Mary Dillon was born on Jun 2, 1824 at New York. Mary married Delevan Conover, son of Stout Conover and Rachel Spoor.

      Josephine Adell Conover was born on Jan 3, 1846 at Wisconsin. She was the daughter of Delevan Conover and Mary Dillon. Josephine married Francis Marion Hamilton, son of James Hamilton and Elizabeth Walker-McBride, on Aug 1, 1871 at Ann Arbor, Washinaw County, Michigan.

      Francis Marion Hamilton was born on Jul 3, 1838 at Indiana. He was the son of James Hamilton and Elizabeth Walker-McBride. Francis married Josephine Adell Conover, daughter of Delevan Conover and Mary Dillon, on Aug 1, 1871 at Ann Arbor, Washinaw County, Michigan. Francis Marion Hamilton died on May 2, 1914 at Ann Arbor, Washinaw County, Michigan, at age 75.

     James married Elizabeth Walker-McBride.

     Elizabeth married James Hamilton.

      Nellie May Hamilton was born on Jul 17, 1881 at Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan. She was the daughter of Francis Marion Hamilton and Josephine Adell Conover. Nellie married Casper Abraham Ornbaun in Sep, 1910 at Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan. Nellie May Hamilton died on Oct 3, 1945 at age 64.

      Casper Abraham Ornbaun was born on Jan 25, 1880 at Ornbaun Valley, Mendocino County, California. Casper married Nellie May Hamilton, daughter of Francis Marion Hamilton and Josephine Adell Conover, in Sep, 1910 at Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan. Casper Abraham Ornbaun died on May 5, 1960 at Sonoma County, California, at age 80.
     

      James Potter was born on Aug 29, 1793 at Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina. James married Sarah Jones Grimes, daughter of Dr. John Grimes M.D. and Catherine Jones Glen, on Jan 4, 1827 at Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia. James Potter died on Jan 25, 1862 at Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, at age 68. James was buried at Trinity Church, Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey.

      Sarah Jones Grimes was born on Jun 12, 1808 at Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia. She was the daughter of Dr. John Grimes M.D. and Catherine Jones Glen. Sarah married James Potter on Jan 4, 1827 at Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia. Sarah Jones Grimes died on Jun 4, 1847 at Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, at age 38. Sarah was buried at Trinity Church, Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey.

     Elizabeth Juliana Conover died on Feb 3, 1857. She was born on Feb 4, 1857. She was the daughter of Richard Stevens Conover and Sarah Jones Potter.

      Rev. James Potter Conover was born at New York. He was born on Oct 10, 1858 at New Jersey. He was the son of Richard Stevens Conover and Sarah Jones Potter. James married Mary Bowman Coit, daughter of Rev. Dr. Henry A. Coit, on Jun 25, 1892 at Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire.

      Mary Bowman Coit was born on Jul 21, 1868 at Scotland. She was the daughter of Rev. Dr. Henry A. Coit. Mary married Rev. James Potter Conover, son of Richard Stevens Conover and Sarah Jones Potter, on Jun 25, 1892 at Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
     

The first squash court built outside England was built at St. Paul's School (SPS) , in Concord, New Hampshire. The date: November 1884.

It was the work of one man, James Potter Conover. The oldest of nine children, Jay Conover graduated from St. Paul's in 1876 and after going to Columbia, he returned to teach at St. Paul's until 1915. With his steel-blue eyes and infectiously upbeat manner, Conover was a SPS institution. He married Mary Coit, the daughter of Henry Coit , the first rector of St. Paul's, became an ordained Episcopalan priest and wrote two books.

But his greatest influence was in sports. Conover was one of the most celebrated athletes of his era in the U.S. As a high jumper he was the first man to ever jump higher than his height; he led Columbia to notable football victories; a great fencer, he ran the fencing club at SPS; he was the top cricket player at SPS when the sport was the most popular game in New England and batted three-a critical spot-for the school when it played touring sides.

History, though, remembers Conover for a visit he made to Montreal during the Christmas holidays in 1880-1881. A skating enthusiast, Conover saw an early version of ice hockey and brought back to St. Paul's rules and standards, hockey sticks and a wooden block an inch thick covered with leather, soon to be called pucks. Ice hockey was unknown in the U.S., so St. Paul's is rightfully regarded at the birthplace of hockey for America.

While in Canada, Conover also played racquets at the St. George Street court in Montreal. He had played a fair amount of racquets while in New York and, after 1878, was a spirited member of the Racquet Court Club, which had a covered court at its clubhouse at 26th Street and Sixth Avenue (the building is still there). Playing the game again in Montreal, which had first built its racquets court in 1836, Conover remembered the delicious pleasure of smashing a ball against four walls. He decided St. Paul's should have a court.

It took two years, but in January 1883, St. Paul's finished a racquets building. Conover went back to Canada in the autumn of 1881 and hired a contractor from Montreal to build his racquets courts. Placed on the edge of the woods near a pond, the barn-like building, as Conover wrote, "has no pretensions to beauty and grace of outline." Made entirely of maple and birch and painted dark red, it was about sixty by fifty feet, with a steeply-pitched roof of seventy feet, "so as not to allow snow to accumulate upon it" and block the sun. It had four large windows on the front and one giant skylight. Inside were a large vestibule heated by a stove, with a carpeted dressing room partitioned off on one side and a small gallery above and two racquets courts painted white.

