Archives: Browse Professions
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Profession |
Title |
MG |
| Activist | Winans, Derek (1938-2004) | 1673 |
| Architect | Saalbach, Carl F. | 1679 |
| Artist | FewSmith, Henry (1821-1846) | 818 |
| Artist | Satterthwaite, Pennington (1870-1946) | 675 |
| Artist | Wilcox, Ray | 1316 |
| Artist | Wilcox, Ruth (1908-1989) | 1316 |
| Artist | Ziger, Samuel G. | 1574 |
| Authors | Mills, Weymer J. | 1685 |
| Astronomy | Halsted Observatory, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ | 248 |
| Attorney | See Lawyer | |
| Banker/Banking | American National Bank of Newark, Newark, NJ | 1315 |
| Banker/Banking | Betsy Ross Building and Loan Association | 572 |
| Banker/Banking | Marsh, Theron L. | 1683 |
| Banker/Banking | National State Bank, Newark, NJ | 28 |
| Banker/Banking | Provident Institution for Savings, Jersey City, NJ | 1316 |
| Banker/Banking | Savings Investment and Trust Co., East Orange, NJ | 1319 |
| Banker/Banking | Ward, Marcus L. (1812-1884), Director of National State Bank | 28 |
| Barber | Milano Family Papers, 1934-ca. 1948 | 1556 |
| Bell maker | Ross, David (1720-1795) | 155 |
| Blacksmith | Ackerman, James I. (b. 1772) | 655 |
| Blacksmith | Lindsley, Joseph (1777-1849) | 293 |
| Blacksmith | Lyon, Isaac (fl. 1811-1814) | 112 |
| Blacksmith | Steward, Samuel (1760-1833) | 170 |
| Blacksmith | Unknown Newark blacksmith | 1325 |
| Bridge Builder | Johnson, Chilion (1800-1883) | 1166 |
| Builder | See also Carpenter | |
| Builder | Nichols, Alexander (1809-1881) | 1012 |
| Builder | Price, David (fl. 1864-1872) | 544 |
| Builder | Wallace, William (d. 1843) | 891 |
| Bus driver | Reeves, Paul | 1676 |
| Butcher | Young, Isaac (fl. 1807) | 911 |
| Cabinetmaker | Bruen, Caleb W. (1768-1846) | 79 |
| Cabinetmaker | Hewitt, John (1777-1857) | 84 |
| Cabinetmaker | Lyon, Henry G. (fl. 1800-1838) | 313 |
| Cable cars | See Transportation – Cable Cars | |
| Cable company | General Cable Company, New York, NY | 824 |
| Cable company | Standard Underground Cable Company, Sewickley, PA and Perth Amboy, NY | |
| Canals | See Transportation – Canals | |
| Carpenter | Johnson, Chilion (1800-1883) | 1166 |
| Carpenter | Nichols, Alexander (1809-1881) | 1012 |
| Carpenter | Nichols, Isaac (1773-1861) | 1012 |
| Carpenter | Ogden, John (1799-1877) | 1175 |
| Carpenter | Woodruff, Thomas Jr. (1720-1805) | 191 |
| Carriage manufacturer/painter | See Coach manufacturerorCoach painter | |
| Cartographer | Berdan, John, Jr. (fl. 1823-1856) | 1184 |
| Cartographer | Skinner, Norman S. (b. 1903) | 1521 |
| Cattle | Lee-Foster Land and Cattle Company | 624 |
| Cement company | Newark Lime and Cement Company, Newark, NJ | 350 |
| Cement company | Tomkins, Hedden and Company, Newark, NJ | 350 |
| Chair maker | Alling, David (1773-1855) | 309 |
| Chess player | William Steinitz (1836-1900) | 1638 |
| Cider maker | Camp Family (Camptown, NJ) | 81 |
| Cider maker | Harrison, Samuel (1684-1776) | 108 |
| Clay mining | See Mining – Clay | |
| Coach manufacturer | Beach, David (1780-1830) | 1012 |
