New Jersey as a colony and as a state, one of the original thirteen . ation of Abraham Lincoln for presi-dent. He was a director of the National State Bankof Newark, the Newark Ice Company, and the Ste-phens & Condit Transportation Company, one of theoldest stockholders In the Morris and Essex and theLackawanna Railroad Companies, one of the found-ers of the East Jersey Water Company, and associ-ated with other public and corporate Interests. Hewas one of the founders of the Newark ElectricLight and Power Company and of the Fidelity Titleand Deposit Company, of which he was presidentfrom Its o
New Jersey as a colony and as a state, one of the original thirteen . ation of Abraham Lincoln for presi-dent. He was a director of the National State Bankof Newark, the Newark Ice Company, and the Ste-phens & Condit Transportation Company, one of theoldest stockholders In the Morris and Essex and theLackawanna Railroad Companies, one of the found-ers of the East Jersey Water Company, and associ-ated with other public and corporate Interests. Hewas one of the founders of the Newark ElectricLight and Power Company and of the Fidelity Titleand Deposit Company, of which he was presidentfrom Its origin. He was also a member of the Boardof East Jersey Proprietors and a hereditary memberof the Society of the Cincinnati In New Jersey. Mr. Kinney died December 2, 1900. He marriedMiss Estelle Condit, of the well known Newark fam-ily of that name, who survives him, together with oneson, William B. Kinney, and three daughters: Campbell Clark, Mrs. Carroll Phillips Bassett,and Mrs. Frederick Frellnghuysen. William Burnet Kinney, the son, was born In New-. CORTLANDT PARKER ONY AND AS A STATE 25 ark, April 30, 1872, was graduated from PrincetonCollege in 1894, read law with McCarter, William-son & McCarter, and was admitted to the bar inJune, 1896. He married, June 8, 1901, Helen , daughter of Governor Franklin Murphy. CORTLANDT PARKER, , hasfor years stood at the head of the NewJersey bar. His first ancestor in the col-ony, Elisha Parker, came from Eng-land about 1634. His son, also namedElisha, married in Barnbstable, Mass., in 1657, a sis-ter of Governor Hinckley, and about 1670 came toWoodbridge, N. J. Elisha, son of the second Elisha,became prominent in Middlesex County, being highsheriff, afterward representing that county in theLegislature, and in 1711 becoming a member of theGovernors Council. Although not a lawyer he wasselected by the governor as one of the keepers of theGreat Seal. John Parker, a son of the last namedElisha, was also a member of the
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