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Gloves
Gloves
Gloves

Gloves

PeriodCirca 1830 - 1850
Place MadeNew Jersey, U.S.A.
MediumWool
Dimensions10.75 × 5 in. (27.3 × 12.7 cm)
ClassificationsAccessories, Men's
Credit LineGift of Mrs. William M. Kissam, 1993
Object number1993.3.3
DescriptionA pair of men's gloves, of navy blue and ivory wool, worked in a cross grid pattern, with narrow navy blue double banding at each wrist.
NotesThese gloves were owned and worn by John Hendrickse (Henry) Smock. Smock was born in Monmouth County in 1781 and married Elizabeth Dubois (1785 - 1845) in 1804. The couple had ten children: Henry, Fransyntje, Sarah Jane, Margaret, Benjamin, Uriah, Garret, Conover James, Mary Ann, and John Conover. Smock was a successful farmer. In 1857 a pair of his mares won First Premium at the Monmouth County Agricultural Fair. He was also a Commissioner of the Monmouth and Middlesex Agricultural Rail Road and Transportation Company. Smock served as a delegate several years running in the local Democratic Republican Party Conventions in Freehold. Smock died on June 24, 1865 at the age of 84. The gloves descended within the family to John's son Uriah, then to Uriah's daughter Elizabeth. Donor Mrs. William Kissam's grandmother Ella Schanck Smock (1852 - 1890) was Elizabeth's sister. Elizabeth Smock Blodgett gave the gloves to her great niece in 1942, a year before her death in 1943.
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ProvenanceJohn Hendrickse Smock (1781 - 1865) to his son Uriah Smock (1815 - 1881) to his daughter Elizabeth DuBois Smock Blodgett (1864 - 1943) to her great niece Dorothy Van Deusen (Mrs. William) Kissam (1913 - 2000).