Manuscript Group 624, Matthias Price (1814-1902), Executor of the Estate of Daniel Price (1799-1892) Papers, 1826-1938 (Bulk dates: 1892-1898)

Archives

Documents, Manuscripts, Maps, & Photographs

Manuscript Group 624, Matthias Price (1814-1902), Executor of the)state of Daniel Pricef  E(1799-1892

Papers, 1826-1938 (Bulk dates: 1892-1898), 1 linear foot / 2 manuscript boxes

Call Number: MG 624

Summary


Summary:

Legal and financial records of a prominent Essex County family.  Most concern the estate of Daniel Price (1799- 1892),a member of the New Jersey legislature and a partner in a Newark firm which manufactured copal varnishes.  The collection includes a ledger and journal of the Lee and Foster Land and Cattle Company, covering the years 1896-1898.  This company operated in southern Colorado and northeastern New Mexico.  There is also an account book inscribed “Daniel Price in Account with Pascal B. Smith, as Agent in The Sale of Varnish and Jappans, Newark, Oct. 7th, 1833.”

Donated, in part, by Mrs. F. M. McPhedran, 1965.

Biographical Note:

Daniel Price was the third son of Phebe Thompson and Daniel Price (1767-1824).  He was born in Schenectady, New
York on August 23, 1799, but soon moved to Newark, New Jersey where he grew up.  As a young man, Daniel entered the employ of John Gardner, the owner of a coach factory.  He became the head painter and eventually set up his
own shop in Newark.  In 1836, Price entered into a partnership with S. P. Smith to become the first varnish manufacturer in the country. Smith left after a couple of years and Price took David M. Fitz-Gerald as a partner. Their company, D. Price & Fitz-Gerald, was located on Mulberry Street in Newark and lasted until 1867 when Daniel Price retired.  In 1854, David M. Fitz-Gerald died and his brother, John D. Fitz-Gerald took his place in the company.

After his retirement, Daniel Price remained active.  He was involved either as a director, trustee, founder, or backer of the following organizations: Newark Savings Institution, Essex County Bank, Newark Plank-Road and Ferry Company, American Bible Society, New Jersey Colonization Society, Society for the Relief of Respectable Aged Women,
German Theological Seminary, Princeton Theological Seminary, and the Central Presbyterian Church of Newark.  He also served on the Newark Common Council and the New Jersey General Assembly.

Daniel Price never married and died without direct heir on April 23, 1892.  His brother Matthias Price (1814-1902) was the executor of his estate.  Matthias Price lived and worked on the family farm in Newark, New Jersey.  He married Emily Catherine Judd in 1838 and their daughter Emily Caroline Price married Lewis V. Fitz Randolph in 1867.

See Price Family Tree.

Sources:

Shaw, William H. History of Essex and Hudson Counties, New Jersey, Volume I. (Everts & Peck: Philadelphia,
1884), pages 615-616.

Honeyman, A. Van Doren. History of Union County, New Jersey 1664-1923, Volume II. (Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc.: New York and Chicago, 1923), pages 14-16.

Provenance Note:

The indenture for Daniel Price’s pew in  the First Presbyterian Church of Lyon Farms, New Jersey was donated in 1965 by
Mrs. F.M. McPhedran.  The source of the remainder of collection is unknown.

Scope and Content Note:

This collection is largely made up of the estate papers of Daniel Price as executed by Matthias Price.  It also contains a smaller amount of Daniel Price’s papers and papers of the allied Randolph family.  The collection dates from 1826-1938.

Daniel Price’s estate was settled between 1892-1898, which are the bulk dates for the collection.  The estate papers largely consist of the releases signed by each organization and person that received money as stated in Price’s will.  There is also a copy of the will and court records documenting the contesting of the will led by Henry and Thompson Price, Daniel’s brothers.  Lastly, there are bills and cancelled checks of the estate.

