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ASPINWALL. The
Aspinwalls or Aspinalls have been for
several centuries located in the county of
Lancaster, England. There is no clear
indication of the original of the family.
The name Aspinwall, like many others, has
undergone several changes, and as near as
can be ascertained has arrived at its
present form through various gradations from
Aspinhalgh, Aspinhaugh, Aspinall, Aspinwall,
the name originally signifying an "Aspen
Mead: or an "Aspen Vale" Toxteth Park, in
Lancaster County, England, was the home of
some of the Aspinwalls, of America,
according to one authority. It is now a
suburb of the city of Liverpool, and had
been the property of the Crown from the time
of King John, but in the year 1604, it was
disparked, and came through purchase in to
the hands of one Richard Molyneux. Prior to
this time it is spoken of as "waste land
without inhabitants," but when it was
disparked a number of persons settled on the
land, and began its cultivation. Among
these was one Edward Aspinwall, no doubt a
member of the Aspinwall family in the
immediate vicinity. He appears to have been
the earliest settler of the name at Toxteth
park, and from various circumstances it is
believed that he was the father of Peter
Aspinwall, the im-
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migrant ancestor of the
family in America here dealt with.
It appears
that the early inhabitants of Toxteth park
were Puritans in their leanings, and in
1611, Richard Mather, afterwards minister at
Dorchester, Massachusetts, at the age of
fifteen years, was called there to take
charge of the school. He lived while at
Toxteth in the family of Edward Aspinwall,
and while there became converted, which, as
he expresses it, "was occasioned by
observing a difference between his own walk,
and the most exact, watchful, faithful, and
prayerful conversation of some of the family
of the learned and pious Mr. Edward
Aspinwall, of Toxteth, where he sojourned."
These Puritans at Toxteth built a chapel,
the first one connected with the
"dissenters" in the neighborhood of
Liverpool. The building then erected is not
now in existence, but upon its site is the
present church, which was built something
more than a hundred years ago, preserving
some of its features, while the old burying
ground remains undisturbed. In this church,
in the main aisle, on the stone covering of
a vault is a brass plate bearing the
following inscription: "Edward Aspinwall of
Toxteth park, Esquire, Departed this life in
March the 29th, A. D., 1656."
Many of these Puritans in 1630 and the
following years emigrated to America and
particularly to New England.
To those
interested in coat armor it may be said that
there appears in the various works on
heraldry several different coats-of-arms.
"Burke's General Armory" gives to the
Aspinwalls of Lancaster county, England, two
different ones, the first, "Or. A chev.
Between three griffins' heads erased sa.
Crest--a demi griffin's head erased sa.
Beaked, legged, and collared or." The
second is: "Ar. An aspen lead or." "Edmonson's
Heraldry" gives to the Aspinwalls of
Northumberland, "Gu.--two bars dancette Or,
with a borduyre sa." The motto is Aegis
fortissima virtus, meaning that virtue
is the strongest shield. It is believed
though there is no certain evidence in
support of the theory, that Peter Aspinwall,
the first of the American Aspinwalls here
dealt with, was a member of the family of
Lancaster County, England, above referred
to. The tradition exists in the family and
was recorded at an early date in the
eighteenth century by his great-grandson,
and as there is nothing inherently
improbably in the supposition, and much that
is inherently probably, it maybe assumed
that such was the case.
(I) Peter
Aspinwall, the immigrant ancestor of the
Aspinwall family in America here dealt with,
came from England with a company of others
in 1626 or 1630, and settled at Dorcester,
Massachusetts. Dr. William Aspinwall, of
Brookline, Massachusetts, a great grandson
of Peter Aspinwall, wrote an account of the
family in 1767, which is in the possession
of one of his descendants. He said: "Peter
Aspinwall came from Toxteth Park, near
Liverpool, Old England, in company with the
four thousand who came in the year 1630."
