Albert Andress, Obit, 2010

On February 3rd, 2010, Albert Andress, the last of my grandfather's siblings passed away. He was eighty-six years old. Below is his obituary from The Pocono Record, Stroudsburg, PA
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Albert R. Andress, 86, died peacefully Wednesday, Feb. 3, at Doylestown Hospital surrounded by his family. He was the husband of the late Jean (Safin) Andress, who passed away in 2001.

Born in East Stroudsburg, he was the last surviving of nine children of the late William S. and Celesta Siptroth Andress.

He was a printer at Hughes Printing Co., East Stroudsburg, for 44 years.

He was active in the TKE fraternity, where he was an honorable TKE.

He and his wife enjoyed their interactions with the fraternity while they lived in East Stroudsburg. They moved to the Central Bucks area in 1983. He then took a job delivering medicines for a pharmacy to various nursing homes from the Lehigh Valley to Philadelphia. He retired in 1994 when his wife became ill with Alzheimer's disease.

He was an active member of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, Bedminster, where he enjoyed going to church on Fridays to fold bulletins with other volunteers.

He was very outgoing and social with everyone. You could always hear him whistling and he would greet you with a big smile and that "Albert" grin. He also enjoyed an occasional pipe while watching the birds that would come to his many bird feeders. He was a "walker" and loved to walk every day before he became ill. He would stop and visit the police and township administration along with others in the neighborhood as he continued his journey every day. He had many coffee stops along the way.

He is survived by his three children, Alice Anne Babinetz and her husband, Joseph, and their son, Alex, William S. Andress and his wife, Marilyn, and their granddaughter, Maria Lucas, and Kathleen S. Keiper and her husband, Tim, and their children, Kayla and Tyler and his fiancee, Kerry Possinger. He is also survived by many nieces and nephews.

He was everyone's favorite "Uncle AI" and had many friends that he considered "family."

Relatives and friends are invited to his viewing from 7 to 9 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 8, at Reed and Steinbach Funeral Home, 2335 Lower State Road, Doylestown. A second viewing will be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 9, at William H. Clark Funeral Home, 1003 Main St., Stroudsburg. A funeral service will be held 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 10, at William H. Clark Funeral Home, where the public may pay their respects after 10 a.m., prior to the service. Interment will follow in Stroudsburg Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers contributions in Mr. Andress' name may be made to the charity of donor's choice.

http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100207/NEWS07/2070349/-1/news16

NW New Jersey Andress WWI & WWII Records

World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918

Charles Andress, age 45; born: 2 Sept. 1873; residence: Columbia, Warren Co., NJ; wife: Etta Andress

George Linford Andress, age 33; born: 3 May 1885; residence: Hope, Warren Co., NJ; wife: Mary Andress

William Andress, age 38; born: 21 March 1880; residence: 340 Bristol St., Buffalo, NY; wife: Bertha Andress

Clarence Sumner Andress, age 42; born: 27 Oct. 1875; residence: 4 Macoph???, Up. Montclair, Essex Co., NJ; wife: Cora ?Cleone? Andress

William Roderick Andress, age 34; born: 31 July 1884; residence: 46 High, Newton, NJ; wife: Minni Cole Andress

George W. Andress, age 29; born: 12 April 1888, Middleville, NJ; residence: 180 Broad St., Newark, NJ; single

Russell T. Andress, age 22; born: 12 May 1895; residence: Sparta, NJ; single; 2 years previously in National Guard

World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942

George Linford Andress, residence: Hope, Warren Co., NJ; age 56; born: 3 May 1885, Portland, Pa.; person who will always know address: Miss Minnie D. Smith, Columbia., NJ (no relationship given); height: 5’10”; weight: 205; date of registration: April 27, 1942

Charles Albert Andress, residence: Coleville Rd., Wantage Twp., Sussex Co., NJ.; age 46; born: 4 Aug. 1895, Stroudsburg, Pa.; wife: Mrs. C. A. Andress; height: 6; weight: 260; date of registration: April 26, 1942

William Roderick Andress, residence: 79 High St., Newton, Sussex Co., NJ; age 57; born: 31 July 1884, Blairstown, NJ; wife: Mrs. Minnie C. Andress; height: 5’8 ½ ”; weight: 210; “mole on right temple”; date of registration: April 26, 1942

George Wintamute Andress, residence: 344 Woodside Ave., Newark, Essex Co. NJ; age 54; born: 12 April 1888, Middleville, NJ.; wife: Eva Andress; height: 5’10 ½ ”; weight: 162; “scar back of left ear”; date of registration: April 26, 1942

Russell T. Andress, residence: Linden Ave., Stanhope, Sussex, NJ; age 46; born: 12 May 1895, Sparta, NJ; wife: Mrs. Anna Andress; height: 5’10”; weight: 175; date of registration: April 26, 1942

(NOTES: Charles, born in 1873, was the son of Marshall H. Andress of Marksboro. Marshall’s son Joseph was the father of George Linford Andress, and Marshall’s son Albert was the father of Charles Albert Andress. Marshall was the son of Joseph who was born ca. 1803. Joseph had two brothers, Peter and Hampton. Peter’s son Roderick was the father of Isaiah Preston Andress and Joseph Clark Andress. Isaiah was the father of both the William, born in 1880 who resided in Buffalo, NY and Clarence Sumner Andress who lived in Essex County. William Roderick was the son of Joseph Clark Andress. Russell T. Andress and George Wintermute Andress were grandsons of Hampton Andress - George, son of Oscar Andress and Russell, son of Dr. Theophilus H. Andress. )

Records from http://www.ancestry.com/

Stroudsburg Andress WWI & WWII Records

World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918

William Snyder Andress, age 34; born 15 Oct. 1883; residence: 122 North 2nd Street, Stroudsburg, Pa.; wife: Lesta Susan Andress

Roy Lewis Andress, age 26; born: 12 Oct. 1890; residence: 102 North 5th Street, Stroudsburg, Pa.; wife and 3 children

Clarence Linden Andress, age 28; born 26 June 1888, Stroudsburg, Pa.; residence: 25 ?? Easton, Pa; wife & child

World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942

William Snyder Andress, residence: 400 Lincoln Ave, East Stroudsburg, Pa.; age 58; born: 15 Oct. 1883, Stroudsburg, Pa.; wife: Mrs. Lesta Andress; height: 5’ 9”; weight: 165; “wears glasses”; date of registration: April 27, 1942

Roy Lewis Andress, residence: 474 Franklin Ave., Palmerton, Pa.; age 51; born: 12 Oct. 1890, Stroudsburg, Pa.; wife: Sadie M. Andress; height: 6’ 2”; weight: 159; “Third & Fourth fingers on lefty hand crooked due to injuries”; date of registration: April 27, 1942

Clarence Linden Andress, residence: 10 Rose St. E. Stroudsburg, Pa.; age 53; born 26 June 1888, Stroudsburg, Pa.; wife: Ada Andress; height: 5’ 8”; weight: 185; “sear-tip of finger - right hand”; date of registration: April 27, 1942

World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946

Floyd L. Andress, born 1913, Carbon Co., Pa; enlisted 06 May 1941, private, single without dependents

Elwood K. Andress, born 1914, Carbon Co., Pa; enlisted 07 June 1943, private, single without dependents

John D. Andress, born 1920, Monroe Co., Pa; enlisted 21 March 1945, private, married

(NOTES: William, Roy and Clarence were brothers, sons of Hampton W. Andress and Eliza Ann Snyder. John D. was the son of William, and Elwood and Floyd were the sons of Roy.)

Records from http://www.ancestry.com/

Andress Students at Blair Academy 1848-1893

Souvenir Volume of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Blair Presbyterial Academy, June 16-17, 1898: Containing a Historical Sketch and a Complete List of Teachers and Students

The Blairstown Press Print 1898

Names of the Blair Hall Students

Page 35: 1848-1854, Lanning, Huldah J., Blairstown, (Mrs. R. B. Andress)

Page 36: 1854-1862, Andress, Isaiah, Blairstown

Page 42-43: 1862-1875, Andress, Huldah, Blairstown; Andress, Isaiah, Blairstown; Andress, Clark, Blairstown; Page 54: Wintamute, Editha C., Stillwater, ( Mrs. Oscar Andress)

Page 61: 1883-1893: Andress, Frank L., Blairstown

(NOTES: Huldah, Isaiah, and Clark Andress were the children of Roderick Byington Andress and Huldah Jane Lanning of Blairstown. Oscar Andress was the son of Hampton Andress of Stillwater. Hampton’s brother Peter was the father of Roderick B. Andress.)

From http://www.ancestry.com/

Aylia Wortman was the wife of Jacob Andress of Beattystown

Thanks to a tip from Maryann of Boston I was led to the following publication and to a nice clue on the trail of Jacob Andress of Beattystown. I’ve suspected, without hard evidence that Mrs. Woertman was the second wife of Jacob. It also appears that Mrs. Woertman was previously married. I still don’t know who her parents were, but her first name is now revealed.

