(J5 ROBERT and CHRISTIANA RUSLING William; James. 1762-1826; Ann, 1764-1769; Robert, 1766; Hannah, 1767-1837; Thomas, 1771; Georgb, 1773; Ann, 1776-1777* James Rusling = Mary Fowler, May 15, 1787; Jambs Rusling = Hannah Rose, nie Frazer, April 2, 1810 b. York, Eng., July 26, 1762 rf. Newburgh N. J., Aug. 11 1826. b. Winlerton Eng. , Nov. 23, 1766; rf. New- burgh, N. J., July 25, 1809. I Joseph b. Scunthorpe, F.ng.. May 12, 1788; d. I'hila., Pa., July 4. '*>39- James (2) b. Scunthorpe, ling., Aug. 8, 1789; d. East on, Pa., Dec. 7, 1848, William b. Hull, Eng., July 18, 1791; d. Simcoe, Can., Feb. 28, 1872. Hannah Fowler A. Hull, Eng., Aug. 21, 1793; d. Knoxville, 111., Aug. 14,1881. I Gershom b. New York, U.S. A., Sept. 1, 1796; d. Trenton, N. J., Feb. 5, 1881. Sedgwick b. Newburgh, N. J., April 24, 1799; d. Lawrence- ville, Pa., March 7, 1876. b. Schooleys Mt., Nov. 17, 1776; d. April 14, 1848, Hope, N. J. r Mary Elizabeth Robert b. Newburgh, N. J., Nov. 4, 1804; rf. Tren- ton, N. J., Oct. b. Newburgh, N. J., Jan. 1, 1812; d. Hacketts- town, N. J., Aug. 5, 1879. John b. Newburgh, N. J., March 6, 1813; d. Hainesburg, N. J, Jan. 16, 1896. Mercy b. Newburgh, N.J., Oct. 11, 1814; d. June 15, 1892, near Albion, Mich. Jacob b. Newburgh, N. J., Nov. 17, 1815, d. New- burgh, N.J. Aug., 1826. GERSHOM RUSLING and ELIZA B. HANKINSON et al. Gershom Rusling = Eliza B. Hankinson, March, 1825 ; Gershom Rusling = Hannah Matthews, July 7, 1841 ; Gershom Rusling = Sarah Hill, Dec. 13, i860; b. New York, I b. Asbury, N. J., b. Mt. Pleasant, b. Flemington, U. S. A.. Sept. 1, April 13, 1803; N. J., Oct. 22, 1786; N.J., Sept. 18,1816; 1796; rf Trenton, rf Washington, d. Trenton, N. J., rf. April 28, 1887. N.J.,Feb.5,i88i. N.J.,Dec. 3, 1838. May 19, 1858. No issue. No issue. 1 William McCulloui-.h ! Ann Maria 1 Emma 1 Gershom (2) James Fowler 1 John P. B. Eliza Keturah Henry Hankinson, b. Washington, N. J., b. Washington, N. J., A. Washington, N. J., b. Washington, N. J., b. Washington, N. J., b. Washington, N. J., b. v\ ashington, N. J., Jan. 1, 1828; rf. Trenton, April 5, 1830; d. Lam- May 5, 1832; m. Isabell April 14, 1834; i«. Mary Sept. 19, 1836; d. Wash- Sept. 13, 1838; rf. Tren- Feb. 28, 1826; rf. Tren- N. J., Dec. 13, 1872; m. Dr. Edmund Hance, bertville, N. J., March Ross, Feb. 5, 1857; she F. Winner, dau. Rev. ington, N. J., Jan. 9, ton, N. J., Aug. 4, 1858. ton, N. J., Sept. 14, 30, 1873; in. Stacy B. d. July 22, 1893, Ocean Dr.WinnerJan.1,1858. 1838. 1907. Never married. Oct. 4, i860. No issue. Bray, June 19, 1861; dau. Eliza K., b. Aug 16, Grove, N. J. Has Liz- She d. April 19, 1858. zie B., b. Sept., 1859, No issue. Re-m. Emily 1863, i». Wm. Cox, Jan. Miriam H., b. Dec. 1, W. Wood, dau. Isaac 22, 1889, Phila., Pa. 1864, Lillie A., b. June 14, 1867. Lizzje B. i«. Frank Jarvis, Feb. 24, 1885; no issue. Miriam H. m. Dr. Fred F. C Demarest, Sept. 3, 1889; has Theo. F., Fred. R., William C. Wood, Esq., Trenton, N. J., June 30, 1870. Has James Wood, b. May H, 1874, and Emily Wells, b. October 18, 1884; both living, Tren- ton, N.J. * Christiana rf. 1776; Robert re-m. Sarah Chimney, 1779; issue, Katherine, b. 1780; Edmond, b. 1781. James IRusling HE RUSLINGS are of English origin. The name has been written "Rusling" during the past century and longer. But in pre- vious centuries (sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth) it was also written "Rustling," "Ruslyng," "Ruslinge," "Ruslin," "Russ- lin, " and "Russelin, " according to the old parish registers of England. Possibly de- scended from the Rosslyns of Scotland (adjoining England), or the Rosselyns, Rosselynes, Rocelines, or Rosselines of England. Perhaps of old Saxon origin. The Saxon kings had a body-guard, called " Rustlingas, " and hence the name, possibly. 1 The first Rusling in America, that I know of, was my grand- father James Rusling, after whom I was named. He came here from Hull, England, in 1795. He settled first in New York, but soon removed to New Jersey, and his descendants are now found in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, California, Illinois, Texas, and Canada. They are not numerous, and all of that name now in America, it is believed, are descended from said James Rusling, except a branch in Michigan, Iowa, and Oregon, none of whom I have ever met. 2 This James Rusling was born in Hull, England (or Kingston- upon-Hull, as written over there), July 26, 1762. Hull is on the Humber, east coast of England, in Yorkshire adjoining Lincoln- shire, and has long been the third seaport of Great Britain — after 1 Rev. J. T. Fowler, D.C.L., Winterton, England. 1 See p. 107. 1 Gbe TRuellng family London and Liverpool. For centuries it has traded with all parts of the world, and sent vessels regularly to New York and elsewhere in America. Just across the Humber, opposite to Hull, lies Lincolnshire, its business and travel tending naturally to Hull. Here James Rusling was born in 1762, and was the second son of Robert and Christiana Rusling, pious members of the Baptist church there. Their entire family was as follows: William, James, Robert, Thomas, George, Ann, and Hannah. At the age of eleven or thereabouts, he was apprenticed as clerk to William Robinson, a shop-keeper, or village store-keeper, at Winteringham, a little village in Lincolnshire, about ten miles south of Hull. When about eighteen years of age he became con- verted through the instrumentality of his uncle George Rusling (a local Methodist preacher, I think), and soon afterwards united with the Wesleyan or Methodist church there. About two and one-half miles south of Winteringham, in same county, lies Winter- ton, then also a small village, but now a town of 1 500 inhabitants or so. Here lived a family of Fowlers, and in the course of his business he became acquainted with them, and, May 15, 1787, married Mary, daughter of Joseph Fowler there, as appears by the records of the parish church at said Winterton, England. He was then twenty-five years of age. Whether he had continued all the previous years (eleven to twenty-five) at Winteringham, I cannot say. But May 29, 1787, he executed a bond (now in my possession) to Elizabeth Glen worth, widow, of Crossby, county of Lincoln, for the sum of £223, payable in four, eight, and twelve months, with said William Robinson as surety; and in this bond he is described as "late of Winteringham, but now of Scunthorpe, in the parish of Froddingham, in the county of Lincoln, shop- keeper," which would indicate that he was then living in Scun- thorpe, about five miles southwest from Winterton. In this bond, the scrivener writes the name " Russling," but James Rusling himself signed it "Rusling," and paid the bond punctually when due, as appears by the receipts endorsed thereon, and I conclude that this was for money which he borrowed to go into business at Scunthorpe after his marriage or to enlarge his business already established there. He was married May 15, this bond is dated May 29, and his surety, Wm. Robinson, was his old master or employer 3ame6 IRuslina at Winteringham. It shows that he had acquired and retained the respect and confidence of his first employer at least. £223 was a snug little sum for those days — over $1100 — worth $2000 now, or more. His signature to the bond is written in a clear and running hand, and indicates that he was already a man of educa- tion and promise. This bond I found in an old desk of my father's (Gershom Rusling), among some old family papers, about 188 1. James Rusling was still in business at Scunthorpe in June, 1787, as appears by a bill of goods to him for ^6.17.8, from Turner, Hawley & Co., of Kilnhurst, also in my possession, found among my father's old papers aforesaid. The bill would indicate a general variety country store. But I do not think he continued there long. It was a larger and better place for business than Winter- ingham; but, being ambitious and enterprising, he soon removed to Hull, 1 and continued in business there until 1795. What busi- ness he pursued there I do not know; but it is certain he pros- pered in it, for in 1795 he had accumulated enough to remove to New York, and take his family with him, and establish himself in business there, and my father and uncles used always to say that he brought several thousand dollars with him. There is a tradition in the family that, not long before his leaving England, he had been to London with an uncle George to purchase goods, and on their return they were pursued by a "press-gang" — a common thing there then to impress men for the navy. Being a fine rider and well-mounted — accustomed to horses — he leaped his horse over a hedge and a ditch, and so escaped. But George Rusling, being a poor rider and not accustomed to horses — of a sedentary and religious turn of mind — was captured and made to serve several years on a British man-of-war. My father used often to tell this, and also my great-uncle (Thomas V. Fowler, born in England), and so there ought to be some grains of truth in it. His father-in-law and family objected to his emigrating to America. There were only sailing-vessels in those days, and America seemed a distant part of the globe then. But he was of democratic principles and tired of monarchical government, and so 1 Since writing the above, I have discovered accidentally that he prob- ably remained at Scunthorpe until 1790. His son James was born at Scun- thorpe 1789 and William at Hull 179J, and between these dates he likely removed to Hull. 3 £be IRusitng family he resolved to go to a free country, where he and his children would have "a fair start and an equal chance in the race of life," as Abraham Lincoln once said. From old letters in the family it seems he was then known and criticised in England as "James Rusling the Radical," and much was said and done to dissuade him. But his wife sided with him, and accordingly in July, 1795, with his wife and four children (Joseph, James, William, and Hannah), and his sister Hannah, he embarked at Hull, and in October following arrived at New York, after a voyage of nearly three months. Here is a letter of his, just on the eve of their em- barkation, to his father-in-law: t^ t^ n/r Hull, 7th July 1795. Dear Father and Mother, ' J J This will serve to inform you that we have taken a Ship to carry us to New York, and we expect to sail next Wednesday; therefore make your- selves as easy as possible. As we have very little time, we shall not be able to come over to see you. Therefore, we shall be glad to see you at Hull, before we go, but hope you'll avoid doing anything that will in any manner hinder us, as we are determined, and if by the kind Providence of God we are permitted to see the American Shore have not the least doubt but shall find the same Good Providence blessing vis there. I shall be much obliged if you'll please send William home this week. I am, Dear Father & Mother, Addressed, Yours, &c. Jos. Fowler, Winterton. Jas. Rusling. Apparently sent by private hand. Here is another, just after his arrival in America: _. - ,, New York, 8th October 1795. Dear Father and Mother, I am glad in embracing the first opportunity to inform you of our safe arrival at this place on Monday last after a passage of ten weeks. The first four or five weeks of the passage we had very good winds, but the latter part of it we had scarce anything but head winds. We all during the former part of the passage were very sick, except William and Hannah, and they were quite as well as on shore, except the first and second day. My wife was much the worst amongst us, but we all now find ourselves as well as we have done for a number of years. Upon the whole we have the greatest rea- son to be thankful, for tho' we had so long a passage it proved better than if we had had a shorter, for they have had at this place a very bad Fever which had carried off very great numbers, and in some degree still continues, though nothing near so bad as it has been. I think it very near of the same kind of Fever that we had in Hull last year. We have taken the best pre- cautions we can. I yesterday had the good fortune to meet with a very com- 3ames IRusltng fortable house in a part of the town where sickness has not been. The sick- ness has quite altered the face of things in this City, for people are afraid to come to town, on which account provisions are very dear, and trade is very bad, but the people seem to have no doubt of things returning to their former course in a short time; for as the sickness is the cause, when that is removed the effects will no doubt cease. The people in general here tell us ours is a good business, but as yet I cannot form any just sentiments re- specting it. I have reason to be very thankful that I have so wise and good a friend as Mr. Roades to advise with. I find him extremely kind and ready to do me any convenience. Since I have arrived here I find that letters have been received in this Town from Hull of a later date by nearly a fort- night than our departure, by which I learn that they have had some very disagreeable doings there. I am very sorry to hear of it, but it is what I fully expected. I wish nothing more may happen before I hear from Hull again. I hope by this time you'll be convinced of the propriety of my con- duct with respect to my leaving England, which I shall be very glad to hear. We find this a most plentiful country indeed, but I cannot at this time be particular; and as to the face of the Country from Sandy Hook to New York, which is nearly thirty miles, I never in all my life saw anything so delightful. The situation of New York is very striking. It is a small Island, Long Island on the one side and Staten Island on the other, and three very small Islands facing the North end. The Captain of the vessel treated us very kindly during the passage. He intends coming to Hull next summer; by him you'll be able to know more about us, but I hope you'll often hear from us before that time, and I hope often to hear from you. My wife and sister join in their Duty and Love — Beg you'll give our kindest Love to all brothers and sisters and friends and relations. Will thank you to give our Love and Duty to Father Rusling the first opportunity. Let them know that I intend writing to him the first opportunity. I found Mr. Rob't. Carnley here the day after I arrived. He is son to Mrs. Carnley of Burton. I am sorry that I have so little information to give respecting the Country, and how we are likely to succeed; but we have been so very little time here, and I thought you would be anxious to hear of our arrival: therefore, I thought it the best way to write you what I had. I am quite ashamed to send you so blundered a letter, but time forbids me to write it over again. Hope you'll excuse it. I am, Dear Father & Mother, Yours very Affectionately, Direct to me at Jas. Rusling. Mr. Jottens, Grocer, Byard Street, 1 Bowrey, New York. Addressed, "Mr. Jos. Fowler at Mr. Wm. Hick's, Blackfryer's gate, Hull," and endorsed "Rec'd. this letter at Winterton, the 13th of Nov. 1795, Copy of Brother Rusling's first letter from America, Wm. Fowler.'! 1 This is now Bayard Street and crosses Bowery at No. 38. 5 Gbe IRuslins family For these I am indebted to my kinsman "beyond sea," Rev. Joseph T. Fowler, D.C.L., of Winterton and Durham, England. 1 He did not remain idle long, but early engaged in business — as appears by a letter dated November 21, 1796, addressed to him at, "Byard Street, Bowery, New York," by his brother-in-law, William Fowler. This was near the "Bull's Head" inn or tavern there. But it also appears that he had already " made a purchase of land" (October 12, 1796), but did not remove there until 1797 or later. 2 This was at or near Newburgh, Morris County, New Jersey, near Beattystown, New Jersey, about two and one-half miles southwest of Hackettstown, New Jersey, and was called the " Bes- wick Tract," in whole or part. There were a number of English families already there — the Egberts, Upjohns, Kimbles, Rowlands, Downs, etc., — and the place was known as "the English Settle- ment." This land consisted of several hundred acres, embracing the Musconetcong Valley and a part of Schooley's Mountain (if not the famous Mineral Springs there), and he thought himself a rich landed proprietor — if not immediately, yet sure to become so, as he unquestionably would. But after residing there a year or two his title was attacked, and long litigation ensued (as often happened then), and he came out of the lawsuit with only one hundred acres left, on the northerly side of Schooley's Mountain, with a humble log-house upon it, and the rest of his fortune spent in costs, counsel fees, etc. Meanwhile the man he had purchased of had disappeared, with the money paid him, and so James Rusling was thus reduced from comparative affluence, acquired by himself, to comparative poverty again. The above facts were often told me by my father, and when a lad, in driving with him from our home at Washington, New Jersey, to Hackettstown and return, on visits to relatives there, he used to point out the said "Rusling Farm" and the old log-house where he lived when a boy. 1 See p. 24, etc. 2 For I have another letter from said William Fowler and Joseph Fow- ler (his father) dated April 30, 1797, and addressed: "Mr. Jas. Rusling near Bull's head, Bowery Lane, New York." 3ames IRusltng Here James Rusling lived 1 for several years, with a growing family of sons and daughters about him. They farmed the farm as best they could, and for a further livelihood he went first to teaching school in the neighborhood, and afterwards (following his old commercial instinct) to clerking in the store of John Bird and Elisha Bird at Newburgh, or Beattystown, near by. Here presently he went into business for himself, and after a while started two other stores also — one at Andersontown, some six miles west, and another at Washington, about nine miles west. He put one of his sons (James) in charge at Andersontown, and another (Gershom, my father) in charge at Washington. But the 'As bearing upon the above, since writing it I have chanced upon the following, in a book published since then: "The Beswick Tract (located) Dec. 8, 171 7 of 1702 acres embraced the English Settlement. Fronts on Musconetcong (Creek) opposite Beattys- town, and runs halfway there to Hackettstown. Crosses road to Schooley's Mountain."— See Map of Washington Township, T. F. Chambers' Early Ger- mans of New Jersey, page 176; also see page 476. SCHOOLEY'S MOUNTAIN "The English Settlement, through which the road from the Springs (Schooley's Mt.) to Hackettstown passes, formed part of the large Beswick Tract of 1702 acres. Several families of English people settled upon this land at the beginning of this century. They were the Rawlings, the Rus- lings, and De Roses. Some dispute arose as to the title, and an agreement was entered into 25th September, 181 7, in consequence of which a new survey was made, and the land was divided into lots and assigned to James Upjohn, James Rusling, and Anthony Rawlings, so far at least as to give them the share of Ann Bland, while the rest went to the heirs of Ann Dickerson, the other heir of Francis Beswick." — T. F. Chambers' Early Germans of New Jersey, page 176. ZTbe IRusIina family firm name of all three stores was "James Rusling & Sons." In August, 1822, or thereabouts he was visited by Thomas V. Fowler, a younger brother of his wife (then living in New York), who then wrote to "Mr. Jos. Fowler, Winterton, near Brigg, Lincolnshire, England," as follows: Things are much improved with them (James Rusling and family) since I was there before. He has built a new house and store, with a barn, etc., and has a delightful garden, in which he takes great pleasure The Muskinakunk, 1 a fine, clear, rapid stream, runs close to the foot of the garden, and the Schooley Mountains (at the foot of which lies the Farm) rise majestically beyond, and above the ancient forest stretches away to the Southwest far as the eye can reach, broken into fine masses close up to the head of the valley, with the Ackawooctey Mountain, at the foot of which and surrounded by other hills is a clear circular lake of uncommon beauty. The famous Mineral Spring is not half an hour's walk from my brother's, and is at this season of the year the resort of fashionable visitors from New York and Philadelphia, 2 which makes it very pleasant, as they often call at brother's store in their rambles around the country. King Joseph Bona- parte 3 was there the week before I went. He thus prospered again somewhat, accumulating $10,000 or $12,000 probably, and died August 11, 1826, in the sixty-fourth year of his age, and was buried in the graveyard of the Methodist Episcopal church at Washington, Warren County, New Jersey. But in 1892 when that part of the graveyard was needed for a new parsonage, his remains and gravestone were removed by my brother William Henry and myself to Asbury, New Jersey, and placed by the side of my father, mother, and others of our own family there, in the " Rusling Plot, " in the graveyard of the Metho- dist Episcopal church there. James Rusling was evidently a man of good English education. His early letters and book-accounts show that he wrote well and grammatically, and spelled correctly as a rule, which is more than 1 Musconetcong now. 2 "These waters (Schooley's Mt. Springs) have been used with very considerable success, but perhaps the exercise necessary to get to them, and the purity of the air in this lofty situation, aided by a lively imagination, have as great efficacy in curing the patient, as the waters." "It is a strong chalybeate and very cold." — Morse's Geography, 1789. 3 He then lived at Bordentown, N. J., and visited Schooley's Moun- tains every summer. 3ames IRuslino most men in his station did in his day. He had the gift of speech and used it on public occasions, though troubled somewhat with stammering, a defect he transmitted to at least two generations of his descendants. He was a keen business man, and possessed much shrewdness and force of character, as evidenced by the recovery of his fortunes. He was once nominated for the As- sembly, but defeated, because a foreigner and "bloody English- man," as my father used to tell. He was a devout Methodist the most of his days, and became a tower of strength to Methodism in all that part of New Jersey, in the years when it most needed him there. His house at Newburgh early became a "preaching place" for Methodist preachers, in the days when they had no churches, and his son Gershom (my father) used often to relate how he had seen Rev. David Bartine (father of Rev. D. W. Bar- tine, D.D.) stand in the doorway of his father's house and preach, while the mob outside would hurl stones and brickbats at him. These would graze the aged minister's head, but never hit him, and the old hero would preach right on, indifferent to such bigotry and violence. He (J. R.) was choir leader in the Methodist Society at Hackettstown, New Jersey, 1805 (as appears by a list of his class in my possession), and subsequently became recording steward of Asbury Circuit, when it embraced all Northern New Jersey and parts of New York and Pennsylvania, and continued to be until his decease, and was then succeeded by his son Ger- shom (my father) for many years. As I have said, he was of Baptist origin, but early became a "Freethinker," and continued of that mind until mature manhood or so. About that time one Joseph Dawson, a Methodist local preacher, lived at Winterton, and felt it his duty frequently to exhort and preach there and in that neighborhood, which was only about fifteen miles from Epworth, the home of the Wesleys. This did not please the mob there, and accordingly they pelted him with dead cats and rotten eggs, and often broke up his meet- ings altogether. He was a pious and inoffensive old man, and such treatment roused the ire of James Rusling and a little band of "Freethinkers," consisting of himself, Joseph Fowler, George Ramsey, Daniel Spilman, and others. Like true Englishmen, they believed in free speech as well as free thought, and accord- ingly they organized themselves into a body-guard for old Mr. Gbe IRueltna family Dawson, and, arming themselves with "hedge-stakes," stood guard at his meetings, and escorted him to and from his home. And ultimately they became so much impressed with his spirit and doctrines that they all became converted and joined the Methodist Church themselves. And subsequently one of Joseph Fowler's daughters (Mary) married James Rusling, and another (Elizabeth) married a son of said Dawson, and went to live in London. 1 The earliest Ruslings I have been able to discover are "William Ruslyng and Alice his wife." In the manor records of Scotter, near Kirton-in-Lindsey, a town about four miles from Bottesford Manor, Brigg, Lincolnshire, or about fifteen miles from Winterton, in the year 1563 these " Ruslyngs" made complaint against William Freeman and Isabella his wife for detaining "one aumbrey, value 6S and 8d. " An "aumbrey" is a cupboard! So, in the parish registers of the same place appears the following entry: "1588 Annas Ruslinge XXIst of August, (baptized)." Doubtless these were far-away kin of ours. The above, sent me in 1 88 1, by Edward Peacock, Esq., of Bottesford Manor aforesaid, who also then wrote, that: "In the Lincolnshire Directory of 1868 there are two Ruslings, both farmers — James Rusling of Epworth, and S. Rusling of Wroot. Both of these places are in the Isle of Axholme." Next is the following: Extracts from the Registers of the Parish of Winterton, Lincolnshire. A. D. 1600 Marche The 15 daye was Annas Ruslinge daughter of Brian bap- tised. 1602 October The eight daye was Robert Ruslinge sonne of Brian baptised. 