of Samuel Shreve and Ann Haines, was b. in Longacoming, N. J., Nov. 25th, 1824; m. Elizabeth T. Glover, in Haddonfield, N. J., Mar. 20th, 1856. He resides in Mount Laurel, N. J. [Eighth Generation]. Children:
116. i. Elizabeth A. Shreve; b. Mt. Laurel, N. J., May 28,
1857; 1. Mt. Laurel, N. J.
117. ii. Samuel Newbold Shreve; b. Mt. Laurel, N. J., Sept.
21, i860; 1. Mt. Laurel, N. J.
118. iii. Mary E. Shreve; b. Mt. Laurel, N. J., Aug. 8, 1866;
1. Mt. Laurel, N J.
119. iv. Aubrey Shreve; b. Mt. Laurel, N. J., May 7, 1873; 1.
Mt. Laurel, N. J.
18. ix. CALEB SHREVE, the ninth child and third son of Joseph Shreve and Sarah Taylor, was born Sept. 27th, 1796, in Mansfield Township, Burlington Co., N. J.; m. Martha Aaronson Nov. 15th, 1820, in Burlington Co., N. J., at Friends' Meeting in Mansfield. He d. Aug. loth, 1834.
On his marriage Caleb Shreve located on the old homestead on the "Old York Road," where in 1828 he built a new home. About the same time his brother Joseph improved and moved on the other part of the farm.
[Seventh Generation]. Children:
120. i. Emily Shreve; b. near Mansfield, N. J., Jan. 7, 1822;
m. William C. Taylor, Burlington Co., N. J., Jan. 12, 1842 ; d. May 7, 1877.
121. ii. Charles Newbold Shreve, b. near Mansfield, N. J.,
Mar. 30, 1824; m. Sarah Harvey, Burlington Co., N. J., Mar. 15, 1848; d. near Columbus, N. J., Apr. 21, 1892.
OF THE SHRKVE FAMILY. 63
122. iii. Amy Newbold Shreve, b. near Mansfield, N. J., June
4, 1826; m. Mahlon Hutchinson, Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 23, 1848; 1. Bordentown, N. J.
123. iv. Sarah Shreve, b. near Mansfield, N. J., Apr. 11, 1828;
m. Jacob E. Ridgway, Jan., 1848 ; d. 1881.
124. V. Charlotte Ann Shreve, b. near Mansfield, N. J., Sept.
23, 1833 ; m. Edmund Newbold. Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 6, 1862; d. Wrightstown, N. J., 1885.
120. i. EMILY SHREVE, the eldest child of Caleb Shreve and
Martha Aaronson, v^as b. Jan. 7th, 1822, near Mansfield, N. J. ; m.
WilHam C. Taylor in Burlington Co., N. J., Jan. 12th, 1842, in
Friends' Meeting at Mansfield; she d. May 7th, 1877, on the
road from Trenton to her home near Bordentown, N. J.
Wm. C. Taylor was born near Yardville, Mercer Co., N. J. After his wife's death he gave up farming and lived with his daughter, Mrs. Rockhill, for a time ; then with Mr. Geo. N. Bowne on the Cloverdale homestead, Bustletown, Burlington Co., N. J., where he died and was buried in Friends Cemetery at Mansfield beside his wife and younger son.
[Eighth Generation]. Children:
125. i. Caleb S. Taylor, b. Columbus, N. J., Nov. 12, 1843;
1. Columbus, N. J.
126. ii. Sarah C. Taylor, b. Columbus, N. J., Jan. 31, 1846;
m. William Henry Taylor, Trenton, N. J., Jan. 16, 1869; 1. Columbus, N. J.
127. iii. Martha S. Taylor; b. Columbus, N. J., Apr. 6. i8/|8;
m. George N. Bowne, Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 12, 1866; 1. bobbins, N. J.
128. iv. Joseph Freeman Taylor, b. Columbus, N. J., Sept.
21, 1850; m. Marv Ann Aaronson. near Mansfield, N. J., Feb. 16, 1876; 1. Columbus, N. J.
129. V. Emily Taylor; b. Columbus, N. J., Sept. 28, 1852; m.
Isaiah Rockhill, Philadelphia, Pa., Mar. 22, 1882; 1. Dobbins, N. J. (No issue.)
130. vi. William C. Tavlor ; b. Columbus, N. J., Feb. 13, 1855,
d. near Manfield, N. J., Mar. 22, 1878.
126. ii. SARAH C. TAYLOR, the second child and eldest dau. of Emily Shreve and William C. Taylor, was b. Jan. 31st, 1846, in Columbus, N. J. ; m. William Henry Taylor at Trenton, N. J., Jan. i6th, 1869. She resides in Columbus, N. J.
[Ninth Generation]. Children:
131. i. Ann Ridgway Taylor; b. Burlington Co., N. J., Dec.
18, 1870; m. Aaron Engle Haines, Columbus, N. J., Feb. 14, 1893; 1. Hainesport, N. J.
64 THE GENEAI,OGY AND HISTORY
132. ii. Lewis Taylor; b. Columbus, N. J., 1872; 1. Columbus,.,
N.J.
131. i. ANN RIDGWAY TAYLOR, the eldest child of Sarah C. Taylor and William Henry Taylor, was b. Dec. i8th, 1870, near Columbus, N. J.; m. Aaron E. Haines at Columbus, N. J., Feb. 14th, 1893. She resides in Hainesport, N. J. [Tenth Generation] . Children :
133. i. Emily Elizabeth Haines; b. 1895; 1.
