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272. MARSHALL5 REED (Sarah4 Clifford, Charles3, James2, unknown Clifford1); born 15 May 1819 in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania; died 20 March 1892; on 21 November 1843, Marshall married SARAH MCKELVEY of Ligonier, Westmoreland County; born 2 October (or 2 January) 1819; died 6 September 1875. Both Marshall and Sarah are buried in Fort Palmer Cemetery, Fairfield Township, Westmoreland County, as are Sarah McKelvey's parents, James and Jane (Patterson) McKelvey.1451 Marshall and Sarah lived on part of the family (?Reed) farm.1452 In 1850, Marshall, Sarah and all four living children were living in Ligonier Township, where Marshall was listed as a farmer. Also in the household in 1850 was a Sarah Reed, age 17.1453 In 1870, Marshall, Sarah and children James Reed and Sarah Reed were still in Ligonier Township.1454 By 1880, Sarah had died and Marshall was living with his son James and family.1455 According to Mabon (1928), page 40, Sarah was a school teacher and much interested in politics. "During the Civil War she wrote the speeches for Congressman John Blair of Westmoreland County." One of Sarah's daughters, Rebecca, married James H. Blair. (James Blair was a son of John Peoples Blair, but I do not know if he was the John Blair, Congressman.)
Sarah (McKelvey) Reed was a daughter of James and Jane (Patterson) McKelvey and a sister of Jane Elizabeth McKelvey (who married Robert Adams, #790), Reuben McKelvey (who married Jane Menoher, #659), and James P. McKelvey (who married Isabel Menoher, #664).1456 See Chart 2: "Some Clifford-Menoher-McKelvey relationships" under Sarah Clifford (#232) and the following section "James and Jane (Patterson) McKelvey and their family." James and Jane (Patterson) McKelvey and their family1457James McKelvey was born 1 May 1783 in Chester County, Pennsylvania, died 21 November 1860. He married Jane Patterson, born 16 July 1795 or 21 May 1798, died 31 December 1871 or 30 December 1874.1458 She was a daughter of Thomas Patterson, who, according to Mabon (1928), page 7, was a surveyor from the "east" with 21 children. The Pattersons were said to be related to the early Smiths and Lytles of the Ligonier area of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.Besides the four children (Sarah, Jane Elizabeth, Reuben, and James P.) who married Clifford-line ancestors, James and Jane (Patterson) McKelvey had eight other children: (1). Agnes McKelvey, born 13 December 1820. (2). Mary McKelvey, born 16 April 1823. (3). John Jackson McKelvey, born 7 September 1826, died 12 January 1895 (see below). (4). Josiah McKelvey, born 21 February 1829. (5). Isabel McKelvey, born 26 May 1831. (6). Samuel P. McKelvey, born 19 December 1838. (7) Thomas Patterson McKelvey, born 17 June 1841 (see below). (8). Thomas's unnamed twin, born and died 17 June 1841. In 1850, James, a farmer, and Jane and children Agnes, Jane, James and Thomas were living in Fairfield Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.1459 By 1860, only James and Thomas were living with their parents.1460 John Jackson McKelvey (3, above), a saddler and Civil War veteran in the Union Army, married Harriet Miller, born circa 1831. In 1860 and 1870, the family was enumerated in Fairfield Township,1461 and in 1880 in Ligonier Township, Westmoreland County. Children of John Jackson and Harriet (Miller) McKelvey were (1) Emma Jane McKelvey, died young; (2) Agnes McKelvey, died young, (3) Josephine McKelvey, died young; (4) James Franklin McKelvey, born 8 May 1855, married Mabel Shaffer, born March 1858 (in 1900, 1910, and 1920, James "T.", a harness maker and a rural mail carrier, and Mabel and family (their children were Lloyd, Fred, Mary, Harry, William, and Catherine) were living in Ligonier Borough;1462 (5) Sarah Catherine McKelvey, born 6 November 1856, married James Bowers; (6) Phillip Miller McKelvey, born 12 February 1858, married Ada May Riehl; (7) Edward Boucher McKelvey, born 7 August 1859, married Matilda