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THOMAS LAWRENCE (descendant of ROBERT I, King of France), m. JOAN ANTROBUS, (ancestors of President William Howard Taft and (very probably) Franklin Delano Roosevelt, see Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 edition, Gary Boyd Roberts, 342-44)
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WILLIAM LAWRENCE, bapt July 27, 1622, St. Albans, Herts, d. 1680. In 1645 he was one of the patentees of Hampstead and Flushing, Long Island. He was a magistrate of Flushing, 1655, and one of its largest landowners; was a member of the governor’s council, 1700, captain of a foot company, 1665, high sheriff, 1673; justice of the North Riding, 1675, d. 1680, m. (2) March 4, 1664/5
ELIZABETH SMITH, daughter of Richard Smith, (Historical Genealogy of the Lawrence Family From Their First Landing in This Country, A.D. 1635, to the Present Date, July 4th, 1858, by Thomas Lawrence, of Providence, Rhode Island, Edward O. Jenkins, New York, 1858, Americans of Royal Descent, various editions)
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JOSEPH LAWRENCE, of Flushing, commissioned ensign in 1684, b. 1665-8,
d. April 1759, m. 1690, MARY TOWNLEY
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RICHARD LAWRENCE, of Flushing, b. 1691, d. 1781, m. April 6, 1717, Flushing, Long Island, New York
HANNAH BOWNE, daughter of Samuel Bowne & Mary Becket, b. Jan. 31, 1697, Flushing, d. July 1, 1748
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JOHN LAWRENCE, of Flushing, b. Jan. 22, 1731, d. July 1794, m. Aug. 13, 1755
ANN BURLING, daughter of John Burling & Ann Dobson, (b. Sept. 24, 1735, at Long Beach, in the town of Eastchester, Westchester Co., NY, d. of pleurisy Feb. 14, 1821, at home on Cherry Street, New York, NY, bd. in Friends Burial Ground, Houston Street, New York), [The Burling Books, Ancestors and Descendants of Edward and Grace Burling, Quakers, (1600-2000), accessed via google books March 26, 2013]
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HANNAH LAWRENCE, b. July 8, 1758, d. Oct. 3, 1838,
m. Aug. 16, 1780, at Trinity Church, New York, NY
Lt JACOB SCHIEFFELIN, III, of New York, son Jacob Schieffelin & Regina Margaretta Kraften Ritschaurin, (b. Aug. 24, 1757, d. April 16, 1835, in his home at 107 East Broadway, New York, NY), “served the crown in the Revolution”, (Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Family History of New York, by William S. Pelletreau, (vol 1, 1907)
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RICHARD LAWRENCE SCHIEFFELIN, of New York, b. Nov. 9, 1801, New York, NY, d. Nov. 21, 1889, m. Aug. 3, 1833
MARGARET HELEN MCKAY, daughter of Capt George Knox McKay, United States Artillery
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GEORGE RICHARD SCHIEFFELIN, of New York, a founder of the Order of Runnemede, b. July 27, 1836, d. Oct. 24, 1910, m. May 19, 1866
JULIA MATILDA DELAPLAINE, daughter of Isaac Clason Delaplaine, US House of Representatives in the 37th Congress & Matilda Post, b. 1841, d. March 28, 1915,22 West 52nd Street, New York, NY)
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JULIA FLORENCE SCHIEFFELIN, b. March 5, 1867, New York, NY, d. Dec. 31, 1963, at 3 Kensington Palace Gardens, London, cremated, ashes buried Jan. 3, 1964 at Putney Vale Cemetery, [Report of the Death of an American Citizen, Department of State, Foreign Service of the United States of America, Jan. 7, 1964]
m. Dec. 4, 1888, in the Church of the Heavenly Rest, Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
(JOSEPH) BRUCE ISMAY, of The Lodge, Castelloe, co. Galway, and 15 Hill Street W. 1, London, son of Thomas Henry Ismay & Margaret Bruce, (b. Dec. 12, 1862, Crosby, near Liverpool, d. Oct. 17, 1937, 15 Hill Street, Mayfair, London), (Burke’s Landed Gentry, 18th edition, vol 3 (1972), Ismay Cheape of Fossoway)
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MARGARET BRUCE ISMAY, b. Dec. 29, 1889, New York, NY, d. May 15, 1967,
m. March 21, 1912
Brig-Gen GEORGE RONALD HAMILTON CHEAPE, CMG (1919), DSO and bar (1918), MC, 2nd of Tiroran, Iof Mull and of Wellfield (sold 1937), JP Fife, hon. Brig Gen, Maj and Brevet Lt Col 1st Dragoon Guards, Lt Col 7th Bn The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1920-22, served in Boer War 1900-02 and in World War I, son of George Clerk Cheape & Maude Mary Heming, (b. Feb. 20, 1881, Burntisland, co. Fife, d. April 29, 1957, at Nairobi, Kenya)
