The Passaic valley, New Jersey, in three . itt, who was first known in this conntry in KiTS. and 1(591 he became tlie i)nrcliaser of two tracts ofhind in Newark, N. J. Me was. iu all probability, of Nor-iiian descent, but, accordinii to a family tradition, came from Wahs. (M (lie truth of tliis tradition thereis no certain eviiUin-e. The name s]>e]led Conduitt wasIcnown in Enjiland early ill t he sixteenth ceiilury. Sir .bihnConduitt married aniece of Sir Isaac NeAV-loii, and, at the death oflliat distinjiulshed man,succeeded to a very iiii-IMtrtant ottice lie
The Passaic valley, New Jersey, in three . itt, who was first known in this conntry in KiTS. and 1(591 he became tlie i)nrcliaser of two tracts ofhind in Newark, N. J. Me was. iu all probability, of Nor-iiian descent, but, accordinii to a family tradition, came from Wahs. (M (lie truth of tliis tradition thereis no certain eviiUin-e. The name s]>e]led Conduitt wasIcnown in Enjiland early ill t he sixteenth ceiilury. Sir .bihnConduitt married aniece of Sir Isaac NeAV-loii, and, at the death oflliat distinjiulshed man,succeeded to a very iiii-IMtrtant ottice lield l)yiiini under the lOujilishLiONcrumeiit. lb wasborn in 1()59 and died in1T:5!). The Joliii Cuuditt who sctthd inNewark was the first olthe name known inAmerica. He was I lieancestor of one of thelarsiest. most res])ect-able. and best knownfamilies of tlie CniledStates. This family hasi-amitied itself into ev-ery State of th(^ T^nion, and has liiven to the republic statesmen, judjics, lawyers,divines, and business men, who have added iionor to the. AARIIX r. ((iMiIT. 154 THE PASSAIC VALLEY name and benefited the communities where they have beenlocated. It has so grown in Ohio that a flourishing townin that State has been called by the family name, and, on aregularly appointed day, its representatives, in large num-bers, have there held annual reunions. The main charac-teristics of these people have been a sturdy independence,excellent judgment, sound common sense, downright integ-rity, and adherence to truth and righteousness. These char-acteristics have descended from father to son and are stillpossessed by those now bearing the name. A strong reli-gious bias has been manifested by them in all their genera-tions, and this has been demonstrated by their custom ofgiving to their children, in so many instances, names de-rived from the Bible. There were originally several methods of spelling thepatronymic—Cunditt, Cundit, Condit, Conduit, Cunduitt,and Condict. There are now,
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