The original of tiiis book is in tine Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924028828353 Cornell University Library F 142M7 S17 + History of lUonmouth and Ocean Counties, 3 1924 028 828 353 olin Overs INDEX. New Jersey Watering Places 304 Centennial Year of Peace ' 309 High Price for a Monmouth Book 313 An Amusing Stratagem 314 The Skirmish at Mannahawken 316 Illustration— Battle Monument, Freehold 319 The Battle Monument -Efforts to Erect it 320 Monument Meeting 321 History of Battle Monument Organization 323 Ocean County Soldiers in War of Rebellion 329 Ocean County Pensioners 347 Old Dover Township 351 Nevesiuk 354 Early Navigators ■ 357 Purchasers of Shares of Land 359 Records of Cattle Marks and Estrays : 362 Geographical Index to Surveys in Ocean Couiity 364 Early Surveys in Ocean County 369 Bev. William Mills 370 A Remarkable Indian 371 Was Oliver Cromwell's Brother an Early Settler ? 381 An Old Irish Patent of NobiUty 382 History of the Potter Church 384 Presbyterianism in Forked River 394 Presbyterian Church at Forked River 396 Gen. John Lacey 400 History of the Baptists in Ocean County 403 Island Heights 406 Methodism in Ocean County 409 The Battle of Monmouth 411 Inlets 418 Salt Works 419 Character of the Refugees 420 Revolutionary Reminiscences 422 Almost Hanged by Mistake 423 The Murderer Peter Stout 425 Interesting Events 426 The Coasting Trade 428 Blacks in the Revolution 429 Illustkation — Ex-Governor Joel Parker 430 Memorial and Biography of Joel Parker 431 Persecution of Quakers ; 438 Tales of the Forest and Sea 441 INDEX. GFINEALOGIOAL RECORD. A— Abraham, Adam, Adams, Akius, Algor, Allen, A limy, Anderson, Antonides, Antrim, Applegate, Amey, Archer, Arnold, Arrowsmith, Arsley, Ashton, Aumack, Austin, Austen, Aston, Auckman. B— Baker, Baroalow, Barkelo, Baird, Bashan, Barnes, Barclay, Bailey, Baley, Baylis, Beakes, Bedle, Beedle, Biddle, Bennett, Beere, Beers, Berry, Bibby, Bibbe, Bigelow, Bills, Bird, Blackmto, Boels, Boell, Bodine, BoUen, Booraem, Boorem, Borum, Borden, Burden, Bower, Bowers, Bowne, Bowkej, Bowgar, Boude, Bowde, Boyd, Boys, Buys, Bray, Breese, Brinley, Brindley, Biittain, Brittou, Hrown, Brower, Brewer, Bryan, Pryer, Buckalew, Bunnell, Bonnell, Burrows, Burtis, Buck, Buridge, Butcher. (; — Campbell, Camburn, Camock, Cannan, Cannon, Carman, Cassa- boom, Carr, Carhart, Carter, Carwithey, Chadwiok, Chamberlain, Cham- bers, Cheeseman, Cheshire, Child, Chute, Clark, Clarke, Clayton, (.ilifton. Clothier, Codington, Coggeshall, Cole, Coleman, Collins, Colver, Colwell, Combs, Compton, Conklin, Cooke,' Cook, Cooper, Corlies, Cottrell, Court- ney, Covenhoven, Conover, Covert, Coward, Cowdrick, Cowperthwaite, Cox, Craft, Crane, Cranmer, Craig, Crome, Craven, Crawford, Crowell. D — Davis, Davison, DeBoogh, DeBogh, Debow, DeHart. Denise, Dennis, Denyke, Devill, Duel!, Devereaux, DeWildey, Dey, Dye, Dikeman, Dyckman, Dillon, Dorsett, Douglass, Dove, Drummond, Dungan. E — Earle, Easton, Eaton, Eooles, Edge, Edwards, Ellis, Ellison, Empson, English, Estell, Errickson, Everingham, Evilman, Evillman, Emanuel, Emlay, Embley. F — Falkinburg, Fardon, Eenton, Flinn, Fithian, Fish, Formau, Foreman, Fuiman, Foxall, Freeborn, French, Freneau, Frythowart, FuUerton. Q — Gauntt, Gibeson, Guiberson, Gibbons, GifEord, Goodbody, Gordon, Gould, Goulding, Goldiug, Grandin, Grant, Green, Grover, Gulick. H— Hall, Haight, Haines, Haynes, Halsey, Hamilton, Hampton, Hance, Hankins, Hankinson, Hanson, Hart, Harkcut, Harker, Harts- horne, Haring, Hatton, Hutton, Havens, Haviland, Heaviland, Hawes, Heard. L— Lefever, Lafetra. Laing, Laird, Larason.Lambson, Lane, Lawrence, Lawrie, Laurie, Layton, Lawtou, LeCook, Lacock. LeConte, Leeds, Lefferts, Leifertson, LeLaistre, Master.s, Leonard, Lgils^ Lewis, Lloyd, Light, Limming, Lemon, Lincoln, Lippenoott, Lippif,' Little, Longstreet, Luoar, Luker, Looker, Lyell. M -Maddocks, Malcolm, Mapes, Marsh, Mattox, McKay, MoKnight, Melvin, Merrill, Mestayer, .Vliddleton, Millage, Milledge, Milner, Mills' Melon, Mellon, Moore, Moor, Morford, Morris, Mott, Mount. N— Neper, Napier, Newberry, Newman, Newell, NichoUs, Nismuth. 0— Oakley, Ogborn, Ohphant, Ong, Oung, Okeson, Osborne. P-Page, Paye, Pangburn, Parr, Patterson, Paul, Payne, Pearce Pierce, Percy, Perkms, Perriues, Pew, Pharo, Phillips, Pintard Piatt' Polhemns, Potter, Powell, Predmore, Preston, Price, Purduin, Pardon' Purdy . ' ' INDEX. R— Race, Rees, Randolph, Pitz Randolph, Reape, Reoow. Raokhow, Reid, Redford, Remingtgn, Reynolds, Ranolds, Renshall, Rhea, Rea, Richardson, Ridgway, Robbins, Robinson, Rookhead, Rookhed, Rogers, Romeyn, Romine, Rose, Ruckman, Rue, Rulon, Russell, Ryall. S — Sadler, Salem, Salom, Sohenck, Soovel, Salmon, Scott, Seabrook, Serah, Serjeant, Shakerly, Shattook, Sharp, Sherman, Shepherd, Sheppard, Shian, Shreve, Shookalea, Silver, Sihver, Silverwood, Sylvester, Sissell, Sussell, Skelton, Slack, Slaght. Sloeum, Smith, Smock, Smack, Snawsell, Snowhill, Solomon, Sooy.^Soper, Southard, Speare, Spioer, Spragg, Stanlie, Starkey, Stella, Stephens, Stewart, StillweU, Story, Stout, Stephen, Swain, Swingler, Swiny, Swinny. T— Taber, Tabor, Tallman. Tartle, Taylor, Tharp, Thorp, Thompson, Tomson, Thornsborough, Throckmorton, Tomkins, Townsend, Truax, Tucker, Tunison, Turner. TJ — Usselton. V— Van Brakle, Van Brockle, Vane, Van Arsdale, Van Brunt, Van Gelder, Van Oleef, Van Oleve, Vanderveer, Van Doren, Vandoorn, Van Deventer, Van Dyke, Van Hook, Van Home, Vanhise, Van Kirk, Van Me- ter, Vaughn, Vaughan, Verway, Vickers, Voorhees, Vredenburgh, Vroom. W— Waer, Weir, Waeir, Wainright, Walker, Wall, Walling, Wallen, Walton. Ward, Wardell, Warford, Warne, Warner, Watson, Webb, Web- ley, Wells, Wills, West, White, ^igufla^- Wilbur, Winner, Winnow, Wing, Wilkins, Willett, Willetts, WiUis, Williams, WilUapison, Wilson, Winder, Winter, Winterton, Wolcott, Wooloutt, Wood, Woodmansee, Woodmancy, Woodrow, Woodward, WooUey, Worth, Worthley, Worden, Warden, WyckofE, WykofC. T— Yard. [For additional names under H. I. J. K. L. and P of Genealogy, see pages Ixvii to Ixxx, as follows: H — HandeU, Horndall, Harndale, Hearse, Hebron, Hepburn, Hedden, Hellens, Henderson, Hendrickson, Hepburn, Herbert, Harbert, Harbor, Heughes, Heyder, Hick, Higham, Higgens, Higbee, Hilborne, HofE, Hoff- mire, Hoge, Holman, Horabin, Horndell, HornfuU, Horner, Horsman, Howard, Hubbard, Hubbs, Huddy, Huet, Huit, Hewett, Hulet, Hulett, Hull, Hulshart, Holsaert, Hun, Hunn, Hunlook, Hunt, Hutchinson, Hut- ton, Hyers, Hiers, Heyers. I — Imlay, Ingham, Ingram, Inman, Inness, Isaacs, Irons, lyins. J — Jackson, Jacob, James, Jeffrey, Jerney, Jorney, Jerson, .Jenkins, . Jennings, Jewell, Juel, Jones, Job, Jobs, Johnstone, jfohnston, Johnson, .JoUy, JoUey, Judah. K— Kaighn, Kaighin, Ker, Kerr, Kilhe, Kimmons, King, Kinman, Kinmon, Ketoham, Kirby, Kipp, Kip, Knott. L — ^Lacey, Lafetra, Lambert, Luoar, Leonard. P — Paxker. PRRFAGR. "The work of gathering material and writing an accurate History of Monmoutli and Ocean Counties covering a period of over two centuries, so full of interest to resi- dents of these counties and to the people of New Jersey, generally, occupied the spare time of the author of this work for nearly one-half of his life-time, or more than a quarter of a century. Not being engaged in active business during the last three years of his life, Mr. Salter's time was. exclusively devoted to research and investigation for the purpose of securing reliable infor- mation in regard to the early settlers of Old Monmouth County of which the County of Ocean was once a part. In order to accomplish this great undertaking, the official record^ not only of Monmouth and Ocean Counties, and a number of other counties of this State were searched, but several other States were visited at great cost of time and means and the State and county records patiently and carefully examined — notably those of Western States, to which many of the citizens of Monmouth and Ocean Counties had from time to time emigrated. The result was, the obtaining of a vast amount of valuable historical information, the collection of a great number of interesting local incidents, and unquestionably the fullest and most valuable Oeuealogical Becord of the first settlers of Mon- mouth and Ocean Counties and their decendants, ever compiled. For twenty-five years previous to his death Mr. S^-lter was a corresponding member of the New Jersey Historical Society and the recognized authority on genealogical history, having been for years on its Stand- ing Committee of Genealogy of New Jersey families. It was conceded during the lifetime of the author that there was no man in the State so thoroughly informed of the IV PKEFACE. history of first families of New Jersey (1664^1678) as^ Edwin Salter. The design in publishing this book, primarily, is to carry out the long-felt desire of the deceased author to furnish the citizens of Monrnouth aiid Ocean counties with a reliable and interesting historical work ; seco ndly, to perpetuate the honored name and memory of the dis- tinguished author, and thirdly, for the benefit of hi^ esteemed widow, who for so many years encouraged and aided her husband in his arduous and responsible duties. To the undersigned — between whom and the lamented author there existed for nearly twenty years a close and abiding friendship — was assigned the duty of editing and preparing for publication the valuable material left by the deceased historian. In this responsible undertaking the Editor has studiously endeavored to omit nothing essential to the completeness of the histo:^, but has striven to present the work in the form whicn nelseKeves would have been acceptable to the lamented author. In the hope that it may be equally so to the citizens 6i Monmouth and Ocean counties, for ■w'^hom it has especially been prepared, the work is respectfully submitted. E. GAEDNEE, Editor, December 1, 1889. Bayonne, N. J. OBITUARY KOTIGR. [From the Times and. Journal, LakewoOd, N. J., Deo. 22, 1888.] TO EDWIN SALTEE'S MEMOEY. To give in a cold and conventional way an outline of ihe life of Edwin Salter would be an easy, and to us an tingrateful, task. It is so little to tlie purpose that he lived more than sixty years; that he died at Eorked ;Eiver; that he was a member of the Legislature and speaker of the House ; that he was for a score of years a iclerk in one of the Departments at Washington — ihese are the thingS that we all know, and in some sense lie may be measured by them. But our immediate con- cern with his life, .now that he is donfe with it, is how and 'to what purpose he lived it. Men of as little . moment, lafter they go hence (and often before) as a dead letter in &, waste-basket, go to the Legislature, sit in the Speaker's chair, or hold a clerkship under the government. The political status of the State has come to this, whether by progress or retrogression is of no moment here except to xjonfront the face of the fact and be — it so happens often — ■ Tather belittled than distinguished by it. Edwin Salter w^as not one of the little men of either his time or his generation. When he sat as a servant of the people, it ■was to their honor and his credit. When he was a gov- amment clerk, he was faithful and efficient. His public life was clean and meritorious. So much for truth and ^or him in this respect. But, compared to his life as a student and chronicler of State history, his public life was as a flicker beside a ;fl^me. When the one is almost forgotten, and when it would be entirely so but for his name being linked with it, his contributions to the career of the State and his 4elineations of the character of its men and women, will Vi OBITUAEY NOTICE. be growing brigliter in a steadier, stronger light. When the one will be almost valueless save as a chronological fact, the other will be invaluable as a historical heirloom to all future generations of Jerseymen. By this work he will live in the association of men of renown ; his work will be perpetual, because upon its merits it will deserve perpetuity. His patience in collecting data, his industry in the pursuit of information, his care and judgment in selection, his love of veracity and respect for fact^ his clearness in detail and ability in setting the whole sum of his studies before the world, his modest and unpretentious concealment of himself — these are some, and only some, of the characteristics of Edwin Salter's life. Men of this stamp do not die and be forgotten- They are not ephemeral. They "still live" when the multiplying years have left their unrecognizable dust far behind; Students of history must pause to do honor to their memory and be grateful to them for the good they did with little' hope of reward. Indeed, re- ward, beyond such as necessity may have entailed, did not enter into the consideration with Edwin Salter. He loved his chosen work, and gave of his means to it as freely as he would have lightened the burdens of a beg-' gar at his door, giving all that he had. His private life was that of the Christian man — ^pure and undefiled. He was generous to a double fault, honorable to the breadth of a hair, mild and gentle as the village preacher whose life is perpetuated in undying verse, and true a® the love that was beneficently given to him that he might share it with others. Thus we knew him, and here we lay this tribute to a beloved memory upon the bier of its de' parted shade. BIOQRAPHY. Edwin Salter died at Forked Eiver, N. J., December 15, 1888, aged sixty-four years. He was tlie son of Amo* Salter and Sarah Frazier, and was descended from some of the oldest families of Monmouth county — ^the Bownes, Lawrences and Hartshornes. His original ancestor in America emigrated from Devonshire, England, and set- tled at Middletown previous to 1687. He was a lawyer, a man of distinguished ability, which was illustrated in the part which he took as counsel with Captain John Bowne in the controversies of the people with the Lords' Proprietors. Edwin Salter was born in Bloomingdale, Morris Co., February 6th, 1824. While a youth, he removed with his parents to the more northern part of the State. At the age of fourteen, he became a member of a Presby- terian Sunday school in Newark ; three years later he made a profession of his faith in Christ, in a church of the same order. He subsequently removed to Philadel- phia and was there employed as a clerk in a book-store, but afterwards removed to Forked Biver and taught school. For a time he led a seafaring life, being master of a schooner in the coasting trade. ' In 1857 he was elected by