The papers of Daniel Price in the collection are mostly made up of land indentures.  These indentures are dated between 1826-1870 and are for land in Newark, New Jersey, mostly on Mulberry Street.  There are also a few legal documents including the articles of agreement ending Daniel Price’s partnership in the varnish business with John D. Fitz-Gerald. Additionally, there are personal and business account books used by Daniel Price.  The personal account books date from 1867 and 1873-1879 and divide expenses into such categories as household, rent, insurance, taxes, children, and sundries.  The business ledger in the collection records transactions by Daniel Price’s varnish business with Pascal B. Smith.  The entries are chronological and record the name of the purchaser, the item bought, and the price.  The ledger runs from October 1833 to May 1836.

The collection also contains two ledgers from the Lee-Foster Land and Cattle Company in southern Colorado and
northeastern New Mexico, of which Lewis V. Fitz Randolph was the treasurer.  These ledgers run from 1896-1898 and track the business transactions of the company.  The journal runs chronologically, traces payments and moneys received, and starts with an accounting of the company’s properties, both land and cattle.  The second volume is called a ledger and
records money transactions by categories, such as wages, profit/loss, and taxes; by people, such as Henry R. Halloway and John J. Cahill; and by banks, such as the Trinidad National Bank.  The ledger is indexed.  The Randolph series also contains a folder of documents dealing with the estate of Marion F. Randolph.  These items, for example a receipt for her gravestone, are secondary to the settlement of Randolph’s estate.

Lastly, there are also a number of miscellaneous documents in the collection.  These are largely made up of land deeds for people whose relation to the Price family is unknown.  Legal documents in this series include the will of Elizabeth Ogden, estate executor appointments for the estates of Mary Mead and George F. Price, and a fire insurance policy of Frederick Snedeker.

Box/Folder List:


Box

Folder

Title

Dates
Daniel Price
1 1 Land indentures 1826-1838
1 2 Land indentures 1843-1870
1 3 Legal documents:
Bond-Benjamin
and John H. Lord to Daniel Price and Lorenzo A. Sykes
1841
Indenture
for a pew in the First Presbyterian Church at Lyons Farms (now Newark)
1850
Articles of
agreement ending partnership of Daniel Price and John D. Fitz-Gerald
1867
1 4 Personal account books 1867, 1873-1879
1 5 Business ledger, with Pascal B.
Smith
1833-1836
Estate of Daniel Price
1 6 Legal papers:
Copy of last
will and testament and codicils
1892
Contract for
lawyer’s service by Henry and Thompson Price
1893
Decree
affirming probate of will
1893
Settlement
of law suit
1893
Mary A.
Hopkins-Claim to estate with power of attorney
1893
Audit decree
on estate
1894
Audit decree
on estate
1895
Decree on
final account
1898
Estate
settlement dispute between Matthias & Henry Price, chancery court
n.d.
Proof of
claim of Matthias Price
n.d.
1 7 Refunding bonds and releases, heirs
B-H
1893, 1894
Emma A. Bond
Jane C.
Bruch
Daniel P.
Burnham
Eliza
Burnham
Laura F.
Ford
Samuel F.
Fowler
Anna A.
Gould
Cordelia A.
Halloway
Charlotte M.
Holder
Frank C.
Hopkins
1 8 Refunding bonds and releases, heirs
L-James B. Price:
1893, 1894
Adele S.
Langstroth
J. Howard
Porter
Sarah W.
Porter
Clinton B.
Price
D. Frank
Price
Elizabeth M.
Price
Henry Price
J. Wilbur
Price
James B.
Price
1 9 Refunding bonds and releases, heirs
Matthias Price-W
1893, 1894
Matthias
Price
Sarah E.
Price and Charles Z. Price
Thomas E.
Price
Thompson
Price
William
Henry Price
William P.
Price
Emily C.F.
Randolph
Phebe Taylor
Evelyn S.
Wilcox
2 1 Refunding bonds and releases,
organizations A-B
1896, 1898
American
Bible Society
American
Seaman’s Friend Society
American
Tract Society
Board of the
Church Erection Fund of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in
the USA
Board of
Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the USA
Board of
Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the USA
2 2 Refunding bonds and releases,
organizations G-S
1893, 1896, 1898
German
Theological School of Newark, NJ
Newark
Female Charitable Society
Society for
the Relief of Respectable Aged Women
Trustees of
Donations for Education in Liberia
Trustees of
the Presbyterian Board of Publication and Sabbath School Work
2 3 Cancel of mortgages for
organizations
1893
2 4 Court bills, suit against Henry
Price, et al.
1892-1893
2 5 Receipts 1892-1898
2 6 Cancelled checks 1892-1896
Randolph Family
2 7 Marion Fitz Randolph estate papers:
Letter-J.W.
Van Sickle to Lewis V. F. Randolph
1884
Letter-Stanley
Burner to Marion F. Randolph (II)
1937
Account book 1938
Receipt for
gravestone
1938
Warranty for
coffin
1938
2 8 Lee-Foster Land and Cattle Company:
Journal
1896-1898
2 9 Lee-Foster Land and Cattle Company:
Ledger
1896-1898
Miscellaneous
2 10 Land documents:
Deed-James
B. Burnet to David M. Fitz-Gerald
1842
Deed-Jacob
Hughes and wife to Stephan M. Bounel
1835
Deed-Jacob
Hughes and wife to Ananias Baldwin
1834
Deed-John
Taylor Johnston and wife to Emily C.F. Randolph
1876
Deed-James
Miller and wife to Edward Brogan
1844
Deed-James
Miller and wife to Edward Brogan
1848
Deed-Samuel
R. Winans, William Brown, and William Grummon to Benjamin M. Sabin
1842
Map-Orchard
and Pennington Streets, Newark, NJ
1910
2 11 Legal documents:
Mary Mead:

