Family Records or Genealogies of the First Settlers of Passaic Valley (and vicinity) above Chatham

By John Littell  1852.

 

 

 

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EZEKIEL MULFORD, DAVID MULFORD, THO­MAS MULFORD, and two other brothers, with their father, whose name is not now (1810) known, lived at East Hamp­ton, Long Island. Ezekiel Mulford married Abia, whose mother was Deborah Mulford, a daughter of John Mulford, probably a relation of her husband. He removed, about the bear 1700, to Cape May, ia New Jersey, and had two sons, Ezekiel and Jonathan.

Jonathan, at four years old, at the request of his uncle David, who was a bachelor, was sent back to East Hampton. But his uncle David died ~mr days before he arrived, mak­ing his’ nephew, Jonathan, his sole heir. The child lived with his grandfather, who at a proper age bound him an apprentice to Thomas Osborn, a tanner and shoemaker. His father also died before he arrived at 21 years of age. Soon after he came of age, he went to Cape May, and received his share of his father's estate, amounting to £170, and returned to East Hampton. Soon after his return, be married Esther, a daughter of Cornelius Conklin, and shortly afterwards re­moved to Passaic Valley, and, by deed bearing date the 26th of April, 1740, bought of John Pierson a tract of land "con-raining fourscore acres," lying adjoining and west of Nathaniel Smith's tract, and adjoining the river, and having John BedeIl, Jun. on the west, on which he lived till his death. He was born 29th September 1718, and died 16th October, 1789, aged 71 years. His wife, Esther Conklin, was born 27th August 1716, and died 22d October 1776, aged 61 years.

 

CAPT. JONATHAN MULFORD, and Esther Conklin, had children:

1. Mary, born 18th December 1741, and married Obadiah Valentine, eon of Richard.

2. Deborah; born 30th Jan. 1744, married John BedeIl, son of Henry.

3. Ezekiel, born 24th June 1746, and died 3d July 1768, aged ~ years, unmarried.

4. Jonathan, Jun., born 6th Nov. 1748, married, 27th Nov. 1771, Deborah Ludlow, daughter of Jeremy Ludlow. He died 5th Dec. 1792; she died 28th April 1801, aged 50~ years.

5. David, born 6th October 1750, and died October 1768, unmarried.

6. Isaac, born 9th July 1753, end died 26th October~ 17&9, aged 6 years.

7. Cornelius, born 18th April, 1757, and died 14th May, 1823, aged 66 years. He married Nancy Bryant, of Spring­field, who died 16th March 1837, aged 77 years.

8. Esther, twin to Cornelius, who married Edward Ball. [See Ball.] Esther Ball died January 1819, aged 62 years.

9, Mary B.,  who died young.

Capt. Jonathan Mulford, after the death of 1st wife, married Eleanor or Aula BedeIl, widow of Jacob BedeIl, (her maiden name was Aula Powers,) and had a son, Isaac 2d, who died Jan. 29th, 1783, aged I year and 4 months.

 

JONATHAN MULFORD, (son of Capt. Jonathan,) and Deborah Ludlow, had children:

1. Jane, who died in infancy.

      2. Elizabeth married John Crane, son of Joseph.  She died 9th March 1828; aged 53 years.

      3. David, who married Polly, daughter of Elder Benjamin Cory, of Elizabethtown. They both died without children.

      4. Mary,  who died 20th Sept. 1781, aged 2 years.

5. Daniel, who graduated at Princeton College, about 1805, studied law, commenced practice, and bid fair to become em­inent in his profession; but consumption seized upon him, and he died 26th Oct. 1811, aged 30 years.

      6. Jane, (2d) who died in infancy.

      7. Mary, (2d) twin to Jane, 2d, who died 3d Dec. 1796, aged 11 years.

      8. Levi, who died 7th Sept. 1814, aged 26 years, unmarried.

 

CORNELIUS, MULFORD, (son of Capt. Jonathan,) and Nancy Bryant, had children:

1.        Sally, who married Capt.. Stephen Day, son of Benjamin and had a son Mulford Day, and died 7th April 1801, aged 20 years.

2.        Polly, who married, lst,  Jan. 1824, Elias Coles, son of  Master William Coles, and had children, Mulford and Mary, and died 4th May, 1843, aged 56 years.