the Eepublicans of Ocean county as their representative in the Assembly of New Jersey, the first Free Soil member in that body. He was returned for the two following years and in the session of 1859 he was elected Speaker and filled the position with great ability. Li 1861 he received an appointment in the United States Treasury Department, which he held for five years, when he resigned. He was reappointed shortly afterwards to a clerkship in the Fourth Auditor's office, where he remained till 1886, when he returned to Ocean County. Till BIOGRAPHY. He had a taste for historical research, especially in the study of genealogical lines. He spent much of his time in his later years in prosecuting his researches into the history of the early families of Monmouth and Ocean Counties, his residence at Washington affording him peculiar facilities for the work, ihi'ough his ready access to the National Archives. The information here obtained. was supplemented by searches of the public records of States and counties, north and south. At the time of his death he had accumulated a vast amount of historical and genealogical matter — the work of years of patient and laborious research — for a history of Monmouth and Ocean counties, which he had long contemplated pub- lishing. Referring to notices he had prepared of the principal families now represented in Monmouth, he wrote in a letter to a friend on the 14th of November, 1888, only a month before his death, " Take the matter altogether, I Joelieve it will be the most complete account of the early settlers (and settlement) ever published of ■any county in the United States settled previous to 1700." Mr. Salter was the author of a series of historical sketches published in the Monmouth Democrat, 1873-'74:, entitled "Old Times in Old Monmouth." His frequent contri- butions to the journals of Monmouth and Ocean over the signatures of " Selah Searcher " and' " Pilot" bear testi- mony among others to his zeal in historical study and his readiness to give the fruits of his research to his fel- low citizens. Edwin Salter's name stands enrolled as a member of a Presbyterian Sunday-school at Forked River, in 1831. In 1860, he was superintendent of the same school, beside teaching the Bible-class. He married, in 1852, Margaret Bodine, of Barnegat, who survives him. Their son, George W. Salter, a most estimable young man, died at Eio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 27th, 1880, of typhus fever, while stationed at that port as paymaster's clerk of the United States Naval Depot. Mr. Salter was a man of great force of character, gen- erous, opan-hearted and strong in the maintenance of the BIOGRAPHY. IX right. He had. no sympathy with lawlessness or lowness of aim. Without pretension, he aspired to the best in personal, domestic and social life. In his religious life there was no affectation or cant. A genuine heartiness and catholicity of spirit moulded his creed and his conduct. His manners were genial, his spiritwas broad and liberal. He, was a simple-hearted, earnest Christian gentleman. He filled a large place in the affections of his friends and acquaintances, by whom his death is most sincerely mourned. He was elected, a member of the New Jersey Historical Society on May 21st, 1863, and was esteemed one its most valuable members in promoting the purposes of its organi- zation. His remains were laid in the Masonic Cemetery at Barnegat, after a funeral service held at the Presbyterian Church. TABLE- OF CONTENTS. BUB J ROTS. Ocean County — Olden Times in ; Discovery, Settlement; When set off and established ; Proprietors' Division of Lands ; First persons to take up lands; Business in Old Times ; Genealogy ; Church History, Kevolu- tionary and Miscellaneous Matter ; Scenes on the Coast ; Indian Tradi- tions ; Tales of the Forest and of the Sea, i us and seemed very glad of our coming, and brought green tobacco leaves and gave us of it for knives and laeads. They go in deer skins, loose and well dressed. •They have yellow copper. They^esire clothes and are ^ery civil. They have a great store of maize or Indian wheat, whereof they make good bread. The country la jfull of great and tall oaks. Sept. 5th. — In the morning, as soon as the day was Jight, the wind ceased and the flood came. . So we heaved ^ff the ship again into five fathoms, and sent our boat to gound the bay, and we found that there was three fathoms hard by the southern shore. Our men went on Jand then and saw a great store of men, women and chil- jdren, who gave them tobacco at their coming on land. Bo they went up into the woods and saw a great store of ■very goodly oaks and some currants, (probably hucMe- jberrien). For one of them came on board and brought ^ome dried, and gave me some, which were sweet and good. This day many of the people came on board, some in mantles of feathers, and some in skins Of divers sorts £>i good furs. Some women also came with hemp. They Jiad red copper tobacco pipes, and other things of copper -they did wear about their necks. At night they went on Jand again, so we rode very quiet but durst not trust ihem. The First White Mem Killed. Sunday, Sept. 6th. — In the morning was fair weather, 8 HISTOEY OP MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. and our master sent John Colman, with four other men, in our boat over to the North side to sound the other river (Na/rrcms), being four leagues from us. They found by the way shoal water being two fathoms ; but at the north of the river, eighteen and twenty fathoms, and very good riding for ships, and a very narrow river to the westward between two islands {Staten Island and Bergen Point,) the land they told us, was as pleasant with grass and flowers and goodly trees as ever they had seen, and here very sweet smell came from them. S9 they went in two leagues and saw an open sea [Newark Hay.) and returned, and as they came back they were set upon by two canoes, the one having twelve men and the othef fourteen men. The night came on and it began to rain, so that their match went out ; and they had one man slain in the fight, which was an Englishman named John Oolman, with an arrow^shot in his throat, and two mor& hurt. It grew so dark that they could not find the ship that night, but labored to and fro on their oars. They had so great a strain that their grapnel would not hold them. Sept. 7th. — Was fair, and by ten o'clock they re- turned aboard the ship and brought our dead man with them, whom we carried on land and buried and named the point after his name, Colman's Point. Then'"' we hoisted in our boat and raised her side with waist- boards, for defence of our men. So we rode still all night, having good regard for our watch. Sept. 8th. — Was very fair weather ; we rode still very quietly. The people came aboard of us and brought to- bacco and Indian wheat, to exchange for knives and beads- and offered us no violence. So we fitting up our boat did mark. them to see if they would make any show of the death of our man, which they did not. Sept. 9th.— Fair weather. In the morning two great canoes came aboard full of men ; the one with their bows and arrows, and the other in show of buying knives, to betray us ; but we perceived their intent. We took two of them to have kept them, and put red coats on them, THE WHITES ENTEEING SANDY HOOK. 9 and would not suffer the others to come near us. So they went on land and two others came aboard in a canoe ; we took the one and let the other go ; but he which we had taken got up and leaped overboard. Then we weighed and went off into the channel of the river and anchored there all night. The foregoing is all of the log-book of Juet that re- lates to Monmouth county. The next morning the Half Moon proceeded up the North Eiver, and on her return passed out to sea without stopping. In the extract given above, the words in italics are not of course in the original, but are underscored as ex- planatory. THE WHITES ENTEEING SANDY HOOK. The earliest accounts we have of the whites being' in . the vicinity of Monmouth county is contained in a letter of John de Verazzano to Francis 1st, King of France. Verazzano entered Sandy Hook in the spring of 1524 in the ship Dolphin. On his return to Europe, he wrote a letter dated July 8th, 1524, to the King, giving an account of his voyage from Carolina to New Foundland. From this letter is extracted the following : "After proceeding a hundred leagues, we found a very pleasant situation among some steep hills, through which a very large river, deep at its mouth, forces its way to the sea, from the sea to the estuary of the river any ship heavily laden might pass with the help of the tide, which rises eight feet. But as we were riding at good berth we would not venture up in our vessel without a knowledge of its mouth ; therefore we took a boat, and entering the river we found the country on its banks well peopled, the inhabitants not differing much from the others, being dressed out with feathers of birds of various colors. " Historians generally concede that the foregoing is the first notice we have of the whites entering Sandy Hook, visiting the harbor of New York or being in the vicinity of old Monmouth. 10 HISTOEY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. The first deed from the Indians was dated 25th of 1st month, 1664 This was for lands at Nevesink, from the Sachem Popomora, and agreed to by his brother, Mishacoing, to James Hubbard, John Bowne, John Til- ton, Jr., Eichard Stout, William Goulding and Samuel Spicer. The articles given to the Indians in exchange lor the land were 118 fathoms seawamp, 68 fathoms of which were to be white and 50 black seawamp, 5 coats, 1 gun, 1 clout capp, 1 shirt, 12 lbs. tobacco and 1 anker wine ; all of which were acknowledged as having been received ; and in addition 82 fathoms of seawamp was to be paid twelve months hence. Popomora and his brother went over to New Tork and acknowledged the deed before Governor NichoUs, April 7, 1665. The official record of this deed is in the office of Secretary of State at Albany, N. Y., in Lib. 3, page 1. A copy of it is also recorded in Proprietor's of- fice, Perth Amboy, as is also a map of the land em- braced in the purchase, and also in the Secretary of State's office, Trenton. Two other deeds followed and were similarly re- corded, and on April 8th the Governor signed the noted Monmouth Patent. This instrument gives the names of " the rest of the company," referred to in the third deed; they were Walter Clarke, William Eeape, Nathaniel Sil- vester, Obadiah Holmes and Nicholas Davis, twelve in all, to whom the patent was granted. One of the conditions of the Monmouth Patent was " that the said Patentees and their associates, their heirs or assigns, shall within the space of three years, begin- ning from the day of the date hereof, manure and plant the aforesaid land and premises and settle there one iundred families at the least. It seemed imposible for the Gravesend men alone to induce that number of families to settle within the pre- scribed time, but they had warm personal friends in Hhode Island, Sandwich, Yarmouth and other places in Massachusetts, in Dover, New Hampshire, and also in different Ehode Island towns, and the stipulation was complied with. AN ANCIENT PATENT. 11 The founders of the settlements in Monlnouth were not only honorable, conscientious men in their deal- ings, but also exceedingly careful and methodical in their business transactions. This is shown by the very com- plete account, still preserved in the County Clerk's office at Freehold, of the purchase of the lands of the Indians, the amount paid and to whom, and also the names of those who contributed money toward paying the Indians and for incidental expenses in making the different pur- chases. Amoiig the purchasers were a number who had been victims of persecution for their religious faith ; some had felt the cruel lash, some had been imprisoned and others had been compelled to pay heavy fines ; others had had near relatives suffer thus. Among those who had suffered were William Shattock, Edward "Wharton, Samuel Spicer and Mrs. Micall Spicer, his mother, Eliakim Wardell and wife, Thomas Clifton and daughter Hope, Nicholas Davis, William Eeape, John Bowne (the Quaker of Flushing,) Kobert Story, John Jenkins, John and George Allen, and Obadiah Holmes. And a number of others named among purchasers, some of whom, did not settle in the county, had many years before been disarmed and banished from Massachusetts on account of adherence to Antinomian views. The principal reasons that caused the founding of the settlements of Monmouth may be summed up in the following extracts : " This is a veky good land to fall in with and a Pleasant land to see." — Sir Henry Hudsm's Log-Book, 1609. " Free Liberty of Conscience without any molesta- tion OE DISTUEBANCE WHATSOEVEE IN THE WAY OF WOESHIP." — Mcnmouth Patent, 1665. AN ANCIENT PATENT. Shrewsbury township in old Monmouth originally extended to the extreme southern limit of the present county of Ocean. In the year 1749, a portion of the lower 12 HISTOBY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. part of Shrewsbury was set off and formed into the town- ship of Stafford. The patent creating the township of Stafford is dated March 3d, 1749, and was issued in the reign of George the Second, and is signed by Governor* Jonathan Belcher, who was governor of the province of New Jersey from 1757 to 1767. As this patent is the first public official document relating exclusively to the pres- ent county of Ocean, it is a matter of gratification to know that it is still in existence and in a good state of preser- vation. It is on parchment with the great seal of the province attached, the impression of which still shows to good advantage. On the back of the patent it is endorsed by Eegister Read as having been recorded in the Secretary's office at Burlington. It sounds oddly at the present day to read such high soundiiig titles as are found on the patent : " George 2d, King of Great Britain, France, Ireland, Defender of the Faith," &c., " grants of his especial grace, certain knowl- edge, and TTieer motion," &c. And what weighty titles has Governor Belcher ! " Captain-General, and Governor-in- Chief, Chancellor, Vice Admiral," &c. This patent will be deposited in the office of the County Clerk of Ocean County. . • THE FOUNDEES OF MONMOUTH. WHO THEY WEEE AND FEOM WHENCE THEY CAME. "Inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of the fathirs." — Job ■viii-8. If the people of any section of this great country have reason to be proud of their ancestry, the people of Monmouth most assuredly have. New Englanders never tire of boasting of the Pilgrim fathers, but a noted writer of history in an adjoining state, more than half a century ago, has said that " East Jersey was settled by the best blood of New England." {I. F. Watrous in Annals of Philadeljglia.) The Pilgrim Fathers, the New England- ers now take pleasure in telling us, were not all Puritans of the straight-laced, persecuting order, but that a large A WOMAN, OP COURSE. 