Cochran, born circa 1864 (their child in 1910 was Jane McKelvey, born circa 1890);1463 (8) McKinley Grant McKelvey, born 8 June 1866, married Kate M. Leasure; (9) Harry Josiah McKelvey, born 29 November 1867, married Maud Arbaugh; (10) William Walter McKelvey, born 1874; and (11) Harriet May McKelvey, born 25 October 1875, married Walter Seger. Thomas Patterson McKelvey (7 above) was the youngest child of James and Jane (Patterson) McKelvey. Thomas's twin died in infancy. Thomas married Elizabeth Eleanor Ross (enumerated as Ellen in 1900), born September 1847. Thomas, in the Union Army, saw much action in the Civil War. According to Mabon (1928), page 65, Thomas was in the battles of Bull Run, Chancellorsville, The Wilderness, Manassas Gap, Gettysburg and Antietam; he was wounded seven times and received a Bronze Medal. In 1870 and 1880, Thomas, Elizabeth and family were enumerated in Fairfield Township, Westmoreland County.1464 In 1900 and 1910, the family was living in Ligonier Township, where Thomas was enumerated as a farmer.1465 Children of Thomas Patterson and Elizabeth (Ross) McKelvey were (1) Jane A. McKelvey, born May 1869;1466 (2) James Warren McKelvey, born 21 April 1871, died 21 October 1878; (3) McClure Ross McKelvey, born 26 December 1873, married Abbie Mae Roades (known children in 1910, when the family was living in Ligonier Borough1467 were Glen McKelvey and Eugene McKelvey); (4) Mary Agnes McKelvey, born 28 April 1876, married Francis Smith Kuhns; (5) William David McKelvey, born 21 October 1878, married Sarah Elizabeth Hoon; (6) Clarence Patterson McKelvey, born 22 April 1881; (7) Nellie Frances McKelvey, born 5 February 1884, married Walter Bennett Johnston; (8) Isabelle Mae McKelvey, born 22 November 1887, married George Elwood Withrow; and (9) Reuben McKinley McKelvey, born 23 May 1889, married Mabel Claire Duncan. The parents of James McKelvey (who married Jane Patterson) were Robert McKelvey (died 8 July 1832) and Jane (McKinley) McKelvey (died March 1842); they were early pioneers of the Ligonier Valley of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. Besides James, other children of Robert and Jane (McKinley) McKelvey were Sarah McKelvey (married William Luther), John McKelvey (married Mary Nesbit), Elizabeth McKelvey (married William McCurdy), Jane McKelvey (married Robert Hamill), and Mary McKelvey (did not marry). Robert McKelvey was a son of James and Sarah [-?-] McKelvey, who came to Chester County, Pennsylvania, from northern Ireland in circa 1750. One of Robert's brothers was John McKelvey (died 1809), who also lived in Westmoreland County. John married Martha Hamill and had children (a) Elizabeth McKelvey, married James McKinley; (b) Joseph McKelvey; (c) John McKelvey; (d) Hugh McKelvey, married Mary Witherspoon; (e) James McKelvey; (f) Douglas McKelvey, married Hannah Hamill (see next paragraph); and (g) Nathaniel McKelvey, married Lettitia Clark and Martha Matthew (see next paragraph). Both Douglas and Nathaniel McKelvey lived in the Fairfield-Ligonier area of Westmoreland County, and had large families. In 1860, Douglas (born circa 1799) and Hannah McKelvey and family were living in the same area as Douglas's first cousin James McKelvey (who married Jane Patterson).1468 Nathaniel McKelvey (born 6 April 1801, died 14 November 1880), his wives and several of their descendants are buried in the Antiochian Village Cemetery, Fairfield Township.1469 In 1850 and 1860, Nathaniel and Martha and family were living in Ligonier Township.1470 A synopsis of some McKelveys of the Ligonier-Fairfield area:
