| Record
Group: |
Superior
Court of New Jersey |
| Subgroup: |
Probate Section |
| Series: |
Wills
of Prominent New Jerseyans, 1804-1992 |
| Accession
#: |
1965.003,
1966.002, 1968.008, 1970.002, 1971.006, 1978.043, 1980.015, 1989.021,
1997.039, 2001.039 |
| Series
#: |
SSUPR001 |
| Guide
Date: |
rev.
11/2001 |
| Volume: |
1.5
c.f. [3 boxes] |
Box 2 | Box 3
| Name |
Noted
for/Profession |
County |
Year |
Will
No. |
| Abbett,
Leon |
Governor |
Hud. |
1895 |
7680-I |
| Ackerman,
John Alfred |
Superior
Court Judge |
Uni. |
1976 |
W-3585-76 |
| Ahr,
George W. |
Catholic
Bishop |
Mer. |
1993 |
W-15712-93 |
| Alampi,
Phillip |
Secretary
of Agriculture |
Mer. |
1992 |
W-27993-92 |
| Allen,
Lyman Whitney |
Clergyman |
Ess. |
1930 |
G-29842 |
| Apgar,
Virginia |
Physician/Researcher |
Ber. |
1975 |
W-24226-74 |
| Applebaum,
Sada |
Wife
of Samuel Applebaum, Musician |
Ess. |
1976 |
W-18054-76 |
| Aronson,
Louis V. |
Inventor |
Ess. |
1940 |
G-50151 |
| Bamberger,
Louis |
Merchant |
Ess. |
1944 |
G-56532 |
| Bateman,
Ephraim, |
United
States Senator |
Cum. |
1829 |
2204-F |
| Beard,
William M. |
Banker |
Uni. |
1976 |
W-19533-76 |
| Berman,
Robert |
Physician |
Ess. |
1975 |
W-10010-75 |
| Bloomfield,
Joseph |
Governor |
Bur. |
1823 |
13320C |
| Bloomfiled,
Joseph |
Governor
[Guardianship of John M.White, son of John White] |
Bur. |
1787 |
11213C |
| Borg,
Donald G. |
Publisher,
The Record |
Ber. |
1975 |
W-5691-75 |
| Brady,
John P. |
Chief
Toxicologist and Chemist, State of NJ |
Ess. |
1974 |
W-17607-74 |
| Brescher,
Joseph L. |
Assembly
Speaker |
Uni. |
1976 |
W-13772-76 |
| Brinckerhoff,
Henry Morton |
Inventor |
Ber. |
1949 |
W-1830-49 |
| Brooks,
Emerson |
Poet |
Mer. |
1950 |
W-9591-49 |
| Buchsbaum,
Solomon |
Physicist |
Uni. |
1993 |
W-3495-93 |
| Bushnell,
Asa S. |
College
Athletics/Olympics |
Mer. |
1975 |
W-3797-75 |
| Butler,
Thomas C. |
Chairman,
Grand Union |
Ess. |
1978 |
W-22863-77 |
| Carll,
Charles M. |
|
Mer. |
1976 |
W-26031-76 |
| Carrington,
Frank |
Co-founder,
Paper Mill Playhouse |
Ess. |
1975 |
W-10492-75 |
| Carroll,
Owen T. |
Baseball
Player/Coach for Seton Hall |
Ess. |
1975 |
W-10204-75 |
| Cattell,
Alexander G. |
United
States Senator |
Cam. |
1894 |
3358-D |
| Condit,
John |
United
States Senator |
Ess. |
1834 |
12493-G |
| Crabiel,
J. Edward |
Secretary
of State, State Legislator |
Mid. |
1992 |
W-13910-92 |
| Crowell,
Thomas Y. |
Publisher |
Ess. |
1915 |
G-11074 |
| Dana,
John Cotton |
Librarian |
Ess. |
1929 |
G-28844 |
| Dayton,
William L. |
United
States Senator |
Mer. |
1865 |
01629-K |
| Dickerson,
Mahlon |
Governor/United
States Senator |
Mor. |
1853 |
3531-N |
| Dickerson,
Philemon |
United
States Senator |
Pas. |
1862 |
752-P |
| Dickinson,
Fairleigh S. |
Educator |
Ber.