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(HUGH) BRUCE ISMAY CHEAPE, T.D. (1946), of Fossoway Lodge, Kinross, and South Lodge, Craignure, Isle of Mull, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, served in WWII (despatches, POW), Mem Queen’s Body Guard for Scotland (Royal Co. of Archers), purchased the estate of Fossoway from Major Robert Scott-Moncrieff 1954, assumed additional surname of ISMAY by Deed Poll Jan. 29, 1955,
b. Nov. 17, 1919, m. Oct. 17, 1947
MOIRA OLIVE JAMES, daughter of W/Cmdr Sir Archibald William Henry James, KBE, MC, of Champions Farm, Pulborough, Sussex, 12 Godfrey Street, SW 3, and Kintyre Estate, Norton, Rhodesia & Bridget Mary Idol Guthrie, b. 1923, (BLG 1965 Powell formerly James of Borrock)
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BRIDGET ANNE JULIA CHEAPE, b. April 13, 1956, m. May 5, 1980
ROUALEYNE ROBERT HOVELL-THURLOW-CUMMING-BRUCE, 9th Baron Thurlow, (s father March 24, 2013), son of Francis Edward Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming Bruce, 8th Baron Thurlow, KCMG & Yvonne Diana Aubyn Wilson, (b. April 13, 1952)
Bridget Anne Julia Cheape, wife of Roualeyne Robert Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, 9th Baron Thurlow, descends from Richard Cecil & Jane Heckington.
BIOGRAPHICAL & NEWS ACCOUNTS
DELAPLAINE, Isaac Clason, congressman, was born on October 27, 1817, in New York City. He graduated from Columbia College in 1834 and established a law practice in New York City, where he became active in the complicated factional politics of the Democratic party. In 1860, after the national Democratic party failed to agree upon a single presidential candidate and both Stephen A. Douglas and John Breckinridge entered the race, the Democratic factions of New York City struck an uneasy truce at the local level. Although they continued to disagree on national policy, they did not want to risk a self-defeating division of their supporters in the city against a united Republican opposition.
Those Democratic candidates who agreed to the truce, including Delaplaine, were known as Fusionists. The strategy worked in Delaplaine’s district, and he won election to the House of Representatives. Following Fort Sumter, Delaplaine publicly defended the integrity of the national government, although not the specific policies of the Republican administration. In the 37th Congress, he was regarded as a regular, centrist Democrat and served a single term before returning to the practice of law in 1863. Delaplaine died in New York City on July 17, 1866. [Biographical Dictionary of the Union: Northern Leaders of the Civil War, 137-38]
MRS. SCHIEFFELIN IS DEAD
Widow of George R. Schieffelin Owned Valuable Paintings,
(New York Times, March 29, 1918)
Mrs. Julia M. Schieffelin, widow of George R. Schieffelin, died yesterday at her home, 22 West Fifty-second Street. Before her marriage she was Miss Julia M. Delaplaine. Her husband, who was a lawyer, with offices at 11 William Street, died on Oct. 24, 1910. Since his death his wife had added a number of paintings to the collection he began some years ago. In 1911 Mrs. Schieffelin bought several paintings at the Brandue sale in the Fifth Avenue Art Galleries, among which was the picture of “Henrietta of England,” attributed to William Dogson, and a painting by Daniel Mythens.
On May 31, 1910, Mrs. Schieffelin was struck by the shaft of an express wagon while waiting for a car at Madison Avenue and Fifty-second Street, and was knocked down. She refused to make a complaint against the driver. She was assisted to her home and soon recovered from the accident, it was said. She was a member of the Tuxedo and Sleepy Hollow Country Clubs.
MRS. J. BRUCE ISMAY, (New York Times, Jan. 1, 1964, 25:3)
LONDON, Dec. 31 – Mrs. Florence Ismay, widow of J. Bruce Ismay, the chairman of the White Star Line at the time of the Titanic disaster in 1912, died at her home today. Her age was 96.
Mrs. Ismay’s husband, who survived the disaster, helped get women and children away from the ship for nearly two hours, escaping in the last lifeboat. He was later criticized for leaving the Titanic at all, but was exonerated at both the American and British inquiries.
J. BRUCE ISMAY, 74, TITANIC SURVIVOR
Ex-Head of White Star Line Who Retired After Sea Tragedy Dies in London,
(New York Times, Oct. 19, 1937, 25:2)
LONDON, Oct. 18 – Joseph Bruce Ismay, former chairman of the White Star Line and a survivor of the Titanic disaster in 1912, died here last night. He was 74 years old.
Mr. Ismay was a passenger on the White Star’s great new liner when she set out for New York on her maiden voyage. When she struck an iceberg and went down, 1,635 persons, most of them men, perished.
