Hannah (Lambert) Cadwalader (abt. 1715 - abt. 1788)

Born about 1715 in Yorkshire, England

Wife of Thomas Cadwalader M.D. — married 4 Jul 1738 in Burlington, New Jersey

Descendants

Died about 1788 at about age 73 in Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States

Biography

Daughter of Thomas Lambert, Jr., of Trenton, a member of the family for which Lambertville, New Jersey (formerly Coryell's Ferry) is now named.

The City of Lambertville, settled in 1705, was originally named Georgetown. John Holcombe, the first settler, was largely responsible for Lambertville’s early development and fought to have the main road from New York to Philadelphia pass through the town.

In 1732, Lambertville was renamed Coryell’s Ferry after John Emanuel Coryell, who operated a ferry between Lambertville and New Hope.

The Lambert family settled north of John Holcombe’s land between 1735 and 1745. Their descendant, John Lambert, served in the United States Senate during Thomas Jefferson’s administration. What is now the city of Lambertville, New Jersey was named in his honor in 1810 when the community's first post office was established. He persuaded the Postal Service to open an office at Coryell’s Ferry. His nephew, Captain John Lambert, was appointed postmaster and his inn was designated as the post office.

Having procured a post office for Coryell’s Ferry, the Lamberts renamed the village Lambert’s Ville in 1810. This outraged the Coryells, who thought the town should be named Georgetown in honor of Captain George Coryell, who had served in the New Jersey forces in the Revolution.

From Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania:

(Thomas Cadwalader) He married, June 18, 1738, Hannah, daughter of Thomas Lambert, of New Jersey; she died in Philadelphia in 1786, aged seventy-four years, and was buried in Friends' burying ground at Fifth and Arch streets; His daughters married distinguished men of their day, except the youngest, Elizabeth, one of the flower girls at Washington's reception in Trenton in 1789, who died unmarried ten years after that event, aged twenty-nine years. His sons. General John and Colonel Lambert, were distinguished men of their day.

Sources

• https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A018049
• Find A Grave: Memorial #60655194
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lambert_(politician)
• https://lambertvillehouse.com/history/
• Jordan, John W. Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York, 1915, Vol. 1, p. 485-488)
• U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935

Hannah Lambert

Marriage Date 4 Jul 1738

Marriage Date on Image 04 Fifth 1738

Marriage Place Burlington, New Jersey

Residence Place Burlington, New Jersey

Spouse Thomas Cadwallader

Monthly Meeting Chesterfield

Meeting State New Jersey Meeting County Burlington

Hannah Cadwallader

Death Age About 73 Death Date abt 1788

Burial Place Pennsylvania, USA

Residence Date 17 Jan 1788 Residence Date on Image First 1788 17

Residence Place Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Spouse Doctor Thomas Cadwallader

Monthly Meeting Philadelphia

Meeting State Pennsylvania Meeting County Philadelphia