13 proportion had respect for persons who conscientiously differed from them in religious opinion. And of this class of the Pilgrim Fathers we find were the principal men who founded the settlement in Monmouth. The first opinion left on record of the section of country now known as Monmouth is that which was re- corded in the log-book of the ship Half Moon, Sir Henry Hudson, commander. On the night of the 2d of Septem- ber, 1609, he anchored along the beach not far from Long Branch, with the Highlands of Nevisink in sight, and his mate recorded the following in the log-book: " This is a very good land to fall in with and a pleas- ant land to see." Every good citizen of the county, it is safe to say, will cordially endorse that opinion at the present day ! A WOMAN, OF COUESE ! To a woman, it may be said, should the credit be given of being the cause of the earliest efforts by whites to settle in Monmouth. Penelope Stout, whose remark- able history is too well known to repeat here, during her captivity among the Indians, had made friends with them, and after she had reached New Amsterdam and had married Bichard Stout, she induced her husband occasionally to sail across the bay to visit her pre- server and other Indian friends, and it is reasonable to presume that on these trips they were sometimes accompanied by white friends. These visits so well satisfied Eichard Stout and his Dutch friends that " this was a good land to fall in with," that about 1648, him- self and four or five other heads of families settled where Middletown now is. But they remained here only a few years, as they were compelled to leave on account of a war breaking out between the Dutch and Indians, In 1663 some Gravesend men attempted to make ar- rangements with the Indians of Monmouth for settling, but they were warned off by the Dutch, bvit the year after, the English took possession of New York and the Gravesend men renewed the attempt. 14 HISTOEY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. A MEMOEABLE SCENE. From what has been left on record it would seem that in the hall of the old Stadt House in New York, one day two hundred and twenty years ago, there was an as- semblage of men whose meeting was one of the most im- portant events connected with founding the settlements in what is now Monmouth County. It must have been a scene well worthy the efforts of the painter, both for the importance of the object and principles these men had met to decide upon and for the striking contrasts in the appearance of the different parties present. The leading person in this meeting was the new British governor of New York, Colonel Nicholls, who we may presume was attended by his staff, and arrayed in the uniform of the British officer of his time. Then there were men in broad brimmed hats, knee breeches and shad-bellied coats, giving evidence of their Quaker faith. Some few were probably dressed in the then usual style of the Dutch citizen of New Amsterdam, a style so graphically described by Diedrick Knickerbocker in his history of New York. Others in- terested in the proceedings were probably in the usual fashion of the Pilgrim fathers of that day. But most striking of all was the appearance of a number of Indian chiefs, the sachems of the section now known as Mon- mouth county. Some of these had probably so far adopted the fashion of the whites as to wear coats-^the coarse, loose woolen "match coat," to which the Indians took a fancy, but it was many years before they took to panta- loons ; " Indian's legs stand cold like white man's face," said one of them. When these Indians appeared before Colonel Nicholls in 1665, no white men lived in Monmouth, but certain residents of Gravesend, Long Island, had visited it and found it "a good land to fall in with" and a desirable land to settle upon. They had interviewed the Indians and secured their friendship and made treat- ies which were signed by the sachems, and they had paid them to their full satisfaction for their land. But before taking possession or commencing settlements, they A MEMORABLE SCENE. 15 desired also to obtain a title from the representative of the British crown. So these conscientious men had sailed from Gravesend across to the shores of Monmouth and gathered together the sachems and took them in their vessel across the bay, and up to New York, and then to the State House to call on the Governor. Colonel NichoUs was already aware that these Gravesend men wished to obtain a patent for the land, but the object of this assembly was to have the Governor receive the personal assurances of the sachems themselves that their land had been paid for to their full satisfaction, and that they desired these men to settle on it. The governor at this meeting receiving from the chiefs themselves these assurances, decided to grant the patent ; but the Graves- end men wished that this instrument should not only show that the lands had been honorably purchased of the Indians, but they also insisted that in it should be put a pledge of unrestricted religious toleration for set- tlers under it. The result was the issuing the celebrated document known as the Monmouth Patent, with its declaration that the land had been honorably purchased of the Indians, and with it its guarantee of unrestricted religious toleration. This patent was recorded in the office of the Recorder of New York, November 8th, 1665; it was also the first instrument recorded in the archives of the State at Trenton and in the County records at Freehold. Some seventeen years later, William Penn made his celebrated treaty with the Indians, and how his praises have been sounded for paying them for their land ! Our Monmouth ancestors had done the same thing without boast or assumption of superior justice long before Wil- liam Penn came to America* or had even turned Quaker. The year that the Indian sachems of Monmouth ap- peared before Governor NichoUs was the same year that William Penn, armed and equipped as a soldier, took part in the siege of a town in Ireland. The fact of Penn's making a treaty with the Indians and paying them for their land has been thought so remarkable that pictures 16 HISTOEY OF MONMOUTll AND OCEAN COUNTIES. of the scene may be found in books in every school in the land ; but that scene in New York when the sachems pointed to the founders of Monmouth, saying in sub- stance, " These men have paid xis for our land — give them a patent," has a prior right to be conimemorated. THE FIEST ENGLISH SETTLEE OF NEW JEESEY. In the efforts to treat with the Indians for their land, we may feel assured that Eichard Stout, the first English settler of New Jersey, was the principal agent. An En- glishman by birth, he had lived so long among the Dutch, and with a Dutch wife, that he was familiar with their language, which must have been also familiar to his chil- dren in their early years. And several years' residence among the Indians must have made him acquainted with their language, also. From their acquaintance with him and knowledge of his fair dealings, the Indians no doubt had formed a favorable opinion of his associates. "When Gravesend was settled about 1645, Eichard Stout was one of the thirty-nine original settlers. The consent of the Indians having been obtained and the patent granted, the next step on the part of the patentees was to secure the one. hundred settlers within the three years, as re- quired by the patent. This necessitated energetic efforts on the part of the projectors. Of course the Gravesend men did what they could, but they had a small field to work in, but they received most effective help from New- port, Ehode Island. THE TWELVE PATENTEES. It would naturally be supposed that the twelve men named in the Monmouth patent would be among the actual settlers, but the fact is, only four of them settled here, viz : Eichard Stout, James Grover, John Bowne and Eichard Gibbons. Many years after, it is supposed, James Hubbard came in. his old age. William Goulding, Samuel Spicer, Sr., and John Tilton remained at Graves- THE EHODE ISLAND MONMOUTH ASSOCIATION. 17 end. Nattaniel Sylvester remained at his home at Shelter Island, at east end of Long Island. Obadiah Holmes and Walter Clarke remained in Ehode Island. Nicholas Davis, of Newport, E. I., was drowned about 1672. Wil- liam Eeape, an active, energetic promoter of the settle- ment, was a young Quaker merchant of Newport, who died 1670 ; his widow, Sarah Eeape, came to Monmouth and her only son, William, lived with her, but was insane from early manhood. Members of the families of most of the patentees, however, came here, and of course, all are entitled to honor for efforts to aid in establishing the settlement of the county. THE EHODE ISLAND MONMOUTH ASSOCIA- TION. While the Gravesend men seem to have initiated the movement, yet residents of Newport, Ehode Island, were considerably in the majority in making the movement successful, by furnishing the greater part of the money to pay the Indians for their land, and in inducing persons to settle on it. It is very evident that there was quite an intimate intercourse between the English residents of Gravesend and the citizens of Newport, and in some cases families of these places were nearly related. At Newport an association or " company of purchas- ers" was formed to aid the settlement of Monmouth, of which Walter Clarke, subsequently governor of that colony, was secretary, and of which William Eeape was probably the most effective member. Eeape's business as a merchant caused him to travel much on Long Island and to various towns in Massachusetts, which gave him opportunities to enlist recruits for the project, and he was such a zealous Quaker that he was arrested in Plymouth Colony by the Puritans, and on Long Island by the Dutch for traveling with Quaker preachers. It seems difficult to account for the substantial as- sistance given to the effort to secure the one hundred men within the required time, by men at Sandwich, Yarmouth, Salem and other towns in Massaohusettsf, except on the 18 HISTOKY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES, theory that William Eeape, the busy, energetic young- Quaker, in his travels enlisted them in the cause. Most of the Rhode Island and Long Island men who' aided in settling Monmouth had previously lived in Mas- sachusetts, and a number were of English birth. Several years ago the Proceedings of the Bi-Cen- tennial Celebration of the New Jersey Legislature were published by the State, and in the Appendix the writer gave a list of first settlers of Monmouth, with the-- places from which each came as far as then ascertained.. This list was substantially copied in the recent history of Monmouth county, but it was incomplete, and the compiler of that history added a few items, some of which need correction. The following is a list of, some of the names, alpha- betically arranged, of the psrsons who contributed tow- ard buying the land in Monmouth of the Indians and for incidental expenses in treating with them, and also- the amount paid by each : » £ s. d. Christopher AUmey of E. I i *Job Allmey, " '■ i John Allen and Robert Taylor, K. 1 3 Steven Arnold, " 3 John Bo-wne, of Gravesend, L. I i * John Bowne, of Flushing, L. 1 3 James Bo-wne, L. 1 1 14 6 ■WilUam Bo-wne, L. I 1 06 8 Gerrard Bourne, E. 1 4 10 Kiohard Borden, E,. I 11 10 Benjamin Borden and George Mount '. . . . 6 Nicholas Browne, B,. I 4 *Francis Brinley, R 1 3 10 *Henry Bull, E. 1 3 John Conklin, L. 1 15 ♦Walter Clarke, E. 1 3 Robert Carr, R. I 3 *Eobert Carr and Walter Cl^ke, R. 1 1 *John CoggeshaU 3 *Joshua CoggeshaU and Daniel Gould, E. 1 3 10 *Wm. Coddington, E.I 3 Thomas Clifton, E. 1 3 10 John Cooke, E. I 3 George Chutte, E. I 3 THE EHOD^ ISLAND MONMOUTH ASSOCIATION. 19 £ s. d. Thomas Cox, L. 1 3 10 Joseph Coleman 3 *Nicholas Davis, R. I , 8 Koger Ellis and Son, Mass 6 *Peter Esson (Easton,) E. 1 3 James GrOver, L. I 4 Richard Gibbons, L. 1 4 *Zachary Gauntt, E. 1 1 10* WiUiam Goulding. L. 1 4 *Ealph Goldsmith, " 3 10 *Daniel Gould (see J. Coggeshall,) E. 1 3 Samuel HoUiman (Holman) 3 John Horabin 2 1 S- Obadiah Holmes, E. I 4 Jonathan Holmes, R. I , 3 Tobias Handson, (E. I ?) 4 John Hanee (Wales?) 4 ♦William James, R. I 1 5 *John Jenkins, Mass 3 John Jenkins and Wm. Shadduok, Mass 2 Edmund Lafetra (Huguenot?) , 3 10 Henry Lippitt, R. 1 4 Richard Lippencott, L. I 16 10 *Thomas Moor, L. I 1 13 4 Francis Masters, (N. Y. ?) 3 10 George Mount (see B. Burdan) Thomas Potter, R. I 4 Edward Pattison, Mass 4 John Ruckman, L. I 4 Richard Richardson 4 Samuel Spicer, L. I 4 Richard Stout, " 4 *Nath'l Sylvester, L.I 6 Thomas Shaddock, (Mass ?) 3 Wm. Shaddock and Geo. Webb, Mass 1 William Shaddock (see J. Jenkins) Edward Smith, E. 1 3 Eobert Story, N. Y. City 9 Wm. Shaberly, Barbadoes 4 Eichard Sussell, E. I * 10 John Taton, L. I * * John Throckmorton, R. 1 1 [fi 8 John Townsend, L. I * ♦Edward Thurston, R. I ' 3 Nathan Tomkins, E. I * Edward Tartt, (Mass?) 3 17 6 Eobert Taylor (see J. Allen,) R. I Emanuel WooUey, R.I 3 20 HISTOBX OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. & s. d. Thos. Winterton, E.I 3 *Edward ■\Vliartoii, Mass 3 Eliakim Wardell, " 4 Geo. Webb (see Wm. Shaddock, Mass.) •— Thomas Whitlock, L. 1 3 17 6 Bartholomew West, E. 1 4 Eobert West, E. 1 4 Walter Wall, L. 1 4 John Wall, " 3 10 John Wilson, 4 John Wood, E. 1 4 10 In addition to the above named the following per- sons were also purchasers or settlers, probably before the expiration of the three years' limit in the Patent : James Ashton, E. I. Bartholoman Lippencott, L. I. Joseph Bryce. William Layton, E. I. John Bird, Wm. Lawrence, L. I. Abraham Brown, (E. I. ?) James Leonard, Mass. Wm. Cheesman, L. I. Lewis Mattox, E. I. Wm. Compton, " Wm. Newman, (Mass ?) '^ Jacob Cole. Josej)h Parker, E. I. Benj. Deuell, E. L Peter Parker, " Thomas Dungan, K. I. , Anthony Page. Daniel Estell, L. I. Henry Percy, E. I. Gideon Freeborn, E. I. William Eogers. William GifEord, Mass. WUUam Eeape, E. I. James Grover, Jr., L. I. John Slooum, E. I. Thomas Hart, E. I. Samuel Shaddock, Mass. John Hall, E. I. Wm. Shearman, E. I. , Eobt. Hazard, (E. I. ?) John Smith, (E. I.?) ^ James Heard, (Mass ?) John Stout, L.I. Eandall Huet, Sr„ N. T. Eichard Sadler. John Hawes, Barth. Shamquesque. Eandall Huet, Jr., N. Y. John Tomson, Mass. Joseph Huet, '■ Job Thi-ockmorton, E. I. George Hulett, (E. I. ?) Peter TUton, L. L John Havens, E. I. Thos. Wansick. John Jobs. Bobt. West, Jr., E. I. Eobert Jones, N. Y. Thos. Wright. Gabriel Kirk. Marmaduke Ward, E. I. John Jenkins, of Sandwich, Mass., sold his share of land July 6th, 1670, to George Allen, a noted Quaker of The persons marked with an asterisk (*)didnot settle in theCounty and most of them transferred their claims to others. A few who were quite promment m the first settlement of the county eventually went back to Ehode Island, among whom were Steven Arnold, Jonathan Holmes but Chnstopher AUmey. THE RHODE ISLAND MONMOUTH ASSOCIATION. 