1603 February The first day was Robert Ruslinge sonne of Brian buried. [Note. — This would be 1604 by our reckoning. The year then began with March 25.] 1606 Julie The 20th day was Marie Russelin the daughter of Brian bap- tised. x In 1851 a Joseph Dawson lived at 38 Kingston Street, Hull, England. He was her grandson, likely. He and Thomas V. Fowler exchanged letters 1850-1851. 3ames IRuslina 1609 Aprill the 1 day was Elizabeth Russelin the daughter of Brian baptised. October the 13th day was Elizabeth Russelin the daughter of Brian & Ellen buried. 1610 November The 25th day was Antonie Russelin the sonne of Brian & Ellen baptised. Christnings Anno Dni 1613. Robert the sonne of Bryan Ruslin and Hellin his wife September the XVIIIth. Christnings Ao Dni 1614. [Name omitted] the sonne of Bryan Ruslin and Hellin his wife October 15. Marriages, 1618. John Abye & An. Russlin were married the Maii 20. Marriages, 1628. Mathew Browne and Mary Rusling. Aprill XX. Burials, 1636. Ellin Wife of Brian Ruslin. Mar VI. Burials, Anno Domini, 1638. Bryan Ruslin. March [date illegible]. The Register is missing from 1639 to 1653. The family seem to have left Winterton, as the name does not appear again until Marriages, 1724. May 25. Edward Russlin & Ann Labram were married May ye twenty fifth. 1763 Banns of Marriage between Wm. Stephenson of this parish Widow [sic] and Ann Rossling of the Parish of Broughton — wid w were pub- lished on the three Sundays underwritten — viz — April 10-17-& 24. 1763. A. Weatherhead — Vic r (They are "underwritten" in ye book. The Marriage probably was at Broughton.) 1773 George Mickelfitch 1 of this parish Batch r and Sarah Rusling of this parish Spinst r were Married in this Church by Banns this 25 Day of November in the year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sev- enty three by me A. Weatherhead Vic r This Marriage was solemnized f George X Micklefitch's Mark between Us. \ Sarah Rusling In the Presence of [ John Fowler — Jn° Stephenson. 1 Mr. Joseph Fowler, who remembers these parties well, says that " ye Bridegroom always went by ye name of Michaelwaite — not Micklefitch. It was probably a mistake of ye then Vicar, as ye man does not sign his own name." 11 £be IRueling family 1773 Joseph Rusling of this Parish Batch r and Sarah Broadley of this Parish Spinsf were Married in this Church by Banns this 25 th Day of November in the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy three by me A Watherhead — Vic r rr,. ,, . . j f Joseph X Rusling's Mark lhis Marriage was solemnized \ "L ,, „ , ,» ■> , ° TT Sarah X Broadley s Mark between Us -^ „ T _, T .. t, , Wm. Parkinson. In the Presence of „ . [ Richard Atkinson 1787 James Rusling of the Parish of Winteringham and Mary Fowler of the Parish of Winterton were Married in this Church by Banns this fifteenth Day of May in the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and eighty-seven by me Birkett Forrest Curate This Marriage was solemnized f James Rusling between Us j Mary Fowler In the Presence of [ Mary Whitehead Jos. Fowler 1808 Samuel Andrew of this Parish and Elizabeth Rusling of this Parish were Married in this Church by Banns this seventeenth Day of May in the Year One Thousand eight Hundred and eight by me Wm. Harrison — Vicar f Samuel Andrew This Marriage was solemnized I „ „ „ , , . ° TT ! Elizabeth Rusling X her mark between Us ■{ T _, T . T Jt , James Brawck John Andrew In the presence of "1 . r { Elizabeth Andrew Copied from the Registers of Winterton Parish by Edw* S. Wilson Vicar May 20, 1881. Next is the following: " From ye Registers of Winteringham, Lincolnshire, 1738 to 1791": James, son of Robert & Christiana Rusling — bapt. 23 Aug. 1762. Ann, daughter of Robert & Christiana Rusling — bapt. 30 Mar. 1764. Ann, daughter of Robert & Christiana Rusling — bur d 7 Aug. 1769. Robert, son of Robert & Christiana Rusling — bapt. 30 Ap. 1766. Hannah, daugh: of Robert & Christiana Rusling — bapt. 6 Nov. 1767. Thomas, son of Robert & Christiana Rusling — bapt. 19 Ap. 1771. George, son of Robert & Christiana Rusling — bapt. 17 Oct. 1773- Ann, daugh: of Robert & Christiana Rusling — bapt. 17 Ap. 1776. Ann, daugh: of Robert & Christiana Rusling — bur d 9 Feb. 1777. Christiana, Wife of Robert Rusling — bur d 13 Dec. 1776. 3ames IRusltng Robert Rusling, Shoemaker, & Sarah Chimney, Spinster, Mar d 16 Dec. 1779. Katherine, daugh: of Rob*& Sarah Rusling, bapt. 29 Sep. 1780. Edmond, son of Rob 1 & Sarah Rusling, bapt 4 6 Nov. 1781. Extracted by E. S. Wilson and J. T. Fowler, Dec. 1881. Of course, the above is authentic, at least back to my grand- father James Rusling, "baptized 23 Aug. 1762," being born July 26, 1762. Evidently he was born at Hull, and his parents shortly afterwards removed to Winteringham, only ten miles distant. So this record does not give the name of "William," his oldest brother (p. 2), because he was born and baptized at Hull. Whether said James Rusling and his father Robert were lineally descended from said "Brian Rusling" of 1600, of course, I can- not say. But Brian had a son Robert, too, and Robert, George, Joseph, Ann, Elizabeth, Mary, are still common Rusling names; and, therefore, I conclude, if not a progenitor, said Brian was at least related to us. Accompanying is a cut of the old Winterton Church aforesaid (now and long called "All Saints"). And here is some description of it, from an address in June, 1888, by Rev. Dr. J. T. Fowler, our kinsman beyond sea. (See p. 24.) ' ' Winterton, anciently Winterington — the town of the Winter- ings, an Anglian or Saxon tribe who have left their name also at Winteringham close by, and at Winterton on the coast of Norfolk — is a place of considerable though uncertain antiquity. Its situa- tion around a place of springs and the frequent dis- covery of implements of stone and bronze in the neighborhood, render it probable that there was a settlement here in prehistoric times, while the Romans have undoubtedly left their mark on every side of us. We cannot point to any beginning of Winterton, as we can to the beginnings of Durham, Hull, Middlesborough, and some other places. We cannot be quite sure that the Romans settled any nearer to where we now are than Roxby and the Cliff. The tun or farm-enclosure of the Winterings is the first thing that we can feel any certainty about. There is no mention of our town, so far as I know, in any writing earlier than the Domesday Survey. But its history would be that of other English settle- J 3 Gbe IRuslina family ments where the Danes came, and after them the Normans. The first Angles or Saxons who came over would be worshippers of Woden and Thor, and their posterity would continue in heathen- ism until the light of the Gospel began to shine in the dark places. This may well have been not long after the conversion of King Edwin at Godmundham, close to Market Weighton. We all know how Coifi, the heathen priest, was also converted, and how he set fire to the heathen temple and the hedge round about it. The glow of that fire would be seen in the sky from 'Winterington,' as we now see the glow from the Scunthorpe Iron Works. Sooner or later the heathen folk on this spot would hear of the burning of the great temple, and very possibly Paulinus may have preached here, and have baptized the first converts at the place of springs. . . . . And here, as everywhere, the good seed sown in faith soon bore much fruit. 'Winterington' became Christian, and some rude church, probably of wood, like the log houses of our settlers in the far West, or the ancient church at Little Greenstead in Essex, or of wattles of osier or hazel plastered, a mode of build- ing not yet extinct in Hampshire, would be built, doubtless on the site occupied by our present church, namely, the top of the ' Wire Hill.' After a while arrived the heathen Danes, burning and destroying churches and houses wherever they came, but in their turn, too, at a later period, converted to the faith of Christ, and rebuilding or repairing the churches which they or their fathers had destroyed. But to whom or to what time the first ecclesiastical foundation here is due, we have no knowledge; we can only con- jecture that there would be a church soon after the people became Christians. " The oldest part of the existing church is the lower part of the tower, which much resembles that of Alkborough church. Both are Primitive Romanesque, but late in the style. Mr. Goulton Constable has given reasons for his attribution of the Alkborough tower to one Thorold, about the year 1052, and I would suggest that a church, to which the lower stages of our present tower belonged, may not improbably have been built here by the famous Hugh Lupus, the first Norman Earl of Chester, who was the principal landowner in Winterton when the Domesday Survey was taken, and, as we know, a great church builder in the days of his old age and penitence. He died in August, 1101, and at any 14 3amc0 IRuslina rate the work may be of about that time. Thence to our own time successive ages have left their impress, and written their tale upon the fabric. As it stands at present, it consists of a long chancel with modern vestry and organ chamber, north and south transepts, a nave with north and south aisles, an engaged west tower, and north and south porches, a noble plan indeed for a purely parochial village church. Externally, the whole of its outlines, owing to the form of the present roofs, present a broad and misshapen appearance; the tower, however, still stands well, though not so well as it would if properly led up to by high-pitched roofs. It is only by a careful examination that we become aware of the many points of interest that the church presents, or can understand the successive changes it has undergone. The chief and leading change has been a general rebuilding on a larger scale, about A. D. 1200, at which time the Norman tower was retained and an upper story added to it. The chancel is some- what later, probably 1240 or 1250. I have already mentioned the earliest portion of the existing church, — namely, the lower stages of the tower. These, although primitive in style, are not the earliest Saxon or English of King Edwin, or Benedict Biscop, or St. Wilfrid, but are in the latest phase of our oldest style, scarcely earlier, I should think, than the towers below hill at Lincoln which were built between 1068 and 1086; the Winterton work is pos- sibly later. This tower would stand at the west end of an aisle- less nave, perhaps shorter than the present one, at the east end of which would be a short chancel with an arch similar to the tower arch which we still have. This short chancel was probably square ended, like those at Bradford-on-Avon and at Escombe. The primitive eleventh-century building forms our starting point so far as existing walls go, but it includes a relic of a church earlier than itself, in the inner lintel of the tower doorway, to which I shall presently call your attention. It was probably narrow and lofty, with very small and perhaps unglazed windows, white- washed I dare say within and without, and with very little archi- tectural adornment of any kind. Such may have been the first stone church at Winterton of which we have any knowledge. I have conjectured that it may have been built and endowed by Hugh, Earl of Chester, in the reign of William the Conqueror. Now this Earl Hugh appointed one Nigel to be constable of Chester, *5 Gbe IRusltng family and it was a great-grandson of this Nigel, namely, John de Lacy, hereditary constable of Chester, who made over to his new founda- tion of Malton Priory the Church of Winterton, the patronage of which may have been conferred on his ancestor Nigel by Earl Hugh. This transfer to Malton took place during the episcopate of St. Hugh of Lincoln (i 186-1200), whose charter confirming it is in the Malton Register at the British Museum (Cott. MS. Claud- ius D. xi). We there ascertain further that Winterton Church was dedicated on the Vigil of St. Mark A. D. 1203, by Robert of Shrewsbury, Bishop of Bangor, acting for William de Blois, Bishop of Lincoln. This would be the dedication of the nave, aisles, and transepts. The chancel appears to have been dedicated forty-two years later, as we shall see directly. The nave, aisles, and tran- septs are of the Early English or Lancet period, while the chancel is Early English passing into Geometrical Decorated. The windows of the aisles and the great windows of the transepts are all inser- tions, or much altered. The south aisle windows perhaps belong to the same period as the large transept windows, but those on the west and north, with intersecting tracery, are Early Decorated. Allowing for windows, roofs, etc., the church as completed by the Canons of Malton would be in its main features what it is now, and on the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul, A. D. 1245, it was again dedicated, by Christinus, Bishop of Emly, in the presence of the great Robert Grosteste, Bishop of Lincoln Of the state of the church in the sixteenth century we may gather a few particulars from Mr. Peacock's Monuments of Superstitions, in which we have an account of all the church furniture which was destroyed here, in or shortly before 1566. We cannot tell what the parishioners thought of the dismantling of their church at this 'putting awaie of all papistrie.' There is no doubt that many things which had been abused to superstitious purposes were better removed, and that there were many abuses which had to be dealt with by strong measures. We will not enquire too closely into the motives of those who enriched themselves while forwarding the State policy, but rather be thankful that all the essentials of religion, with our ancient parish churches were preserved to us. "The last of the vicars before the full development of the Reformation was William Morley, probably one of the old family 16 3ames IRusItng of Morley of Holme in the parish of Bottesford. . . . Within 100 years of his death began the Civil War, which, as De la Pryme says, 'by ye great Infidelity and wickedness that is brought into the Nation, made Churches so contemptible that dureing ye same a great many of them were totally ruin'd and others suffr'd to fall to ye ground for want of Repairs. This particularly of this Town was, through ye same, in such a state of Decay that for many years after ye Restoration there was scarce either a bit of glass in ye windows or of Lead upon ye roof or any good Timber about it. It lay almost open to all Storms, so that if either Rain or snow fell ye congregation were sure to suffer thereby. Thus it continued until that Mr. Tho. Place, a most worthy gentelman of ye same Town and general Promoter of everything that is great and good, begun to commiserate its sorrowful condition and re- pair ye same, which he so effectually promoted and performed that in a few years all its Breaches and Cranies were mended, its Roof most of it cover'd with new Timber and Lead, its windows new glaz'd, its floors new lay'd, its old seats turn'd into Oak Pews, its walls beautify'd, its Bells new Cast, and its yard made Level, Handsom and Neat, and most of this at his own propper costs and charges, so that it is now on of ye most Beautifull Churches in ye Country.' " De la Pryme in his Diary gives us a graphic picture of a scene in Winterton at this time : ' I remember that awahile ago I was with ye pious and learned Mr. Thomas Place, Winterton, who told me that when he began at first to build and repair that church, that there met him suddenly in the street a grave old long-bearded quaker, who accosted Mr. Place thus: "Thou Place," says he, "I have a message to thee from God, who commanded me to tell thee that thou must desist in going out 1 this work of the devil, ye repairing of ye steeple house of this town! " And then ye quaker stamped at him and denounced several woes against him if he did go on. These unexpected words so frightened and surprised Mr. Place that his hair stood almost upon an end, but having considered hereof, he fell more hard to ye work than ever, haveing really taken this fellow to have been employed by ye divel to stop ye same. ' 1 Sic; perhaps for "carrying out" or "going on with.'! [2] 17 Gbe IRusltng family "As repaired by Mr. Place, the church seems to have had a lead roof of very low pitch The present roof and the brick patchwork by which the walls were adapted to receive it, were made late in the last century. The square pews of panelled oak, and the gallery, pulpit, and reading-desk to match, were very good of their kind and suitable for times when people went to church for simultaneous private devotion rather than for public worship as we now understand it. I well remember a good old lady who when she heard something about the pews being done away with said quite seriously, ' Oh, I like to enter into my closet, and shut my door.' The alterations of 1845 an d 1872 were on the whole in the right direction, as have been those made since. " The registers contain many entries relating to the Place family. Thomas Place, gent., was churchwarden in 16 18. Another Thomas Place, gent., was buried July 23, 1691 ; this was probably the repairer of the church. A third of the same name and title was buried July 18, 1720; he it was, probably, at whose request De la Pryme wrote a short history of Winterton in 1703, communicated by Mr. Peacock to the Society of Antiquaries, and printed in 'Archaeologia,' Vol. XI. If the inscription on the second bell be not a reproduction, there was yet a fourth 'Thomas Place, gent.,' in 1734. In 1699 De la Pryme wrote to Dr. Gale, Dean of York, an interesting letter about his travels in this neighborhood. He describes Winterton as ' a pretty neat town, where the worthy familys of the Places and Nevils inhabit, promoters and encour- agers of everything that is good, and great lovers of antiquitys.' . . . . In 1747 Mr. George Stovin, the antiquary, of Crowle and Winterton, wrote to Dr. Stukeley to tell him about the dis- covery of the larger Winterton pavement. Stukeley mentions in his diary the receipt of this letter, and also of a drawing, with an account of what they found in clearing the pavement. My great- grandfather, Joseph Fowler, was about thirteen years old at the time Mr. Stovin died in 1780, and may possibly have inspired with a taste for antiquities my grandfather, William Fowler, the antiquary and engraver, who was born in 1761. His first engraving, however, was not issued till 1798, from a drawing which he made in 1796, sixteen years after Mr. Stovin's death. The engraving was made by J. Hill, in London. My grandfather went to see the process, and, having seen it, thought he could do 18 3amce IRuslino that himself, and from that time he etched all his own copper- plates here at Winterton, about 114 in number, except that of the Horkstow pavement, which was engraved by Hill. The smaller pavement at Winterton, that representing Ceres with the Cornu- copia, was discovered in rather a curious way in 1797. While my grandfather was examining the larger pavement, probably com- paring his drawing with the original, some pupils of Mr. Grainger, of Winteringham, Henry Kirke White the poet being one of the party, amused themselves during a passing shower, while standing under the hedge in the dry ditch at the side of the field, by poking earth at one another with the ends of their sticks. This led to their coming on the edge of the previously unknown pavement, and it was at once uncovered. The engraving is not dated, but was one of the first that my grandfather both drew and etched himself. From 1798 to 1829 he was indefatigable in bringing out his splendid hand-coloured engravings of Roman pavements, painted glass, monumental slabs, and architectural subjects. He was a regular communicant, and never known to be absent from church service when at home; at the same time he was a class- leader among the early Methodists, and it used to be said it was hard to tell "whether he was more of a Methodist or a Catholic." He died in 1832, and was succeeded by my father, who inherited antiquarian tastes, and lived to see two of his sons Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries. My father was never one who cared to bring himself into public notice, or he would have been more known as an antiquary then he was. We are indebted to him for some interesting drawings illustrating Winterton church, which are exhibited to-day. He died in 1882, in his ninety-first year, retaining his old tastes to the last." All of which well shows the quality of Dr. Fowler's learning and the temper of his mind. Clearly he is an honor and a credit to the Fowlers, and much esteemed by his family. (Since writing the above, it was my good fortune to visit this venerable church (1899). It stands on the highest ground in Winterton, overlooking the town and surrounding country, and is a solid stone edifice, apparently indestructible. A part was erected before 1050, perhaps much earlier. It has a square stone tower, after the style of most English country churches, surmounted by a cock and a cross, and contains a fine chime of bells, said to 19 Gbe IRusltng family be centuries old. Five of them were recast in 1734, and one has been added since. One bell bears the inscription, "Daniel Hed- derly made us all in 1734." In 1553 there were only four great bells and a sanctus bell. They probably contain metal as old as the church itself. Many bells in England have been recast several times, and date back to mediaeval times. In the church porch is a little oaken door (a door in a door), on old iron hinges, black with age, and savoring of antiquity. Inside is a quaint old bap- tismal font, with the inscription, "He shall Baptize you with the Holy Ghost," and the date, "1663." The floor and aisles are of stone, and the seats and roof resemble oak. Over the chancel is the Scripture motto, " I love them that love me, and those that seek me early shall find me, " and on either side are the Ten Commandments and the Creed in old English text of blue and gold. The church was crowded with devout worshippers at both morning and even- ing services, and everybody seemed edified thereby. Outside, in the ancient graveyard (no longer in use) , we found our old family graves, and heard the same old bells ring, that have been ringing at their marriages and funerals there for centuries at least.) The Family Record of James Rusling is as follows: James Rusling m. Mary Fowler, May 15, 1787. James Rusling m. Hannah Rose (nee Frazer), April 2, 1810. James Rusling, b. July 26, 1762; died Aug. 11, 1826. 1 Mary Fowler, b. Nov. 23, 1766; d. July 25, 1809. 2 Hannah Rose, b. Nov. 17, 1775; d. April 14, 1848. Children of James and Mary F. Rusling. Joseph Rusling, b. May 12, 1788; d. July 4, 1839. James, b. Aug. 8, 1789; d. Dec. 7, 1848. William, b. July 18, 1791; d. Feb. 23, 1872. Hannah Fowler, b. Aug. 21, 1793; d. Aug. 14, 1881. Gershom, b. Sept. 1, 1796; d. Feb. 5, 1881. Sedgwick, b. April 24, 1799; d. March 7, 1876. Mary Elizabeth, b. Nov. 4, 1804; d. Oct. 3, 1876. Children of James and Hannah R. Rusling. Robert, b. Jan. 1, 1812; d. Aug. 5, 1879. John, b. March 6, 1813; d. Jan. 16, 1896. Mercy, b. Oct. 11, 1814; d. June 15, 1892. Jacob, b. Nov. 17, 1815; d. Aug. 1826. 1 Buried at Asbury, N. J. See p. 8. 2 Buried at Hackettstown, N. J., but her grave unknown. 3ames IRusltno The Ruslings make no claim to armorial bearings, unless de- scended from the Rosslyns of Scotland 1 (County Lincoln, not far from the Border), in which case the following may be cited: Rosslyn, Earl of Co. Mid Lothian: Arms: Quarterly, ist Arg. a cross engrailled, 2d arg. a pale sa: 3d arg. az. a bend, betw. six cross-crosslets, fitchee or: 4th arg. on a chev. gu. betw. three roses of the last, barbed vert j a fleur-de-lis. Crests, ist, a phcenix in flames ppr. and over it the device "Rinasco piu-glorioso," 2d, an eagle's head erased ppr. with the words "Illaeso lumine solem." Supporters, Dexter an eagle, wings inverted, ppr. gorged with a collar arg. thereon a fleur de lis; sinister, a griffin, ppr. Motto. "Fight." — Burke's Peerage, 1250. Or they may be descended from the Rocelines, Rosselyns, Rosselines, or Rosselynes, of England, in which case the following may be cited: Roceline or Rosselyn (temp. Edward I); the early arms were gules three round buckles, argent. — Woodward's British & Foreign Heraldry, Vol. I, p. 393. Rosseline or Rosselyne (Co. Norfolk — adjoining Co. Lincoln on the east) arms gu. three round buckles ar. tongues in chief. Crest. A spur-rowel az. betw. two wings or. — Burke's Gen. Armory, 873. Rosselyne (Co. Norfolk) Az. three fermails or. — Burke's Gen. Armory, 873- Rosselyne. Az. a cross sarcelly or: another Gu. three crosses sarcelly ar. — Ibid. Rosselyne. Gu. three square buckles betw. nine crosses crosslet ar; another. Gu. three buckles lozengeways betw. nine crosses crosslet fitchee or. — Burke's Gen. Armory, 873. The above facts are given for what they are worth, as they may interest some member of the family. They were gleaned from genealogical books in Philadelphia Library, corner Locust and Juniper Streets, Philadelphia, Penna., December 30, 1899. 