A commission of inquiry, investigating the disaster, found there was no foundation to assertions that third-class passengers had been unfairly treated when the lifeboats were filled. The commission’s report stated Mr. Ismay was aboard the liner as an ordinary passenger and that he had no control over actions of the crew. The report described how he had helped many women and children into the boats, remaining aboard the stricken vessel until no women or children were visible on deck. Several women testified he had helped them.
However, Mr. Ismay, who had been one of the outstanding figures in the shipping world, resigned as chairman of the White Star Line the year after the Titanic sinking. He retained a few directorships in shipping companies, but lived thereafter in semi-retirement except for a short period during the World War, when he was chairman of the War Risks Board.
He is survived by his widow, who was Miss Julia Florence Schieffelin of New York. They were married in 1888.
Mr. Ismay was born in Liverpool in 1863. His father, the late Thomas Henry Ismay, had amassed a $40,000,000 fortune as head of the White Star Line, which the son inherited. He, too, became head of the steamship line after being educated at Elstree and Harrow and after spending five years apprenticed to the British mercantile service.
He donated $50,000 to the pension fund for widows of seamen on the Titanic shortly after the disaster, and in 1924 inaugurated the National Mercantile Marine fund with a gift of $125,000.
Mr. Ismay died without making any further public statement on the Titanic or his conduct other than that which he told the Senate committee and Lord Mersey’s Board of Trade investigators.
MARRIED IN EARLY DECEMBER, (New York Times, Dec. 5, 1888)
A brilliant and fashionable assemblage gathered at noon yesterday in the Church of the Heavenly Rest, on Fifth-avenue, to witness the marriage of Miss Florence Schieffelin, a daughter of George R. Schieffelin and a great favorite in New York society, and Mr. J. Bruce Ismay, the Agent of the White Star Steamship Line. Mr. Schieffelin and his family are members of Grace Church, but selected the Church of the Heavenly Rest for the ceremony on account of the proximity to their residence on Forty-fifth Street. The Rev. Dr. Huntington of Grace Church, assisted by the Rev. D. Parker Morgan, the Rector of the Church of the Heavenly Rest, were the officiating clerbymen.
The bride wore a gown of white brocade richly trimmed with old point lace. A veil of old point also fell over her face, confined by a tiara of diamonds. A diamond pendant hanging from a necklace of pearls sparkled at her throat. She carried a large bouquet of lilies of the valley. Preceding here were the two little maids of honor, her sisters, Miss Sadie and Miss Constance Schieffelin, who wore white silk dresses, white hats, and carried baskets of pink roses. The ushers were Messrs. Bond Emerson, T. J. Oakley Rhinelander, Amory Sibley Carhart, Edward Perry, and Fleming Crooks of England. The groom’s best man was Mr. Ernest Bliss.
At the conclusion of the ceremony a wedding breakfast was given to the young couple and their intimate friends at the residence of the bride’s father, 8 East Forty-fifth Street. Among those present were Mr. John Jay, Mrs. Ernest Crosby, Mr. and Mrs. James Beekman, Mr. and Mrs. William Rhinelander, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Rhinelander, Mr. and Mrs. William Schiefflin, The Misses Rhinelander, Miss Fannie Walker, the Misses Webb, Mrs. W. S. Livingston, Miss Eleanor Robinson, Mrs. Eastman Johnson, Miss Johnson and Miss Marie Van Deuser Reed.
BOWNE ANCESTRY
Thomas Bowne, “son of Anthony, born in Matlock, County Derby, England 25 May 1595, had wife Mary who died in Matlock 8 August 1647. About 1649 Thomas aged 54 arrived in Boston with son John aged 22 and daughter Dorothy aged 18. About 1651 Thomas removed from Boston to Flushing, L.I. (Long Island) where he died 7m 18 d. 1677. He made two wills neither of which was offered for probate.” [Bowne Family of Flushing, Long Island compiled by Edith King Wilson from the MSS of Jacob Titus Bowne and various other sources, New York, 1948]
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John Bowne, bp. March 9, 1627, Matlock, Derbyshire, d. Oct. 20, 1695, Flushing, Long Island, New York, m. on 7 of 3m 1656, Flushing
Hannah Feke, daughter of Robert Feke & Elizabeth (Fones) Wintrhop, (b. June 1637, d. 11m 1677, in London)
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Samuel Bowne, b. July 21, 1667, Flushing, Long Island, d. March 30, 1745, Flushing, m. (1) Aug. 4, 1691, at the Falls of the Delaware
Mary Becket, (b. England, d. June 21, 1707, Flushing)
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Hannah Bowne, m. Richard Lawrence
BURLING ANCESTRY
Edward Burling, m. Katherine Bowler, [The Burling Books, Ancestors and Descendants of Edward and Grace Burling, Quakers, (1600-2000)]
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Edward Burling, christened Oct. 20, 1639, in St. Margaret’s Church, Barking, Essex, d. Aug. 1697, in New York (City probably), m. Dec. 16, 1673, “Edward, a wheelwright like his father, came with Grace and their three eldest children to the New York area about 1680.”