The building cost three thousand dollars and Conover formed a Racquet Club to pay for it. Thirty-five students paid fifty dollars to join, and Conover secured donations totalling over a thousand dollars from a number of Racquet Court Club members in New York.

Getting going took a while. Conover ordered two hundred dollars worth of racquets and balls from Arthur Pearson in London, but they were detained for months at the customs house in New York (did the customs officials think they were dangerous weapons?). The court was awkwardkly lit, by windows just on one side and by one skylight and the white walls were too bright in full sunlight. And it was annoying to laboriously slap black paint on all the racquet balls. Conover painted the inside walls black, which "proved to be a great improvement." Then, over the summer of 1883, the walls and floor warped and had to be replaced. The building found itself being used by non-racquets players. In 1884 the fencing club moved their boxes of equipment into the racquet building, "so that the members can fence while awaiting their turns to play" racquets, and in 1887 the school newspaper reported that Mr. Morley, the cricket coach, kept his stock of cricket, base-ball and tennis good for sale in the racquet building.

But they soldiered on and played. They had a series of tournaments each winter and began in the spring of 1883 to crown champions (Conover's son Dick won the championship in 1889). One of the tournaments was "The Lenten Tournament" which ran throughout Lent, with one round each week, with a prize going to the boy who won the most games. Other tournaments were handicapped acording to ability, and they also had a draw for younger boy. Each Christmas holiday, the school held a tournament at the Racquet Court Club in New York, with sometimes fifteen boys participating.

Was it actually racquets? Not really. A racquets court was, and still is, made out of slate or concrete, something hard, not wood. And one single regulation-size racquets court was about the size of the entire racquets building, so their two courts were much smaller. "The larger court and faster walls and floor give a great advantage to the large boys," recorded the SPS monthly newspaper after the 1885 SPS tournament in New York.

But it was not squash, because that came separately. In November 1884, the school newspaper reported that "the 'Squash-ball' courts are ready for play. They are open to all who pay the dues of $1 a year." They are bona fide squash courts because they were designed by a Harrow old boy

In 1930, just after Allison Danzig published his definitive The Racquet Game, a history of tennis, racquets and squash in the U.S., a row developed because Danzig had all but ignored the history of racquets and squash at St. Paul's. This was problematic especially because the SPS racquets courts were the first in the U.S. built outside New York and that the school had the first squash courts in the nation. Conover, then seventy-three, retired and living in Rhode Island, wrote a long letter to a fellow St. Paul's alum who was helping give Danzig a proper account of SPS athletic history. "I got the proper dimensions from Hyde Clark of Cooperstown, NY," wrote Conover of the squash courts. "Hyde had been educated at Harrow in England where they had such courts, and he and I were at Columbia together and both members of the N.Y. Racquet Club and both enthusiastic for racquets and cricket." There is the missing link-Hyde Clark had played squash in the Rugby fives courts at Harrow. Via his friendship with Jay Conover, squash crossed the Atlantic.

Harrow was indeed the model for the four courts. They were badly lit, with no skylights and the back walls were missing. "It is proposed," wrote Conover in the school newspaper, "if the players are incommoded with snow, to inclose the ends with wired glass." The ball was a dark grey rubber ball with a hole in it. And racquets were still considered the proper senior sport. The winner of the spring Lenten tournment in squash was automatically enrolled in the Racquet Club, but other boys had to prove themselves skilled enough in squash to graduate to playing racquets.

Still Conover recommended squash as a sport for schoolboys. "In such a court, the game is not quite so enticing as where the walls are of brick and the ball solid, like a small base-ball," he wrote in the school newspaper. "But the so-called 'squash-ball court' recommended itself to the club for many reasons;-such courts are largely used in English public schools; cost of contruction is much less; fewer raquette bats are broken and fewer balls destroyed; fewer heads are cracked and fewer knees and elbows barked; the danger from being hit by the ball (quite an item among young players) is cancelled."

In 1915 St. Paul's, with a generous donation from Maurice Roche, class of 1905 and grandfather of Lady Diana Spencer, built a new squash facility. It had eight squash courts, all, interestingly enough thirty by twenty-one feet, a size more common then in England that the U.S.-but the reason was simply that the courts were designed and built by the London firm H. M. Rootham, which had built the famous courts at the Royal Artillery Mess in Woolwich.

With its unmatched tradition in squash, it was no surprise that a flood of champions flashed from St. Pauls. The brothers Pool, Larry and Beek, and Bert Rawlins took two national championships in the 1920s and 30s. And more illustrious names followed: John Humes, Seymour and Nordy Knox, Pete Bostwick, Larry Terrell, Charlie Stewart, Jamie Barrett, Robbie MacKay, John Musto and Mac Carbonell.

And the 1884 courts? St. Paul's tore them down in 1915 and today at the spot is an unmarked carpet of thick green grass.