Aside from this statement that Peter
Aspinwall came in 1630, we have no
knowledge, and the first mention of him in
any records is in May, 1654, at which time
he was made a freeman (or voter) by the
general court and was then living at
Dorchester, Massachusetts. About this time
he was married to his first wife, for the
records of the First Church of Boston show
that "Also or sister Alice Sharp, now ye
wife of Peter Aspinwall, of Dorchester, had
Ires of Recomend granted unto her to ye
church at Dorchester. The 8th
day of ye 4th month (June)
1645." Nothing further than the statement
that he was made a freeman in 1645 appears
in the Dorchester records, and in 1630 he
removed to Muddy River, now known as
Brookline, Massachusetts, where in
connection with one Robert Sharp, perhaps
his brother-in-law, he purchased a farm of
one hundred and fifty acres. Upon this farm
Peter Aspinwall, in the year 1660, built the
house which was the family homestead for
many generations. This house stood until
the year 1891 when it was taken down, being
at the time the oldest house in the old town
of Brookline. It was located on the present
Aspinwall avenue, neat St. Paul's Church.
Here Peter Aspinwall lived and died. He was
a farmer and, judging by the inventory of
his estate taken after his death, which
included a tanning outfit, he probably
carried on also a tanning business. He does
not appear to have been very con-
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spicuous in public affairs,
but held several town offices. He
was surveyor in 1651-52, also in 1662-62,
and constable in 1667. He was appointed,
April 24, 1676,m with two others, a committee
"for the preventage of excessive
drinkage and disorder in private houses"
and was elected, march 25, 1678, "to
oversee and regulate the ffences about
the common ffield at Muddy River."
According to
Dr. William Aspinwall, he was three times
married, but there is some doubt about the
second marriage. He married (first)
probably early in 1645, Alice sharp, who may
have been a sister to that Robert sharp, in
connection with whom he bought the farm
described in the foregoing deed. He married
(third) February 12, 1662, Remember,
daughter of Peter and Edith Palfrey, of
Reading, Massachusetts, Governor John
Endicott officiating. She was baptized at
Salem, Massachusetts, September 16, 1638.
These are the only marriages of which there
is any detailed record. Children: 1.
Samuel, born November 4, 1662; 2. Peter
June 4, 1664; 3. Nathaniel, June 5, 1666; 4.
Thomas, January 21, 1668; 5. Mehitable,
September 14, 1669; 6. Elizabeth, November
21, 1671; 7. Eleazer, October 98, 1673; 8.
Joseph, mentioned below, twin of Eleazer;
9. Job, February 27, 1675; died young; 10.
Mary, august 4, 1677; 11. Timothy, April
19, 1682, died of smallpox while yet a young
man, and unmarried.
(II) Joseph,
son of peter and Remember (Palfrey)
Aspinwall, was born at Muddy river, now
Brookline, Massachusetts, October 9, 1673,
died in 1743. Before he became of age he
went to sea, where he commanded a vessel of
his own. As early as the year 1700,
probably some time before, he lived in New
York City, and so continued until 1711, when
he removed to Saybrook, Connecticut, where
he kept store and also commanded a sloop
out of that port called the "Joseph
Burthen." He was made a freeman of the city
of New York, June 6, 1710. On May 1, 1711,
he subscribed one pound, two shillings,
towards the finishing of the steeple of
Trinity church, New York. In December,
1711, while living at Saybrook, he was
allowed by the Connecticut assembly the sum
of nineteen pounds eleven shillings and
sixpence for the charges of Captain Crane's
funeral. In October, 1712, he petitioned
the Connecticut assembly praying for an
allowance "for a considerable sum in publick
bills of credit of this colony lost by fire
some time in winter last at Wethersfield,
where he then sojourned." He was burned out
at Saybrook, and about 1713-14, he removed
to Dedham, Massachusetts. In 1714 he was
imprisoned for a debt of one hundred and
twenty-eight pounds four shillings and four
pence, due Philip Hedman of Boston,
merchant. His release was ordered by the
court of general sessions at Boston, after
he had "declared upon his oath what effects
were belonging to him." How long he lived
in Dedham is not known. His first wife
probably died while he was living there, and
he went to sea again. In 1724, while at
Dedham, he bought eighty-four acres of land
in Killingly, Connecticut, from his brother,
Peter, but he sold it back to him in 1728.
There is no evidence that he ever lived on
it. On December 5, 1729, an attachment was
issued against the estate of Joseph
Aspinwall "late of Saybrook in our colony of
Connecticut, now residing in Boston,
mariner, for six hundred pounds, to answer
to Magdalen Hickells, of Elizabethtown, New
Jersey." the jury found for the defendant.