Grace Norington/Norrington, daughter of William Norrington & Grace Harwood, Dec. 16, 1673
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Edward Burling, b. Nov. 4, 1674, Barking, Essex, d. May 26, 1749, New York, June 11, 1700, at the home of her parents in Westchester Co., NY
m. (1) Phebe Ferris, daughter of John Ferris & Mary Jackson,
(d. Feb. 14, 1721/2)
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John Burling, b. Aug. 9, 1703, New York, NY, d. July 20, 1785, at his home on Queen Street, New York, NY, m. July 5, 1733, Flushing, Queens Co., NY
Ann Dobson, daughter of Thomas Dobson & Mary Hunter, of New York, (b. March 18, 1714, probably in New York City, d. Aug. 30, 1807, probably on the family farm in Westchester Co., New York)
Cordially,
Marc
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WILLIAM LAWRENCE, bapt July 27, 1622, St. Albans, Herts, d. 1680. In 1645 he was one of the patentees of Hampstead and Flushing, Long Island. He was a magistrate of Flushing, 1655, and one of its largest landowners; was a member of the governor’s council, 1700, captain of a foot company, 1665, high sheriff, 1673; justice of the North Riding, 1675, d. 1680, m. (2) March 4, 1664/5
ELIZABETH SMITH, daughter of Richard Smith, (Historical Genealogy of the Lawrence Family From Their First Landing in This Country, A.D. 1635, to the Present Date, July 4th, 1858, by Thomas Lawrence, of Providence, Rhode Island, Edward O. Jenkins, New York, 1858, Americans of Royal Descent, various editions)
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JOSEPH LAWRENCE, of Flushing, commissioned ensign in 1684, b. 1665-8,
d. April 1759, m. 1690, MARY TOWNLEY
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RICHARD LAWRENCE, of Flushing, b. 1691, d. 1781, m. April 6, 1717, Flushing, Long Island, New York
HANNAH BOWNE, daughter of Samuel Bowne & Mary Becket, b. Jan. 31, 1697, Flushing, d. July 1, 1748
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JOHN LAWRENCE, of Flushing, b. Jan. 22, 1731, d. July 1794, m. Aug. 13, 1755
ANN BURLING, daughter of John Burling & Ann Dobson, (b. Sept. 24, 1735, at Long Beach, in the town of Eastchester, Westchester Co., NY, d. of pleurisy Feb. 14, 1821, at home on Cherry Street, New York, NY, bd. in Friends Burial Ground, Houston Street, New York), [The Burling Books, Ancestors and Descendants of Edward and Grace Burling, Quakers, (1600-2000), accessed via google books March 26, 2013]
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HANNAH LAWRENCE, b. July 8, 1758, d. Oct. 3, 1838,
m. Aug. 16, 1780, at Trinity Church, New York, NY
Lt JACOB SCHIEFFELIN, III, of New York, son Jacob Schieffelin & Regina Margaretta Kraften Ritschaurin, (b. Aug. 24, 1757, d. April 16, 1835, in his home at 107 East Broadway, New York, NY), “served the crown in the Revolution”, (Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Family History of New York, by William S. Pelletreau, (vol 1, 1907)
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RICHARD LAWRENCE SCHIEFFELIN, of New York, b. Nov. 9, 1801, New York, NY, d. Nov. 21, 1889, m. Aug. 3, 1833
MARGARET HELEN MCKAY, daughter of Capt George Knox McKay, United States Artillery
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GEORGE RICHARD SCHIEFFELIN, of New York, a founder of the Order of Runnemede, b. July 27, 1836, d. Oct. 24, 1910, m. May 19, 1866
JULIA MATILDA DELAPLAINE, daughter of Isaac Clason Delaplaine, US House of Representatives in the 37th Congress & Matilda Post, b. 1841, d. March 28, 1915,22 West 52nd Street, New York, NY)
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JULIA FLORENCE SCHIEFFELIN, b. March 5, 1867, New York, NY, d. Dec. 31, 1963, at 3 Kensington Palace Gardens, London, cremated, ashes buried Jan. 3, 1964 at Putney Vale Cemetery, [Report of the Death of an American Citizen, Department of State, Foreign Service of the United States of America, Jan. 7, 1964]
m. Dec. 4, 1888, in the Church of the Heavenly Rest, Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
(JOSEPH) BRUCE ISMAY, of The Lodge, Castelloe, co. Galway, and 15 Hill Street W. 1, London, son of Thomas Henry Ismay & Margaret Bruce, (b. Dec. 12, 1862, Crosby, near Liverpool, d. Oct. 17, 1937, 15 Hill Street, Mayfair, London), (Burke’s Landed Gentry, 18th edition, vol 3 (1972), Ismay Cheape of Fossoway)