      Emily Charlotte Potter Conover was born at New Jersey. She was born on Sep 22, 1860 at Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey. She was the daughter of Richard Stevens Conover and Sarah Jones Potter. Emily married Rev. Prescott Evarts, son of William Maxwell Evarts and Helen Minerva Wardner, on Jun 22, 1887 at South Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey.

      Rev. Prescott Evarts was born on Oct 10, 1859 at New York City, New York County, New York. He was the son of William Maxwell Evarts and Helen Minerva Wardner. Prescott married Emily Charlotte Potter Conover, daughter of Richard Stevens Conover and Sarah Jones Potter, on Jun 22, 1887 at South Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey.
     Rev. Prescott Evarts rector of Zion Episcopal Parish at Wappingers Falls, Dutchess County, New York, between 1889 and 1901.

      Caroline Conover was born on Dec 6, 1862 at New Jersey. She was the daughter of Richard Stevens Conover and Sarah Jones Potter.

      Alice Beirne Potter Conover was born on May 20, 1865 at New York City, New York County, New York. She was the daughter of Richard Stevens Conover and Sarah Jones Potter.
     











Alice Beirne Potter Conover resided at at 116 East 58th Street, New York City, New York County, New York, on Jun 26, 1924.

      Rev. Thomas Anderson Conover was born on Oct 6, 1868 at New York City, New York County, New York. He was the son of Richard Stevens Conover and Sarah Jones Potter. Thomas married Charlotte Beasley Green on Jun 2, 1900 at Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey.
     

A SERVANT-LEADER

THE CONOVER YEARS

The early development of the Church of Saint Bernard, Bernardsville, is largely the story of its second Rector The Reverend Thomas Anderson Conover (1868-1943, Rector 1899-1939).

The appointment of The Rev. Thomas A. Conover in the summer of 1899 proved fortuitous for the future of the nascent Episcopal church in Bernardsville. He showed himself to be not only a priest of considerable vision and pastoral foresight but also of indefatigable energy. At first he rejected the call from Saint Bernard’s Church. He reconsidered as it became clear that he could carry out his own personal sense of ministry while also serving in Bernardsville: the founding of a school.

Conover arrived in the autumn of 1899 and settled into an inimitable ministry for the next 40 years. The list of effective and long-lived outreaches he started is astounding. Included among his achievements was the development of four other Episcopal Churches, now remembered as the Conover Parishes: Saint Luke’s, Gladstone, The Church of Saint John on the Mountain, Saint Mark’s, Basking Ridge, All Saints’, Millington, and Saint Bernard’s.

Within the parish he organized a Sunday School, Women’s Auxiliary (Women of Saint Bernard’s), Altar Guild, Parish Library, Boys’ Club, Men’s Club, Men’s Reading Room project, Mothers’ Meeting, Kindergarten, a parish nurse program (Somerset Hills VNA), a social work program, a boys’ boarding school in Gladstone (Saint Bernard’s School, now Gill St. Bernard School), a primary school, a sewing school, a summer vacation school, and more.

He oversaw the acquisition of the cemetery, the expansion of the church building in 1904, its interior reconfiguration in 1910, the building of a Rectory and the Parish House, not to mention the addition of a log cabin for the scouting program and the purchase of Saint Martin’s House in 1931.

By way of pastoral care in times of crisis, he served the community through the years of The Great War (World War I), the Great Flu Epidemic, the Stock Market Crash of ’29, and the Great Depression. Parishioners baptized under his care and raised as children in the parish in those years still remember his impulsive charity: how he used to give away his salary to those in need and more than once gave away his own overcoat during the Depression of the 1930s. Perhaps the one demerit keeping him from sainthood is the fact that he was evidently a reckless driver, being a charter member of the first generation of automobile operators in America. As this became more widely known, some parishioners refused to get in a car with him.

By way of changes in the life of the wider communion, 1928 saw the introduction of a new prayer book for the American church. The 1920s and 30s were also the heady years of the global ecumenical movement in which many Anglicans and Episcopalians took the lead. Conover served through these times.

When Thomas Conover retired in 1939, after 40 years of service in the Somerset Hills, it was truly the end of an era.

Saint Bernards Episcopal Church
88 Claremont Road
Bernardsville, NJ 07924.

On 1900 founded St. Bernard's School for Boys.
Rev. Thomas Anderson Conover Early in the 20th Century, the Rev. Thomas A. Conover, rector of St. Bernard’s Church in Bernardsville, New Jersey, established missions in nearby Gladstone, the Bernardsville Hills and Millington. He also was associated with St. Mark’s Church in Basking Ridge. Those five churches (St. Bernard’s, St. Luke’s, St. John on the Mountain, All Saints’ and St. Mark’s) today are commonly referred to as the Conover churches.

Recognizing the value of a retreat in the Christian’s pilgrimage, the late Rev. Conover in 1931 established a house for retreats in Bernardsville. In 1935, the property was incorporated as St. Martin’s House, honoring St. Martin (c.316-397), patron saint of France and of soldiers. For many years, St. Martin’s House served as a center for parish retreats and other opportunities for spiritual renewal.

