Judd Condit

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Judd Condit

Judd CONDIT, a well known farmer of Troy Hills, Morris county, New Jersey, is a representative of one of the old families of the State of New Jersey. His great-grandfather, Stephen CONDIT, came to what was then Troy, in 1800, and died in 1816. He married Polly OGDEN, and had children: Swain A. and John O.

John O., son of Stephen and Polly (OGDEN) CONDIT, was born in Orange, New Jersey, in September, 1797, and was three years of age when he came to Troy with his parents. He was a prominent and influential citizen, and died in 1866. He married Elizabeth, who died in 1839, daughter of Benjamin Smith; children: Stephen Hobart, of further mention; Benjamin Smith, married Sarah, daughter of Charles and Sarah (COBB) DeHART; Susan M., married Charles F. OGDEN; John H., married Carrie, daughter of John M. and Sarah (EGBERT) BOSTEDO.

Stephen Hobart, son of John O. and Elizabeth (SMITH) CONDIT, was born in Morris county, June 13, 1830, and died at the home of his son, Judd, in 1908. He was one of the leading farmers of Hanover township for thirty years, the quarter of a century immediately following the Civil War being those in which he achieved his greatest prosperity. He was intensely public-spirited, and also active in religious work, and for more than fifty years held official position in the Presbyterian church. He married, December 29, 1860, Mary Josephine, daughter of Farrand and Hily A. (MITCHELL) OGDEN, and had children: Elizabeth Smith, married Stephen Homer MITCHELL; John O., died August 21, 1888; Judd, the subject of this sketch; and Harry Hobart, married Julie Abbie OSBORNE.

Judd CONDIT was born in July, 1868, in a house adjoining the one in which he is now living in Troy Hills, Morris county, New Jersey. He received his education in the schools of the township and at Hackettstown, and after its completion spent about one and a half years in the jewelry business. He then engaged in his present occupations – farming and boarding horses (Crown Point Stock Farm) – in which he has been more than unusually successful, owing to his progressive methods of conducting affairs. He has a fine farm of one hundred and eighty acres, and his crops are of excellent quality. The house in which he lives was built by his father about 1874, and modern improvements have been installed from time to time. He is a staunch supporter of Republican principles, and is now serving his second term as a member of the town committee. He has been a conscientious member of the Presbyterian church for many years, and for years has served as elder and trustee, and also in the choir for twenty-five years. Mr. CONDIT married Estelle Beatrice TURQUAND, a school teacher of New York City, and they have children: Stephen Hobart and Paul Leonard Turquand.

(Line of Descent of Mrs. CONDIT).

(VII) Paul L. TURQUAND came from France in 1792 to New York City; married Jane McCLEARY, November 12, 1812; married (second) 1815, Hannah GARLAND.

(VIII) Paul L., born May 4, 1816; married Sarah E. BLUE, 1845.

(IX) Paul L., born December 12, 1846. Died August 10, 1878; married Catherine DENMAN, November 4, 1874; children: 1. William L., born June 28, 1876; died March 13, 1882. 2. Estelle B., born April 6, 1878, married Judd CONDIT, November 5, 1907.

(X) Estelle B.

(XI) Stephen Hobart and Paul L. T. CONDIT

Transcribed by John Cresseveur (1949-2003)