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SCHERMERHORN.
From the earliest beginnings of the
state of New York this name has been prominently
identified therewith and now has numerous
representatives in various sections of
the state and throughout the Union.
It has given the name to a street in Greater
New York, and has been especially identified
with business interest in that city
for many generations, though the founder
of the family settled early at Albany.
(I) This
family was established in the Mohawk Valley
by Jacob Janse Schermerhorn, born in 1622,
in Waterland, Holland, died at Schenectady,
new York, 1689. In 1654 his father was a
resident of Amsterdam, Holland. At an early
day Jacob Janse Schermerhorn came to
Beverwyck, where he became prosperous as an
Indian trader and brewer. In 1648 he
transgressed the law against selling arms
and ammunition to the Indians. He was tried
by order of Governor Stuyvesant and
sentenced to banishment for five years and
the confiscation of his property. Several
leading citizens interfered in his behalf
and succeeded in having the banishment
clause of the sentence revoked, but his
property was totally lost. These
proceedings against Jacob J. Schermerhorn
formed later a ground for complaint against
Stuyvesant to the states-general. By his
will he devised property worth 56,822
guilders (about $23,000), so the old pioneer
retrieved his fortunes. Hi estate was
considered very large at that time, and was
exceeded by few except the patroons and men
of high official rank. He married Jannetje
Segers, a daughter of Cornelius Segers Van
Voorhoudt. He made his will May 20, 1688,
and soon after died in Schenectady. He
mentioned in his will children: !. Ryer.
2. Symon, see forward. 3. Helena, married
Mynder Harmense Van Der Bogart. 4. Jacob.
5. Machletdt, married Johannes Beekman.
6. Cornelis. 7. Jannetje, married Caspar
Springstein. 8. Neeltje, married Barent
Ten Eyck. 9. Lucas.
(II) Symon,
second son of Jacob Janse and Jannetje
Segers (Van Voorhoudt) Schermerhorn, was
born in Albany, New York. He was among the
sufferers in the Indian raid on that town,
which they burned February 9, 1690, and in
the bitter cold of that night he rode to
Albany to carry the news, in spite of having
been shot through the thigh and his horse
having been also wounded. In 1691 he removed
to New York City, where he died about 1696.
At the time of the Schenectady massacre his
son Johannes and three negro servants were
killed. He married Willempie Viele,
probably a daughter of Arnout Cornelisse
Viele. Two children were baptized in
Albany: 1. Johannes, July 23, 1684, 2.
Arnout, mentioned below. Two were baptized
after his removal to new York: 3. Maria,
July 5, 1693. 4. Jannetje, March 24, 1695.
(III) Arnout, second son of Symon
and Willempie (Viele) Schermerhorn, was
bap-
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tized November 7, 1686,
in Albany, New York. He was a boy of about
five years when he removed wit his parents
to New York. There he made his home and
married Marytje Beekman, baptized Maryken,
June 23, 1692, at the Dutch Church in New
York, daughter of Johannes and Aeltje
(Thomas) Beekman. Children, baptized in New
York: 1. Catharina, May 10, 1711. 2.
Willemyntje, October 14, 1713; married
Pieter Canon. 3. Johannes, mentioned
below. 4. Aeltie, May 19, 1717. 5.
Jannetje, September 20, 1719.
(IV)
Johannes (John), only son of Arnout and
Maryken (Beekman) Schermerhorn, was baptized
July 13, 1715, in new York, where he died
September 10, 1768. The Dutch Church
records show his marriage, June 16, 1741, to
Sara Canon. She was born June 6, baptized
June 11, 1721, daughter of Jan and Maria (Le
Grand) Canon. Children: Arnout, baptized
March 14, 1742. 2. Maria, December 21,
1743, married J. Marschalke. 3. Johannes,
January 15, 1746. 4. Simon, January 20,
1748. 5. Peter, mentioned below. 6.
Sara, October 9, 1751.
(V) Peter,
fourth son of Johannes (John) and Sara
(Canon) Schermerhorn, was baptized October
1, 1749, at the Dutch Church of New York,
and resided in that city. He married,
September 5, 1771, Elizabeth Bussing, born
July 24, 1752, died January 8, 1809,
daughter of Abraham and Elizabeth (Mesier)
Bussing (see Bussing III). Children: 1.
John Peter, born 1775. 2. Peter, mentioned
below. 3. Abraham, born April 9, 1783.
4. George, May 16, 1785. 5. Elizabeth,
June 15, 1787. 6. Jane, March 25, 1792,
wife of Rev. William Creighton.