274. ENOCH5 H. CLIFFORD (Charles4, John3, James2, unknown Clifford1); born circa 1801; died 9 October 1841; buried in Pennington Presbyterian Churchyard,1471 Mercer County, New Jersey. On 25 March 1840, Enoch married CATHERINE CASE in Bethlehem Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.1472 Catherine was born circa 1818 in New Jersey.1473 In 1830, Enoch H. (could the H. stand for Hoagland?) Clifford, born circa 1800-1810, not yet married, was enumerated as head of household in Hopewell Township, then part of Hunterdon County, now Mercer County, with another male born 1800-1810, a male born 1810-1815, two females born 1800-1810, and one female born circa 1825-1830.1474 Speculating about names is difficult because I could not find Enoch's parents, Charles and Leah Clifford, in the New Jersey 1830 census, and the earlier federal censuses (1790-1820) of New Jersey are lost. Possibly the other male born 1800-1810 was Peter R. Williamson, with one of the females born 1800-1810 being his wife, Charity (Clifford) Williamson, and the female born 1825-1830 being their first child, Ann Maria Williamson (born 1 March 1830). But this male child could also be Warren Clifford, possibly the last-born child, of Charles and Leah (Hoagland) Clifford. The male born 1810-1815 could be Derrick Hoagland Clifford. The other female born 1800-1810 could have been Enoch and Derrick and Charity's sister Martha Clifford or more likely their sister Ann Clifford, who married in 1831. In 1840, Enoch Clifford and one female, who would be the right age to have been Enoch's wife, Catherine, were enumerated in Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey.1475 We know from the will of Enoch's father that Enoch had a daughter Mary Elizabeth Clifford (see under Charles Clifford, #56). After Enoch died, Catherine Clifford, married John Newman on 16 November 1846 in Hunterdon County.1476 "By the same [Rev. R. W. Landis], on the 16th inst. [16 November 1846], Mr. John Newman of Easton, Pa., to Mrs. Catherine Clifford of Bethlehem, Hunterdon co."1477 In 1850, the John Newman family was in Greenwich Township, Warren County, New Jersey. Besides John (a boat builder) and Catherine, the following were in the household: Mary E. Clifford (age 9), John H. Newman (age 2), and Isabel Newman (age less than one).1478 In 1860, the Newmans were in Phillipsburg Township, Warren County, with another child, Hillary Newman (male), age 6, but Mary Clifford was not listed with the family.1479 In 1870, the Newmans were still in Phillipsburg Township with the three Newman children and an Elisa Martin (or Mastin), age 8.1480 Also in Phillipsburg Township in 1870 were Charles Davis (age 32), Elizabeth Davis (age 28), Bessie C. Davis (age 3), Charles D. Davis (age 1) and a Catherine ?Dlt (Ault?) (age 24, born in Germany).1481 Since a quit claim document (date not known) pertaining to the heirs of Charles and Leah Clifford (see under Charles Clifford, #56) mentions Elizabeth Davis of Phillipsburg, Warren County, New Jersey, I have tentatively placed this Charles Davis as the husband of Mary Elizabeth Clifford.
There were other early Catherine Cases of New Jersey. A Catherine Case married 27 December 1828 John Gordon1484 (son of Franklin and Pamelia [Izor] Gordon-see "Ancestors of Jane Gordon Clifford"), and a Catherine Case married 18 November 1843 Joseph Gray.1485 There was also a Catherine Case, born circa 1809, who married, 5 February 1842, William Perdun in Kingston, Middlesex County, New Jersey.1486 A Catherine Ann Case was christened 28 December 1823 in Raritan, Somerset County, New Jersey, a daughter of Ezekial and Kitty Ann (Dumon or Demund) Case.1487 275. ANN5 CLIFFORD (Charles4, John3, James2, unknown Clifford1); born 1804; died 17 November 1844, which would be 18 days after giving birth to her daughter Ann Serepta; on 20 October 1831 in Hunterdon County, New Jersey,1488 Ann married NEHEMIAH REEDER BLACKWELL; born 6 August 1809; died 22 June 1878. Both Ann and Nehemiah are buried in Pennington Presbyterian Churchyard, Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey.1489 After Ann died, Nehemiah married Deliverance [-?-], born circa 1803, died 26 March 1873. She is also buried in Pennington Presbyterian Churchyard, in the same plot as Ann and Nehemiah. In 1840, a Reeder Blackwell, born circa 1800-1810, was enumerated in Hopewell Township, Mercer County, with one female born circa 1800-1810; and four males, one born circa 1820-1825, one born circa 1830-1835 and two born circa 1835-1840.1490 In 1850, Ann was deceased, and Nehemiah and Deliverance Blackwell and Ann's children were living in Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey.1491 Also living with the family in 1850 was Jane M. Roberts, born circa 1830. In 1870, Nehemiah (enumerated as Reeder Blackwell) and Deliverance were still living in Hopewell Township; they were living next door to Nehemiah and Ann (Clifford) Blackwell's son Charles Blackwell and Charles's first wife Catherine.1492