127. iii. MARTHA S. TAYLOR, the third child and second, dau. of Emily Shreve and William C. Taylor, was b. April 6th,, 1848, near Columbus, N. J. ; m. Geo. N. Bowne, Dec. 12th, 1866,. in Philadelphia, Pa. They reside at Dobbins, N. J.
Mr. Bowne has large farming interests in Burlington Co., N. J... [Ninth Generation]. Children:
134. i. Thomas Newbold Bowne ; b. near Bustletown, N. J.,
Mar. 22, 1872; m. Carrie Ewan Gaskill, Philadel- phia. Pa., Nov. I, 1893; ^- Dobbins, N. J.
135. ii. Emily Elizabeth Bowne; b. near Bustletown, N. J.,
Apr. 14, 1876; 1. Dobbins, N. J.
136. iii. Amy Hutchinson Bowne ; b. near Bustletown, N. J.,.
Oct. 18, 1880; 1. Dobbins, N. J.
134. i. THOMAS NEWBOLD BOWNE, the eldest child of Martha S. Taylor and Geo. N. Bowne, was b. Mar. 22d, 1872,, near Bustleton, N. J.; m. Carrie Ewan Gaskill Nov. ist, 1893.. He resides at Dobbins, N. J.
[Tenth Generation] . Children :
137. i. Charles Newbold Bowne; b. Dobbins, N. J., Apr. 14,
1895.
128. iv. JOSEPH FREEMAN TAYLOR, the fourth child and second son of Emily Shreve and William C. Taylor, was b. Sept. 2ist, 1850, in Columbus, N. J.; m. Mary Ann Aaronson near Mansfield, N. J., Feb. i6th, 1876. He resides in: Columbus,. N.J.
[Ninth Generation]. Children:
138. i. John A. Taylor; b. Nov. 16, 1876; d. Nov. 16, 1876.
139. ii. Emily Louise Taylor; b. Dec. i, 1880; 1.
140. iii. Mabel Aaronson Taylor; b. Nov. 3, 1887; 1.
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b. Mar. 30th, 1824, near Mansfield, N. J. ; m. Sarah, dau. of Peter and Elizabeth Harvey, in Burlington Co., N. J., Mar. 15th, 1848. He d, Apr. 21st, 1892.
Charles N. Shreve's occupation was farming.
[Eighth Generation]. Children:
141. i. Caleb Ellis Shreve ; b. near Three Tuns. N. J., Dec. 17,
1848; m. Elizabeth Troth, Mar. 10, 1875 ; 1. Atlantic City, N. J.
142. ii. Elizabeth H. Shreve ; b. near Three Tuns, N. J., July
9, 1852; m. Walter Lamb; d. Boston, Mass., May 21, 1883.
143. iii. Johanna Shreve ; b. Mar. 29, 1855 ; 1. Columbus, N. J.
144. iv. Martha Shreve; b. Nov. 3, 1859; d. Feb. 2, 1872.
141. i. CALEB ELLIS SHREVE, the eldest child of Charles Newbold Shreve and Sarah Harvey, was b. Dec. 17th, 1848, near Three Tuns, N. J.; m. Elizabeth Troth, Mar. loth, 1875. He re- sides in Atlantic City, N. J.
[Ninth Generation]. Children:
145. i. Martha S. Shreve; b. Dec. 15, 1875; 1. Atlantic City,
N.J.
146. n. Mary T. Shreve; b. July 31, 1877; 1. Atlantic City,
N.J.
142. ii. ELIZABETH H. SHREVE, the second child and eldest daughter of Charles Newbold Shreve and Sarah Harvey, was b. July 9th, 1852, near Three Tuns, N. J. ; m. Walter Lamb. She d. May 21st, 1883, in Boston, Mass.
[Ninth Generation]. Children:
147. i. Walter Lamb.
122. iii. AMY NEWBOLD SHREVE, the third child and second dau. of Caleb Shreve and Martha Aaronson, was b. June 4th, 1826, near Mansfield, N. J. ; m. Mahlon Hutchinson (son of Randel Hutchinson, Jr., and Mary Keller of Philadelphia), Feb. 23d, 1848. He d. September loth, 1896. She resides in Borden- town, N. J.
"A hasty newspaper sketch can hardly do justice to such a noble man. An active and honorable career of over half a cen- tury in our midst, caused him to be familiar to every one. While maintaining a proper dignity, the poorest resident sought his advice and assistance without the slightest hesitation. His coun- tenance was the true index of his honest heart. With all his
66 the; genealogy and history
erudition and wealth, he was a humble man. He belonged to a school, which, unfortunately, appears to be on the decline. A great, broad-minded citizen, he towered far above the petty ob- stacles of life, and leaves an enduring monument in the hearts of those who had the honor to rank among his friends.