(VI) Peter
(2), second son of Peter (1), and Elizabeth
(Bussing) Schermerhorn, was born April 22,
1781, in New York, where he died June 23,
1852, and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery,
Brooklyn. He married, April 5, 1804, Sarah
Jones, born March 13, 1782, died April 28,
1845, and was buried beside her husband.
Her father, John Jones, was born January 1,
1755, and died September 29, 1806. His
wife, Eleanor, was a daughter of William
Colford, and both were of English
extraction. Children: 1. Peter Henry,
born March 25, 1805, died at the age of two
years. 2. John Jones, August 17, 1806.
3. Peter A., mentioned below. 4. Edmund
H., December 5, 1815, died at Newport, Rhode
Island. 5. James J., September 25, 1818.
6. William Colford, June 22, 1821, resided
in New York and was buried in Greenwood.
(VII) Peter
Augustus, third son of Peter (2) and Sarah
(Jones) Schermerhorn, was born January 13,
1811, in New York City, died May 6, 1845.
He married, December 9, 1835, Adeline E.,
daughter of Henry A. Coster, born May 18,
1818, survived her husband twenty-eight
years, dying June 8, 1873. Children: 1.
Ellen, wife of R. Tilden Auchmuty. 2.
Henry A., born January 29, 1841, died June
9, 1869. 3. Frederick Augustus, mentioned
below.
(VIII) Captain Frederick Augustus
Schermerhorn, second son of Peter Augustus
and Adeline E. (Coster) Schermerhorn,
was born November 1, 1844, in New York.
He was educated in private schools, and
entered Columbia College in the class
of 1865. He did not complete the
course, as he desired to take a military
training in the United States Military
Academy at West Point. The outbreak
of the Civil War led to his enlistment,
in 1864, in his twentieth year, as a soldier,
and he was commissioned second lieutenant
of Company C, One Hundred and Eighty-fifth
Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry.
He was mustered in January, 1865, and
went to the front with the Army of the
Potomac, in which he acted as aide-de-camp
to Major-General Charles Griffin.
For gallant conduct at the battle of Five
Forks, Virginia, in 1865m Lieutenant Schermerhorn
was brevitted captain and he continued
to serve until peace succeeded war.
Returning to his studies in 1865, he entered
the School of Mines of Columbia College,
from which he was graduated in 1868, with
the degree of Mining Engineer. He
again became interested in military affairs,
and was seven years a member of the National
Guard of the State of New York entering
as private, and rising through various
promotions to first lieutenant of Company
K in the famous Seventh New York Regiment.
Possessed of independent means Captain
Schermerhorn has given liberally of his
time and effort, as well as financial
support, to the promotion of various philanthropic
and progressive societies. Since
1877 he has been a trustee of Columbia
College, was long manager, recording secretary
and president of the New York Institution
for the Blind, a supporter of the Metropolitan
Museum of Art, and a member of the American
Geographical Society and the Loyal
Legion. He is interested in
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yachting and holds
membership in the New York, Sewanhaka and
Corinthian Yacht clubs. Various social and
other clubs in which he holds membership
include the Tuxedo, Metropolitan, Coaching,
Riding, Country, Rockaway Hunt, Union, City
and Knickerbocker.
WESTERVELT.
This old Dutch name is derived from
a locality in Holland, meaning the "western
field," and was brought to American
in 1662.
(I) In the
year 1662, Lubbert Lubbertsen Van Westervelt
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 1.
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 probably 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 Hilletje
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 show 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
(2), second child and eldest son of Kasporus
and Aeltie (Bougart) Westervelt, was born
June 15, 1718. He married Arnjaenty Romein.
Children: 1. Casporus, born 1751. 2.
Aeltie, 1753. 3. Albert, mentioned below.
(V) Albert,
junior son of Roelof (2) and Arnjaenty (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
York, Maria Van Saum, 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, 6. Sarah.
(VI) James
(baptized Jacobus), fourth child of Albert
and Maria (Van Saum) 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. Marie
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, removing
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 February 3, 1849. Child of the second
marriage: 3. Mary Alice, born August 26,
1852.
(VIII) Warner Wesley, eldest child
of Sylvester and Margaret (Blauvelt) Westervelt,
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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 in
Jamaica, Long Island,, and following this in
the Polytechnic Institute in Brooklyn, New
York. Afterwards he taught in the Ashland
public school of East Orange, 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 at
Woodcliff Lake, Bergen County, New York.
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 official
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 above, as the wife of W.