From A Genealogy of the Van Voorhees Family in America of the Descendants of Steven Coerte Van Voorhees of Holland, and Flatlands, L. I. by Elias W. Van Voorhis, published by G. P. Putnam’s Sons, The Knickerbocker Press, in 1888, on page 391 is the following information:

Johannes, the son of Lucas Voorhees and Hilletje Vanderbilt, was “bap. Feb. 6, 1763, d. . . . . . ; m. Aylia Wortman, b. . . . . . ; d. Jan. 20, 1822 (she m. 2nd . . . Andress). He removed about 1786 from New Brunswick, N.J,. and settled near Wilkesbarre, Pa., where he died ; after his death his widow settled at Beattystown, N.J., where she married her second husband.” Johannes Voorhees and Aylia Wortman had the following two children: John, bap. Mar. 5, 1786, and Albert, b. Dec. 28, 1786.

There’s no doubt that Aylia Wortman was the wife of Jacob Andress of Beattystown and the mother of Elizabeth, Peter, Joseph and Hampton Andress. For more information on Jacob Andress please read Who Was Jacob Andress of Beattystown?

UPDATED: 12 Oct. 2008

A few days after I posted the above information Maryann sent me a copy of page 762 from Florence A. Christoph’s The First Eight Generations of the Van Voorhees Family. The page contains a little bit of information about Alyia Wortman the mother of Albert Voorhees: There is a photocopy of a page of a family bible held by the Van Voorhees Association. There is an entry in the bible that reads “Allie Anders his mother” died 20 Jan. 1822. 1982 correspondence with Claire Swanson of Hackettstown, NJ, indicates that Claire’s mother remembered visiting the Andress family in Penwell, NJ (near Beattystown) and that Albert’s mother’s name was Olivia Andress. Also mentioned is the 1939 membership application to the Van Voorhees Association by a great-grandson of Albert by the name of Charles Voorhees Hults. Charles wrote that Albert was the son of Johannes Voorhees and Aylia Wortman.

Andress Golden Anniversary 1953

The Daily Record, Stroudsburg, Pa, March 5 & 9, 1953

Obtained from The Pocono Record, Stroudsburg, Pa.

Another Andress Generation

Announcing the birth of our beautiful gift from God, Naomi Jean Andress. Seven pounds, three ounces, she was born at 2:08 in the afternoon on Tuesday the 25th of March 2008. We thank everyone for their prayers and support.

Andress Patents

In 1869 Dr. Theophilus Hunt Andress, of Sparta, NJ was issued a patent for an Improved Thill-Coupling. In 1899 his son Fred Ryerson Andress, also of Sparta, obtained a patent for a Nut-Lock.

Andress Family Chart (de Villiers/Pama)

Found also here

A. Jacob Andress of Beattystown, NJ (ca. 1765- ca. 1809)
+ Mrs. Workman
--------B1. Elizabeth Andress (1798-1884)
--------+ Amos Skinner (1799-1880)
--------------- C1. Andrew Jackson Skinner (1825-1891)
--------------- + Matilda H. Coursen (1829-1905)
----------------------- D1. Albert Henry Skinner (1851-1853)
----------------------- D2. Franklin Coursen Skinner (1853-1923)
----------------------- + Annie B. (b. 1859)
------------------------------ E1. Eva F. Skinner (b. 1880)
------------------------------ E2. Andrew J. Skinner (b. 1882)
------------------------------ E3. Gertrude B. Skinner (b.1885)
------------------------------ E4. Nora C. Skinner (b. 1888)
--------------- C2. Margaret A. Skinner (1828-1868)
--------------- C3. Catherine P. Skinner (1837)
--------------- C4. Joseph C. Skinner (1839-1844)
--------B2. Peter W. Andress (1801-1861)
--------+ Sarah E. Skinner (1804-1881)
--------------- C1. Roderick Byington Andress (1826-1907)
--------------- + Huldah Jane Lanning (1832-1916)
----------------------- D1. Isaiah Preston Andress (1852-1909)
----------------------- + Isabella (1855 -1885)
------------------------------ E1. Frank L. Andress (1874-1900)
------------------------------ E2. Clarence Sumner Andress (1875-1941)
------------------------------ E3. Edith Andress (1879-1891)
------------------------------ E4. William Andress (b.1880)
----------------------- D2. Joseph Clark Andress (1854-1938)
----------------------- + Mary Lydia Elmira Edgerton (b. 1857)
------------------------------ E1. William Roderick Andress (b. 1884)
------------------------------ +Murtice Cole Philips
-------------------------------------- F1. Huldah J. Andress (b. 1906)
-------------------------------------- F2. J. Clark Andress (b. 1909)
------------------------------ E2. May Andress (b. 1887)
------------------------------ E3.Kate Poole Andress (b.1889)
------------------------------ + Mr. Anderson
----------------------- D3. Hannah Andress (1856-1861)
----------------------- D4. Huldah J. Andress (b.1858)
--------------- C2. Joseph Andress Jr. (1829-1887)
--------------- C3. Mary Elizabeth Andress (1831-1915)
--------------- + Embla Drake Mann (1828-1892)
----------------------- D1. Emma Rebecca Mann (b. 1851)
----------------------- D2. Charles K. Mann (1852-1908)
----------------------- +Ida May (1863-1905)
----------------------- D3.Margaret A. Mann (1855-1931)
----------------------- + Alfred Irvin Bellis (b. 1861)
----------------------- D4. Joseph Milton Mann (1856-1890)
----------------------- + M. Adele (1862-1953)
----------------------- D5. Sarah A. Mann (b. 1858)
----------------------- D6. Mary Jane Mann (b. 1861)
--------------- C4. Margaret M. Andress (1833-1897)
--------------- C5. Theodore H. Andress (1835-1863)
--------------- + Margaret Mackey (b. 1839)
----------------------- D1. William M. Andress (1863-1924)
----------------------- + Edith Lutey (1859-1941)
------------------------------ E1. Harry J. Andress (b. 1884)
--------------- C6. William S. Andress (b. 1837)
--------------- + Sarah L. ( b. 1845)
----------------------- D1. Grace A. Andress (b. 1884)
----------------------- + Lawrence Kelly
--------------- C7. Alice A. Andress (1842-1914)
--------------- + Frank Transue (1849-1914)
----------------------- D1. Josephine A. Transue (1881-1913)
--------------- C8. Elsey Ann Andress (b.1842)
--------------- C9. Jacob S. Andress (1845-1921)
--------------- + Minerva Stier (1856-1927)
----------------------- D1. Gilbert S. Andress (1881-1890)
--------B3. Joseph Andress (1803-1874)
--------+ Margaret Hunt (1795-1854)
--------------- C1. Sarah H. Andress (1824-1893)
--------------- + John Kline Teel (1823-1891)
----------------------- D1. Edward Teel (b. 1857)
----------------------- D2. Maggie Salvia Teel (b. 1864)
--------------- C2. Marshall H. Andress (1830-1894)
--------------- + Harriet Denike (b. 1838)
----------------------- D1. William S. Andress (1853-1854)
----------------------- D2. Joseph Andress (1862-1924)
----------------------- + Mary E. (1862-1915)
------------------------------ E1. Cecilia (b. 1883)
------------------------------ E2. George Linford Andress (b. 1885)
------------------------------ + Mary M.
----------------------- D3. Albert G. Andress (b. 1858)
----------------------- + Eliza (1863)
------------------------------ E1. Marshall J. Andress (b. 1893)
------------------------------ E2. Charles A. Andress (b. 1897)
----------------------- D4. Margaret Andress (1861-1873)
----------------------- D5. Rosanna Andress (b. 1863)
----------------------- D6. Elizabeth Andress (b. 1865)
----------------------- + Hiram Linden Trauger (1861-1941)
------------------------------ E1. Francis Trauger (b. 1884)
------------------------------ E2. Flossie M. Trauger (b. 1886)
----------------------- D7. Sarah Andress (b. 1866)
----------------------- D8. Charles Andress (b. 1874)
----------------------- + Sarah Etta Coslar (1871-1941)
------------------------------ E1. Frances Laura Andress (b. 1899)
------------------------------ + William Ransberger
------------------------------ E2. Arthur Staples Andress (1900-1900)
--------------- C3. Harriet D. Andress (1831-1900)
--------------- + Isaiah Lanning (1828-1898)
----------------------- D1. Albert Isaac Lanning (1855-1858)
----------------------- D2. Cyrus Lanning (1858-1924)
----------------------- +Carrie S. Konkle (b. 1851)
----------------------- D3. Elizabeth Lanning (b. 1866)
----------------------- D4. Sarah Lanning (b. 1874)
--------------- C4. Hampton W. Andress (1832-1908)
--------------- + Eliza Ann Snyder (1853-1950)
----------------------- D1. Emma Andress (1876-1904)
------------------------------+ Mr. Lawson
------------------------------ E1. Edward R. Lawson (1901-1965)
------------------------------ + Betty
-------------------------------------- F1. Robert Lawson (b. 1923)
-------------------------------------- F2. Mildred Lawson (b. 1926)
----------------------- D2. Clara Andress (b. 1878)
----------------------- D3. William Snyder Andress (1883-1969)
----------------------- + Celesta Susan Siptroth (1881-1955)
------------------------------ E1. Leila May Andress (1904-1983)
------------------------------ E2. Dorothy Beryl Andress (1905-1981)
------------------------------ + Forrest R. Snyder (1902-1988)
------------------------------ E3. Margaret Irene Andress (1907-1972)
------------------------------ + Elwood A. Batchler (1909-1987)
------------------------------ E4. Joseph Hampton Andress (1910-1973)
------------------------------ + Emma Elizabeth Rouch (d. 2001)
------------------------------ E5. Elizabeth Frances Andress (1912-1998)
------------------------------ + Ralph B. Scheirer (1911-1996)
------------------------------ E6. Richard William Andress (1915-1995)
------------------------------ + Dorothy B. Freer (1913-1993)
------------------------------ E7. Mary Caroline Andress (1918-2003)
------------------------------ + Lawrence A. Hilliard (1918-2002)
------------------------------ E8. John David Andress Sr. (1920-2003)
------------------------------ + Julia Maria Lombardi (1920-1981)
------------------------------ E9. Albert Leroy Andress
------------------------------ + Eugenia Helen Safin
----------------------- D4. John H. Andress (1885-1909)
----------------------- D5. Clarence Linden Andress (1887-1976)
------------------------------+ Ada Viola Siptroth (1889-1976)
------------------------------ E1. Fern L. Andress (1916-2002)
------------------------------ + Denton B. Frederick (1908-1978)
------------------------------ E2. Dora Fay Andress (1918-1980)
------------------------------ + Mr. Heller
------------------------------ E3. James A. Andress (1920-2003)
------------------------------ + Marian B. Mosteller (1921-1990)
----------------------- D6. Roy Lewis Andress (1890-1975)
----------------------- + Sadie M. Bittenbender (1892-1990)
------------------------------ E1. Russell Milton Andress (1911-1983)
------------------------------ E2. Floyd Leroy Andress Sr. (1913-2002)
------------------------------ + Jennie K. Lukasevich (1918-1981)
------------------------------ E3. Elwood Kenneth Andress (1914-1999)
--------B4. Hampton Andress (1807-1875)
--------+ Martha Elizabeth Hunt (1812-1880)
--------------- C1. Ariminta Andress (1834-1897)
--------------- + Peter Theodore Northrop (b. 1838)
----------------------- D1. Peter Northrop (b. 1871)
----------------------- D2. Elizabeth Northrop (b. 1873)
----------------------- D3. Edward H. Northrop (b. 1874)
----------------------- D4. Theodore P. Northrop (b. 1877)
--------------- C2. Oscar A. Andress (1838-1903)
--------------- + Edith Caroline Wintermute (1827-1897)
----------------------- D1. Anna Condit Andress (b. 1878)
----------------------- + James Shields
----------------------- D2. Joseph Andress (b. 1879)
----------------------- D3. Mary Elizabeth Andress (b. 1880)
----------------------- D4. George Wintermute Andress (1888-1977)
--------------- C3. Theophilus Hunt Andress (1841-1913)
--------------- + (1st) Sarah Cecelia Cutler (1842-1883)
----------------------- D1. Frederick Ryerson Andress Sr. (1867-1948)
----------------------- + Mary Nichols Thomas (b. 1869)
------------------------------ E1. Edith Cecelia (1893-1949)
------------------------------ E2. Fred Ryerson Andress Jr. (1897-1978)
----------------------- D2. Hampton A. Andress (1871-1922)
----------------------- + Angeline Augie Decker (b. 1871)
------------------------------ E1. Marjorie Andress (b. 1897)
------------------------------ + A. G. Fuller
----------------------- D3. William Stewart Andress (b. 1874)
----------------------- + Alice Coates Cooper
----------------------- D4. Lena Celia Andress (b. 1877)
----------------------- + John H. King
----------------------- D5. Mary Vail Andress (1883-1964)
--------------- + (2nd) Elizabeth Kinney Hoffman (b. 1865)
----------------------- D6. Gertrude Andress (b. 1895)
----------------------- D7. Russell T. Andress (1896-1952)
----------------------- + Anna M. McMichael (b. 1900)
----------------------- D8. Dorothy Andress (1897-1899)
--------------- C4. Olla Maria Andress (1847-1853)