|
1949 |
W-412-48 |
| DiFrancesco,
Clara |
Mother
of Gov. Donald DiFrancesco |
|
1993 |
W-23182-93 |
| Dinnerstein,
Dorothy |
Feminist
author, Rutgers Professor |
Ber. |
1993 |
W-8838-93 |
| Dorrance
John T. |
Campbell
Soup Company |
Bur. |
1930 |
C-6120 |
| Driscoll,
Alfred E. |
Governor |
Cam. |
1975 |
W-6102-75 |
| Dudiak,
Stephen |
Real-Estate
Developer/Republican Party Leader |
Pas. |
1976 |
W-11218-76 |
| Edge,
Walter E. |
Governor |
Mer. |
1957 |
W-14640-56 |
| Edison,
Theodore Miller |
Physicist |
Ess. |
1992 |
W-24349-72 |
| Edison,
Thomas Alva |
Inventor |
Ess. |
1931 |
3493-K |
| Einstein,
Albert |
Mathematician |
Mer. |
1955 |
W-14556-55 |
| Elmer,
Jonathan |
United
States Senator |
Cum. |
1817 |
1823-F |
| Fahy,
Thomas G. |
Educator/President,Seton
Hall University |
Ess. |
1977 |
W-23397-76 |
| Farley,
Frank S. |
State
Senator |
Atl. |
1977 |
W-16442-77 |
| Field,
Richard Stockton |
United
States Senator |
Mer. |
1870 |
2069-K |
| Fielder,
James F. |
Governor |
Sus. |
1954 |
W-13269-54 |
| Fisher,
Harold H. |
Lindbergh
Case Lawyer/Editor |
Ess. |
1992 |
W-9754-92 |
| Fort,
George |
Governor |
Oce. |
1872 |
385-O |
| Fort,
John Franklin |
Governor |
Ess. |
1920 |
G-16608
|
| Frelinghuysen,
Frederick |
United
States Senator [original and copy] |
Som. |
1804 |
1244-R |
| Frelinghuysen,
Theodore |
United
States Senator |
Mid. |
1862 |
13281-L |
|
|
| Gabrielson,
Guy George |
Lawyer/Assemblyman |
Oce. |
1976 |
W-12992-76 |
| Garrison,
Wendell Phillips |
Poet |
Ess. |
1907 |
G-3785 |
| Ginsberg,
Louis |
Poet |
Pas. |
1977 |
W-20448-76 |
| Giuliano,
Michael A. |
State
Senator |
Ess. |
1976 |
W-12271-76 |
| Glenn,
Tyree |
Jazz
Trombonist |
Ber. |
1974 |
W-15230-74 |
| Grassman,
Edward J. |
Real-Estate
Investor |
Uni. |
1973 |
W-5956-73 |
| Grayson,
Ira |
Gov.
Cahill's Chief of Staff |
Mer. |
1975 |
W-1222-75 |
| Green,
Robert S. |
Governor |
Uni. |
1895 |
3824-T |
| Groover,
Ralph D. |
Mayor,
Liberty Twp. |
War. |
1976 |
W-11964-76 |
| Gross,
Mason W. |
President,
Rutgers University |
Mon. |
1977 |
W-24044-77 |
| Grossi,
Anthony J. |
State
Senator |
Pas. |
1976 |
W-11194-76 |
| Hague,
Frank J. |
Mayor,
Jersey City |
Hud. |
1956 |
W-835-56 |
| Haines,
Daniel |
Governor |
Sus. |
1876 |
4077-S |
| Hall,
Edward, W. |
Clergyman |
Mid. |
1922 |
L-4378 |
| Heilman,
William Owens |
Mayor
of Millburn, NJ |
Ess. |
1976 |
W-12525-76 |
| Herberg,
Will |
Writer/Educator |
Mor. |
1977 |
W-2940-77 |
| Hoffman,
Harold G. |
Governor |
Mid. |
1954 |
W-5772-54 |
| Holland,
John P. |
Inventor
(submarine) |
Ess. |
1914 |
G-10207 |
| Johnson,
James W. |
Johnson
& Johnson Co. |
Mid. |
1910 |
L-1522 |
| Johnson,
Keith Wold |
Johnson
& Johnson Family |
Mer. |
1975 |
W-3811-75 |
| Johnson,
Virgil S. |
Reporter |
Cum. |
1976 |
W-23842-76 |
| Johnson,
Willard T. C. |
Johnson
& Johnson Family |
Mer. |
1975 |
W-11869-75 |
| Katzenbach,
Edward L. |
Attorney
General |
Mid. |
1974
|
W-107577-74 |
| Kearns,
Anthony P. |
Somerset
County District Judge |
Som. |
1976 |
W-2594-76 |
| Kerney,
James |
Justice,
Court of Errors and Appeals |
Mer. |
1934 |
K-9349 |
| Kingman,
Ethel Spences |
Widow
of Russell Kingman, co-founder, NJ Symphony Orchestra |
Ess. |
1975 |
W-16487-75 |
| Kitchell,
Aaron |
United
States Senator |
Mor. |
1820 |
1809-N |
| Kümmel,
Henry B. |
State
Geologist |
Mer. |
1945 |
K-14119 |
| Lambert,
Grace |
Philanthropist |
Mer. |
1993 |
W-15614-93 |
| Lambert,
John |
United
States Senator |
Hun. |
1823 |
3269-J |
| Larson,
Morgan F. |
Governor |
Mid.