1 See p. 1. II Hilary jfowler IRusling ARY FOWLER RUSLING was born No- vember 23, 1766, at Winterton, Lincoln- shire, England. She was the daughter of Joseph and Mary Fowler of said place. She was married to James Rusling, then of Winteringham, England, in the parish church at Winterton, May 15, 1787, as appears by the parish register of said church. She died at Newburgh, Warren County, New Jersey, near Hackettstown, New Jersey, July 25, 1809, and was buried in the graveyard of the old Presbyterian church at Hackettstown. Her grave cannot be found there now, and the present old Pres- byterian church there was probably built over it. My father used to say, that he had gone to said graveyard and made careful search for her grave, after this edifice was erected; but could never find it, and was of the opinion that it was under the church. My aunt Mary and half-uncle Robert, both of whom lived at Hackettstown, used to say the same. Certainly there is no stone there now to mark her grave, and my brother William Henry and myself had her name, date and place of birth and death, carved on her husband's gravestone at Asbury, New Jersey, in 1896. Mary Fowler was evidently a good deal of a woman, and a person of force and character. When her husband lost his property, at or near Newburgh, New Jersey (p. 6), he also lost his interest in religion to a considerable degree — could not understand such a hard Providence, etc., — and ceased family flRars fowler IRueling "Here Mr. Wesley first preached in Winterton." Apparently he stood in the doorway and preached to a street congregation, the ground rising slightly there. Evidently this was the occasion mentioned by Mr. Wesley himself as follows: "Saturday August 8th, 1 761, I preached at Winterton to such a congregation as I suppose never met there before. From thence we rode on to Barrow, where the mob was in readiness to receive us; but their hearts failed; so they gave only two or three huzzas, and let us pass unmolested." — Wesley's Journal, Vol. IV., p. 109.) Mary Fowler had a younger brother, Thomas Valentine Fowler, born 1780. He came over to America about 18 10, and made two or three trips back to England, thinking to stay there, but returned again to New York. He was a frequent visitor at my father's, when I was a lad, and we were all very fond of him, and always called him "Uncle Tommy." He was a good specimen of the "fine old English gentleman — one of the real old sort." He was rather tall, looked well and dressed well, was of pleasing address, and one of the finest conversationalists I ever listened to. He was well educated, wrote a beautiful hand, and was familiar with most English literature, though not with Greek and Latin, except in English translations. I remember he had a copy of Pope's "Homer," and often read and quoted from it; also Addison's "Spectator" and "Thomson's Seasons"; also Ovid's Metamor- phoses in both Latin and English, published in London, 1632, which he gave to me and is still in my possession. He had marked musical talent, playing several instruments well, and had a fancy for iEolian harps, which he used to make and leave (at least once) with every family he visited. He was exceedingly polite and gracious to ladies, and universally popular with them, because of his fine manners and polished mind. But he died a bachelor and never acquired much property here. He used to tell us that he was twice engaged in England, but his fiancee died both times and then he gave up the idea of marrying. One of them, a London lady, I believe, left him a modest legacy, but it presently dis- appeared. He was at Bath, then a frontier town, on the Kenne- beck, Maine, about the year 18 10, for a while. He returned to England, but finally settled in New York, where he was a school- teacher, a book-keeper, and a cotton-broker, and accumulated a few thousands, but lost all in his old age through the misconduct 25 Gbe IRuslina ffamtls of a partner. He died in the house of his great-nephew, Thomas V. F. Rusling (named after him), at Salem, New Jersey, April 17, 185 1, and my father attended his funeral, as I well remember. I was a student at Pennington Seminary, New Jersey, preparing for college at the time, and in frequent correspondence with him. Here is a copy of a letter of his, corroborating parts of the foregoing, that appears worth perpetuating: Bath on the Kennebeck, Maine, 29th March 1810. Dear Brother, You who have experienced what it is to be separated from family and friends know with what pleasure the mind recurs to home and its endear- ments, nor will you be disposed to doubt that mine often voluntarily and in- voluntarily wanders to your side of the Atlantic. I have, since my arrival in this country, frequently taken up my pen to write to you, and as often laid it down again, from an idea that I should at some future time be in a better mood or have something more agreeable to communicate, for except the gratification derived from change of scene and observation of a people whose character claims attention my sources of pleasure have not been numerous. That which would have given zest to every other thing (the accom- plishment of my commercial plans) still remains in uncertainty, although I am encouraged to believe that I shall eventually succeed. If you cast your eye on the Map you will perceive that I have traversed a great extent of country from the Kennebeck to the Delaware, yet in all this route I have seen nothing comparable to elegantly diversified views com- prised in a circuit of a few miles on your side of the water. Here Nature has operated on a large scale; hills are mountains and mountains stretch half across the Continent. The Schooley Mountains, at the foot of which my brother Rusling lives, afford an inexhaustible source of amusement to the curious traveller. And every day I climbed some part or other with increased pleasure; sometimes struck with wonder and surprise at the immense masses of rock which had tumbled from the heights into the valley, at others delighted with the discovery of some water fall hid in a recess where the close-pent stream bursting from the rocks above, fringed with moss and overhung with pendant woods formed a scene the most wild and beautiful. One of these merits a particular description; although I cannot do it justice, I will simply relate such circumstances as dwell in my memory. Having been informed that this was one of the most considerable of the falls I took my nephew Joseph for my guide and following the stream was soon embos- omed in the woods, which seemed desirous of screening the spot from the eye of the most prying curiosity. With some difficulty we arrived at the spot where the two sides of the mountain approaching each other formed a channel of rocks, over which the water tumbled with inconceivable beauty at least one hundred feet. Struck with admiration of the scene before me, 26 THOMAS VALENTINE FOWLER 1780—185 I From a daguerrotype, about 1846. flUan? fowler IRueling and perceiving that the two upper falls were almost hid by the intervening rocks, we immediately determined on ascending the mountain to examine them more closely, and were amply repaid for our labour. Immediately above the first fall the rocks, sloping back a few yards form a new bed for the waters above, which rushing down a height of forty or fifty feet have gradually worn away the rock beneath and formed a circular pool, so regu- lar and uniform that it looks like the production of Art. This is a delightful spot. Overhung with beeches, maples, and pines, the rocks carpeted with ever verdant moss, it would seem the favorite of the fabulous Diana and her train, who reposing after the fatigues of the chase near the margin of the fountain, or bathing their limbs in the crystal stream, might realise all that the painter has pictured, or the poet dreamed. Mounting still higher on the rock, another fall similar to that already described presented itself. Here in climbing to the upper part I had nearly been precipitated to the bottom, from the rotten bough of a tree giving way to which I had clung for support. With some difficulty I attained the summit of the mountain, but owing to the inclined position of the rocks from no one point could a good view of the falls together be obtained, and least of all from below. I took with me some paper and pencil intending to sketch the scene, but it was of that peculiar kind that I knew not where to begin, and came away reluc- tantly without drawing a line. I was more successful on another occa- sion, and have also two sketches of that part of the mountain including the Mineral Spring, which promises to be very lucrative, should my brother establish the validity of his title, and is a part of the tract bought by him. I have also a fine specimen of Magnetic Ore which I found on the summit of the mountain, where is the principal waterfall. But I have already suffered this subject to occupy more of my paper than I intended, and will go to an- other more interesting. My sister whom I fondly expected to welcome me to this country is dead, and left (with anxious solicitude for their future fates) seven children, all of whom are still dependent on their father. Hitherto they have been employed in clearing the land in the neighborhood of their log hut (a very humble habitation) but the uncertainty in which they are kept respecting the title renders them indifferent to every improvement, which they know not that they shall enjoy. My brother's health seems so precarious and his mind so paralized from his many misfortunes and trials, that he appears incapable of energy or resolution, and quite the reverse of what I expected to have found him. He is however humble and resigned, devoting himself to that religion which promises him a release from trouble, and the enjoyment of blessedness with a partner whose character (to use his own words) "did him much honour, and was a pattern fit to copy after." My visit to that part of the country excited great curiosity, and I made a point of calling upon such families as knew my sister, and always with plea- sure as it related to her, though often to my abasement on the comparison. I beg to be remembered with affection to all my relations, particularly my Father and Mother, whom I hope I shall again be permitted to see. I often think of you all, particularly on the Sundays, which are observed here with more form, but less spirit of devotion, than with you. The snow still 27 Gbe IRuslina yamity continues and the upper part of the River is frozen. I shall however proceed to Augusta next week, that I may be ready as soon as anything can be done. I see no chance of getting away before the Autumn, which is an unpleasant Season to cross the Atlantic. But I hope all will be well. Believe me, Dear Br. and Sister, truly yours, Thos. V. Fowler. I have now seen the principal cities of America (having rode over to Philadelphia when at my brother's) and should certainly give preference to Boston, which from its fine situation and surroundings and scenery is con- sidered only inferior to the Bay of Naples, so much celebrated throughout the World. New York has now the air of an European Town, and is well situated for trade. The State House, which has been in hand seven years, is an immense pile entirely composed of Marble, and tho' unfinished makes a most noble appearance. At Philadelphia the uniformity of the streets laid out in parallel lines, with cross streets to communicate, all of them per- fectly straight and generally with rows of Poplars on each side, makes a most beautiful appearance. Many of the Public Buildings are very fine, particu- larly the Pennsylvania Bank, and the City Water Works, which are in a Chaste Style of Architecture, and built entirely of Marble. Near to the works (which are in the centre of a large area surrounded by tall Poplars) is a fountain formed by an Artificial Rock of considerable height, at the top of which stands a female figure holding on her finger an Eagle, from the Beak of which issues a Stream of Water, which falling on the moss covered Rocks has a pretty effect, and with a number of smaller streams rushing over the Rock into the surrounding Basin produces a refreshing coolness, which in the hot months of summer must be highly grateful and refreshing. The Academy of Arts is esteemed the best in the United States, but I was miserably disappointed and found only a few indifferent Casts from the An- tique, with half a dozen tolerable Pictures brought over from Europe, worth notice in the collection. Indeed both in Public and in Private there is more of Ostentation and Parade, than real excellence and merit. Everything must be done upon "A large Scale" and cut a figure, no matter whether it last or not. "It is the genius of this people," and I do believe the Ameri- cans conceive themselves the first Nation in the World. I cannot close this without -expressing my regret, that I did not bring with me two or three of your Choice Subjects to deposit in the Public Colleges which I have visited, as it is customary for Europeans suitably introduced to leave some testimony of their respect for Literature and the fine Arts. And nothing would have been so gratifying as to present to them a proof of the superior genius of my brother. The Catalogues, and an Advertisement or two which were amongst my clothes, have excited the curiosity of the learned Professors, to whom I disposed of them as objects curious and desir- able. My reception everywhere has been most flattering. Yet from what I have already observed you will perceive that I am in no danger of renounc- 28 flQan> ffowler IRueling ing my Native Britain for this country at present; indeed so strong is my attachment, and so many bonds of affection and love are entwined around my heart, that I think I am like the expatriated Swiss. I should droop, despond, and die, if I were told I must never again revisit my Native Shore. Continue then your prayers — for doubt not, that it is in answer to the pious peti- tions of my friends, that hitherto not an hair of my head has suffered; in all my wanderings a protecting Providence has surrounded me, and I hope my heart is grateful to that Being, whose "Wisdom governs and whose Power controls" for his continued care. Sunday Evening first of April. (1810) Addressed Mr. Wm. Fowler Winterton near Brigg Lincolnshire, England. This account of the Fowler family would be incomplete without some further reference to William Fowler, the eminent antiquary and engraver. He was the oldest son of Joseph and Mary Tomlin- son Fowler, and brother of Mary Fowler Rusling (my grandmother) . He was born March 12, 1761, at Winterton, England, and died there September 22, 1832. He was bred a carpenter, after his father, and succeeded to his father's business; but afterwards grew to be a builder and architect, and prospered considerably. Later he became interested in ancient Roman tessellated pave- ments, occurring frequently in Lincolnshire and elsewhere in England, and in old stained glass windows in country-houses, churches, cathedrals, etc., there, and from 1796 to 1829 gave him- self up to drawing and engraving them. He taught himself to draw and etch very skilfully, and made his own copper-plates, most of them very large and difficult. His sister Ann and son Joseph assisted him in drawing and coloring them. He traversed all England, though finding most in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, and created an industry and art quite his own. He published his engravings in parts, and sold them to the best people in England. He was patronized by George III, the royal family, Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart., member of Privy Council, Hon. Admiral Shirley, the Archbishop of York, Bishop of Ely, Bishop of Oxford, Dean and Chapter of Canterbury, Dean and Chapter of Durham, the Duke of Marlborough, Duke of Devonshire, Duke of North- umberland, Duke of Wellington, Sir Walter Scott, and other leading literati and celebrities of the day, and acquired not only distinction, but a goodly competency also. His engravings were 20 Gbe TRusltna ffamity gathered into three large volumes, 27 inches by 20 inches, and are now found in the British Museum, Bodleian and other libraries in Oxford and Cambridge, Durham and Edinburgh, and elsewhere in England and Scotland. His grandson, Rev. Dr. Fowler (of Winterton and Durham), gave a complete set of these to my son James W. in 1896, with the request that they be left to some University or public library, if we ceased to care for them. They are now very rare, and are greatly prized by lovers of "Fine and Curious Books," etc. We prize them very highly, indeed, both as treasures of art and family heirlooms, and trust our descendants will never part with them. He was a regular communicant of the Church of England; but also a member and class-leader among the Wesleyans or Methodists, and was never known to be absent from service when at home and able to go out. A photograph of him made from an engraving, as "Mr. William Fowler, Winter- ton, near Brigg, Lincolnshire, Engraver of Roman Tessellated Pavements and Subjects from Ancient Stained Glass," is now in my possession. The original of this I found in the possession of a relative here and had it photographed in 1892. It had formerly belonged to said Thomas V. Fowler. The face is that of a bright, intelligent, and remarkable man, as William Fowler clearly was. There is a tradition in the family here that this portrait of him was made by himself; but from a pamphlet by W. H. B., Barton- on-Humber, March, 1869, entitled, "Notes on Mr. William Fowler, of Winterton, and His Works, Hull, 1869, printed by William Kirk," pp. 6 and 7, I conclude that it was painted by G. F. Joseph and engraved by Bond of London. It is dated June 4, 18 10, and "is finely executed and very rare. He is represented holding in one hand his engraving of the figure of Bishop King in stained glass, which he considered his masterpiece in that style, and the Stonesfield pavement as his finest specimen of Mosaic work, the background being taken from the Southwell Arch, his then favorite architectural subject." The author of said pamphlet says of him: "He was a note- worthy example of the peculiar combination of circumstances, which originate the development of latent genius and the carry- ing out of a great purpose. On the one hand, the discovery of Roman remains in his native town — a place of no small interest in an antiquarian point of view — and, on the other hand, the 3° ■ ■/ '//, ' '?. / / / ' ■ ■/ i 761- 1S32 From an engraving, 1810. flQartp yowler IRusltna prompt and diligent application to perpetuate their existence. He had his own way to feel throughout — had all to learn by self- culture — and so successfully did he surmount all obstacles, and devote his attention to a work difficult to those even who are not amateurs, that he stands out a noble example of what indomitable perseverance and unflinching industry, combined with taste, can effect." (P. 9.) Again: "He was most indefatigable and hard- working in his antiquarian pursuits, and devoted to them all the time he could spare from other business. He would often work eighteen hours a day, and begin at three o'clock in the morning, and at other times work late into the night. His perseverance in overcoming obstacles and the patient pertinacity with which he adhered to the minute and laborious process of producing his work, were marvelous. He was of a liberal disposition, and was liberal as a master." (P. 5.) Said Sir Joseph Banks, one of the most eminent Englishmen of his day, in addressing the Society of Antiquaries, in speaking of his engravings of Mosaic Pave- ments: "Others have shown us what they thought these remains ought to have been, but Fowler has shown us what they are." Said Booth, of Regent street, London (an authority in such mat- ters), in i860: "The air of fidelity, here borne testimony to by Sir Joseph Banks in regard to these Plates, unmistakably per- vades the whole of Fowler's productions; of the representations of stained glass most especially. For general effect — in placing before the eye, as it were, the very object represented — it may be correctly said, that these pictures have hardly been approached, certainly never surpassed." And again: "For graphic truthful- ness and effect, these representations of Stained Glass and Mosaic Pavements have never been equaled." (P. 14.) He was "presented at Court," and "introduced to their Royal Highnesses Queen Charlotte and the Princesses Elizabeth, Mary, and Augusta, at Windsor Castle, where he was most kindly re- ceived and greatly encouraged." They each took a copy of his entire Works, and "he used to tell of his introduction to Royalty with much humour. Mrs. Goulton, who resides at Walcot Hall, near Winterton, had access to the Court of George III, and men- tioned Mr. Fowler's ingenious productions. The Queen and Princesses were so much struck with her account of them, that they wished to see Mr. Fowler. He accordingly went to London, 3 1 ZXk IRusling family and meeting with Sir Joseph Banks, who was his friend and patron, asked him how he should conduct himself on the occasion, being very nervous. Sir J. Banks simply toid him "to be himself, and talk as he would talk to him. " On being ushered into the presence of the Queen and her daughters, he was very affably received, and at once showed and explained to them a number of his produc- tions, which he had taken with him. They were so delighted, that he was soon quite at home in their company, and the interview passed off very agreeably." (Pp. 15, 16.) Here is a fuller account of his interview with royalty, written by his son, which may interest somebody: "In June, 1809, my father attended divine service at St. George's chapel, Windsor, on purpose to see the King, and was very much pleased with the grandeur of the place, but more abun- dantly so to see His Majesty look so well. 'I got close by him,' he says, 'so as to have touched him if I would. He looked so pleasant and happy, that I was delighted with the opportunity.' This visit to Windsor afforded my father a favorable opportunity for correcting and improving a happy outline he had made of His Majesty's profile, which he afterwards engraved on a small scale and presented to many of his friends in different parts of the kingdom. This portrait was probably a result of his early efforts to obtain likenesses by shadows, and it is encircled by two in- scriptions in the style of his old Master Teanby. On His Majesty's passing from the chapel, and rather shading his face as if the light of the fine sunshiny day were too powerful for his eyes, 'The King,' 'The King,' 'The King,' was whispered along the line of spectators, and his most loyal subject involuntarily said 'God bless him, ' when a person unknown (apparently a Quaker) heartily responded 'Amen.' l The same sentiment is preserved in one of my father's old memorandum books. 'God bless the King, the Queen, and all that noble Family, with more friends, fewer ene- mies, with long life, a comfortable death, and a happy eternity. Amen. ' "Mrs. Goulton, of Walcot (whose father, Colonel Sweet, was preceptor to the Prince of Wales), had an occasional correspond- 1 And this was George III, too, for whom Americans have no reverence and most of us much irreverence ! 32 Hilary ffowler IRuslfng ence with the Royal Family of Princesses and the Queen, and understood that the Princess Elizabeth was having a Hermitage in contemplation, and therefore engaged my Father to go to Riby and make a set of drawings of the one there, for her to present to the Princess. Plans, views, and details were accordingly completed, in black lead pencil drawings, and after being advised by Mrs. Goulton and her friends, were put into a portfolio with three or four of the Profiles of His Majesty, and forwarded to the Princess, who was highly delighted with their novel execution, and gratified by Mrs. Goulton's having caused such a series of interesting sketches to be placed before her, in aid of the design she had in view. N. B. — This was in the summer of 1812. "In April, 1814, Mrs. Goulton gave my Father a note of in- troduction to the Princess Elizabeth, and he took the advantage, before he left London for Windsor, of consulting Sir Joseph Banks on the best mode of proceeding, who very readily and kindly gave every information required. I append a copy of my Father's letter to my Mother, a few words only being altered: » My dear Rebecca, " Windsor, May 14th, 1814. " With heartfelt gratitude I send you and my dear children the welcome news of my great success. I have not time to enter into particulars, but would just say that yesterday, about 3 o'clock, I went to the Castle under the direction of Sir Joseph and Miss Banks, inquiring for the Princess Eliz- abeth's apartments. This done I asked for her Royal Highness' own Page, who Sir Joseph told me I should find a very civil man, and so I found him. He took my name and Mrs. Goulton's letter, and very soon returned saying Her Royal Highness recollected my name, and would be glad to see me. The Page then led me through a suite of rooms to wait upon Her Royal Highness, and stood by me at the entrance of one until a door moved to open on the opposite side of the room. He then left me to myself, and Her Royal Highness entered with a smiling face, saying, 'Mr. Fowler! I am happy to see you! and I hope you are well.' She next inquired when I last saw Mrs. Goulton, and hoped she was then in good health. Her Royal Highness then told me how much she admired the small head of His Majesty, and that she had placed it at the front of her Prayer Book. Her Royal Highness next informed me how greatly the pencil drawings of the Hermitage at Riby were admired by all who saw them, and said, ' They are very beau- tiful.' Her Royal Highness then asked, 'Have you got your other drawings with you?' and I answered her Royal Highness, 'They are at my Inn, may it please your Royal Highness.' She also told me it was a fine day, and that she had just returned with the Queen from Frogmore, and that I must go down and see everything curious there, and her Page should go with me. [3l 33 Gbe IRueltno family Her Royal Highness then said, 'To-morrow at 10 o'clock, I shall see you again with your drawings, and will introduce you to the Queen.' I cannot describe my feelings at this moment, — I must break off to say that the House, furniture, etc. at Frogmore are most costly things. I have written my remarks through all the rooms, the gardens, etc., as I went along. I sat down on the side of the state bed on which the Duchess of Oldenburg slept, and I also sat upon the chair, and wrote upon the desk, etc. I must leave off to tell you that to-day, at 10 o'clock, I was introduced to the Queen, the Princess Augusta, the Princess Elizabeth, and the Princess Mary. I had the honor of being addressed by the Queen, who called me by name, and said she hoped I was well, etc. and then inquired after Mrs. Goulton. The Queen and the three Princesses in the most pleasant way asked me to show them my works, and when I was doing this, they much admired them, and told me they had never seen anything of the kind they liked so well. The Queen likewise told me how much she admired my pencil drawings of the Hermitage, but I must leave off and say, that I was an hour and a quarter in the presence of the Queen and Princesses, who have taken my two Port- folios, the shrines, etc. and assured me of their recommendations. To-morrow, if all is well, I am to be recommended by the Princess Elizabeth to the Heads of Eton College. The Princess Augusta took me to one side, and told me it was much her desire to do her a subject, and that I should receive instructions how to proceed in the undertaking. There are in the grounds at Frogmore some buildings which are denominated the Gothic Temple, The Ruin, The Hermitage, The Temple of Solitude, and The Hall of General Felicity. The first named of them, I am to draw and publish at Her Royal Highness' request, who will take several of the prints and purchase the drawing of me." The autographs "Augusta" and "Eliza" are in my father's book of subscribers, and the Princesses told him that they had put the little portraits of His Majesty in the front of their Prayer Books, that they "might always have that memorial of their Royal Parent's person and piety before them in their devotions." The following is the family record of the Fowler Family as sent me by said Rev. Dr. Fowler, January, 1892: Joseph Fowler (the elder) m. Patience Smith (1st wife) July 29, 1702. Patience Smith bur. Jan. 5, 17 19. Their Children. John, Richard, Robert (bap. June 21, 17191?]), Thomas, William, Patience, Mary (bap. Feb. 27, 1714I7]). Joseph Fowler m. Mary Taylor (2d wife) May 4, 1721. Their Children. Margaret (b. May 28, 1722, bap. Sept 28, 1722). Ann (b. Dec. 9, 1724), Elizabeth (b. May 16, 1729). Mary (b. 1738, bur. April 10, 1821). 