New Andress Website

I’ve added the Andress Family Register to rootsweb. It’s still under construction. When finished it will be much easier to navigate than this blog in order to find information on the descendants of Jacob Andress of Beattystown, NJ. I will continue to use this blog for all other Andress research.

1897 Will, Margaret M. Andress

4155 U
Will of Margaret M. Andress, Deceased
Jacob S. Andress, Executor
Proved November 8th 1897 and recorded in the Warren County Surrogate’s office, New Jersey, in Book of Wills
No. 10
Folio 340
GEO L. SWILLINGER

I, Margaret M. Andress, of the township of Knowlton in the County of Warren and the State of New Jersey, do make this my last will and testament in manner following, that is to say:-

First:- it is my will that my body be suitably buried in the grave plot wherein are interred the bodies of my father, mother and brothers, in the cemetery adjoining the Presbyterian Church at Marksbourough, in the County aforesaid; and I give and bequeath to the trustees of the said Presbyterian Church the sum of five hundred dollars, to be by them by whatever corporate name they may be called, safely invested at interest, as required by law, and the income thereof to be by them used for the payment of the salary of the preacher who shall minister there, provided that they keep the said grave-plot in order, the grass therein growing neatly trimmed, and the enclosure around the same in good order.

Second:- I give and bequeath to my niece, Maggie Bellis, wife of Ervin Bellis, my gold watch and chain and the sum of five hundred dollars; and also my sparebedroom brussels carpet;

I give and bequeath to William M. Andress, my reputed nephew, the son of my late brother Theodore Andress, now living at Matamora, in the State of Michigan, the sum of five hundred dollars.

I give and bequeath to my nephew, Charles K. Mann, the sum of five hundred dollars. I give all my clothing and wearing apparel and jewelry to my sister, Alice A. Transue.

Third:- I give to my executor hereinafter named the sum of one thousand dollars, in trust, nevertheless, that he keep the same invested in such manner as he may deem best, and the interest and income thereof and so much of the principal as he may deem necessary to be by him used and applied for the support and maintenance of my niece, Huldah Andress, daughter of my brother Roderick B. Andress, so long as she may live.

Fourth:- I give and bequeath to my said executor the sum of two thousand dollars, in trust, nevertheless, that he keep the same invested in such manner as he may deem best, and the interest and income thereof and so much of the principal as he may deem necessary to be by him used and applied for the support and maintenance of my said brother Roderick B. Andress so long as he lives; and after his death to use so much thereof as may be required for his suitable burial and the erection of a tombstone at his grave; and the balance of such principal then remaining to be kept at interest and the income and so much of the principle as may be required to be used and applied to the support and maintenance of his said daughter Huldah as long as she lives; and, further, that the expenses of her burial and of a suitable tombstone to be placed at her grave shall be paid out of the said trust funds aforesaid or of either of them as may be needed, referring hereby to the trust funds mentioned in the third and forth sections hereof. At the death of my said brother and his daughter then the balance of the said trust fund of two thousand dollars to be paid by my said executor to the grand-children of my said brother Roderick B. Andress, then living.

Fifth:- I give and bequeath to my said executor the sum of two thousand dollars, in trust, nevertheless, that he keep the same invested in such manner as he may deem best, and the income to be derived therefrom to be by him paid annually to my sister Mary Elizabeth Mann, so long as she lives, and at her death the principle sum to be paid to her grandchildren then living.

I hereby expressly provide that my said executor, in making the investments by this will directed to be made, shall exercise his own discretion as to the kind of investments, and shall not be answerable for any loss that may arise from any such investment, wherever or however made, even though not in the securities required by the laws of this State, and shall be answerable for his own willful default in the premises only.

Sixth:- I give and bequeath all my silver ware to my nieces, Josie A. Transue and Grace Andress, to be equally divided in specie between them. I give to my said niece Josie Transue my feather bed, bolster and pillows, two sets sheets pillow and bolster cases that belong to said bed and bedding. And to my said niece Grace Andress I give two pictures, one called hair boquet and the other called a worsted boquet, and the frames around them.

I give and bequeath to my sister Alice A. Transue, the paris rug now on my parlor floor, and the chair the bottom of which I have worked, and the enlarged picture of my late brother Joseph.

Seventh:- All the rest, residue and remainder of my property and estate, real and personal, I give, devise and bequeath to my brothers, William S. Andress and Jacob S. Andress, and to my sister, Alice A. Transue, their executors, administrators and assigns forever, to be equally divided between them.