The 1840 federal census indicates that Ann and Nehemiah might have had another son, born circa 1820-1825,1505 but not with the family in 1850.1506 276. CHARITY5 CLIFFORD (Charles4, John3, James2, unknown Clifford1); born 18 January 1808; died 18 December 1901; buried in Bethlehem Baptist Churchyard, near Pattenburg; Hunterdon County, New Jersey; Charity married PETER R. WILLIAMSON on 9 June 1829; he was born 4 May 1808; died 8 November 1878 ("On the 8th inst. near Pattenburg, Peter R. Williamson, age 70 years").1507 Peter R. Williamson's parents were John Williamson (born 14 August 1762, died before 12 February 1838) and Charity (Richey) Williamson (born 27 August 1770). Peter's siblings were Abraham Williamson (born 2 July 1791, married Sarah Smith), Charity Williamson (born 21 July 1793), Daniel Williamson (born 12 March 1793-1795), Jemina Williamson (born 9 February 1797), John Williamson (born 3 June 1801), Sarah Williamson (born 7 September 1803), Wilham Williamson (born 28 December 1805), Mary Ann Williamson (born 18 February 1812), ?Gardner Williamson, and ?Harriet Williamson (married [-?-] Maxwell). The Williamson name apparently derives from the Dutch immigrant, Willem Willensen.1508 The names and birth dates of John and Charity (Richey) Williamson's children "are inscribed on a piece of hand-decorated paper firmly attached to the inside lid of a family heirloom, an antique blanket chest." In 1997, the chest was in possession of Mrs. Milton Seagraves of Milford, New Jersey. This information from The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey,1509 which has this to say about one of John and Charity's sons: "… Peter, born 1808, married Charity Clifford, a granddaughter of Revolutionary War patriot John Clifford. The couple inherited the Clifford family homestead in now [their italics] Union Township, which appears in the Historic Building Survey as the Clifford-Williamson House." In 1830, Peter and Charity and first born child, Ann Maria, were probably living in the household of Charity's brother Enoch H. Clifford (#274), who had not yet married, in Hopewell Township, then part of Hunterdon County, New Jersey.1510 In 1840, Peter R. Williamson and family were enumerated in Bethlehem Township, Hunterdon County. In 1845, the Williamsons came into possession of the Clifford's Pattenburg house.1511 In 1850, Peter (enumerated as a farmer), Charity and family were still in Bethlehem Township.1512 All children except Jane Elizabeth were at home in 1850. Also living in the household at this time was Charity's uncle Enoch Clifford (#57). In 1860, the family, including uncle Enoch Clifford and domestic Mary Gano, born circa 1837, was in Union Township (formerly part of Bethlehem Township), Hunterdon County, New Jersey.1513 At that time Peter R. Williamson reported $20,000 in real estate. In 1870, in Union Township, children Charles, Reuben and Joseph, and servant Mary Jane Gano were still with Peter and Charity.1514 Peter wrote his will 30 October 1878, recorded 25 November 1878. He left the farm, "about 116 acres," to his son Joseph.1515
