Samuel V. Waldron and Magdalena Simpson

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Husband Samuel V. Waldron ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 19 Aug 1752 - New Jersey 1 2 3
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           Died: Jan 1849 - Mercer Co, PA 1 3
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       Marriage: 26 Apr 1774 2

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Wife Magdalena Simpson ¹

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1 M Daniel Waldron ¹

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2 M John S. Waldron ^{1 2}

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           Born: 17 Apr 1785 - near Trenton, NJ 1
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           Died: 5 Apr 1863 - ? Butler Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: Maria Lindsey (      -1834) 1

         Spouse: Jane Davidson (      -Bef 1890) 4

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3 M Samuel Oliver Waldron ^{1 3 5 6}

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           Born: 1792 - New Jersey 3
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         Spouse: Elizabeth "Betsey" Martin (Abt 1798-1872) 3 5 6

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4 F Elizabeth Waldron ¹

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5 F Margaret Waldron ¹

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General Notes: Husband - Samuel V. Waldron

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The historian learns that as early as 1647 Barron Resolved Von Waldron, the progenitor of the American branch of this illustrious family, came from Harlem, Holland, with Peter Stuyvesant, the first Governor of the State of New York. In 1656 he obtained a patent of the Dutch Government, of which he was a magistrate for seventeen years, for a tract of land in the northern part of Manhattan Island, and here founded and laid out a town that he christened New Harlem, after his native town in Holland, and it bears this name to-day with the prefix dropped. In 1660, he built a hall called “Waldron’s Hall”—a large stone structure 36x50, with an annex 20x30, containing two large halls eight and twelve feet wide respectively. The hall was finished in yellow birch brought from Holland in a Dutch merchantman. The hall was located on “Horn’s Hook,” East River, and was in a good state of preservation when razed to the ground to make way for more modern structures. It was the property of the family until 1800. Barron Resolved Von Waldron was a lineal descendant of Barron Rudolph Von Waldron, who was granted a coat of arms and a large manor in 1128 by the Holland Government for valor displayed in the Plains of Palestine in the second crusade in the taking of Jerusalem in 1099. One of Rudolph’s sons named Richard went to England in A. D. 1154, and became a warrior under Henry II, the first Plantagenet (or the sweeps) who conquered part of France and Ireland A. D. 1172. Richard was granted a coat of arms, and created a Barron A. D. 1157. Richard built a castle on his manor in Bradfield, Devon County, where his descendants now [1883] reside. Barron Resolved Von Waldron had four sons, the third being named Adolph. Adolph’s son, named Francis, emigrated to this country and settled on a farm in Clover Hill, NJ. One of the sons of Francis, named John, lived and died in Clover Hill; Samuel Waldron (the prefix “Von” appears to have been dropped here), married and settled in Trenton, NJ, where he resided until 1794, when he moved to Washington County, PA, and one year later to Mercer County, into the wilderness, being among the first settlers of that county. He served for five years under Gens. Washington and Marion during the Revolutionary war, participating in the battle of Branderwine and other engagements. [HBC 1883, 232x]

The Waldron Family of Butler county are descendants of Baron Resolved Van Waldron, a native of Harlam, Holland, who immigrated with Peter Stuyvesant, one of the early governors of New York, in 1647. Baron Van Waldron was born in 1608. He obtained a patent from the Dutch government for the land that now embraces what was originally Harlem, New York. He served as magistrate for seventeen years, and laid out that part of the City of New York, known as Harlem, extending from Seventy-fourth street, on East river, to One Hundred and Thirtieth street, North river, consisting of 10,000 acres. In 1660 he built Waldron Hall, one of the early buildings of Harlem, which was occupied by his descendants down to 1800. He was a lineal descendant of Baron Rudolph Van Waldron, who was granted a coat of arms in 1128, by the government of Holland, for valor on the plains of Palestine, and in the capture of Jerusalem, in 1099. Baron Resolved Van Waldron married Lady Taneka Van Nagle, April 10, 1653, and was the father of four sons and four daughters. The fourth son, Samuel, was born in New Harlem, October 10, 1670, and married Lady Margaret Bloodgood, of Flushing, Long Island, in March, 1692, to which union were born nine chil­dren. The second son of Samuel Van Waldron, Francis B., born November 10, 1697, married Catherine Brunneal, of New Harlem, December, 21, 1721. In 1780 Francis B. removed to Clover Hill, Hunterdon county, New Jersey. He was the father of ten children, the fourth son being Samuel B., born at New Harlem, March 8, 1729. Samuel B. married Catherine Van Ness, of Hunter­don county, New Jersey, in 1751, to which union were born eight children. The eldest, Samuel V., born August 19, 1752, served five years under Washington and Marion, and was at the battle of Brandywine, and other historic engage­ments of the Revolution. He married Magdalena Simpson, of Morris county, New Jersey, April 26, 1774, and lived near Trenton until 1795, when he removed to Washington county, Pennsylvania. In 1796 Samuel V. Waldron, removed to Mercer county, Pennsylvania, and settled upon the farm in Wolf Creek township, now owned by Simeon D. Waldron. He died upon that farm in January, 1849. He was a millwright, and erected one of the pioneer mills in that locality.[HBC 1895, 1126]

This Samuel was the son of another Samuel, born in Harlem, New York, whose father, Francis, was also born in New York. The father of Francis Waldron was Samuel, born at Harlem, a son of Resolve Waldron, who was a native of Hombourg, Holland, but whose father, Resolve, Sr., was born on English soil. Resolve Waldron, Sr., was distinguished in early English military history before he removed to Holland. Resolve Waldron, Jr., came to America in 1653-4 and settled in New York. [HMC 1909, 1025]

He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He came to Mercer County, PA, in 1799, locating at Centertown, and there continued to reside until his death.

Probably the first settler in Wolf Creek township, Mercer County, PA, was Samuel Waldron, a New Jersey man, who came with his family as early as 1796, packing his provisions from Pittsburgh on horseback, and conveying his heavier utensils in an ox-cart. Waldron had been a Revolutionary soldier, and the tract upon which he settled, afterward occupied by Simeon Waldron, was a donation lot.

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General Notes: Wife - Magdalena Simpson

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from Morris Co, NJ

1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 232x.

2 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1127.

3 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 1025.

4 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 526.

5 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 527.

6 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 327.