Eighth:- I hereby revoke any and all wills by me heretofore made and constitute and appoint my brother Jacob S. Andress to be the executor of this will.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name this tenth day of February, in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-seven.

MARGARET M ANDRESS

Signed, published and declared by the said Margaret M. Andress to be her last will in our presence, and we at the same time and in her presence of her and of each other have hereto signed our names as witnesses.

February 10th 1897

JOHN A WILDRICK
WM [ALLOWAY?]

WARREN COUNTY, SS
Jacob S. Andress the Executor in the within testament named, being duly sworn, on his oath did depose and say that the within instrument contains the true last will and testament of Margaret M Andress the testatrix herein named, so far as he knows, and as he verily believes: that he will well and truly perform the same, by paying first the debts of the said deceased, and then the legacies in the testament specified, so far as goods, chattels and credits of the said deceased can thereunto extend; and that he will make and exhibit into the Surrogate’s office at Belvidere, in the County of Warren, a true and perfect inventory of all singular the goods, chattels and credits of the said deceased that have or shall come to his knowledge or possession, or to the possession of any other person for his use and render a just and true account when thereunto lawfully required; and that the said Margaret M Andress died on the twenty sixth day of October A.D. 1897.

Sworn and subscribed at Belvidere, this Eighth day of November A.D. 1897

JACOB S. ANDRESS

Before me.

GEO L. SWILLINGER Surrogate
By Chris B. Snyder Deputy

1887 Inventory, Joseph Andress Jr.

Due to the extensive amount of information included in the twenty-eight page estate inventory of Joseph Andress Jr. it may take a while before I will be able to complete the transcription.

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3422
Inventory of Roderick B. Andress, Jacob S. Andress
Administrators of Joseph Andress Jr., Deceased
Proved Sept. 20th 1887
and recorded in Warren County Surrogate’s office, New Jersey, in Book of Inventories No. 14 Folio 346
Wm O’Niel, Surrogate

A true and perfect inventory and appraisement of all and singular the goods and chattels, rights, and credits which were of Joseph Andress Jr late of the County of Warren, deceased, made by Roderick B. Andress and Jacob S. Andress, administrators and Jabez G. Smith and Abram Smith two discreet and judicious appraisers.

On Tillwater & Schooley Farm
1 speckled cow [--?--] down, 30
1 alderney cow, 30
1 roan cow and calf, 35
1 white cow, 22.50
1 speckled cow 10 years old, 37.50
1 red & white cow 5 “ “, 35
1 brown cow, 15
1 red cow white face, 20
1 red cow, 25
1 black cow, 25
1 black cow schooled farm, 40
½ interest in roan cow & calf, 18.75
½ “ “ black cow white hind legs, 12.50
½ “ “ black & white bull, 9.50
½ interest in 3 lambs and 2 ewes, 9
½ “ “ 3 spring calves, 15
½ “ “ 1 sow & 7 pigs, 10
½ “ “ 5 small shoats, 7.50
½ “ “ 4 large shoats, 12
$409.25

Amt Brot Forward $409.25
½ interest in 1 large sow, 6
½ “ “ 40 fowells, 8
½ “ “ 10 acres corn standing, 87.50
½ “ “ potatoes, 25
10000 feet hemlock lumber, 130
½ interest in the oats crop, 52.50
7 tons old hay to be left on farm, 56
½ interest in [?ballueo?] hay on farm, 100
½ “ “ crop wheat unthreshed, 7
½ “ “ 19 milk cans, 16.62
½ “ “ 7 milk coolers, 1.05
½ “ “ 4 tubs butter, 16
18 bushels oats, 7.20
1 lot oak plank, 1.25
75 feet pine siding, 1.50
7 pieces 2&3 fence railing, 1.25
½ interest in 2 bob claves, 2.50
½ “ “ 1 veal calf, 3
½ “ “ 4 “ “, 20.70
½ “ “ 1 bob calf, .75
½ “ “ 1 “ “, 1.00
½ “ “ 1 veal calf, 6.63
½ “ “ 43 butter @ 16, 3.44
½ “ “ April milk [?check?], 31.82
½ “ “ May “ “, 38.57
½ “ “ June “ “, 1.52
½ “ “ July “ “, 46.74
½ “ “ August “ “, 55

$1137.79
Amt Brot Forward $1137.79
½ interest in 1 bull schooley property, 9
10 tons hay in barn “ “, 60
25 bundles straw, 1.25
7 galons linseed oil, 4.29
25 white lead, 1.75
50 Venetian red, 1.50
1- 30 foot ladder, 1.50
1- 2 horse sleds, 1.50
600 feet lumber, 6
2/5 interest in 2 stacks rye, 12.10
½ “ “ 4 stacks hay, 12.50
13 square roofing slate, 45.50
$1293.68

On Mountain Farm
1 spotted Durham cow, 40
1 red cow, 25
1 pale red cow, 25
1 dark red cow 3 years old, 27.50
1 dark red cow brood house, 27.50
1 alderney cow 2 years old, 27.50
1 dark all red cow, 27.50
1 spotted cow, 27.50
½ interest in 1- 2 year old bull, 9
½ “ “ 1 spring calf bull, 9
½ “ “ 1 - 2 year old heifer, 12.50
½ “ “ 1 - 1” “, 9
½ “ “ 1 spring heifer calf, 5.50
½ “ “ 8 ewes, 20
½ “ “ 5 lambs, 10
$1593.68

Amt Brot Forward $1593.68
½ interest in 1 buck lamb, 2.50
½ “ “ 3 old sheep, 3.75
½ “ “ 3 old sows, 16
½ “ “ 1 barrow hay, 4
½ “ “ 5 shoats, 10
½ “ “ 10 smaller “ “, 15
½ “ “ 9 pigs, 9
250 bushels lime, 20
½ interest in 1 bay mare 3 years old, 75
½ “ “ 1 horse sorrel, 87.50
1 two horse threshing machine, 75
½ interest in oats unthreshed, 30.63
10 tons hay to be left on farm, 80
½ interest in bal hay “ “, 16
½ “ “ rye unthreshed, 24.75
½ “ “ wheat “ “, 5.10
½ “ “ buckwheat sown, 7.50
½ “ “ 14 acres corn standing, 96.25
5 square roofing slate, 17.50
225 feet chestnut boards, 4.50
1 lot lumber, 2.25
½ [?rail?] slate fencing, 2.50
1 iron sink, 2.50
1 lot lumber & moulding, 6
½ interest in 11 tubs butter, 44
½ “ “ potatoes, 5
½ “ “ in calves lambs and wool
sold [?in J. S. Kisis Lauded?], 53.99
$2309.90

On [----?------- ?Property?]
Amt Brot Forward $ 2309.90

More to come . . . . . .

1881 Will & Inv., Elizabeth M. Andress

4256S
Sussex County, New Jersey
Last Will and Testament of Elizabeth M. Andress, Deceased
Filed Janry 24th 1881 and Recorded in the Surrogate’s Office of the County of Sussex, N. J. in Book H. of Wills Page 343 &c.
Gabriel B. Dunning, Surrogate

In the name of God Amen
I Elizabeth M. Andress of the Township of Stillwater in Sussex County in New Jersey do publish & declare this my last will and testament in manner following that is to say.

First I order all my just debts and funeral expenses to be paid and satisfied as soon as conveniently can be after my decease.

Second I order and empower my Executor hereinafter named to sell and dispose of all my real estate [-----------------------?---------------------] or final sale at such times and in such manner as to him shall seem best for my estate and execute good conveyances therefore to the purchaser and also to convert my goods & chattels into money.

Third I order and direct my said Executor to invest on good security twelve hundred dollars in such manner that the annual interest thereof shall be paid to my son Theophilus H. Andress during his life and after his death the said principle [amount?] of twelve hundred dollars shall be equally divided among his children share & share alike.

Fourth I give and bequeath unto my daughter Arimenta Northrop wife of Peter T. Northrop twelve hundred dollars.

Fifth I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth Northrop daughter of said Arimenta Northrop my daughter three hundred dollars.

Sixth I give and bequeath unto [my?] grandson Hampton Andress son of my son Theophilus two hundred dollars.

Seventh all the rest and residue of my estate I order divided into three parts - one of said parts I give and bequeath unto my son Oscar Andress - the second of said parts I give and bequeath unto my said daughter Arimenta Northrop and the third of said parts I order my said Executor to invest on good security in such manner that the annual interest thereof shall be paid to my said son Theophilus H. Andress during his life and after his death the said principle shall be equally divided among his children.

Eighth I appoint Joseph Andress the Executor of this my last will & testament

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this Twenty Eighth day of November A.D. Eighteen hundred & Seventy Seven.
ELIZABETH M. ANDRESS seal

Signed sealed Published & declared by the said Elizabeth M. Andress to be her last will in our presence at the same time & we have at her request signed our names as the witnesses thereto at her request in presence of said Testatrix and of each other.