277. MARTHA5 CLIFFORD (Charles4, John3, James2, unknown Clifford1); born circa 1810; died 13 October 1903 in Trenton, New Jersey; married ALFRED HAZARD (also spelled Hazzard);1521 probably died between 1845-1850. He was probably deceased by 1850, when Martha (Hazard) and child Martha J. Hazard, born circa 1846, were living with Martha's parents.1522 Martha (Clifford) Hazard's brother Derrick Clifford also married a Hazard, Jane Hazard. Jane was one of six children of John and Cornelia (Howell) Hazard. Other children of John Hazard, a teacher, and Cornelia Hazard were (1) Obadiah Howell Hazard, born 11 June 1826, a graduate of Princeton Theological Institute, ordained 20 April 1864 (married 9 May 1850 Ellen Stout, daughter of William Stout);1523 (2) Mary Hazard (married George Hunt); (3) Elizabeth Hazard (married Charles B. Smith); (4) Sarah Hazard (married John Primmer); and (5) Cornelia Hazard (married [-?-] Hart). Alfred Hazard was not listed as a child of John and Cornelia (Howell) Hazard.1524 For more information on the Howells and Hazards, see under Derrick Clifford (#280). Alfred Hazard was not a common name for that area in the nineteenth century. Perhaps he was the Alfred Hazard who married in 1811 Mary Mattison, born 1794 in Princeton, present-day Mercer County, New Jersey; she died of consumption in 1839 in New York (City? or State?). They had at least one child, Edgar Hazard, no dates. Mary Mattison was a daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Smith) Mattison, who married in 1790 in Princeton, Hunterdon County (present-day Mercer County), New Jersey. Both Joseph and Sarah died in New York. Their three oldest children, Mary Mattison, Ruth Mattison and Harriet Mattison, were born in Princeton, New Jersey, and their three youngest children, Smith Mattison, Margaret Mattison and Susan Mattison, were born in Trenton, New Jersey.1525 In 1860, Martha's child, Martha J. Hazard, was living with Martha's mother Leah Clifford and Martha's sister Jane Clifford in the household of Cornelius and Mary (Clifford) Howell (location of mother Martha in 1860 not known).1526 In 1870, Martha (born circa 1810) was living with her married daughter, Martha J. Pittinger in West Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey. Martha was still living with the Pittingers in 1900 in Trenton.1527
Did our Martha Clifford first marry Aaron Conover? Aaron Conover married 6 July 1831 Martha Clifford in Hunterdon County, New Jersey (note: until 1838, Hopewell Township, now Mercer County, was part of Hunterdon County). This marriage was reported in New Jersey Marriages, 1684-1895.1531 Our Martha, born circa 1810, would have been of the right generation to have married this Aaron Conover. Also, I do not know of another Martha Clifford of that area (that is, Hunterdon, Warren, Mercer and Monmouth Counties) other than Martha, daughter of Charles and Leah Clifford. Of course it is possible that this Martha was a "Martha Ann" or that Clifford was her married name when she married Aaron Conover. David Conover's web site "Conover Families Dead Ends"1532 lists Aaron Conover; born 1810 in Monmouth County, New Jersey; died 6 July 1851 in Oxford Township, Warren County, New Jersey; married Martha Clifford; born 1810. However, Alene Stoner, who descends from Aaron's son Peter, reports Aaron dying 28 May 1852.1533 Alene Stoner (and David Conover's web site) reports two children of Aaron and wife "Ann," see below. (1) Ann Elizabeth Conover; born 1833; married (first) [-?-] Ayres [the 1860 federal census for Warren County lists his name as William Ayers; born circa 1815];1534 married (second [-?-] Loder. In 1860, William, Ann Elizabeth and children Aaron Ayers, born circa 1855; John B. Ayers; born circa 1857; and Minerva Ayers, born circa 1859, were living in Oxford Township, Warren County; they were next door to Ann Elizabeth's brother Peter Conover and his family. (2) Peter Conover; born 30 October 1834 in Harmony Township, Warren County, New Jersey; died 14 August 1896 in Red Cloud, Webster County, Nebraska; married Emaline (Sarah) Osborn; born 3 December 1836 in Buttzville, Warren County, New Jersey; died 12 April 1917 in Red Cloud, Nebraska. David Conover's web site follows Peter and Emaline's descendants through two additional generations, although sources are not given. I have not been able to contact David Conover, the author of the "Conover Families Dead Ends" website. The 1850 federal