|
1961 |
W-5271-61 |
| Leiby,
Adrian C. |
Historian |
Ber. |
1976 |
W-8408-76 |
| Lenox,
Walter Scott |
Business |
Mer. |
1920 |
K-4278 |
| Lewis,
Vivian M. |
Politician
(lost to Woodrow Wilson, 1910) |
Pas. |
1950 |
W-10368-49 |
| Luden,
William H. |
Inventor
(cough drop) |
Atl. |
194 |
9W-8472-48 |
| Madden,
Thomas M. |
US
District Court Judge |
Cam.
|
1976 |
W-5164-76 |
| Manning,
Harry |
Vice
Admiral, U.S. Navy/Aviator |
Ber. |
1974 |
W-20741-74 |
| Maxim,
Hud. |
Inventor
(smokeless gunpowder) |
Sus. |
1927 |
S-2171 |
| McClellan,
George B. |
Governor/
Commander in Chief of the Union Army |
Ess. |
1888 |
22834-G |
| McGuire,
John J. |
Surgeon/Secretary,
State Board of Medical Examiners |
Ess. |
1976 |
W-12350-76 |
| McPherson,
John R. |
United
States Senator |
Hud. |
1897 |
9234-I |
| Mehorter,
Hugh L. |
Assembly
Speaker/Acting Governor |
Glo. |
1974 |
W-22098-73 |
| Mennen,
Gerhard |
Business
(Mennen Co.) |
Ess. |
1902 |
G-1078 |
| Miers,
Earl Schanck |
Author |
Mid. |
1973 |
W-22563-72 |
| Miller,
Jacob W. |
United
States Senator |
Mor. |
1862 |
4181-N |
| Miller,
William |
Tax
Law Specialist |
Mer. |
1977 |
W-9203-77 |
| Moore,
Arthur Harry |
Governor |
Hud. |
1952 |
W-6386-52 |
| Mosconi,
William |
Professional
billiards player |
Cam. |
1993 |
W-18302-93 |
| Munson,
Henry Glass |
Engineer/War
Hero |
Mer. |
1975 |
W-11975-75 |
| Murphy,
Vincent J. |
Mayor
of Newark/President, State AFL-CIO |
Mon. |
1976 |
W-14153-76 |
|
|
| O'Hara,
Katharine Barnes |
Widow
of author John Barnes |
Mer. |
1975 |
W-3889-75 |
| Olden,
Charles D. |
Governor |
Mer. |
1876 |
2746-K |
| O'Neill,
Gerard |
Physicist/Princeton
Professor |
Mer. |
1992 |
W-03572-92 |
| O'Neill,
Francis Jr. |
Chairman,
National Mediation Board |
Mon. |
1992 |
W-17066-92 |
| Osmers,
Frank C. Jr. |
US
Congressman |
Ber. |
1977 |
W-13584-77 |
| Parker,
Charles W. |
NJ
Supreme Court Justice |
Mor. |
1948 |
N-13837 |
| Patterson,
William |
Governor/Associate
Justice of the United States Supreme Court/United States Senator |
Mid. |
1807 |
10151-L |
| Pennington,
William |
Governor |
Ess. |
1826 |
11774-G |
| Pennington,
William |
Governor |
Ess. |
1862 |
15666-G |
| Powell,
Clifford |
Senate
President/Acting Governor |
Bur. |
1973 |
W-3585-73 |
| Preston,
Everett Conant |
Trenton
Educator |
Cam. |
1976 |
W-16813-76 |
| Randolph,
Theodore F. |
Governor |
Mor. |
1884 |
6199-N |
| Roebling,
Helen P. |
Widow
of Engineer John A. Roebling |
Som. |
1969 |
W-11969-69 |