In the 1950s, in need of serious repair, the retreat house and property were sold, and proceeds were used to create the St. Martin’s House Fund. Interest from the fund continues to support the retreat movement by underwriting part of the costs of retreats, alleviating the financial burden on a parish or mission and on the individual participants. St. Martin’s House Fund makes grants to parishes in the Dioceses of New Jersey and Newark, and to retreat centers that serve those parishes.

A Board of Managers, which consists of the rectors and lay members from the five Conover churches and two other area parishes, administers the grants. The churches are:

St. John on the Mountain, Bernardsville
St. Bernard’s Episcopal Church, Bernardsville
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Gladstone
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Basking Ridge
All Saints’ Church, Millington
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Morristown
The Church of the Redeemer, Morristown

The office of president of the Board of Managers rotates among Conover church clergy.

      Charlotte Beasley Green was born on Jul 17, 1869 at Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey. She was born on Jul 17, 1870 at New Jersey. Charlotte married Rev. Thomas Anderson Conover, son of Richard Stevens Conover and Sarah Jones Potter, on Jun 2, 1900 at Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey.

      Dr. John Hamilton Potter Conover MD was born on Apr 30, 1873 at New York. He was the son of Richard Stevens Conover and Sarah Jones Potter. John married Abigail Henriques King Fritsch on Jan 30, 1901 at New York City, New York County, New York.

      Abigail Henriques King Fritsch was born on Jul 21, 1875 at New York. Abigail married Dr. John Hamilton Potter Conover MD, son of Richard Stevens Conover and Sarah Jones Potter, on Jan 30, 1901 at New York City, New York County, New York. Abigail Henriques King Fritsch died on Feb 5, 1959 at age 83. Abigail was buried at Trinity Church Cemetery, Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey.

      Sarah Potter Conover was born on Jan 13, 1876. She was the daughter of Richard Stevens Conover and Sarah Jones Potter.

     Eleanor Lefferts was baptized on Oct 13, 1836 at Marlborough, Monmouth County, New Jersey. She died young after Oct 13, 1836. She was the daughter of Joseph Lefferson and Sarah Jane Vanderveer.

      Lydia Schenck was born on Jan 31, 1817. She was the daughter of John K. Schanck and Anna Van Cleaf. Lydia married Joseph Lefferson, son of Benjamin Lefferson and Elinor Covenhoven, in 1872.

      Sarah Lefferts was born on Jul 4, 1806. She was the daughter of Benjamin Lefferson and Elinor Covenhoven. Sarah married William H. Robinson on Jan 23, 1828.
     Sarah Lefferts was also known as Sarah Lefferts.

      William H. Robinson was born on Jun 7, 1806. William married Sarah Lefferts, daughter of Benjamin Lefferson and Elinor Covenhoven, on Jan 23, 1828.

      Charles Augustus Robinson was born on Sep 18, 1829 at New Jersey. He was the son of William H. Robinson and Sarah Lefferts. Charles married Eleanor Perrine, daughter of David Perrine and Mary Ellen Conover, on Jan 19, 1860.
     Charles Augustus Robinson resided at at West Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey.

      Catherine Conover Robinson was born on Feb 7, 1831. She was the daughter of William H. Robinson and Sarah Lefferts.

      Benjamin Leffersen Robinson was born on Mar 16, 1832. He was the son of William H. Robinson and Sarah Lefferts. Benjamin Leffersen Robinson died on Jan 6, 1863 at age 30.
     He was also known as Benjamin Leffertsen Robinson.

      Eliza Jane Robinson was born on Nov 13, 1833 at Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey. She was the daughter of William H. Robinson and Sarah Lefferts. Eliza Jane Robinson was born on Nov 18, 1833. Eliza married John Henry Dey, son of Peter Light Dey and Rebecca Steele, on Mar 3, 1859 at Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Eliza Jane Robinson died on Dec 7, 1908 at age 75. Eliza was buried at Morrisonville, Christian County, Illinois.

      Eleanor Robinson was born on Apr 9, 1835. She was the daughter of William H. Robinson and Sarah Lefferts. Eleanor Robinson died on Nov 2, 1840 at age 5.

      Aaron Combs Robinson was born on Jan 15, 1837 at New Jersey. He was the son of William H. Robinson and Sarah Lefferts. Aaron married Deborah Underwood circa 1863.

      Mary Robinson was born on Apr 28, 1839. She was the daughter of William H. Robinson and Sarah Lefferts.

      James H. Robinson was born on Apr 20, 1841. He was the son of William H. Robinson and Sarah Lefferts.

      Huldah Robinson was born on Mar 18, 1847 at New Jersey. She was the daughter of William H. Robinson and Sarah Lefferts. Huldah married Melvin P. Buck, son of David Buck and Cornelia Thompson.

      William Lefferts was born on Mar 23, 1808. He was the son of Benjamin Lefferson and Elinor Covenhoven. William married Eleanor Robinson on Dec 18, 1832.