census for Warren County, New Jersey,1535 lists Aaron Conover (age 40) with children Ann Elizabeth (age 17) and Peter (age 16), but there was no Martha; instead there was an "Ann" Conover (age 40). We know that in 1850, our Martha Clifford had married Alfred Hazard and had child, Martha J. Hazard, born circa 1846, and that Martha (Clifford) Hazard was living with her parents, Charles and Leah Clifford in Mercer County, New Jersey. The 1840 federal census for Warren County1536 lists Aaron Conover (age 30-40) with one male (age 5-10), one female (age 30-40) and one female (age 5-10). But since both Martha and "Ann" were born circa 1810, Aaron's wife could have been either Martha or Ann (or Martha Ann) in 1840. There was no "Ann" Conover in either the household of William Ayers or Peter Conover in 18601537 (9 years after Aaron had died). One scenario would be that our Martha married Aaron Conover, they had two children, and then they divorced or otherwise separated; then Aaron married "Ann" and Martha married [-?-] Hazard. But, although not unheard of in those times, it would be surprising for the children to go with the father instead of the mother. In 1992, Alene A. Stoner (Helena, Montana)1538 placed a query in the Hunterdon Historical Newsletter:1539 CLIFFORD, CONOVER, Des info re children of
Aaron Conover and Martha Clifford, m. 6 July 1831 Bethlehem Presy.
Church. Was there a death or divorce for Martha before October 1834?
[note: Peter Conover was born October 1834]. An Individual Record of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (AFN: 10R9-LD7) submitted by Alene Stoner gives the birth of Ann Elizabeth Conover as 1833 and reports her parents were Aaron Conover and Ann. I contacted Alene, whose great grandfather was Peter Conover (son of Aaron and Ann Conover) in 20021540 and she confirms that Aaron married an "Ann," and still finds the Martha Clifford who married Aaron Conover a mystery. Although I know of no other Martha Cliffords for that area and time, there were several Aaron Conovers in New Jersey at that time. For example an Aaron Conover married Catherine Stevenson 28 November 1847 in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.1541 There was an Aaron Conover, age 55, enumerated in Monmouth County, New Jersey, in 1850, with apparently son Daniel Conover, age 30, and his wife Rebecca, age 29, and children Catherine, age 3, and James, age 1.1542 Also an Aaron Conover, age 45, was enumerated, apparently as a boarder, in the household of Cornelius and Margaret Applegate in Monmouth County in 1850;1543 and an Aaron Conover, age 12, was listed in the family of Ralph and Mary Vanderbilt in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, in 1860.1544 It is tempting to list these Conovers and their descendants in our Clifford line. But I know of no Clifford documents that mention Aaron Conover, Ann Elizabeth Conover (or Ayers), or Peter Conover. The records of Hunterdon County, New Jersey Marriages, 1795-1875, listing Martha Clifford marrying Aaron Conover, were transcribed from original records and perhaps there was a transcription error. Nevertheless. without even some good circumstantial evidence that our Martha Clifford was the mother of Ann Elizabeth and Peter Conover, I will hold off including them as descendants of James Clifford (#3). 278. ELIZABETH5 CLIFFORD (Charles4, John3, James2, unknown Clifford1); born 22 April 1814; died 14 June 1903; on 23 November 1841,1545 she married HENRY B. (Blackwell)1546 PERRINE; born 29 January 1816; died 12 December 1898. Both Elizabeth and Henry are buried in the Pennington Presbyterian Churchyard, Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey.1547 In 1860 and 1870, Henry, a farmer, and Elizabeth and family were living in the Pennington area, Hopewell Township.1548 In 1860, Elizabeth's nephew Joseph Clifford (#846) and a Geraldine McKey, born circa 1837, were living in the household; in 1870, Elizabeth's mother, Leah Clifford, and sister Jane Clifford (#281) were living in the household.
