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JAMES PRENTICE NORTHROP
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JAMES PRENTICE NORTHROP, a member of the well known law firm
of Wallis, Edwards & Bumsted, of Jersey city, N. J., springs from some of
the oldest families of New England, his paternal ancestors coming over in
1630 and his mother's in 1640, Both lines were among the earliest settlers
of Massachusetts and Connecticut, and were represented in the Colonial
and Revolutionary wars, as well as in the professional and business affairs
and in the civil life of the colonies and States. Mr. Northrop is the only
child of James R. Northrop and Catherine S. Prentice, daughter of Nathan
and Alice (Spencer) Prentice. His father was the only son who attained
maturity of Rev. Bennett F. Northrop, a graduate of Yale College and of the
Albany Theological Seminary, and a well known Congregational clergyman of Connecticut, and who was the only son of Joshua Northrop, of
Litchfield, Conn.
James P. Northrop was born in Springfield, Mass., on the 5th of August, 1856, and received his education in the common schools of Connecticut and New Jersey. He read law in Jersey City in the offices of Hon. William A. Lewis. Raymond P. Wortendyke, and Wallis & Edwards, successively, and was admitted to the bar of New Jersey as an attorney at the November term of the Supreme Court in 1880 and as a counselor at the February term in 1892. Since 1880 Mr. Northrop has been actively and successfully engaged in the general practice of his profession, and is now a member of the law firm of Wallis, Edwards & Bumsted, of Jersey City. He resided for a time in Bayonne, Hudson County, where he served for two years as City Attorney. He is now a resident of North Plainfield, N. J. Mr. Northrop is an able lawyer, a man of broad attainments, and respected and esteemed by all who know him. He is a member of Enterprise Lodge, No. 147, F. and A. M., of Jersey City, a member of the Hudson County Bar Association, and a member of the Park Club of North Plainfield. September 27, 1883, Mr. Northrop married Harriet R. Wilson, daughter of Milton B. and Harriet (Metcalf) Wilson, of Danielson, Conn. Both the Metcalfs and Wilsons are among the oldest families of that State. Mr. and Mrs. Northrop have one daughter, Norma.
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