34 (man? fowler IRuelina Joseph Fowler (the younger), b. 1734; d. July 6, 1822. Joseph Fowler m. Mary Tomlinson, June 9, 1760. Mary Tomlinson, bap. June 3, 1741; d. Oct. 5, 1822. Their Children. William, b. March 12, 1761; bur. Sept. 27, 1832. James, b. March 6, 1762; bur. Aug. 4, 1766. Joseph, b. Sept. 20, 1764; bap. Oct. 15. Mary, b. Nov. 26, 1766; bap. Nov. 28; m. James Rusling, May 15. 1787- Elizabeth, b. Jan. 11, 1769; m. Jeremiah Dawson of Hull. Joseph, b. May 10, 1771; bap. April 26, 1771 (ace. P. R.). James, b. April 8, 1774; bap. May 25; bur. July 24. John, b. June 25, 1776; bap. June 18 (ace. P. R.). James, b. Jan. 21, 1779: m. Mary Harland; d. in middle age. Thomas, 4 b. Feb. 14, 1780; d. in America, with the Ruslings, April 17, 1851, interred Salem, N. J. Ann, b. Dec. 1, 1782; bap. same day; m. Francis Taylor, of London. Hannah, b. ; bap. June 14, 1785; d. young. William Fowler (the engraver, etc.), b. March 12, 1761; bur. Sept. 27, 1832. William Fowler m. Rebecca Hill, May 23, 1790; she died Aug. 29, 1820. Their Children. Joseph, b. Sept. 14, 1791; bap. Sept. 18; living, 1882, at Winterton. Rebecca, b. April 13, 1793; d. J u ty 8 > 1814. William, b. Jan. 30, 1795; d. Nov. 8, 1815. James, b. Oct. 26, 1798; d. Feb. 16, 1816. Mary Anne, b. April 28, 1803; m. Wilkinson Stephenson (1st); Thomas Clark (2d). Joseph Fowler (3d), b. Sept. 14, 1791; bap. Sept. 18, ; d. Palm Sunday, 1882, aged 91. , Joseph Fowler m. Elizabeth Fowler (no relation), May 29, 1828. She was buried Nov. 21, 1874. Their Children. Rev. Joseph Thomas, 1 b. June 9, 1833. Rev. William, b. Feb. 27, 1835. Rev. Robert, b. Jan. 13, 1837. James, b. March 15, 1839. Elizabeth, 2 b. Aug. 29, 1841. John, b. Jan. 24, 1844; d. April 3, 1867. 1 Baptized Thomas only, but he assumed the name of "Valentine" also, because born on St. Valentine's Day. 2 Own and occupy old Fowler Homestead, Winterton, Eng. (p. 23). 35 Zbc IRuslinG family Rev. William Fowler (above) m. Ellen, 2d daughter of Thomas Williamson, Checkheaton, Yorkshire, Jan. 10, 1865. Their Children. Margaret, b. Nov. 1, 1865; d. Jan. 7, 1870. William, b. Nov. 23, 1866. John and Mary, b. July 7, 1869. John d. July 7, and Mary July 31. Margaret, b. July 4, 1871; d. Aug. 7, 1872. Ellen Eyre, b. Nov. 20, 1873. Ethel, b. Aug. 3, 1875. Charles, b. July 24, 1878; d. Sept. 3. Charles, b. Nov. 3, 1879. James (above) m. Annette, 2d daughter of Admiral Cheeseman Henry Binstead of Wakefield, Yorkshire, Oct. 15, 1865. Their Children. Wilhelmina Mary Emily, b. March 12, 1867. John, b. May 5, 1868. Charles Henry Binstead, b. July 21, 1870. James Francis Wickham, b. Oct. 11, 1871; d. Dec. 19, 1871. Joseph, b. Oct. 13, 1875. Mildred, b. April 13, 1875; d. Nov. 4, 1877. Christopher Cecil, b. Jan. 21, 1881. From Mary Anne Fowler, who married Wilkinson Stephenson (dau. of Joseph Fowler, 3d), there are also a large number of de- scendants living, but I omit them because not now of the Fowler name. The above, mainly from the parish registers of All Saints' Church, at Winterton, Lincolnshire, England, by courtesy of Rev. Dr. Fowler aforesaid, and said births, deaths, and interments (prior to family of said Rev. William Fowler), also mainly at Winterton. As to whether the Fowlers are entitled to armorial bearings, I can only say as follows: My father and my great-uncle, said Thomas Valentine Fowler, used often to say, that the Fowlers, while not of noble blood, were related to the landed gentry of England; that they were royalists in Cromwell's time, and had their estate confiscated; and that William Fowler, the eminent English anti- quary and engraver (brother to said Thomas V.), was once shown a coat-of-arms in a stained-glass window, in the hall of a manor house there, where he was doing some drawing, which the owner thereof told him was formerly the Fowler coat-of-arms, and that said manor house and estate rightfully belonged to the Fowler 36 Hilary ffowler IRusltna family, but had been confiscated, as aforesaid, and never restored. Said Thomas V. Fowler had a written description of said coat-of- arms, which was as follows: "Fowler Arms (Heraldick) in the staircase window, Healy Hall, Frodingham, Lincolnshire. Crest. Ostrich Head — Or — between two wings argent, holding in his beak a Horse Shoe azure. Quarterly. Azure and Or. In the first quarter a Hawk's Lure and Line, Or." He said he had received this from said William Fowler about 1812 or 1813. This seems definite and specific. But Rev. Dr. Fowler afore- said (pp. 1,24, etc.) thinks said Thomas V. must have been mistaken. But I often heard him speak of this, as have other members of our family here, and it is extraordinary, if not true. Dr. Fowler, however, says the Frodingham Fowlers were likely a different branch of the family. " Frodingham is a village five miles south- west of Winterton, and what was 'Healy Hall' formerly is now the vicarage there. It was rebuilt about 1873. It was named 'Healy Hall' from a gentleman of that name, who resided there and was possessed of considerable property in the Parish of Frod- ingham many years ago." 1 As bearing on the above, the following may be cited : Fowler, St. Thomas, Co. Stafford, descended from Sir Richard Fowler of Foxley, Co. Buckingham. A Crusader, temp. Richard I. who by his extra- ordinary vigilance, having saved the Christian camp from a nocturnal sur- prise, received the honor of knighthood on the field, from his sovereign, who, says tradition, caused the crest which Sir Richard then bore, a hand and a lure, to be changed to the vigilant owl. Arms. Az. on a chev. (another engr.) betw. three lions pass, guard, or, as many crosses formee (another moline) sa. Crest. An owl ar. ducally gorged or. Another Crest. A cubit arm habited az. holding in the hand ppr. a lure vert, feathered ar. lined or- twisted round the arm. — Burke's Gen. Armory, 372. 1 From Rev. Ed. S. Wilson, Vicar of Winterton, June 2, 1881, now de- ceased. 37 Gbe IRusltng family Also the following: Fowler, (Stonehouse. Co. Gloucester; granted March 13, 1606). Quar- terly, az. and or. in the 1st quarter a hawk's lure and line of the second. Crest. An ostrich's head or. betw. two wings ar. holding in the beak a horse- shoe az. — Burke's Gen. Armory, 372. Fowler, (Clifton. Co. Gloucester) Quarterly, per pale indented az and or. in the 1st and 4th. quarters a hawk's line, and in the 2d and 3d a lion pass, counterchanged. Crest. An ostrich's head couped or. in the beak a horseshoe sa. betw. two wings ar. each charged with two cinquefoils in pale az. — Burke's Gen. Armory, p. 372. Fowler, (Gunton Hall. Co. Suffolk) Crest. A cubit arm vested az. grasping in the hand ppr. a hawk's lure vert, string twisted around the arm. — Burke's Gen. Armory, p. 372. There are also 16 other Fowler Arms given in Burke. The above are not unlike the "Fowler Arms" (p. 37), indeed are much the same, and the facts are given for what they are worth, as they may interest some member of the family. They were gleaned from genealogical books in Philadelphia Library, corner Locust and Juniper Streets, Philadelphia, Penna., December 30, 1899, — and subsequently. See also Burke's Landed Gentry and Matthews, American Armoury. As bearing on p. 37, and seemingly corroborative (more or less), I append the following " Account of origin of Fowler Family," copied by me September 18, 1899 (subsequent to writing most of foregoing), when at Winterton, England, visiting Rev. J. T. Fowler. Dr. Fowler showed me the original one evening and al- lowed me to copy it, condensing it somewhat. The original is headed : "Copied by J. T. Fowler from a MS. in the handwriting of his father, Joseph Fowler, of Winterton." It seems of some historic value, and hence I give it, as follows : "The earliest acct. of my Father's ancestors is traditional and describes them as being resident on their own estates at Froding- Ham, in the N. W. cor. of the County of Lincoln, in the former part of the reign of Charles I. One of them appears to have been the Squire and another the clergyman of the place and both were remarkable characters of loyalty and self-defence. The former had been in the Army when young, where he was noted for being a strong, courageous, and successful officer; and in the lamented contentions between the King and Parliament, he again entered the lists, and headed a body of forces in support of his sovereign, and for the protection of his friends and property. 38 flDar\> ffowler IRusltna " He had but one child, a son, whom he privately took, at this crisis, to an old woman at Scotter, that he might be out of the way of any who sought an interest in his death, by being under the care of a tried and faithful individual, who was not likely to be suspected of such a charge, who would keep the secret in her own bosom, and use every means to bring up the infant without discovery. ' Kate, ' said the father, ' I leave my lad to thy manage- ment; with this money thou canst plentifully provide for him in thine own way, and let him want for nothing. I shall see him no more. I am going into battle, and shall die in the struggle, no doubt, but my lad must be kept alive; for if this my only hope be cut off, there will not be a Fowler left to ' piss against the wall.' " He then took his departure, joined the regiment, soon entered into the expected contest, and was seen no more. 1 "The latter (the clergyman) 2 had only one arm, but had a compensation for this defect in being stronger than other men with two, and is reported to have completely routed a gang of robbers at the decoy, when he seized the leader, a notorious boxer and outlaw, and single-handed shook his bones nearly out of his skin, beat him into perfect tractability with his stump, and then drove him home as a trophy of victory! But, however successful *I have never been able to find anything to confirm this story. A "Captain Fowler" served in the 8th Regiment of Charles 1st (Peacock, Army lists, 15), but nothing is known about him, and at least 3 other officers in the same Regi. seem to have been South-countrymen (Peacock's Notes). A Capt. Fowler was taken prisoner on Naseby Field, June 14, 1645 (Peacock, p. 95), and also a Major Fowler (lb., 97), but of these again nothing is known, though it is possible, that any one of the above may have left an infant son at that time indicated. — J. T. F. 2 1 have not found evidence in the Registers either at Frodingham or Lincoln of a vicar named Fowler at this or any time. In the chancel floor at Frodingham is a flat stone to "Thomas Fowler of Colly in ye county of Lincoln, Gent, son and heire of Thomas Fowler of Scunthorp . . . who mar- ried Millisent the daughter of John Howson, D.D. and grandchilde to John Howson, Bishop of Wrisme, leaving his only surviving child Elizabeth as heire. He d. Feb. 16, 1684, aged 39." Therefore he was born 1645. But his being an heir, buried in the church and leaving an heir, his name more- over being Thomas, altogether points to a person other than the legendary Joseph. Other Fowlers mentioned in the Frodingham Registers were prob- ably connected with the above Thomas, father and son, e. g., William Fowler of Brumby, Gent. 1653.— J. T. F. 39 Gbe IRuslino family in this enterprise, and well qualified for future resistance, the time drew near when he must give way. Conflict after conflict required all his strength and skill to overcome his adversaries, and, having no prospect of help under increasing difficulties, he retired from the field for his personal security. He had exhausted every re- source, and ventured his person to the uttermost, in these secular skirmishes, but was over-matched at last, gave up the booty to the conquerors, and took refuge in his own house, which afforded shelter and supplies for his present needs. Here he remained without molestation, in the midst of lawless thieves, who now quietly carried away under various pretences whatever they pleased. Waggon after waggon l came, and withdrew the neces- saries of life, comfort after comfort took its flight, nearer and nearer these rapacious marauders approached the dwelling, and cleared the ground of every valuable movable. Starvation or worse now threatened, and even life itself became precarious in the extreme. Under these privations and distresses an effort wa^ made to escape from the growing calamities and dangers by which he was sur- rounded. Safety was sought in flight ; he was seen riding on horse- back towards the Trent, with a pack behind him supposed to con- tain his wife, but was heard of no more. "The strong and honorable feeling of loyalty and attachment to King Charles, and the consequent efforts to assist him against the Parliament forces in these treacherous times, were conscien- tiously persevered in until the family distinction and property were entirely lost, and the name was nearly extinct. The estates were of course seized and secured by other hands, and the new proprietors would probably not be very reluctant about destroy- ing old titles, nor scrupulous about the validity of their own. A few years' residence might possibly gain them a permanent settlement in the absence of all contrary claims, and probably did do so, as the descendants of the loyalists were never after- wards in possession of the property of their forefathers, nor in a condition likely to favour their return to it. 1 Are we to suppose that the robbers and outlaws were supplied with waggons, or are Parliamentary foraging expeditions referred to? — J. T. F. [Of course, these were foraging parties for the Parliamentary Forces. Sherman's "bummers" did the same thing when marching through Georgia and the Carolinas, in our Civil War. — J. F. R.] 40 Hilary ffowler IRusItns " By the troubles of the Rebellion the collateral branches of the family were also reduced to indigent circumstances, and dur- ing the interregnum they sunk into still greater poverty and obscurity, until the whole stock only produced one male repre- sentative, who was a common carpenter, and worked on several estates in the neighborhood of Scunthorpe, but his (own) resi- dence is unknown. This carpenter is supposed to have been the boy left at Scotter, under the care of ' Kate, ' whose resources having failed at the death or banishment of his father, he then depended on his nurse, and through her kindness learned the trade of her husband, and finally entered into business for himself. "One of his places of labour was High Lawton, then the resi- dence of Squire Anderson, from whom the present Lord Yarborough is descended, and here he was remarkably countenanced by his master, who generously treated him in the day of adversity 167O more like a friend than a servant. This country Squire of the olden time would daily find amusement in the company of his car- penter, whilst talking over the changes which had taken place, or discussing the nature and tendency of passing occurrences. ' Joe, ' he would say, ' thy family and mine used to be equals, but you were on the weak side and we on the strong. You lost all, and we gained all. So you work, and we play!' Meat and drink were always offered to the carpenter at the meal times of the domestics, and the Squire himself not infrequently invited the same guest to his own apartments. Some time before, and often at an evening, he has said: 'Joe, come in and sit down with me. There is no differ- ence between us but what misfortune made, and what has hap- pened to thee might as easily have happened to me. ' "The hand and seal of Per. Pelham are affixed to the death warrant of King Charles 1st, and these corroborate in some degree the general statements above given. "It appears, that Joseph the carpenter was resigned to his dependent station, and thankful for the attention shown him by his more fortunate superior, and though the thought of suffer- ing wrongfully would sometimes harass and perplex him within, yet no outward acts forfeited the esteem of his employers, or lessened his endeavours to gain an honest living. He seems to have borne his reverses and trials with a creditable fortitude and a patient attention to the duties of his calling, having regularly 41 £be IRuslina family earned his bread with his own hands, even in old age, and then left an only son (of the same name) to inherit the same poverty and follow the same example of industry and frugality, in the same occupation, and of the same name. This 'Joseph' 1 was the grand- father of my grandfather, and nothing further is related of him, than his laborious habits in the business of a carpenter, his getting a livelihood under various disadvantages, his being a married man, often scantily supplied, and his perpetuating the family name and trade in the succeeding generation. "My great-grandfather, Joseph Fowler, the surviving son of the above, dwelt at Winterton, and trod in the steps of his father. Inured to hardships and deprivations, and only obtain- ing a scanty subsistence, he was nevertheless a strong man, and famous in his day for work or sport. Regular employment not then expected, and the time unoccupied by trade or the cows was often spent in feats of wrestling, boxing and drinking. Home- spun suits worn by many, fastened with a girdle of leather or cloth. Farmers had their days in the week when their pots boiled, and day-laborers and mechanics came then to work and got good meals ; on other days, they fasted a good deal. Masters and servants all occupied the same room and sat at the same table. . Three days employment a week reckoned good. He was a famous cudgeler, and at Winterton beat a wandering champion, who was thought to be helped by Satan. ... In due course, the carpenter sobered down. He had a good and pious wife. He had a son by a former wife, 2 called 1 Possibly in this way : Joseph the ist (in the legend), b. 1640-45. Joseph the 2d, or "the Elder," b. 1680; his 2d wife Mary Taylor, May 4, 1721, b. 1680. Joseph the 3d, or "the Younger," b. 1734; m. June 9, 1760, to Mary Tomlinson. William, b. 1760-61; m. Rebecca Hill, May 23, 1790. Joseph the 4th, writer of this acct., b. Sept. 14, 1791; m. Elizabeth Fowler, May 29, 1828. Joseph Thomas, b. June 9, 1833; copied this acct. Jan. 7, 1896. If so, then Joseph 2d, the Elder, and Joseph, son of John and Mary Fow- ler, bap. Nov. 2, 1681 (Winterton P. R.), were two different persons! — J. T. F. 2 Joseph Fowler married Patience Smith July 29, 1702 (Winterton P. R.). Joseph Fowler married Mary Taylor May 4, 1721 (Ibid.). Joseph Fowler married Mary Tomlinson June 9, 1760 (Ibid.). 42 flllars fowlei tRueltna William ' The Astrologer, ' and by his second he had five daughters and one son. This was my grandfather, 'plain Joseph — a plain carpenter.' In 1760 he married Mary Tomlinson, and took her to the cottage of his aged parent, who was than a widower. The old man lived with them in comfort . . . and died. " From all of which the weight of evidence apparently is in favor of the " Fowler Arms," as claimed by Thomas Valentine Fowler (p. 37). Ill Ibannab IRose IRuslmo £^^ rw ^ a ^ 1 ANNAH ROSE RUSLING, the second wife >-A Lc\n7\rJ of James Rusling, was born November, 1775, and died April 14, 1848, at Hope, N. J. She was from Schooley's Mountain or Fox Hill, or from Morris or Somerset County, New Jer- sey, not far from Hackettstown. She was a widow when James Rusling married her, and her maiden name was Frazer. This is all I have been able to discover about her. She was a tall and active woman, of a pious and godly frame of mind, and made him an excellent wife, as my father always said — an exceptionally good step-mother to his seven children, with four of her own to follow afterwards. I remember her visiting at my father's, when a lad, and she was always very welcome. When she died she was buried first at Washington, Warren County, New Jersey, by the side of her husband (James Rusling) ; but subsequently (in 1892) her remains and gravestone were removed to Asbury, New Jersey, by my brother Henry and myself, and placed in the "Rusling Plot" there (see p. 8). According to Ifoan Vinson ENRY HANKINSON, my maternal grand- father, was the fifth son of Aaron and Mary Hankinson, of Stillwater, Sussex County, New Jersey. He was born there August 27, 1767, and died at Easton, Penna., May 5, 1848. His photograph, taken about 1850 by my order, from an oil painting of him belonging to his daughter (Mrs. Keturah M. Sloan), is still in my possession, and shows him to have been a dignified and handsome old gentleman of the old school of lawyers. I remember grandfather Hankinson very well. He lived at my father's house, Washington, New Jersey, when I was a child, for many years, and was then all kindness and affec- tion, and the soul of courtesy. He had been an elder in the Presbyterian Church (Old Mansfield, near Washington, New Jersey), but afterwards followed my mother into the Methodist Episcopal Church, and died in that faith. His father dying while he was young, he was educated by an Aunt Hannah, whom he always spoke of "as a mother to me." This was (probably) Hannah Atkinson, 1 wife of Joseph Hankinson, Jr., at Rowland's Mills, near Flemington, New Jersey, whose marriage license, April 3, 1770, is recorded in office of Secretary of State, Trenton, New Jersey. He read law with Nathaniel Saxton, Esq., a noted lawyer of his day at Flemington, New Jersey, and was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court, New Jersey, at the November Term, 1794, as appears by the records of said Court. He settled at Washington, 1 Born June 20, 1748; died Feb. 7, 1833 (see p. 118). no HENRY HANKINSON 1767-1848 From an oil painting. IHenr^ IHanfetnson New Jersey, and had a lucrative practice there for many years, and built the best house there in those days (still standing, and a good brick house still). He was a good lawyer, an able advocate, a wise counsellor, an affectionate father, and valued citizen. He was one of the charter members of Mansfield Lodge, No. 31, An- cient Free and Accepted Masons, November 17, 18 14, and Senior Warden of said Lodge and its representative to the Grand Lodge, New Jersey, 18 15. He acquired valuable property at Washington and Belvidere, New Jersey, and in his old age conveyed his Wash- ington property to his two daughters, Keturah M. Sloan and Eliza Budd Rusling, equally, and their heirs. He conveyed this to William McCullough, his father-in-law, in trust for his (H.'s) said two children and their heirs, and he (McCullough) afterwards reconveyed it to his (H.'s) said two children, and acts of the Legis- lature were afterwards passed, enabling them to sell and convey it to others in fee. Said conveyances are on record in the County Clerk's office at Belvidere, New Jersey, and said acts appear in New Jersey Statutes, 1831-1834. He (H. H.) was member of the Assembly of New Jersey, 1806, 1807, 1808 from Sussex County, and 1835 from Warren County (set off from Sussex in 1824). He was Major and Inspector of Sussex Brigade New Jersey Militia, October 26, 1809, and was always addressed as "Major Hankin- son" when I knew him. He was a man of education, ability, and high personal character, and his grandchildren have always been proud of him as an ancestor. Many of his old law books fell into my possession in early life, and it was the reading and brows- ing among them that first determined me to become a lawyer myself. Hence, indirectly he did more to shape my life and ca- reer than any other human being. In my boyhood days at Washington we often took long walks together, and he was al- ways advising and encouraging me to become a lawyer. The Family Record of Henry Hankinson is as follows: Henry Hankinson, b. Aug. 27, 1767; d. May 5, 1848; l m. Mary McCullough, Aug. 14, 1800, by Rev. Wm. B. Sloan. Mary McCullough Hankinson, b. July 17, 1782, Asbury, N. J.; d. Oct. 6, 1805. 