| Coach manufacturer | Quimby, James M. (d. 1874) | 746 |
| Coach painter | Congar, Samuel Hayes (1796-1872) | 875 |
| Coal | Unknown coal merchant, Newark, NJ | 929 |
| Cobbler | See Shoemaker | |
| Coffin maker | See Funeral Services | |
| Communication – Telegraph | Morse Telegraph | 26 |
| Communication – Telephone | Bell Telephone | 26 |
| Composer | Ringer, Joseph (fl. 1938) | 1332 |
| Composer | Russell, Louis Arthur (1854-1925) | 1318 |
| Construction | Conyne & Richards, Somerville, NJ | 1500 |
| Construction | Lustron Corporation Collection | 1677 |
| Construction | Richards & Gaston, Somerville, NJ | 1500 |
| Contractor | See Builder | |
| Cooper | Bedford, Simeon (fl. 1797-1826) (Lyon-Bedford Family Papers) | 850 |
| Cooper | Brown, Nathaniel (fl. 1803-1834) | 841 |
| Cooper | Hayes, Samuel (1728-1811) | 965 |
| Cooper | Ross, David (1720-1795) | 155 |
| Cotton | Cotton factory (owned by the De Zeng family) | 800 |
| Currier | King, Henry (d. 1781) | 116 |
| Currier | Lefferson, Arthur (1739-ca. 1802) | 120 |
| Currier | White, Nathan (fl. 1780-1786) | 844 |
| Debating societies | Bridgeton Literary Association, Bridgeton, NJ | 292 |
| Delegate | Alice B. Hamilton Collection | 1528 |
| Delegate | Wiedenmayer, George W. | 1566 |
| Dentist | Lord, Arthur (fl. 1936-1976) | 1530 |
| Distiller | Bruen, Caleb W. (1768-1846) | 79 |
| Distiller | Caleb David Camp & M. Bruen Company, Camptown, NJ (Camp Family Record books) | 81 |
| Distiller | Camp Family (Camptown, NJ) | 81 |
| Distiller | Unknown, Fairfield, NJ | 100 |
| Distiller | Unknown, Somerset County, NJ | 957 |
| Doctor | See Physician | |
| Doll manufacturing | Gleason Doll Manufacturing Company, Jersey City, NJ | 1382 |
| Draughtsman | Skinner, Norman S. (b. 1903) | 1521 |
| Editor – Newspaper | Hunt, Sanford B. (1825-1884), editorNewark Daily Advertiser | 21 |
| Editor – Newspaper | McDowell, Rachel K. (1880-1949), reporter and editor | 866 |
| Electricity company | See Utilities | |
| Engineer | Beckwith, H.R. (fl. 1943-1944) | 940 |
| Engineer | Canfield-Dickerson Family (Morris County, NJ) | 249 |
| Engineer | Dickerson, Edward Nicoll (1824-1889) | 97 |
| Engineer | Erskine, Robert (1735-1780) | 199 |
| Engineer | Weston Instruments Collection | 1666 |
| Engrosser | L.E. Breland Papers | 1547 |
| Farmer | Bailey, Daniel (fl. 1886-1900) | 1136 |
| Farmer | Chessman, William (d. ca. 1766) | 491 |
| Farmer | Coe, Sayers (1772-1851) | 89 |
| Farmer | Cooke, Elisha (1716/17-1799) | 220 |
| Farmer | Cooper, Jonah (fl. 1793-1832) | 451 |
| Farmer | Cortelyou, Henry P. (1823-1910) | 594 |
| Farmer | Cory, James (1801-1880) | 19 |
| Farmer | Crampton, William D. (fl. 1807-1828) | 739 |
| Farmer | Crane, Benjamin (1787-1864) | 422 |
| Farmer | DeGray Family (Bergen County, NJ) | 1167 |
| Farmer | Denville Farmers Club, Denville, NJ | 96 |
| Farmer | Doremus, Ralph (1797-1886) | 99 |
| Farmer | Drew, John (fl. 1813-1840) | 904 |
| Farmer | Gibbons Family (Savannah, GA and Madison, NJ) | 1302 |
| Farmer | Green, Calvin (1765-1847) | 221 |
| Farmer | Harmony Hollow Farm | 1640 |
| Farmer | Harrison, Samuel (1684-1776) | 108 |
