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Generation: 1
| 1. | Robert Williams Hedges was born on 31 Jul 1908 in Plainfield, Union, New Jersey, USA (son of Benjamin Van Doren Hedges and Adele Cutts Williams). Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: 1910, Plainfield Ward 2, Union, New Jersey
- Residence: 1920, Plainfield Ward 1, Union, New Jersey
- Residence: 1929, Princeton, New Jersey
- Residence: 1930, Princeton, New Jersey
- Residence: 1930, Princeton, New Jersey
- Residence: 1930, Plainfield, Union, New Jersey
- Departure: Aug 1930, Cherbourg, France
- Arrival: 11 Aug 1930, New York, New York
- Residence: 1931, Princeton, New Jersey
- Residence: 1932, Princeton, New Jersey
- Residence: 1932, Princeton, New Jersey
- Residence: 1933, Princeton, New Jersey
- Residence: 1933, Princeton, New Jersey
- Departure: 8 Sep 1934, Le Havre, France
- Arrival: 14 Sep 1934, New York, New York
- Departure: 3 Jan 1938, Nassau, Bahamas
- Arrival: 6 Jan 1938, New York, New York
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Generation: 2
| 2. | Benjamin Van Doren Hedges was born on 19 May 1866 in Chester, Morris, New Jersey, USA (son of Smith English Hedges and Ann Eliza Miller Hedges); died on 2 Dec 1930 in Plainfield, Union, New Jersey, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: 1870, Chester, Morris, New Jersey, USA
- Residence: 1880, Chester, Morris, New Jersey, USA
- Residence: 1895, Plainfield Ward 2
- Residence: 1900, Plainfield City, Union, New Jersey
- Residence: 1910, Plainfield Ward 2, Union, New Jersey
- Residence: 1920, Plainfield Ward 1, Union, New Jersey
- Residence: 11 Feb 1925, Plainfield, New Jersey
- Residence: Abt 1929
- Residence: 1930, Plainfield, Union, New Jersey
- Residence: 1930, Plainfield, Union, New Jersey
- Departure: Feb 1930, Naples, Italy
- Arrival: 24 Feb 1930, New York, New York
Notes:
The Washington Post, February 19, 1908:
Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin van Dorm (Doren) Hedges, of Plainfield, N.J., will arrive in Washington to-morrow to be the guests of Mrs. Hedges’ sister, Mrs. John Bryson Patton. Mrs. Hedges was formerly Miss Adele Cutts Williams.
Benjamin married Adele Cutts Williams on 6 Jun 1906. Adele (daughter of Robert P. Williams and Rose Adele Cutts) was born on 8 Mar 1872 in Ft Levenworth, Levenworth, Kansas, USA; died on 7 Nov 1932 in Plainfield, Union, New Jersey, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 3. | Adele Cutts Williams was born on 8 Mar 1872 in Ft Levenworth, Levenworth, Kansas, USA (daughter of Robert P. Williams and Rose Adele Cutts); died on 7 Nov 1932 in Plainfield, Union, New Jersey, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: 1880, Saratoga, Douglas, Nebraska, USA
- Residence: 1910, Plainfield Ward 2, Union, New Jersey
- Residence: 1920, Plainfield Ward 1, Union, New Jersey
- Residence: Abt 1926
- Departure: Feb 1927, Hamilton, Bermuda
- Arrival: 3 Mar 1927, New York, New York
- Residence: 3 Mar 1927, Plainfield, Union County, NJ; 1225 Watchung Ave.
- Residence: 1930, Plainfield, Union, New Jersey
Notes:
The Washington Post, February 19, 1908:
Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin van Dorm (Doren) Hedges, of Plainfield, N.J., will arrive in Washington to-morrow to be the guests of Mrs. Hedges’ sister, Mrs. John Bryson Patton. Mrs. Hedges was formerly Miss Adele Cutts Williams.
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Generation: 3
| 4. | Smith English Hedges was born on 20 Nov 1830 in Chester, Morris, New Jersey, USA (son of William Woodhull Hedges and Jane English); died on 1 Apr 1892 in Chester, Morris, New Jersey, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: 1850, Chester, Morris, New Jersey
- Residence: 1860, Chester, Morris, New Jersey, USA
- Residence: 1870, Chester, Morris, New Jersey, USA
- Residence: 1880, Chester, Morris, New Jersey, USA
Smith married Ann Eliza Miller Hedges on 13 Nov 1856. Ann was born on 17 Dec 1830 in Middlebush, Somerset, New Jersey, USA; died in 1915. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 5. | Ann Eliza Miller Hedges was born on 17 Dec 1830 in Middlebush, Somerset, New Jersey, USA; died in 1915. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: 1880, Chester, Morris, New Jersey, USA
- Residence: 1900, Chester Township, Morris, New Jersey
Children:
- 2. Benjamin Van Doren Hedges was born on 19 May 1866 in Chester, Morris, New Jersey, USA; died on 2 Dec 1930 in Plainfield, Union, New Jersey, USA.