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MARGARET BRUCE ISMAY, b. Dec. 29, 1889, New York, NY, d. May 15, 1967,
m. March 21, 1912
Brig-Gen GEORGE RONALD HAMILTON CHEAPE, CMG (1919), DSO and bar (1918), MC, 2nd of Tiroran, Iof Mull and of Wellfield (sold 1937), JP Fife, hon. Brig Gen, Maj and Brevet Lt Col 1st Dragoon Guards, Lt Col 7th Bn The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1920-22, served in Boer War 1900-02 and in World War I, son of George Clerk Cheape & Maude Mary Heming, (b. Feb. 20, 1881, Burntisland, co. Fife, d. April 29, 1957, at Nairobi, Kenya)
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(HUGH) BRUCE ISMAY CHEAPE, T.D. (1946), of Fossoway Lodge, Kinross, and South Lodge, Craignure, Isle of Mull, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, served in WWII (despatches, POW), Mem Queen’s Body Guard for Scotland (Royal Co. of Archers), purchased the estate of Fossoway from Major Robert Scott-Moncrieff 1954, assumed additional surname of ISMAY by Deed Poll Jan. 29, 1955,
b. Nov. 17, 1919, m. Oct. 17, 1947
MOIRA OLIVE JAMES, daughter of W/Cmdr Sir Archibald William Henry James, KBE, MC, of Champions Farm, Pulborough, Sussex, 12 Godfrey Street, SW 3, and Kintyre Estate, Norton, Rhodesia & Bridget Mary Idol Guthrie, b. 1923, (BLG 1965 Powell formerly James of Borrock)
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BRIDGET ANNE JULIA CHEAPE, b. April 13, 1956, m. May 5, 1980
ROUALEYNE ROBERT HOVELL-THURLOW-CUMMING-BRUCE, 9th Baron Thurlow, (s father March 24, 2013), son of Francis Edward Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming Bruce, 8th Baron Thurlow, KCMG & Yvonne Diana Aubyn Wilson, (b. April 13, 1952)
Bridget Anne Julia Cheape, wife of Roualeyne Robert Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, 9th Baron Thurlow, descends from Richard Cecil & Jane Heckington.
BIOGRAPHICAL & NEWS ACCOUNTS
DELAPLAINE, Isaac Clason, congressman, was born on October 27, 1817, in New York City. He graduated from Columbia College in 1834 and established a law practice in New York City, where he became active in the complicated factional politics of the Democratic party. In 1860, after the national Democratic party failed to agree upon a single presidential candidate and both Stephen A. Douglas and John Breckinridge entered the race, the Democratic factions of New York City struck an uneasy truce at the local level. Although they continued to disagree on national policy, they did not want to risk a self-defeating division of their supporters in the city against a united Republican opposition.
Those Democratic candidates who agreed to the truce, including Delaplaine, were known as Fusionists. The strategy worked in Delaplaine’s district, and he won election to the House of Representatives. Following Fort Sumter, Delaplaine publicly defended the integrity of the national government, although not the specific policies of the Republican administration. In the 37th Congress, he was regarded as a regular, centrist Democrat and served a single term before returning to the practice of law in 1863. Delaplaine died in New York City on July 17, 1866. [Biographical Dictionary of the Union: Northern Leaders of the Civil War, 137-38]
MRS. SCHIEFFELIN IS DEAD
Widow of George R. Schieffelin Owned Valuable Paintings,
(New York Times, March 29, 1918)
Mrs. Julia M. Schieffelin, widow of George R. Schieffelin, died yesterday at her home, 22 West Fifty-second Street. Before her marriage she was Miss Julia M. Delaplaine. Her husband, who was a lawyer, with offices at 11 William Street, died on Oct. 24, 1910. Since his death his wife had added a number of paintings to the collection he began some years ago. In 1911 Mrs. Schieffelin bought several paintings at the Brandue sale in the Fifth Avenue Art Galleries, among which was the picture of “Henrietta of England,” attributed to William Dogson, and a painting by Daniel Mythens.
On May 31, 1910, Mrs. Schieffelin was struck by the shaft of an express wagon while waiting for a car at Madison Avenue and Fifty-second Street, and was knocked down. She refused to make a complaint against the driver. She was assisted to her home and soon recovered from the accident, it was said. She was a member of the Tuxedo and Sleepy Hollow Country Clubs.