"Mahlon Hutchinson, lawyer, was born May loth, 1823, in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was a son of the lare Randel Hutchinson, Jr., who married Mary Keller, both natives of that State ; the former being of Welsh descent, while the lat- ter was of German lineage. Mahlon received his preliminary education at the Lawrenceville High School, and graduated with the highest honor; he subsequently entered Princeton College in 1840, and remained there until 1841, being a classmate of the Hon. John P. Stockton, now Attorney General of New Jersey. Having determined to embrace the legal profession, he entered as a student the office of the Hon. Henry W. Green, with whom he remained until he completed the prescribed course of read- ing; and was licensed as an attorney in 1845, ^^^^ ^^ counselor in 1854. He immediately entered upon the practice of his pro- fession, locating at Bordentown, where he remained ever since engaged in legal pursuits, and had the control of an extensive and lucrative line of patronage. In 1853, he was elected on the Whig ticket a member of the Legislature, from the First district of Burlington county ; that being the first year when the district system was adopted in this county. While a member of the House in 1853 and 1854, he served on several important com- mittees, chief among them being those on the Judiciary, the Educational and on the Insane Asylum ; he declined a nomina- tion for the year 1855. He was appointed in i860, by Governor Olden, Prosecutor of Pleas for Burlington county, which posi- tion he retained for five years. He was likewise commissioned as one of the Commissioners of the Supreme Court of New Jer- sey. Also United States Commissioner, and in addition, held the position of a Master and Examiner in Chancery. He was Presi- dential elector on the Republican ticket in the year 1884. He served as a member of the Public School Board for three years, and was President of the Board of Trustees of the Bordentown Female College. He had been for the past 36 years a Director of the Bordentown Bank, and its President at the time of his death. He has been the trusted representative of many large estates belonging to residents of this city, now deceased, viz. : Samuel Pancoast, Emily Pancoast, Samuel C. Taylor, Sam- uel Bunting. He was also Director of the First National Bank of Trenton. He was an elder of the Presbyterian Church for many years, and was a generous and liberal supporter of the church. He presented the parsonage to the church about three years ago. He was instrumental in moving the location of the
OF THE SHREVE FAMILY. 67
church to upper Hammond Avenue, and contributed largely to the building of the same. He has ever taken an active interest in the affairs of his adopted State, especially in connection with the various lines of railway, which have been constructed within the past twenty-five years. Since the disintegration of the Whig party he has af^liated with the Republican organization. He was first married to Anna Elizabeth Hamilton, of Trenton, N. J. She and her daughter both died the same year. He was married February 23d, 1848, to Amy Newbold Shreve, daughter of Caleb Shreve, of Mansfield, Burlington county." — (From Bordentown Register.)
[Eighth Generation]. Children:
148. i. John Palmer Hutchinson ; b. Bordentown, N J., Mar.
29, 1849; "^- 1st, Annie Harrison, Harrison Manor, Dec. II, 1872; 2d, Alice Newbold, Oakwood, N. J., Nov. 12, 1885 ; 1. Georgetown, N. J.
148. i. JOHN PALMER HUTCHINSON, the only child of Amy Newbold Shreve and Mahlon Hutchinson, was b. Mar. 29th, 1849, in Bordentown, N. J. ; m. ist, Anne, dau. of Isaac and Sarah Harrison (b. Mar. 25th, 1849), at Harrison Manor, Dec. nth. 1872. She d. July 2d, 1884. He m. 2d Alice, dau. of Michael and Rebecca Newbold of Springfield, N. J., Nov. 12th, 1885. He resides in Georgetown, N. J.
Mr. Hutchinson is a prominent citizen and attorney of Bor- dentown and the proprietor of large farming interests in Burling- ton Co., N. J.
[Ninth Generation]. Children:
(By Anne Harrison.)
149. i. John Harrison Hutchinson ; b. Bordentown, N. J.,
Oct. II, 1873; 1-
150. ii. Isaac Harrison Hutchinson; b. Chesterfield Tp., N. J.,
Sept. 6, 1876; 1. (By Alice Newbold.)
151. iii. Mahlon Hutchinson; b. Avondale, N. J., Julv 31.
1886; 1.
152. iv. Newbold Hutchinson; b. Avondale, N. J., Apr. 11,
1888; 1.
153. V. Alice Lydia Hutchinson; b. Avondale, N. J., Apr. 2,
1890; 1.
123. iv. SARAH SHREVE, the fourth child and third dau. of Caleb Shreve and Martha Aaronson, was b. Apr. nth, 1828, near Mansfield, N. J. ; m. Jacob E. Ridgwav, Jan., 1848. She d. in 1881.
68 THE GENEAI.OGY AND HISTORY
Mr. Ridgway is a prominent capitalist and banker of Phila- delphia and has served his constituency in the State Legislature. [Eighth Generation]. Children:
154. i. Caleb S. Ridgway; b. Philadelphia, Pa., 1848; m.
Eliza L. Walker, Philadelphia, Pa., Oct., 1870; 1. Columbus, N. J.
155. ii. Anna Ridgway; b. Philadelphia, Pa., 1850; m. John
I. Bishop, Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 9, 1871 ; 1. Co- lumbus, N. J.
156. iii. Martha A. Ridgway; b. Philadelphia, Pa., 1852; m.
Clarence S. Bement, Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 29, 1871 ; 1. Philadelphia, Pa.
154. i. CALEB S. RIDGWAY, the eldest child of Sarah A. Shreve and Jacob E. Ridgway, was b. Aug. 31st, 1848, in Phila- delphia, Pa.; m. Eliza L. Walker in Philadelphia, Pa., Oct., 1870. She was b. in New Brunswick, N. J., May 28th, 1852. He resides in Columbus, N. J.
