Hartshorne family.

The Hartshorne Family trace their lineage to Richard Hartshorne (1641-1722)a lawyer from Hathearne, Leicestershire, England, who was one of the original proprietors of Eastern New Jersey. He came to present day Monmouth County in 1669 and attained land in Middletown and Highlands. Most notably, he acquired Sandy Hook from the Indians in 1677. An illustrious citizen, he was appointed to Deputy Governor Laurie's Council in 1684 and elected to the Middletown general assembly in 1685. He then became an assembly speaker from 1686 to 1693 and 1696 to 1698. Other notable Hartshorne family members include Richard Salter (1699-1762/3), former Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court. Richard Hartshorne's grandfather, John Hartshorne (1801-1878), was a former Treasurer of Newark. Judge Richard Hartshorne was born on February 29, 1888 in Newark. His parents were William Sidney Hartshorne and Margaret Bentley Hartshorne. William worked for forty years in the firm of Boice and Hartshorne, dealers in farm produce, with a large West Indian trade. He attended Newark Academy in 1905 and then moved on to Princeton, where he graduated in 1909. Hartshorne graduated Columbia University Law School in 1912 and subsequently gained admittance to the New Jersey and New York bars. From 1912 to 1931, he practiced law privately at the Newark firms of Riker and Riker, Edward W. and Raymond Colie, and Stewart and Hartshorne. He also served as Special Assistant to the U.S. Attorney for the district of New Jersey in 1925. In 1931, he became a Judge in the Essex County Court of Common Pleas. He served as President of the Interstate Commission on Crime from 1935 to 1943 and worked as Chairman of the New Jersey Commission on Interstate Cooperation from 1935 to 1950. As a member of the American Bar Association, Hartshorne chaired the Grand Jurors' Handbook Committee of Judicial Section, which created the Federal and State Grand Jury Handbooks used throughout the United States. He was also Professor of Constitutional Law and Law of Insurance at the former New Jersey Law School. His federal appointment as U.S. District Court Judge for New Jersey by President Truman on October 17, 1951 marked the highlight of Hartshorne's judicial career. Hartshorne served as federal judge until his retirement on October 29, 1961. Hartshorne married Ellen Fritz Sahlin in 1919. She was an interior designer before the birth of their children. They had four children together:Richard, Jr., John Fritz, Nancy, and Penelope. Penelope, who became Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler,is a former National Park Service Historical Architect who carried out restoration on Independence Hall in Philadelphia in the 1950s through the 1970s. His numerous organizational affiliations included the Essex County Bar Association, Board of Proprietors of Eastern New Jersey, the Davella Mills Foundation, the International Film Foundation, the East Orange Tennis Club, and the Republican, Presbyterian, Essex, and Mason Clubs. Hartshorne was also a member of the Princeton University and Columbia Law School Alumni Associations. Hartshorne was most active in the Sons of the American Revolution and the American Legion. For the American Legion, he served as Commander of the New Jersey Department and helped found their Boys' State program in 1945. In his later years, he moved to Philadelphia to be closer to family and died there on September 19, 1975, at the age of 86.