Manuscript Group 482, Allen/Alling-Campfield Family (Newark, NJ) Papers, 1720-1898
Archive Documents, Manuscripts, Maps, & Photographs
Manuscript Group 482, Allen/Alling-Campfield Family (Newark, NJ)
Papers, 1720-1898, 0.5 linear feet / 6 folders
Call Number: MG 482 + Folder number
Correspondence and property records of this prominent Newark, New Jersey family. Contains inventories of the estates of John Alling and Jabez Campfield. Gift of Nancy Bucher.
In 1640, Roger Alling (d. 1674) became the first member of the Allen/Alling family to arrive in America. He settled in New Haven, Connecticut which was then known as Quinnipiac.
Roger Alling married Mary Nash, also of New Haven and together they had 5 children. One of their sons, Samuel (1668-1732), moved to Newark, New Jersey in 1698. Samuel married Sarah Curry (d. 1735) and together they had five children including Samuel Alling (1698-1793) who married Abigail Prudden (1704-1758). The Alling homestead was at the corner of Broad and Market Streets in Newark, New Jersey. The Alling men that lived in Newark were blacksmiths.
Albert Alling (1805-1868), the son of John and Sarah H. Alling, married Sarah Rebecca Camfield (1809-1857) in 1832. Together they had two children, Frederick Augustus Alling (1841-1884) and Mary Louisa Alling (b. 1840). Mary Louisa Alling married Charles W. Wheeler (b. 1836) in 1869.
Sources:
George P. Allen. A History and Genealogical Record of the Alling-Allens of New Haven, Conn. (Press of the Price, Lea, Adkins: New Haven, Connecticut, 1899).
Frederick A. Canfield. A History of Thomas Canfield and of Matthew Camfield with a Genealogy of their Descendants in New Jersey (Frederick A Canfield: Dover, New Jersey, 1897).
This collection was donated by Nancy Bucher, date unknown.
This collection contains 6 folders of correspondence, family histories or genealogies, indentures, bonds, mortgages and estate inventories of the Allen/Alling family.
The correspondence is arranged by family and then by recipient and date.
Most of the Allen/Alling family correspondence is between George P. Allen (b. 1826) of Woodbury, Connecticut and William R. Alling (fl. 1896-1898) of New York, New York. In these letters they discuss their efforts to learn more about the history of their families.
Most of the Camfield correspondence is between Eliza Camfield, Eliza Day, Sarah R. Alling, and Albert Alling. In these letters the Allings and Camfields discuss family news.
The indentures in the collection document land purchases made by a number of Allings in Newark from 1720-1887. The indentures are in chronological order and are followed by Alling family mortgages and bonds, which are also in chronological order. These latter documents include items signed by Charles Wheeler.
Financial documents in this collection include, Alling family estate inventories and a Second Ward Tax ticket, dated 1856.
Manuscript Group 233, Jabez Campfield (1737-1821) Journal and Orderly Book
Manuscript Group 249, Canfield-Dickerson Family (Morris County, NJ) Papers
Manuscript Group 309, David Alling (1773-1855) Records
Manuscript Group 435, Alling Brothers & Company Records
| Folder | Title | Dates |
| 1 | Correspondence: Allen-Alling Family | 1867-1898 |
| 2 | Correspondence: Allen-Alling Family | 1887-1897 |
| 3 | Correspondence: Alling-Camfield Family | 1807-1840 |
| 4 | Genealogies | 1896 |
| 5 | Indentures, Bonds, and Mortgages | 1720-1887 |
| Indentures | ||
| – John Alling to Samuel Alling | Sept. 4, 1720 | |
| – Samuel Alling to John Alling | Oct. 10, 1745 |
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| – Thomas and Joannah Sargeant to John and Joseph Alling | June 24, 1751 | |
| – Samuel Alling to John Alling | Jan. 13, 1768 | |
| – Samuel Alling to John Alling | May 21, 1784 | |
| – John and Abigail Alling to John Alling, Jr. | Jan. 3, 1793 | |
| – Celestine Preterre (executor for Joseph Preterre) to Mary A. Wheeler and Charles W. Wheeler | Feb. 24, 1887 | |
| Mortgages | ||
| – Charles W. Wheeler and States O. Mead | Feb. 9, 1869 | |
| – Joseph Mead to States O. Mead | Sept. 25, 1869 | |
| – Mary L. Farrell to Frederick A. Alling, Mary A. Wheeler and Charles W. Wheeler | ||
| Bonds | ||
| – Albert, Frederick A., and Mary Louisa Alling to The Howard Savings Institution | Aug. 9, 1868 | |
| – Frederick A. Alling, Charles W. Wheeler, and Mary A. Wheeler to the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company | Aug. 21, 1880 | |
| 6 | Financial Documents | 1854-1892 |
| Inventory of the Personal Property of John Alling | Oct. 17, 1854 | |
| John Allings Assets | 1850 | |
| Statement of Sale of Property on Market St. | Aug. 11, 1874 | |
| Inventory (Estate unknown) | 1892 |
Processed by James Lewis, April 2001 as part of the “Farm to City” project funded by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