[Ninth Generation]. Children:
157. i. Mary Acken Ridgway; b. Bordentown, N. J., Mar.
21, 1872; d. Columbus, N. J., Oct. 20, 1872.
158. ii. Sarah Shreve Ridgway; b. Bordentown, N. J., Feb. 2,,
159. iii. Jacob Elwood Ridgway; b. Columbus, N. J., Dec. 10,
1877 ;i.
160. iv. Clarence Bement Ridgway; b. Columbus, N. J., Oct.
8, 1882; 1.
161. V. Caleb Shreve Ridgway; b. Columbus, N. J., Dec. 21,
1884;!.
155. ii. ANNA RIDGWAY, the second child and eldest dau. of Sarah Shreve and Jacob E. Ridgway, was b. in 1850 in Phila- delphia. Pa. ; m. John I. Bishop, son of John Bishop and Rebecca Field Biddle, in Philadelphia, Nov. 9th, 1871. She resides in. Columbus, N. J.
[Ninth Generation]. Children:
162. i. John Bishop ; b. near Columbus, N. J., Dec. 20, 1875 ;.
d. 1884.
163. ii. Emily Bishop; b. near Columbus, N. J., Oct. 24,
1878; 1.
164. iii. John V. Bishop; b. near Columbus, N, J., June 2,
1886; 1.
156. iii. MARTHA A. RIDGWAY. the third child and sec- ond dau. of Sarah Shreve and Jacob E. Ridgway, was b. in 1852,.
OF THE SHRKVK FAMIL,Y. 69
in Philadelphia, Pa. ; m. Clarence S. Bement Dec. 29th, 1871. She icsides in Philadelphia, Pa.
[Ninth Generation]. Children:
165. i. Emily R. Bement ; b. Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 4, 1872 ;
d. July 26, 1873.
166. ii. Bertha Bement ; b. Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 28, 1874 ; 1.
167. iii. Joseph L. Bement; b. Philadelphia, Pa., March 4,
1879; d. March 17. 1879.
168. iv. Anna Bement; b. Philadelphia, Pa., June 23, 1880; 1.
124. V. CHARLOTTE ANN SHREVE, the fifth child and fourth dau. of Caleb Shreve and Martha Aaronson, was b. Sep- tember 23d, 1833, near Mansfield. N. J. ; m. Edmund Newbold Feb. 6th, 1862, at Philadelphia, Pa. She resides in Jobstown, N. J.
Mr. Newbold is engaged in farming.
[Eighth Generation]. Children:
169. i. Laura Newbold ; b. Chesterfield Tp., N. J., Nov. 25,
1862 ; m. Wm. H. Rogers of Crosswicks, N. J., Nov. 25, 1885 ; 1. Crosswicks, N. J.
170. ii. Virginia Newbold; b. Chesterfield Tp., N. J., Nov.
13, 1864; m. ElHs Middleton Nov. 24, 1886; 1. Crosswicks, N. J.
171. iii. William L Newbold; b. near Wrightstown, N. J.;
March 8, 1866 ; m. Anna Wells Biddle May 6, 1893 ; 1. Jobstown, N. J.
172. iv. Amy Hutchinson Newbold; b. Jan. 19, 1868; m.
Charles Ellis Black, May 6, 1889; 1. Columbus, N. J.
173. V. Clara Newbold; b. Feb. 7, 1870; d. April i, 1870.
174. vi. Sarah Ridgway Newbold; b. May i, 1873; 1- Jobs-
town, N. J.
175. vii. Edwin Alexander Newbold; b. March 21, 1876; 1.
Jobstown, N. J.
169. i. LAURA NEWBOLD, the eldest child of Charlotte Ann Shreve and Edmund Newbold, was b. Nov. 25th. 1862, in Chesterfield Tp., N. J. ; m. Wm. H. Rogers Nov. 25th, 1885. She lives at Crosswicks, N. J.
[Ninth Generation]. Children:
176. i. Howard Rogers; b. near Crosswicks, N. J., March
22, 1887.
177. ii. Charlotte Newbold Rogers ; b. near Crosswicks, N. J.,
March 19, 1890.
70 THE GENEALOGY AND HISTORY
178. iii. Anna Matilda Rogers; b. near Crosswicks, N. J.,
Dec. 23, 1893.
171. iii. WILLIAM IMLEY NEWBOLD, the third child and eldest son of Charlotte Ann Shreve and Edmund Newbold, was b. March 8th, 1866, near Wrightstown, N. J. ; m. Anna Wills Biddle May 6th, 1893. He resides in Jobstown, N. J.
[Ninth Generation]. Children: 178a. Wm. Arthur Newbold; b. Nov. 9, 1894.
20. xi. CHARLOTTE SHREVE, the eleventh child and seventh dau. of Joseph Shreve and Sarah Taylor, was b. in Mans- field Tp., Burlington Co., N. J., March 25th, 1802; m. Joseph Newbold in Wrightstown, N. J., March, 1835 ; d. June 5th, 1888.
Joseph Newbold was a merchant of Wrightstown, N. J. [Seventh Generation]. Children:
179. i. Sarah Newbold; b. Nov. 14, 1836; 1.
180. ii. Elizabeth Newbold; b. Wrightstown, N. J., Jan. 4,
1838; m. Henry H. Longstreth, Wrightstown, N. J., 1870; 1. Bordentown, N. J.
