A Revolutionary War Doctor & Politician: Dr. John Condict (1755-1834)

Congressional archives/sources  note Dr. John Condict , a doctor in the Revolutionary War, who later became a politician, serving in Congress for thirty years.

Here are some sources/ with info relating to John, the politician, who was the son of Samuel Condict/ and Smith, of SamuelCondict/Mary Dod, of Peter, of John the ancestor.  John's father, Samuel and grandfather are also documented as Condict in the New Jersey Historical Society archives, and in the Jemima Condict diary of 1752, specifically here: http://njahgp.genealogyvillage.com/death-records-from-an-okd-diary-1772-1778.html  that also names several other well noted New Jersey family ancestors, like Baldwin, Dod, & Harrison (also cited below with other colonial surnames).

Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the US Senate, by US Congress,(Washington: Duff Green, 1828), Forty-Ninth Congress at page 591, 586.

Public Documents of the Fourteenth Congress, 1789-1817, Papers Relating to Early Congressional Documents, by General A. W. Greely, (Washington, 1900), page 886 ; published for the 56th Congress.

He is indexed as Condit in the 1885/1916 Condit-authored/indexed genealogy books:  at pages 14- 20 of the 1916 "Genealogical Record of the Condit Family, Descendants of John Cunditt" by the Condit Family Association and authors, Jotham H. Condit and Eben Condit, linked to this blog.

Dr. John Condict was the great, great grandson of  John, the Norman ancestor, an immigrant from Wales to Newark, New Jersey, (1678), noted as "Condict" as early as 1738 in the New Jersey State Archives.

Dr. John Condict's lineage:  John the Norman ancestor (of the lines of Condits and Condicts), is noted in history with several surname spellings, including likely misspellings by others. But, the oldest surname, Condict,  is noted  noted for John, as early as 1695 in colonial documents in the State of New Jersey Archives: Colonial Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey, 1738-1747, V. VI,  by William A. Whitehead, (Newark, NJ: 1882), at pages: 346-350: John Condict and other Horseneck/Horse Neck Rioters, Land Purchasers; also page 361, John Cunditt, 351, Jotham Condict, Index @ 478. And, at V. 15, in 1738, pages 53-533 where we see  John Candet and Canduct noted, and corrected by archivists to Condict for John the ancestor--John's great, great grandfather.

His surname is often spelled as Condit (without the 2nd "c") in some sources like the Condit authored/indexed genealogy books. The Condit authored/indexed genealogy books of 1885 & 1916 by its two Condit authors, Eben and Jotham, and their Condit Family Association, indexed nearly all descendants of John's great, great grandfather, John, as Condit (with the 2nd "c"), and said it was the accepted surname, although, it appears no Condicts were involved with the books.

 Other spelling variations of the surname (by others) also surface including: Cundit, Cundict & Cunditt, Candet, Caundet, Although many of John's family lines in later generations, adopted the Condit surname, some still carry on the ancestor's Condict surname even today.

John's grandfather's and great grandfather's memorial/ gravestone, was erected by the Honorable Silas Condict, some 50 years before the 1885 Condit-authored/indexed genealogy book was published.   John, the ancestor's memorial is found here :  http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=condit&GSfn=john&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=7630383&df=all&
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=condict&GSfn=john&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=12179447&df=all&
John's and his son, Peter Condict's, 200-year-old family gravestone/memorial, erected by Hon. Silas Condict) is found at Find A Grave.  The ancestor John is noted as Cunditt  in a 1709 will, according to the Condit genealogy book authors of the 1885/1916 genealogy books, who said John only signed with "his mark." the surname can be found as  Condit by those of the Condit lines in their books. As an immigrant to America, who likely arrived not knowing English-- being of Norman descent, likely others did not know how to spell his name, thus signing with a mark, while others spelled conflicting surnames within a single document. John's great, great grandfather's Norman Welch surname, based upon it Norman pronunciation? is evidenced by the surname spelling variations.