W. Westervelt. 2. Clarence Eugene, born
July, 1851, died April 16, 1910. 3.
Maurice Beach. 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 at Hackensack, New Jersey.
7. Stewart Livingston, August 12, 1891.
(The Blauvelt Line)
(V) Joseph,
third son of Johannes G. (q. v.) and Marytje
(Smidt) Blauvelt, was born September 17,
1740, baptized September 12, at Tappen, 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 June 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 DeBaum, and died July 6,
1845. 2. Isaac Ramsen and 3. Margaret,
twins, April 2, 1825. 4. Aaron DeBois,
June 21, 1832. 5. John Calvin, October 20,
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).
MORGAN.
Celtic in origin, the name Morgan,
in the principality of Wales, is older
then the advent of the Saxon race or language.
The derivation has not been conclusively
determined, but Dixon, an English authority
on surnames, says that it means by sea,
or by the sea, which is probably as nearly
accurate as any explanation may be.
The name is allied to the Scotch ceann
mor, meaning big head, or perhaps
big headland. Another possible derivation
is from the Welsh more can, meaning
sea burn, which is not essentially different
from the former interpretation, by the
sea.
The name was common at the time of the
Conquest, and appears in the Domesday
Book and in the Battle Abbey Roll.
Among the
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Welsh, several
sovereign princes and other potentates of
the Morgan stock were living as far back as
the year 300 or 400. One of these princes,
Morgan of Gla Morgan, in 725, is said to
have invented trial by jury, a procedure
which he called "the apostolic law." "As
Christ and the twelve Apostles are finally
to judge the world, so human tribunals
should be composed of the king and twelve
wise men." This institution preceded by a
century and a half the time of Alfred the
Great, who is generally credited with the
law.
In the latter
part of the sixteenth century the family
from which were derived the ancestors of the
American branch, moved from Wales to
Bristol, England. The immediate family of
Miles Morgan, who came to Massachusetts, was
of Glamorganshire, Wales, and there is
reason to believe that his father was
William Morgan. Among the early families of
the American pioneers there was tradition of
a little book owned by James Morgan, the
brother of Miles Morgan, dated before 1600,
and inscribed wit the name of William Morgan
of Llandaff. Other evidence in the shape of
antique gold sleeve-buttons stamped "W. M.,:
in the possession of James Morgan, pointed
to the same conclusion, and these were said
to have been an heirloom from William Morgan
of Llandaff.
Arms--or, a
griffin sergeant sable; crest--a reindeer's
head couped or, attired gules; motto--Onward
and Upward.
(I) Miles
Morgan, who founded the family of his name
in New England, was born probably in
Llandaff, Glamorganshire, Wales, about
1615. Accompanying his older brother, James
Morgan, who settled in New London,
Connecticut, and John Morgan, who went to
Virginia, he said from Bristol, England, and
arrived in Boston in April, 1636. His first
residence was in Roxbury, and there it is
believed he remained some years.
Subsequently he joined the company which,
led by Sir William Pynchon, had founded
Agawan (Springfield) on the Connecticut
River. It is not a historical certainty
that he was with the first company which
went inland from Boston, or that he was one
of the founders of Agawan. That place was
established in 1636, and the name of Miles
Morgan appears on the records in 1643,
showing that he was there before that time,
but how long before is not known.
He became one
of the leading men of Agawan. He acquired
an extensive tract of land, and was also a
trader, sailing a vessel up and down the
river. One of the few fortified houses in
Agawan belonged to him, and he was one of
the leaders of the militia, having the rank
of sergeant. In al the fighting in which
the little settlement was engaged to protect
itself from the attack of the surrounding
savages, he was much depended upon for his
valor and his skill as a soldier. When,
during King Philip's War, in 1675, the
Indians made an attack on Agawan and nearly
destroyed the town, his house was the
central place of refuge for the beleaguered
inhabitants. His sons, following the
footsteps of their father, were two noted
Indian hunters, and one of the, Pelatiah
Morgan, was killed by the Indians. In the
"records or list of ye names of the townsmen
or men of the Towne of Springfield in
February, 1664, written by Elizur Holyoke,"
he appears as Serj. Miles Morgan. In
1655-57, 1660-62-68 he was a selectman. He
served as constable one year, and at
different times as fence viewer, highway
surveyor, and overseer of highways, and also
on various town committees. He died May 28,
1699. A bronze statute of a Puritan soldier
standing in one of the public parks of
Springfield enduringly commemorates his
fame.