180. ii. ELIZABETH NEWBOLD, the second child and second dau. of Charlotte Shreve and Joseph Newbold, was b. Jan. 4th, 1838, in Wrightstown, N. J. ; m. Henry H. Longstreth in Wrightstown, N. J., in 1870. They reside in Bordentown, N. J.
Mr. Longstreth is a prominent physician of Bordentown. [Eighth Generation]. Chiklren:
181. i. Mary Longstreth; b. Bordentown, N. J.; d. Borden-
town, N. J.
2. ii. ISAAC SHREVE, the second child and second son of Caleb Shreve and Abigail Antrim, was b. about 1750; m. Abi- gail Thorn April 25th, 1784, probably in Burlington Co., N. J. He d. in 1829 in Mansfield, Burlington Co., N. J.
They were buried at Mansfield, N. J. She survived him, living with her sons Charles, Isaac and Thomas. The former purchased a part of the homestead, on which he built a new home. A de- scendant writes :
"The Tsaac Shreve homestead' consisted of one thousand or more acres of land, two miles south of Bordentown, N. J. The family residence was about one-fourth of a mile south of a place called "the square." The soil was very good and the financial condition of the family was excellent. Originally, some Indian families continued to occupy part of the old place and were
OF THE SHREVE FAMII.Y. 71
allowed peaceable possession of their lands until they died. They were regularly fed in winter by the Shreve family and the doors at night were not locked, so that it sometimes happened that a company of Indians would enter the farm house, still warm from the generous fires of the evening. The Indians, in accordance with previous permission, would put wood upon the embers in the large fireplace and make a good fire, then go to the larder and get what was in sight, cook what they wished to eat, make some hot cofTee, eat and drink in silence, put the remainder away carefully, sweep the floor, cover up the fire, shut the doors carefully and then retire to their wigwams in peace, the Shreve family now and then taking a peep of interest to see if they had enough to eat, or sleeping entirely composed, as the Shreves can sleep like all good Hollanders can. The last Indians to live on the property were two women named Tryphemia and Moll — no other name — who were taken care of while they lived. Isaac Shreve alwavs kept in his stable a horse which would pull the stages on their way from Philadelphia and New York out of the clay slough when the four stage horses were taken out after they had in vain tried it. The horse seemed proud of his prowess and was always kept in certain seasons harnessed in readiness for the work. The stage drivers always stopped on their way to partake of Mr. Shreve's hospitality and the passengers would get a share also. Isaac Shreve and his wife, Abigail, attended the Friends' meeting at Mansfield ; in the Friends' graveyard they are buried, as are many others of the Shreve family.
"I was present (a child of five or six years) when grandmother was buried. The love, sympathy and patience of her and her children I never expect to see again on earth. I could appreciate them, although so young. I stayed awhile after the funeral, and was taken to the dififerent homes on little visits. Everywhere it was the same. Peace and rest seem to have pervaded every home. No jarrings, no disputings, no complaining. I must give this tribute to the Shreve family. They were known everywhere for their peaceful traits and hospitality."
Mrs. Caroline Bridge, the writer, continues : "It is rather re- markable that in all my acquaintance with the Shreve family, of course very extensive, I have met with none who have not been either a Whig in the past or a staunch Republican in later times."
[Sixth Generation]. Children:
182. i. William Shreve ; b. near Bordentown, N. J., Dec. 8,
1784; m. Sarah Bryant; d. Oct. 16, 1841.
183. ii. Caleb Shreve; b. near Bordentown, N. J., Septem-
ber 4, 1786; unm. ; d. May 5, 1838.
72 THE GENEALOGY AND HISTORY
184. iii. Zeriah Shreve ; b. near Bordentown, N. J., Novem-
ber 6, 1788; m. John L. Hancock, Mansfield Tp., Burlington Co., N. J., Jan. 9, 1816; d. Mansfield Tp., N. J., April 4, 1855.
185. iv. Hannah Shreve ; b. near Bordentown, N. J., October
24, 1790; m. Caleb S. Robbins, N. J., 1818; d. Hat- boro, Pa., June 26, 1864.
186. V. Mahlon Shreve; b. near Bordentown, N J., August
2, 1792; m. Eliza Bryant; d. Dec. 10, 1850.
187. vi. Abigail Shreve; b. near Bordentown, N. J., Aug. 20,
1794; d. quite young.
188. vii. Jane Shreve ; b. near Bordentown, N. J., Nov. 5,
1796; m. Peter R. Carty, Lumberton, N. J., 1821(2) ; d. near Florence, N. J., Feb. 12, 1874.
189. viii. Isaac Shreve; b. near Bordentown, N. J., Dec. 4,
1799; m. Rebecca Barton, Burlington Co., N. J., Oct. 20, 1842; d. Jan. 31, 1865.
190. ix. Sarah Shreve; b. near Bordentown, N. J., April i,
1801 ; m. Wm. R. Braddock, Jan. 30, 1823 ; d. Med- ford, N. J., Feb., 1877.
191. X. Rebecca Shreve; b. near Bordentown, N. J., Jan. 22,
1804; m. Thomas Gilbert, March 6, 1834; d. Sep- tember I, 1856.
192. xi. Charles D. Shreve ; b. near Bordentown, N. J., July
29, 1806; m. Julia A. Foster; Camden, N. J., Feb. 28, 1834; d. Feb. 9, 1884.