MRS. J. BRUCE ISMAY, (New York Times, Jan. 1, 1964, 25:3)
LONDON, Dec. 31 – Mrs. Florence Ismay, widow of J. Bruce Ismay, the chairman of the White Star Line at the time of the Titanic disaster in 1912, died at her home today. Her age was 96.
Mrs. Ismay’s husband, who survived the disaster, helped get women and children away from the ship for nearly two hours, escaping in the last lifeboat. He was later criticized for leaving the Titanic at all, but was exonerated at both the American and British inquiries.
J. BRUCE ISMAY, 74, TITANIC SURVIVOR
Ex-Head of White Star Line Who Retired After Sea Tragedy Dies in London,
(New York Times, Oct. 19, 1937, 25:2)
LONDON, Oct. 18 – Joseph Bruce Ismay, former chairman of the White Star Line and a survivor of the Titanic disaster in 1912, died here last night. He was 74 years old.
Mr. Ismay was a passenger on the White Star’s great new liner when she set out for New York on her maiden voyage. When she struck an iceberg and went down, 1,635 persons, most of them men, perished.
A commission of inquiry, investigating the disaster, found there was no foundation to assertions that third-class passengers had been unfairly treated when the lifeboats were filled. The commission’s report stated Mr. Ismay was aboard the liner as an ordinary passenger and that he had no control over actions of the crew. The report described how he had helped many women and children into the boats, remaining aboard the stricken vessel until no women or children were visible on deck. Several women testified he had helped them.
However, Mr. Ismay, who had been one of the outstanding figures in the shipping world, resigned as chairman of the White Star Line the year after the Titanic sinking. He retained a few directorships in shipping companies, but lived thereafter in semi-retirement except for a short period during the World War, when he was chairman of the War Risks Board.
He is survived by his widow, who was Miss Julia Florence Schieffelin of New York. They were married in 1888.
Mr. Ismay was born in Liverpool in 1863. His father, the late Thomas Henry Ismay, had amassed a $40,000,000 fortune as head of the White Star Line, which the son inherited. He, too, became head of the steamship line after being educated at Elstree and Harrow and after spending five years apprenticed to the British mercantile service.
He donated $50,000 to the pension fund for widows of seamen on the Titanic shortly after the disaster, and in 1924 inaugurated the National Mercantile Marine fund with a gift of $125,000.
Mr. Ismay died without making any further public statement on the Titanic or his conduct other than that which he told the Senate committee and Lord Mersey’s Board of Trade investigators.
MARRIED IN EARLY DECEMBER, (New York Times, Dec. 5, 1888)
A brilliant and fashionable assemblage gathered at noon yesterday in the Church of the Heavenly Rest, on Fifth-avenue, to witness the marriage of Miss Florence Schieffelin, a daughter of George R. Schieffelin and a great favorite in New York society, and Mr. J. Bruce Ismay, the Agent of the White Star Steamship Line. Mr. Schieffelin and his family are members of Grace Church, but selected the Church of the Heavenly Rest for the ceremony on account of the proximity to their residence on Forty-fifth Street. The Rev. Dr. Huntington of Grace Church, assisted by the Rev. D. Parker Morgan, the Rector of the Church of the Heavenly Rest, were the officiating clerbymen.
The bride wore a gown of white brocade richly trimmed with old point lace. A veil of old point also fell over her face, confined by a tiara of diamonds. A diamond pendant hanging from a necklace of pearls sparkled at her throat. She carried a large bouquet of lilies of the valley. Preceding here were the two little maids of honor, her sisters, Miss Sadie and Miss Constance Schieffelin, who wore white silk dresses, white hats, and carried baskets of pink roses. The ushers were Messrs. Bond Emerson, T. J. Oakley Rhinelander, Amory Sibley Carhart, Edward Perry, and Fleming Crooks of England. The groom’s best man was Mr. Ernest Bliss.
At the conclusion of the ceremony a wedding breakfast was given to the young couple and their intimate friends at the residence of the bride’s father, 8 East Forty-fifth Street. Among those present were Mr. John Jay, Mrs. Ernest Crosby, Mr. and Mrs. James Beekman, Mr. and Mrs. William Rhinelander, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Rhinelander, Mr. and Mrs. William Schiefflin, The Misses Rhinelander, Miss Fannie Walker, the Misses Webb, Mrs. W. S. Livingston, Miss Eleanor Robinson, Mrs. Eastman Johnson, Miss Johnson and Miss Marie Van Deuser Reed.
