Memorial of Captain Thomas Abbey, his ancestors and descendants of the Abbey family, pathfinders, soldiers and pioneer settlers of Connecticut, its Western Reserve in Ohio and the great West .. . Neil Campbell, whose father, John Campbell, 1659-1731, liesunder the oldest tombstone in the graveyard at Metuchen, N. father, John Campbell, was one of the earliest proprietorsof East Jersey and a member of the Assembly in 1686. His daugh-ter Ann married John Stevens, and from this union are descendedthe Stevens family of Castle Point, N. J. John Campbell camefrom Scotland not only to look af
Memorial of Captain Thomas Abbey, his ancestors and descendants of the Abbey family, pathfinders, soldiers and pioneer settlers of Connecticut, its Western Reserve in Ohio and the great West .. . Neil Campbell, whose father, John Campbell, 1659-1731, liesunder the oldest tombstone in the graveyard at Metuchen, N. father, John Campbell, was one of the earliest proprietorsof East Jersey and a member of the Assembly in 1686. His daugh-ter Ann married John Stevens, and from this union are descendedthe Stevens family of Castle Point, N. J. John Campbell camefrom Scotland not only to look after his own holdings, but alsothose of the Earl of Perth, for whom the town of Perth Amboywas named. OLD FREEMAN Rachel Campbell, the widow of A1exander McMinn,moved from the home of her brother, Neil Campbell, in Metuchento live with her daughter, Nancy McMinn, the wife of JoelFreeman, in the house which he built in 1800, she brought withher two handsome mahogany chests of drawers with cupboardsabove. These have made only one other move since, of less than20 miles, to our home in East Orange, where they are prizedalong with several other pieces of furniture with which Joel. JOEL FREEMANSWRITING DESK Built by himself Freeman and his wife set up housekeeping in their new include a maple writing desk built by Joel Freeman himself,a plain mahogany parlor table with leaves, two round maple tables,one large and one small; seven painted rush-bottom chairs, twocane-seated chairs, three straight-backed chairs, a set of fivespindle-backed chairs with three rocking chairs to match, the 116
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