The Reverend Ira Condict, D.D. (February 21, 1764 – June 1, 1811) was born in Orange, New Jersey in 1764. He was the son of Daniel Condict (1723-1785) and Ruth Harrison (1723-1807).
He graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) with a Bachelor of Arts in 1784.
After being ordained in 1785 by the Reverend John Witherspoon (then President of the College of New Jersey), he accepted a calling to serve as pastor to three Presbyterian congregations under the Presbytery of Newton throughout Northwestern New Jersey — Upper Hardwick (now Yellow Frame in Fredon Township, New Jersey), Sussex Court House (now Newton), and Shappenock.
Ira Condict married Sarah Perrine in 1790. They had the following children:
Daniel Harrison Condict (1791-1811)
Abigail LaRue Condict Hanson (1793-1879)
John Condict (1795-1795)
Ruth W. Condict (About 1800-1811)
Sarah A. Condict Morrell (1804-1890)
In 1794, he was installed at the First Reformed Church in New Brunswick, New Jersey. That calling soon led to him being appointed as Professor of Moral Philosophy at the nearby Queen's College.
Notwithstanding the closing of the college in 1795, he was appointed to serve as President pro tempore and served in that capacity from 1795 to 1810. He dedicated his efforts to providing theological instruction and administering the Queen's College Grammar School (now Rutgers Preparatory School) which remained open during that time.
Along with Andrew Kilpatrick, he renewed the efforts to reopen Queen's College in 1807. A difficult fundraising effort secured $12,000 in donations to construct what became Old Queen's (completed in 1823). Queen's College was reopened in 1807 and he presided over the laying of the cornerstone for the college's Old Queens building on April 27, 1809.
Shortly after Queen's College reopened, the Board of Trustees offered Condict the opportunity to serve as its third president following the resignation of William Linn. He declined the offer and returned to his professorship and to supervise instruction at the college.
During his tenure in New Brunswick, he operated a private circulating library. A person could become a member of the library by paying a small annual fee. The library was sold after his death.
He died of yellow fever on June 1, 1811 in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Obituary:
Friday June 7
On June 1st in New Brunswick, aged 48, REV. IRA CONDICT, Minister of Reformed Church of that place, left widow, 4 children.
Source Information: Ancestry.com. New York, Death Newspaper Extracts, 1801-1890 (Barber Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
Original data: Barber, Gertrude A., comp. Deaths taken from the "Brooklyn Eagle." Volumes 1-27. n.p.: n.p., 1963-66; Barber, Gertrude A., comp. Deaths taken from the New York Evening Post. Volumes 1-54. n.p.: n.p., 1933-47.**
** denoted bio written by its original creator.
Source: Jemima Condict (Harrison's) Revolutionary War diary also references her father's (Daniel's) family, as Condict, and her grandparents as Condict, and sources for the surnames found in the diary at the New Jersey Historical Society.
He graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) with a Bachelor of Arts in 1784.
After being ordained in 1785 by the Reverend John Witherspoon (then President of the College of New Jersey), he accepted a calling to serve as pastor to three Presbyterian congregations under the Presbytery of Newton throughout Northwestern New Jersey — Upper Hardwick (now Yellow Frame in Fredon Township, New Jersey), Sussex Court House (now Newton), and Shappenock.
Ira Condict married Sarah Perrine in 1790. They had the following children:
Daniel Harrison Condict (1791-1811)
Abigail LaRue Condict Hanson (1793-1879)
John Condict (1795-1795)
Ruth W. Condict (About 1800-1811)
Sarah A. Condict Morrell (1804-1890)
In 1794, he was installed at the First Reformed Church in New Brunswick, New Jersey. That calling soon led to him being appointed as Professor of Moral Philosophy at the nearby Queen's College.
Notwithstanding the closing of the college in 1795, he was appointed to serve as President pro tempore and served in that capacity from 1795 to 1810. He dedicated his efforts to providing theological instruction and administering the Queen's College Grammar School (now Rutgers Preparatory School) which remained open during that time.
Along with Andrew Kilpatrick, he renewed the efforts to reopen Queen's College in 1807. A difficult fundraising effort secured $12,000 in donations to construct what became Old Queen's (completed in 1823). Queen's College was reopened in 1807 and he presided over the laying of the cornerstone for the college's Old Queens building on April 27, 1809.
Shortly after Queen's College reopened, the Board of Trustees offered Condict the opportunity to serve as its third president following the resignation of William Linn. He declined the offer and returned to his professorship and to supervise instruction at the college.
During his tenure in New Brunswick, he operated a private circulating library. A person could become a member of the library by paying a small annual fee. The library was sold after his death.
He died of yellow fever on June 1, 1811 in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Obituary:
Friday June 7
On June 1st in New Brunswick, aged 48, REV. IRA CONDICT, Minister of Reformed Church of that place, left widow, 4 children.
Source Information: Ancestry.com. New York, Death Newspaper Extracts, 1801-1890 (Barber Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
Original data: Barber, Gertrude A., comp. Deaths taken from the "Brooklyn Eagle." Volumes 1-27. n.p.: n.p., 1963-66; Barber, Gertrude A., comp. Deaths taken from the New York Evening Post. Volumes 1-54. n.p.: n.p., 1933-47.**
** denoted bio written by its original creator.
Source: Jemima Condict (Harrison's) Revolutionary War diary also references her father's (Daniel's) family, as Condict, and her grandparents as Condict, and sources for the surnames found in the diary at the New Jersey Historical Society.
The Reverend Ira Condict, D.D. (February 21, 1764 – June 1, 1811) was born in Orange, New Jersey in 1764. He was the son of Daniel Condict (1723-1785) and Ruth Harrison (1723-1807).
He graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) with a Bachelor of Arts in 1784.
After being ordained in 1785 by the Reverend John Witherspoon (then President of the College of New Jersey), he accepted a calling to serve as pastor to three Presbyterian congregations under the Presbytery of Newton throughout Northwestern New Jersey — Upper Hardwick (now Yellow Frame in Fredon Township, New Jersey), Sussex Court House (now Newton), and Shappenock.
Ira Condict married Sarah Perrine in 1790. They had the following children:
Daniel Harrison Condict (1791-1811)
Abigail LaRue Condict Hanson (1793-1879)
John Condict (1795-1795)
Ruth W. Condict (About 1800-1811)
Sarah A. Condict Morrell (1804-1890)
In 1794, he was installed at the First Reformed Church in New Brunswick, New Jersey. That calling soon led to him being appointed as Professor of Moral Philosophy at the nearby Queen's College.
Notwithstanding the closing of the college in 1795, he was appointed to serve as President pro tempore and served in that capacity from 1795 to 1810. He dedicated his efforts to providing theological instruction and administering the Queen's College Grammar School (now Rutgers Preparatory School) which remained open during that time.
Along with Andrew Kilpatrick, he renewed the efforts to reopen Queen's College in 1807. A difficult fundraising effort secured $12,000 in donations to construct what became Old Queen's (completed in 1823). Queen's College was reopened in 1807 and he presided over the laying of the cornerstone for the college's Old Queens building on April 27, 1809.
Shortly after Queen's College reopened, the Board of Trustees offered Condict the opportunity to serve as its third president following the resignation of William Linn. He declined the offer and returned to his professorship and to supervise instruction at the college.
During his tenure in New Brunswick, he operated a private circulating library. A person could become a member of the library by paying a small annual fee. The library was sold after his death.
He died of yellow fever on June 1, 1811 in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Obituary:
Friday June 7
On June 1st in New Brunswick, aged 48, REV. IRA CONDICT, Minister of Reformed Church of that place, left widow, 4 children.
Source Information: Ancestry.com. New York, Death Newspaper Extracts, 1801-1890 (Barber Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
Original data: Barber, Gertrude A., comp. Deaths taken from the "Brooklyn Eagle." Volumes 1-27. n.p.: n.p., 1963-66; Barber, Gertrude A., comp. Deaths taken from the New York Evening Post. Volumes 1-54. n.p.: n.p., 1933-47.**
** denoted bio written by its original creator.
Source: Jemima Condict (Harrison's) Revolutionary War diary also references her father's (Daniel's) family, as Condict, and her grandparents as Condict, and sources for the surnames found in the diary at the New Jersey Historical Society.
He graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) with a Bachelor of Arts in 1784.
After being ordained in 1785 by the Reverend John Witherspoon (then President of the College of New Jersey), he accepted a calling to serve as pastor to three Presbyterian congregations under the Presbytery of Newton throughout Northwestern New Jersey — Upper Hardwick (now Yellow Frame in Fredon Township, New Jersey), Sussex Court House (now Newton), and Shappenock.
Ira Condict married Sarah Perrine in 1790. They had the following children:
Daniel Harrison Condict (1791-1811)
Abigail LaRue Condict Hanson (1793-1879)
John Condict (1795-1795)
Ruth W. Condict (About 1800-1811)
Sarah A. Condict Morrell (1804-1890)
In 1794, he was installed at the First Reformed Church in New Brunswick, New Jersey. That calling soon led to him being appointed as Professor of Moral Philosophy at the nearby Queen's College.
Notwithstanding the closing of the college in 1795, he was appointed to serve as President pro tempore and served in that capacity from 1795 to 1810. He dedicated his efforts to providing theological instruction and administering the Queen's College Grammar School (now Rutgers Preparatory School) which remained open during that time.
Along with Andrew Kilpatrick, he renewed the efforts to reopen Queen's College in 1807. A difficult fundraising effort secured $12,000 in donations to construct what became Old Queen's (completed in 1823). Queen's College was reopened in 1807 and he presided over the laying of the cornerstone for the college's Old Queens building on April 27, 1809.
Shortly after Queen's College reopened, the Board of Trustees offered Condict the opportunity to serve as its third president following the resignation of William Linn. He declined the offer and returned to his professorship and to supervise instruction at the college.
During his tenure in New Brunswick, he operated a private circulating library. A person could become a member of the library by paying a small annual fee. The library was sold after his death.
He died of yellow fever on June 1, 1811 in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Obituary:
Friday June 7
On June 1st in New Brunswick, aged 48, REV. IRA CONDICT, Minister of Reformed Church of that place, left widow, 4 children.
Source Information: Ancestry.com. New York, Death Newspaper Extracts, 1801-1890 (Barber Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
Original data: Barber, Gertrude A., comp. Deaths taken from the "Brooklyn Eagle." Volumes 1-27. n.p.: n.p., 1963-66; Barber, Gertrude A., comp. Deaths taken from the New York Evening Post. Volumes 1-54. n.p.: n.p., 1933-47.**
** denoted bio written by its original creator.
Source: Jemima Condict (Harrison's) Revolutionary War diary also references her father's (Daniel's) family, as Condict, and her grandparents as Condict, and sources for the surnames found in the diary at the New Jersey Historical Society.
Inscription
The Tomb
of
REV. IRA CONDICT
Born Feb. 21, 1764
Ordained at Newton, Sussex, 1787
Installed in the Dutch Church
of New Brunswick 1794
pious and learned
prudent and zealous
successful in his ministry
and
greatly beloved.
He finished his course
and
entered into the joy of his Lord
June 1, 1811.
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