He married (first) in 1643, Prudence Gilbert
of Beverly, Massachusetts. The tradition
is hat on the vessel on which he came
to Boston Prudence Gilbert was also a
passenger, and there he made ner acquaintance.
She was coming to the new world to join
members of her family already located
in Beverly. After he had settled
in Springfield he sent word to her and
proposed marriage. She accepted
the offer, and the young man, with two
friends and an Indian guide leading pack
horses, marched across Massachusetts from
the Connecticut River to the "land
of the people of the east," where
the two young people were married.
After the marriage the household goods
of the young couple were laden on the
packhorses, and the bride, on foot, tramped
back to Springfield, one hundred and twenty
miles, escorted by the bridegroom and
his friends. She died January 14,
1660. Issue: 1. Mary
Morgan, born February 4, 1644; married
Edmund Pryngrydays. 2. Jonathan
Morgan, born November 16, 1646,
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died 1714; married
Sarah Cooley. 3. David Morgan, born
September 23, 1648, died May 30, 1731;
married Mary, daughter of John and Mary
Clark. 4. Pelatiah Morgan, born July 7,
1650, killed by Indians in 1676. 5. Isaac
Morgan, born May 12, 1652, died between 1706
and 1708; married Abigail, daughter of
Samuel Gardner of Hadley, Massachusetts.
6. Liddia Morgan, born April 8, 1653;
married john Pierce. 7. Hannah Morgan,
born April 11, 1655, died January 7, 1698,
married Samuel Terry Jr. 8. Mercy Morgan
born July 8, 1658.
He married
(second) February 15, 1670, Elizabeth,
daughter of Thomas and Margaret Bliss.
Issue: 9. Nathaniel Morgan, of whom below.
(II)
Nathaniel, son of Miles and Elizabeth
(Bliss) Morgan, was born in Springfield,
June 14, 1671. He settled in West
Springfield, where he made his home during
his entire life, and was a successful
farmer. He died august 30, 1752. He
married, January 17, 1691, Hannah bird, who
died June 7, 1751. Of the seven sons and
two daughters of this marriage, all the sons
and one daughter lived to be over seventy
years of age. Issue: 1. Nathaniel Morgan,
born February 16, 1691. 2. Samuel Morgan,
born 1694, died in December, 1699. 3.
Ebenezer Morgan, born 1696. 4. Hannah
Morgan, born 1698. 5. Miles Morgan, born
1700. 6. Joseph Morgan, of whom below.
7. James Morgan, born 1705. 8. Isaac
Morgan, born 1708, died November 7, 1796.
9. Elizabeth Morgan, born 1710.
(III)
Joseph, son of Nathaniel and Hannah (Bird)
Morgan, was born December 3, 1702. He lived
on the paternal farm in /West Springfield.
He died November 7, 1773. He married, in
1735, Mary Stebbins, daughter of Benjamin
Stebbins; she was born July 6, 1712, and
died December 6, 1798. Issue: 1. Joseph
Morgan, of whom below. 2. Titus Morgan,
died in infancy. 3. Titus Morgan, born
July 19, 1740; married Sarah, daughter of
Ebenezer Morgan, a son of David Morgan and a
grandson of Miles Morgan. 4. Lucas Morgan,
born February 26, 1743; married (first)
Tryhene Smith, died February 20, 1793;
married (second) Betsy Eastman, of Granby,
Massachusetts, daughter of William Eastman.
5. Elizabeth Morgan, born December 23,
1745, died April 12, 1782; married Thomas
White. 6. Judah Morgan, born March 22,
1749; married Elizabeth Shivoy. 7. Jesse
Morgan, born March 22, 1749, died June 15,
1810; married (first) Mercy Stebbins, of
Deerfield, Massachusetts, died June 8, 1806;
married (second) widow Hannah Stebbins, of
Deerfield. 8. Hannah Morgan, born November
29, 1751; married John Legg.
(IV) Joseph
(2), son of Joseph (1) and mary (Stebbins)
Morgan, was born February 19, 1736. He was
a captain of militia, and in character as
well as in physique he was reckoned one of
the staunchest men of western
Massachusetts. He married, September 9,
1765, Experience Smith, born October 23,
1741. Issue: 1. Eurydice Morgan, born
November 28, 1765; married Russell Ely. 2.
Huldah Morgan, born November 27, 1767, died
March 24, 1770. 3. Huldah Morgan, born
April 18, 1770; married Edmund Ely. 4.
Nancy Morgan, born July 22, 1772. 5.
