The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-25

account of his interviews with Mr..
KENT bic and also spoke of the great
satisfaction he derived from this III
LercOurse, and particularly from fin
gering his books. In his will Mr..
/ Kemble writes of his second marriage
| to Elizabeth Tuite, of Trenton, Octo-
! Der 10, 1l49, as his second venture
She was. a QuakeresS OF an old Irish
| family settled on the Eastern shore Of
Maryland. Her portrait of Copiey
shows her to have been a very hand
some woman.
Peter died at Mt. Kemble February
%, 1882 having passed his eighty
fourth year. BY his first wife he had
| i've sons and two daughters. His
daughter Margaret married December
| s, 1853, at the homestead in Morris
town, General Thomas Gage, Com
mander-in Chief of the British Army
in America and Governor OF Massach-
usetts, Montreal, etc, at the begin
jning of the Revolution. General Gage
was the son of Thomas, Eighth Bar
onet ana First Viscount Gage. His
eldest son, Henry, became ViScount
Gage and Emily, the youngest daught-
er became the wife of Montague Ber-
tie, Fifth Earl of a Abingdon, thus he
probably became the first Earl whose
wife was partly an American.
Peter Kemble'S eldest son, Samuel,
who had continued his fathers bust
ness in New Brunswick, occupying
the old house, entered the British
Army but left il in 1773 to accept the
post of Collector of the Port of New
York. AT the close of the war he
found it expedient TO retire to London.
From thence he went to the East Ind
les where he died on the Island of
Sumatra, 1896.
Richard, born 1913, inherited Mt.
Kemble and died 1915 unmarried. In
Governor Axtell'S historical sketch OF
PaSSaic township, he writes THAT
Richard Kemble introduced into Nor
ris county, l773, the pleasurable Gus
tom OF extracting by distillation from
ordinary apples delicious and exhil-
arating beverage not yet wholly obso-
lete. The example proved excessively
contagious and lasting, or as another
historian puts it I" Richard Kemble
was noted as importing large distil-
cry for the manufacturing Of Jersey
Lightning
Peter, the third son, born 1889, edu-
gated In Philadelphia, at what is now
the University of Pennsylvania, mar
ried Gertrude GOuyeneur, and estab-
lished with his brothers-in-la the
house OF /. GOuveneur and Kemble. y
His son, Gonveneur, was the owner of
Cockloft Hall in Newark made famous
by his friend Washington Irving and
James K. Paulding in Salmagundi''
and was also a member OF Congress.
General Scott spoke of him as the, fin
est gentleman in the country.
Another son, of this second Peter,
Inherited Mt. Kemble from his Uncle
Richard, but sold it and removed to
Cold Springs, N. Y. One of his
daughters married James X. PauIding,
and another. Robert p. Parrott, a
graduate of West Pointand the inven-
tor and manufacturer OF the Parrott.
Gun.
stephen, Peter Kemble's fourth
son, bora in l740, entered the English
Army in 1857 aud in 1872 became as
we have already seen Deputy Aaiu-
tant General of The Forces Ia Ameri-
Ca, which position he resigned in 1870.
phe position of Deputy AdtutanU
General carried with it the rank OF
Major in the Army In October l779
when he resigned his Office he was
succeeded by the Inflated Captain
john Andre who thus received che
titls of Major.
Stephen Kemble was commissioned
Colonel In l782and served in the Eng
liSn Army until 1866 when he sold out
and returned To America, settling in
the house in which he was born and
there died in 1882 unmarried, but
highly respected and like his father,
Warden OF Christ church, New BrnnS-
wick.
William, fifth son of Peter KEN
BILE. died in England a captain in the
British army. Perhaps Peters most
remarkable child WAS his daughter
Judith, who married Archibald Mc-s
Gail, Philadelphia merchant, by
whom she had eighteen children.
BY hiS second venture Peter had
a son Robert born April 5, 1865, who
served in the British AFMy during the
Revolution and lived at Mt. Kemble
VIII re ne died January l, 1920. Eliz-
aDeGh was born 1888 and died 1886.
She was among the organizers of ST.
Peter's Episcopal church, Morristown,
aud Ann born June 9, 1757, died Sept.
2, 1920. at Mt. kemble where she and
Elizabeth Doth lived and died unmar-
RED.
The family of Peter Kemble are bur-
led on the lawn between the Basking
Ridge road and the present house. a
cluster Of trees and large stone lying
horizontally imbedded in the grass
mark the spot. When the father OF
the present owner bought the prop
erty Peter Kemble'S descendants
wished 60 remove the remains and
were greatly annoyed that permission
to do so was not granted them. They
probably were unaware of the folloW-
ing inscription on the stone written
above the record OF Peters death and
that six of his family: Within this
enclosure rest the remains OF the fol-
lowing personS-Let no one disturb
their ashes Many a0 old graveyard
has been moved and the ashes nOtoniy
disturbed, but lost, but THESE remains
lie peacefully at rest guarded and hon.
Ored by the owner, who has kindly
given the Danes permission to erect
a tablet TO commemorate Peter KEN
BILE, who, loyal to his convictions, re-
NAMED strong Tory but yet was
such noble character that he lived,
Beloved and respected by all hisneigh-
bors- .a 81 I'll
w. Godneys Beatty has. kindly given
US drawing OF tablet which in time
we trust may be erected to the memory
Of 0nesof Morris county 8 earliest and
most worthy inhabitants, sg fa