CHAS J. ROE
FRANK SHEPHERD

Codicil dated Febry 9’ 1879
I Elizabeth M. Andress do make publish and declare this a codicil to my last will and testament published by me November 28th 1877 in manner following to-wit

I do hereby revoke that part of my aforesaid will which directs my Executor to invest the sum of twelve hundred dollars for the benefit of my son Theophilus H. Andress during his life and the request of the same to his children after his death as contained in the third item of said will and also that part of the seventh item directing one third of the residue of my estate to be invested in same manner for the benefit of my said son Theophilus H. and the principle divided between his children after his death and instead and lieu of such provisions do order and direct that my Executor named in my said will & testament shall use the sum of twelve hundred dollars and the one third of the residue left of my estate after deducting the said twelve hundred dollars under the other [---?---] in my said will continued and shall deduct therefrom all debts due from him the said Theophilus H. Andress [---?---] at my death and all sums of [---?---] which I may be liable to pay for my said son Theophilus H. Andress or which my estate may be liable for at my decease. The balance left after such deductions or in case there shall be no deductions to be made from such sum of twelve hundred dollars and the one third of the residue aforesaid - I order and direct my Executor [of?] said will named [----?----] in a house and lot as a house for my said [son?] Theophilus H. of which he shall have the use during his life and after his death I give and devise the same to his children.

In all respects I do ratify confirm and republish my aforesaid will and testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this ninth day of February A.D. Eighteen hundred & seventy nine.

ELIZABETH M. ANDRESS her mark X

Signed sealed published & declared by the said Elizabeth M. Andress [--?--] a codicil as to her last will & testament in the presence of us who were present at the same time & signed our names as witnesses at her request in her presence and the presence of each other.

CHARLES [A. STABLE?]
CHAS J. ROE

Sussex Orphan’s Court, December Term 1880
[---?---] January 24th 1881

In the matter of the proof of a paper purporting to be the last Will and Testament, and codicil thereto to be taken as and for a part thereof, of Elizabeth M. Andress, late of the County of Sussex, deceased, exhibited by Joseph Andress, the person claiming to be the Executor therein named and Oscar Andress, Caveator.

The citations in this matter having been duly served and returned, such proceedings were thereon had, that proofs to the Will and Codicil thereto to be taken as and for a part thereof, were duly taken in open court; and the Caveator then thereupon desiring to withdraw the said Caveat, it is on this the 24th day of January A.D. Eighteen hundred and eighty one, ordered and decreed by the court - that the Caveator have leave to withdraw said Caveat - and that upon the said proofs, the said writing offered for Probate, as the true Last Will and Testament and Codicil thereto be taken as and for a part thereof, of the said Elizabeth M. Andress, deceased, the Testatrix therein named, be admitted to Probate, as such, and that letters testamentary do issue thereupon, to the proponent, Joseph Andress, executor in the said Last Will and Testament, named. Done in open Court Jany 24th 1881.

SUSSEX County, SS.
Joseph Andress
The Executor in the annexed writing named, being duly sworn doth depose and say, that the said annexed writing contains the true last Will and testament (and Codicil thereto to be taken as part thereof) of Elizabeth M. Andress, the Testatrix therein named, deceased, as far as he knows, and as he verily believes; that he will, as the Executor thereof, well and truly perform the same, first by paying the debts of the said deceased, and then the legacies therein specified, as far as the Goods, Chattels and Credits of said deceased will thereunto extend, and the law charge; that he will make and exhibit into the Surrogate’s Office of the County of Sussex, a true and perfect inventory of all and singular said Goods, Chattels and Credits, as far as the same have or shall come to his, possession or knowledge, or to the possession of any other person or persons to his use, to his knowledge; and Sworn and subscribed at Newton this 26th day of January A.D. 1881 before me:

GABRIEL B. DUNNING, Surrogate.
JOSEPH ANDRESS

State of New Jersey;
Seal I, Gabriel B. Dunning, Surrogate of the County of Sussex, do certify the annexed to be a true copy of the last Will and Testament (and codicil thereto to be taken as [--?--] for a part thereof) of Elizabeth M. Andress, late of the County of Sussex, deceased, and that Joseph Andress the Executor therein named, had the said Will and Codicil proved before the Orphan’s court of the County of Sussex, and is duly authorized to take upon himself the administration of the estate of the testatrix, agreeably to the said Will.

Witness my hand and seal of Office the Twenty Sixth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight-hundred and eighty one.
GABRIEL B. DUNNING

4256S
Inventory & Appraisement of the personal property of Elisabeth M. Andress, dec’d
Filed April 19th 1881 and Recorded in the Surrogate’s Office of the County of Sussex, N.J. in Book N. of Inventories Page 467 &c

Gabriel B. Dunning, Surrogate

A True and Perfect Inventory and Appraisement of the personal property of Elisabeth M. Andress late of the County of Sussex deceased made by Joseph Andress Jr executor and Joel W Huff and Manuel C Snover two disinterested persons’ appraisers this 16th day of February 1881 said appraisers being approved of by the Surrogate.

Cash in the hands of J Andress Jr
Executor Collects of Mrs. S. E. Harhouse, $150.00
Rent due from Mrs. S.E. Harhouse, 50.00
1 Basket [wax?] Flowers and Vase claimed by
Mrs. Arminta Northrop, 5.00
1 Spring Rocker, 2.00
1 Cloth Cloak, 1.50
1 White Skirt, .50
1 Note T.H. Andress dated Feby 9 1877, 700.00
Interest from Feby 9/77 to Febry 16 1881, 196.81
1 Note T.H. Andress dated Aug 6 1872, 66.00
Interest from Aug 6/72 to Febry 16 1881, 39.34
1 Note T.H. Andress dated Feby 9 1877, 500.00
Interest from Feby 9/77 to Febry 16 1881, 140.67
(TH Andress claims that the above note of $700.
Includes the two last named notes)
1 Bond and Mortgage against James
L Decker and T.H. Andress dated June 15 1868, 900.00
Interest from April 1 1879 to Febry 16 1881, 118.30
$2870.12

Amt Forward 2870.12
1 Note Arminta Northrup dated Febry 14 1877, 500.00
Interest from Febry 14 1877 to Febry 16 1881, 140.09
I Note Oscar Andress dated April 1 1877, 500.00
Interest from April 1 1877 to Febry 16 1881, 135.77
1 Note Arminta Northrup dated April 1 1879, 450.00
Interest from April 1 1879 to Febry 16 1881, 50.70
1 Bed Room suit (1 bed Steads
1 wash stand 1 Dressing Beauro 2 Chairs
1 Rocker and 1 stand), 25.00
Bedding (1 feather tick, 1 straw tick
1 Bolster 2 pillows and 2 pillow cases
2 sheets 1 quilt 1 comfort 1 blanket), 12.00
1 Counter [pane?], 1.00
Lot of Carpet, 3.00
1 piece floor oil cloth, .25
1 [---?---] Chamber, .25
2 muslin sheets 50 c each, 1.00
1 pair muslin pillow cases, .25
1 muslin Bolster case, .25
1 sett mink furs, 2.00
1 Black Cashmer shawl, 4.00
1 grey shawl, 4.00
30 pieces clothing different kinds, 5.00
Cash in Merchants National Bank, 12.30
$4716.98
1 Note Gabriel P Demerest and
John Reamer dated March 29 1875, 152.00
Interest from March 29 1875 to Febry 16 1881, 30.66
Considered desperate $182.66

JOSEPH ANDRESS, Executor
JOEL W HUFF
MANUEL C SNOVER, Appraisers

Sussex County, SS: Joseph Andress Jr Executor of Elizabeth M. Andress, deceased, on his oath saith, that the above writing contains a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the goods, chattels, and credits of the said Elizabeth M. Andress, deceased, as far as have come to his knowledge or possession or the possession of any other person or persons for his use.
Subscribed & Sworn before me at Newton, this 19th day of April A.D. 1881

GABRIEL B. DUNNING, Surrogate

JOSEPH ANDRESS JR

Sussex County, SS: Manuel C. Snover, one of the appraisers of the above inventory, on his oath, saith that the Goods, Chattels, and Credits in the said inventory set down and specified were by him appraised according to their just and true respective rates and values after the best of his judgment and understanding ; and that Joel W. Huff, the other appraiser, whose name is thereunto subscribed, was present as the same time, and consented in all things to the doing thereof; and that they appraised all things that were brought to their view for appraisement.
Subscribed & Sworn before me as Newton, this 19th day of April A.D. 1881

GABRIEL B. DUNNING, Surrogate
MANUEL C SNOVER

1874 Inventory, Joseph Andress

2272 U
Inventory of John K Teel and Hampton Andrews, admins, of Joseph Andrews, deceased, Proved June 24th 1874 And Recorded in Warren County Surrogates Office, New Jersey, in Book of Inventories, No. 11, Folio 36, Wm, M, Maberry, Surrogate

A true and perfect Inventory and Appraisement of the personal property of Joseph Andrews late of the County of Warren deceased made by John K Teel and Hampton Andrews Administrators and Mathias [Vass?] & A N Snover two disinterested freeholders this 23 day of June A D Eighteen hundred and Seventy Four.