21 'Sandwich, some of whose descendants came to Mon- mouth. Daniel Gould of Newport, E. I., and Joshua Gogges- hall of Portsmouth, E. I., also sold shares to George Allen, July 7th, 1670. Walter Clarke also sold a share to George Allen, September 1st, 1672. Thomas Moore, who was a prominent citizen of Southold, L. I., sold his share to Capt. Christopher Allmey, August 24, 1674. Eobert Story, who was the leading Quaker in New York City, sold his share to John Jay of Barbadoes, W. I. "William Shaberly, also of Barbadoes, sold his share to John Jay. Eobert Carr of Ehode Island, sold his share to Giles Slocum of Portsmouth, who conveyed the same to his son, Captain John Slocum, November 22, 1672. Zachary Gauntt sold his share 'to his brother, An- nanias, in 1668. William Goulding of Long Island, sold his share to Eichard Hartshorne. Samuel Borden of Portsmouth, E. I., sold his share, 1671, to L3wis Mattox of the same place. Governor, William Coddingfcon, was said to . be the wealthiest man in Ehode Island ; the writer has found no record of his transferring his share, but thinks it possi- l)le that George Hulett, an original settler, may have occupied it, as a person of that name was in Governor Coddington's employ, 1664, and previously, and the name disappears in Ehode Island after 1664. Job Allmey. This name is now generally given as Almy. Job and his brother, Christopher, both paid for shares of land in the original purchase of lands from the Indians. They were sons of William Almy, who it is supposed came over with Governor Winthrop to Massa- chusetts about 1631, and returned to England for his iamily, 1635. He located first at Lynn, Mass., next at Sandwich, and in 1644 settled at Portsmouth, a town in close proximity to Newport, E. I. William Almy was 22 HISTOBY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. born about 1601 and died 1676. He is said to have beete a member of the Society of Friends, His son, Christo- pher, who came to Monmouth, was born in England about 1632, and died January 30, 1713. Job Almy was probably born in Massachusetts, and he died in the Spring of 1684 at Portsmouth, E. I. He married Mary Unthank of Warwick, E. I., and left several children. He held several honorable positions in the colony of Rhode Island — was deputy in the Colonial Assembly, 1670-2,. Governor's assistant, 1678, etc. Francis Brinley. This gentleman was a Governor's assistant and leading judge in Ehode Island. He was a son of Thomas Brinley, who was auditor of revenues of Charles 1st and 2d. A sister of Francis Brinley married Nathaniel Sylvester, one of the Monmouth patentees. A. descendant of the Brinley family, named Edward, mar- ried Janet Parker of the Amboy Parker family, and one- of their children was the well remembered surveyor gen- eral of East Jersey, Francis W. Brinley. Henry Bull. This honest, indomitable old Quaker^ one of the active friends of the settlement of Monmouth, was Governor of Ehode Island, 1685-90, and died 1694, _ at an advanced age. Before settling in Ehode Island h& had been a victim or Puritan persecution in Massachu- setts. His history and the genealogy of his descendants- have been quite well preserved. Eobert Carr was of Newport, E. I., and brother of Caleb, who was Governor, 1625. These two w^e proba- bly the Eobert Carr, aged 21, and the Caleb, aged 11 years, who came to America in the ship Elizabeth and Ann, 1635. They are both named as freemen at New- port, 1655, and Eobert is named there, 1687. He sold his share of land in Monmouth to Giles Slocum in 1672, ■who conveyed the same to his son, Capt. John Slocum, who settled in Monmouth. Thomas Clifton was an original' settler of Eehobith, Mass., 1643, and subsequently became a Quaker. On account of being persecuted for his faith he went to Bhode Island, where he lived when he paid for a share THE EHODE ISLAND MONMOUTH ASSOCIATION. 23 -of land in Monmouth. His daughter, Hope Clifton, was also a Tictim of Quaker persecution. He was a deputy in the E. I. colonial assembly, 1675. William Coddlngton. This is another honored Ehode Island name. He was about the wealthiest of the original settlers of Ehode Island, was Governor, 1668, 1674r-6, and died, 1678. His name is one of the most prominent in the early history of that colony. He -did come to Monmouth. He had in 1664 a man named George Hulate in his employ, whose name disappears after that date in E. I., and then as the same name ap- pears among original settlers of Monmouth, it may be that George Hulate settled on Governor Coddington's share of land. Nicholas Davis was one of the twelve patentees, and also paid for a share of land. He was born in England, was a freeman at Barnstable, 1643, became a Quaker, and laeing subjected to persecution, settled in Ehode Island and Tvas admitted freeman at Newport, 1671. He was drowned in 1672. His widow, Sarah, was in Monmouth for a time. Thomas Dungan was a prominent Baptist preaoherj rand in 1678 was a deputy from East Greenwich in the E. I. colonial assembly. It is possible that he visited Monmouth as preacher. In 1684 he left Ehode Island •and settled at Cold Eun, Bucks County, Pa., where he died, 1688. Eoger Ellis and son are named as paying for shares •of land. Eoger Ellis was an early settler at Yarmouth, Mass. ; he married Jane Lisham and his son, John, was l)orn December 1, 1648. His name is sometimes given in records of Plymouth colony as Else. Henry Bull of E. I., was prominent in forwarding the -settlement in Monmouth by getting persons to aid in purchasing the land of Indians and inducing settlers to locate there. He was a member of the Ehode Island ■"company of purchasers," of which Walter Clarke was secretary. Eobert Carr of E. I., paid for a share of land in 24 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. Iilonnioutli, which he sold to Giles Slocum, who deeded the same to his son, John Slocum, who settled on it. William Chadwick and Thomas Chadwick settled in Monmouth among original settlers. They are supposed to have come from E. I. The name is so often misspelled as Shaddock and Shattock, that in some cases it is diffi- cult to distinguish the family from that of William Shat- tock, the noted Quaker, who was persecuted in Massa- chusetts, who also came to Monmouth, and about a dozen years later, moved into Burlington County, N. J. He was a Quaker of the primitive stripe and a personal friend of George Fox. His Quaker non-resistent views seriously interfered with his duties as Governor to exert his position to have soldiers enlisted and armed to defend the colonists from the fearful attacks of the Indians in the time of King Philip. In some of the emergencies some subordinate took military matters in hand. While his first act as Governor, in May, 1676, was to issue a commission to Capt. Arthur Penner as "Chief Com- mander of the King's Garrison at Providence," which was established in view of Indian troubles, which does not appear to be in acoordaace with Quaker principles, yet William Bdmundson, the celebrated Quaker, says in his journal that he could not give his consent to kill and destroy men in the Indian wars at that time. Governor Walter Clarke occupies a very important and memorable page in Ehode Island history. He died in 1714. THE MONMOUTH "PATENT. THE DATE OF THE SECOND INDIAN PUBCHASE WAS APRIL 7, 1665 ; THE FOLLOWING DAY, GOVERNOK NICOLLS GRANTED' THE NOTED MONMOUTH PATENT WHICH WAS AS FOLLOWS : " To all whom these presents shall come : I Kichard Nicolls Esq., Governor under his Eoyal Highness the Duke of York of all his Territories in America send greet- ing- ^'Whereas there is a certain tract or parcel of land within this government, lying and being near Sandy Point, upon the Main; which said parcel of land hath THE MONMOUTH PATENT. 25 been with my consent and approbation bought by some of the inhabitants of Gravesend upon Long Island of the Sachems (chief proprietors thereof) who before me have acknowledged to have received satisfaction for the same, to the end that the said land may be planted, manured and inhabited, and for divers other good causes and con- siderations, I have thought fit to give, confirm and grant, and by these presents do give confirm and grant unto William Goulding, Samuel Spicee, EichAbd Gibbons, KicHARD Stout, James Grovee, JohnBown, John Tilton, Nathaniel Sylvester, William Eeape, Walter Clarke, Nicholas Davis, Obadiah Holmes, patentees, and their associates, their heirs, successors and assigns, all that tract and part of the main land, beginning at a certain place commonly called or known by the name of Sandy Point and so running along the bay West North West, till it comes to the mouth of the Raritan River, from thence going along the said river to the westernmost part of the certain marsh land which divides the river into two parts, and from that part to run in a direct south-west line into the woods twelve miles, and thence to turn away south-east and by south, until it falls into the main ocean.; together with all lands, soils, rivers, creeks, har- bors, mines, minerals (Royal mines excepted,) quarries, woods, meadows, pastures, marshes, waters, lakes, fish- ings, hawkings, huntings and fowling, and all other profits, commodities and hereditaments to the said lands and premises belonging and appertaining, with their and every of their appurtenances and of every part and par- cel thereof, to have and to HOLt) all and singular the said lands, hereditaments and premises with their and every (A their appurtenances hereby given and granted, or herein before mentioned to be given and granted to the only proper use and behoof of the said patentees and their associates, their heirs, successors and assigns for- ever, upon such terms and conditions as hereafter are ex- pressed, that is to say, that the said patentees and their associates, their heirs or assigns shall within the space of three years, beginning from the day of the date hereof. 26 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. manure and plant the aforesaid land and premises and settle there one hundred families at the least ; in consid- eration whereof I do promise and grant that the said patentees and their associates, their heirs, successors and assigns, shall enjoy the said land and premises, with their appurtenances, for the term of seven years next to come after the- date of these presents, free from payment of any rents, customs, excise, tax or levy whatsoever. But after the expiration of the said term of seven years, the persons who shall be in possession thereof, shall pay after the same rate which others within this his Boyal Highness' territories shall be obliged unto. And the said patentees and their associates, their heirs successors and assigns, shall have free leave and liberty to erect and build their towns and villages in such places as they in their discretions shall think most convenient, provided that they associate themselves, and that the houses of their towns and villages be not too far distant and scattering one from another ; and also that they make such fortifi- cations for their defence against an enemy as may be needful. " And I do likewise grant unto the said patentees and their associates, their heirs, successors and assigns, and unto any' and all other persons, who shall plant and inhabit in any of the land aforesaid that they shall have free liberty of conscience, without any molestation or disturbance whatsoever in their way of worship. " And I do further grant unto the aforesaid patentees, their heirs, successors and assigns, that they shall have liberty to elect by the vote of the major part of the in- habitants, five or seven other persons of the ablest and discrestesfc of tha said inhabitants, or a greater number of them (if the patentees, their heirs, successors or as- signs shall see cause) to join with them, and they to- gether, or the major part of them, shall have full power and authority to make such peculiar and prudential laws and constitutions amongst the inhabitants for the 'better and mora orderly governing of them, as to them shall seem meet ; provided they be not repugnant to the pub- COMMENCEMENT OF SETTLEMENTS. 27 lie laws of the government ; and they shall also have liberby to try all causes and actions of debts and tres- passes arising amongst themselves to the value of ten pminds, without appeal, but they may remit the hearing of all criminal matters to the assizes of New York. " And furthermore I do promise and grant unto the said patentees and their associates aforementioned, their heirs, successors and assigns that they shall in all things have equal privileges, freedom and immunities -with any of his majesty's subjects within this government, these patentees and their associates, their heirs, successors and assigns rendering and paying such duties and ac- knowledgments as now are, or hereafter shall be consti- tuted and established by the laws of this government, under obedience of his Eoyal Highness, his heirs and successors, provided they do no way enfringe the privi- leges, above specified. " Given under my hand and seal 'at Fort James in New York in Manhattan Island the 8th day of April, in the 17th year of the reign of our sovereign lord Charles the Second by the grace of God, of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith. &c., and in the year of our Lord God 1665. ElCHAKD NiCOLLS. "Entered in the office of record in New York, the day and year ahove written. Matthias Nicolls, Secretary." COMMENCEMENT OF SETTLEMENTS. the PATENTEES AND THEIK ASSOCIATES.