On September 1, 1740, he petitioned the
general court of Massachusetts, renewing his
offer to go as a pilot for the Spanish
coasts. Dr. William Aspinwall, writing in
1767, says: "He was of middling stature,
well proportioned, and very gentee and
something hansome; he was very passionate,
very gay, facetious, good company, and
always loose and exceedingly careless of his
own and his children's affairs."
He married
(first) in New York city, in 1700, Hannah,
daughter of Christopher and Hannah Deane.
The license for this marriage was granted on
June 6, 1700. He married (second) a niece
of Lord Bellomont, governor of the
Massachusetts Bay colony. This was probably
while he lived at Dedham, and about the time
he went to sea again. He married (third)
some five or six years before his death, at
Brookline, widow of Samuel Smith of that
place. She probably survived him.
Children: 1. Joseph; 2. John, mentioned
below.
(III) John,
son of Joseph and Hannah (Deane) Aspinwall,
was born in 1705 or
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1706, died July 5, 1774.
He settled in Dedham, Massachusetts. He
followed the sea and was captain of a
vessel out of New York. Later he
became a merchant and acquired considerable
means, and settled in Flushing, Long Island.
He was an alderman of New York, and one
of the founders of the New York Library
in 1753. From 1753 to 1760 he was
vestryman of Trinity Church, New York.
He married (first) august 28, 1728, Sarah
Sands, of Oyster Bay, Long Island; (second),
at Stamford, Connecticut, June 5, 1760,
Rebecca Smith. The New York Gazette
of December 12, 1765, said: "Wednesday,
departed this life in her fifty-seventh
year, Mrs. Sarah Aspinwall and was decently
interred in the family vault. Her
summons into eternity was extremely sudden,
but she received it with that fortitude
and resignation peculiar to the Christian
character. Her family, friends and
acquaintances, in her death sustained
a very great loss, and can only comfort
themselves under the dispensation by the
evidence of her faith and piety, which
she has left behind her." Child
by first marriage: 1. Hannah. by
second marriage: 1. William smith,
2. Gilbert, 3. John, mentioned
below.
(IV) John
(2), son of John (1) and Rebecca (Smith)
Aspinwall, was born in New York City,
February 10, 1774, died October 6, 1847. He
was a shipping merchant of New York. In
1794 he entered into partnership with his
brother, Gilbert, at No. 186 Queen Street,
under the firm name of Gilbert and John
Aspinwall. They were importers and jobbers
and owned the ships they used. They
dissolved partnership in 1812, and each then
carried on business for himself. On one
occasion during the war of 1812, while the
partnership existed, they cleared twenty
thousand dollars on one trip of the
"Blooming Rose." John had the reputation of
being a venturesome and generous man. He
married, November 27, 1803, Susan Howland,
born May 20, 1770, died December 21, 1852.
Children: 1. Margaret Elizabeth, born
September 16, 1804; 2. Emily Philips,
January 20, 1806; 3. William Henry, December
10, 1807; 4. Mary Rebecca, December 20,
1809; 5. Louisa Edgar, December 28, 1811,
died at Barrytown, New York, September 2,
1871, unmarried; 6. George Woolsey, January
10, 1814; died June 19, 1854; 7. John Lloyd,
mentioned below.
(V) John
Lloyd, younger son of John (2) and Susan
(Howland) Aspinwall, was born in New York,
April 5, 1816, died May 6, 1873, at New
York. He entered the firm of Howland &
Aspinwall, successors to the firm of Gilbert
and John Aspinwall of New York, at the age
of sixteen, rose gradually in the firm, and
on the death of his father became a
partner. He continued in the firm until
1856 when he retired from active life. In
1860 he purchased a large estate at
Barrytown, Dutchess County, New York, where
he passed the life of a country gentleman.
He was an Episcopalian, and aided in
founding St. Stephen's College, Annandale,
Dutchess County, New York, of which he was
treasurer until his death. He married Jane
Moore, daughter of George and Catherine D.
(Israel) Breck, residents of Bristol,
Pennsylvania. Children: 1. William, born
1848, died 1868; 2. John, mentioned below;
3. Emily Woolsey, born 1862, died 1874; 4.
Helen Lloyd, born December 23, 1863.