BOWNE ANCESTRY
Thomas Bowne, “son of Anthony, born in Matlock, County Derby, England 25 May 1595, had wife Mary who died in Matlock 8 August 1647. About 1649 Thomas aged 54 arrived in Boston with son John aged 22 and daughter Dorothy aged 18. About 1651 Thomas removed from Boston to Flushing, L.I. (Long Island) where he died 7m 18 d. 1677. He made two wills neither of which was offered for probate.” [Bowne Family of Flushing, Long Island compiled by Edith King Wilson from the MSS of Jacob Titus Bowne and various other sources, New York, 1948]
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John Bowne, bp. March 9, 1627, Matlock, Derbyshire, d. Oct. 20, 1695, Flushing, Long Island, New York, m. on 7 of 3m 1656, Flushing
Hannah Feke, daughter of Robert Feke & Elizabeth (Fones) Wintrhop, (b. June 1637, d. 11m 1677, in London)
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Samuel Bowne, b. July 21, 1667, Flushing, Long Island, d. March 30, 1745, Flushing, m. (1) Aug. 4, 1691, at the Falls of the Delaware
Mary Becket, (b. England, d. June 21, 1707, Flushing)
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Hannah Bowne, m. Richard Lawrence
BURLING ANCESTRY
Edward Burling, m. Katherine Bowler, [The Burling Books, Ancestors and Descendants of Edward and Grace Burling, Quakers, (1600-2000)]
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Edward Burling, christened Oct. 20, 1639, in St. Margaret’s Church, Barking, Essex, d. Aug. 1697, in New York (City probably), m. Dec. 16, 1673, “Edward, a wheelwright like his father, came with Grace and their three eldest children to the New York area about 1680.”
Grace Norington/Norrington, daughter of William Norrington & Grace Harwood, Dec. 16, 1673
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Edward Burling, b. Nov. 4, 1674, Barking, Essex, d. May 26, 1749, New York, June 11, 1700, at the home of her parents in Westchester Co., NY
m. (1) Phebe Ferris, daughter of John Ferris & Mary Jackson,
(d. Feb. 14, 1721/2)
/
John Burling, b. Aug. 9, 1703, New York, NY, d. July 20, 1785, at his home on Queen Street, New York, NY, m. July 5, 1733, Flushing, Queens Co., NY
Ann Dobson, daughter of Thomas Dobson & Mary Hunter, of New York, (b. March 18, 1714, probably in New York City, d. Aug. 30, 1807, probably on the family farm in Westchester Co., New York)
Cordially,
Marc
Matt A
Mar 28, 2013, 4:01:46 PM3/28/13
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A great start! Two questions: what Long Island Smith family did Elizabeth (Smith) Lawrence come from? and also, I am intrigued by Jacob Schieffelin & Regina Margaretta Kraften Ritschaurin. Were they themselves immigrants from Germany? Do they have non-German e.g. Dutch ancestry?
Thanks,
-Matt Ahlgren
hoove...@yahoo.com
Mar 28, 2013, 6:29:16 PM3/28/13
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First of all, I didn't notice until after I posted this and checked Genealogics that Nathaniel Lane Taylor, a distinguished American genealogist and long-time contributor to this forum also descends from Thomas Lawrence & Joan Antrobus.
With regard to the Schieffelin family, According "Historic Homes" source, (page 115) "The first of the family to visit America was Jacob Schieffelin, of Weilheim an der Teck, in Germany. He came in 1732 ... Jacob Schiefelin died 1749, and in the same year his son, also named Jacob, came over to Philadelphia and settled in this country ...
Jacob Schieffelin (2d) was born in 1732. He remained in Germany till 1749, when he came to America, and reached Philadelphia on the same day that his father died. He married, September 16, 1756, Regina Margaretta Kraften Ritchaurin ..." It doesn't indicate whether she was a native of Germany.
Descendants of Jacob & Regina married into the (for lack of a better description) aristocracy of post-colonial New York. Checking on google books I find a good source with more information that's available on ancestry.com, "Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York," volume 3 (or) I was able to access it via google books searching the terms "jacob schieffelin" regina margaretta.
Not sure about the Smith family. I have a number of "distant cousin" connections to the Smith of Smithtown, Long Island family, whose descendants include (someone I'm not related to), Julia Gardiner, (1820-1899), wife of President John Tyler, perhaps most famous genealogically (for the time being) for being born in 1790 and having living grandchildren.
Cordially,
Marc
joe...@gmail.com
Mar 28, 2013, 7:25:54 PM3/28/13
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On Thursday, March 28, 2013 6:29:16 PM UTC-4, hoove...@yahoo.com wrote:
> Hi, Matt,
>
> First of all, I didn't notice until after I posted this and checked Genealogics that Nathaniel Lane Taylor, a distinguished American genealogist and long-time contributor to this forum also descends from Thomas Lawrence & Joan Antrobus.
I also descend from Joan Antrobus; but unfortunately not Thomas Lawrence..
> Hi, Matt,
>
> First of all, I didn't notice until after I posted this and checked Genealogics that Nathaniel Lane Taylor, a distinguished American genealogist and long-time contributor to this forum also descends from Thomas Lawrence & Joan Antrobus.