— GRANTS AND CON- CESSIONS TO SETTLERS. — THE MONMOUTH PATENT. — THE FIRST LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NEW JERSEY. — ^BUYING LAND OF THE INDIANS. The years in which some of the settlers came to Monmouth is given in their claims made in 1675, for "Eights of land due according to Grants and Concessions made by the Proprietors." A record of these claims is preserved in the office of Surveyor General of East Jer- 28 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AOT) OCEAN COUNTIES. sey at Perth Amboy, from which the following extracts are made: It will 'be seen that under the "Grants and Concessions," the men named in the Monmouth Patent were allowed 500 acres each; then each man and. wife 120 acres each; then alloM^anees for children, and also for servants. The names of most of the early settlers of Monmouth are given in Proprietors.' Eecords at Perth Amboy, but in a majority of cases, the year is not given when they came. Very many to whom warrants for land were issued in 1675 and subsequently, had been settlers for a number of years previous. The following list of warrants gives names of per- sons who claimed land under Grants and Concessions and the amount's granted them : 1675. Here begins the Eights of Land due accord- ing to Concessions : Eiohard Stout, of Middletown, brings for his rights for himself, his wife, his two sons, John and Kiohard, 120aorQS each, 430 acres. Icem. — For his sons and daughters that are to come of age Since the year 1667, viz : James, Peter, Mary, Alice and Sarah, each 60 acres — 300 acres. Total, 780 acres. John Stout, of Middletown, for himself and wife, 240 acres; Biohard Stout in his own right, Shrewsbury, 120 acres; James Stout in his own right, 60 acres; Peter Stout in his own right, 60 acres; Sarah Stout in her own right, 60 acres; James Bound (Bowne) in right of himself and wife, Mary Stout,. 240 acres; John Throckmorton in right of himself and wife, Alice Stout, 240 acres. ~s Thomas Whitlook, of Middletown, for his rights from the year 1664 for himself, wife and three sons, Thomas, William and John, in all, five persons, at 120 per head, 600 acres Katherine Brown, the widow of Bartholomsw West, of Shrewsbury, in right of herself and deceased husband, from 1666, 90 acres each — 180 acres; and for her two sons and daughter, Stephen, William and Audry West, 60 each — 180 acres. Nicholas Brown in his own right from 1665, 120 acres, and his wife's from 1666, 90 acres -210 acres. Captain John Bowne, of Middletown, for his rights, 18th March, 1675, 500 acres, as being a first purchaser— 500 acres. Item. — For rights of himself and wife, his father, mother, and for William Compton and his wife from first year, 120 acres each, 780 acres; three servants at 60 acres each, 180 acres, Jonathan Holmes demands for his 500 acres, given by the Lords Proprietors as being one of the Patentees under first purchase at Navesink, and in right of self and wife, 240 acres —740 acres. COMMENCEMENT OF SETTLEMENTS. 29 Obadiah Holmes for self and wife, 240 acres. Edward Smith, Middletown, self, 120 acres. James Ashton, self and wife, 240 acres. Thomas Cox, self and wife, 240 acres. John Throckmorton and wife from first year, 240 acres; and in right of his father, John, 240 acres. Job Throckmorton, self, 120 acres. Charles Hynes (Haynes?) and wife, 240 acres. Joseph Huet in right of Kandall Huet and wife, 240 acres. Saraih Beape demands for her rights: In right of Benjamin Speare, Shrewsburj', 240 acres; John Homdell, Shrewsbury, 240 acres; Thomas Dungan, Shrewsbury, 240 acres; James Leonard, Shrewsbury, 240 acres; Marmaduke Ward, Shrewsbury, 240 acres; William James, half share, Shrewsbury, 120 acres,; Self and husband, Shrewsbury, 240 acres; Self aud husband, Middletown, 240 acres ; Samuel Borden, three-fourth share, Shrewsbury, 90 acres; Joseph Bryer, 120 acres — 2010 acres. Christopher Allmey demands for his rights, Imp'd for himself and wife and three servants iu the year 1665, at 120 acres a head, which is in part in fence, 600 acres; in right of John Hall, who came same year, 120 acres; in right of Henry Bull, one of the first purchasers, 120 acres; ia right of Henry Pdersie and wife from the year 1666, 180 acres; man servant, 60 acres — 1080 acres. t Jonathan Holmes as being a first purchaser, 500 acres; and for self and wife, 240 acres; Obadiah Holmes and wife, 240 acres, Edward Smith, 120 acres; James Ashton and wife, 240 acres; Thomas Cox and wife, 240 acres; John Throokmgrton and wife, 240 acres; John Throckmorton for his father, John, 240 aeres; Job Throckmorton, self, 120 acres. s Warrants for tracts of land to be subsequently lo- cated and surveyed, were issued by .the Proprietors to the following among other persons : 1675. Nicholas Brown, 210 acres ; Thomas Wainright and wife 180 acres ;iKatheri[ie Brown, late widow of Bartholomew West, in right of her' deceased husband, 180 acres; Stephen; William and Audry West, 60 acres each, 180 acres ; Edward Lafetra and wife, 180 acres; Robert West, 120 acres ; Abraham Brown and wife, 120 acres ; Joseph Parker and wife, 240 acres; Richard Stout, Jr., and wife, 120 acres; Richard Stout, Sr , and wife, 780 acres; John Stout, 120 acres; James, Peter and Mary Stout, 60 each, 180 acres; Richard Hartshorne, 200 acres; Peter Parker, 180 acres; Francis Le Maistre, 240 acres ; Clement and Pauline Masters, 120 acres; Thomas Wright, self and wife, 180 acres; Gabriel Stelle, 120 acres. 1676. Christopher Allmey in right of self, wife and others, 1080 acres. Sarah Eeape in right of ten persons, 2010. John Throckmorton, 480 acres; Job Throckmortoil, 120 acres; James Ashton, 240 acres; Thomas Cox, 240 acres; Joseph Huet, 210 acres; James Bowne, 240 acres ; Thomas Warne, 240 acres ; Stephen Arnold, 360 acres;. Hannaniah Gifford and wife, 240 acres; Thomas Leeds, Sr., and wife, 120 acres; WUliam Leeds and wife, Dorothea, 120 acres; Daniel Leeds and wife, Anne, 120 acres ; Thomas Leeds. Jr., 120 acres'; Clement Shinn and Eliza 30 HISTOKY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COtTNTIES. liis wife, 120 acres ; George Shinn, 60 acres ; Thomas Jacob and -wife, 120 acres; William Heyden, 60 acres.' 1676. Thomas Cook, 60 acres ; John Champners, 60 acres ; WilUam Shattoek, 360. Samuel Spicer, for his rights from Lords Proprietors, 500 acres; and for self and wife, 2iT acres— 740 acres. Col. Lewis Morris, (for iron works,) about 3,000 acres. John Hanoe, 330 acres; Richard Richardson, 1-50 acres; John Wilson, 240 acres ; James Grover, (500 and 360)— 860 acres; Peter Tilton (500 and .570)— 1070 acres; Richard Gibbons, 500 acres; Sarah Reape, 500; Nathaniel Silvester, 500 acres;. Tames Grover, Sr., 400 acres; Henry Leonard, (4-50 and 360)— 750 acres ; Richard Sidler, 240 acres; John Jobs, 120 acres ; George Jobs, 120 acres ; Francis Hirbert, 120 acres; Thomas Harbert, (132 and 240)— 372 acres; Benjamin Devell (Deuell), 250 acres ; John Vaughan, 135 acres. 1676. Walter Wall and wife, 210 acres; William Layton and wife, 240 acres ; John Smith and wife, 240 acres ; Richard Dans and wife, 120 acres; Daniel Estell and wife, 120 acres; James Dorsett and wife, 240 acres; George Mount and wife, 240 acres; William Cheeseman, 120 acres; Thomas Morford, 120 acres ; John Williama and wife, 240 acres; Henry Marsh, 120 acres; Wilham Whitelock, 120 acres; John Whitelock, 120 acres. Richard Hartshorne, in ris;ht of servants that he hath brought, 90 acres each, 270 acres; right of WUliiim Goldingand wife, 240 acres ; right of Robert Jones and wife, 240 acres- 750. William Lawrence, in right of self and sister, Hannah Lawrence, 240 acre?. John Havens and wife, 240 acres; WiUiam Wdrth and wife, 240 acres; Morris Worth, 120 acrps 1677. Caleb Shrife (Shrieve), in right of John Cooke, 240 acres; John Slocum and wife, 240 acres ; Benjamin Burdan and wife, 240 acres ; .Tohn Hance, wife and man servant, 360 acres: in right of .Tohn PoxaU, 240 acres! In right of Thorlogh Swiney, 240 acres ; Edward Wharton and wife, 240 acres; Francis Borden in right of Nathaniel Tompkins, 240 acres; and for self and wife, 240 acres — 4S0; -Tohn Borden and wife, 240 acres. Sarah Reape, in right of Thos. Winterton and wife, 240 acres; also Christopher Fasze (?) and wife, 240 acres; also Gabriel Hicks and wife, 240 acres; also Marmaduke Ward, 240 acres ; also William James, 120 acres; also self and husband, 240 acres: also Samuel Borden, 90 acres — 1410. 1676. Hugh Dikeman, wife and daughter, 360 acres. Abraham Brown and wife, 240 acres, and in right Peter Tilton and wife, 240 acres— 480 ; Isaac Ouge and wifp, 120 acres : John Ruokman and wife, 240 acrps ; Richard Lippencott, wife and two sons and two seryants, 600 acrPR ; John Lippencott and wife, 240 acres ; John WooUey and wife, 120 acres ; Eliakim Wardell, in right of Nicholas Davis, tpn shares, 480 acres ; Thomas Ward and wif o, 240 acres ; Stephen Arnold and wife, in right Samuel Holeman, 560 acres : George HiU' tt and wife, 240 acres ; Thomas Barnes, wife and maid servant, 180 acres. 1677. Thomas Applegat", Sr., 240 acres ; Thomas Applegate, .Tr., 120 acres; John King, 60aoreS; Ebenezer Cottrell, 120 acres; Thomas Williams, COMMENCEMENT OF SETTLEMENTS. 3l 60 acres ; Adam Ohanuelhouse, 240 acres ; Bestue Lippencott and wife, 240 acres ; Peter Easton and wife, 240 acres ; Peter Tilton, in right of his brother John and wife, 240 acres ; Gideon Freeborn and wife, 240 acres j Jacob Cole and wife, 240 acres ; Benjamin Kogers and wife, 120 acres j Kemembrance Lippencott and wife, 24U acres ; Judah Allen, in right of Annanias Garrett, 240 acres ; Judah Allen, in right Daniel Gould, 120 acres; Judah Alien, in right Joshua CoggeshaU, 120 acres ; Annaniaih Gifford, in right Wm. Gifiord, 120 acres ; EliaJdm Wardell and wife, 240 acres ; Eliaikim WardeU, for Kobert Story and wife, 240 acres ; Samuel Woolcotb and wife, 240 acres ; Hannah Jay alias Hannah Cook, 60 acres ; Samuel Hatton (no amount). 167B — Daniel Applegate, 120 acres ; Samuel Leonard, 240 acres ; Nathaniel Leonard, 120 acres ; Thomas Leoiiard, 120 acres ; Henry Leonard, Jr., 120 acres; John Leonard, 120 acres; Samuel Willett and wife, 12u acres ; Lewis Mattex, three tracts; Cornelius Steenmen, adjoining lands ; William Lawrence, in right of original purchaser, for self, wife and son, 360 acres. 1679. lioger EUis, 440 acres; William Compton, 280 acres; Nicholas Serrah, 8U acres; Isaac Bryan, 840 acres; Jacob Triax, (Truex) 120 acres; Peter Parker, George Parker, Stephen West, John Jerson, Christopher GifEord. Jarret Walland wife, 120 acres; Kandall Huet and wife, 240 acres; Derrick Tnneson and wife, 240 acres; Joshua Silverwood and wife, 120 acres. Safety Grover and wife, 120 acres ; Jacob Triax (I'ruax), 120 acres; Eob.rt Hamilton, 100 acres; Thomas Potter, wife, son and daughter, at Deale, 500 acres; Francis Jeffrey, at Deale, 120 acres; Isaac Bryan, Pop^ lar Swamp, self, wife, four children and eight servants, 840 acres. 1681. Patents, or confirmations of titles for land were granted to Gideon Freeborn, Hannah Joy, Henry Bowman, Caleb Shrieff, (Shrieve), Peter Easton, John WiUiams, George Parker, Nathaniel Cammaok, Samuel Woloott, Francis Jeffries, Daniel Leeds, Joseph Wardell, John Chamnis, Kestre Lippencott, Kemembrance Lippencott, John Lippencott, Christo^ pher Gifford, Morris Worth, Annanias Gifford, Edward Wharton, Henry Marsh, John Slooum, Nathaniel Slocum, Thomas Potter, Elizabeth Hatton, Job Havens, Samuel Spicer, William Shattock, John Hance, Peter Parker, John Clayton, Stephen West, JBdmond Lafetra, WiUiam West, Francis Parden, (Purdaine V), John Chambers, Kobert West, Thomas Hilborne, Tobias Hansen, John Borden, John Worthley, Hugh Dickman, Wilham Worth, Eliakim WardeU, John Jerson, Benjamin Bogers. In 1685 to Kichard Gardiner, Samuel Colver, Garret WaU, and George Corlies. In 1686 to Gershom Bowne, George Mount, Safety Grover, James Grover, Jr., Joseph West, George Keith, Kobert Hamilton and Francis Jackson. In 1687 to WiUiam Shadook, Edward WUUams, Thomas Eatone, Jacob Lippencott, Thomas Huet, Abigail Lippencott, Francis Borden, John Borden, Peter White, John Cranford, John Brea (Bray), Samuel White, Job Jenkins and Nathaniel Parker. In 1688, Mordecai Gibbons in right of his father, Kichard Gibbons, had confirmed to bim a tract of 540 acres. And so called "headlands" were 32 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. granted to James Paul and Isabel, Ms wife, 30 acres ; Robert and Mary Cole, 30 acres ; Archibald Siliver and Christiana, his wife, 30 acres ; also patent to Thomas and Eichard HanMnson, ISC' acres. In 1689 Rebecca Coward, a servant of William Duokura, had a patent for 30 acres, which she transferred to John Bowne. In 1692 Eichard Hartshome had patent in right of Walter Clark, of E. I., one of the patentees, 500 acres. In 1693 Thomas Webley had patent in right of Stephen and Audry West. In 1697 patents were given to Gershom Mott and John Chamberlain, THE FIEST LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY IN NEW JEESEY. It is very evident that during the first two or three years of the settlement, there must have been busy times for the little sloops in carrying settlers to and fro and in bringing over their families, household goods, 'merchan- dise, lumber; etc., from their old homes to the new settle- ment. "We may conjecture that after the first settlers landed and had selected their lots or tracts of land that the first work would be putting up shelters, either log houses or perhaps more pretentious dwellings of lumber brought ftom Gravesend, Newport or elsewhere. Clearing the land and putting up fences was the next serious task. In this work the fir-st year would probably be occupied. Perhaps many of them did not bring over their families to reside permanently until this work was accomplished. In 1667 the settlers found themselves so far advanced, with dwellings erected and lands cleared, that they had opportunity to take measures to establish a local govern- ment. By the terms of the NicoUs patent, (the patentees named,) their associates, heirs, successors, and assigns had liberty to elect by the vote of the major part of the inhabitants, "five or seven other persons of the ablest and discreetest of said inhabitants " to join with them in making such peculiar and prudential laws as to them seemed meet. In pursurance of this permission a General Assera- BUYING LAND OF THE INDIANS. 