Person:Israel Condit (2)

Doty-Doten Family in America; Descendants of Edward Doty, An Emigrant by the Mayflower, 1620; pg 452 records the marriage of Mary E. Jackson to Deliver Condit. But no record has been found of a 'Deliver' Condit.

Contributor Dr. Anthony L. Throha dug deeper to find the following: From "The Iron Era" Newspaper, Friday, April 30, 1897 (Volume XXVII, Number 23, Page 2, Column 4) "Real Estate Transfers. ... Mary E. Condit and Israel D., her husband, to Miles Lowery, lot in borough of Rockaway, $50."

The wife's name agrees with Mary Edwinna Jackson-17226, and the husband's name does have a middle initial of "D.", so perhaps his middle name is "Deliver". Pursuing this further, both in The Iron Era and on Ancestry.com, I found that there were two individuals with the name "Israel D. Condit" that are listed on Ancestry.com and correspond to those mentioned in The Iron Era. Israel Dodd Condit (1802-1897) was the father of Israel Delamar Condit (1841-?). Because they shared the same middle initial, the father often went by "Israel D. Condit, Sr." and his son was frequently listed as "Israel D. Condit, Jr.". Unfortunately, The Iron Era made no distinction, and I had to determine who was who based on their ages. Using this information, another Internet search produced the following genealogical webpage listing:

From http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/f/a/y/Elizabeth-Fay/BOOK-0001/0008-0005.html,

38. Israel D.6 Condit (Mary5 Dodd, Hannah4 Condit, Isaac3, Peter2, John1 Cunditt) was born Jul 9, 1802 in Orange, NJ, and died Jan 29, 1897 in Millburn, NJ. He married Caroline Eaglesfield Oct 1, 1826. She was born Feb 18, 1805 in Springfield, NJ, and died Mar 22, 1887 in Millburn, NJ.

Children of Israel Condit and Caroline Eaglesfield are: 98 i. Theodore E.7 Condit, born Jul 3, 1827 in Millburn, NJ; died Aug 16, 1827 in Millburn, NJ. 99 ii. Caroline A. Condit, born Feb 10, 1829 in Millburn, NJ; died Mar 26, 1861 in Millburn, NJ. She married Edward S. Hand Jan 16, 1861; born in Millburn, NJ. 100 iii. Phebe E. Condit, born Jan 17, 1831 in Millburn, NJ; died Nov 5, 1831 in Millburn, NJ. + 101 iv. Martha G. Condit, born Aug 20, 1832 in Millburn, NJ; died Nov 30, 1911 in Millburn, NJ. + 102 v. Francis Ridley Condit, born Mar 16, 1834 in Millburn, NJ; died May 14, 1907 in Millburn, NJ. 103 vi. Henrietta E. Condit, born Apr 18, 1836 in Millburn, NJ; died Dec 30, 1836 in Millburn, NJ. 104 vii. Eudora C. Condit, born Apr 28, 1837 in Millburn, NJ; died Apr 14, 1839 in Millburn, NJ. 105 viii. Israel Delamar Condit, born Jan 16, 1841 in Millburn, NJ; died in Dover, NJ. He married Mary E. Jackson Oct 5, 1864; born Jan 20, 1843 in Newark, NJ; died in Dover, NJ.

This was confirmed when I tracked down a book about the Condit Family on Archive.org:

"Genealogical Record of the Condit Family, Descendants of John Cunditt, A Native of Great Britain, Who Settled in Newark, N.J., 1678 to 1885" by Jotham H. Condit and Eben Condit, printed and published by Ward and Tichenor, Newark, N.J. (1885). Page 243 "67. Israel D. [Condit], born January 16, 1841; married, October 5, 1864, Mary E. Jackson; residence, Millburn; no family."

But what about "Deliver"? Where did Ethan Allen Doty obtain that information? Is there any evidence that Israel Delamar Condit was referred to simply as "Delamar", since it seems logical that a poorly written or spoken "Delamar" could have been misconstrued as "Deliver"? Well, there is such a source; from Google Books, we have:

"A History of the Moravian Seminary for Young Ladies, at Bethlehem, Pa., with a Catalogue of its Pupils, 1785-1870, Fourth Edition" by William Cornelius Reichel, William H. Bigler, and Joseph Mortimer Levering, published for the Seminary (1901). Page 471 [The listing for the Class of 1855 begins on Page 469]

"Jackson, Mary E. ........ d. of E. E. Jackson ........ m. Oct. 4, 1864, Delamar" Dover, N.J. Condit, Milburn, N.J.

One would assume that information such as this would have been provided by the graduates, so Mary Edwinna Jackson must have called her husband "Delamar" to avoid confusion with her father-in-law.

1880 Dist 103, Milburn, Essex Co., New Jersey Condit, Israel D. W M 77 married none NJ NJ NJ Condit, Caroline W F 75 wife married keeping house NJ Eng Eng Condit, Israel D. Jr. W M 39 son married bookkeeper NJ NJ NJ Condit, Mary W F 37 dau-in-law married NJ NJ NJ

1.   United States. 1910 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T624)
   Dover Ward 2, Morris, New Jersey.
2.   United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T9)
   Dist 103, Milburn, Essex Co., New Jersey.
3.   Website of Elizabeth Fay: Condit/Scripps/ . . . Home Page familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/f/a/y/Elizabeth-.