Joseph McIlvaine (October 2, 1769August 19, 1826) was a

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from

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from 1823 until his death. He served as the Mayor of Burlington, New Jersey.

Biography

McIlvaine was born in

Bristol, Pennsylvania Bristol is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located northeast of Center City Philadelphia, opposite Burlington, New Jersey on the Delaware River. It antedates Philadelphia, being settled in 1681 and first incorpora ...

to Col. Joseph Mcllvaine (1749–1787) and Catherine Swan. His father's sister, Mary McIlvaine (1752–1818), married

Joseph Bloomfield Joseph Bloomfield (October 18, 1753October 3, 1823) was the fourth governor of New Jersey. He also served two terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1817 to 1821. The township of Bloomfield, New Jersey is named for him. Bir ...

, later

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. After pursuing an academic course and studying law, he was

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of New Jersey in 1790 and commenced practice in

Burlington, New Jersey Burlington is a city in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is a suburb of Philadelphia. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 9,743. Burlington was first incorporated on October 24, 1693, and was ...

in 1791. He was clerk of

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from 1796 to 1800; clerk of the Burlington County Court from 1800 to 1823; and

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from 1804 to 1820. He was appointed as a judge to the

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in 1818, but declined. He was elected to the

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to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Samuel L. Southard and served from November 12, 1823, until his death in

, where he was buried at Saint Mary's Episcopal Churchyard.

Family

On September 19, 1793, McIlvaine married Maria Reed, daughter of Bowes Reed,

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, and niece of Joseph Reed,

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man and

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. They had three children: # Bowes Reed McIlvaine b: 1794 #Joseph McIlvaineIII b: c. 1796 in Burlington, New Jersey #Reverend

Charles Pettit McIlvaine Charles Pettit McIlvaine (January 18, 1799 – March 13, 1873) was an Episcopal bishop, author, educator and twice Chaplain of the United States Senate. Early life and family McIlvaine was born on January 18, 1799, in Burlington, New Jerse ...

(1798–1873), Bishop of the

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# Bloomfield McIlvaine b: c. 1799 d-1826 in Burlington, New Jersey # Henry McIlvaine: c. 1805 in Burlington, New Jersey # William McIlvaine b: c. 1806 # Emerson McIlvaine b: c. 1807 # Edward McIlvaine b: c. 1808 # Mary McIlvaine b: c. 1809 # Ellen McIlvaine b: c. 1810

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:McIlvaine, Joseph 1769 births 1826 deaths People from Bristol, Pennsylvania New Jersey Democratic-Republicans New Jersey National Republicans United States senators from New Jersey United States Attorneys for the District of New Jersey New Jersey lawyers People from Burlington, New Jersey Democratic-Republican Party United States senators Mayors of Burlington, New Jersey Reed family (Pennsylvania and New Jersey) 19th-century American lawyers

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