2 1 Interred, Asbury, New Jersey. 2 Interred Easton, Penna., in Presbyterian graveyard. £be IRusltng family Their Children. Keturah M., b. July 28, 1801; d. Oct. 5, 1853, Eastern, Pa.; m. Dr. John P. B. Sloan, Dec. 9, 1823. l He b. May 26, 1799; d. Feb. 10, 1849, Easton, Pa. 1 Eliza Budd, b. April 13, 1803; d. Dec. 3, 1838; 2 m. Gershom Rusling, March, 1825. Anna Maria, b. Oct. 25, 1804; d. Nov. 7, 1804. 2 Children of Keturah M. Elizabeth, b. ; d. . Isabella, b. ; d. ; m. . John P. B., b. June 16, 1826; d. Jan. 6, 1831. 2 William, b. ; d. ; m. . Dr. John P. B. Sloan aforesaid was named after John Pater- son Bryan Maxwell, a leading lawyer and member of Congress several terms, Flemington, New Jersey. He was an able physician at Easton, Penna., many years, and the son of Rev. Wm. B. Sloan, a Presbyterian minister of note in his day, graduate of Princeton College, and pastor of Mansfield and Greenwich churches, Warren County, many years. Born 1722; died 1839. (Snell's Hist. Warren Co., N. J., p. 569.) Children of Eliza B. (See Gershom Rusling, pp. 69-76.) Henry Hankinson's said two daughters, Keturah M. and Eliza B., were both brought up at Asbury, New Jersey, by their grandfather, Col. Wm. McCullough, their mother dying in their infancy (one four and the other two years old only), and their father never remarrying. Hence they always spoke of Asbury as their home, and were both married from their grandfather's house there. They were educated at Morristown, New Jersey, at a noted Female Institute then there, and were both refined and accom- plished persons. I was but four years old when Eliza B. (my mother) died; but I remember her well as a bright and intelli- gent lady, of a devout and affectionate frame of mind and char- acter, and her memory has always been with me, and done much to shape and mould my own life and character. Often have I talked and prayed to her, as my invisible Madonna, and who shall say she has not been a veritable Madonna to me all these years? 1 Interred, Easton, Penna., in Presbyterian graveyard. 2 Interred, Asbury, New Jersey. XIX Haron Ifoanfunson ARON HANKINSON, father of Henry Hankinson and my great-grandfather, was the second son of Joseph and Rachel Mat- tison Hankinson. He was born February 7, 1735, near Rowland's Mills, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, and died October 9, 1806, near Stillwater, Stillwater Township, Sussex County, N. J. His marriage license, dated February 9, 1764, is recorded, in the office of Secretary of State, Trenton, N. J., and gives him as of Amwell Township, Hunterdon County, to Mary Snyder, of Kingwood Township, same county. He lived on a fine farm there, still known as the "Hank- inson Homestead," though no longer in the Hankinson family; but in 1764 or 1765 he removed to Sussex County and lies buried in the "Yellow Frame Cemetery" of the Presbyterian church, near Still- water, Sussex County, N. J., of which church he and his family were members and himself long an elder. This church was formerly called the "Old Hardwick" — after the township there formerly — and is about seven miles southwest of Newton, the county seat of Sussex County. It was begun 1784 and finished 1786. It is now dilapidated and neglected, and no longer in use, but a new edifice was erected in 1887 directly opposite across the road there. 1 1 The old church taken down and removed in 1904. It was originally called the "Upper Hardwick" to distinguish it from the "Lower Hardwick," which was the name of a church at Hackettstown. When Warren was set off from Sussex (1824), the division line ran through this church, so that the pulpit was in Sussex and the pews in Warren — the pastor standing in Sussex and preaching to a congregation in Warren! [8] 113 Gbe IRusltna yamtty He early took position in Stillwater (then Hardwick) Town- ship, for in 1774 he was Surveyor of Highways there, and in 1775 Assessor. 1 When the Revolution came, he was commis- sioned Captain of Upper Hardwick Company, Sussex (N. J.) Militia (Col. Ephraim Martin commanding), July 26, 1775; Second Major Second Regiment Sussex (N. J.) Militia, July 26, 1775; Colonel Second Regiment Sussex (N. J.) Militia, February 28, 1777; and continued as such until the close of the Revolu- tionary War. His military service was as follows: In 1776 he was Colonel of a Provisional Regiment of Detached Militia, at Amboy, New Jersey; in 1777 he was on frontier service against Tories and Indians at Minisink on the Upper Dela- ware; on September 11, 1777, at battle of Brandy wine, Dela- ware, under General Washington; on October 11, 1777, with his regiment, as a part of Gen. David Forman's Brigade New Jersey Detached Militia, he was at the battle of Germantown, Penna., under General Washington; on June 28, 1778, he was likely at the battle of Monmouth, New Jersey, but this is not certain; the remainder of the war, he was on duty in Sussex and Bergen, against Indians and Tories, particularly at Minisink. After the Revolution, June 5, 1793, he was promoted Brigadier General of the Sussex Brigade, and continued such until March 10, 1798, when he resigned, probably because of advancing age. Evidently he stood well in Sussex, or he could not have attained such rank and distinction. As corroborative of the above, the "Sussex Centenary," 1853, says: "Among the officers who commanded in Sussex (during the Revolution), and who by their efficiency protected our State so well that the savages confined their atrocities almost exclusively to New York and Pennsylvania, was Aaron Hankinson, etc." (Edsall Address, p. 65.) Also the following: "It is cheering to recall such names as Aaron Hankinson and others, who were ready to carry their noble resolves to the battle-field, and there assert them at the peril of their lives (against both Indians and Tories), at the bidding of Providence as it came from the lips of Washington." (Tuttle Address, p. 91.) 1 Also Judge of Election, January 31, 1791. 114 GENERAL AARON HAXKINSON I73S-l8o6 From a water-color miniature. Haron THanfetnson Of like import is the following old letter, which appeared in the Wantage Recorder, Sussex, Sussex County, New Jersey, Janu- ary 1 8, 1907, and is unquestionably authentic: Tories expected to attack Sussex Courthouse. Shappanack, N. J., April ye 6th, 1777 * S'r, By an Express arrived here this day from Coll'l Aaron Hankinson of a Combination of Tories in this County, we are in imnent Danger of Both Life and Liberty, the people here are some of them Complaning with fear, and therefore Desire the favour of you to Take into y'r immediate Considera- tion and Collect as Large Body of ye Malitia and march them forthwith to Sussex Courthouse with all possible Speed; we have here now Ready to march a party of Coll'l Strowd's Batallion & more to-morrow who will meet you at S'd Courthouse. Pray S'r Delay no Time as the Case is Dangerous, which is the request of all True Sons of Liberty here. And y'r Unfeigned friends etc. Isaac Van Campen, Peter Van Neste, Samuel Westbrook. P. S. It is Expected that the Tories will attack the People at the Court- house on Monday, ye 7th Inst, as is Related in Coll'l Hankinson's Express. To Major Johannis Decker. Gen. Hankinson was a Member of Assembly New Jersey, 1782 to 1786, and then again 1788 to 1792 continuously, from Sussex County. He was an inn-keeper, as well as farmer, as were nearly all of the members of assembly, sheriffs, justices, etc., of that day. Inn-keeping was then a stepping-stone to public office and pre- ferment, as well as profit, and many Revolutionary officers were or became inn-keepers, as Generals Wayne, Morgan, and others. He lived at or near Stillwater, but also owned land in Sandiston Township. When he removed from Hunterdon County to Sussex (about 1764-5), his father, Joseph Hankinson (evidently a man of considerable means), gave him and his brother William farms there of 363 acres each. (See Will of said Joseph Hankinson, July 27, 1783, in office of Secretary of State, Trenton, New Jersey, where the gifts of these farms is mentioned.) Aaron's farm was just north of Stillwater and is now known as the " Rosenkrans Farm. " William's was farther on, near Middleville, and is now known as "Butler's Mill." Gen. Hankinson's grave is on the southeasterly side of the old "Yellow Frame Church" aforesaid, and quite near to it, in the 1 "Shappanack',' is in Sandiston Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, near the Delaware River. "5 ftbe IRuslinG family midst of a group of Hankinson graves. The inscription on his tombstone is as follows: A. H. In Memory of B. General Aaron Hankinson, who departed this life Oct. IX, 1806, Aged 71 years, 8 months, 2 days. Let all his children in a word Unite and praise the Eternal God, For the sweet hope that he has gone To rest with Christ, God's only Son. Evidently he was a God-fearing man, of soldierly instincts and tastes, a typical Jerseyman of his age and time, a good citizen, and a man of parts and substance. Water-color portraits of him- self and wife are now in my possession, given to me by my father in his lifetime, and received by him from said Henry Hankinson. In said "Yellow Frame Cemetery" adjoining the gravestone of Gen. Aaron Hankinson, are nine other Hankinson gravestones, with inscriptions as follows: Mary, wife of Aaron, died May 3, 1796, aged 48 years, 4 months, 6 days. 1 William, brother of Aaron, died April 26, 1796, aged 59 years. Susannah, wife of William, died May 12, 1798, aged 63 years. Samuel, son of Aaron, died April 21, 1793, aged 15 months and 22 days. Thomas, son of Aaron, died April 27, 1796, aged 20 years, 5 months, 7 days. John, son of Aaron, died Aug. 3, 1845, aged 73 years, 7 months, 8 days. Elizabeth, wife of John, died Nov. 2, 1841, aged 71 years, 8 months, 21 days. Sally A., daughter of John, died July 18, 181 1, aged 2 years, 11 months, 7 days. Aaron, son of John, died Dec. 18, 1814, aged 18 years, 9 months, o days. Evidently the first is his wife, and the rest his brothers, sons, etc. The oldest Family Record of the Hankinsons, that I have been able to find, is contained in an old family Bible, in the pos- 1 If this be his wife, she could have been only seventeen years old, when married, 1764. 116 MARY SNYDER HANKIXSON 1747-1796 From a water-color miniature. > Baton IRanftinson session of Joseph Hankinson, formerly of Rowland's Mills, Hunter- don County, New Jersey, but afterwards of 127 Bergen Street, Newark, New Jersey (he died there October 25, 1905, but was interred at Rowland's Mills). It is as follows, and doubtless is genuine and correct: Joseph Hankinson, b. March 27, 1712. 1 Rachel Mattison, his wife, b. Nov. 2, 1707. 1 Their Children. Thomas, b. Dec. 8, 1733. Aaron, b. Feb. 7, 1735. William, b. Oct. 2, 1737. Ann, b. Jan. 1, 1738. 2 John, b. Dec. 7, 1743. Joseph, b. April 5, 1745 3 Elizabeth, b. Nov. 27, 1748. Said John and Joseph Hankinson both lived at or near Flem- ington, New Jersey, in 1807, as appears by a letter to them from Henry Hankinson, my grandfather, now in my possession, sent me by the wife of said Joseph Hankinson (first above mentioned) in 1882. This Joseph Hankinson (last above mentioned) was also a Revolutionary soldier (Hunterdon Militia, 1776), and after- wards Member of Assembly New Jersey (1798-9, 1806-7-8-9), and died at or near Rowland's Mills, Readington Township, Hun- terdon County, New Jersey, November 30, 1825, aged eighty-one years. " His descendants still live on the old Homestead Farm, 4 in the southwest part of said Township." (Snell's Hist. Hunter- don Co., 1881, p. 503, in N. J. State Library.) "The deceased (Joseph Hankinson) was out with the Militia during the Revolu- tionary War, and afterwards enjoyed for many years the confi- dence of his fellow-citizens, as a member of the Legislature of his native State. He was a firm Republican and an honest man." (Hunterdon Gazette, December 15, 1825.) A portrait of him in wax (very curious) was lately in the possession of said Newark Joseph Hankinson (dec'd), who it is claimed was his grandson. 1 Interred Vorris graveyard, near Rowland's Mills, New Jersey. 2 Probably 1739. 3 Died November 30, 1825, "at his residence, Readington Township, New Jersey." — Hunterdon, N. J., Gazette, December 15, 1825. 4 Since sold, and they removed to Newark, New Jersey, and now deceased. 117 Gbe IRusltna jfamtty Said Mrs. Joseph Hankinson, of Newark, New Jersey, also gave me the following further facts, but I am unable to place them satisfactorily: " Rachel, wife of Joseph Hankinson (i), died March 28, 1784; 1 Hannah, wife of Joseph Hankinson (2), b. June 20, 1748; d. Feb. 7, 1833; J ose ph> son °f sa id Joseph and Hannah Hankinson, b. Nov. 2, 1778; d. Sept. 3, 1783; Nancy, daughter of Joseph and Hannah Hankinson, b. Nov. 3, 1770; Thomas, b. April 14, 1773; Catharine, b. Sept. 20, 1794; d. Aug. 28, 1833; Jemima Atkinson, b. Jan. 28, 1797; Joseph, b. Sept. 2, 1798; Asher, b. July 1, 1803; d. May 4, 1867; John S., son of Joseph and Catharine, b. Sept. 4, 183 1; Eliza, daughter of last two, b. Oct. 17, 1832; d. July 8, 1833; Joseph, her brother, b. Feb. 18, 1838; John, d. May 20, 1823; Joseph, d. Nov. 30, 1825; Hannah, d. Feb. 7, 1833; Thomas, d. May 14, 1833; Joseph, son of Joseph and Hannah, d. Aug. 10, 1800; Joseph, d. April 26, 1838." I also give the following, with scarcely more satisfaction, but it is the best I can do: "Hankinson. — Two brothers. Aaron, born 1735, died 1806, and William, born 1737, lived in Sussex County, New Jersey. Aaron served in the Revolutionary War, and attained the title of Brigadier General. Of his 12 children, I mention 5: John, mar- ried Elizabeth Hunt; Sarah, married David Linn; Rachel, married Sidney Herriott; Elizabeth, married Nathan, son of George Arm- strong; Joseph, married Margaret Goble and had a daughter Phebe, who married Richard, son of George Armstrong. William Hankin- son had a son James. Of James' children, I mention 3: Eliza, Ann, and Thomas. Eliza, married Aaron Linn; Ann, married William Roy, and their daughter, Elizabeth, married David Lewis Arm- strong; Thomas, married Elsie Newbaker, and their son, Elijah, married Mary Schooley." (Genealogical Record of the descend- ants of Nathan Armstrong, in possession of Miss Laura Johnson, 116 West State Street, Trenton, New Jersey, March 12, 1906.) Here are some more facts, of the same character, but they appear authentic, and I give them for what they are worth, though unable to identify them: The Church- Book of the Reformed Church, Stillwater, Sussex County, New Jersey, contains the name of John Hankinson, as Apparently the mother of General Hankinson. 118 Harem IHanfcinson father of child baptized there between 1793 and 1800. Its Record of Marriages shows John Hankinson and Eliza Wintermute married April 13, 1797; Levi Rosenkrans and Polly Hankinson June 6, 1797; and Aaron Southard and Nancy Hankinson January 6, 1799. There was a John V. Hankinson, Clerk of Stillwater Town- ship, 1837-38-46-47-49. In 1849 J onn V. Hankinson appears among the parents of school-children in said township, and in 1856 he gave a church lot to the Swartswood Methodist Episcopal church there. These doubtless are all descendants of said Gen. Aaron Hankinson, or his brother William. Mr. George W. Roy, formerly of Fredon, Stillwater Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, but now of Lincoln, Nebraska, who has given the Hankinson Family much study and investigation (and to whom I am indebted for many Hankinson data), wrote me some years ago, that his mother was a Hankinson, and his father's mother also, and that the whole Roy and Hankinson fami- lies are intermarried and related. Joseph Roy came from the Isle of Jersey, 1711, and his son was Judge John Roy, of Basking- ridge, Somerset County, New Jersey. His son, Insley or Ensley, married Isabella Rhodes, whose father, Charles, was one of the first Clerks of Sussex County. Ann Roy, daughter of said Judge John, married Gershom Goble, and her daughter, Hannah, born about 1754, married Joseph Hankinson, a son of William and Susannah Hankinson; another, Margaret, born about 1764, mar- ried a Joseph Hankinson also, a son of Gen. Aaron Hankinson, so two of Gershom Goble's daughters married "Joseph Hankin- sons." Ann Hankinson, daughter of James Hankinson, brother of Joseph, who married Hannah Goble, was the mother of said George W. Roy, and said James and Joseph were twin brothers, and sons of said William and Susannah Hankinson, both of whom are also buried at said "Yellow Frame Cemetery." 1 William Hankinson (2) was a son of Gen. Aaron Hankinson and a younger brother of Henry Hankinson (see p. no). He became Justice of the Peace of Warren County, 1827, and Judge of the Court of Common Pleas there 1829. He lived at Gravel Hill, Sussex County, New Jersey (now Blairstown, Warren County), and died there leaving a considerable estate. He was a prosper- 1 See p. 113. 119 Z\)c IRueltng jfamity ous merchant there for many years, and built a grist-mill there in 1 819, which is still standing and in use. He left a widow sur- viving (Margaret Crissman Hankinson), but no children. He bequeathed his property (about $40,000, as said) to Hon. John I. Blair, who was then a clerk in his store there, and this was the beginning of the great Blair estate. Henry Hankinson used to say that this estate of his brother William's of right should have descended to him and his brothers and sisters, or their heirs; but it does not appear that they ever claimed it according to law, and the Blair title vested accordingly. Elizabeth Hankinson, a sister of Gen. Aaron Hankinson, was married to John Reading in April, 1772, and died June 9, 181 7. Their marriage license, April 7, 1772, is on file in office of Secretary of State, Trenton, New Jersey. It describes John Reading as of Amwell Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, and Joseph Hankinson is his surety. This "John Reading" has been claimed as "Governor Reading," but this is error. There were many John Readings in Hunterdon County. John Reading (1) was born in England (London probably), 1686, and emigrated to Gloucester County about 1701. Was County Clerk there. He removed to Amwell Township, Hunterdon County, about 17 10, and died there about 1 7 14, and lies buried at Buckingham Meeting House, Bucks County, Penna. He became Governor of New Jersey and left a large landed estate — several thousands of acres. His son John Reading (2) succeeded to his property, and enlarged it, and also became Governor of New Jersey and one of the first trustees of Princeton University. He died November 7, 1767. His son John (3) died 1722. His son John (8) — son of John (3) — died November, 1820, aged sixty-nine, and it was this John Reading (I think) that married said Elizabeth Hankinson. He left a silver tankard, engraved with the Reading coat-of-arms, to his oldest male descendant, which he said his grandfather, Governor Reading, had given him, and this was to be bequeathed in like manner. In 1883 this tankard was in the possession of Judge James N. Reading, of Morris, Illinois, now deceased. His nephew, Hon. Charles N. Reading, lives at Frenchtown, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, and the Readings are still numerous in said county. The following is the Family Record of Henry Hankinson, taken partly from Bible of Gershom Rusling, 1838, and partly Baron IHanfcinson from "Carey's American Atlas," 1802, once belonging to Henry Hankinson, both in my possession, and both records in the hand- writing of said Henry Hankinson: Aaron Hankinson (father of Henry), b. Feb. 7, 1735; d. Oct. 9, 1806. Mary, wife of Aaron Hankinson, died. 1 Henry Hankinson, b. Aug. 27, 1767. Mary McCullough, his wife, b. July 17, 1782. 2 They were mar- ried Aug. 14, 1800, by Rev. Wm. Sloan. The will of Gen. Aaron Hankinson is dated April 9, 1805, and will be found recorded in the Surrogate's office, at Newton, Sussex County, New Jersey, in Book A of Wills, p. 101. It makes be- quests to all his children, except his son Henry, my grandfather, and recites he leaves him nothing because of advancements for education, board, clothing, etc., while prosecuting his law-studies at Flemington, New Jersey, during his father's lifetime. Here are some conveyances, that are corroborative of parts of the above, and may prove of interest to somebody: . TT 1 • Deed March it., 1802. Aaron Hankinson "1 _ . , ,. °L _, I Consideration £5. , , TT ° I Book of Deeds, Vol. H, p. 8, Sussex Co., N. J., John Hankinson. ) ^^ Qffice Conveys 121 acres of land, Hardwick Twp., Sussex Co., N. J. Aaron Hankinson \ Deed May 8, 1802. To [ £600. Joseph Green. * Book of Deeds, Vol. H, p. 156, same county. Conveys 130 acres of land, same township and county. Aaron Hankinson •» _. « _ _ . Deed Sep. 25, 1806. Wm. Hankinson, „ , ' _. , , T , ~ , riT .„. , , . Book of Deeds, Vol. P, p. 450, same county, son of William, dec d. J r Jy J Conveys 20 acres of land, same township and county, received from Joseph Hankinson, Reading-Town, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, March 1, 1770. The Acknowledgment recites, that the grantor signs by mark (thus X) , because not able to write his name "by reason of infirmity.'! (He died October 9, 1806, only about two weeks afterwards.) 1 May 3, 1796, I think. See p. 123. 2 Her tombstone at Asbury, New Jersey, gives her death as October 6, 1805, aged 25 yrs. 2 mo. 19 dys. But this must be an error, as she was then only 23 yrs. 2 mo. .19 dys. Gbe IRusIfng jfamtls Deed May 2, 1808. $S5o. Book of Deeds, Vol. Q, p. 678, same county. Hannah Hankinson, one of the heirs and de- visees of General Aaron Hankinson, To William Hankinson. Conveys an equal undivided J part of land, Hardwick Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, being 363 acres, more or less, received from Joseph Hankinson, Hunterdon County, by deed dated March 1, 1770, and by the will of said Aaron Hankinson, dated April 9, 1805, devised to his five chil- dren, William, Aaron, Daniel Thatcher, Hannah, and Elizabeth — each son to have two shares and each daughter one share. Henry Hankinson 1 t, j »«■ o J Deed May 10, 1802. I ~ » T , Book of Deeds, Vol. H, p. 135, same county. Asbury, N. J. J v " * Conveys 2 lots of land in Belvidere (now Warren) County, New Jersey. The Hankinson Family unquestionably were English, and settled first in Monmouth County, New Jersey, about 1680. A branch removed to Hunterdon County, and settled at Rowland's Mills, Readington Township, four miles northeast of Flemington, about the year 1700. These were Joseph and William Hankinson (see p. 117, etc.). So early as 1688 Thomas and Richard Hankin- son received a patent for 120 acres of land in Monmouth County from the proprietors of West Jersey. In 1700 Thomas Hankinson of Freehold bought 610 acres from Benjamin Allen. In 1764 James and Thomas Hankinson appear in the list of tax-payers of Shrews- bury Township, Monmouth County. In 1776 Kenneth Hankinson was taxed in Freehold Township for 594 acres and 64 cattle and horses; Wm. Hankinson for 150 acres; and Albert and William, Jr., for less amounts. This Kenneth Hankinson became Captain in Colonel Forman's battalion, Heard's Brigade, New Jersey Line, June 16, 1776, and also in First Regiment, Monmouth Militia, 1777. There was also a James Hankinson and William Hankinson in Captain Walton's troop, Light Dragoons, Monmouth County, and a John Hankinson and Reuben Hankinson in Captain Wad- dell's company, First Regiment, Monmouth Militia, 1777. In 1778 Elizabeth Hankinson married William Van Brunt, son of Nicho- las, "High Sheriff of Monmouth Co." Captain Kenneth Hankin- 1 His father-in-law. 122 Baron IHanRtnson son was a man of parts and standing. The Hunterdon and Sussex Hankinsons all claim relationship to him. He had a son James, whose daughter, Eliza D., married James Newell, father of Hon. William A. Newell, Governor of New Jersey and several times Mem- ber of Congress; also, Governor of Washington Territory (now state), and afterwards United States Indian Agent there. James Newell was the son of Hugh, a Protestant Irishman and soldier of the Revolution, in Captain Bruere's company, Monmouth County. The Family Record of Aaron Hankinson seems to be as follows, nearly as I can construct it, after much labor and care. His Family Bible not found, nor any other authentic record. Not even the order of births of his children certain, but probably as follows: Aaron Hankinson, b. Feb. 7, 1735; d. Oct. 9, 1806; m. Mary Sny- der, Feb. 9, 1764. Mary Snyder Hankinson, b. Nov. 27, 1747; d. May 3, 1796. Their Children. Joseph, b. 1765?; d. 1838; 1 m. Margaret Goble, b. 1764; d. 1814. Henry, b. Aug. 27, 1767; d. May 5, 1848; 2 m. Mary McCullough, Aug. 14, 1800, and became my grandfather (p. no). Sarah, b. 1770; d. Feb. 10, 1815; 3 m. (1) David Linn; 4 (2) John Smalley, June 10, 1806. John, b. Nov. 25, 1771; d. Aug. 3, 1845; 4 m. Elizabeth Hunt, b. Feb. 6, 1770; d. Nov. 2, 1841. Left several children. Thomas, b. 1775; d. April 27, 1796. 5 William, b. Oct. 30, 1779; d. Oct. 17, 1830; m. Margaret Criss- man, March 14, 1805; b. Oct. 10, 1781; d. Feb. 26, 1857. No issue. 