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| 6. | Robert P. Williams was born on 5 Nov 1829 in Culpeper, Culpeper, Virginia, USA (son of Philip Williams and Mildred Catlett); died on 24 Aug 1901 in Hotel Netherwood, Plainfield, Union, New Jersey, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: 11 May 1861, USA
- _MILT: 1865; Brigadier General
- Residence: 1870, Washington Ward 4, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- Residence: 1880, Saratoga, Douglas, Nebraska, USA
- Residence: 1880, Saratoga, Douglas, Nebraska, USA
- Residence: 1900, Washington City, Washington, District of Columbia
- Residence: 1910, Porters Crossroads, Wythe, Virginia
- Residence: 1920, Lead Mines, Wythe, Virginia
Notes:
New York Times Aug. 26, 1901
Gen. Robert Williams Dead
He Married the Widow of Stephen A. Douglas, Who Had Been His Rival for Her Years Before. Plainfield, N.J., Aug 25—Brig. Gen. Robert Williams died last night at the Hotel Netherwood, about one mile from this city, from an attack of apoplexy. He was seventy-two years old and had been spending the Summer there with his three daughters, his home being in Washington, D.C. Born in Virginia on Nov. 5, 1820, Gen. Williams was appointed to a cadetship at West Point and was graduated after his four years; course with the rank of Brevet Second Lieutenant of the First Dragoons. On July 15, 1831, he was made a Second Lieutenant, and on June 7, 1835 a First Lieutenant. On Aug. 8, 1861, he was promoted to a Captaincy, and soon afterward was made Assistant Adjutant General of The United States. He was a veteran of the Civil War, having served from October, 1861, to October, 1862, as Colonel of the First Massachusetts Cavalry. He was in the battle of Antitam, and served as Assistant Adjutant General. He retired from active service on Nov. 5, 1893, at sixty-four years of age. There was a little romance connected with his marriage to the widow of Stephen A. Douglas. Her maiden name was Addie Cutts, and she was a famous Washington Belle. Young Williams courted her while he was yet a cadet at West Point, and Douglas entered the field as a rival and won. When he died she married her old lover. She died in 1899, and he had remained a widower since. He leaves three sons and three daughters, First Lieut. Robert C. Williams of the Thirteenth Cavalry, now in Montana; Second Lieut. J.C. Williams of the Twelfth Infantry, at Manila; Lieut. Philip Williams, United States Navy, also at Manila; Mrs. J.C. Patton, wife of Lieut. Patton, United States Navy, and Misses Addie C. and Mildred Williams. The daughters were with the General when he died. The body was taken to Washington this afternoon and will have a military funeral there. The date for this has not been fixed. At the time Gen. Williams died the usual Saturday evening hop was at its height at the hotel. As soon as his death was made known the festivities ceased and the hotel flag was placed at half mast.
Died:
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Robert married Rose Adele Cutts in Jan 1866. Rose (daughter of James Madison Cutts and Eleanora (Ellen) Elizabeth O'Neale) was born on 27 Dec 1835 in Brandon, Rutland, Vermont, USA; died on 26 Jan 1899 in Washington City, District of Columbia, USA; was buried in Arlington, Arlington, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 7. | Rose Adele Cutts was born on 27 Dec 1835 in Brandon, Rutland, Vermont, USA (daughter of James Madison Cutts and Eleanora (Ellen) Elizabeth O'Neale); died on 26 Jan 1899 in Washington City, District of Columbia, USA; was buried in Arlington, Arlington, Virginia, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: 1870, Washington, District of Columbia, USA; Washington Ward 4
- Residence: 1880, Saratoga, Douglas, Nebraska, USA
- Residence: 1880, Saratoga, Douglas, Nebraska, USA
Notes:
http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/brady/gallery/85gal.html
Adele Cutts Douglas grew up in Washington, where her good looks, winning personality, and impressive family connections made her a favorite of local society. Her father was the nephew of Dolley Madison, whose Lafayette Square mansion became Adele Cutts's second home. Her mother's sister, Rose Greenhow, also an important hostess, was later convicted of spying for the Confederacy. Cutts met the widower Senator Stephen A. Douglas. in 1856, when he had narrowly lost the Democratic presidential nomination to James Buchanan. They wed after a brief courtship, and Stephen Douglas's substantial fortune supported Adele Douglas's brilliant salon, where together they commanded substantial political power. During the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates in 1858, Adele Douglas traveled with her husband through Illinois, and like her husband, she became Lincoln's warm friend. She accompanied Douglas through his travels south during the 1860 presidential campaign and was by his side when he died in Chicago the following spring. Adele Cutts Douglas later married a career army officer, and raised their six children in the western territories.