193. xii. Thomas Shreve; b. near Bordentown, N. J., Oct. 5,
1808; unm. ; d. early life.
182. i. WILLIAM SHREVE, the eldest child of Isaac Shreve and Abigail Thorn, w^as b. Dec. 8th, 1784, near Bordentown, N. J.; m. Sarah Bryant. He d. Oct. i6th, 1841.
William Shreve lived not far from his mother's and his bro- thers' new house on a farm near Bordentown, N. J., and for sev- eral years was engaged in the manufacture of brick. His son Alfred lived several years in Burlington, N. J., and was noted for his urbanity and benevolence. He left no children. [Seventh Generation]. Children:
194. i. Thomas Shreve; b. Jan. 25, 1808; d. Aug. 6, 1808.
195. ii. Israel Shreve; b. Aug. 26, 1809; d. Oct. 21, 1817.
196. iii. Wm. Ambrose Shreve; b. March 8, 1810; m. Mary
Ann Tiel, Bordentown, N. J., 1845; d. Franklin, Venango Co., Pa., Nov. 6, 1887.
197. iv. Mahlon Shreve; b. Oct. 6, 1812; d. Oct. 29, 1817.
198. V. Elizabeth Shreve; b. April 17, 1815; m. James Prall,
Bordentown, N. J., June, 1835 ; d. Feb. 2, 1892.
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199. vi. Isaac Alfred Shreve ; b. March 8, 1817; m. Mary
Hudnet, 1841 ; d. June 4, 1858.
200. vii. Mahlon Franklin Shreve; b. April 5, 1821 ; m. Sarah
Hubble, 1856; 1. Bordentown, N. J.
201. viii. Mary Ann Shreve; b. Aug. 25, 1823; m. George R.
Story, Jan. 12. 1869; 1. Bordentown, N. J.
202. ix. Rebecca A. Shreve ; b. Nov. 5, 1825 ; m. William Rue,
1846; d. March 17, 1891.
203. X. Sarah Jane Shreve; b. Nov. 5, 1827; m. Samuel Nutt,
1847; d. Aug. I, 1891.
204. xi. Helen Maria Shreve; b. Oct. 22, 1830; m. John G.
Ogden, 1855; d. Oil City, Pa., Oct. 25, 1869.
196. iii. WILLIAM AMBROSE SHREVE, the third child and third son of William Shreve and Sarah Bryant, was b. March 8th, 1810, near Bordentown, N. J.; m. Mary Ann Tiel, dau. of William Tiel, in 1845, at Bordentown, N. J. He d. Nov. 6th, 1887, in Franklin, Venango Co., Pa., at the residence of his brother-in- law, John Tiel.
William Ambrose Shreve was remarkable for enterprise and urbanity. He embarked in the oil business in Oil City, Pa., and soon made a fortune at the commencement of the oil boom in that locality. Previously he had successfully engaged in gold mining in California. His sons went with him to prosecute mining. His wife and her sisters accompanied him to his silver mining property, where he had built a handsome residence. Mrs. Tiel and her sister a few days after their arrival at Owensville be- came suddenly ill and died about the same hour and were buried in one of the cemeteries near the big trees of Mariposa. Those who knew the persons well understand the sadness of the sepa- ration in life and death.
As Bordentown was always the home of the deceased, no matter to what part of the country he went for a season, he and his family are well known to most of our readers. His life was an eventful one, and a history of his experience would fill a good-sized volume. In 1849 '^e went to the Golden State, but, contrary to the rule of the day, did not engage in mining for the precious metal. There were fortunes to be made in other channels. Mr. Shreve was the first man to discover lime rock in California and he manufactured the first bricks ever used in the construction of a building in San Francisco. He had nu- merous lime kilns and brickyards, and there was a brisk de- mand for their product. After accumulating over $100,000, he returned to Bordentown and erected the handsome mansion on Farnsworth avenue, above Burlington street. The spacious grounds were beautified with rare plants and flowers, fountains
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and statuary. He had a large family, and they enjoyed their good fortune until reverses set in. At this juncture petroleum was discovered, and Mr. Shreve and the late John L. McKnight owned and controlled large tracts of land in the coal regions of Pennsylvania. The new discovery made Mr. Shreve a million- aire. Retiring from business a second time, he refitted his man- sion, and the surrounding gardens were made far more beauti- ful than ever. On every side evidence was furnished of the ex- treme liberality of Mr. Shreve. He entertained like a prince. In an unfortunate moment he was beguiled into cotton speculation in New York. Then it was the old, old story — advancing thou- sands in the hope of preserving other thousands in danger of being swept away. Those who know how even so sagacious a man as the late President Grant had his millions to melt away without the power to prevent it, may fancy the position of the deceased. Once more fate had decreed that he should fight fickle fortune. Blessed with an ambition that never admitted the thought of failure, he once more went valiantly to work. This time he engaged in cattle raising, connecting himself with a company having a ranch in New Mexico and Nebraska. Tiring of New Mexico, and depressed by the death of his estimable wife in California, he came east. After a few years he accidentally made the discovery that he still held the title to productive oil property in Pennsylvania. Thither he went, and, after gathering sufficient funds, he determined to start this week to Nebraska and work his cattle ranch with all energy. But "man proposes and God disposes." The letter he mailed to his brother in this city — a missive of four pages, teeming with the writer's bril- liant prospects — did not reach its destination until a few hours after the sorrowful telegram announcing his death.