| Farmer | Holmes, John (1730-1804) | 282 |
| Farmer | Hunt, John (fl. 1770-1824) | 1245 |
| Farmer | Kingsland, (Gen.) George (1783-1866) | 907 |
| Farmer | Melick, Aaron (1725-1809) | 898 |
| Farmer | Middleton, Enoch (fl. 1830-1850) | 527 |
| Farmer | Miller, Josiah | 1668 |
| Farmer | Munn, Silas (1786-1873) | 416 |
| Farmer | Oles, Abigail (fl. 1813-1814) | 112 |
| Farmer | Parkhurst, Henry L. (1767-1852) | 150 |
| Farmer | Pennington, Samuel Pennington (1765-1835) (Pennington-Satterthwaite Family Papers) | 675 |
| Farmer | Race, Paul Woodruff (fl. 1880s) | 1334 |
| Farmer | Sayre, Ebenezer (1749-1822) | 942 |
| Farmer | Scott, Gavin (1738-1815) | 1139 |
| Farmer | Sharp, Barzillai (fl. 1801-1825) | 1240 |
| Farmer | Smith, George W. (1832-1906) | 824 |
| Farmer | Smock, George (1754-1836) | 202 |
| Farmer | Sutphen, Guisbert (1720-1796) | 917 |
| Farmer | Tichenor, Daniel (1748-1831) | 181 |
| Farmer | Upper Freehold Township Residents | 762 |
| Farmer | Van Blarcom, John (fl. 1772-1822) | 999 |
| Farmer | Van Horne, Rutgert (ca. 1667-1741) | 1006 |
| Farmer | Van Ness, Henry R. (1768-1833) | 663 |
| Farmer | Wright, Samuel Gardiner (1781-1845) | 275 |
| Ferries | See Transportation – Ferries | |
| Fire companies | Newark Fire Engine Company No. 1, Newark, NJ | 971 |
| Fire companies | Vrana, Theodore (b. 1906), Historian | 1305 |
| Forges | See Ironworks | |
| Fuller | See Fulling mills | |
| Fulling mills | Harrison, Samuel (1684-1776) | 108 |
| Fulling mills | Hendrickson, Daniel (1736-ca. 1797) | 282 |
| Funeral services – Coffin maker | Nichols, Isaac (1773-1861) | 1012 |
| Funeral services – Coffin maker | Ogden, John (1799-1877) | 1175 |
| Funeral services – Coffin maker | Woodruff, Thomas Jr. (1720-1805) | 191 |
| Funeral services – Graves | Woodruff, William (fl. 1771-1803), Gravedigger | 192 |
| Funeral services – Homes | Ogden-Van Assen Funeral Home, Elizabeth, NJ | 1175 |
| Funeral services – Homes | Terrill Funeral Home, Irvington, NJ | 1259 |
| Furnaces | See Ironworks | |
| Gas company | See Utilities | |
| General store | See Merchant | |
| Glass maker/manufacturer | Jackson Glass Works, Waterford Township, NJ | 1178 |
| Glass maker/manufacturer | Ontario Glass Works, Geneva (?), NY | 800 |
| Governor | Bloomfield, Joseph | 1651 |
| Governor | Mahlon Dickerson and Philemon Dickerson Papers | 13 |
| Governor | Lewis Morris, Royal Governor of NJ Collection | 16 |
| Governor | Franklin, William Papers | 37 |
| Governor | Vroom, Peter D. Collection | 20 |
| Grave digging | See Funeral services – Graves | |
| Grist mill | Hendrickson, Daniel (1736-ca. 1797) | 282 |
| Grist mill | Leddel Family (Mendham, NJ) | 119 |
| Grist mill | Ralston, John (d. 1819) | 152 |
| Grocer | See Merchant | |
| Harbor | See also Wharf | |
| Harbor | New Jersey Harbor Company | 824 |
| Hatter | Leonard, James (fl. 1825-1833) | 121 |
| Hatter | Tomkins, Ambrose (1802-1851) | 350 |
| Historian | Congar, Samuel Hayes (1796-1872) | 12, 262 |
| Historian | Greene, Joseph Warren Jr. (1875-1939) | 750 |
| Historian | Mellick, Andrew D. Jr. (1844-1895) | 53 |
| Historian | Smith, Samuel (1720-1776) | 41 |