Certificate establishing executors of her estate
1908

Bond-William H. Bryan to Mary Mead
1890

Mortgage-William H. and Minnie A. Bryan to Mary Mead
1890
Elizabeth
Ogden:
– Copy of
Will
1868
George F.
Price:

Certificate establishing executors of estate
1893
– Death
certificate
1893
Periam
Price:
– Bond-Geo.
W. Halsted to Periam Price
1836
Frederick L.
Snedeker:
– Fire
insurance policy (mortgage clause to Mary Mead)
1905-1908


Price Family Tree:

Daniel Price (1767-1824) = Phebe Thompson (d.1857)

1)
William Price (1791-1796)

1)
Jonathan Price (b.1794)

1)Phebe
Price (b.1796) = ( ) Burnham

2)
Mary Ann Burnham (Sowers)

3)
Harriet B. Sowers (Marot)

3)
Emma B. Sowers (Moore)

2)
Eliza Burnham

2)
Jane Burnham (Richardson)

3)
Nettie Richardson (Tuchfarber)

3)
Scott Richardson

3)
Hattie Richardson (Hare)

2)
John Burnham

2)
Daniel P. Burnham

2)
Phebe Burnham (Taylor)

1)
Daniel Price (1799-1892) = Charity ( ) (d.1885)

1)
William W. Price (1802-1890) = ( )

2)
Elizabeth M. Price

2)
Sarah W. Price (Porter)

2)
Mary L. Price (Fowler)

2)
J. Wilbur Price

1)
David Price (1805-1885) = Adeline ( )

2)
Charles C. Price

2)
Mary A. Price (Hopkins)

2)
Emma A. Price (Bond)

2)
Jane C. Price (Bruen)

2)
Thomas E. Price

2)
Anna G. Price (Gould)

2)
D. Frank Price

2)
Adela S. Price (Langstroth)

1)
Thompson Price (b.1808) = Frances ( )

2)
James B. Price

2)
George F. Price (c.1836-1893)

2)
William Henry Price

1)
Henry Price (b.1810) = Marion ( )

2)
William P. Price

1)
Matthias Price (1814-1902) = Emily Catherine Judd (1817-1907)

2)
Laura F. Price (Ford)

2)
Cordelia A. Price (Halloway)

2)
Clinton P. Price

2)
Evelyn S. Price (Wilcox)

2)
Emily Caroline Price = Lewis V. Fitz Randolph (1838-1921)

3)
Virginia Fitz Randolph

3)
Marion Fitz Randolph

3)
Caroline Fitz Randolph

3)
Josephine Fitz Randolph

3)
Elizabeth Blossom Fitz Randolph

Processed by Kim Charlton, December 1999 as part of the “Farm to City” project funded by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Submit a request to copy part of this collection

back

Print Friendly, PDF & Email