Achsah Morgan, born August 16, 1774; married
(first) Samuel D. Chapin, died October 25,
1801; married (second) Nehemiah D.
Beardsley. 6. Joseph Morgan, of whom
below. 7. Betsey Morgan, born July 4,
1782, died July 13, 1786.
(V) Joseph
(3), son of Joseph (2) and Experience
(Smith) Morgan, was born January 4, 1780.
Leaving home when he was a young man, he
settled in Hartford, Connecticut, and became
a successful and respected hotel keeper. He
died in 1847. He married Sarah Spencer, of
Middletown, Connecticut. Issue: 1. Mary
Morgan, married Rev. James A. Smith, a
congregational clergyman of Connecticut.
2. Lucy Morgan, married James Goodwin,
president of Connecticut Mutual Life
Insurance Company; their son, James Junius
Goodwin, was a banker and broker in New
York. 3. Junius Spencer Morgan, of whom
below.
(VI) Junius Spencer, son of Joseph
(3) and Sarah (Spencer) Morgan, was born
in West Springfield, Massachusetts, April
14, 1813. His early years were spent
in Hartford, Connecticut, where he was
educated. When he had grown to manhood
he went to Boston and entered the banking
house of Albert Wells, where he
gained his first knowledge of that business
in which he afterward became successful
and distinguished. In July, 1834,
he moved to new York, entering the banking
house of Morgan, Ketchum & Co.
Remaining in New York only about two
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years, he returned to
his native city and there established
himself in business as a dry-goods merchant
in the firms of Howe, Mather & Co., and
Mather, Morgan & Co. Subsequently he went
again to Boston and, still continuing in the
dry-goods business, became a partner of J.
M. Beebe in the famous firm of Beebe, Morgan
& Co., which in its prime was one of the
largest and most influential houses in that
trade in the United States.
Mr. Morgan
visited England in 1853, and, upon the
invitation of George Peabody, became
associated with that great banker as his
partner in October, 1854. In ten years he
succeeded entirely to the business of Mr.
Peabody, and established the house of J. S.
Morgan & Co., which shortly became one of
the largest banking houses in the world.
The later years of his life were spent
largely abroad, but he never lost his love
for his native country, and during the civil
war he gave substantial assistance to the
cause of the national government. He was a
man of generous instincts, and contributed
handsomely to the support of educational and
public institutions. His activity as a
layman in the affairs of the Protestant
Episcopal Church was noteworthy, and among
other institutions, Trinity College of
Hartford, Connecticut, owed much to his
munificence. He died in Nice, France, in
1895, as the result of an accident. He
married, in Boston, in 1836, Juliet
Pierpont, daughter of Rev. John and Mary
Sheldon (Lord) Pierpont. Issue: 1. John
Pierpont Morgan, of whom below. 2. Sarah
Spencer Morgan, born December 5, 1839;
married George Hale Morgan, born February
14, 1840, son of George Denison and Caroline
A. (Hale) Morgan of Hartford, Connecticut,
and New York City, and a descendant of James
Morgan of New London, Connecticut. 3. Mary
Lyman Morgan, born November 5, 1844l
married, in London, England, Walter H.
Burus, of new York. 4. Junius Spencer
Morgan, born April 6, 1846, died young. 5.
Juliet Pierpont Morgan, born December 4,
1847; married John Brainerd Morgan, son of
George Denison and Caroline A. (Hale)
Morgan.
)VII) John
Pierpont Morgan, only son of Junius Spencer
and Juliet (Pierpont) Morgan, was born in
Hartford, Connecticut, April 17, 1837; died
in Rome, Italy, march 31, 1913.
He was educated in the English High School
in Boston, and then studied in the University
of Gottingen, Germany, where he completed
a full course, returning tot he United
States when twenty years of age.
He engaged in the banking business with
Duncan, Sherman & Co., of New York
city, in 1857, and there obtained a full
knowledge of finance in a house which
at that time was one of he most prominent
in the country. In 1860 he became
American agent and attorney for George,
Peabody & Co., of London, with which
house his father was connected, and in
1864 he engaged in banking on his own
account in the firm of Dabney, Morgan
& Co. In 1871 he became a member
of the famous banking house of Drexel,
Morgan & Co., the name of which in
1895 was changed to J. P. Morgan &
Co. At the same time he was also
a member of the firm of J. S. Morgan &
Co., of London, of which his father was
the founder, and, upon the death of his
parent, he succeeded him in that concern.
Thus he was head of the greatest private
bank in American, and of one of the most
influential monetary institutions in England.
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