Bank Bills, 25.00
1 Setter, 15.00
1 [Sortary?], 15.00
1 Dining Table, 10.00
6 Cain batton Chairs, 5.00
1 Boston Chair, .75
6 Board Batton Chairs, 3.00
2 Splint do. Chairs, .50
1 Looking glass, 1.00
1 Close Basket, .50
1 Spittoon, .20
4 pair pilow Cases, 1.00
2 Sheats, .50
4 Sheats & one pair Cases, 1.00
4 Window papers & Curtin, .25
39 yards of rug Carpet, 20.00
2 Rugs, .10
14 yards of Carpet, 3.50
1 Coking Stove & fixtures, 8.00
1 Clock, 2.00
1 Kitchen Cubord, 3.00
$ 115.30

1 Table, 1.00
1 Meet Chest, 10.00
1 Looking glass, .50
2 Lamps, .75
3 Flat irons, .75
1 Coffee Mill, .75
A lot of dishes & spoons in cubord, 4.00
4 pails & tin ware, 1.50
1 Tub & lard, 2.00
5 dozen glass Cans, 3.00
Boxes & barrels [2 iron] pals & pans 2 earthen
pots on tub 4 gugs on hoe in selor, 5.00
1 Bed & Beding, 15.00
“ do ”, 25.00
“ do ”, 10.00
5 Woolen Blankets, 10.00
9 quilts, 8.00
1 Stand, .50
1 Chamber, .25
1 Pallor Stove, 2.00
2 Barrels & Vinigar, 5.00
1 Bed sted & cord, 2.50
9 Barrels & Boxes, .50
1 Bed pan & Box, 1.00
12 Bushels of Wheet, 17.20
4 Bags, 1.00
1 Wash Tub, .50
30 Chickens, 15.00
20 Bushels of Rye, 18.00
Book account against R. B. Andress, 20.00
$180.70

“Doubtfull 2 Nots & intrest against Isah Laning Nots dated March 25, 185[8?], $ 145.95

Judgment obtained against Marshal Hunt & William C [Holll, $200?]

JOHN K TEEL Administrators
HAMPTON ANDRESS
A N SNOVER Appraisers
MATHIAS [VASS?]

WARREN COUNTY, SS.
John K Teel & Hampton Andrews Adms of Joseph Andrews, Deceased, being duly sworn on their respective oath & did each depose and say that the within writing contains a true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the goods, chattels and credits of the said Joseph Andrews deceased, as far as have come to their knowledge or possession, or the possession of any other person or persons for their use; and that the list thereunto annexed, signed by___________ is a true list of the articles selected to become the property of the family; and to remain for their use.

JOHN K TEEL
HAMPTON ANDRESS

Sworn and Subscribed at Belvidere, this 24 day of June A.D. 1874 before me
WM M MABERRY, Surrogate

WARREN COUNTY, SS.
Andrew N Snover one of the Appraisers of the within Inventory, on his oath did depose and say that the goods, chattels and credits in the said Inventory set down and specified were by him appraised according to their just and true respective rates and values after the best of his judgment and understanding, and that Mathias [Vase?] the other appraiser whose name is thereunto subscribed was present at the same time and consented in all things to the doing thereof; and that they appraised all things that were brought to their view for appraisement.

A N SNOVER
Sworn and Subscribed at Belvidere, this 24 day of June A.D. 1874 before me
WM M MABERRY, Surrogate

1863 Inventory, Theodore H. Andress

1646 U
Inventory & Appraisement of the Property of Theodore H. Andress, dec’d
Proved July 11, 1864
Recorded in Warren County Surrogate Office, N.J. in Book of Inventories No.8 Folio 287
[Wm Allhouse?] Surrogate

A true and perfect inventory and appraisement of the personal property of Theodore H. Andress Late of the County of warren Deceased made by Joseph Andress Jr. administrator and John J. Vankirk and Aaron O Barton two disinterested freeholders this first day of September A. D. 1863

Wearing apparel, $15.00
Purse, 406.50
1 [Flag?], 15.00
Waggon & whip, 51.00
1 [---?---], 20.00
1 set of single Harness, 9.00
1 Pistol, 3.00
[---?---], 1.25
1 silver watch, 10.00
Chest & Tools, 28.00
1 Horse Blanket, 3.50
1 Violin & Trunk, 4.00
1 note of hand against Andrew J. Rice
dated August 27, 1862 for, 5.32
1 old Truck waggon, 2.00
$573.57

JOHN J. VANKIRK
AARON O BARTON, Appraiser
JOSEPH ANDRESS JR, Admint.

Warren County SS
Joseph Andress Jr. administrator of Theodore H. Andress deceased on his oath saith that the within writing contains a true & perfect inventory of all singular the goods chattels & credits of the said Theodore H. Andress deceased as far as have come to his knowledge or possession or the possession of any other person or persons for his use
Sworn & subscribed before me July 11 1864

WM [ALLSHOUSE?] Surrogate
JOSEPH ANDRESS JR.

Warren County SS
Aaron O Barton one of the appraisers of the within inventory on his oath saith that the goods chattels & credits in the said inventory set down & specified were by him appraised according to their just & true inspection rates & values after the best of his judgment & understanding: and that John J. Vankirk the other appraiser whose name is thereunto subscribed was present at the same time they appraised all things that were brought to their view for their appraisement
Sworn & subscribed before me July 11 1864

WM [ALLSHOUSE?] Surrogate
AARON O BARTON

Jacob Andress Middlesworth

Jacob Andress Middlesworth was born 20 Sept. 1819, in Hope Twp., Warren Co., NJ, to James L. and Euphemia Middlesworth. On 15 July 1848, Jacob married Catherine Wintermute. Born 24 Nov. 1817 she was the daughter of Peter Wintermute and Catherine Snover. In the same year of their marriage, 1848, Jacob and Catherine moved to Schooley’s Mountain, Washington Twp., Morris Co. NJ, and had their first child, Maria, soon after. In 1849 or 50 they had their second child, Jehu. Maria died 17 March 1856 at age eight. Jacob died 07 June 1883. Catherine died 11 Dec. 1891. Jehu never married and died after the age of eighty.

Was Jacob Andress Middlesworth the grandson of Jacob Andress of Beattystown?

At this point of research three documents uncover the following links:

(1) Joseph Andress Jr., grandson of Jacob Andress of Beattystown, lived, for a short while, with Jacob Andress Middlesworth at Schooley’s Mountain.

(2) Jacob Andress Middlesworth was the son of James L. Middlesworth and Euphemia Middlesworth.

(3) James L. Middlesworth was associated with Joseph Andress and Peter W. Andress (sons of Jacob Andress of Beattystown.)

First, according to the 1850 federal census Jacob Andress Middlesworth was a merchant living in Washington Twp., Morris County. Living with Jacob was a clerk, Joseph Andress, age 21. Joseph was the son of Peter W. Andress, born 19 Jan. 1829, and grandson of Jacob Andress of Beattystown. Joseph’s 29 July 1887 obituary from The Belvedere Apollo includes the following insight: “In early life he acquired good business habits and when quite a young man opened a store for himself at Schooley’s Mountain.”

Second, Euphemia Middlesworth of Hope Township wrote her Will 11 April 1844. Her estate inventory was recorded 13 April 1847. After ordering her debts to be paid, Euphemia gives “to my son Jacob A. Middlesworth of Stillwater . . . . all of my property and estate” She then appoints him Executor of her Will. Witness to her Will were John L Silverthorn and another person whose name is illegible. John L. Silverthorn and Abraham (?Truse?) were appraisers of her estate’s inventory.

Third, James L. Middlesworth of Oxford Township wrote his Will 22 Nov. 1826. His estate inventory was recorded on 02 Jan. 1827 and his Will probated on the 6th of Jan. Witness to his Will were Samuel Hudson, Isaac R Newman, and Daniel Mixell. The Executor of the Will was Abraham Newman. Appraisers of the inventory were James Dewitt and Daniel Mixell. In his Will James gives to his “dear wife Effami Middlesworth” a number of household items and the “house and lot in the village of Hope.” In the Will he doesn’t name his children, but mentions that they were under age. Included with the estate inventory is a Book Account which lists the debts of about eighty persons. “Joseph Andrews, $4.26” and “Peter Andrews, $2.62” are included in that list.