(VI) John
(3), second son of John Lloyd and Jane Moore
(Breck) Aspinwall, was born October 15,
1858, at Paris, France. he was educated in
private schools and in St. Stephen's
College, Annandale, New York, and graduated
with degree of M. E. in the class of 1881,
from Stevens Institute of Technology,
Hoboken, New Jersey, and is now a trustee of
this institute. Later he became a lecturer
on chemistry at St. Stephen's College,
Annandale, from which he received degree of
M. A., and was made a trustee of this
college. In 1899 he founded the Fabrikoid
Company of New York, and now in Newburg, of
which he was president until it was absorbed
by the Dupont Powder company in 1910. He
was president of the Powelton Club,
1910-11-12; member of the City Club, of
Newburg; member of the New York Yacht club;
president of the Camera Club of New York in
1902; first president of the Newburg
Tuberculosis Sanatorium; president of New
York Microscopical Society, 1899-1900;
editor of New York Microscopical Journal,
1899-1902. He was one of the founders of
the Automobile club of America. He married
(first) in 1882, Laura Presbey, Elderkin,
died in 1883;
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(second) September
20, 1885, Julia W. Wilson. Child:
Bessie Reid, married, November 24, 1909,
Lieutenant Hayden W. Wagner, Third United
States Cavalry, and they are the parents
of a son, John Aspinwall Wagner, born
February 23, 1912.
WESTERVELT.
This old Dutch name is derived from
a locality in Holland, meaning the "western
field," and was brought to America
in 1662.
(I) In the
year of 1662, Lubbert Lubbertsen Van
Westerfelt and Gessie Roelofs Van Houten,
his wife, and six children, as immigrants,
came from Meppel, in the province of Drenthe,
in Holland, reaching New Amsterdam about May
1st. they crossed in the Dutch
West Indies ship "Faith." In December,
1662, they settled in Flatbush, where he
purchased a farm. Their children were: 1.
Lubbert, 2. Roelof, 3. John, 4. Juriaen, 5.
Margretie, and 6. Mary. It is probable that
Lubbert Lubbertsen had a second wife, as the
records of the Dutch Church in New York show
the baptism on March 2, 1681, of Aeltie,
daughter of Lubbert Lubbertsen and Hilletie
Paulus.
(II) Roelof,
second son of Lubbert Lubbertsen Van
Westervelt, married Ursulina Steinerts,
probably from Thymens, as her name appears
in the records of the first Dutch Church of
New York as Ursulina Thymens. They had
children: 1. Jannetie, born 1686; 2.
Kasporus, mentioned below; 3. Johannes,
1695; 4. Ariantie, 1699; 5. Maritie, 1704;
6. Annatie, 1707. The New York Church
records shows the baptism of another child,
Janneken, September 27, 1691.
(III)
Kasporus Roelofson Westervelt was born in
1694, in Flatbush. He married Aeltie
Bougart. Children: 1. Orselana, born 1715;
2. Roelof, mentioned below; 3. Maritie,
1720; 4. Jan, 1722; 5. Annatie, 1724; 6.
Cornelius, 1726; 7. Benjamin, 1727; 8.
Maria, 1729; 9. Elizabeth, 1731, died young;
10. Jacobus, 1733; 11. Elizabeth, 1735.
(IV) Roelof,
(20< second child and eldest son of Kasporus
and Aeltie (Bougart) Westervelt, was born
June 15, 1718. He married Arjaenty Romein.
Children: 1. Casporus, born 1751; 2. Aeltie,
1753; 3. Albert, mentioned below.
(V) Albert,
junior son of Roelof (2) and Arjaenty (Romein)
Westervelt, was born March 5, 1754, died
November 6, 1829. He settled upon a farm in
the town of Ramapo, Rockland County, New
York. He married at Schraalenburg, New
Jersey, Maria Van Saun, born November 4,
1761, died January 21, 1853. Children: 1.
Ralph, born November 21, 1780; 2. Nancy,
1785; 3. Jacob, 1788; 4. Jacobus,
mentioned below; 5. Hester; and 6. Sarah.
(VI) James
(baptized Jacobus), fourth child of Albert
and Maria (Van Saun) Westervelt, was born
October 24, 1792, at Ramapo, Rockland
County, New York, died there October 17,
1879. He was a farmer, a member of the
Dutch Reformed Church, and gave his
political support to the Democratic party.