8 Elizabeth, b. 1783 (?); d. 1834; m. Nathan Armstrong, b. Sept. 17, 1782; d. April 7, 1850. Aaron, b. April 22, 1786; d. Feb. 23, 1850 ; 7 m. Sarah Kelsey, April 12, 1804; b. March 7, 1785. 1 Int. Marksboro' Presbyterian Cemetery, Warren County, New Jersey. Birth given as 1762 on his gravestone and also in his application for pension, Washington, D. C. But parents not married until 1764. 2 Interred, Asbury, New Jersey. 3 Interred, Yellow Frame Cemetery, Stillwater, New Jersey. 4 Interred, Yellow Frame Cemetery, Stillwater, New Jersey. 5 Possibly son of William Hankinson, but likely of Aaron Hankinson. Interment, Yellow Frame Cemetery, Stillwater, New Jersey. 6 Interred, both, Union Brick Presbyterian graveyard, between Hope and Blairstown, New Jersey. 7 Removed to Wyoming County, Penna. "3 £be iRueltng family Samuel, b. 1792; d. April 21, 1793. Hannah, b. ; d. ; m. Cooper Kelsey, May 14, 1808. Rachel, b. ; d. ; m. Sidney Herriott. 1 Nancy, b. ; d. ; m. Aaron Southard, Jan. 6, 1799. 2 Daniel Thatcher, b. ; d. about 1840. 3 If the above be correct, he had thirteen children in all — "a fruitful vine," truly. The "Genealogical Record of the descend- ants of Nathan Armstrong" (who married his daughter Elizabeth) says twelve, but there appear to have been thirteen. Probably "Samuel" was omitted by the writer of the Armstrong Record, because he died when only 15 mo. and 22 dys. old. The children of General Hankinson intermarried with the Hunts, Linns, Fowlers, Herriotts, Robbins, Southards, Cooks, Kelseys, Armstrongs, Crissmans, Lannings, Gobies, Roys, Winter- mutes, Readings, etc., of Sussex County, and their descendants are scattered far and wide. George Watson Roy, formerly of Fredon, New Jersey, but now of Lincoln, Nebraska, has the fullest account of these descendants. But it does not come within the scope of this work to trace them farther. I have said the Hankinsons were of English descent (p. 122). If so, they likely came from Middlesex County, England, where the Hankinsons have the following coat-of-arms: " Ar. a fesse gu. fretty or, betw. three ducks sa. Crest a demi-phcenix, wings elevated or, issuant from flames. Motto Vi et animo. " (Burke's Gen. Armory, 452.) Singularly, the motto, Vi et animo, "By Strength and Courage," is the motto of both the Hankinson and McCullough Families. (Fairbank's Crests, Vol. I, p. 597.) I cannot undertake to trace the American Hankinsons back to these English Hankinsons, but give the foregoing facts for what they are worth, as they may interest somebody. I have had great trouble in fixing these Hankinson data as well as I have, and can do no better. 1 Adjutant, War 181 2. 2 Removed to Ohio. 3 Never married. His oil portrait, with ruffled shirt, etc., now in pos- session of George Watson Roy, Lincoln, Nebraska (formerly Fredon, Sussex County), a great-great-grandson of William Hankinson (brother of General Aaron), through his son Joseph and Hannah Goble, as he claims. His mother, Elizabeth M. A. Hankinson. This portrait formerly belonged to Hon. Andrew H. Konkle, Newton, New Jersey, County Surveyor, etc. 124 XX William flUcCullougb ILLIAM McCULLOUGH, my great- grandfather on my mother's side, lived at Asbury, New Jersey, and was a man of note in his day. He was born December 18, 1759, in the township of Greenwich, Warren (then Sussex) County, New Jersey, and died February 9, 1840. In July, 1776, when he was about seventeen years of age, he enlisted for three months in Captain Andrew Mellick's company, of which his father, Benjamin McCullough, was a lieutenant, in Col. Mark Thompson's First Regiment, Sussex Militia, and was in skirmish with the British near Bound Brook, New Jersey. In the fall of 1776 he enlisted again for three months, in his father, Capt. Benjamin McCullough's, company, of same regiment, and was in battle at Springfield, New Jersey, December 17, 1776. In February, 1777, he enlisted for one month more, in same company, and was in engagement with British at Mill- stone, New Jersey. Later in 1777 he served two weeks, in Capt. Wm. Bond's company of same regiment, I think, against the refugees or Tories. In November, 1777, he was appointed Con- ductor of Teams, with the rank and pay of "Captain and Con- ductor of Team Brigade" (Brigade Quartermaster), and served in this capacity in New Jersey and Pennsylvania until May, 1781 — nearly four years — under Captains Moore Furman and Peter Gordon, and Colonels Jacob West and Robert Hooper, Deputy Quartermaster and Commissary Generals, receiving orders from all these officials, and must have been an efficient and reliable 125 Gbe IRuslina yamtty officer. He owned three of his teams himself and his father four teams. (This from War Department and Pension Office Records, Washington, D. C, in a report made by himself, corroborated by an order from Colonel West dated March 5, 1778, and by affidavits of Daniel Vliet, Michael Myers, Jacob Petty, James Gardner, and Peter Winters, who served with him.) After the war he became Lieutenant Colonel Lower Regiment Sussex Militia, June 5, 1793; transferred to Third Regiment, and resigned November 23, 1801; and was always called "Colonel" 1 McCullough afterwards. (See Officers and Men of New Jersey in Revolutionary War by N. J., 1872, pp. 401-849.) After the war he made application for pension (No. 18,504) September 4, 1832, and was granted a pension at the rate of $320 per annum, which was afterwards increased to $480 per annum. He was an earnest friend of all public improvements and especially of education, and gave the lot for a public school at Washington, Warren County, New Jersey, and with others caused the first school-house to be erected there. He was the son of Benjamin McCullough, who was a captain in General Heard's Brigade, New Jersey Line, June 14, 1776, and after- wards captain in the First Regiment, Sussex Militia, May 24, 1777. Benjamin McCullough was of Scotch-Irish ancestry (a Pres- byterian, of course), and came over from the North of Ireland, County Tyrone or Antrim, with the Maxwells, Kennedys, Stewarts, and others of that ilk about 1750. He was born March 27, 1734. There was a great famine in Ireland in 1741, followed by a large emigration to America, and he likely came about that time. He settled in Greenwich (afterwards Mansfield) 2 Township, Sussex (now Warren) County, New Jersey, and early obtained employ- ment on the estate of a widow named Hannah Cook Henry or Heanrie. He found favor in her eyes, and married her about 1757 or 1758. Her maiden name was Hannah Cook, and she is reported to have been related to Captain James Cook, the great 1 The Adjutant General's Office, Trenton, New Jersey, after full search, reports that there is no record of his ever being full "Colonel," notwith- standing he was always called that. Probably called "Colonel," as all lieutenant colonels were and are now. 2 So called after the great Lord Mansfield, Chief Justice of England about *754i when said township was set off from Greenwich. 126 COLONEL WILLIAM McCULLOUGII I759-184O From an oil painting, 1810. William oncCullouab English navigator, who was born 1728 and killed and eaten by cannibals in the Sandwich Islands, 1779. She was the granddaugh- ter of John Cook, and daughter of Arthur ' and Elizabeth Cook, and widow of William Henry or Heanrie, and owned over a thou- sand acres of land in said Greenwich Township, and Readington Township adjoining in Hunterdon County. On October 19, 1757, she conveyed to Michael Heanrie, of Readington, and William Bishop, of Greenwich, 800 acres, in trust for her children by her first marriage until they became twenty-one, to wit: Arthur, Michael, Nathaniel, Jane, Elizabeth, and Sarah Heanrie. Evi- dently this was in anticipation of her second marriage, to Captain Benjamin McCullough, which I conjecture was about 1757 or 1758, as their first child, William McCullough, was born 1759. In 1763 Captain Benjamin McCullough lived at or near Bloomsbury, in said Greenwich Township, and owned the mill property, and several valuable farms in the heart of the Musconetcong Valley, and had already become a man of importance there. Was a farmer, miller, and general man of business. I think he was in the French and Indian war, but am not sure of this. His name appears first in Mansfield Township in 1754. He was a member of the Committee of Safety of his Town- ship and County in 177s, 2 member of Assembly New Jersey, 1778- 1779, and Freeholder of his Township, 1781-1784. There was also a Robert McCullough in the New Jersey Line, 1776, but whether he was the same as " Robert McCullough, Matross, Cap't Neill's Eastern Co. Artillery" State Troops, 1777, or related to Benjamin 1 This Arthur Cook was probably a great-grandson of Arthur Cook who lived at Portsmouth, Rhode Island, in 1684; in 1685 he moved to Burling- ton, New Jersey; in 1685 he moved to Philadelphia, and died there April 1, 1700; a merchant. Or he may have been a son of John Cook and Mary Sim- cock, daughter of John Simcock, who was a charter member of William Penn's corporation, 1682, president of his Council, 1687; Justice of Penn- sylvania Supreme Court, 1690, and Chief Justice, 1696. In 17 14 there was a John Cook and his son Arthur living near Bloomsbury, New Jersey. This son Arthur married Elizabeth (name unknown), but probably they were the Arthur and Elizabeth Cook above mentioned. 2 There was a meeting of the Committee of Safety of Sussex County, at the Court House, Newton, New Jersey, August 10-11, 1775, at which Gen- eral William Maxwell, Captain Benjamin McCullough, and James Stewart were present, representing Greenwich Township. (Snell's History of Sussex and Warren Counties, New Jersey, in New Jersey State Library, p. 51.) 127 ftbe IRusling family McCullough, I do not know, but conjecture he was a brother. He (B. McC.) lies buried in the old graveyard of the Presbyterian church in Greenwich Township, near Stewartsville, Warren County, New Jersey, and the inscription on his tombstone is as follows: In memory of Benj m McCullough who departed this life March 27, 1789, In the 55th year of his age. My flesh shall slumber in the ground, Till the last trumpet joyful sounds, Then burst the chains with sweet surprise, And in my Saviour's image rise. He died intestate; his administrator was his son William, who filed no Inventory or Account — to save cost and expenses, probably. Doubtless his estate was divided equally between his son William and his daughter Hannah Cook amicably. His Let- ters of Administration were dated June 13, 1789. (See Records of Secretary of State's office, Trenton, New Jersey.) The estate of his wife likely descended to the two children the same way. No Will of hers on file there, either. His son, Colonel William McCullough, after the Revolution, about 1784, settled at Asbury, New Jersey, then called Hall's Mills, and assisted in building the Methodist Episcopal church there in 1796. Its corner-stone was laid August 9, 1796, by Bishop Francis Asbury, and soon afterwards the name of the town was changed from Hall's Mills to Asbury in honor of the good Bishop. A Methodist Society seems to have existed there much before then, however. In 1786, two years after Colonel McCullough came to Hall's Mills, he was converted to Methodism under the ministry of Revs. John McCloskey and Ezekiel Cooper, and im- mediately connected himself with said Methodist Society — having been bred a Presbyterian, as all his family. The Methodists had no church yet, but worshipped in private houses, and it was not until 1796, ten years afterwards, that they had grown strong enough to erect a Methodist church. It was then done largely through the influence and liberality of Colonel McCullough. The deed for the church is dated August 8, 1796. On August 7, Bishop Asbury preached in Trenton, and on August 8 rode on horseback "throughout Penny-town (Pennington) along an agreeable and 128 TOtlliam flncdullougb well-settled portion of the country" towards Asbury. He says: "Tuesday Aug. 9, 1796, we made our way 25 miles to Brother McCullough's, near Schooley's mountain, probably a remnant of the Blue Ridge. After a good meeting at Brother McC.'s, we went to lay the foundation of the new Meeting House. We sang a part of Dr. Watts' hymn on the ' Corner-Stone, ' " and prayed. I then had to lend a hand to lay the mighty corner-stone of the house. We then sang and prayed, and retired to Brother Budd's, 2 an Israelite indeed, my never-failing friend in time, and I hope will be to all eternity. "Wednesday 10 — I thought it not good to be idle, so I went to Hackettstown and preached. We had few people, but a feeling, serious time." (Asbury Journals, Vol. II, p. 259.) "July 20, 1799, I rode in great pain and heat, hungry and sick, 25 miles (from Sussex C. H.) to Mr. McCullough's (William McCullough's, Asbury, New Jersey). How welcome a good house, kind friends, and a cold day! What is the cause of my affliction? Is it the water, or the weather, or my bilious habit? I am at a loss to know. "Sunday 21 — At Colonel McCollock's. 3 Having been so un- well for some days past, it was enough for me to exhort a little, after Jesse Lee had given them 2 sermons." (Vol. II, p. 348-9.) "Thursday, May 9, 181 1, We came to Asbury and I preached and added a special exhortation. Were it not for the brewing and drinking miserable whisky, Asbury town would be a pleasant place. Friday to James Egbert's. Bethel Chapel has been bought and re-fitted for the Methodists. I preached in it. I am unknown in New Jersey and ever shall be, I presume. After forty years labor we have not yet ten thousand in membership." (Asbury Journal, Vol. Ill, p. 308.) 4 This first M. E. church at Asbury was not completed and dedicated until 1798. 5 It remained in use until 1842, when it was 1 Doubtless Hymn 766 of Methodist Hymnal, 1899. 2 Rev. William Budd, a Methodist minister, and father-in-law of Wil- liam McCullough. 3 The Bishop's orthography at fault, as often with him, George Wash- ington and others of that time. 4 But in 1907 over one hundred thousand Methodists in New Jersey! 5 Dedicated by Rev. D. W. Bartine, father of Rev. D. W. Bartine, D.D. [9] 129 £be IRueling family sold and removed, and the present edifice erected there. In 1864 this was raised and extended, and a basement put under it, and a spire erected over it. In 1869 the old "bell" was transferred to the Asbury Academy, and a new one installed at a cost of. $500. In 1894 the old parsonage and lot (several acres) given to the church by my mother about 18 19, and over a quarter of a mile from the church, were sold, and the desirable residence of Dr. Gale (dec'd) next door south of the church, and eight acres of land ad- joining, were purchased and annexed to the church for parsonage and cemetery purposes. In this my brother Henry and I assisted to the extent of several hundred dollars each. In 1906-7 the church was further renovated and improved by new stained-glass windows, frescoing, painting, etc., by its members, and a Memorial Window to my father and mother, Gershom and Eliza B. Rusling, also erected there by my brother William Henry and myself. Also a Memorial Tablet to Colonel William McCullough was then erected there by his grandson, Robert Kennedy McCullough, of New York and Paris; also a Memorial Tablet to Bishoy Asbury, by P. B. Butterwick, a citizen of Asbury, N. J. In the old graveyard adjoining the church are the graves of Colonel McCullough, Henry Hankinson, James Rusling (1), Gershom Rusling, and their families for at least four generations. William McCullough was a Freeholder of Mansfield Township in 1797, member of Assembly New Jersey, 1793-94-95-96-99, and of Council New Jersey, 1800-01-02-03. In 1803 he became Judge of Court of Common Pleas of Sussex and continued (of that county and Warren) until 1838 — a Judge of Sussex until Warren was set off from it, and then of Warren County until 1838 — over thirty- five years in succession. He was not a lawyer, and his knowledge of law therefore was limited; but he had great knowledge of men and was gifted eminently with common sense, or he could never have maintained himself on the bench so long. He lived at Asbury, in a noble mansion, erected by himself, with spacious hall and rooms, on a high bluff overlooking the Musconetcong River, and away to the Asbury Mountain, surrounded by large grounds with stately trees (many brought from a distance), and dispensed a gracious hospitality there for many years. In my childhood days, I was often at his house, and he at my father's at Washington, only five miles north. On Sundays we often drove down to Asbury 130 TNMIUam flllcCullougb to "meeting" and afterwards dined at Colonel McCullough's. We always called him "Grandpa McCullough" in those days, and my father and mother were always great favorites with him. My mother and Aunt Keturah were both brought up in his house and married from there, as stated on p. 112, their mother (his daughter Mary, or "Polly "as he always called her, dying in their early childhood — when they were only five and two years old respectively), and their father never remarrying, and so naturally we were all very fond of him. He was then a little, spare old man, very gray, slow of speech, erect of carriage, with a keen eye and canny face, and altogether a good deal of a man in his day. I have a photograph of his portrait painted in 18 10. (See "cut," p. 126.) It was well said of him, " he was a man of progressive ideas and far ahead of his times. " He purchased large tracts of land around Asbury, and up towards Washington and Port Colden, but died encumbered and insolvent. Considerable land at or near Broadway also came into his possession by inheritance, I think, and though long litigation ensued it was adjudged to him at last. He was probably "land poor," like George Washington, but without Washington's large estate otherwise. He had a large and expen- sive family, that depended greatly on him for support, and in his latter years be became eaten up by endorsements, mortgages, etc. He was a farmer, merchant, miller, and general man of business throughout all that region, like his father before him. The following is the inscription on Colonel McCullough's tomb- stone, in the graveyard of the Methodist Episcopal church at Asbury, New Jersey: Sacred to the memory of Col. William McCullough, who departed this life February 9th, 1840, aged 81 years, 1 month, and 19 days. He was a friend and promoter of Internal im- provements, a member of the Legislative Coun- cil for a number of years, and served upwards of 30 years as one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in Sussex and Warren Counties. He attached himself to the Methodist Episcopal Church in the year 1786, and continued a useful member until his death. His end was peace. I3 1 Gbe IRueltng family The following is from the Christian Advocate and Journal, New York, May 29, 1840, and was written by Rev. Dr. Deems, then pastor of Asbury Circuit, Methodist Episcopal Church, but afterwards pastor of the Church of the Strangers, New York (pp. 135-136): Feb. 9 — At his residence in Asbury, Warren County, N. J., Col. William M'Cullough, in his 82c! year. In the death of this venerable man, society has lost a useful member, and his children a kind father. He took a part in the Revolutionary War in favor of the colonies, and was generally known as a promoter of internal improvements. He filled some of the most respectable offices in his county, was frequently elected to a seat in the legislative council of his state, and acted as one of the associate judges in the courts of Sussex and Warren counties for upward of thirty years. 1 In the year 1786 he became a professor of religion, and attached himself to the M. E. Church, in which he continued an acceptable member until his death. His house was always the preachers' home. His last illness was short and mild, and he passed away like the setting of the evening sun. After his speech failed him, he was asked by a relative 2 if his confidence in Christ still remained unshaken ; and if so, to signify it by raising his right hand, when, to the joy of his friends, he imme- diately raised both, one after the other, and made an effort to elevate his whole body. His funeral was attended by a large collection of relatives and friends, and the religious services were performed by the Rev. M. Force and Rev. George Banghart. The funeral sermon was preached by Rev. Manning Force, from Psa. lxxiii, 26: "My flesh and my heart faileth; but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion forever." C. M. F. D. Colonel McCullough had no brothers, and but a single sister, named Hannah Cook, after her mother. Hannah Cook McCullough had many advantages for her time, as her mother was wealthy for that period, and distinguished in that part of New Jersey as "the first lady who kept her carriage." She was born November 6, 1760. On March 15, 1779, she was married to Jacob Piatt, fifth son of John Piatt, of French Huguenot descent, of the Province of Dauphine\ France. After the revocation of the Edict of Nantes (1685), the Piatt family fled to Holland and established itself in Amsterdam, and there John Piatt married Frances Wykoff, nee Van Vliet, a widow of English and Dutch ancestry. He soon emi- grated to St. Thomas, West Indies, and continued there several 1 Over thirty-five years. 2 My father, Gershom Rusling. Have often heard him relate the incident. 132 TOilltam flllc CulIouQb years, but emigrated to America, and settled in New Jersey, at Six-Mile Run, near New Brunswick, Middlesex County, probably about 1740 or 1750. Jacob Piatt was born May 16, 1747. He was an ensign, first lieutenant and captain in the New Jersey Line during the Revolution, but resigned March 11, 1780. Having married in 1779, this probably led to his resignation. He served in the expedition against Quebec, and also at the battles of Germantown, Brandywine, Short Hills, and Monmouth, and claimed to have been present at the altercation between Wash- ington and Lee at Monmouth. He became Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Essex (or Sussex) County, New Jersey, but in 1795 removed to Boone County, Kentucky, where he also held the like office for thirteen years. Here he acquired a large tract of land, opposite to Lawrenceburg, Indiana, near the junction of the Ohio and Miami rivers, and died there August 14, 1834, at the age of eighty-seven years. He had six children, of whom Benjamin McCullough and John Hooper became much distinguished. Ben- jamin settled at Lawrenceburg, Indiana, but afterwards moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he became a distinguished lawyer and judge, and acquired a large fortune. His second daughter, Ara- bella, became the wife of Dr. William Budd McCullough, her first cousin, referred to on p. 138. Her mother was Elizabeth Barnett, daughter of William Barnett, a wealthy Virginian who emigrated to Kentucky in 1798 and settled near Jacob Piatt. She (Mrs. McC.) left two daughters, Elizabeth Budd and Arabella Piatt. The former married General Thomas Kilby Smith, a dis- tinguished Ohio officer in our Civil War (186 1-5), and died at Philadelphia, Penna., February 16, 1899. She was a lady of un- usual gifts, and a poetess of much ability. She had fine taste in music, literature, and art, and like her mother and children was a devout and earnest Catholic, though with charity for all. She left three sons and two daughters to mourn her loss. See p. 139. John H. Piatt, brother of Benjamin Piatt, became a leading merchant and banker in Cincinnati, and amassed a great fortune for those days. In the War of 181 2 he became a large contractor for the Government, for the supply of our Western Army, and by the depreciation of our currency was ruined and sent to a debtor's prison in Washington, D. C, and died there in prison-bounds, February 12, 1822. He had a large claim against the United States, *33 Zbc IRusling family amounting to hundreds of thousands of dollars. But this was not allowed until 1875, an d he had then been dead over fifty years. Had the Government paid this promptly, as he deserved, he would have saved his property and credit, and likely have died a million- naire or multi-millionnaire. The Piatt family is still numerous and distinguished in Ohio and Indiana, and the famous Colonel Donn Piatt, soldier and journalist in our Civil War, on the staff of General Schenck and elsewhere, was a son of said Benjamin M. Piatt. The following is the Family Record of Benjamin and William McCullough, or the best practicable: Benjamin McCullough, b. March 27, 1736; d. March 27, 1789. m. Hannah Cook Henry, 1757-8. Hannah Cook Henry McCullough, b. ; d. . Their Children. William McCullough, b. Dec. 18, 1759; d. Feb. 9, 1840. Hannah McCullough, b. Nov. 6, 1760; d. June 8, 1818; m. Jacob Piatt, 1779. William McCullough, m. (1st) Keturah (or Catura) Hunt, b. ; d. Sept. 17, 1788; 1 m. (2d) Elizabeth Budd, July 15, 1789; b. May 23, 1770; d. June r, 1823; 2 m. (3d) Mary Grandin, Aug. 18, 1824; b. ; d. Feb. 9, 1840. His first wife, Keturah, departed this life September 17, 1788, "rejoicing in the God of her salvation, and deposited in Greenwich in the Family Burying Ground," 3 as the quaint old record recites. His second wife, Elizabeth Budd, was dau. of Rev. Wm. Budd, of Asbury and Pemberton, New Jersey, and Letitia his wife, dau. of Jonathan and Letitia Brian Hough, Philadelphia, Penna. His third wife, Mary Grandin, was the wid. of Dr. John F. Grandin, Hamden, Hunterdon County, New Jersey; her place of interment unknown. They were married by Rev. Benjamin Collins, then pastor Methodist Episcopal church, Asbury, New Jersey. 1 She died intestate. Her husband administrator, December 22, 1790. No inventory or account ever filed — to save costs, probably. See records of office of Secretary of State, Trenton, New Jersey. 