33 bly of delegates from the three towns was held in Shrews- bury on the 14th of December, 1667. This w:a8 the first legislative body ever assembled in New Jersey. Eiehard Richardson was chosen as its secretary, and appointed to record acts, orders and deeds, and hence may be con- sidered the first County Clerk of Monmouth. His record of the proceedings of this Assembly is still well pre- served. BUYING IjA^B of THE INDIANS. In August, 1664, the Dutch at New Amsterdam sur- rendered to the English and soon- after, the Gravesend men before alluded to, made another and a successful effort to purchase land of the Indians and within a few months made two other purchases. The firSt Indian purchase was by a deed dated Jan- uary 25, 1664, legal year, January 25, 1665, by our cal- endar year ; the original record of this deed is iat Albany, N. T., Liber 8, page 1. It was from Popomora, chief of the Nevesink Indians to James Hubbard, John Bowne, John Tilton, Jr., Bichard Stout, William Goulding and Samuel Spicer, all of Gravesend. This d6ed was also agreed to by Mishacoing, a brother of Popomora. It was witnessed by Indians named Eickhoran, Checockran, Chrye, Serand and Mingwash. The considerations given were as follows : 118 fathom seawamp (wampum), of which 68 fathom was to be white seawamp, and 50 fathom black, 5 coats, 1 gun, 1 clout capp, 1 shirt, 12 lbs tobacco, 1 anker wine; all of which were acknowledged as received, and 82 fathoms additional of seawamp to be paid twelve months hence. The interpreters were John Tilton, Sr., James Bowne, John Horabin, Randall Huet and John Wilson. The fact of these men being interpreters shows that they previously had had considerable intercourse with the In- dians. 34 HISTOEY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. The second purchase was dated April 7, 1665, and was from Indians named Taplawappammund, Mattama- hickanick, Yawpochammund, Kackenham, Mattanoh, Norchon and Qurrmeck and the deed was to John Tilton Sr., Samuel Spicer, William Goulding, Richard Gibbons, James Grover and Richard Stout. The third purchase was dated June 5, 1665, and from Indians named Manavendo, Emmerdesolsee, Pop- pomera, Checawsen, Shanhemun, Cramanscum, Wine- germeen and Macca, and the deed was to James Grover, John Bowne, Richard Stout, John Tilton, Richard Gib- bons, William Goulding, Samuel Spicer and " the rest of the company." The articles given for the second and third purchases were wampum, wine and tobacco, 11 common coats, three pairs of breeches, 9 blankebs, 45 yards duffel (coarse cloth) 4 1-2 lbs. powder, 15 1-2 lbs. lead, etc. — in all about the same value in proportion as for the first purchase. The orignal record of these deeds is also at Albany, and copies are recorded at Perth Amboy and at Trenton. These purchases were acknowledge before Governor NicoUs at New York. In their first land sales, the In- dians were anxious to procure coats, but they seemed to have cared but little for breeches, preferring to go bare- legged ; said an Indian : " Indian's legs like white man's face, no want covering." But Popomora and some of his chiefs were probably induced to wear breeches as they had to visit the settlement at Gravesend and also to go to New York, to acknowledge the deeds before the Governor, and Tilton, Stout and the others would natu- rally object to the Indians parading through the streets of New York, dressed with only a short coat and perhaps a few feathers stuck in their hair ! The following account is a sample of receipts and expenditures in the original purchase of the lands of the Indians and the names of the purchasers and shares awarded is from Book A, Freehold Records : Newasink, Narumsunk and Poolapeok, Dr. as foUoweth to William Beape : 24 5 23 10 2? 02 BUYING LAND OF THE INDIANS. 35 To John Tilton and Company in peague * In rum at tymes at 7-6 per gallon 45 duffels To the Sachem of ye gift land and to Kandal Huet in rum 1 00 6 To a sloop hire 10 days, with expences in provisions upon a voyage with the Patentees to Pootopeek Neck 4 06 0^ To the charge of three men sent from Ehode Island to settle ye, the counterey affairs here 3 08 To the use of Derrick Smiths sloope for their transport 4 11 6 To 21 days for myself on ye publique affairs with provisions 3 03 To the forbearance of my money 00 To my expense of new attending the publique service at the making of this account 00 £89 07 The above aecompt of disbursements of William Keape, amounting to £89 07s Od is owned by us, tlie^ Patentees and Deputies now present at Portland Points Witness our hands this 5th day of July, 1670 : Will GouLomG, James Geoteb, John Bowke, RiCHAED Gibbons, his EicHAKD X Stouo!', mark Patentees. John Hance, Eliakim Waedell, James Bowne, Deputies. Testis: E. Eichaedscn. * Backus' History of Baptists says a wan'.ynm peague was worth one-sisth of a penny. 36 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. IMONMOUTH COUNTY— WHEN ESTABLISHED. The name Monmouth was officially given to the county March 7th, 1683, as will be seen by the following extracts : " Att a Councill held the 7th day of the mo-1 called March 168 2-3 * * * * * * _ * "A bill sent downe from the Deputyes for devideing the p'vince into Countyes read and agreed vtno." — Journal of 'proceedings of Gov. c& Council, 1682 — 1703. The following is an extract from the bill referred to : " At a General Assembly begun and holden at Eliza- bethtown in this Province of Bast New Jersey, the first day of the Month called March Anno Domini 1682 and in the Five and Thirtieth year of the reign of King Charles the Second, over England, &c. and there continued by several adjournments thereof until the twenty-eight day of the said Month of March, for the public Weale of this Province was Enacted as follows : *** *** «*» " IV. An Act to divide the Provvnce into Four Counties.— M.a,ymg taken into consideration the necessity of dividing the Province into respective Counties for the better governing and settling Courts in the same : — " Be it Enacted, by this General Assembly, and the Authority thereof, that this Province be divided into four counties as followeth : (Here follows the bounds of Ber- gen, Essex, and Middlesex, after which the bounds of Monmouth are given as follows :) "Monmouth County to begin at the Westward Bounds of Middlesex county, containing Middletown and Shrewsbury and so extend Westward, Southward, and Northward to the extream Bounds of the Province. Provided this distinction of the Province into Counties, do not extend to the infringement of any Liberty in any Charter already granted." The name Monmouth was given to the county through the influence of Col. Lewis Morris who at the beginning of this session (March 1st,) was said to have DISOOTEBY OF OCEAN, COUNTY. 37 "been " Elected for Shrewsbury " as a Deputy, but bis place declared vacant, probably because be bad been selected by the Governor as a member of tbe council at that time. Colonel Morris bad purchased a large tract of land, in what was afterwards known as Monmouth County, October 25th, 1676, said to contain 3,540 acres, where- upon he located, as described in 1680, " his iron mills, his Manors, and divers other buildings for his servants and dependants ; together with 60 or 70 negroes about -the Mill and Husbandry. To this plantation he gave the name of Tintern (corrupted afterwards to Tinton) after an estate which had belonged to the family in Mon- mouthshire, England, and from him Monmouth county received its name." DISCOVEEY OF OCEAN COUNTY. Who first discovered this section of our country? Who first entered Barnegai^ay, and explored its shores ? Who were the first whites viho located here ? Have any accounts of the Indians once living here been preserved ? These are among the first questions which naturally present themselves in making inquires into the early his- tory of this section of our State. While the records of the past, meagre indeed as regards this locality, do not furnish as full answers as desirable, yet much has been preserved which is of interest to all desirous of obtain- ing information on these and kindred points. The discovery of that part of New Jersey now known as Ocean County, was by Sir Henry Hudson, on the 2d day of September, 1609, while cruising along our coast in the celebrated Dutch ship, the Half Moon. This ship was quite small, being of only eighty tons burthen, and of a build that would now be considered quite novel, re- minding one of the curious-looking Dutch galliots, which occasionally were seen in the harbor of New York a gen- eration or so ago, which used to attract the attention of, and are well remembered by oM seafaring men of Ocean County. 38 HISTOBY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. This ship, two or three days previously, had tried to enter Delaware Bay, but finding the navigation danger- ous no attempt was made to land, and she again stood out' to sea. After getting fairly out, Hudson headed north-eastwardly, and after a while hauled in and made land, Sept. 2d, near Egg Harbor. A very complete log of the ship was kept by the mate, Alfred Juet, and the part relating to Monmouth and Ocean counties is pub- lished elsewhere in these pages. Samuel H. Shreve, Esq., who in past years has furn- ished many valuable historical items to the New Jersey Courier, says in a communication dated January, 1868 : " Perrago Forge was erected by Gen. Lacey in 1809, and the same year Dover Forge was built by W. L. Smith, the son-iii-law of Lacey." It has been stated that Lacey expended ten thousand dollars at Ferrago in building the dam alone, and the construction o£ the forge and other buildings and of the road to Forked Eiver must have required a very consid-' erable outlay of money. OLD MONMOUTH DESCEIBED BY AN ANCIENT WEITEE. MIDDLETOWN, SHEBWSBUBY AUD FBEBHOLD IN 1708. NEW JEBSEY A PAEADISE. We copy the following from the celebrated but quite rare work of Oldmixon, published in 1708. The capitals, orthography and italics are about as in the original. After describing Middlesex county, he says : " We cross over the river from Middlesex into Moninouth County ; Where we first meet with Mid- dleton a pretty Good Town consisting of 100 Families and 30,000 Acres of Ground on what they call here Out Plantations. 'Tis about 10' or 12 miles over Land, to the Northward of Shrewsbury and 26 miles to the South- ward of Piscattaway. Not far off, the Shoar winds itself about like a Hook and being sandy gives Name to all the Bay. Shrewsbury is the most Southern Town of the Prot- OLD MONMOUTH DESCEIBED BY AN ANCIENT WRITER. 39 ince and reckon'd the chief Town of the Shire. It con- tains, about 160 Families and 30,000 Acres of 6>wz; Planta- tions, belonging to its Division. 'Tis situated on the Side of a fresh Water Stream, thence called Shrewsbury Eiver, not far from its Mouth. Between this Town aiJd Middkton is an Iron Work but we do not understand it has been any great Benefit to the Proprietors. Col. Morris is building a Church at the Falls. There's a new town in the County called Freehold, which has not been laid out and inhabited long. It does not contain as yet above 40 Families and as to its Out Plantations we suppose they are much the same in number with the rest and may count it about 30,000 acres. We have not divided the counties into Parishes and that for a good reason, there being none, nor indeed a Church in the whole Province worth that Name. But there are several Congregations of Church of England men as at Shrewsbury, Ambcy, Elizabeth Town and Free- hold whose Minister is Mr. John Beak ; his Income is 65Z a year ; and a Church is building at Salem. In another place Oldmixon in speaking of the first settlers of New Jersey says : " We must note that most of the first English Inhabi- tants in this country (East and West Jersey) were Des- senters, and most of them Quakers and Anabaptists. These people are generally industrious ; Be their Hypo- crisy to themselves if they are Hypocrites ; but we must do them the Justice to own that they are the fittest to inhabit a new discovered Country, as possessing Industry, and shunning those public Yices; which beget Idleness and Want. Their enemies drove great numbers of them out of England, and the Jerseys had their share of them. The People here are for this Reason Dissenters to this Day, there being but two Church of England Ministers in both Provinces ; and this may be one reason why there are no Parish Churches, which the Inhabitants may be a,fraid to build, least it might be a temptation for more Orthodox Divines to come among them. 40 HISTORY OP MONIIOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. "A gentleman asking, one of the Proprietaries 'If there were no Lamyers vn the Jerseys f Was answered '-No: And tlien ' // there were no Fhysidams ? ' The Propri- etor replied ' Wo: ' Nor Parsons f ' adds the Gentleman. ' Np; says the Proprietor. Upon which the other cry'd ' What a happy place must this he n : "July 22d, 1778. We learn that at the Court of Oyer and Terminer, held at Monmouth in June last, the following parties were tried and found guilty of burglary, viz: Thomas Emmons alias Burke, John Wood, Michael Millery, William Dillon and Eobert McMuUen. The two former were executed on Friday last, and the other three reprieved." McMuUen probably had some connection with the expedition, perhaps to spy out the whereabouts of the captured cargo, as he would not have been in that vicinity unless assured that a British force was at hand. One tradition states that when he jumped into the boat he was flying for his life — ■" that he was pursued by the Americans and escaped by swimming his horse across the river near its mouth to a point which he called Good- luck Point to commemorate his escape." Goodluck Point near the mouth of Toms River, un- doubtedly received its nams from some person flying for his life in the above manner, and it is possible that it might have been McMuUen. "On the 9th of December, 1778, it is announced that a British armed vessel, bound from Halifax to New York, and richly laden, came ashore near Barnegat. The crew about sixty in number, surrendered themselves prison- ers to our militia. Goods to the amount of five thous- and pounds sterling were taken out of her by our citizens, and a number of prisoners sent to Bordentown, at which place the balance of prisoners were expected. About March, 1779, the sloop Saccess, came ashore in a snow ' storm, at Barnegat. She had been taken by the British brig Diligence, and was on her way to New York. She had a valuable cargo of rum, molasses, coffee, cocoa, &c., on board. The prize master and three- hands were made prisoners ,and sent to Princeton. In the case of this ves- sel and the one previously mentioned, it is probable the Toms Eiver militia aided, as the name of Barnegat was. PRIVATEERING DURING THE REVOLUTION. 