--JC
hoove...@yahoo.com
Mar 28, 2013, 9:09:55 PM3/28/13
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On Wednesday, March 27, 2013 5:14:28 PM UTC-4, hoove...@yahoo.com wrote:
Hannah Lawrence, m. Lt Jacob Schieffelin
Henry Hamilton Schieffelin, m. Maria Theresa Bradhurst
Henry Maunsell Schieffelin, m. Sarah Kendall
Fanny Kendall Schieffelin, m. Ernest Howard Crosby, (descendant of Adam
Brouwer, an ancestor of Anderson Hays Cooper, the Duke of
Marlborough, and ... )
Margaret Eleanor Crosby, m. William Charles Arcedeckne Van Neck,
5th Baron Huntingfield, of Heveningham Hall
Gerard Charles Arcedeckne, 6th Baron ...
Joshua Charles, 7th Baron, (a descendant, through his mother,
of Richard Cecil & Jane Heckington)
Ernest Howard Crosby's maternal grandmother was Harriet Ashton Clarkson, descendant of RD immigrant Matthew Clarkson.
Leo: Maria Theresa Bradhurst Schieffelin is a Pell descendant and a distant cousin of Ned RocknRoll ... these things have a way of circling back to where we were a while ago, don't they : )
Cordially,
Marc
hoove...@yahoo.com
Mar 28, 2013, 9:23:37 PM3/28/13
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Julia Gardiner Tyler, second wife of President John Tyler died in Richmond, Virginia July 10, 1889, [not 1899].
Renia
Mar 28, 2013, 10:59:34 PM3/28/13
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On 28/03/2013 22:29, hoove...@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> Hi, Matt, First of all, I didn't notice until after I posted this and
> checked Genealogics that Nathaniel Lane Taylor, a distinguished
> American genealogist and long-time contributor to this forum
Gosh, that reminds me. Nat hasn't posted here for yonks. Nor have many
>
> Hi, Matt, First of all, I didn't notice until after I posted this and
> checked Genealogics that Nathaniel Lane Taylor, a distinguished
> American genealogist and long-time contributor to this forum
of the other super-posters. Wonder why? Is it because we have inferior
trolls these days?
hoove...@yahoo.com
Mar 29, 2013, 7:57:26 AM3/29/13
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nltaylor.net/sketchbook/
Happy Easter and Happy Passover to those observing.
Marc
hoove...@yahoo.com
Apr 3, 2013, 3:42:38 PM4/3/13
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In the section on the Bowne ancestry, John Bowne is ancestor 1026 and Hannah Feke/Feake is *ancestress* 1027 of the *Authoress* Julia Stimson Thorne Kerry Charlesworth, (1944-2006) first wife of John Forbes Kerry, US Secretary of State, 2013 - , by whom she had two daughters. See www.wargs.com/political/thorne/html
Cordially,
Marc
Cordially,
Marc
henry....@gmail.com
Sep 17, 2016, 11:33:35 PM9/17/16
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Have no idea if someone is still following this lead.. however I have a lot of very accurate information regarding this family (Brown, up through Schieffelin back to as far as the 1600s) This was compiled by my great grandmother.. if there is any specific information sought.. I can help.
regards, Henry Trevor Coulter
hoove...@yahoo.com
Sep 18, 2016, 9:52:12 AM9/18/16
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Hello Henry,
You and I are distantly related through the Van Voorhees family,
https://www.facebook.com/vanvoorheesassociation/posts/1053140738104106
I hope that link becomes viable once I post this. I'm a half-ninth cousin of Margaret Bruce (Ismay) Cheape shown here (since I'm a descendant of Steven Coerte Van Voorhees and his second wife, Willempie Roelofse Seubering).
I have a file listing some descendants of Catherine Van Voorhees and Hendrick Van Buren (work in progress), about 14 pages of descendants followed by about 29 pages of news and biographical accounts. I have two children listed for Helen Lispenard Stewart Trevor and Charles James Coulter. I'd be happy to send you this file if you're interested. hoove...@yahoo.com
You and I are distantly related through the Van Voorhees family,
https://www.facebook.com/vanvoorheesassociation/posts/1053140738104106
I hope that link becomes viable once I post this. I'm a half-ninth cousin of Margaret Bruce (Ismay) Cheape shown here (since I'm a descendant of Steven Coerte Van Voorhees and his second wife, Willempie Roelofse Seubering).
I have a file listing some descendants of Catherine Van Voorhees and Hendrick Van Buren (work in progress), about 14 pages of descendants followed by about 29 pages of news and biographical accounts. I have two children listed for Helen Lispenard Stewart Trevor and Charles James Coulter. I'd be happy to send you this file if you're interested. hoove...@yahoo.com
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