2 Have photograph from her portrait, 1810. (See cut adjoining.) 3 I take this to be the old Greenwich Presbyterian churchyard, near Stewartsville, Warren County, New Jersey, but her grave cannot be found there now. 134 ELIZABETH BUDD MCCULLOUGH 1770-1823 From an oil painting, 1810. Militant flncCullousb Their Children, as Follows. Hannah (by ist wife), b. ; d. young. Mary (by ist wife), b. July 17, 1782; d. Oct. 6, 1805; m. Henry Hankinson, Aug. 14, 1800, by Rev. Wm. B. Sloan. Ann (by ist wife), b. Oct. 10, 1784; d. Sept. 3, 1804; m. Samuel W. Budd, Philadelphia, Penna., and Pemberton, N. J., b. 1781; d. 1854. No issue. Letitia (by 2d wife), b. Oct. 4, 1791; d. ; m. Israel Doty Disosway, New York. Benjamin (by 2d wife), b. Feb. 14, 1794; d. Oct. 24, 1849; m - Maria Bixler, dau. Christopher, Easton, Pa.; b. Sept. 9, 1796; d. May 3, 1857. 1 Jane (by 2d wife), b. April 4, 1795; d. Oct. 20, 1840; m. William Van Antwerp, New York, Aug. n, 181 5; b. Feb. 10, 1792; d. Oct. 20, i860. Keturah (by 2d wife), b. May 27, 1798; d. 1851; m. Anthony Mindurt Farley. 2 William Budd (by 2d wife), b. Feb. 11, 1801; d. June 24, 1868; Hayward, Alameda Co., Cal. Of these children of William McCullough, I can give only the following: Hannah died in infancy probably; never married. Mary married Henry Hankinson and became my grandmother (pp. in, 123). Ann married Samuel W. Budd, of Pemberton, N. J. (p. 14°)- Letitia McCullough married Israel Doty Disosway, of New York. He was of an old Huguenot family on Staten Island. He became a wealthy merchant in New York and Newark, and re- sided in Asbury some years, but subsequently failed and removed first to Virginia and then to Illinois and died there many years ago. Her sons were Edward, Mark R., William, and Frank. The latter killed at Seven Pines, Virginia, May 31, 1862, in Confederate service. Her son Mark R. died at Sheldon, Illinois, several years ago, leaving a widow, Mary, still surviving there. One of Letitia's daughters, Anna Letitia (b. May 22, 1816, d. Jan. 27, 1901, Flush- ing, L. I.), married Rev. Charles M. F. Deems, D.D., LL.D. (June 29, 1843). He was a man of marked gifts and high character (b. Dec. 4, 1820; d. Nov. 18, 1893, New York). He graduated at Dickinson College, Carlisle, Penna., 1839, with first honors; was 1 Interred, Easton, Penna. 2 Chambers, Early German Settlers New Jersey, p. 355. 1 35 XLbc IRueltna family President Greensboro' College, North Carolina, 1850; pastor Church of the Strangers, New York, 1866-1893; President American In- stitute of Christian Philosophy, 1881, and author of many religious books, etc. One of his sons, Rev. Edward Mark Deems, D.D., named after his uncle Mark Disosway (b. Greensboro', North Carolina, April 22, 1852), is a graduate of Princeton University, with high honors, and has been pastor of First Presbyterian church, Hornellsville, New York, for nearly twenty years now. He was formerly pastor of Westminster Presbyterian church, New York. He is the chaplain of Hornell Lodge, No. 331, A. F. and A. M., and a member of the Masonic chapter and com- mandery there. He is an able and versatile scholar and gentle- man, and has made a marked and lasting impression for good wherever he has resided. He married Virginia Price, New York, 1884, and has three sons and two daughters. One of his sons, Charles F., is now in Princeton University, and worthy of his parentage and ancestry. His sister, Marian J. Verdery, lives at Flushing, Long Island, and her mother died at her house there. His oldest brother, Theodore, a first lieutenant Fifth Regiment, North Carolina Confederate Volunteers, was wounded in a charge at Gettysburg, Penna., July 1, 1863, and died July 17th following from said wound. Letitia, dau. of Theodore and Rebecca Disosway, died July 16, 1852, aged 1 yr. 3 mo. I take this Theodore to be one of Letitia McCullough's sons. Benjamin McCullough kept a store and country inn at Broadway, New Jersey, about 1840, and before and afterwards, and was a genial and hospitable man. I was often there when a lad, as we lived then only three miles away, at Washing- ton, New Jersey, and we all thought a great deal of " Uncle Ben" and his family. One of his sons, Robert Kennedy, became a man of fortune, and lives now in New York and Paris. (See P. 13°-) His (Benjamin McCullough's) record as follows: Benjamin McCullough, b. Feb. 14, 1794; d. Oct. 24, 1849 ;' m. Maria Bixler, dau. Christopher Bixler, Easton, Pa., b. Sept. 9, 1796; d. May 3, 1857. ■ 1 Interment, Easton, Penna. 136 ratlliam flllcCullouGb Their Children. Catharine, b. ; d. ; m. William Townsend, publisher, New York. Elizabeth, b. ; d. Mary, b. 1830; d. 1884; m. Cotten Bean, d. 1906. William C., 1 b. ; d. Aug. 25, 1876; int. Broadway; m. . Sarah Lommerson, b. Aug. 22, 1821; d. Dec. 22, 1870. Henry, 2 b. ; d. ; m. Julia Drake, d. Jan., 1880. Robert Kennedy, 3 b. Jan. 8, 1827, of New York and Paris; m. Martha Barmore, New York. Jane McCullough married William Van Antwerp, a wealthy merchant in New York at one time, of an old Dutch family, and left a large family. Their record as follows : William McCullough, b. June 14, 1816. Mary, b. Jan. 19, 1818; d. early. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 13, 1819; d. ; m. Dr. William Mul- hallon. Lewis W., b. June 3, 1821; m. Kate Anderson. His dau. Alice m. George W. Lea, Philadelphia. His son Theodore lives at Huntington, Indiana. Theodore, b. April 3, 1823; m. Leonora P. Fisher. Now of Huntington, Indiana. Mary, b. Dec. 6, 1824; d. ; m. George Trotter, of Phila- delphia and New York. Margaret Ann Dewitt, b. Nov. 10, 1826; d. . Thomas Boyd, b. July 30, 1830; d. June 29, 1877; m. Margaret Strickland, now of Montclair, N. J., April 10, 1866, dau. of Rev. Wm. P. Strickland, by Bishop Foster, at Cincinnati, Ohio. Louise Jane, b. Feb. 20, 1834; d. . James, b. June 19, 1835; d. ; m. (1st) Phoebe Stout, (2d) Kate Cannon, New Brunswick, N. J. William B., b. Jan. 2, 1839; d. May 26, 1864. Nicholas, b. Jan. 12, 1840. There were sixteen in all, of whom William McCullough, Mary (1st), Margaret, and Nicholas, died in infancy. Also there was a Lieutenant William Budd Van Antwerp, "died at Chesapeake Hospital, Fortress Monroe, Virginia, in the 1 His great-grandson, Frank L., b. May 30, 1875, m. Hattie Donnelly, June 15, 1904; b. March 20, 1879; lives at 556 Lafayette Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. He has a dau. E. Adele, b. Oct. 17, 1905. 2 Interred, Easton, Penna., but no dates on gravestone. 3 See p. 136. J 37 £be IRueltng family service of his country, 25 years of age, " according to his tombstone, Asbury, New Jersey. But his company and regiment not given, nor dates of his birth and death. 1 Was her son, I think. Keturah McCullough married Anthony Mindurt Farley (b. 1789; d. 1851), by whom she had five children. William M. died in infancy; Catharine (Minard, New York), William (New Ger- mantown, New Jersey), and Elizabeth (m. Geo. M. Galliard), Pelhamville, New Jersey. One of her sons or grandsons (William) used to visit my father about 1850, and they resided then at or near White House or New Germantown, New Jersey. The Farleys were at Woburn, Massachusetts, about 1641, and removed to Trenton, New Jersey, about 1700 (George and Caleb trustees of First Presbyterian church there 1709) and then to New German- town, New Jersey, 1760. 2 William Budd graduated at Yale and read law with Governor Vroom (New Jersey), but did not like it, and then studied medicine and became an excellent physician. He practiced at Asbury, New Jersey, 1834-1837; at Broadway, New Jersey, 1842-1843; and then removed to Lawrenceburg, Indiana, where he lived several years and was member of Board of Managers of State Lunatic Asylum, and then removed to Minnesota and California. He was a man of a good deal of mind and character, but without the "canny" sense of the "Old Colonel," as people always called his father. His record as follows: William Budd McCullough, b. Feb. 11, 1801; d. June 24, 1868; m. (1st) Arabella S. Piatt, May 16, 1826, by Rev. Fin-man Bishop, Cincinnati, O. ; 3 m. (2d) Matilda Moore, Sept. 4, 1833, by Rev. Sylvester Scovil, of Presbyterian church, Harrison, O. Arabella S. McCullough, b. July 4, 1808;. d. Feb. 1, 1830, in New York. 4 Matilda Moore McCullough, b. ; d. . 1 Since writing above, I have ascertained from the War Department he was Second Lieutenant, Company F, Thirteenth Indiana Volunteers, b. Jan. 2, 1839; d. May 26, 1864. Wounded in battle May 10, 1864. 2 Chambers, Early German Settlers New Jersey, p. 355. 3 His first cousin. 4 Her mother lived in Ohio. But she came to New York and took her daughter home in her private carriage, for interment at Cincinnati. Stopped over night at my father's, Washington, New Jersey. 138 J UGUlliam fllkCullcrngb Their Children. Elizabeth Budd (by ist wife), b. June 18, 1827, Asbury, N. J.; d. Feb. 16, 1899, Philadelphia, Pa.; m. Gen. Thomas Kilby Smith, May 21, 1848 (pp. 133-139). Arabella Piatt (by ist wife), b. Jan. n, 1830, New York; d. Aug. 21, 1846, Cincinnati, O. Benjamin (by 2d wife), b. Aug. 27, 1834, Asbury, N. J.; bap. by Rev. Manning Force. Sarah Jones (by 2d wife), b. Aug. 30, 1836, Asbury, N. J.; bap. by same. John Moore (by 2d wife), b. Dec. 26, 1839, Asbury, N. J.; bap. by same. William Budd (by 2d wife), b. July 14, 1841, Broadway, N. J.; d. April 25, 1843. Matilda Moore (by 2d wife), b. May 19, 1844, near Lawrenceburg, Ind.; d. June 29, 1847. Jane (by 2d wife), b. Nov. 27, , same place. Charles Deems (by 2d wife), b. Oct. 2, 1849, same place. Letitia (by 2d wife), b. July 26, 1854. Minnie (by 2d wife), b. Nov. 10, 1855. Record of his daughter Elizabeth Budd, as follows: Elizabeth Budd McCullough, b. June 18, 1827, Asbury, N. J.; d. Feb. 16, 1899, Philadelphia, Pa.; m. Gen. Thomas Kilby Smith, May 2, 1848. He b. Sept. 23, 1820, Boston, Mass.; d. Dec. 14, 1887, New York. Their Children. Elizabeth Barnett, b. May 22, 1850; d. ; m. George Gifford Esler, Feb. 24, 1880. He d. 1886. Arabella Theresa, b. April 7, 1852; d. Aug. 21, 1868. Walter George, b. Nov. 24, 1854; m. Elizabeth L. Drexel, June 7, 1890. She d. Sept. 26, 1890. Theodore Dehan, b. Jan. 1, 1857; d. Feb. 15, 1894. Adrian Worthington, b. Dec. 16, i860; d. Dec. 15, 1872. Helen Grace. Caroline Genevieve. William Butler Duncan, b. Dec. 30, 1868. Thomas Kilby, b. Oct. 28, 187 1. Theodore D. died at Buenos Ayres, Argentina, while on mis- sionary duty there, being a member of the Passionist Order of Priests, R. C. Adrian W. was an architect and a man of unusual gifts. The five older children were born in Ohio. The four younger at Torresdale, Philadelphia, Penna. The second daughter drowned there in Delaware River accidentally. 1 39 £be IRusling family Walter George and Thomas Kilby are both members of the Philadelphia Bar, in high standing, and Walter George especially is a great favorite of Archbishop Ryan there. In 1898 he published the "Life and Letters" of General Thomas Kilby Smith, his father, a very interesting book, which was handsomely received by the press and the public. Of the Budd Family, only the following can be given: William Budd, Jr., son of William 1 and Letitia Budd, dau. of Jonathan and Letitia Brian Hough, Philadelphia, Penna. ; b. June 26, 1775, about 5 o'clock a.m. Francenia Budd, wife of William Budd, Jr., and daughter of Thomas Allibone and Esther his wife, b. March, 1775. William Budd and Francenia his wife married Dec. 23d, 1795, by the Rev. John McClaskey in Philadelphia. William Allibone Budd, son of William and Francenia Budd, his wife, born Oct. 1, 1796, about 5 o'clock in the morning. Thomas Budd, son of William and Francenia, his wife, b. July 15, 1798, about one in the morning. William Budd was born June 14, 1742. Ruth Lott was born August 21, 1749. William Budd and Ruth Jaques were married Dec. 4, 1794. The Budds abound both in Philadelphia and South Jersey. But the only one we knew much of was Samuel W. Budd, who married Ann McCullough (p. 135). She died soon afterwards, and he sorrowed greatly over her. He lived at Pemberton, New Jersey, and used to come to Asbury frequently to visit her grave, and then always stopped at my father's. After we removed to Trenton (1845) father went to Pemberton to visit him. He remarried to Ann Tripp, b. 1790, d. 1843, an d had four sons and three daughters by her: Samuel, Thomas, William, Charles, Martha, Ann, and Mary. Was known at Pemberton as "Prince Sammy." The following old "Account of the McCullough Family" I chanced upon one day in the Philadelphia Library, corner Locust and Juniper Streets, Philadelphia, Penna., while searching for 1 This seems to be the Rev. William Budd, father of second wife of William McCullough (p. 135). He was of Quaker family, but converted to Methodism by Bishop Asbury. He was not an ordained minister, but a local preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church. Was a wealthy land- holder at Pemberton, New Jersey. One of his daughters married Nathan Trotter, Philadelphia. 140 TOtlllam flGcCullougb other matters. It is from the " Life and Correspondence of Judge James Iredell." James Iredell was Governor of North Carolina and afterwards United States Senator and Justice of Supreme Court of the United States, and descended from the McCullochs of North Ireland. The name is spelled Cullo, McCullo, McCulloch, and McCullough, indifferently, but all seem to have been of the same stock. I have not been able to trace our Colonel William McCullough to this family, but his father, Benjamin, came from the North of Ireland, the same family names are common to all, and I am of the opinion that he was descended from or related to them. At all events, I give the following "Genealogy," etc., for what it is worth : The Genealogy of James McCulloch, Esq., of Grogan, from Sir Cullo O'Niel, first Laird of Myrton in Scotland, who was a son of the family of Clansboys in Ireland. James McCulloch, of Grogan, son of William McCulloch, Esq., of Brandalstown, son of Alexander Laird of Myrton, son of Simon Laird of Myrton, son of Henry of Killerar and Margaret of Myrton, which Henry was son-in-law of Sir Alexander Laird of Myrton, son of Sir Eleseus Laird of Myrton, son of Sir Norman Laird of Myrton, son of Sir Alexander Laird of Myrton, son of Sir Gulfred or Godfrey Laird of Myrton (who assumed the surname of McCullo) son of Sir Cullo O'Niel, first Laird of Myrton. "Memoirs Relative to the House of Myrton": About the beginning of the 14th century, the Irish, being desirous to shake off the English yoke, invited Robert de Bruce, King of Scotland, to assist them, and in case of success determined to make Edward de Bruce King of Ireland. Edward de Bruce landed in the North of Ireland, at the head of 6000 veteran Scots soldiers, in 131 5, and drove the English out of Ulster, the first campaign. He then marched through Ireland several times, and forced the English into their strongholds and fortified places; but always returned to Ulster for his winter quarters. Edward de Bruce about 13 16 preferred Cullo O'Niel to be Captain of horse in his army. In October, 131 7, the English and the Scots fought a battle near Dundalk, and Edward de Bruce was killed by one of the gentlemen volunteers named Malpars. Captain Cullo O'Niel then killed Malpars, and recovered Edward 141 Gbe IRusltna ffamils de Bruce's sword, and made good his retreat to Robert de Bruce's army — not far away. King Robert retreated to Connor, where he wintered his army, and the next spring abandoned all the Irish posts, and carried his army back to Scotland. Captain Cullo O'Niel, and many other Irish officers of Edward de Bruce's army, went with King Robert to Scotland, who there knighted Captain Cullo O'Niel, and preferred him to be his stand- ard bearer and secretary of state; and gave Sir Cullo O'Niel lands in Lome, as likewise the lands of Myrton, and Achawan, which comprehend Killerar and Ardwell in Galloway. Sir Cullo's charter is dated at Dunstaffnage, holding in fee blank form, the reddendo being a rose to the King to smell at when he comes to Myrton. Sir Cullo O'Niel died in the year 1331, and left his estate of Myrton and other lands in Galloway to his eldest son Sir Godfrey, who assumed the name of McCullo, and Sir Godfrey McCullo had his charter renewed at Perth in 1332, by David de Bruce, then King of Scotland. Sir Godfrey died in 1358, and was succeeded by his eldest son Sir Alexander McCullo, who died in 1399, and was suc- ceeded by his eldest son Sir Norman McCullo, who had his charter renewed at Kothsay in 1400 by Robert the Third, King of Scot- land, and was knighted in 1429 by King James, and died in 1445, and was succeeded by his eldest son Sir Eleseus McCullo, who died about the year 1448, and was succeeded by his eldest son Sir Alex- ander McCullo, who died about 1524, without male issue; and was succeeded by his son-in-law Henry McCulloch of Killerar and Margaret his daughter (which Henry was descended from Thomas, second son of Sir Norman McCullo), who got their charter renewed by King James the Fifth in 1525, and died about 1561, and were succeeded by their eldest son Simon McCulloch, who got his charter renewed by Queen Mary, daughter of James the Fifth, and died in 1592, and was succeeded by his eldest son William McCulloch, who died about the year , and was succeeded by his eldest son Alexander McCulloch, who, finding his estate much embarrassed by family debts, borrowed some large sums of money from a Doctor McCulloch in London, the repayment of which he secured by heritable bonds, and put his estate of Myrton &c. into the hands of his brother-in-law, John McCulloch Laird of Ardwell, designing that the rents thereof should clear his debts — and after having fixed his affairs in such manner, Laird Alexander came to 142 MtlUam flfecCullougb Ireland with his family to Sir Henry O'Niel, who gave him lands near the main water; where he resided until his death, which happened in 1643, and was succeeded by his brother, William Mc- Culloch, Esq., of Brandalstown, who died , and left two sons, to wit: James of Grogan and Henry of Brandalstown. John Laird of Ardwell turned out a bad trustee to Laird Alexander and his family, having bought up for his own use all the old family debts, and heritable bonds affecting the Myrton estate, &c, and, under color thereof, Ardwell and his family continued possessors of Laird Alexander's Scotch estates — and had a son named Alex- ander, who was knighted by King Charles the Second. But, how William of Brandalstown came to submit to such frauds, I have not been able to trace. The Genealogy and Memoirs of the House of Myrton herein contained, I transcribed from an old Manuscript, which I found among my father's papers; but made small alterations in the diction of the Memoirs, but none in respect to facts. J. McC. October ^4, 1767. N. B. — The Manuscript is not attested by any persons, but I believe the contents to be true. Mem. — The above is a copy of a transcript of the original Memoirs, in the handwriting of James McCulloh, Esq., of Camdery, and now in the possession of Henry Eustace McCulloh, Esq., who favored me with a sight of it. J. I. N. Carolina, June 9, 1772. James of Grogan, the last mentioned of that name in the fore- going Genealogy, had among other children the three following: William, James, Henry, and a daughter married to Charles Ma- cartney, Esq., of Dublin. William had issue James (now of Cam- dery, near Dundalk in Ireland, in whose possession the Memoirs are, and from whom the copy referred to was obtained), who is yet a bachelor. William, a merchant in Dublin, who is now a widower. By his wife (whose name was Coleman) he had three children, now living — two daughters and a son — Henry (late Sec- retary of this Province), two of whose daughters are now living there. M3 Gbe TRueling jfamity James married Mary, the daughter of James Ferguson, M.D., of Belfast in Ireland, by whom he had issue two daughters, Mar- garet and Jane. Margaret was married Aug. i, 1750, to Mr. Francis Iredell, merchant in Bristol, son of Rev. Mr. Iredell of Dublin. Their issue is as follows: James, b. 5th October, 1751 (N. S.). Francis, b. 21st December, 1752. Charles, b. 1756. Arthur, b. 1758. Thomas, b. 8th December, 1761. Mr. Henry McCulloh was the grand-uncle of the subject of this Memoir (James Iredell). He and his son, Henry Eustace McCulloh, especially, were destined to shape the career and deter- mine the character of the boy (James Iredell). The former, at a very early period, became connected with the Province of North Carolina. He had been Secretary of the Province, and had been appointed his Majesty's surveyor, inspector, and comptroller of the revenue and grants of land; and speculated largely in crown lands. It is said he obtained grants for about a million acres of land. It is further said, that subsequently his son, Henry Eustace McCulloh, settled his father's accounts with the Crown with so much tact and address, as to retain 64,400 well-selected acres, without the payment of a single dollar. About the year 1736, Henry McCulloh began to introduce emigrants from Ireland to occupy his lands, and soon the number swelled to between three and four hundred. They settled at first in the counties of Duplin and Bladen, but gradually spread westward. His fortune, which was large, was greatly embarrassed by this enterprise, as he fur- nished the settlers the means of crossing the Atlantic. He died 1778. Henry Eustace McCulloh, after the usual term at the Inner Temple, was regularly called to the bar. He came to North Caro- lina about 1761, and resided here constantly until 1767, during which time he was chiefly occupied as agent for his father, and served as a member of Governor Dobbs' council. He was Collector of Customs for Port Roanoke for many years, and had also the honor of representing the Province at the several Boards in Eng- land, his father attending to this business while he was absent in America He returned to England in 1767; but came 144 THIlUliam flncCullougb again to North Carolina in 1772, where he remained until June, 1773, when he again returned to England. In 1772 he obtained a conveyance from his father of all his property in America, the other children all being deceased. Judge Iredell became his agent in America. During the Revolution all his lands here were con- fiscated ; but he retired to a country-seat in the vicinity of Lon- don, with an income of twelve hundred guineas per annum, where he died. So, also, on the confiscating of Tirconnell, and the settlement of British colonies called the "Plantation of Ulster," in the reign of James I, the following families are in Pynnar's Survey, A. D. 161 9, as the possessors of Donegal: "James MacCullagh," etc. (O'Hart's Irish Pedigrees, 1881, p. 549, in Boston Public Library.) On pp. 132, 133, 1 have said, that Hannah McCullough, daughter of Captain Benjamin and sister of Colonel William, married Jacob Piatt in 1779, and removed to Kentucky. On the death of John H. Piatt, one of his descendants, some years since, among his other effects there was found an old iron seal, with an ivory handle, with a coat-of-arms engraved upon it, that was supposed to be the Piatt " coat-of-arms. " It was that of a naked arm embowed, with a hand throwing a dart. This old seal presently passed into the hands of Colonel Donn Piatt, of Cincinnati (now dec'd), and was presented by him to Theodore Dehon Smith, son of General Thomas Kilby Smith, and is now in the possession of Thomas Kilby Smith, Jr., of Philadelphia, Penna., his brother. In 1898, Mr. Smith sent this seal, with the Piatt Family Tree, to "Andrews' American Armory," London, England, for investigation, as no one here could vouch for its authenticity. It was returned, with proof sheets of all Family Trees concerned, and among others the McCullough Tree, with the supposed "Piatt Arms" attached, and the motto " Vi et animo." Mr. Smith thought this a clerical error, but after looking the matter up, he discovered several McCullough Arms, with similar crests and mottoes, that were so nearly identical with this ancient seal, that he came to the conclusion, that this was the Family Seal of the McCullough family, brought over from Ire- land by Captain Benjamin McCullough, when he emigrated to America, and that said Hannah McCullough must have taken it west with her, when she married Jacob Piatt, and emigrated to Kentucky in 1799. These facts were given me by said Thomas E 1 ©] US ftbe IRusItng family Kilby Smith, Jr., in a letter December 29, 1899, and also repeated orally. Since writing the above, I am bound to say, Mr. Smith has notified me, that he thinks he was in error as to this "old seal," and believes it belongs to the " Barnett Family "of Virginia (pp. 133, 139), with whom they also intermarried. But I think I will let it stand, as a good specimen of genealogical romance, and also because I believe the McCulloughs are really entitled to some such arms. As bearing upon the above, and of interest to many, I give the following additional facts relating to the McCulloughs or Mc- Cullochs, gleaned from different books in the said Philadelphia Library and elsewhere, and submit the same for what they may be worth: McCulloch, Sir John, of Myretoun. 