      Eleanor Robinson was born on Oct 5, 1799. Eleanor married William Lefferts, son of Benjamin Lefferson and Elinor Covenhoven, on Dec 18, 1832. Eleanor Robinson died on Dec 11, 1874 at age 75.

      John Conover Leffersen was born on Feb 13, 1834. He was the son of William Lefferts and Eleanor Robinson. John married Helena Ann Matthews on Dec 24, 1864.
     John Conover Leffersen was also known as John Conover Lefferts.

     Helena married John Conover Leffersen, son of William Lefferts and Eleanor Robinson, on Dec 24, 1864.

      William F. Leffersen was born on Mar 19, 1866. He was the son of John Conover Leffersen and Helena Ann Matthews.

      Elizabeth Ann Leffersen was born on Oct 7, 1837. She was the daughter of William Lefferts and Eleanor Robinson.

      Lydia Ann Leffersen was born on Sep 6, 1839. She was the daughter of William Lefferts and Eleanor Robinson. Lydia Ann Leffersen died on Nov 13, 1846 at age 7.

      Eleanor Leffersen was born on Oct 10, 1841. She was the daughter of William Lefferts and Eleanor Robinson. Eleanor Leffersen died on Sep 14, 1842.

      Benjamin Lefferts was born on Jan 1, 1810. He was the son of Benjamin Lefferson and Elinor Covenhoven. Benjamin married Hannah Conover, daughter of Wyckoff Conover and Margaret Ely Craig, on Nov 10, 1836.

      Hannah Conover was born on Oct 30, 1815. She was the daughter of Wyckoff Conover and Margaret Ely Craig. Hannah married Benjamin Lefferts, son of Benjamin Lefferson and Elinor Covenhoven, on Nov 10, 1836.

      Alice Matilda Lefferts was born on Dec 21, 1838. She was the daughter of Benjamin Lefferts and Hannah Conover.

      Maria Craig Lefferts was born on Dec 16, 1840. She was the daughter of Benjamin Lefferts and Hannah Conover.

      Mary Ann Lefferts was born on May 12, 1843. She was the daughter of Benjamin Lefferts and Hannah Conover.

      Ellen Lefferts was born on Mar 18, 1846. She was the daughter of Benjamin Lefferts and Hannah Conover.

      James Wickoff Lefferts was born on Oct 7, 1849. He was the son of Benjamin Lefferts and Hannah Conover. James married Mary Emma Osborn on Aug 12, 1873.

      Garret C. Lefferson was born on Mar 12, 1813. He was the son of Benjamin Lefferson and Elinor Covenhoven. Garret married Amelia L. Anderson on Feb 20, 1851. Garret C. Lefferson died on Feb 23, 1871 at Ohio at age 57.

      Amelia L. Anderson was born on Mar 14, 1821. Amelia married Garret C. Lefferson, son of Benjamin Lefferson and Elinor Covenhoven, on Feb 20, 1851.

      Joseph Lefferson was born on May 11, 1852. He was the son of Garret C. Lefferson and Amelia L. Anderson.

      Sarah E. Lefferson was born on Oct 21, 1854. She was the daughter of Garret C. Lefferson and Amelia L. Anderson. Sarah married John F. Moore on Jan 17, 1878.

      Lydia Lefferson was born on Oct 11, 1859. She was the daughter of Garret C. Lefferson and Amelia L. Anderson.

      Mary A. Lefferson was born on Feb 3, 1863. She was the daughter of Garret C. Lefferson and Amelia L. Anderson.

      William H. Lefferson was born on Jan 29, 1866. He was the son of Garret C. Lefferson and Amelia L. Anderson.

      Lydia Lefferts was born on Jan 24, 1815. She was the daughter of Benjamin Lefferson and Elinor Covenhoven. Lydia married Ellison Clayton.

      Leffert Lefferson was born on Feb 23, 1818. He was the son of Benjamin Lefferson and Elinor Covenhoven. Leffert married Maia Applegate, daughter of Peter Applegate, in Dec, 1840.

      Maia Applegate was born on Sep 4, 1821. She was the daughter of Peter Applegate. Maia married Leffert Lefferson, son of Benjamin Lefferson and Elinor Covenhoven, in Dec, 1840.

      Conover Lefferson was born on Aug 20, 1841. He was the son of Leffert Lefferson and Maia Applegate.

      William Lefferson was born on Jun 19, 1842. He was the son of Leffert Lefferson and Maia Applegate.

      Arthur Lefferson was born on Apr 5, 1844. He died young after Apr 5, 1844. He was the son of Leffert Lefferson and Maia Applegate.

      Lydia Clayton Lefferson was born on Sep 4, 1845. She was the daughter of Leffert Lefferson and Maia Applegate.

      Garrett Lefferson was born on Mar 31, 1847. He died young after Mar 31, 1847. He was the son of Leffert Lefferson and Maia Applegate.

      Samuel Lefferson was born on Mar 16, 1848. He was the son of Leffert Lefferson and Maia Applegate.

      Maria Lefferson was born on May 13, 1850. She was the daughter of Leffert Lefferson and Maia Applegate.