He married Hannah Teneyck, born January 22,
1797, died January 15, 1853. Children: 1.
Sylvester, mentioned below. 2. Maria
Antoinette, born August 19, 1822, died
February 28, 1887, in Spring Valley,
Rockland County, New York. 3. John Henry,
October 21, 1827, died October 18, 1868, in
New York City. 4. Schuyler, July 27, 1829,
still living. 5. Louisa, January 18, 1832,
died July 12, 1856, in Ramapo, Rockland
County, New York. 6. Sarah Ellen, January
1, 1840, died October 6, 1874, in Ramapo.
(VII)
Sylvester, eldest child of James and Hannah
(Teneyck) Westervelt, was born March 9,
1821, at Ramapo, died January 24, 1901, in
Newark, New Jersey. He learned the trade of
carriage builder in that town, and engaged
in business of his own at Ramapo, moving to
Haverstraw, New York, and subsequently to
Newark, New Jersey. In 1854 he took charge
of the Phoenix Carriage Works at Stamford,
Connecticut, and in 1860 returned to Newark,
where he was superintendent of a wheel
factory. He was a Republican in political
principles. He married (first) December 31,
1844, Margaret Blauvelt, born April 2, 1825,
in Ramapo, Rockland County, New York, died
January 25, 1849, daughter of Joseph C. and
Rebecca (Ramsen) Blauvelt (see Blauvelt
VII). He married (second)( Eliza Frances
Van Name, born July 15, 1825, died January
19, 1869. He married (third) Ann Maria
Ostrom, widow, born August 20, 1822, died
April 28, 1904. Children of the first
marriage: 1. Warner Wesley, mentioned
below; 2. Margaret, born January 9, 1849,
died
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February 3, 1849.
Child of the second marriage: Mary
Alice, born august 26, 1852.
(VIII) Warner
Wesley, eldest child of Sylvester and
Margaret (Blauvelt) Westervelt, was born
July 13, 1847, at Ramapo. He attended the
public schools in Spring Valley and
Stamford, Connecticut, also at Newark, New
Jersey, and again at Spring Valley.
Entering the Normal College at Albany, New
York, he was graduated in 1867, and engaged
in teaching in the Union Academy at
Belleville, New York. Later he was a
teacher in the Union Hall Academy at
Jamaica, Long Island, and following this in
the Polytechnic Institute in Brooklyn, New
York. Afterward he taught in the Ashland
public school of East Orange, New Jersey,
and the public school of Plainfield, New
Jersey. He was admitted to the New York bar
in 1880, and since then has practiced his
profession in New York City, and now resides
in Woodcliff Lake, Bergen County, New
Jersey. With his family Mr. Westervelt
affiliated with the Dutch Reformed Church of
West New Hempstead (known as the Brick
Church), in the town of Ramapo. He is an
earnest supporter of Republican principles,
but takes no part in practical politics, and
has never been a candidate for officials
position.
He married,
august 4, 1869, in East Orange, New Jersey,
Mary Amelia, born September 30, 1847, in
Livingston, Essex County, New Jersey,
daughter of Henry Oscar and Charlotte
(Osborn) Beach. Henry O. Beach was born
July 1, 1825, in Livingston, Essex County,
new jersey, where he now resides; his wife,
Charlotte Osborn, was born August 27, 1824,
died February 15, 1911; children: 1. Mary
Amelia, mentioned below, as the wife of W.
W. Westervelt; 2. Clarence Eugene, born
July, 1851, died April 16, 1910; 3. Maurice
Beach, and 4. Eliza Virginia, march 3, 1863.
Children of W. W. Westervelt and Wife;
1. Jennie Elizabeth, born June 3, 1870,
is the wife of Thomas Jefferson Ward,
residing at Hanover, Morris County, New
Jersey. 2 and 3. Burton Blauvelt
and Bessy Beach, twins, August 22,
1872; the latter died one month old, and
the former April 6, 1911, in Hackensack,
New Jersey. 4. Mary Amelia, November
29, 1876. 5. Margaret, October 31,
1878; married, April 29, 1908, Samuel
D. Yates, and resides in Jersey City,
New Jersey. 6. Warner Wesley,
January 29, 1883, married Ada Louise Cromwell,
July 12, 1910, resides in Hackensack,
New Jersey. 7. Stewart Livingston,
August 12, 1891.