| Historian | Vrana, Theodore (b. 1906) | 1305 |
| Historian | Whitehead, William A. (1810-1884) | 177, 941 |
| Horse Breeding/Racing | Clee, Lester Harrison (1888-1962), Presbyterian minister and legislator | 1058 |
| Horse Breeding/Racing | Gibbons Family (Savannah, GA and Madison, NJ) | 1302 |
| Horse Breeding/Racing | Hendrickson, Daniel (1736-ca. 1797) | 282 |
| Horse Breeding/Racing | Holmes, Daniel (1792-1851) | 282 |
| Hotel | See Inn/Tavern/Hotel | |
| Inn/Tavern/Hotel | See also Resort | |
| Inn/Tavern/Hotel | Forest House Hotel, Hattacawanna Lake, NJ | 1187 |
| Inn/Tavern/Hotel | Graham’s Tavern, Elizabeth, NJ | 107 |
| Inn/Tavern/Hotel | Notes and clippings on New Jersey taverns | 750 |
| Inn/Tavern/Hotel | Sign of the Unicorn, Elizabeth, NJ | 107 |
| Inn/Tavern/Hotel | Walter’s Inn, North Bergen, NJ Collection | 1637 |
| Innkeeper/Tavern keeper | Ackerman, James I. (b. 1772) | 655 |
| Innkeeper/Tavern keeper | Clark, Sarah (d. 1793) | 107 |
| Innkeeper/Tavern keeper | Gibbs, Charles (fl. 1815-1820) | 775 |
| Innkeeper/Tavern keeper | Graham, Sarah (d. 1793) | 107 |
| Innkeeper/Tavern keeper | Graham, William (d. 1779) | 107 |
| Innkeeper/Tavern keeper | Hatfield, Morris (1757-1820) | 107 |
| Innkeeper/Tavern keeper | Forrest, Robert (d. 1806) | 107 |
| Innkeeper/Tavern keeper | Walter’s Inn, North Bergen, NJ Collection | 1637 |
| Innkeeper/Tavern keeper | Winans, Matthias (1739-1782) | 198 |
| Insurance | American Insurance Company, Newark, NJ | 434 |
| Insurance | Beck, Robert A. (b. 1925), Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of The Prudential Insurance Company of America | 1511 |
| Insurance | Colonial Life Insurance Company of America, East Orange, NJ | 1316 |
| Insurance | Mechanics’ Fire Insurance Company, Newark, NJ | 360 |
| Insurance | Mount Holly Insurance Company, Monmouth County, NJ (William Little & Company Records) | 1244 |
| Insurance | Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company, Newark, NJ | 585 |
| Insurance | New-Brunswick Fire Insurance Company, New Brunswick, NJ | 990 |
| Insurance | Nichols, Walter S. (1841-1921) | 1012 |
| Insurance | Prudential Insurance Company of America (Robert A. Beck Papers) | 1511 |
| Insurance | Swaim, Jacob W. (1836-1903) | 1189 |
| Inventor | Boyden, Seth (1788-1870) | 350 |
| Inventor | Goodwin, Hannibal (1822-1900) | 1041 |
| Inventor | Vail, Alfred (1807-1859) | 50 |
| Iron mining | See Mining – Iron; See also Ironworks and Mineral Collecting | |
| Ironworks | Brooklyn Forge, Brooklyn, NJ | 78 |
| Ironworks | Empire Steel and Iron Company, Mount Hope, NJ | 1105 |
| Ironworks | Erskine, Robert (1735-1780) | 199 |
| Ironworks (operator) | Hoff, Charles Jr. | 1018 |
| Ironworks | Martha Furnace Employee’s Journal | 452 |
| Ironworks | Hibernia Furnace, Hibernia, NJ | 1018, 1196 |
| Ironworks | Ringwood Company, Ringwood, NJ | 160 |
| Ironworks | Shahmoon Industries, Mount Hope, NJ | 1105 |
| Ironworks | Sharpsboro Iron Works, Hardistonville, NJ | 514 |
| Ironworks | Thatcher Furnace Co. | 1647 |
| Ironworks | Warren Foundry and Pipe Corporation | 1105 |