1 His dau. Grizel wedded John Vans or Vaux, Esq. ; claims to belong to House of Vaux celebrated in every country in Europe, of Barnbarroch, son of Patrick, son of Sir John of Barnbarroch. His dau. Agnes married Sir Wm. Maxwell, of Monteith. (Burke's Hist, of Commoners, Vol. I, p. 439.) Sir John Vans, of Barnbarroch, married Janet, dau. and heiress of Sir Simon McCullough, of Myretoun. He was slain in battle of Pinkie, 1547. (Ibid., p. 438.) Arms. Quarterly; 1st & 4th, arg. a bend gu. ; 2d & 3d, arg. a chev. between in chief two cinquefoils gu. with a cross crosslet fitchee sa. in centre and a base a saltire couped. Crests. First. A lion rampant, holding scales in the dexter paw. Second. An eagle issuant and regardant ppr. Supporters. Two savages, with clubs in their hands, and wreathed about the middle with laurel. Motto. "Be faithful." (Ibid., 439.) McCulloch, David, Esq., of Ardwell, Kirkcudbright. A naked arm and hand throwing a dart ppr. Motto. Vi et animo. (Fairbank's Crests. Vol. I, p. 306; Vol. II, pi. 42; Crest 13. Burke's Visitation of Arms, Vol. II, p. 70.) McCulloch. Sco. a naked arm embowed, throwing a dart. (Ibid., Family Crests, Vol. I, pi. 92; Crest 14.) Andrews' American Armory, p. 185, in New Jersey State Library, says: McCullough Arms. Argent, on a cross azure five pheons. Crest. A cubit arm holding a dart. Motto. Vi et animo. McCulloch. Sco. a hand throwing a dart, ppr. Motto. Vi et animo. (Vol. I, Family Crests, pi. 6i, No. 19.) McCulloch (Myrtoun, 2 Co. Wigton, bart.) Erm. fretty gu. Crest. A hand throwing a dart. ppr. Motto. Vi et animo. (Family Crests, Vol. I, p. 302.) 1 This seems to be the same as "Myrtoun." 2 This seems to be the same as "Myretoun." 146 TOtlliam flricCulIouGb McCulloch (Muill, Co. Wigton). Erm. fretty gu. Crest. A hand throwing a dart ppr. Motto. Vi et animo. McCulloch (Barnholm, Co. Kirkcudbright). Erm. a fret engr. gu. on an escutcheon az. three wolves' heads erased or. Crest. A hand throwing a dart ppr. Supporters. Two men in armour, each holding a spear ppr. Motto. Vi et aninto. (Family Crests, Vol. I, p. 302. Burke's Gen. Armory, 637. Rietstap's Armorial General, Vol. II, p. 121.) Here are the names and addresses of some modern McCulloughs abroad, if anybody chooses to look them up: McCulloch, Lad}'- Margaret B., wid. Sir James (1867); Elmstead Wood, Kent, Eng. ; McCulloch, Sir James Acheson, M.D. (1896), Dublin. Address, Solerno, Galway. (Burke's Peerage, p. 1760.) McCullagh, Sir James Acheson, M.D., son of John, of Newry, Co. Down, b. 1854, resides 27 Clarendon St., Londonderry, Ireland. McCullough, Capt. Robert Henry Frederick, son of Robert, of Hymen- town House, Cahir, Co. Tipperary, Ireland, b. 1869. Care of Cox & Co., Charing Cross, London, Eng. McCulloch, Edgar, was Bailiff of Guernsey, 1844, and knight May 8, 1886. (Book of Dignities (1890), p. 669.) McCulloch, James, was Ulster King of Arms, March 22, 1759. (Ibid., 572.) McCulloch, Sir James, was Knight Commander of Order of St. Michael and St. George, March 9, 1874. (Ibid., 797.) Hbbenbum Since completing this work, I have been favored by Dr. Fowler (p. 24) with a copy of his recent book, entitled " The Correspondence of William Fowler, of Winterton, in the County of Lincoln, edited by his grandson, Joseph Thomas Fowler, M.A., D.C.L., F.S.A., Durham, 1907." This has been compiled chiefly from the letters of William Fowler, the eminent antiquary (p. 29, etc.), and printed privately (only fifty copies), "for the family connexions and their particular friends." These letters are mostly a century old and more, relating to the Fowlers, Rus- lings, and others, and the whole book is a monument to the genius, industry, and devotion of Dr. Fowler. Copies have been placed in the Library of Congress, Washington, D. C, the New Jersey State Library here, and distributed among relatives in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Canada. J. F. R. Trenton, N. J., December, 1907. Unber Account (old) of McCullough Fam- ily, 140 Allen, Kezia, 76 "All Saints' Church," Winterton, 13 to 20 Andersontown, home of James Rus- ling (2), 7-60 Angles and Danes, 14 Arms, Rusling, 21; Fowler, 36, 37 38, etc.; Hankinson, 124; McCul- lough, 145, 146, 147; Piatt, 145; Barnett, 146 Armstrong, Nathan, genealogical record of, 1 18-124 Asbury, Bishop Francis, at Asbury, N. J., 1796, etc., 128-129; town named after him, 128 Asbury Circuit, 9-73 Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church, 129-130; memorial window to Gershom and Eliza B. Rusling there, 130; also memorial tablets to Col. McCullough and Bishop As- bury, 130 Asbury, N. J., James Rusling (1) in- terred there, 8; "Rusling Plot" there, 8; Mary Fowler Rusling inscribed there, 8-22; Hannah Rose Rusling interred there, 44; home of Col. Wm. McCullough and family, 128-13 1; many Ruslings, Hankinsons, McCulloughs, etc., interred there, 130 Atwood, Rev. Anthony, 73 Axholme, Isle of, 10 Ayres, William, 96 Sarah A. Rusling, 96 Banghart, Rev. George, 52 Banks, Sir Joseph, patron of Wil- liam Fowler, the antiquary, etc., 2 9-33 Bartine, Revs. David and D. W., 9 Bath, Me., home of Thos. V. Fowler, 25-26 Beattystown, 7 Bells in Winterton Church, 19, 20 Beswick, Francis, 7 "Beswick Tract," 6-7 Bodine, John, 98 Sarah J. Sharp, 98 Bonaparte, King Joseph, 8 Bond, Capt. William, War of 1776, 125 Bottesford Manor, 10 Bray, Stacy B., 78; his Family Record, 78 Eliza K., 78 Emma (Rusling), 78 Brown, David Paul, 53 Budd Family, 140 Samuel W., 135-140 Rev. William, 129-140 Chadwick, Ada L., 65 Charlotte Rusling, 65 149 flnfcei Chadwick, John L. (i), 65 John L. (2), 65 Christian Advocate, New York, 46- 49, 50, 75, 132 Civil War, England, effects on churches, 16, 17 Class M. E. Church, Hackettstown, N. J., 1805, James Rusling leader, 46 Collins, Rev. Benj., 72 Cook, Arthur, 127 Hannah, 126 Capt. James, 126 John, 127 Mark Q., 103 Mary E. Rusling, 103 Cooper, Rev. Ezekiel, 128 Cornell, Albert D. (1), 103; his Family Record, 103 Albert D. (2), 103 Harriet E. Rusling, 102-103 J. Rusling, 103 John A. Rusling, 103 Stephen, 103 Cox, Eliza K., 78 William, 78 Danes and Normans, 14 Dawson, Joseph, 9-10 Deems, Charles F., 136 Rev. Charles M. F. (D.D., LL.D.), 132, 135, 136 Rev. Edward M. (D.D.), 136 Marian J. Verdery, 136 Theodore, 136 Demarest, Dr. F. F. C, 78 Frederick R., 78 Miriam H. Rusling, 78 Theodore F., 78 William C, 78 Dickerson, Ann, 7 Dickinson College, 55, 80, 82, 83, 84, 135 Disosway, Anna Letitia, 135 Edward, 135 Frank, 135 Israel Doty, 135 Disosway, Letitia McCullough, 135 Letitia, dau. of Theodore, 136 Mark R., 135 Mary, 135 William, 135 Domesday Survey, 13-14 Down, Charles, 47 Hannah Rusling, 47 Maria, 47 Phcebe, 47 Sidney, 47 Sophia, 47 Sylvan, 47 William, 6-45; obituary, 46; Family Record, 47 Durbin, Rev. John (D.D., LL.D.), 52 Durham, 13, 24 Easton, Pa., home of William Down and Hannah Rusling, 45, and of James Rusling (2), 60 Egberts, 6 Encke, Florence L., 105 James Fowler, 105 Joseph D., 105 Joseph R., 104, 105 Lewis Cass, 105 Mabel M., 105 Mercy Rusling, 104 Samuel G., 104; his Family Record, 104, 105 Sarah L., 105 "English Settlement," near New- burgh, N. J., 7 Engravings of William Fowler, an- tiquary, etc., 18, 19-28, 30, 31 Epworth, home of John Wesley, 9,24 Esler, George Gifford, 139 Elizabeth Barnett Smith, 139 Family Record of Bray, Stacy B. and Emma Rusling, 78 of Budds, 140 of Cook, Mary Emma, 103 of Cornell, Harriet E., 103 of Down, William and Hannah Rusling, 47 150 Unfcei Family Record of Encke, Joseph R., 105 of Encke, Samuel G. and Mercy Rusling, 104 of Farley, Anthony Mindurt, i35-!38 of Fowlers of Winterton, 34- 35-3 6 of Hankinson, Aaron, 120, 123 of Hankinson, Henry and Mary McCullough, 111-120 of Iredell, Francis and Margaret McCulloh, 144 of Johnston, Ed. C. and Hannah Fowler Rusling, 66-67 of Johnston, James Rusling, 68 of McCullough, Capt. Benjamin (1) and Hannah Cook Henry, i34 of McCullough, Benjamin (2), i3 6_I 37 of McCullough, Col. William, etc., 134-135 of McCullough, Dr. William Budd, etc., 138-139 of Reese, Hiram and Maria Down, 47 (old) of Rusling, Ruslyng, Rus- selings, etc., 10-11-12 of Rusling, Anna, 65 of Rusling, Charlotte, 65 of Rusling, David, 64 of Rusling, Edward F., 103 of Rusling, Gershom (1), 76 of Rusling, Gershom (2), 78 of Rusling, Hannah, 47 of Rusling, Jacob, 106 of Rusling, James (1), 20 of Rusling, James (2), 61 of Rusling, James (3), 58 of Rusling, Gen. James Fowler, 84 of Rusling, John, 102-103 of Rusling, John A., 103 of Rusling, Rev. Joseph, 58 of Rusling, Joseph, son of Wil- liam (1), 65 Family Record of Rusling, Robert, 100-101 of Rusling, Robert H., 103 of Rusling, Rev. Sedgwick, 95 of Rusling, Thomas Fowler, 64 of Rusling, Thomas V. F., 61 of Rusling, William (1), 63, 64 of Rusling, William (2), 59 of Ruslings (others), 107-108- 109 of Sharp, John P. and Mary Elizabeth Rusling 97 of Smith, Gen. Thomas Kilby and Elizabeth Budd McCul- lough, 139 of Van Antwerp, William, 137 Farley, Anthony Mindurt, i35~ I 3 8 Caleb, 138 Catharine, 138 Elizabeth, 138 George, 138 Keturah McCullough, 138 William, 138 William M., 138 Fell, Jacob, 58 Sarah A. Rusling, 58 Fifth Street M. E. Church, Phila- delphia, Pa., 54 First Ruslings in America, 1 Flanigen, J. R., his tribute to Rev. Joseph Rusling, 50, etc. Flemington, N. J., 77, 110-117 Force, Rev. Manning, 73 Forman, Gen'l David, 114 Fowler Arms, 36, 37, 38, etc. Homestead, 23-24 Fowler, Ann (1), 34 Ann (2), 35 Annette, 36 Charles (1), 36 Charles (2), 36 Charles Henry, 36 Charles Henry B., 36 Rev. Christopher Cecil (1), 24- 36 Christopher Cecil (2), 36 Elizabeth (1), 10-23 151 Unfcei Fowler, Elizabeth (2), 34 Fowler, Patience, 34 Elizabeth (3), 35 Patience Smith, 34 Elizabeth (4), 35 Rebecca, 35 Elizabeth (5), 35 Rebecca Hill, 35 Ellen, 36 Richard, 34 Ellen Eyre, 36 Robert, 34 Ethel, 36 Rev. Robert, 24-35 Hannah, 35 Thomas, 34 James (1), 24-35- 36 Thomas V., 3, 8, 25, 28, 30 James (2), 35 35. 36. 37. 43 James (3), 35 "Uncle Tommy," 25 James (4), 35 Wilhelmina Mary Emily, 36 James (5), 35 William, 5, 6 James (6), 35 William, the antiquary and en- James (7), 35 graver, 18-19, 29, 30, 31, 32, James Francis W. .36 33> 34. 3 6 > 37. 148 Rev. John, 24-35- -36 William, 34 John, 34 William (1), 35 John, 35 William (2), 35 Joseph, 2, 4, 9, 24 . 38. 42 William (3), 35 Rev. Joseph, 24 William, 36 Joseph (1), 34 Rev. William (Hon. Canon), 24- Joseph (2), 34 35. 3 6 Joseph (1), 35 Rev. William, 24 Joseph (2), 35 Fowlers of Frodingham, 37 Joseph (3), 35 of Winterton, 23-24 Joseph (4), 35 Fox Hill, 44 Joseph (5), 35 Frazer, Hannah, 44 Joseph (6), 35 Frodingham, 2, 37, 38 Joseph Thomas, 35 Furman, Capt. Moore, 125 Rev. Joseph Thomas (Hon. Can- on), 1, 13, 19, 23, 24,34,35, 38 Joseph 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, etc., 42 Margaret (1), 34 Margaret (2), 36 Margaret (3), 36 Mary (grandmother of author), wife of James Rusling (1), 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 35, 46, 49; her brass plate in Winterton Church, 23-29 Mary, 34, 35 Mary Anne, 35 Mary Harland, 35 Mary Taylor, 34 Mary Tomlinson, 35 Mildred, 36 George III and William Fowler, the antiquary, etc., 29-31-32-33, 34 Glenworth, Elizabeth, creditor of James Rusling (1) in England, 2 Gobies, intermarried with Hankin- sons, 119 Gordon, Capt. Peter, 125 Gravestones, Hankinson, at Yellow Frame Cemetery, Stillwater, Sus- sex Co., N. J., 116 Hackettstown, N. J., 6, 9, 22, 44, 45, 46, 61 (home of Robert Rusling and family, and of James Rusling (1) near there; also burial place of Mary Fowler Rusling, 22) J 52 Uttoei Hall's Mills, 128 Hammond, Lyman P., 103 Margaret Rusling, 103 Hance, Ann M. Rusling, 77 Rev. E., 77 Hankinson, Gen. Aaron (1), 113; in War of 1776, 114; his military and civil record, 114, 115; his grave and tombstone, 115, 116; old Hankinson Family Record, 116, 117; his own Family Record, 120, 123; his Will, 121; Deeds, 121; his thirteen children, 124; of English ancestry, 123, 124; his Arms, 124 Aaron (2), 116 Ann (1), 117 Ann (2), 118 Ann (3), 119 Anna Maria, 112 Asher, 118 Catharine, 118 Daniel Thatcher, 122, 124 Eliza, 118 Eliza Budd, 112 Elizabeth, 116, 118 Elizabeth Hunt, 118 Gravestones at Yellow Frame Cemetery, 116 Hannah, 118 Major Henry, 110; profession, 1 10; military and civil record, in; Family Record, in, 120, 121, 123 Homestead, 117 James, 118 Jemima A., 118 John (1), 117 John (2), 123 John S., 118 John V., 119 Joseph (1), 115 Joseph (2), 117, 118; in War of 1776, 117; his military and civil record, 117; his wax portrait, 117 Hankinson, Joseph (3), 118 Capt. Kenneth, 122; in War of 1776, 122; his military and civil record, 122, 123 Keturah M., 112 Margaret Crissman, 120 Margaret Goble, 118 Mary, 116 Mary McCullough, 1 1 1 (wife of Major Hankinson and grand- mother of General James F. Rusling) Mary Snyder, 113, 116, 122 (wife of Gen. Aaron) Nancy, 118 Phebe, 118 Polly, 119 Rachel Mattison, 117, 118 Reuben, 122 Richard, 122 Sally A., 116 Sarah, 118 Susannah, 116 Thomas, 116, 118, 122 William (1), 116-118 William (2), his business and civil record, 119, 120 Harrisburg, 62 Hazens and Hazletts, 46 Healy Hall, 37 Heard's Brigade, N. J. Line, 1776, 122—126 Henry or Heanrie, Michael, 127 William, 127 Hill, J., engraver of William Fowler, 18, 19 Sarah, third wife of Gershom Rusling (1), 77 Hooper, Colonel Robert, Deputy Quartermaster and Commissary General, 125 Hough, Jonathan and Letitia Brian, 140 Huff, Mamie, 67 Hugh, Earl of Chester, 14, 15, 16 Hull, Eng., birthplace of James Rusling (i), 1, 3, 4. 5. 6 3 153 Unfcer Iredell, Francis, 144 Hon. James, U. S. Judge, etc., 141 Janes, Bishop, 75 Johnston, Edward C. (1), 66 Hannah Fowler Rusling, 66; her obituary, 67; Family Record, 68 James J., 67 James Rusling, 66; his Family Record, 68; children of: Han- nah, Ellen, Edward C. (2), Sarah, Janetta (2), Ancil B., Mary A., Clarissa, Clarinda, Nancy A., 68 Janetta (1), 66 Mary Fowler, 67 Kennedy, Rev. John, 54 Kimbles, 6-46 Lacey, Judge Garrett, 71 Lea, Alice Van Antwerp, 137 Geo. W., 137 Lincoln, Abraham, saying of, 4 Linn, David, 123 Sarah Hankinson, 137 Lippincott, Benjamin, 61 Sarah Mary Arabella Rusling, 61 Loder, Rebecca Ray, 60 William, 60 Malton Priory and Register, 16 Mansfield Church, 72-112 Matthews, Hannah, second wife of Gershom Rusling, 76 Jeremiah, 76 Maxwell, John P. B., 112 McCombs, Rev. Lawrence, 45, 46 Sarah, 45 MacCullagh, James, 145 McCullo, Sir Godfrey, 142 Sir Norman, 142 McCulloch, Alexander, 142 James, 141 Sir John, 146 John, Laird of Ar dwell, 142 McCulloch, William, 141, 142 McCulloh, Henry, 144 Henry Eustace, 144 McCullough Arms, 145, 146 Family, old Account of, 140 McCullough, Ann, 135-140 Arabella Piatt, 139 Arabella S., 138 Benjamin (1), his life and char- acter, 125, 126; in War of 1776, 126; military and civil record, 126, 127; home at Bloomsbury, New Jersey, 127; tombstone, 128; his Family Record, 134 Charles Deems, 139 E. Adele, 137 Elizabeth Budd (1), 134 Elizabeth Budd (2), 139; her Family Record, 139 Elizabeth Van Antwerp, 137 Frank L., 137 Hannah, 135 Hannah Cook Henry, her lands and children, 128-132, 134 Hannah Piatt, 134 Hattie Donnelly, 137 Henry, 137 Jane (1), 137 Jane (2), 139 John Moore, 139 Julia Drake, 137 Keturah, 138 Keturah Hunt, 134 Letitia (1), 135 Letitia (2), 139 Maria Bixler, 136 Martha Barmore, 137 Mary (1), 135 Mary (2), 137 Mary Grandin, 134 Matilda Moore (1), 138 Matilda Moore (2), 139 Minnie, 139 Robert, 127 Robert Kennedy, 130-136-137 iS4 Unfcex McCullough, Sarah Jones, 139 Sarah Lommerson, 137 Col. William, 125; personal ap- pearance, 131; in War of 1776, 125, 126; military and civil record, 125; home, As- bury, N. J., 128-130; tomb- stone, 131; obituary, 132; Family Record, 134 Dr. William Budd (1), 138; his residences, 138; his Family Record, 138 William Budd (2), 139 McDermand, Anna Rusling, 65 Delia, 65 Iona, 65 Lemuel, 65 Mary Ann, 65 Methodist Book Room, Philadel- phia, Pa., 49 Hymnals, 1848-1907, 49-129 Monroe, Rev. S. Y., 47 Mulhallon, Dr. William, 137 Elizabeth Van Antwerp, 137 Musconetcong River and Valley, 6 Newark, 49-53-62 New Brunswick, 45-49 Newburgh, 6, 7, 8; home of James Rusling (1) in America; Mary Fowler died at, 22; old Rusling homestead there, 56 New Castle, Del., 56 Newell, Hon. W. A., Governor of New Jersey, descended from Eliza D. Hankinson, 123 New York, 1795, 4 Nigel, Constable of Chester, 15 Normans, 14 Old Account of Fowler Family, 38 of McCullough, 140 Origin of Ruslings, 1 Peacock, Edward, 10 Pennington Seminary, 26-77-80-83 Pennsylvania R. Rd. ( 62 "Penny-town" or Pennington, 128 Philadelphia, 1810, 28, 45, 49, 53 Philadelphia Conference, 50-51 Philadelphia Record, 1879, on Rev. Joseph Rusling, 50, etc. Piatt Arms, 145 Piatt, Benjamin, 133 Donn, 134 Jacob, 132-133 ; in War of x 7 76, 133; his military and civil record, 133 John, 132 John H., his U. S. claim, 133-134 Pitman, Rev. Charles, 75 Place, Thomas, restorer of Winterton Church, 17-18 Presbyterian Church, Hackettstown, N. J., 22 "Press-gang," 3 Rahway, N. J., 60 Randall, Hon. Josiah, 53 Rawlings, Anthony, 7 Reading, John (1, 2, 3, 8), 120 Hon. John, Governor of N. J., 120 John, husband of Elizabeth Hankinson, 120 Reese Family, 47 Hannah D., 47 Hiram (1), 47 Hiram (2), 48 Jacob H., 47 Maria Down, 47 Mary Ann, 48 Phoebe, 48 Sarah, 48 Sophia, 48 William D., 48 Ribble, John P., 71 Robinson, William, first employer and surety of James Rusling (1), 2 Rocelines, Rosselines, Ruslin, Rus- lyng, Rustling, and other spellings of name, 1, 2, 10 Roman pavements, Winterton, Eng., 19 i55 Ilnfcei Ross, Isabell, 78 Thomas K., 78 Rowlands, 6 Rowland's Mills, 113, 117 Roy, George W., and family, related to Hankinsons, 118, 1 19-124 Royal family and William Fowler, antiquary, etc., 31, 32, 33 Ruslin, Bryan, 11 Hellin, 11 Rusling, ancient records, 10, n, 12 Arms, 21 land and farm, 6 Rusling, Abraham Lincoln, 64 Adam, 64 Albert Overton, 64 Ann, 2, 12 Ann Maria, 76, 77 Anna, 64 Anna, 65 Anna Adelaide, 103 Anna Elizabeth, 103 Annas, 10 Arabella, 103 Arthur H., 103 Blair, 103 Caroline Keasby, 62 Catharine, 64 Charity Culver, 63 Charlotte, 64 Charlotte Clark Taylor, 62 Christiana, 2, 45 Clara Van Dyck, 101 Clifford Fell, 59 Cornelia Maria, 64 David, 64 David Wallace, 64 Edward F., 103 Electa Clark, 100 Electa W. Cummins, 95 Eliza A. Deming, 64 Eliza B. Hankinson (mother of author), 76; her Memorial Window, Asbury, N. J., 130 Eliza Keturah, 76, 79 Elizabeth, 54 Elizabeth Ada, 59 Rusling, Elizabeth Mower, 59 Elizabeth W. Hancock, 61 Elleroy, 103 Emily, 59 Emily Elizabeth Wood (second wife of General James F. Rus- ling), 84 Emily Ireland, 59 Emily Wells, 84 Emma (Bray), 76, 78 Emma Rea Smith, 62 Erie Jane, 64 Fanny A., 103 Frances C, 101 Frederick Emil, 62 George, local preacher Wesleyan Church, 2, 3 George C, 96 George M. (1), 100 George M. (2), 100 George Washington, 59 Gershom (1) (father of author), 69; trip West, 1823, 69; first home, Washington, N. J., 69; his gift for business, etc., 70; Methodist, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75; traits, 70, 71, 72; Memorial Windows, Trenton, N. J., 70; Asbury, N. J., 130; tribute by True American, 74; by Christian Advocate, 75 ; Fam- ily Record, 76 Gershom (2), 78; Family Rec- ord, 78 Hannah, 64 Hannah Downs, 45; Family Record, 47 Hannah Fowler Johnston, 66; Family Record, 66, 67, 68 Hannah Maria, 96 Hannah Matthews, second wife of Gershom Rusling (1), 76 Hannah Rose, second wife of James Rusling (1), 44, 63 Harriet E. Cornell, 102 Helen Hannah, 101 Hermon Culver, 55 156 Unfcei Rusling, Jacob, 106; interred Wash- ington, N. J., and Asbury, N. J., in " Rusling Plot " there, 106 James (i) (grandfather of au- thor), first in America, i; born at Hull, Eng., i; busi- ness in England, 2, 3; emi- grated to New York (1795), 4; first letters home, 4, 5 settled in New Jersey, 6 died at Newburgh, N. J., 8 character and traits, 9, 10; in- terred, Washington, N. J., and Asbury, N. J., in "Rusling Plot," 8; Family Record, 20 James (2), 60; home, Ander- sontown, N. J., and Easton, Pa., 60; Family Record, 61 James (3), 95 James and Sons, 8 Gen. James Fowler, 76-80; At- torney and Counselor-at-Law, Pa., N. J., and U. S., 80, 81; officer 5th N. J. and U. S. Vols., 80, 81; campaigns and battles, 81 ; in real estate, etc., 81; appointments, 81; au- thor, 82; orator, 82; Metho- dist, 83; trustee Pennington Seminary and Dickinson Col- lege, 83; addresses, 82, 83; orders and politics, 84; books written by, 85 to 92; Family Record, 84 James Fowler (2), 61 James Jacob, 101 James Wood, 23, 84 James Worrell, 58 John, 64 John, 102; residence and offices, 102; Family Record, 102 John A. (1), 102, 103 John P. B. S., 76, 79 John William, 64 Joseph, 64 Joseph, 65 Rusling, Rev. Joseph, 45, 49, 50, etc.; tribute by J. R. Flanigen, 50; poet, 5 1 ; preacher, 5 5 ; poems, 56, etc.; Family Record, 58 Joseph Fowler, 95 Joseph Hancock, 61 Joseph L., 101 Joseph Loder, 61 Joseph M., 58 Josephine, 59 Josephine Amanda, 65 Kate Annie, 64 Laura Bateman, 59 Lewis L., 64 Lilian May, 65 Lillie A., 78 Lillie Hancock, 61 Lizzie B., 78 Malvina, 64 Margaret Bennett, 102 Margaret Louise, 62 Martha Clendenin, 96 Mary, 64 Mary, 103 Mary Alice, 101 Mary Elizabeth (Sharp), 97; Family Record, 97, 98 Mary E. L., 100 Mary Emeline, 58 Mary Emily, 59 Mary Emma, 103 Mary Fowler, first wife of James Rusling (1), 20; her traits, 22; from Fowlers of Winter- ton, 23; her brass plate in Winterton Church, 23; in- terred Hackettstown, N. J., 22, but gravestone Asbury, N. J., 22; Family Record, 20 Mary Freeman Winner, first wife of General Rusling, 84 Mary Jane, 64 Mary McCracken, 100 Mary S. Woodruff, 95 Matthias C, 95 Mercy, 104; Family Record, 105 Mima, 64 157 Unbei Rusling, Miriam H. (Demarest), 78 Rebecca Ray Loder, 60, 61 Rebecca V., 95 Robert (1), 2, 10, 11; Family Record, 12, 13 Robert (2), 99; home, traits, civil record, etc., 99; Family Record, 100, 101 Robert (3), 101 Robert H., 102, 103 Sallie Florence, 59 Sallie Laura, 59 Sarah Ann, 96 Sarah Ann Pursley, 64 Sarah Hill, third wife of Ger- shom Rusling (1), 76, 77 Sarah Hunter, 58 Sarah Jane Fitch, 65 Sarah Jane Fuller, second wife of Rev. S. Rusling, 95 Sarah Mary Arabella, 61 Sarah Rebecca, 61 Sarah Van Dyck, 101 Rev. Sedgwick, 56, 93; his memoir, 93; traits as preach- er, 94, 95; Family Record, 95. 96 Sedgwick, 61 Sedgwick C, 96 Stella Orton, 96 Sylvester, 64 Theodore, 103 Theresa Forella, 64 Thomas D. H., 96 Thomas Fowler, 64 Thomas Tolland, 64 Thomas V. F., residence, 26; traits and civil record, 60: Family Record, 61 Van Dyck, 100 William (1), 63; traits, 63; Family Record, 63, 64 William (2), 58 William Henry, 65 William Hunter, 59 William James, 64 Rusling, William James (1), 60, 61; in War of 1861, 60; military and civil record, 60, 61 ; Fam- ily Record, 62 William James (2), 62; educa- tion and railroad service, 62 William McCullough Henry Hankinson, 76; residence, oc- cupation, estate, etc., 77; in- terred Trenton, N. J., 77 York Culver, 64 "Rusling Plot, " Asbury, N. J., 8-106 Ruslinge, Brian, 10, 11 Ruslyng, Alice, 10 William, 10 Russelin, Antonie, 1 1 Brian, 1 1 Elizabeth, n Ellen, 11 Marie, 10 Ryno, Daniel K., 96 Rebecca V. Rusling, 96 Salem, N. J., burial place of Thos. V. Fowler, 60 Saxton, Nathaniel, no Scharpenstein, J. P., etc., 98 Schooleys Mountain, 6-26-44 Springs, 8 Scott, Bishop, 75 Sir Walter, patron of William Fowler, the antiquary, 29 Scunthorpe, England, first home of James Rusling (1), 2, 3, 14, 49, 60 Shaffer, Rev. J. N., tribute to Rev. Joseph Rusling, 50 Sharp, Ellen R., 98 Emma L., 98 Hannah Adeline, 98 Hettie Skillman, 98 John P., 97 Joseph Rusling, 98 Mary Ann, 98 Mary Elizabeth Rusling, 97; her Family Record, 79 Sarah Jane, 98 Sedgwick Fowler, 98 158 flnfcei Sharp, William James Rusling (3), 98 Simcoe, Canada, home of William Rusling, 63 Sloan, Elizabeth, 112 Isabella, 112 Dr. John P. B. (1), 112; his Family Record, 112 John P. B. (2), 112 Keturah M., 111-112 William, 112 Rev. Wm. B., 112 Smalley, John, 123 Sarah Hankinson, 123 Smith, Adrian Worthington, 139 Arabella T., 139 Caroline G., 139 Elizabeth Barnett, 139 Elizabeth Budd McCullough, 133-139; her Family Record, x 39 George N., 58 Helen G, 139 Mary Emeline (Rusling), 58 Theodore Dehan, 139 Gen. Thomas Kilby (1), 133- 139; his Family Record, 139 Thomas Kilby (2), 139-140 Walter George, 139-140 Wm. Butler Duncan, 139 Stained glass windows by Wm. Fowler, 19, 29, 30, etc. Stevens, Rev. Abel (D.D., LL.D.), 49 St. George's Chapel, Windsor, and Wm. Fowler, 32 Stillwater, N. J., home of Aaron Hankinson and family, 113, 114 Sussex Centenary, 114 Sussex Reg't, War of 1776, 114 Thompson, Col. Mark, 125 Tomlinson, Mary, 35, 43 Townsend, Catharine McCullough, 137 William, 137 Trenton, N. J., second home of Ger- shom Rusling and family, 70; home of Gen. J. F. Rusling, 80 Trotter, George, 137 Nathan, 140 True American, Trenton, N. J., 74 Uhle, C. P., 1 01 Hannah H. Rusling, 101 Upjohns, 6-46 Vail, Helen H. Rusling, 101 W. H., 101 Valentine, Caleb H., 101 Frances C. Rusling, 101 Van Antwerp, Alice, 137 Elizabeth, 137 James, 137 Jane McCullough, 137 Kate Anderson, 137 Kate Cannon, 137 Lenora P. Fisher, 137 Lewis W., 137 Louise Jane, 137 Margaret Ann Dewitt, 137 Margaret Strickland, 137 Mary (1), 137 Mary (2), 137 Nicholas, 137 Phoebe Stout, 137 Theodore, 137 Thomas Boyd, 137 William, 137; his Family Record, 137 William B., 137 Lieut. William Budd, 137 Verdery, Marian J. (Deems), 136 Washington M.E. Church, 8, 70, 71, 72 Washington, N. J., first home of Gershom Rusling and family, y t 69; burial place of Hannah Rose Rusling, 44, of James Rusling (1), 8, and of Jacob Rusling, 106 (after- wards all removed to Asbury, N. J., 8, 44, 106) Wellington, Duke of, patron of Wil- liam Fowler, the antiquary and engraver, 29 Wesley, Rev. John, at Winterton, 24. 25 159 Unfcei West, Col. Jacob, 125 White, Henry Kirke, poet, 19 Wilmington, 49, 53, 54 Wilson, Rev. Ed. S., Vicar of Win- terton, 12, 37 Winner, Rev. Isaac (D.D.), 71, 75, 84 Mary Freeman (Rusling), 84 Winteringham, 2, 3, 22, 24 Winterton, 2, 3, 9, 10, n, 14, 15, 22, 23. 2 4 Church, "All Saints,'. 13 to 20, etc. Wood, Edward S., 84 Ella P., 84 Emily E. (Rusling), second wife of General Rusling, 84 Ira W., 84 Isaac, 84 Wood, Isaac T., 84 Lillie Hancock (Rusling), 61 Milton Rusling, 62 Milton S., 61 Moses, 84 William P., 84 Woodruff, Col. James, 96 Mary S. (Rusling), 96 Yellow Frame Church, Stillwater, Sussex Co., N. J., 113, 115 Cemetery, burial place of Gen. Aaron Hankinson and family, 113, 115, 116 Young, Edward Johnston, 67 Joseph Rusling, 67 Robert, 67 Robert L., 67 DEC 23 190?