Please note, the New Jersey Historical Society-housed Revolutionary War diary of Jemima Condict Harrison (Major Aaron Harrison), and 1930 book transcript of the Jemima Condict Diary, titled" Jemima Condict, Her Book, Being a transcript of the diary of an Essex County maid during the Revolutionary War", Newark NJ: The Carteret Book Club, 1930,  reveals & documents  not just the Condict surname, but numerous colonial surnames, like:
Acorn, Baldwin, Bose, Brown,Burell, Canfield, Chapman,Crane, Dod, Freeman, Gold,Harrison, Hatfield, Jones, Lampson, Luis, Morris, Ogden,Pedesto,Pierson, Ready, Regs, Row, Smith, Soverel, Spear, Stage, Taylor, Tomkins, Ward, &Williams, including Jemima's uncle, Samuel Condict (Dr. John Condict's father), Jemima's grandfather, Samuel Condict & her father Daniel Condict.
The 1752 diary surnames  are shown here: http://njahgp.genealogyvillage.com/death-records-from-an-okd-diary-1772-1778.html ..     including: https://archive.org/details/newjerseyhistori09maga.

To change a historical name, even by one letter, like a "c" does matter, to family, and to the history of those who put it all on the line for our country. Preserving a Revolutionary War period surname is one's duty.  Unfortunately the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), have many,actually all 22  Revolutionary War patriots of this family lineage shown and listed as Condit. DAR librarians say they use Soundex, an algorithm for easy indexing, as the reason for the indexing of the  Condit name, other than the true, historical surname.  However, the DAR archives in Washington, D. C., seem to preserve the original surname of Condict (by those who joined long ago), even though it  does not appear in their new database for any of the  Condict  patriots of the Revolutionary War. When searching on DAR for Condict patriots, one can only find all 22 patriots as Condit.

Unfortunately, many on the internet, such  as family genealogists, continue to use the DAR database name of Condit (with DAR's flag logo) for all patriots, even though it is not historically accurate for many who served during the Revolutionary War.  This may change, but a search for the true spelling of the historical surname is not easy to locate as of the date of this post.

Rebels Against Taxes Started A Movement in 1776: A Revolutionary War general's opposition to the Stamp Act

Brigidier General (and General George Washington confidant),  William Winds, was a British Crown convert who became an American patriot during the Revolutionary War. He was no wilting flower or silent bystander, but an American colonist with courage who took action for a worthy cause known as the American Revolution that would help form America's colonies and define its enduring beliefs and principles upon which we draw from today in our Constitution.

He was appointed Justice of the Peace by King William, III, after serving as a British Captain in the French and Indian War. But, it was not long before General Winds rebelled against the King of England 's taxing crown government, and became an American colonist patriot, refusing to enforce the Stamp Act for which he was appointed.
He became a confidant of Gen. George Washington, and was deeply involved with the Continental Congress delegates with the New Jersey Assembly, appointed Chairman of the Freeholders to select America's first Congress-- the Continental Congress.  He was involved with the Treaty of Paris. He fought beside General George Washington at the Battle of Monmouth. He was an American patriot.

Other info on Brigadier General William Winds:
http://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-17-02-0174
The will of William Winds:  http://njdigitalhistory.org/NJDHA/items/show/350   noting his daughter Abigail.


General William Winds of the Revolutionary War and his family links:

His daughter was Abigail Winds Condict, who married Nathaniel Condict ( of Peter, of Peter Condict of John Condict the Norman ancestor, aka Condit by the Condit Family Association genealogy books/lines, but spelled Condict with the second "c"). The family surname is also documented in the Jemima Condict Revolutiionary War-era diary housed by the New Jersey Historical Society.

http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=15970710

 http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=76359047 

Johnsons of Connecticut and Morris, New Jersey

Biographical and Genealogical History of Morris County New Jersey: Vol 1, 1899:

The Johnsons of Connecticut and New Jersey dating back to the 1600's:
Walter to John, to John, to Jacob, to Mahlon Johnson and more; other surnames in the book of the early founders dating to the 1800s:
Farrow, Samuel Baldwin, Frederick Sayre, Geo. Lanterman, Will.S.Cary, Henry W. Kice, Frances Oliver (IRE), Chas. Gee (Eng), Steven F. Briant, Enos Gobble Budd,Everertt Garabrant, Dayton Baldwin, Kinney, Hedges, Aaron Fairchild, Geo. Pierson, Wm. Burd, Elbert Baldwin, John Shippee, John C. Schrader, John M. Baldwin, John Chamberlain, James Darlymple,