      Ann Eliza Lefferson was born on Sep 15, 1851. She died young after Sep 15, 1851. She was the daughter of Leffert Lefferson and Maia Applegate.

      Ellen Jane Lefferson was born on Feb 23, 1853. She died young after Feb 23, 1853. She was the daughter of Leffert Lefferson and Maia Applegate.

      George Lefferson was born on May 8, 1855. He died young after May 8, 1855. He was the son of Leffert Lefferson and Maia Applegate.

      Sarah Lefferson was born on Mar 10, 1859. She was the daughter of Leffert Lefferson and Maia Applegate.

      Forman Lefferson was born on Jul 24, 1820. He died young after Jul 24, 1820. He was the son of Benjamin Lefferson and Elinor Covenhoven.

      Eleanor Lefferson was born on Sep 21, 1777. She was the daughter of Auke Lefferts and Sarah Schenck. Eleanor Lefferson died on Nov 20, 1796 at age 19.
     She was also known as Eleanor Lefferts. She was also known as Nelly Lefferts.

      Leffert Lefferson was born on Jul 4, 1779. He was the son of Auke Lefferts and Sarah Schenck. Leffert Lefferson died on May 8, 1815 at age 35.
     He was also known as Leffert Lefferts.

      Jane Lefferson was born on Apr 15, 1782. She was the daughter of Auke Lefferts and Sarah Schenck. Jane Lefferson was baptized on Jun 2, 1782 at Dutch Reformed Church, Freehold-Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Jane married William H. Bennet, son of Hendrick Bennet and Elizabeth Noulen, on Dec 29, 1800 at Dutch Reformed Church, Freehold-Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Jane Lefferson died on May 28, 1866 at age 84.
     She was also known as Jane Lefferts. She was also known as Jenny Lefferts.

      William H. Bennet was born on Aug 1, 1775. He was the son of Hendrick Bennet and Elizabeth Noulen. William married Jane Lefferson, daughter of Auke Lefferts and Sarah Schenck, on Dec 29, 1800 at Dutch Reformed Church, Freehold-Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey. William H. Bennet died on Apr 20, 1848 at Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, at age 72.
     He was also known as William H. Bennett.

      Sarah Bennett was born on Oct 10, 1801. She was the daughter of William H. Bennet and Jane Lefferson. Sarah Bennett was baptized in 1802 at Dutch Reformed Church, Freehold-Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Sarah married Walter Ward Hart, son of Benjamin Hart and Hannah Kellog, on May 28, 1829 at Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey.

      John Bennet was born on Oct 15, 1803. He was the son of William H. Bennet and Jane Lefferson. John Bennet was baptized on Aug 5, 1804 at Dutch Reformed Church, Freehold-Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey. John married Mary Ann Golden.

      Elizabeth Ann Bennet was born on Jan 2, 1806. She was the daughter of William H. Bennet and Jane Lefferson. Elizabeth Ann Bennet was baptized on Jul 27, 1806. She died on Aug 10, 1813 at age 7.

      William Bennet was born on Aug 13, 1808. He was the son of William H. Bennet and Jane Lefferson. William Bennet was baptized on Jun 16, 1811 at Dutch Reformed Church, Freehold-Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey. He died on Aug 1, 1832 at age 23.

      Major Henry Bennet was born on Mar 17, 1811. He was the son of William H. Bennet and Jane Lefferson. Major Henry Bennet was baptized on Jun 16, 1811 at Dutch Reformed Church, Freehold-Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Henry married Elizabeth (Unknown).
     Major Henry Bennet received a commission as Major or the Ocean and Monmouth Brigade in 1857.

     Garret Schenck Bennet was baptized on Aug 1, 1813 at Dutch Reformed Church, Freehold-Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey. He was baptized on Aug 1, 1813. He was the son of William H. Bennet and Jane Lefferson. Garret married Sarah W. (Unknown). Garret Schenck Bennet died on Sep 27, 1860 at age 47.

     Gilbert Bennet was baptized on Sep 10, 1815. He was the son of William H. Bennet and Jane Lefferson. Gilbert Bennet died on Oct 28, 1843 at age 28.