ESTHER MULFORD, (daughter of Capt. Jonathan) and Edward Ball, lived in Clinton, and had Children:

      1. Prussia Ball, who married, 1st, Jacob, Peshine, 2nd John Gardner, both of Newark.
      2. Sally Ball married, 1st, Edward Bruen, 2d, David Doremus, both of Newark.

3.        Nancy Ball married, 1st, Caleb Pierson, of Newark, 2nd Smith Burnet, Esq., as his 2d wife.

4.        Jane Ball married Edward Gruet 

5.        Hetty Bali married Mr. Robison, of Newark.

 

 

Capt. Job Mulford                299

 

EZEKIEL MULFORD. (Brother of Capt. Jonathan Mulford,) came to this valley from Cape May.  His wife’s name was Jane, who died 6th Aug. 1759, aged 40 years, and he married Jemima Marsh, 6th Sept. 1767.  He had children:

    
1. John.
2. Deborah.  Mr. Ezekiel Mulford, with his son, John, returned to Cape May, soon after his 2nd marriage, leaving his daughter   here, who married Daniel Willcox, son of John, Sen.

 
                                 JOB MULFORD.


JOB MULFORD came from Long Island and settled at Connecticut Farms. He lived a little east of Scudder’s Mills, in Union Township.


He married Sarah Hampton, sister of Jonathan Hampton, of Elizabethtown, and had children:
1. John, who married Esther Ball, daughter of Nathaniel Ball.

            2. Abigail married Mr. Harrison.

            3. Abraham married, for a 2nd wife, Hannah Sickle.
            4. Davis married Hannah, widow of Mr. Willis.
            5. Caleb married, 13th Oct. 1786, Sarah Stevens, daughter of' Jonathan Stevens.  His wife Sarah, died 30th Dee. 1787, and he married. 23rd  June, 1785, Phebe, the widow, of Charles Johnson, and
            daughter of William Bedell, and removed to Warren county, Ohio.
            6. Hannah, who married John Allen.
            7 David married, _________ and had a son, Job, who married Effa Thompson, daughter of Daniel Thompson, of Ohio.

 

JOHN MULFORD, (son of Job,) and Esther Ball, had children:

1. Marv, who married Andrew Drake, of Staten Island, and lived 'there.

2. William married Hannah Durand, daughter of Bryant Durand, and brother of John Durand, of Jefferson's Village.

His wife Hannah died, and he married, 2nd, Betsey, the widow of Lewis Ludlow, and daughter of Deacon Jacob Davis, of  Westfield.

 

CALEB MULFORD, (son of Job,) had children:

1.Jacob who married June Hole, daughter of Doctor John Hole, of Montgomery county, Ohio.

2. Rebecca married Elias Littell, son of Ephraim, son of Andrew Littell.

3. William married Martha Meek, and died without chil­dren:

4. Job married Mary Dudley. They all lived in Ohio.

 

WILLIAM MULFORD, (son of John son of Job Mulford,)  lived where Thomas Squier formerly lived, in Passaic  Valley, Morris county, and by his wife Hannah, had children:

 

1. Mary, who married Henry Clearman, of New York, and had 6 children, who all died young.

2. Esther, who died at 16 years.

3. Sarah, married John Cameron, of New York, and had children:

1. Mary Cameron; 2. William Cameron; 3. George  Cameron; 4. Isabel Cameron; 5. Hannah Cameron; 6. John Cameron.

4. John, who married Phebe Lodowiska Davis, and went to Ohio. Mr. Mulford's wife. Hannah, then died, and he by his wife  Betsey, had other children:

5. Hannah Eliza who married David E. Townley, son of Enos B. and had children:

1. Sarah Elizabeth Townley; 2. Hannah Jane Townley; 3. Laura Townley; 4. Phebe Jaques Floride.

6. Harriet.

7. Mary married her cousin Joseph Davis, son of John, and had children:

1. Phebe Lodowiska Davis.

8. Esther, 2d.

9. William, who died a young man, unmarried.

10. Pauline married Joel D. Thompson, son of Aaron

11. Jacob Davis married 17th Oct. 1849, Sarah Valentine, daughter of P. D. Valentine.

12. Isaac Newton.

 

                        Note .--There was a Jeremiah Mulford in this place. In the Rev. Mr. Elmer’s record of baptisms is recorded Abigail, daughter of Jeremiah Mulford, Jun., baptized 29th Feb. 1769.  Deborah, daughter of widow Mulford, baptized 26th March, 1769.  Hannah, daughter of widow Mulford, baptized 17th Feb. 1772.