David D. Blawvelt (8), born April 16, 1818, died December 30, 1879. He married, in 1837, Jane Blawvelt, who was born in 1820, and was descended from the same common ancestor and of the same generation as her husband. They resided at what is now Harrington Park, N. J. David D. Blawvelt (8) served in the Union Army in the Rebellion. He recruited the Twenty-second New Jersey Volunteers, and on September 2, 1862, was commissioned Captain, serving with his regiment in the field until it was mustered out of service June 25, 1863. Their children of the ninth generation were Helen M., John D., and Effie Louise.

John D. Blawvelt (9), the subject of this sketch, was born near Tappan, at River Vale, Bergen County, N. J., November 29, 1815, and received a public school education. At the age of fourteen he left school and went to work in his father's sawmill, where he remained until 1833, when he began learning the carpenter's trade. He followed that business successfully until 18t5. In the meantime the homestead had been sold, but it was bought back by him in 1841, and after leaving his trade lie returned to the old faun and was actively engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1875. He then sold the place, but as the parties who purchased it did not carry out their contract he was obliged to take it back again in 1878. He continued farming on the old homestead for three years, when he sold it, removed to Westwood, and has since lived there in retirement.