GENEALOGY OF THE DOUGHTY FAMILY - of South Jersey (NJ) ---------------------------- Information located at http://www.rootsweb.com/~njatlant/ On a USGenWeb/NJGenWeb Web site, June 2007 TRANSCRIBED BY GEORGE PRICE, a volunteer for NJGenWeb Please see the web site for email contact. ---------------------------------- The original source of this information is in the public domain, however use of this text file, other than for personal use, is restricted without written permission from the transcriber. ======================================================== Source: The Daily Union history of Atlantic City and County, New Jersey : containing sketches of the past and present of Atlantic City and county, with maps and illustrations specially prepared, by John F. Hall; Atlantic City, N.J.: Daily Union, 1900 DOUGHTY FAMILY The Doughty family have lived at Absecon for two hundred years. (1) Edward Doughty, Sr. is the oldest of whom there is tradition. His son (2), Edward, Jr. was the father of (3) Jonathan and grandfather of (4) Abner Doughty, who was the father of Gen, Enoch Doughty. Abner Doughty was born in 1755, and died in 1820, He married Leah Holmes, nee Risley, widow of Capt. James Holmes of the Regular Army of the Revolution, who was mortally wounded at the battle of Princeton. It is tradition that Gen. Washington dismounted that the wounded might be carried from the field on his horse, led by Sam Day, his servant. Leah Holmes brought her wounded husband home to Absecon and cared for him till he died, a short time afterwards. Later she married Abner Doughty and had five children. The first two (5) James Holmes and (6) Joseph Rainard, died young. (7) Daniel Doughty, who lost his life in the explosion of the steamboat Mosell, the first boat built to ply between Cincinnati and New Orleans. He married Emma Hillman and had seven children, who have always lived west. These are Samuel, Elizabeth, Harriett, Mary, Emma, Abner, and Edward. (8) Nathaniel, son of Abner, b. November 25, 1794, lived with his brother, Gen. Enoch Doughty, and died childless on his birthday, in 1852. (9) Gen. Enoch Doughty, b. March 4, 1792; d. April 17, 1871; m. Charlotte Clark. He was a man of powerful build and of great physical strength.. He could lift one thousand pounds with ease and had great powers of endurance in supervising the interests of his large estate and traveling usually twice a week over primitive roads to Philadelphia on business. He sent cargoes of lumber, charcoal and tar to New York on vessels built from his own estate. Tar in those days was made from pine knots spit and piled up on a dish-like foundations, made from smooth clay, so that the centre a pipe underground would carry the melting pitch to a nearby barrel. Even as the charcoal is burned was the pitch drive out by fire from the pine knots and a superior quality of charcoal left behind. When the war of the rebellion broke out and the southern supply of tar was cut off, fancy prices were paid for the tar from the Doughty estate. Probably seventy-five or one hundred men at times found employment on the forests, farm, coalings, mills and tar kilns of the estate for many years, and the business continued by his daughter, the only survivor of the family to the present time. When Gen. Lafayette visited this country in 1825 Gen. Doughty was in command of the militia that escorted him from New York to Philadelphia. General Doughty was a life long disciple of Democracy, and died in his 86th year, loved and esteemed by all who knew him. He was long a leading man in this locality and held many positions of honor and trust. During the War of 1812 he was member of the Coast Guards and ranked as Captain. He was High Sheriff of the Old Gloucester before Atlantic was cut off. In 1837. He was fearless in the discharge of his duty, and at one time refused a challenge to fight a dual by a printer of Woodbury, who had some grievance against him. He was made a Major of the First Division of the New Jersey Militia, and later promoted to Brigadier General, a position which he held for many years. He was one of the original promoters of the C. & A. Railroad, and a large stockholder in the enterprise, and a director so long as he lived. He lost fifty thousand dollars in the enterprise, besides heavy losses from forest fires which devastated his estate. He was a member of the M. E. Church from his early youth, and largely interested in the welfare of the church and county. He passed to his grave full of years and honors. They had nine children: (10) John Holmes, who d. August 18, 1898, aged 80 years; (11) Rebecca Wilson, d. October 2, 1889; (12) Abigail Hugg, D. March 18, 1851; (13) Martha, d. young, March 11, 1829; (14) Leah, d. young, November 2, 1836; (15) Enoch Alphens, d. July 22, 1896, aged 60 years; (16) Sarah Natalie, only surivivor; Jane C., d. young, March 14, 1852 (10) John H. Doughty, for many years was one of the Lay Judges of Atlantic County, and was highly respected by all who knew him. For fifty years he lived in a fine house on the shore road in Absecon village, opposite the store which he kept, spending the last seven years of his life at the old homestead, four miles westerly of the station and a half mile from the railroad his father helped to build. His only surviving child is Mrs. Charles T. McMullin, of Philadelphia. He married Arabella Somers. (15) Enoch Alpheus never married. For many years he was the manager of the estate, succeeding his father as one of the directors of the Camden & Atlantic Railroad. He had a wonderful memory and exceptional talents as a wit and a mimic, and was a social favorite among his associates. (12) Abigail Hugg, m. David Blackman, of Port Republic, who d. October 13, 1884, aged 69 years. They had five children: Charlotte Amanda, who m. Dr. Jonathan Kay Pitney. Sarah Francis, who m. Rev. James M. Nourse, D. D., President of the New Windsor College at New Windsor, Md., May 18, 1865. Edwin H., d. April 30, 1873, aged 27 years. Evaline Constantia, m. William Glenn, a mining engineer of Richmond, Va., but who now lives in Baltimore. Winfield Scott Doughty, who d. young The children of Sarah Francis are: Hattie. Alpheus, Homer. Clarence Doughty, James Francis, and Mary Nourse. The children of Evaline Constantia are: Eva Constantia, William Edwards, Charlotte Sewell, and Robert Sterling Glenn. s Sooy, b. August 5, 1856; m. Sophie E. Godfrey, June 20, 1880 (end)