Mr. Shreve was a kind, noble man. His friendship knew no bounds. He saw only the bright side of everything. Had he been more thoughtful of self and less generous to others — less confident in those who understood the wiles of the world better than he — to-day he might have been living in affluence and hap- piness. The years of continual strain on his fine nervous sys- tem was too much for poor human nature to withstand. The vi- tal cord was suddenly snapped and the spark of hfe went out forever in a moment of time.
The remains were brought here to his native place, and ves- terday, amid the genuine sorrow of old friends and relatives, laid away in the Bordentown cemetery. — From Bordentown, N. J., Paper.
Mr. Shreve at one time was a prominent figure in the oil busi- ness. He came to this city in 1861, from Bordentown, N. J., where he was engaged in the banking business. At various times he was associated with divers persons in the oil business, and
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the firms of Shreve & Tilson and Shreve & Marston were well known in the commerce of the region. He was a director of the Columbia Oil Company and one of the largest holders of its stock ; he was interested in the Egbert farm and owned stock in the Sherman and Caldwell wells, two of the best known gushers of their day. He organized and was the first president of the First National Bank of this city. In 1865 he went to New York and in connection with Tilson and Rehren engaged in the bank- ing business. They opened a branch banking house in the South, and through the speculation of its cashier the banks lost money. Mr. Shreve, after residing in New Jersey for some years, came back to the oil country. About four years ago he moved to California, where two years later Mrs. Shreve died. At the time of his death he owned important mining interests in Mari- posa county, California, where his two sons, William T. and Harry, all that now remain of his family, reside. He was a heavy investor in mining stock, and it was his misfortune to be a co- sufTerer with many of his old friends and former townsmen in the late lamented Sunset mine. He was interested with Pool Bros., of Pithole memory, in valuable tracts of agricultural lands in Nebraska. Mr. Shreve was a genial gentleman, large hearted and generous to a fault. Of the many anecdotes related of his generosity this one will bear repeating. During a period of de- pression in the oil business in the early days, things looked blue and the business seemed to be going to the bowwows about as fast as it could go. Investors grew panicky and wanted out ; in their anxiety to let go choice stocks went at a sacrifice. Shreve bought a large block of Columbia oil stock for something like $10,000; at all events, the stock brought but a fraction of its real value. Mr. Shreve advised the party to hold on to what he had and get more if he could. At last, as a favor to the seller, too, he took the stock oi¥ his hands at a price mutually agreed upon. In a short time Mr. Shreve sold the same stock at an advance of $350,000. Then he hunted up the panicky seller and made him a present of $50,000.
His last ventures in oil were made with Mr. S. H. Lamber- ton, of this city, at Four Mile, N. Y.
So long as he had means no deserving charity passed him by unnoticed. His hosts of friends in this region will be pained to hear of his death. — From Oil City, Pa., Paper.
[Eighth Generation]. Children:
205. i. WilHam T. Shreve ; b. Bordentown, N. J., March 20,
1846; m. Magdalene Pettit, Bordentown, N. J., April 18, 1872"; d. Tulare, Cal., Jan. 8, 1897.
206. ii. Alfred Shreve; b. Bordentown. N. J., April 30, 1848;
m. Catharine T. Buell, Bordentown, N. J., April 18, 1871 ; d. Oil City, Pa., Dec. 5, 1880.
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207. iii. Harry Marston Shreve ; b. Bordentown, N. J., Feb.
17, 1864; m. Alida E. Beals, San Francisco, Cal., Jan. 30, 1889; 1. Tulare, Cal.
205. i. WM. T. SHREVE, the eldest child of Wm. Ambrose Shreve and Mary Tiel, was b. in Bordentown, N. J., March 20th, 1846; m. Magdalene Pettit in Bordentown, April i8th, 1872. He d. Jan. 8tli, 1897, in Tulare, Cal.
[Ninth Generation! . Children:
208. i. Kate P. Shreve; b. March 3, 1873; 1.
198. V. ELIZABETH SHREVE, the fifth child and eldest dau. of William Shreve and Sarah Bryant, was b. April 17th, 1815; m. James Prall in Bordentown, N. J., in June, 1835. She d. Feb. 2d, 1892.
[Eighth Generation]. Children:
209. i. Sarah Prall ; m. Clark, Cranberry, N. J. ; d.
210. ii. Mary Prall.
211. iii. Elizabeth Prall.
212. iv. James Prall.
200. vii. MAHLON FRANKLIN SHREVE, the seventh child and sixth son of Wm. Shreve and Sarah Bryant, was b. April 5th, 1821 ; m. Sarah Hubble in 1856. He resides in Borden- town, N. J.
[Eighth Generation]. Children:
213. i. Wm. Ambrose Shreve; 1. Bordentown, N. J.
214. ii. Sarah Shreve; m. Samuel W. Belden, Bordentown,
N. J. ; 1. Bordentown, N. J.
215. iii. Emma Shreve.
184. iii. ZERIAH SHREVE, the third child and eldest dau. of Isaac Shreve and Abigail Thorn, was b. near Bordentown, N. J., Nov. 6th, 1788; m. John L. Hancock, Jan. 9th, 1816, in Mansfield Tp., Burlington Co., N. J.; d. Apr. 4th, 1855, in Mansfield Tp.
They lived on a place adjoining the saw-mill and near Three Tuns.
