Name Silas Condict | Role U.S. Congressperson | |
Died September 6, 1801, Morristown, New Jersey, United States | ||
Grit freedom chair at silas condict park
Silas Condict (March 7, 1738; September 6, 1801) was an American farmer, prominent surveyor, and large landowner from Morris County, New Jersey. He served as a New Jersey delegate to the Continental Congress from 1781 to 1783. Later, he served a number of terms in the State Assembly, and was its Speaker in 1792-1794 and in 1797. His name can be found in archived Congressional records @ " A Biographical Congressional Directory, 1774-1903" (WASHINGTON: 1903)@ page 467 (also naming Dr. John Condict, Silas Condict, Jr. and Sr., and a nephew, Dr. Lewis Condict), found at Google books and at Archive.org. It is found here also:, one of many Congressional Archive sources showing the Condict family.
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Silas' great grandfather, John, the Norman ancestor, is footnoted by archivists in the Archives for the State of New Jersey, First Series, V. XV at the index re: the HorseNeck Indian Land Purchase where his name is misspelled as Candet and Canduct, however, both times the surname is corrected to Condict by archivists at pages: 530 (No. 1) & 533 (No. 24); the book can be found at archive.org. Silas Condict died in Morristown, New Jersey and is buried in the Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Morristown. His nephew, Lewis Condict, and great-grandson, Augustus W. Cutler, would later serve in the U.S. Congress. Sources: The United States Magazine and Democratic Review,1839, January–June,No. VIII, at page 603-604. 1st-11th Annual Reports DAR. Senate documents (United States Congress, Senate). Government Printing Office: Washington, DC. Also, Hoskins' Men From Morris County NJ Who Served in Rev, pg 49; SAR Graves Registry by KP Bgbertson. Silas Condict is also found in the First Presbyterian Church of Morristown, NJ records: at pages 59–67.
There is a large park (over 1500 acres) in Morris County, named for him.