      Arthur Lefferson was born on Dec 13, 1787 at Monmouth County, New Jersey. He was the son of Auke Lefferts and Sarah Schenck. Arthur married Elizabeth Lane Barkalow, daughter of Tobias Polhemus Barkalow and Elizabeth M. James, on Sep 24, 1812. Arthur married Sarah Stout on Dec 4, 1856. Arthur Lefferson died on Jun 6, 1869 at Lemon Twp., Butler County, Ohio, at age 81.
     He was also known as Arthur Lefferts. Arthur, son of Auke and Sarah Schenck Lefferson married Eliza Barcolo (daughter of Tobias Barkalow) on September 24, 1812 by the Rev. Stephen Gard. He and his brothers and sisters were all born in Monmouth County, New Jersey. Eliza was born February 19, 1795 and died August 26, 1825. Arthur migrated to Warren County, Ohio a little before 1810. In 1810 he secured a large tract of land in Lemon Township, Butler County, Ohio on which he passed the remainder of his life in agricultureal pursuits. He was a man of good business ability and sound integrity, merited the respect in whcih he was held by his fellow citizens, and was accounted a helpful and public spirited man in his community. On December 4, 1856 he married Sarah Stout. He died at the age of 83.
From George Crout's 'Middletown Diary: The Leffersons ...While the Lefferson family had its beginning in Holland, its Revolutionary forefather, Auke Lefferso, was born in 1747, and in 1774 married Sarah Schenck. They resided on a farm near Freehold, N.J. One of their children, Arthur, born in 1786, migrated to Ohio, settling in Loemon Township in 1810. He purchased a farm next to Daniel Doty, Middltown's pioneer. Arthur Lefferson's first home in Middletown, like Doty's, was a log cabin. His original log cabin stood behind the present house, a little closer to the Miami River, with the Prairie road running past its door. This road was blazed in 1795 and follows the same route as the present Hamilton-Middletown Road (Route 4) up to a point in South Middletown, where it originally veered westward following more closely the bandks of the Miami River. This section was rerouted around 1828.Lefferson built the cabin and later his house on an elliptical hill overlooking the Great Miami River. Perhaps his neighbor, Daniel Doty, had warned him of the flooding of the river, for there had been a serious flood in 1805. In 1814 another flood certainly confirmed Lefferson's judgement, as did other in 1828 and 1832. When Arthur married Eliza Barkalow in 1812, the log cabin was a comfortble home, but it wasn't long until the family began to grow, with Garret arriving in 1814; Tobias, 1816; Benjamin 1818; Elizabeth, 1820; Sarah, 1821; and Rebecca in 1823. In 1825 his wife died, and an unmarried sister, Anna, moved to Ohio from New Jersey to help Arthur rear
the children. Arthur did not remarry until 1856, taking Sarah Stout as a second wife to be hostess of his home....
1850 Federal Census for Butler County, Ohio Lemon Township - 21 Sep - page 454
1232 Lefferson, Arthur 63 NJ Farmer $6000
Ann 60 NJ
Shank, Louisa 13 OH
McMans, John 20 Ire

Obituary from Middletown News Signal - Friday, June 25, 1926
OLD CITIZEN DIES AT HOME, LINDEN AVE.
Arthur D. Lefferson, an invalid for several years, born March 28, 1847 on the lower Blue Ball road, and a well known farmer of this vicinity most of his life, gave up life's struggle at 5:20 Thursday evening, passing away at his home, 2307 Linden Avenue, where he has resided since retiring from active farm work a number of years ago.The deceased, a member of one of Butler County's pioneer families, was held in highest esteem by all who knew him and his death will bring deepest sorrow into many homes throughout, not only Middletown, but the county. Besides the widow, Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Lefferson, brother William of this city, John of Liberty, Indiana, sister, Mrs. Alice Bailey of Middletown, survive, and to all of these the heartfelt sympathy of an exceptionally wide circle of friends, old and new, is being extended during the hours following their sad bereavement.Funeral services will be held at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon from the Blue Ball Presbyterian church, Rev. Allison officiating, and interment at Woodside cemetery, this city.

      Elizabeth Lane Barkalow was born on Feb 19, 1795. She was the daughter of Tobias Polhemus Barkalow and Elizabeth M. James. Elizabeth married Arthur Lefferson, son of Auke Lefferts and Sarah Schenck, on Sep 24, 1812. Elizabeth Lane Barkalow died on Aug 26, 1825 at Lemon Twp., Butler County, Ohio, at age 30.
     She was also known as Eliza Barkalow.