[Seventh Generation]. Children: 2i6. i. Abigail Ann Hancock ; b. Dec. 4, 1817 ; m. John Ven-
able, Jan. i, 1839; d. Dec. 25, 1890.
217. ii. Levi S. Hancock; b. Mar. 18, 1819; m. Sarah A. Sum-
ner, Hamilton. Ont., 1866 ; 1. Ridgeton, Ont.
218. iii. Mahlon F. Hancock; b. Nov. 5, 1820; m. Emma
Dougherty, Jan. i, 1857; d. U. S. Army, Dec. 31, 1862.
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219. iv. Phoebe Ann Hancock; b. Oct. 15, 1823; d. Nov. 4,
1825.
220. V. Charles B. Hancock; b. Aug. 14, 1826; d. Jan. 14,
1832.
221. vi. Isaac Shreve Hancock; b. July 6, 1828; m. Elizabeth
Sproul, Bordentown, N. J., Mar. 31, 1853; 1. Bor- dentown, N. J.
222. vii. Amy Newbold Hancock; b. Nov. 11, 1832; m. Henry
Purdy, of Burlington, N. J., Sept. 17, 1853; d. Bur- lington, N. J., July 31, 1892.
216. i. ABIGAIL ANN HANCOCK, the eldest child of 2e- riah Shreve and John L. Hancock, was b. Dec. 4th, 1817; m. John Venable Jan. ist, 1839. She d. Dec. 25th, 1890. He d. March nth, 1881.
[Eighth Generation]. Children:
223. i. Charles Venable; b. Oct. 12, 1839; d. in U. S. Army
(soldier) Feb. 18, 1863.
224. ii. Wm. B. Venable; b. Aug. 20, 1841 ; d. Dec. 18, 1848.
225. iii. Emma Venable ; b. May 12, 1845 • ^- Geo. D. Weeks,
Dec. 6, 1868; d. Bordentown. N. J., June i, 1892.
226. iv. John Venable; b. June 21, 1848; 1.
227. V. Joseph S. Venable; b. Apr. 18, 1855; ^- Sophia L.
Gran, Newark, N. J., Dec. 21, 1881 ; 1. Newark, N.J.
225. iii. EMMA VENABLE, the third child and eldest dau.
of Abigail Ann Hancock and John Venable, was b. May 12th,
1845; m. Geo. D. Weeks, Dec. 6th, 1868, in Bordentown, N. J.
She d. June ist, 1892.
[Ninth Generation]. Children:
228. i. Charles H. V. Weeks; b. Oct. 6, 1869; d. Oct. 21,
1870.
229. ii. John Weeks ; b. ; m. Anna Burkhart, of Borden-
town, N. J., July 29, 1896; 1.
227. V. JOSEPH S. VENABLE, the fifth child and fourth son of Abigail Ann Hancock and John Venable, was b. April i8th, 1855 ; "1- Sophia L. Gran in Newark, N. J., Dec. 21st. 1881. He resides in Newark, N. J.
[Ninth Generation]. Children:
230. i. Charles Shreve Venable ; b. Oct. 14, 1882.
231. ii. Edna May Venable ; b. Aug. 26, 1886.
232. iii. Robert Burgess Venable; b. Sept. 8, 1892.
217. ii. LEVI S. HANCOCK, the second child and eldest son of Zeriah Shreve and John L. Hancock, was b. Mar. 18th,.
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1819; m. Sarah A. Summer at Hamilton, Ont., in May, 1865. He
resides in Hamilton, Ontario.
Mr. Levi S. Hancock was sent in 1840 to Canada to engage in Sabbath school work in which he was very successful. He is a minister of the Baptist Church.
[Eighth Generation]. Cliildren : 233. i. Carrie Hancock; b. May 16, 1866.
234
235 236
238 239
240 241 242
ii. Eddie Hancock; b. Dec. 29, 1867; d. Apr. 6, 1868. iii. Ferdinand Hancock; b. 1870. iv. Carriolana Hancock; b. May 19, 1872.
V. Menetta Hancock; b. June 13, 1874. vi. Sumner Hancock ; b. May 26, 1876. vii. Sarah Ann Hancock; b. Jan 31, 1879; d. Apr. 19,
1881. viii. Alice Maud Hancock; b. Oct. 31, 1880. ix. Henry Haines Hancock; b. Aug. 16, 1885.
X. Levi Shreve Hancock; b. Apr. 6, 1890.
218. iii. MAHLON F. HANCOCK, the third child and sec- ond son of Zeriah Shreve and John L. Hancock, was b. Nov. 5th, 1820; m. Emma Dougherty, Jan. ist, 1857, and was killed in the battle of Murfreesborough, Tenn., Dec. 31st, 1862.
Mahlon F. Hancock joined the army Feb. loth, 1862, as a pri- vate in Co. F., 18 Regiment, U. S. Infantry.
[Eighth Generation]. Children:
243. i. WiUiam Shreve Hancock; b. Feb. 3, 1858; d. Cross-
wicks, N. J., Feb. 17, 1880.
244. ii. Robert Charles Hancock ; b. Fieldsborough, N. J.,
July 23, 1859; 1. J
245. iii. Mary Mann Hancock ; b. Fieldsborough, N. J., Dec, Wk
10, i860; d. Fieldsborough, N. J., Aug. 26, 1862. ■
222. vii.