(The
Blauvelt Line)
(V)
Joseph, third son of Johannes G. (q. v.)
and Martytje (Smidt) Blauvelt, was born
September 17, 1740, baptized September
21, at Tappan, died March 15, 1789, in
the town of Ramapo, New York. He
married, May 13, 1769, Hannah Demorest,
born august 1, 1749. Children:
1. John, born May 8, 1770; 2.
Nicholas, June 4, 1772; 3. Cornelius,
mentioned below; 4. Daniel, December,
16, 1782.
(VI)
Cornelius, third son of Joseph and Hannah
(Demorest) Blauvelt, was born July 12, 1775,
in Ramapo, died June 12, 1858. He married,
November 4, 1796, Bridget Talman, born
august 9, 1778, daughter of Jan and Frynckye
(Mebie) Talman. Children: 1. Joseph C.,
mentioned below; 2. John, born august 21,
1801; 3. Cornelius, August 20, 1808; 4.
Abraham C. J., December 18, 1811; 5. Tunis;
6. Nicholas C.
(VII) Joseph
Cornelius, eldest child of Cornelius and
Bridget (Talman) Blauvelt, was born November
8, 1798, in Ramapo, died January 5, 1883, in
Spring Valley. He married, May 12, 1821,
Rebecca Ramsen, born June 20, 1803, in New
York City, died at Spring Valley, April 21,
1885. Children: 1. Mary, born March 5,
1822, married John De Baun, and died March
5, 1845; 2. And 3. Isaac Ramsen and
Margaret, twins, April 2, 1825; 4. Aaron
DuBois, June 21, 183; 5. John Calvin,
October 29, 1835; 6. Cornelius Edmund,
January 4, 1838.
(VIII) Margaret, second daughter of Joseph
C. and Rebecca (Ramsen) Blauvelt, and
twin of Isaac R., became the wife of Sylvester
Westervelt, of Ramapo, (see Westervelt
VII).
JOLINE.
Joline is a surname of French or Huguenot
origin. Charles W. Bard says in
his work, "Huguenot Emigration to
America" : "along the Gironde
on the south shore of Saintonge (France)
are the seaport towns and village of Royan,
Meschers, Saint
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Palais, and Saint Georges.
Two of the refugees in New York, Daniel
Lambert and Andre Jolin, were natives
of Saint Palais." And
he adds: "Andre Jolin obtained
denization in New York August 6, 1686,
and was naturalized April 15, 1693.
He was a member of the French Church,
New York in 1688. His wife was Madeilleine
Poupin. A family Bible in the possession
of T. S. Drake, Esq., of New Rochelle,
new York, contains the name of Guis Jolin,
Guy Jolin, nativ de Vaux, paroisse de
Saint Palais en Saintonge, was one of
the refugees in Bristol, England, in the
latter part of the eighteenth century."
From the Andrew Jolin, above mentioned,
the American family of the name would
appear to be descended.
(I) John
Joline, first traceable ancestor of the
branch of the Joline family here dealt with,
lived at Princeton, New Jersey, in the
latter part of the eighteenth century. The
oldest house in which he lived was recently
standing on the farm on which it was the
homestead and not far north of the William
Gulick residence, later belonging to
Alexander Gulick, between Princeton and
Kingston. John had a brother named Anthony
who was prominent in politics. He married
but there is no available record of the name
of his wife. Child, John, mentioned below.
(II) John
(2), son of John (1) Joline, was born in
Princeton, New Jersey, about 1769, died in
the same locality in 1839. He was one of
the most notable landlords or innkeepers of
Princeton. He had kept Hudibras House from
the year 1810 to the year 1812, and took
charge of the Nassau Hotel and kept it from
1812 to the year 1836. He was widely
celebrated as a genial host, who could tell
a good story and could sing a good song. He
kept good horses, set a great table, and was
a favorite with the students of the
university, giving them good suppers and
clandestine sleigh rides. The public
travelling through Princeton grew into a
large business while John Joline kept the
Nassau House. Children: 1. William,
graduated with first honors from Princeton
University; 2. James Van Dyke, graduated
from Princeton; 3. Charles Oliver,
mentioned below; 4. Mary, married Ashbell
Green, son of Ashbell Green, the president
of the college and a lawyer; 5. Cornelia,
married a Mr. Maurice, of Sing Sing, New
York; 6. Catherine, married the Rev. Mr.