| Jewelry dealer | Alling Brothers & Company, Newark, NJ | 435 |
| Jewelry maker/ manufacturer | Alling Brothers & Company, Newark, NJ | 435 |
| Journalist | Morris, George Perry (1864-1921) | 472, 843 |
| Laborer | Denton, Stephen (fl. 1820-1834) | 769 |
| Laborer | Hazlett, John W. (fl. 1846-1865) | 638 |
| Laborer | Morris, John Jr. (fl. 1807-1816) | 721 |
| Land speculation | See Real estate | |
| Land surveyor | See Surveyor | |
| Lawyer | Bloomfield, Joseph (1753-1823) | 377 |
| Lawyer | Blume-Silverstein, Elizabeth (1892-1991) | 1320 |
| Lawyer | Boggs, Robert (1766-1831) | 27 |
| Lawyer | Bradley, Joseph P. (1813-1892) | 26 |
| Lawyer | Burr, Aaron (1756-1836) | 34 |
| Lawyer | Dickerson, Edward Nicoll (1824-1889) | 13, 97 |
| Lawyer | Dickerson, Mahlon (1770-1853) | 13 |
| Lawyer | Dickerson, Philemon (1788-1862) | 13 |
| Lawyer | Dodd, Amzi (1793-1838) | 252 |
| Lawyer | Drake, Oliver | 1041 |
| Lawyer | Drake and Company, Newark, NJ | 1041 |
| Lawyer | Ewing, Charles (1780-1832) | 283 |
| Lawyer | Ewing, James (d. 1869) | 283 |
| Lawyer | Ewing, Maskell, Jr. (1758-1825) | 790 |
| Lawyer | Frelinghuysen, Frederick (1848-1924) | 380 |
| Lawyer | Frelinghuysen, Frederick T. (1817-1885) | 380 |
| Lawyer | Frelinghuysen, George Griswold (1851-1936) | 380 |
| Lawyer | Frelinghuysen, Theodore (1787-1862) | 380 |
| Lawyer | Hines, Henry C. | 1572 |
| Lawyer | Howell, Benjamin Jr. (1786-1852) | 559, 591 |
| Lawyer | Jackson, John P. (1805-1761) | 47 |
| Lawyer | Louis Janin and Sons, Washington, D.C. | 248 |
| Lawyer | Mintz, Hymen B. (1909-1986), Manuscript Collection: Contains papers of various New Jersey lawyers | 1287 |
| Lawyer | Munn, Henry Benson (1826-1910) | 416 |
| Lawyer | [Unidentified] New Jersey Lawyer Diary | 1595 |
| Lawyer | New Jersey State Bar Association | 283, 380, 572 |
| Lawyer | New Jersey State Bar Association: Committee on the Status of Women | 572 |
| Lawyer | New Jersey Women’s Lawyer Club | 572 |
| Lawyer | Ogden, David Bayard (1775-1849) | 897 |
| Lawyer | Parker, Cortlandt (1818-1907) | 18, 747 |
| Lawyer | Parker, James (1725-1797) | 18 |
| Lawyer | Paterson, William (1745-1806) | 42, 542 |
| Lawyer | Pell, Charles H. (1853-1906) | 1041 |
| Lawyer | Pennington, Jabez Pierson (1803-1888) (Pennington-Satterthwaite Family Papers) | 675 |
| Lawyer | Pennington, William (1796-1862) | 331 |
| Lawyer | Philbrook, Mary (1872-1958) | 572 |
| Lawyer | Rutherfurd, John (1760-1840) | 308, 398 |
| Lawyer | Stockton, John Potter (1826-1900) | 368 |
| Lawyer | Stockton, Lucius Horation (d. 1835) | 368 |
| Lawyer | Stockton, Robert (1764-1828) | 368 |
| Lawyer | Stockton, Robert Field, Jr. (1832-1898) | 368 |
| Lawyer | Vroom, Garret D.W. (1843-1914) | 20 |
| Lawyer | Vroom, Peter D. (1791-1873) | 20, 283 |
| Librarian | Colhoun, Margery (ca. 1895-1985) | 1224 |
| Librarian | Congar, Samuel Hayes (1796-1872) | 875 |
| Library | New Jersey Historical Society, Newark, NJ | 388, 824 |
| Light companies | See Utilities | |
| Lime company | Newark Lime and Cement Company, Newark, NJ | 350 |
| Lime company | Tomkins, Hedden and Company, Newark, NJ | 350 |