83 frequently applied to the shore north of the inlet, both on the beach and on the main land. Feb. 8th, 1779, the sloop Fancy and schooner Hope, with cargoes of pitch, tar and salt are advertised for sale at Toms Biver by the J. S. Marshal. They were probably prizes. The Major Van Emburg mentioned in the fol- lowing, belonged to the 2d Beg. Middlesex militia ; he was taken May 14, 1780. On the 5th of June, 1780, an ancient paper says : " On Sunday morning, Major Van Emburg and eight or nine men from West Jersey, on a fishing party, were sur- prised in bed at Toms Biyer by the Eefugees, and put on board a vessel to be sent prisoners to New York, but before the vessel sailed they fortunately managed to escape." Toms Biver then did not seem quite as desirable a place for pleasure resort as it is in the present day. History does not tell us whether the Major was success- ful in catching fish : all we know is that he got caught himself. About the middle of December, 1780, a British brig in the West India trade, was captured and brought into Toms Biver. . This brig was short of water and provis- ions and mistaking the land for Long Island, sent a boat and four men ashore to obtain supplies. The militia hearing of it manned two boats and went out and took her. She had on board 150 hhds of rum and spirits, which our ancestors pronounced " excellent," by which we conclude they must have considered themselves com- petent judges of the article ! With the British, rum must have been a necessity, as in every prize taken from them rum was an important part of the cargo. The British brig Molly, was driven ashore in a snow storm near Barnegat ; her prize crew were taken pris- oners by the militia and sent to Philadelphia. In December, 1780, Lieut. Joshua Studson of Toms Biver, was shot by the refugee Bacon, inside of Cran- berry'inlet. The particulars of this affair are given.in a 84 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. notice of Bacon's career, and therefore it is unnecessary to repeat them. March" 19, 1782. The privateer Dart, Capt. Wm. Gray, of Salem Mass., arrived at Toms Eiver with a prize sloop, taken from the British galley. Black Jack. The next day he went with his boat and seven men in pur- suit of a British brig near the bar. Unfortunately for Capt. Gray, instead of taking a prize he was taken him- self. For a long time after, the Toms Eiver people wondered what had become of him. In August follow- ing they heard from him. After getting outside the bar he was taken prisoner, and carried to Halifax, and sub- sequently released on parole. He stated he was well treated while a prisoner. A few days after Capt. Gray was taken, the British attacked and burned Toms Eiver. This was the last affair of any importance occurring in the immediate vicinity of Toms Eiver during the war. But south of Toms Eiver, several noted affairs afterwards occurred. Davenport burned the salt works at Forked Eiver, and was himself killed in June ; in October, Bacon attacked and killed several men on the beach south of Barnegat lighthouse ; in December, occurred the skirmish at Cedar Creek, where young Cooke was killed ; on the 3d of April following, (1783,) Bacon was killed near West Creek. A EHODE ISLAND PRIZE. The original and following certificate is in posses- sion of Bphraim P. Empson, Esq., of Collier's Mills : Providence, Feb. 21, 1777. This may certify that Messrs. Clark and Nightin- gale and Captain William Ehodes have purchased here at vendue, the schooner Pope's Head, which was taken by the privateers Sally and Joseph (under our command) and carried into Cranberry Inlet, in the Jersies, and there delivered to the care of Mr. James Eandolph by our prize masters. James Maeo. John Fish. PEITATEEEING DURING THE BEVOLUTION. 85 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. During the war there were interesting events occurr- ing at Toms Eiver, outside of military and naval matters. In January, 1778, the sloop, Two Friends, Capt. Alex. Bonnett of Hispaniola, was cast away near Barne- gat, with 1,600 bags of salt, 49 hhds. molasses, also a lot of rum, sugar, &c. Only 160 galls, rum saved. The shore people went to their assistance, but one man was lost. The Capt. of the Two Friends, Alex. Bonnet, then shipped as a passenger in the sloop Endeavor of Toms Eiver, for New York, but sad to relate, while she lay at anchor in the inlet, a storm at night parted the cable and all on board were drowned in the bay. In December, 1778, Capt Alexander of the sloop Eliz- abeth of Baltimore, was taken by the British, but he was permitted to leave in his small boat, and landed in Toms Eiver inlet. It was during the war, in the year 1777, that Eev. Benjamin Abbott, expounded the then new principles of Methodism, to the people of Toms Eiver, first at the house of Esquire Abiel Aikens, and then at another place when " a Frenchman fell to the floor, and never rose until the Lord converted his soul. Here (at Toms Eiver), we had a happy time," so says Abbott in his journal. During the war there was of course no communica- tion with New York, but the people of Toms Eiver had considerable overland intercourse with West Jersey, Philadelphia and Freehold. OLD MONMOUTH DUEING THE EEVOLUTION. Historians generally concede that no state among the old thirteen suffered during the war more than did New Jersey ; and it is generally admitted that no counliy in our state suffered more than did old Monmouth. In addition to the outrages to which, the citizens were sub- jected from the British army, they were continually har- rassed by depredations committed by regularly organized bands of Eefugees, and also by the still more lawless 86 HISTORY OF MONAIOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. acts of a set of outcasts known as the Pine Woods Bob- bers, who, though pretending to be Tories, yet if oppor- tunity offered, robbBd Tories as well as Whigs. The Eefugees, or Loyalists as they called themselves, were generally native born Americans who sid6d with the British regularly o:j:ganized, with officers commis- sioned by the Board of Associated Loyalists at New York, of which body the President was William Franklin, the last Tory governor of New Jersey, an illegitimate son of Dr. Benjamin Franklin. The Befugees had a strongly fortified settlement at Sandy Hook, the lighthouse there defended with cannon and British vessels of war always lying in the vicinity. From this settlement or "Eefugees' town," as it was sometimes called, these marauders would sally forth to plunder and murder in the adjoining county. To show the perils by which the citizens of old Mon- mouth were surrounded and the outrages to which they were subjected, we append some extracts chiefly from ancient papers, which though plain and unvarnished, yet will give a vivid idea of life and times in this county in the dark days of the Bevolution. KEFUGEE BAIDS IN OLD MONMOUTH PROMINENT PATRIOTS- ROBBED, CAPTURED AND MURDERED. "June 3d, 1778. We are informed that on Wednes- day morning last, a party of about seventy of the Greens from Sandy Hook, landed near Major Kearney's (near Keyport,) headed for Mill Creek, Middletown Point, and marched to Mr. John Burrows, made him prisoner, burnt his mills and both his storehouses— all valuable build- ings, besides a great deal of his furniture. They also took prisoners Lieutenant Colonel Smock, Captain Christopher Little, Mr. Joseph Wall, Captain Joseph Covenhoven (Conover) and several other persons, and killed Messrs. Pearce and Van Brockle and wounded an- other man mortally. Having completed this -and several other barbarities they precipitately returned the same morning to give an account of their abominable deeds to their bloody employers. A number of these gentry, we learn, were formerly inhabitants of that neighborhood." OH) MONMOUTH DURING THE EEVOLUTION. 87 The "Greans" above mentioned, it is said, were Hefugee or Loyalist Jerseymen wlio joined the British. Their organization was sometimes called " the New Jer- sey Bioyal Volunteers," uader command of General Cort- landt Skinner. "April 26th, 1779. An expedition consisting of seven or eight hundred men under Col. Hyde went to Middle- town, Bed Bank, Tinton Falls, Shrewsbury and other places, robbing and burning as they went. They took Justice Covenhoven and others prisoners. Captain Bur- rows and Colonel Holmes assembled our militia and killed three and wounded fifteen of the enemy. The enemy however succeeded in carrying off horses, cattle and other plunder." In the above extract the name of Justice "Coven- hoven" is mentioned. The names of different members of the Covenhoven family are frequently met with in ancient papers and records among those who favored the patriot cause. Since that time the name has gradu- ally changed from Covenhoven to Conover. In May, two or three weeks after the above affair, some two or three hundred Tories landed at Middletown, on what was then termed a " picarooning " expedition. The term "picaroon" originally meaning a plunderer or pirate, seems to have been used in that day to convey about the same idea that "raider" did in the late Re- bellion. "June 9th, 1779. A party of about fifty Eefugees landed in Monmouth and marched to Tinton Falls undis- covered, where they surprised and carried off Colonel Hendrickson, Colonel Wyckoff, Captain Chadwick and Captain McKnight, with several privates of the militia, and drove off sheep and horned cattle. About thirty of our militia hastily collected, made some resistance but were repulsed with the loss of two men killed and ten wounded, the enemy's loss unknown. April 1st, 1780. About this time, the Tories made another raid to Tinton Falls, and took off seven prison- ers. Another party took Mr. Bowne prisoner at Middle- 88 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. town, who, but three days before had been exchanged, and had just got home. About the last of April, the Eefugees attacked the house of John Holmes, Upper Freehold, and robbed him of a large amount of continental money, a silver watch, gold ring, silver buckles, pistols, clothing, &c. June 1st, 1780. The noted Colonel Tye, (a mulatto formerly a slave in Monmouth Co.) with his motley com- pany of about twenty blacks and whites, carried off prisoners Capt. Barney Smock, and Gilbert Van Mater, spiked an iron cannon and took four horses. Their. ren- dezvous was at Sandy Hook. Shortly after this, Colojiel Tye aided in the attack on Capt. Joshua Huddy, at his house at Colts Neck. Col- onel Tye, (or Titus, formerly a slave belonging to John Corlies,) though guilty of having a skin darker than our own, yet was generally acknowledged to be about the most honorable, brave, generous and determined of the Eefugee leaders. Like our forefathers, he fought for his liberty, which our ancestors unfortunately refused to give him. October 15, 1781. A party of Eefugees from Sandy Hook landed at night, at Shrewsbury, and marched un- discovered to Colt's Neck, and took six prisoners. The alarm reached the Court House about four or five o'clock P. M., and a number of inhabitants, among whom was Dr. Nathaniel Scudder, went in pursuit. They rode to Black Point to try to recapture the six Americans, and while firing from the bank. Dr. Scudder was killed. Dr. Scudder was one of the most prominent, active and use- ful patriots of Monmouth, and his death was a serious loss to the Americans. About the beginning of August, 1782, Eichard Wil- gus, an American, was shot below AUentown, while on guard to prevent contraband trade with the British. February 8th, 1782. About forty refugees under Lieut. Steelman, came via Sandy Hook to Pleasant Val- ley. They took twenty horses and five sleighs, which they loaded with plunder ; they also took several pris- OLD MONMOUTH DURING THE REVOLUTION. 89 oners, viz: Hendrick Hendrickson and Ms two sons, Peter Covenhoven, or Conover as the name is now called, was made prisoner once before in 1779, as before related, Garret Hendrickson, Samuel Bowne and son, and James Denise. At Garret Hendrickson's a young man named "William Thompson, got up slyly and went off and in- formed Capt. John Schenck, of Col. Holmes' regiment, who collected all the men be could to pursue. They overtook and attacked the refugees, and the before men- tioned William Thompson was killed and Mr. Cottrel wounded. They however took twelve refugees pris- oners, three of whom were wounded. But in return- ing, they unexpectedly fell in with a party of sixteen men under Stevenson, and a sudden firing caused eight of the prisoners to escape. But Capt. Schenck ordered his men to charge bayonet, and the tories surrendered. Capt. Schenck took nineteen horses and five sleighs, and took twenty-one prisoners. The first of the foregoing extracts, relating to a raid of the British in Middletown township, in 1778, and land- ing near Major Kearney's, in the vicinity of Keyport, is probably the affair referred to in a tradition given in Howe's collections, which we give below, as it explains why the Eefugees fled so precipitately. It will be noticed, however, that the tradition does not agree with extract quoted as to damage done ; but we have no doubt but that the statement copied from the ancient paper (Collins' Gazette) is correct, as it was written but a few days after the affair took place. " The proximity of this part of Monmouth county to New York rendered it, in the war of the Eevolution, peculiarly liable to the incursions of the British troops'. Many of the inhabitants, although secretly favorable to the American cause, were obliged to feign allegiance to the crown, or lose their property by marauding parties of the refugees, from vessels generally lying off Sandy Hook. Among those of this description was Major Kearney, a resident near the present site of Keyport. On one occasion a party of thirty or forty refugees stopped 90 HISTOEY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. at his dwelling on their way to Middletown Point, where they intended to burn a dwelling and some mills. Kear- ney feigned gratification at their visit, and falsely in- formed them there were probably some rebel troops at the Point, in which case it would be dangerous for them to march thither. He ordered his negro servant, Jube, thither to make inquiry, at the same time secretly giving him the cue how to act. In due length of time Jube, who had gone but a short distance, returned and hastily entered the room where Kearney and the Refugees were, and exclaimed : " Oh Massa ! Massa ! the rebels are at the Point thick as blackberries ! They have just come down from the Court House and say they are going to march down here to-night. The ruse succeeded; the Refugees, alarmed, precipitately retreated to their boats, leaving the Major to rejoice at the stratagem which had saved the property of his friends from destruction." The probability is that the ruse prevented the Refu- gees from doing as much damage as they had intended, although they remained long enough to inflict considera- ble injury, as has been related. FREEHOLD IN THE REVOLUTION. A few days previous to the battle of Monmouth, the prisoners in Preehold jail, six of whom were under sen- tence of death, were removed to the jail at Morristown, under charge of Nicholas Yan Brunt, who was at the time Sheriff of Monmouth County. The following is an extract from the minutes of the State Council of Safety, under date of September 28, 1778 : "Agreed that there be paid to Mr. Schenck for the use of Nicholas Van Brunt, Sheriff of Monmouth, for his expenses in removing the prisoners from the gaol in Monmouth Co. to that of Morris, at the time of the enemy's march through Monmouth & in fetching back to Monmouth those who were there to be executed, as per his account, the sum of £48 6s." It will be remembered that the corpse of Captain Joshua Huddy, after his murder, was brought to the FREEHOLD IN THE REVOLUTION. 