The parents of Jacob Andress Middlesworth were probably born around the turn of the century. Perhaps a record will never be uncovered to prove the claim, but I suspect that Euphemia Middlesworth is actually the daughter of Jacob Andress of Beattystown. In my 29 May 2007 posting entitled “Who was Jacob Andress of Beattystown?” I attempted to show a connection between the Andress family and the Ayers / Longstreet family. If the claim is correct about Jacob’s first marriage to Elli Longstreet Ayres, it is interesting to note that Elli’s mother’s name is Euphemia. Perhaps it’s just a coincidence.

Sources:

1827, Will and Inventory of James L. Middlesworth, # 83U, from NJ State Archives

1830 Federal Census, New Jersey, Warren County, Oxford, pg 359: Effy Middlesworth, M: 001 F: 011001,

1840 Federal Census, New Jersey, Warren County, Hope, Aug. 12, 1840: Euphemia Middlesworth, M: 000001 F: 1100101

1847, Will and Inventory of Euphemia Middlesworth, # 821U, from NJ State Archives

NJ State Archives, Index to Marriage Records, 1848-1867: Jacob A. Middlesworth to Catharine Wintermute, Stillwater, Sussex Co., 15 July 1848, Bk AF Pg 332, >

1850 Federal Census, New Jersey, Morris County, Washington, Family 439: Jacob N Middleswart, 30, M, Merchant, 1200, NJ; Catharine, 31, F, NJ; Maria Middleswart, 1, F, NJ; Joseph Andrus, 21, M, Clerk, NJ

17 March 1856, The Sussex Register, Necrology: “Maria, daughter of Jacob A. Middlesworth, Pleasant Grove, Morris County, in 8th year.”

1860 Federal Census, New Jersey, Morris County, Schooley’s Mountain, Family 154: Jacob A. Middlesworth, 41, M, Farmer, 8000, 3000, NJ; Catharine, 42, F, NJ; Jehu, 9, M, NJ; Levina A. Rorick, 11, F, NJ; Jacob Cyphers, 16, M, Farm Hand, NJ,

1870 Federal Census, New Jersey, Morris County, Washington, Family 76: Jacob Middlesworth, 50, M, Farmer, 10000, 2000, NJ; Catharine, 52, F, NJ; Jehu, 20, M, Works on Farm, NJ,

1880 Federal Census, New Jersey, Morris County, Washington, Family 205: Jacob Middlesworth, 59, M, Farmer; Cathern, 60, Wife, F, Keeping House; Jehu, 29, Son, M, Farm Hand,

29 July 1887, The Belvedere Apollo, Obituary of Joseph Andress Jr. (obtained from the Warren County Public Library)

1900, The Wintermute family history, Jacob Perry Wintermute, pg 68: Catharine, “daughter of Peter Wintermute and Catharine Snover, was b. at Stillwater, Nov. 24, 1817. She was united in marriage to Jacob Andress Middleswarth. He was b. Sept. 20, 1819, at Hope, N.J. and d. June 7, 1883. Catharine d. Dec. 11, 1891. They had two children: Maria, who d. Mar. 17, 1856, in the eighth year of her age, and Jehu, b. July 21, 1850. They moved to Schooley’s Mountain in 1848, where they had a fine farm, were comfortably situated, and continued to reside until their decease. Jehu still resides at the old homestead, near Pleasant Grove Post Office.”

1900 Federal Census, New Jersey, Morris County, Washington, Family 103, Household of Mary E. Post: Jehu Middlesworth, boarder, B. July 1849, 50, Single, NJ, NJ, NJ

1910 Federal Census, New Jersey, Morris County, Washington, Family 139, Household of Mary E. Post: Jehu Middlesworth, boarder, 60, Single, NJ, NJ, NJ,

1920 Federal Census, New Jersey, Morris County, Washington, Family 110, Household of Mary E. Post: Jehu Middlesworth, boarder, 69, Single, NJ,

1930 Federal Census, New Jersey, Morris County, Washington, Family 240, Household of Mary E. Post: Jay Middlesworth, boarder, 80, Single,

Andress and Andrews Families in Sussex & Warren counties, NJ, 1860

Sussex County

Stillwater, Family 47:
Hampton Andress, 52, M, Merchant, 10,000, 3,000, NJ
Elizabeth Andress, 48, F, NJ
Oscar Andress, 22, M, Merchant, NJ
Araminta Andress, 25, F, NJ
Theophilus H Andress, 19, M, NJ
Elmira Martin, 9, F, NJ

Walpack, Family 253 (Household of Richard Lantz):
Sarah J Andruss, 11, F, NJ

Warren County

Hardwick, Family 449:
Marshall Andress, 28, M, Miller, 200 NJ
Harriet Andress, 22, F, NJ
Joseph Andress, 6, M, NJ
George A Andress, 2, M, NJ

Hardwick, Family 520 (Household of Isaac C Konkle)
Margaret Andress, 27, F, NJ

Hardwick, Family 530:
Joseph Andress, 55, M, Farmer, 1300, 1800, NJ
Hampton Andress, 25, M, Laborer, 100, NJ
Elizabeth Ball, 30, F, NJ

Knowlton, Family 285:
Peter W Andress, 58, M, Mason, 100, NJ
Sarah Andress, 56, F, NJ
Joseph Andress, 30, M, Merchant, 500, 2500, NJ
Alice Andress, 19, F, NJ
Jacob Andress, 15, M, NJ
Margaret Stine, 35, F, School Mistress, NJ

Frelinghuysen, Family 45 (Household of William J. Cook):
William S Andrews, 23, Farm Laborer, NJ

Blairstown, Family 664 (Household of Jacob Chambers):
Theadore Andress, 24, M, Carpenter, 100, NJ

Blairstown, Family 762:
Roderick B Andress, 35, M, Carpenter, 500, NJ
Huldah Andress, 26, F, NJ
Isaiah Andress, 8, M, NJ
Clark Andress, 6, M, NJ
Hannah Andress, 4, F, NJ
Huldah Andress, 2, F, NJ

Franklin, Family 518:
Susan Andrews, 50, F, Grasswidow, 50, NJ
Stewart Andrews, 12, M, NJ

Franklin, Family 586 (Household of Andrew J Rush):
John Andrews,17, M, NJ

Franklin, Family 614:
Wm Andrews, 31, M, Machinist, 300, NJ
Sarah Andrews, 35, F, NJ
Ann Andrews, 3, F, NJ
John Andrews, 1, M, NJ

Franklin, Family 621(Household of Charles Miller):
Robert Andrus, 21, M, Teamster, NJ

Franklin, Family 623:
Sally Ann Andrus, 48, F, Widow, 500, 200, NJ
Eliza Cole, 57, F, 700, NJ

Franklin, Family 690:
Dorothy Dehart, F, 1000, 200, NJ
George Andrews, 12, M, NJ

Franklin, Family 748:
John Andrews, 76, M, Widower, 200, NJ

Greenwich, Family 787 (Household of J.M. Love):
Isabella Andrew,16, F, Servant, NJ

Washington, Family 363:
Jacob Andrews, 48, M, Laborer, NJ
Mary Andrews, 38, F, NJ
Sarah Andrews, 18, F, NJ
Jane Andrews, 16, F, NJ
William H Andrews, 5, M, NJ
Adaline Andrews, 1, F, NJ

Washington, Family 146:
Briss Andrews, 75, M, Black, Laborer, 300, 100, NJ
Sally Andrews, 56, F, B, NJ
William Andrews, 22, M, B, Laborer, NJ
Abram Andrews, 20, M, B, NJ

Washington, Family 148 (Household of John Mc Clary):
Clarissa Andrews, 25, F, Black, NJ
George Andrews, 5, M, B, NJ

Phillipsburg, Family 217:
Isaac Andrews, 27, M, Carpenter, 150, NJ
Susan Andrews, 25, F, NJ
George Andrews, 5, M, NJ
Alfred Andrews, 3, M, NJ
Joseph Andrews, 10/12, M, NJ

Phillipsburg, Family 525:
James M Andrews,31, M, (employment illegible), 5000, 1000, NJ
Mary Andrews, 30, F, PA
Joseph Andrews, 6, M, NJ
Emily Andrews, 4, F, NJ
Lillia Andrews, 1, F, NJ
Catharine Andrews, 20, F, NJ
Jesse Warner, 24, M, PA

Oxford, Family 259:
Thomas Andrew, 28, M, Laborer, 1000, England
Mary Andrew, 18, F, NJ
James Andrew, 1, M, NJ
Henry Dyer, 25, M, England

Andress and Andrews Families of Northwest New Jersey 1830

Warren County

Hardwick, Joseph Anders: M20101 F01001
Hardwick, Peter W Anders: M200102 F00002

Independence, Pricilla Andrews: M0 F0011001
Independence, Richard Andrews: M00000001 F00001001

Greenwich, Jacob B Andrews: M213001 F00101
Greenwich, John Andrews: M1100011 F1020001
Greenwich, Barnet Andrews: M10001 F0000001
Greenwich, (Widow) Mary Andrews: M0 F0000101001
Greenwich, Martin Andrews: M0111001 F2110101
Greenwich, Jacob Andrews: M00100001 F00111
Greenwich, Stephen Andrews: M1000401 F0001001
Greenwich, Thos Andrews: M10001 F00001

Oxford, Daniel Andrews: M0010001 F0001001
Oxford, John Andruss: M1001001 F1200101

Morris County

Morris, James Andress: M001301 F12002
Morris, Sylvester Andrews: M010001 F01101

Pequannock, John C Andrews: M011113 F010202

Hunterdon County

Trenton, Chester Andrews: M1000001 F100001

There are no heads of households by the name of Andress or Andrews in the counties of Somerset and Sussex on the 1830 federal census.