The Culpeppers of England, (1200 a.d.) and Other Colonial Surnames

The Culpeppers (dating back to 1200 a.d.), connected to other colonial American surnames:  Lindsley, Condict (Condit,Cunditt), Wigsell,Wilford, Dingley, Steede, Roberts, Mayo... to name a few.

 http://www.culpepperconnections.com/ss/p10420.htm#c10420.9


Sources: Hoadly, Charles ., M. A., Ed. Records of the Colony and Plantation of New Haven from 1638 to 1649, Case, Tiffany and Company, Hartford, 1857. ; Simonds, J. Rupert. A History of the First Church and Society of Branford, Connecticut 1644-1919. The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co. New Haven. 1919; Wickes, Stephen, History of the Oranges, in Essex County, N.J.: 1666-1806, Ward & Tichenor, Newark, 1892; Atwater, Edward E. History of The Colony of New Haven To Its Absorption into Connecticut. The Journal Publishing Company. Meridan. 1902.)⁹


 
 http://www.culpepperconnections.com/ss/p10420.htm   
Francis Lindsley

Here is info at:  https://www.geni.com/people/Sir-John-Colpeper-of-Atwood/6000000002649548745

The Immigrants Following the Maylfowers: England's Fortune Ship Passengers of 1621:

1621 Immigrants to America: 

Those on board the 1621 English ship Fortune included: Adams, Bissite, Beal, De La Noye, Pitt, Steward, Winslow, Wright,Hilton, Palmer, Morgau,Flavel, Ford, Hicks,Dean,Conor, Brewster, Brigg, Canon, Deau, Cushman, Foord (Ford),Simonsou, Prince, etc..

Of those immigrant lines above, others lineages ( including of those immigrants who arrived later) started and grew in the thirteen colonies of America, including the following surname lines:

Riggs Family of England (1590) to Boston, MA 1633: surnames include: Condict, Rose, Herrick, Wheeler,Conger, Hudson, Cook, Blatchley,Potter, Eckhart, Dover, Stanborrough, McCabe, Brown, Durham, King, Wheeler, Warner, Lamson,

https://archive.org/stream/rockawayrecordso00cray_0#page/n7/mode/2up/search/riggs

The Ford/Foord, Condict, Odell, Baldwin, Kitchell Families:  And other surnames: Arnold, Tuthill, Tucker,Dunham, Stiles,Tuttle, Hoagland, Hoff, Kent, Hancock, DeCamp,Raynor, Jennings, Phillips,Kenny, Johnes,Thomas, Dingey,

https://archive.org/stream/rockawayrecordso00cray_0#page/n201/mode/2up

https://archive.org/stream/rockawayrecordso00cray_0#page/n209/mode/2up/search/odell

George Washigton Descendants:

A Living Descendant of President George Washington's Lineage: 

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sanantonio/obituary.aspx?pid=171192095

1600-era New Englanders: Ball, Johnson, Vail,Condict, Washington Lines

Sources for Ball and Johnson Descendants to Condict lineage to George Washington lines via Mary Ball:

https://archive.org/details/genealogicalmemo05leef
 at page 829-831

The Francis Ball Descendants:
https://archive.org/stream/francisballsdesc01ball#page/8/mode/2up

https://ia802702.us.archive.org/3/items/historyballfami00bradgoog/historyballfami00bradgoog.pdf

Alling (Allen) Ball Descendants of the New Haven, CT branch:  https://archive.org/details/historyballfami00bradgoog

The Ball and Weston Families:  https://ia902205.us.archive.org/2/items/genealogyofballw00jewe/genealogyofballw00jewe.pdf 

John Ball from Wiltshire, England to Concord Massachusetts: his descendants:  https://archive.org/stream/genealogyofballw00jewe#page/14/mode/2up


Vail Descendants:  at page 243:  https://archive.org/stream/annalsofourcolon00shot#page/242/mode/2up/search/Vail
 https://archive.org/details/annalsofourcolon00shot

http://www.stonehouse.ca/tree/p612.htm
Vail, Vele, Veele 91480, England), Armstrong, Johnson, Wyn, Beckett, Corwin, Jennings, etc. surnames