279. MARY5 CLIFFORD (Charles4, John3, James2, unknown Clifford1); born circa 1816; died 1911. On 5 January 1842,1554 Mary Clifford married CORNELIUS VANNAY HOWELL; born 1821; died 1907.1555 He was a son of Israel and Mehetabel (Vannay) Howell,1556 who was born 1793 or 1799, died 30 March 1880, buried in Pennington Presbyterian Churchyard (Hopewell Township, Mercer County).1557 For Cornelius's descent from David and Mary (Baker) Howell of Southhampton, Long Island, New York, see end note #1556. In 1850, Cornelius (enumerated as a carpenter in all censuses), Mary and family were in Hopewell Township, Mercer County. Also in the household in 1850 were Samuel Beatty, shoemaker, age 28, and Rebecca Beatty, age 21.1558 In 1860, the family was still in Hopewell Township, the Pennington area.1559 Also living with the Howells in 1860 were Mary's mother, Leah Clifford, Mary's sister Jane Clifford, and Martha (J.) Hazard, age 15, daughter of Mary's sister Martha (Clifford) Hazard (#277). In 1880, Cornelius, Mary, and children Charles and Ada were still living in Pennington.1560 In 1910, Mary, age 94, was living with her children Charles Howell and Ada Howell in Pennington Borough, Mercer County, New Jersey.1561
There was a Conner (could this name be Cornelius?) Howell, born circa 1829, living next to Eugene and Emily (Howell) Wood and two dwellings from Israel and Clara Howell in 1880 in Hopewell Township.1569 Conner Howell's wife was Mary [-?-], born circa 1836. Their children in 1880 were Clarissa Howell, born circa 1866, and Ada Howell, born circa 1872. Conner was also a wheelwright. I do not know how Conner Howell is related to Cornelius Howell. Ancestral File Family Group records1570 report Mehetabel (Hettie) Vannay (also Vannoy), born 1799, as a daughter of Charles and Leah (Hoagland) Clifford. This is an error (probably a typo error). Mehetabel Vannay was a daughter of Joseph and Frances Vannay. Mehetabel was born 1799, died 30 March 1880, married Israel Howell, born 11 July 1772, died 10 July 1860; this Israel Howell was a son of Timothy and Deborah (Green) Howell. Mehetabel was the mother-in-law of Mary Clifford (#279) above. Elizabeth (Clifford) Moore and some other early western New Jersey CliffordsAnother web site pertaining to Howells of New Jersey,1571 reports an Elizabeth Clifford, born circa 1768, died circa 1830, (parents not listed), married Sackett Moore. I can not place this Elizabeth Clifford, but suspect she was of our Cliffords. Perhaps she was a daughter of George Clifford (#10). Here is the information I have on her:Elizabeth Clifford; born circa 1768; died circa 1830; married Sackett Moore, born 7 January 1754; died 29 July 1820. He was a son of Sackett Moore, died 18 August 1753, and Abigail Moore (a cousin). The Trenton/Ewing Moores came to New Jersey from Newtown, Long Island, New York1572 (present-day Elmhurst, Queens County). Child of Sackett and Elizabeth (Clifford) Moore was (1). Abigail Clifford Moore; possibly born circa 1790; married Joseph Scudder Hart; born 14 September 1788 in New Jersey (parents were Joseph and Abigail Scudder Hart). Joseph and Abigail Clifford (Moore) Hart had two children:1573 (a). Nathaniel Hart; born circa 1816; married Jane Atchley; born circa 1817. In 1870, Nathaniel, Jane and daughter Emma Hart were living in the Pennington area of Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey; next door were their son Joseph Scudder Hart and wife Wilhanna (no children).1574 Nathaniel and Jane's children were (i). Mary Hart, born 1839, died 1904, married Jasper Smith Scudder, a son of Abner Smith and Hannah (Reeder) Scudder. (ii). Elizabeth Hart. (iii). Joseph Scudder Hart, born circa 1847, married Wilhanna Scudder, born circa 1850, a daughter of William and Mary (Hay) Scudder. (iv). Emma Hart, born circa 1848, married Aaron Cook. (b). Sackett Moore Hart, married Mary Blackwell and had children: (i). Elizabeth Hart, married Harrison Muirheid. (ii). George Hart. Another early New Jersey Clifford, possibly of our Cliffords, who I can not place, was John Clifford, born circa 1786 in New Jersey, enumerated in Greenwich