Billings, of Virginia.
(III)
Colonel Charles Oliver Joline, third son of
John 920 Joline, of Princeton, was born at
Princeton about 1823. He served with
distinction in both the Mexican and the
Civil Wars and attained the rank of
Colonel. He married, in 1848, Mary Evelyn,
third child of Adrian Kissan Hoffman, M. D.,
and Jane Ann (Thompson) Hoffman, a sister
of the late John T. Hoffman, governor of New
York. Children: 1. Adrian Hoffman,
mentioned below; 2. Catherine H., born
December 11, 1853, married the Rev. James O.
Drumm, rector of St. Andrew's Church,
Watervliet, West Troy, New York; 3. Cornelia
Maurice, born at Sing Sing, October, 1857.
(IV) Adrian
Hoffman, eldest son of Colonel Charles
Oliver and Mary Evelyn (Hoffman) Joline, was
born at Sing Sing, New York, June 30, 1850,
died October 15, 1912. He prepared for
college at the Mount Pleasant Academy, Sing
Sing, New York, and under the private
tuition of the Rev. Dr. James I. Helm. In
1863 he was clerk of the military commission
at Norfolk, Virginia, convened for the trial
of Dr. Wright for the murder of Lieutenant
Sanborn, one of the first officers of
colored troops. In 1864 he was also clerk
of the military commission that sat at Fort
Lafayette for the trial of prisoners. He
was graduated from Princeton with the degree
of A. B. In 1870 and with the degree of A.
M. in 1873. He attended also the Columbia
Law School and attained the degree of LL.D.
of Princeton. He was admitted tot he bar in
May, 1872, and shortly after entered the law
firm of Brown, Hall & Vanderpoel. Next he
became a member of Butler, Stillman &
Hubbard, continuing from 1881 to 1896; then
of the firm of Butler, Notman, Joline &
Mynderse, continuing from 1896 to 1905, and
then of the firm of Joline, Larkin &
Rathbone, which he helped to form. Early in
his career he devoted particular attention
to railway litigation and to questions
pertaining to trusts, mortgages and
reorganizations. He engaged in many
important litigations and legal
controversies. At the time of his death he
was a director of the Albany and Susquehanna
railroad, the American and Foreign Marine
Insurance Company, the Bridge Operating
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Company, the Chatham
and Phoenix National Bank, the National
Surety Company, and the United Traction
and Electric Company, and vice-president
of the New Orleans Warehouse Company.
He was chairman of the board of
directors and president of the Missouri,
Kansas, and Texas Railway Company from
1906 to 1909, and receiver of the New
York City Railway Company and Metropolitan
Street Railway Company in 1907.
For years Mr. Joline was engaged in the
legal work of the large railroad interest.
Mr. Joline was also an author of considerable
reputation, the following being among
his productions: "Meditation
of an Autograph Collector,"
1902; "Diversions of a Book Lover,"
1903; The Book Collector," 1904;
"The Autograph Hunter," 1906;
and "At the Library Table."
He was a liberal contributor to the columns
of The Collector, a magazine for Autograph
and historical collectors, for many years.
"the American Political biography,"
which ran for several years, was written
by him. His final contribution was
the series of six article, "concerning
Autographs." He had a large
autograph collection, which was very valuable.
It contain all the usual American sets,
and was especially rich in British literary.
He was an earnest collector in many
lines for about a quarter of a century,
and having large means he secured great
numbers of fine things. By his essays
on autograph collecting he did much to
dignify this intellectual pursuit, and
he was always interested in beginners
and helped start many a young collector.
He was a member of the American Bar Association,
the New York State Bar Association, the
Association of the Bar of the City of
New York, the new York, New Jersey, Virginia
and American Historical societies.
He was also a member of the Century, Grolier,
University, Princeton, St. Elmo, Chicago,
Caxton, and Dofobs clubs.
He married,
in 1876, Mary E., daughter of the Hon.
Francis Larkin, the distinguished leader of
the Westchester Bar.
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