Andress and Andrews Families of Northwest New Jersey 1840

Sussex County

Stillwater, Hampton Andruss: M101011 F01001

Warren County

Hardwick, Joseph Anders: M002201 F0110001

Knowlton, Peater Anders: M112001 F020001

Franklin, Barnet Andrews: M111011 F010001
Franklin, Jacob Andrews: M010000001 F00001
Franklin, Jacob B Andrews: M01322001 F0000001
Franklin, James Andrews: M200001 F00001
Franklin, John Andrews: M00110001 F00100001

Mansfield, Brister Andrews: (Free Colored Persons) M2201 F22001
Mansfield, Jacob T Andrews: M00001 F11001

Oxford, Daniel Andrews: M00001001 F00000001

Harmony, Thomas T Andrews: M101001 F120001

Morris County

Chatham, Wm L Andrus: M110001 F00001000001

There are no heads of households by the name of Andress or Andrews in the counties of Somerset and Hunterdon on the 1840 federal census.

Andress and Andrews Families of Northwest New Jersey 1850

Sussex County

Stillwater, Family 250:
Hampton Andress, 40, M, Merchant, 10,000, NJ
Elizabeth, 38, F, NJ
Araminta, 15, F, NJ
Oscar, 12, M, NJ
Theophilus H, 9, M, NJ
Olla, 2, F, NJ

Newton, Family 146:
Peter Bale, 46, M, NJ
Sarah, 34, F, NJ
James, 12, M, NJ
Emily, 10, F, NJ
Henry, 4, M, NJ
George, 3, M, NJ
David, 1, M, NJ
Marshall Andrews, 23, M, Miller, NJ
Catherine Smith, 18, F, NJ
Ann Drake, 65, F, NJ

Warren County

Hardwick, Family 77:
Joseph Andrus, 47, M, Farmer, NJ
Margaret, 55, F, NJ
Sarah, 25, F, NJ
Hampton, 20, M, Laborer, NJ
Harriet, 18, F, NJ

Frelinghuysen, Family 78:
Peter W. Andrus, 48, M, Stonemason, NJ
Sarah, 45, F, NJ
Roderick B, M, Carpenter, NJ
Margaret, 17, F, NJ
William, 13, M, NJ
Elsey Ann F, 8, F, NJ
Jacob S, 5, NJ

Franklin, Family 37:
John Andrews, 65, M, 400, NJ
Margaret, 65, F, NJ
William, 21, M, Laborer, NJ

Franklin, Family 38:
James Andreas, 40, M, (employment illegible), 1500, NJ
Sarah, 35, F, NJ
Emeline, 15, F, NJ
John M, 12, M, NJ
Robert B, 10, M, NJ
Thomas M, 8, M, NJ
Jane E, 5, F, NJ
Franklin M, 1, M, NJ

Franklin, Family 39:
Barnet Andrews, 45, M, Tailor, 500, NJ
S Ann, 43, F, NJ
Joanna, 15, F, NJ
Thomas C, 12, NJ
Catherine L, 8, NJ
Isabelle, 1, NJ

Franklin, Family 233:
George H. Weller, 57, M, Farmer, 7000, NJ
Samantha, 7, F, NJ
Sarah E., 6, NJ
Lydia, 4, NJ
Sarah 66, NJ
John (Kemiey?), 18, M, Laborer, NJ
Isaac Andrews, 20, M, Laborer, NJ
Sarah (Shwley?), 50, F, NJ

Franklin, Family 56:
Philip D. Weller, 47, M, Farmer, 6,500, NJ
Eliza Ann, 41, F, NJ
Valentine, 10, M, NJ
John, 8, M, NJ
James, 6, NJ
Abraham, 20, Laborer, NJ
Jane Andrews, 14, NJ

Franklin, Family 72:
Tunis S Miller, 30, M, Miller, NJ
Elizabeth, 35, F, PA
Rhoda, 6, F, NJ
May S, 4, F, NJ
Isaac W, 2, M, NJ
Jacob Andrews, 76, M, NJ
Ann, 34, F, NJ
Mary, 19, F, NJ

Oxford, Family 195:
Daniel Andrew, 66, M, Cooper, 1000, NJ
Mary, 64, F, NJ
Philip, 35, M, Cooper, NJ
Elizabeth, 30, F, NJ
Ann Maria, 7, F, NJ
Daniel, 6, M, NJ
Margaret, 5, F, NJ
Joseph, 4, F, NJ
William, 2, M, NJ
Sarah E, 1, F, NJ

Washington, Family 133:
Jacob Andrews, 35, M, NJ
Caroline, 35, F, NJ
Susan, 15, F, NJ
Matilda, 13, F, NJ
John, 9, M, NJ

Washington, Family 226:
Benjamin Andreas, 30, M, Black, NJ
Mary, 24, F, NJ
Sarah, 3, F, NJ
Abraham, 2/12, M, NJ

Washington, Family 231:
Brister Andrews, 60, M, Black, Laborer, NJ
Sarah, 54, F, Black, NJ
George, 21, M, NJ
Abraham, 16, M, NJ
Mary, 15, NJ
William, 9, NJ
Nancy Smith, 70, NJ

Knowleton, Family 102:
James Andrews, 35, M, Black, Laborer, PA
Martha Ann Andrews, 23, F, Mulatto, NJ
William H. Andrews, 3, M, NJ
Ann Maria Andrews, 3/12, F, NJ

Greenwich, Family 114:
Enoch Beers, 59, M, Merchant, 55,000, PA
Catha(?), 50, NJ
John, 26, M, Distiller, NJ
(Margaret?), 19, NJ
James M Andrews, 24, M, Clerk, NJ
Elizabeth Wilson, 19, F, NJ
Sophia Wilson, 17, NJ
Ann (Manning?), 21, NJ

Greenwich, Family 129:
Isaac Dehart, 24, M, Drover, NJ
May Ann, 4, NJ
John, 6/12, M, NJ
Elizabeth (Miller?), 46, F, NJ
Margaret Andrews, 22, F, NJ
Isaac M, 6, M, NJ
George, 3, M, NJ
Isaac Dehart, 26, M, Drover, NJ

Greenwich, Family 182:
William R. Stone, 33, M, Laborer, 80, NJ
Eleanor, 28, F, NJ
May M, 10, F, NJ
Sarah C, 8, NJ
Levi (Meier?), 55, M, NJ
Charlotte Andrews, 15, F, NJ
Rebecca (Meier?), 18, F, NJ
Jacob Stone, 19, M, Furnaceman, NJ
William Roberts, 23, M, Furnaceman, PA
Thos. J. Andrews, 44, M, Furnaceman, NJ
William Byrant, 24, M, Furnaceman, Ireland
Augustus Tilmore, 24, Furnaceman, Germany
Laurence Ocius, 23, Furnaceman, Germany

Greenwich, Family 208:
Henry G. Stillwell, 25, M, Merchant, Germany
Charlotte 23, F, Germany
Heriam, 11/12, M, PA
Martin Andrews, 11, NJ

Morris County

Washington, Family 439 (No number on original):
Jacob A Middleswarth, 30, M, Merchant, 1,200, NJ
Catherine, 31, F, NJ
Maria Middleswarth, 1, F, NJ
Joseph Andrus, 21, M, Clerk, NJ

Rockaway, Family 448:
James Andrew, 35, M, Laborer, England
Elizabeth Andrew, 31, F, England
Philepi, 7, F, England
Margaret, 4, F, England
Frances, 3, M, England
Frances, 31, M, Miner, England
Charles, 33, M, Laborer, England

Pequannock, Family 180:
George Andrews, 26, M, Weaver, England
Esther, 24, F, England

Hunterdon County

Lambertville, Family 124:
James Andrews, 35, M, Laborer, Ireland
Catherine, 29, F, Ireland
Mary Jane, 6, F, NJ
Catherine, 1, F, NJ

Somerset County

Bridgewater, Family 570:
Jacob Andrews, 33, M, Germany
Caroline, 19, F, Massachusetts
John, 10/12, M, New Jersey

Montgomery, Family 247:
Martin (Neuieus?), 38, M, Farmer, 10,000, NJ
Rachel A (Neuieus?), 34, F, NJ
Sarah Andrews, 50, F, NJ
Mary A Dunham, 20, F, NJ
Samuel Sauter, 25, M, Black, Laborer, NJ