Township, Warren County, in 1850 with Gertrude Clifford, born circa 1781 in Pennsylvania, and Susan Clifford (a daughter?), born circa 1827 in Pennsylvania.1575 In 1830, a John Clifford, born between 1760-1770, was enumerated in Stillwater Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, with one male, born between 1815 and 1820, and one female born between 1770-1780.1576 There were Cliffords living in Bethlehem Township, Hunterdon County, in 1870. I can not place them but possibly some are related to our Cliffords. Dwelling 163, family 162: C. J. Clifford (head of household), born circa 1832 (master mechanic); Marietta Clifford, born circa 1840; Hattie Clifford, born circa 1859; Julia Clifford, born circa 1862; and John D. Clifford (engineer), born circa 1837. They were all born in New Jersey Dwelling 174, family 173: Richard Clifford (machinist), born circa 1798 in New Jersey; and Sarah J. Clifford, born circa 1804 in New Jersey; they were enumerated in the household of Samuel Taylor (blacksmith), born circa 1847 in Pennsylvania. Dwelling 182, family 181: Linda (or Lula) Clifford, born circa 1866 in New Jersey; enumerated in the household of Caleb Shiner (railroad foreman), born circa 1836 in New Jersey; and Eveline Shiner, born circa 1834 in New Jersey. 280. DERRICK5 HOAGLAND CLIFFORD (Charles4, John3, James2, unknown Clifford1); born circa 1816;1577 married (first) JANE HAZARD (also spelled Hazzard); born circa 1822; died 4 July 1845;1578 married (second) (tentative) [-?-], see below. Both Derrick and Jane are buried in Pennington Presbyterian Churchyard (Mercer County, New Jersey), but there are no dates for Derrick on his stone.1579 If Jane's dates are correct, Jane died about a month after her son, Joseph, was born. Jane Hazard was a daughter of John and Cornelia (Howell) Hazard and a granddaughter of Obadiah and Sarah (Biles) Howell. Cornelia Howell was a fourth cousin of Cornelius Howell, who married Derrick's sister Mary Clifford. Derrick Clifford possibly had died by 1860, since he was not in the federal census index for New Jersey in 1860 or 1870. For more information on the Howells and Hazards, see under Martha Clifford (#277) and Mary Clifford (#279). If Jane's death date is correct, Derrick apparently had a second wife, since "Returns of Death, Mercer County, Hopewell Township, 1 June 1848-31 May 1849,"1580 reports an infant (no name given) of Derrick H. Clifford dying 31 December 1848. If so, Derrick's second wife would have probably been deceased before the 1850 federal census for Hopewell Township, New Jersey, when Derrick and his son Joseph were living with Joseph's parents.1581 Jane's death date, 4 July 1845, is known from a copy of a cemetery inscription. If the date in fact was 1849 (or 1848) instead of 1845, (a 5 and 9 and 8 can look similar, especially on old stones) this would probably mean that Derrick did not have a second wife.
283. JOHN5 CLIFFORD HARTPENCE (Elizabeth4 Clifford, John3, James2, unknown Clifford1); born 15 June 1803; died 19 June 1891; on 27 March 1832 in Warren County, New Jersey,1582 he married ANN BRINKRUFF (or BRIBRUFF);1583 born circa 1810 in New Jersey.1584 In 1850 and 1860, John (enumerated as a farmer), Ann and family were living in Franklin Township, Warren County. In 1880, John, Amy?, born circa 1810, and family were living in Washington Township, Warren County, New Jersey.1585
286. JEROME5 HARTPENCE (Elizabeth4 Clifford, John3, James2, unknown Clifford1); born 30 November 1810; died 3 July 1892; married SARAH MELICK (or Mellick) on 26 December 1833 in Warren County, New Jersey;1588 she was born 22 January 1812; died 21 December 1885. She was a daughter of Jacob Melick.1589 Both Jerome and Sarah are buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Alexandria Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.1590 In 1850 and 1860, Jerome (enumerated as a farmer), Sarah and family were living in Franklin Township, Warren County, New Jersey. In 1880, Jerome and Sarah were living alone in Alexandria Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.1591
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