Buried:
Arlington National Cemetery
Children:
- Mildred Williams was born on 18 Jun 1880 in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, USA; died in 1941.
- Robert Cutts Williams was born in Jan 1867 in Washington City, District Of Columbia, USA.
- Ellen Williams was born in Feb 1870 in Washington City, District Of Columbia, USA; died on 21 Sep 1929 in Plainfield, Union, New Jersey, USA.
- Phillip Williams was born on 8 Feb 1870 in Washington City, District Of Columbia, USA.
- 3. Adele Cutts Williams was born on 8 Mar 1872 in Ft Levenworth, Levenworth, Kansas, USA; died on 7 Nov 1932 in Plainfield, Union, New Jersey, USA.
- James C. Williams was born in 1874 in Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas; died on 14 Oct 1901 in Tarlac, Luzon, Davao Oriental, Philippines.
- Mildred Williams was born on 18 Jun 1870 in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, USA; died before 1880.
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Generation: 4
| 9. | Jane English was born on 15 Nov 1793; died on 8 May 1856. Children:
- 4. Smith English Hedges was born on 20 Nov 1830 in Chester, Morris, New Jersey, USA; died on 1 Apr 1892 in Chester, Morris, New Jersey, USA.
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| 12. | Philip Williams was born on 17 May 1803 in Orange, Orange, Virginia, USA; died on 23 Sep 1865 in Culpeper, Culpeper, Virginia, USA. Philip married Mildred Catlett in May 1825. Mildred was born on 24 Jun 1809; died on 27 Feb 1837 in Richmond, Wise, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 13. | Mildred Catlett was born on 24 Jun 1809; died on 27 Feb 1837 in Richmond, Wise, Virginia, USA. Children:
- 6. Robert P. Williams was born on 5 Nov 1829 in Culpeper, Culpeper, Virginia, USA; died on 24 Aug 1901 in Hotel Netherwood, Plainfield, Union, New Jersey, USA.
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| 14. | James Madison Cutts was born on 25 Jul 1805 in Cutts Island, Saco, Maine, USA (son of Richard Cutts and Anna Payne); died on 11 May 1863 in Washington City, District Of Columbia, USA; was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: 1850, Washington Ward 2, Washington, District of Columbia
- Residence: 1860, Washington Ward 4, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
James married Eleanora (Ellen) Elizabeth O'Neale on 16 Dec 1833 in Montgomery, Montgomery, Maryland, USA. Eleanora (daughter of John O'Neale and Eliza Henrietta Hamilton) was born in 1811 in Maryland, USA; died in Feb 1897. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 15. | Eleanora (Ellen) Elizabeth O'Neale was born in 1811 in Maryland, USA (daughter of John O'Neale and Eliza Henrietta Hamilton); died in Feb 1897. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: 1850, Washington Ward 2, Washington, District of Columbia
- Residence: 1860, Washington Ward 4, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- Residence: 1870, Washington Ward 4, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- Residence: 1880, Saratoga, Douglas, Nebraska, USA
Notes:
From REBEL ROSE, LIFE OF ROSE O'NEAL GREENHOW, CONFEDERATE SPY by Ishbel Ross. "Ellen Elizabeth O'Neale married Dolly Madison's nephew James Madison Cutts in 1833. They honeymooned in Montpelier. Ellen was known as "My Pet" to Dolly Madison. Dolly also called Ellen's son, (James Madison Cutts, II) "Little Madison" and was seen with him at many functions of state and receptions around Washington DC."
Children:
- 7. Rose Adele Cutts was born on 27 Dec 1835 in Brandon, Rutland, Vermont, USA; died on 26 Jan 1899 in Washington City, District of Columbia, USA; was buried in Arlington, Arlington, Virginia, USA.
- James Madison Cutts, Jr. was born on 20 Oct 1837 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA; died on 24 Feb 1903 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA; was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA.
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