| Rushmore,
Samuel Willis |
Inventor
(autos) |
Uni. |
1948 |
W-5365-48 |
| Saybolt,
F. Merton |
Chief
Registrar, State Bureau of Vital Statistics |
Mer. |
1977 |
W-21728-76 |
| Schairer,
Otto S. |
RCA
Executive/Pioneer of Television Technology |
Mer. |
1976 |
W-6356-76 |
| Schulte,
David A. |
Business
(Schulte Cigar Stores) |
Mon. |
1949 |
W-907-49 |
| Schureman,
James |
United
States Senator |
Mid. |
1824 |
11022-L |
| Seeley,
Elias P. |
Governor |
Cum. |
1846 |
2707-F |
| Selikoff,
Irving J. |
Scientist/Cancer
Researcher |
Ber. |
1992 |
W-14841-92 |
| Serraino,
Charles |
Commissioner
of Labor |
Ber. |
1992 |
W-15090-92 |
| Shanley,
Bernard M. 3rd |
White
House Aide/Republican Party Leader |
Som. |
1992 |
W-10046-92 |
| Sherry,
Sol |
Heart
disease research pioneer |
Cam. |
1993 |
W-25339-93 |
| Siperstein,
Harry |
Paint
and Wallpaper Retailer |
Hud. |
1992 |
W-9345-92 |
| Smith,
Francis X. |
State
Assemblyman |
Hud. |
1976 |
W-18585-76 |
| Stockton,
Richard |
United
States Senator [copy, original has been conserved] |
Som. |
1828 |
2187-Q |
| Stockton,
Robert F. |
United
States Senator |
Mer. |
1866 |
1760-K |
| Stokes,
Edward C. |
Governor |
Cum. |
1942 |
F-7144 |
| Stratton,
Charles C. |
Governor |
Glo. |
1859 |
5223-H |
| Ten
Eyck, Abram W. |
Mayor
of Bedminster |
Som. |
1977 |
W-24000-76 |
| Ten
Eyck, John C. |
United
States Senator |
Bur. |
1879 |
18893C |
| Thomas,
Clifford I. |
Assembly
Speaker |
Uni. |
1976 |
W-13284-76 |
| Thompson,
Beatrice J. |
Wife
of Frank Thompson, Trenton Journalist; mother of U.S. Congressman
Frank Thompson Jr. |
Mer. |
1975 |
W-20893-75 |
| Unger,
Milton M. |
Newark
Attorney |
Ess. |
1976 |
W-12611-76 |
| Vroom,
Peter D. |
Governor |
Mer. |
1873 |
2439-K |
| Walling,
Jean S. |
Mayor
of East Brunswick |
Mid. |
1975 |
W-10853-75 |
| Weinstein,
Berel |
Inventor/Industrialist |
Ber. |
1975 |
W-5290-75 |
| Weintraub,
Joseph |
New
Jersey State Supreme Court Chief Justice |
Ess. |
1977 |
W-4297-77 |
| Wescott,
Barbara |
Widow
of Lloyd Westcott, Former Chair, New Jersey Board of Control |
Hun. |
1977 |
W-3275-77 |
| Weston,
Edward |
Inventor
(dynamo-electric) |
Ess. |
1936 |
G-41680 |
| White,
Elizabeth G. |
Cranberry
Farming |
Bur. |
1954 |
W-12871-54 |
| Williamson,
Isaac H. |
Governor |
Ess. |
1857 |
15068-G |
| Wilson,
James J. |
United
States Senator |
Hun. |
1824 |
3429-J |
| Wright,
William |
United
States Senator |
Ess. |
1866 |
16411-G |
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