Middletown transcript., 1878-04-06

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vault vas never quilt and he, Of course,
was buried elsewher, but in 1919 his
remains were disenterred, under the
superintendent Of his nephew, who
had them buried in his own family
graveyard at Morgantown.
DR.. SIuyter Bouchelle had two chill
dren, Susannah and Joseph, neither Of
whom accompanied him to the South.
Concerning the son l have learned
nothing. The daughter, Susannah, who
was born in 1747, married Thomas
Witherspoon and had, among other
children David, the father Of Harriet,
Susan and Thomas-Mary, who mar
ried Jesse Higgins, the author of "Sam-
son among the Philistines," and whose
daughter, Mrs. Susan Fromberger,
was the mother Of Mrs. Thomas M.
Rodney-Martha, the mother of An
thony Higgins, Of St. Georges. The
last-named gentleman has in his pos
session a pharmaceutist's mortar now
old and rust eaten, which is supposed
to have belonged to DR.. Sluyter BOu-
chelle, if, indeed, it did not belong to
both his father and grandfather be-
fore him, as a portion of the contents
Of the apothecary shops" disposed of
by their wills.
DIR. Sluy ter Bouchelle bequeathed
to the children Of his daughter Susan
nah, and to the children Of his brother
Thomas a part of the proceed of GER
tain lands, besides which he gave to
his nephew Thomas all of his estates
that lay in North and South Carolina,
Georgia and Kentucky, and to his
nephews John, Sluyter and Peter, his
one thousand acres called "Provi-
dence.' AS SIuyter died first and
without issue, his share of this prop
erty was divided between the tive re-
naming brothers.
DIR. Petrus Bouchelle's youngest
child who, as | have already said, was
by his second wife, Mary Ann Bayard,
was Thomas, who married Sarah Price,
and became the father Of six chill
dren, viz, John, Sluyter, Thos., Peter
A., Mary and Francina. The first
named Of these, John, or Jackey as he
was familiarly called, married Mrs.
Susannah Entram, widow, and lived
on his inheritance now owned by John
Peach, where, believe, he died with
out issue. The next child Of Thomas
and Sarah price Bouchelle was
Sluyter, who with Hon. Jas A. Bay
ard and John Carnan was made an
executor of the will of his uncle, DIR.
Sluyter Bouchelle. The next child of
Thomas and Sarah PRICE Bouchelle
was Thomas, who was born March 20,
1862. As before stated he accompa-
MED his uncle to North Carolina, where
he inherited considerable property, es-
tablished himself as practicing ply
sician and raised a family of nine chill
dren, only one of whom is now living,
viz, Mrs. Elena Bouchelle Jones, of
Columbia, Missouri. Her sister, Mrs.
Sarah Bouchelle Lenoir, to whom l
have been indebted for interesting
facts concerning her fathers family,
died last August in the seventy-nineth
year Of her age, remarkable for her
mental and physical vigor. She left
five children and many grandchildren
to mourn their loss.
The next child of Thos. and Sarah
price Bouchelle was Peter A., who
married Alice Cannon and lived en-
his inheritance now tenanted by Mr..
Chas. Buckwith, whereon then stood
the old Bouchelle mansion, now en-
tirely gone, and near it the old Bou-
chelle burying ground, now nearly OBJ
liberated. He had ten children, viz,
Sarah, who married Cogle Halden
Thomas, who married Mary Bayard;
John W., who married Hannah L.
Bayard; Peter, who married Maria
Hyatt and Sarah E. Price; Isaac G.,
who married Rebecca Plummer; Hy-
land, who married Elmira Martindale;
Henry Sluyter, who died young and
Susan, who married Thos.
J. BBaayyaFFttll Bal Mary Ann, who married
Joshua Biddle, and james A. b., who
married Mary Ann Townsend.
The next child of Thos. and Sarah
Price Bouchelle was Mary, who mar
ried Isaac Cannon and had at least
one son, John Bouchelle Cannon, the
father Of Duncan B. Cannon. The
next child of Thos. and Sarah price
Bouchelle was Francina, who, it is
said, was engaged to be married to
her cousin Mary's son, Augustine En-
sor, who, unfortunately, was thrown