      Garret Lefferson was born on Jan 21, 1814 at Lemon Twp., Butler County, Ohio. He was the son of Arthur Lefferson and Elizabeth Lane Barkalow. Garret married Rachel Clayton, daughter of Thomas Clayton and Hannah Smith, on Mar 1, 1838 at Butler County, Ohio. Garret married Sarah (Unknown) after 1860 at Butler County, Ohio. Garret married Amanda Hart after 1880. Garret Lefferson died on Jan 16, 1903 at Middletown, Butler County, Ohio, at age 88. Garret was buried on Jan 19, 1903 at Middletown City Cemetery, Middletown, Butler County, Ohio.
      Taken from 'Lefferson Family (1650-1976)' by Martha B. Martin with exerpts from Memoirs of the Miami Valley 1919. Garret, son of Arthur and Eliza BarkalowLefferson was born on a farm in Section 8, Lemon Township, Poasttown, Ohio, January 21, 1814 and received a common school education while growing to manhood on his father's farm. He chose agricultural work as his vocation when hecame to decide upon a career, and was still a young man when he located in Leomon Township on a farm. He was compelled to start at the bottom of the ladder, as he was without any great amount of capital, and the land upon which he settled was just as nature had left it, with a great deal of timber. He was a young man of industry and much determineation, however, and soon had his land in a condition for planting crops, from which time foreward his progress was rapid. Mr Lefferson developed a valuable property and a comfortable ome, accumulated a goodly share of the world's goods and in the evening of life retired from active pursuits. Although he lived to be nearly ninety years of age, his memory was remarkable up to the last and he was able to relate many interesting experiences and occurrences of pioneer days in Butler County.He was a man who held the respect of his fellow citizens in marked degree, and for many years served efficiently as a member of the board of school directors. His political support was to the Democratic party. He was married first to Rachel Clayton Bascum (she was the widow of William Bascum and the daughter of Thomas Clayton, born October 5, 1780 died January 28, 1859 and HannahSmith Clayton, born November 21, 1788 died December 21 1868, of near Flenners Corner) on March 1, 1838. Rachel was born July 21, 1814 and died at the age of 46 on June 25, 1860. Hand written note shows: Thomas and Hannah married January 18, 1807. Garret Lefferson is another of the pioneer farmers of old Butler. In fact he has been a farmer all his days and prefers that mode of life above every other. It was some fifty-four years ago when Mr. Lefferson, then a young man of 30 years of age, settled on the place where he still lives. IT was a tangled wilderness, and as different in appearance as could beimagined from the fine place one now sees in passing along the road. The farm is situated in a beautiful country just northeast of Middletown and comprises 275 acres of some of the finest farming land in Lemon Township. Mr Lefferson was born just south of Poasttown, where Mrs. Henry Paulin now lives. When quite a young man, and before loacting on his farm, Mr. Lefferson lived inMiddletown. Mr. Lefferson has been married three times. AFter his first wife's death he married Sarah Randloph, the widow of Benjamin Randolph who ran a waw yard at Flenner's Corner over forty years ago. His last wife was Amanda Hart of Lebanon. Twelve children were born to Mr. Lefferson, five of who are still living, four in the country and the other at Eaton. From Newspaper - Middletown Journal - Prominent Farmers of Butler County, with Picture. Pleasant call on Garret Lefferson Made by a Journal Representative. The old gentleman who is in his eighty-fourth year is cheerful, happy and enjoys life as much as the schoolboy of ten summers. Yesterday afternoon we enjoyed the pleasure of a call upon our friend and neighbor, Mr. Garret Lefferson at his home in the country near Blue Ball. Mr. Lefferson but a few weeks ago overturned in the creek near his home and sustained injuries which have kept him in bed ever since. At the age of eighty-four he is as full of courage and pluck as he was when fifty. This is the second serious accident to this venerable man,as some nine years ago he was attacked by a mad cow in his woodland pasture and severly hurt, but his presence of mind and pluck saved his life and brought him back to health again. We found him cheer.

      Benjamin Lefferson was born on Apr 3, 1818. He was the son of Arthur Lefferson and Elizabeth Lane Barkalow. Benjamin married Mary Catherine Morten on Dec 25, 1850.

      Elizabeth Lefferson was born on Jan 6, 1820 at Ohio. She was the daughter of Arthur Lefferson and Elizabeth Lane Barkalow. Elizabeth married Thomas Wilson Jr., son of Thomas Wilson Sr. and Catherine Daniels, on May 3, 1843 at Butler County, Ohio. Elizabeth Lefferson died on Aug 6, 1874 at age 54.

      Sarah Ann Lefferson was born on Oct 14, 1821 at Ohio. She was the daughter of Arthur Lefferson and Elizabeth Lane Barkalow. Sarah married Jacob Leibee on Aug 11, 1841 at Butler County, Ohio. Sarah Ann Lefferson died on Nov 27, 1875 at age 54.

      Rebecca Lefferson was born on May 30, 1823. She was the daughter of Arthur Lefferson and Elizabeth Lane Barkalow. Rebecca Lefferson was born on May 30, 1833. Rebecca married Homer P. K. Peck on May 29, 1849 at Hannibal, Monroe County, Ohio. Rebecca Lefferson died in Mar, 1877 at age 53.

      Anna Lefferson was born on Sep 30, 1790 or Sep 30, 1798. She was the daughter of Auke Lefferts and Sarah Schenck. Anna Lefferson died on Oct 26, 1825; not married.
     She was also known as Anna Lefferts.

      Garret Lefferson was born on May 15, 1793 at Monmouth County, New Jersey. He was the son of Auke Lefferts and Sarah Schenck. Garret married Sarah N. Barkalow, daughter of William Polhemus Barkalow and Mary Tapscott, on Oct 14, 1816. Garret Lefferson died on Jul 3, 1828 at age 35.
     He was also known as Garret Lefferts. He was also known as Garret Leffertson.

      Leffert Vanderbilt was born on Jan 8, 1848. He was the son of Judge John Vanderbilt and Gertrude L. Lefferts. Leffert married Charlotte T. Spofford, daughter of Charles Nelson Spofford, in 1870.

      Maria Lott Lefferts was born on May 30, 1852. She was the daughter of John Lefferts and Eliza J. Lefferts. Maria Lott Lefferts died on Sep 17, 1852.

      John Lefferts was born on Mar 1, 1854. He was the son of John Lefferts and Eliza J. Lefferts.

      James Lefferts was born on Mar 27, 1855. He was the son of John Lefferts and Eliza J. Lefferts.