William B. Moffat, M. D. (No. 80 below) amassed a considerable fortune through the manufacture and sale of the widely advertised "Moffat's Life Pills" and "Phoenix Bitters," which had been invented by his father, in 1837, when William B. was but nineteen years of age. Until William B's marriage in 1854, the relations between him and his father seem to have been cordial; but shortly after the marriage the father brought suit against the son for a dissolution of the copartnership which he claimed had existed between them in the "Life Pills" and "Bitters" business, for the preceding ten years, under the firm name of William B. Moffat, and for an accounting of the profits of that business. The son denied the copartnership and succeeded in the litigation (reported as Moffat v. Moffat 10 Bosworth [N. Y.] 468) which was very bitter, and resulted in a family estrangement that was never healed. The two other children then living took sides with their father against William B., and William B. retained the business and the wealth. William B. Moffat's death on April II, 1862, was followed on November 6, 1863, by that of his father. It is doubtless because of this estrangement that the writer has been unable to obtain any information (other than that afforded by such public and church records as he has been able to find) concerning the children of William Moffat (No. 3 below), other than John, the father of William B. Of John's seven children, only two survived William B.,-Sophia M. Quackenbos (No. 81 below) who died in 1865, and Maria Moffat who lived an isolated life and died unmarried, in abject poverty, in 1892. Neither of the two children of William B. Moffat has any information as to their father's aunts (Nos. 15, 17, 19 and 201 below), and neither John M. Quackenbos (No. 236 below) nor the children of Mrs. Sophia M. Eager (No. 233 below) have any records that afford any information concerning William Moffat's life or family, beyond that concerning the son John and his descendants which is set forth in the genealogical table below. Rev. Hugh Smith Carpenter, D. D. (No. 90 below) was an eminent divine of the Congregational Church. He graduated with the degree of A. B. at the University of the city of New York in 1842, and entered the Princeton Theological Seminary 84 Rev. Hugh Smith Carpenter, D. D. in the Fall of that year. He was ordained in October, 1845, and called to the pastorate of the Canal Street Presbyterian church in New York city. In April, 1853, he became pastor of the State Street Congregational church in Portland, Maine, where he remained until March, 1857, and then was called to the Bedford Avenue Congregational church in Brooklyn. He filled this charge until 1859, and then became and continued as pastor of the Westminster Presbyterian church in Brooklyn until 1869, when he went to the Howard Presbyterian church of San Francisco, California. He was pastor of a church in Washington in 1875 and 1876, and returned in 1877 to the Bedford Avenue church in Brooklyn. His active pastoral work was closed as minister of the Stuyvesant Avenue church of the same city.32 In 1873 Princeton conferred upon him the honorary degree of D. D.. He was an author of considerable repute, and is described as a preacher of far more than ordinary power and ability. From the genealogist's point of view, however, he was a disappointment; for he kept no family records whatever, not even of the births and deaths of his children. The information concerning his immediate family which is given below was collated almost wholly from the records of churches and contemporary newspapers, and from public records. $2 Biographical Annals. University of the City of New York. Vol. 1, page 13. PART VIII. Genealogical Table of Descent from Rev. John Moffat. NOTE: In the following table b stands for "born," d for "died," and m for "married.' S. P. stands for sine pariete, indicating that the descendant referred to was without issue at the date at which he or she is stated in the table to be living, and O. S. P.,-obit sine pariete.-means that the descendant referred to died without issue. A following a name means that the author has no further information concerning the descendant than is set forth in the table. The small number immediately following a name, indicates the generation in descent. I. Rev. John Moffat1 d Little Britain, N. Y., 22 April, 1788; (2) John Little Moffat (3) William Moffat (4) Margaret Moffat (5) Mary Moffat (9) Catherine Moffat 2. John Little Moffat2 b Little Britain, N. Y., 15 June, 1753; d Goshen, N. Y., 10 February, 1788; m 16 March, 1779, Mary Yelverton (dau. of Anthony Yelverton and Phebe Youngs) b Ulster County, N. Y., 1759; d Goshen, N. Y., 17 February, 1788. (10) Phebe Moffat (11) Margaret Moffat (12) Maria Moffat (13) Anthony Yelverton Moffat (14) John Little Moffat 33 NEW YORK GAZETTE AND GENERAL ADVERTISER: Saturday, 25 October, 1800. 3. William Moffat2 b Little Britain, N. Y., 29 May, 1755; d New York City, 21 December, 1820;34 m (1) Ulster County, N. Y., 1781, Eunice Youngs (dau. of Henry Youngs and Abigail Horton) b 8 August, 1763; d 10 December, 1799; m (2) Rhoda (15) Julia Ann Moffat (16) Henry Youngs Moffat bapt. 27 July, 1863;35 d in infancy (17) Abigail Moffat (18) John Moffat (19) Frances Moffat (20) Elizabeth Moffat 4. Margaret Moffat2 b Little Britain, N. Y., 6 June, 1757; m Capt. Jacob Wright b Jamaica, L. I.36+ 5. Mary Moffat2 b Little Britain, N. Y., 12 July, 1759; d Galen, Seneca Co., N. Y., 25 August, 1823;37 m Little Britain, N. Y., 15 January, 1789,38 Anthony Carpenter (son of Anthony Carpenter and Abigail, of New Haven Conn.) b between 1754 and 176039+ (21) John Carpenter (22) George Carpenter b 16 September, 1793; bapt. 28 August, 1796.40+ 6. Samuel Moffat2 b Little Britain, N. Y., 17 February, 1761; d Dryden, N. Y., 13 March, 1841; m Lansing, N. Y., 25 January, 1814, Ann Shaw b County Antrim, Ireland, December, 1786; d Dryden, N. Y., 24 June, 1844. NEW YORK GAZETTE AND GENERAL ADVERTISER of Friday, 22 October, 1820. 35 Bethlehem Church Records, published in Newburgh Hist. Soc. Papers, vol. VI. 30 Records of New York Society of the Cincinnati. 87 NEW YORK EVENING POST: Friday, 26 September, 1823. 88NEW YORK DAILY ADVERTISER: Wednesday, 27 January, 1789. New Haven Probate Records. 40CARPENTER GENEALOGY by A. B. Carpenter, 1898. The second son's name is stated in this CARPENTER GENEALOGY to be Anthony; but the baptismal records of the Goshen Presbyterian Church state the name to be George. (See "Independent Republican" of Goshen of 16 December, 1902.) The descendants of the elder son, Dr. John Carpenter, have no family records whereby such question as to the name of the younger son may be settled. (23) John Shaw Moffat (24) Margaret Lovenia Moffat (28) Isabella S. Moffat (29) Addison Robert Moffat (30) Mary Jane Moffat 7. Frances Moffat2 b Little Britain, N. Y., 2 April, 1764; d Wallkill, Orange County, N. Y., 7 October, 1843; m 1788 Josiah Pierson (son of Silas Pierson) b Ulster County, N. Y., 23 February, 1761; d Mount Hope, Orange County, N. Y., 26 March, 1826. (31) Mary Pierson (32) Henry Pierson (33) Richard Wright Pierson (34) Margaret Mary Anne Pierson b 5 September, 1794; d 20 November, 1872 unm (35) Elizabeth Pierson (36) Silas Gilbert Pierson (37) William Pierson b 16 February, 1801; d Mount Hope, Orange Co., N. Y., 16 July 1858, unm (38) John Moffat Pierson b 25 December, 1803; d Calhoun, Orange Co., N. Y., 9 June, 1828 unm 8. Elizabeth Moffat2 b Little Britain, N. Y., 6 May, 1766; d Milton, Ulster Co., N. Y., 3 July, 1844; m Ulster County, N. Y., 15 March, 1792,41 Cornelius Roosa b 30 November, 1760; (bap. Shawangunk Church, Ulster Co., N. Y.); d New York City 7 March, 1834. (39) Catherine Roosa b Alabama, Genessee Co., N. Y., 1793;42 d New York City, 27 May, 1855 unm New Windsor Church Records, published in Newburgh Hist. Soc. Papers, vol. II. The name Roosa is there erroneously stated to be Roe. 42 Records of New York Board of Health. |