91 house of Captain James Green, at Freeliold. Captain Green's house seems to have been the principal place, for a time, in Freehold, for meetings to transact public business. A number of trials were hsld there, notably Courts of Admiralty to try claims for prizes captured by the Americans. Esquire Abiel Aiken, of Toms Eiver, had one here the week before Huddy was taken, to try the claims for the prize " Lucy," of which William Dil- lon had been master. Dillon was one of the eight men in Freehold jail under sentence of death, to whom Eev. Abel Morgan preached in June, 1778, but he somehow escaped death. The next week after Esquire Aiken had the examination at Captain Green's house, at Freehold, for claim's against Dillon's vessel. Dillon piloted the British expedition into Toms Eiver, which destroyed the block house, captured Huddy and others, and burned the village and Esquire Aiken's house among the rest. Captain James Green may have been a seafaring man previous to the war. At a Court of Admiralty he at one time had claim on the Batty, a captured prize. It will be remembered that one of Captain Huddy's daughters married a Green and the other a Piatt. This last was a Middlesex County name. John Piatt was sheriff of Middlesex in 1779 and thereabouts. John Van Kirk was sheriff before him, and John Conway followed him. In Monmouth, during the war, Nicholas VanBrunt was sheriff, then David Forman, and the last year of the war John Burrows, Jr. In 1780, sales were advertised to take place at the house of Daniel Eandolph, Freehold. A very prominent man at Toms Eiver in the early part of the war was James Eandolph, extensively engaged in saw mills and other business. He died about 1781, and Daniel Ean- dolph's appearance, then, at Toms Eiver, suggests that he might have gone there to manage the estate. An ex- ecutor named Benjamin Eandolph then lived in Chest- nut street, Philadelphia. James Wall is named as an innkeeper, at Freehold, 92 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. in 1778, and .'William Snyder, innkeeper, is named 1779. The only paper published in New Jersey then was the New Jersey Gazette, of which Isaac Collins was pub- lisher. There were no post offices then in Monmouth. The nearest one was at Trenton, of which B. Smith was Post-Master. The New Jersey Oazette had many sub- scribers in Monmouth, to whom papers were delivered by post riders who undertook such business on their own account. UPPEE FEEEHOLD. GETTING EEADY TO TAR AND FEATHER THE KING S LAWYER — MONEY PANIC AMONG "THE MONMOUTH PEOPLE," 1769. By the courtesy of C. D. Deshler, Esq., of the New Brunswick Historical Club, the Editor of the MGnmmith Democrat, Mr. James S. Yard, was given permission to publish the following interesting paper communicated by Mr. Deshler to the Club, from which paper it is copied : Bernardus Legrange, an attorney living at New Brunswick in 1769, was complained of to the Assembly for having taken exorbitant fees. For this he was repri- manded by the Council, but this punishment was miti- gated by their publishing, subsequently, letters from Chief Justice Smith, and Second Justice Bead, which stated that his charges were only such as were custom- arily made. Shortly after, a singular letter was addressed to Le- grange. It was anonymous, and was thought to be of sufficient importance to be inserted in the Minutes of the Assembly. It was as follows : To Bernardus Legrange, Esq., Attorney at Laxo in New Brunswick : Eriend Legrange— As I am a lover of peace and concord, there is nothing gives me greater pleasure than beholding the same having a subsistence among man- kind. And on the other hand there is nothing can give me so much pain as to see any of the human species be- come a Nuisance to the commonalty of mankind. Whether they become such thro' an act of inadvertence UPPEE FEEEHOLD. * 93 or from a selfish ambition. As for the 1st I heartily be- moan and bewail them (as it may flow from some natural passion) and I think so ought all considerate men rather than ridicule 'em ; for my own part I am always led to pity & lament the condition of that man I see act against his own peace & well-being here. And if it is Ambition, that has made him such to his fellow creatures, Oh ! Wretch indeed ! that Satan shou'd lift up his mind, that he shou'd become the cause of his own ruin, and the de- rision and hissing of the general part of his acquaint- ance. What has begotten you the hatred & aversion of the public in these parts are best known to thyself, & whether deservedly or undeservedly I shall not deter- mine ; but one thing I can assure you, that thou hast accrued it to the highest degree. And, if thou com est. this way, may God Almighty have Mercy on thee, for I am convinced the people have none, if the Lord does not turn their hearts from their present resolutions. I will let thee know what I heard the other day among a parcel of people, having met accidentally with 'em at the Mill at English town concerning you and some more of your brethren ; thee especially they* seemed to have the greatest grudge against : One of them said. He wished that fellow Legrange would come to Court this month, he should not escape from out of a back window as he did before ; another of the company makes answer Damn him, I hear he is to come and act as King's Attorney ; but that shall not screen the rascal, says he ; Aye, says he, the lawyers has done that a purpose, that we might not disturb the villain ; but if we catch him, we will Legrange him ! I hearing the people expressing themselves in this manner I began to examine them what you had done unto them that enraged them so against you. Why, says one, he will bring down our heads & humble us. They say you egged up their Creditors to put their bonds in suit saying Monmouth people are all like to fail, and much more of the like nature. And, I inquired, if they cou'd prove their assertions against you, they say, yes they can, by some of their creditors ; and will if you carry some action ; but I could not learn against whom, or where the person lived. < Yesterday I was in Upper Freehold among some Company, where I heard them resolve concerning you, much the same as above ; wishing you might come to Court, for there were between seven and eight hundred of them ready to receive you. Nay, I have heard some 94 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. of them declare solemnly they would use jon as the in- formers were used at New York and Philadelphia. I know, they collected some money to purchase two barrels of Tar and have agreed with a man to haul it a Monday. And as far as I can learn it is for you. They intend to tar & feather you, and to cart you from the Court house to Vankirk's Mill & back again. In imitation of the Oister- man in New York. I shou'd have taken the trouble to come to your house and informed you of the plotters against your per- son ere now, only, as I have some considerable property in this County, I know they would utterly ruin me if they knew I divulged to you the least matter. Friend Legrange, you can act as you think will best suit you. Only I would advise you as a friend, to con- sider seriously the fury of an enraged mob ; mad with oppression; and think deliberately with yourself how you expect to escape their hands : O, I beseech You ! to ponder well in your own breast, the fate of many Kings & Princes, when they become obnoxious or hateful to the people. And the spirit of rioting seems to increase in our day ; think of the fate of Major James Ogden, and many of the custom house officers. Nay, we have daily instances of one or another falling a sacrifice to the peo- ple when provoked. And I can positively affi^rm if thou hadst dwelt in this County there would not been left one stone on another of your house ere now. Earo antecedentem scelestum desiruit pede pcena- ceaudo. I ordered my young man to leave this for you, at your house or Duff's for thee. This letter was thought of sufficient importance by the House of Assembly to be made the subject of its action, and the following additional record is to be found concerning it in the Minutes of Assembly : "On the question " Eesolved that the said letter is scandalous and un- warrantable : and that this house look upon the same as manifestly tending to a breach of the public peace. The voices being equal the Speaker decided in the Affirm- ative." On the vote the members from Middlesex voted in the negative, and those from Monmouth and Somerset were divided. OLD TIMES. 95 OLD TIMES. AN ANCIENT TAVEfeN BOOK. Certainly the tavern accounts of a New Jersey Coun- try Inn, of over an hundred years old, would be a curiosity. The kindness of a friend has placed before us just such a document. It is a home-made book of the ancient ribbed and unruled fools-cap paper. The book is made by folding each leaf down the middle, lengthwise, so that each sheet makes four leaves or eight pages. The length is thirteen inches, and the width is nearly four and one-half inches. The cover is also home-made, being of a coarse, thin paste-board, made by pasting to- gether several sheets of paper, and then pasting a strip of thin paper a quarter of an inch wide round the border. The opening is made on the inside of the cover, where the owner writes : " His Book of Tavern Accompts November 14 1766 the Money prock." The abbreviated word "prock" needs explanation, which has been kindly furnished by Mr. C. D. Deshler, of the New Brunswick Historical Club. It alludes to the ofScial and legislative proclamations regulating the currency as to its value. The accounts, however, are kept (though not very artisti- cally, yet with care,) in pounds, shillings and pence. A private note accompanying the book informs us that it is "the account of a hotel in Somerset county." However that may be, the names found in the entries are* the family names of nearly all the old families of Mon- mouth county, and the adjoining county of " Middlesex. There are accounts with one hundred and forty persons. Very numerous among these are the Cowenhovens. Of these one is entered with strict formality as "Wm. Cowenhoven Pt S." and another as " Court house William Cowenhoven." "We have also the Buckelews, Carliles, Combses, Claytons, Cassleers, Campbells, Clarks, Craigs, Millers, C,Qftpers, Disborrows, Dorsets, Englishes, Em- leys, Erricksons, Formans, Gastons, Pages, Herberts, Hagemans, Loyds, Lairds, Murrays, Moxols, Morfords, Newells, Perines, Patersons, Eue, Keed, Smalley, Smith, 96 HISTOEY OP MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. Scobey, Polliamicees, Tilton, Wooley, Winerite, White, &c. It is seen that these names are spelled differently now. And very curious are the entries in this old book. Doubtless the following customer was a hard working, sturdy woman of those times. We copy the whole entry: 1767. DOLLEY HAGEMAN, Dr. January 2 To 1 mug of Cider & 1-2 Dram 6. To 1 mug of Beer 6. To 1-2 Dram 2. To 2 mugs of Beer 1 — . April 8 To 1 Dram 4. To 1-2 Dram 2. 0. 2. 8. So DoUey's " accompt " was 0£. 2s. 8d. She paid the account, as it is cancelled by two lines drawn diagonally across the page. She is the only lady customer this trusting publican had. A customer named Rogers has a long and varied account. "To 1 mug of Cider 4d" oc- curs often. We tind him on New Year's day taking " 1 mug of Cider at 4d.," and again on the same day indulg- ing in two mugs, for which he is charged 8d. The next day we find him charged with "2 Pints of Cider 4d. (Query : did a mug of cider contain two pints, as it is charged 4d., also ? If so, on New Tear's he must have , taken three quarts of apple juice.) This same day he is , charged " to Victuals 5d. To 1 Dram 4d. To Supper lOd. To Hot Eum Is. 2d." As a dram was a gill, and cost 4d., this hot rum at 14 pence must have been a pretty heavy night-cap after supper. ' But this customer was generous, as we find him charged "To liquor in Company (that is, to treating round) Is. 7d." Other en- tries against him are in March, "1 mug of Beer 6d." Next month occurs an entry "2 mugs of beer 6d." (Query : did they have different sized mugs ?) The en- tries occur " To Beer and egg rum 9d. To liquor & Bread & Cheese Is. lid. To Beer & Egg Eum 9d. April 9. To 1 Dram & Pint of Beer 7. To Cash 2s. To 1 Egg Dram 6. On this date is an entry to his favor : " Cr. By OLD TIMES. 97 Cash. 7s. 6d." Two days after, another fit of goodnature comes on, so he is charged "To Dinner & Liquor in Comp. Is. 8d, " and the same day he borrows of the land- lord Is. On the 27th he stands charged " To 2 Drams 8d. To Egg Bum & Wine Is. 4d." In an account running against one William Orchard through several months, we find among many entries for drinks certain items that wtiuld indicate him to be a ped- dler, and which afford some insight into traveling ex- penses : " To Victual & mug of Cider Is. 6d. To Lodg- ing 4d. To hay & oats for horses Is. To breakfast and dram Is. To hay 1 day & 1 Night Is. To 2 Quarts of oats 4d. To Breakfast & mug Cider Is. 2d. To Dinner Is. To hay for your horse Is." &c. A curious account is one that shows a bad debt brought from the day book, and the landlord's shrewd- ness in his further dealing. The account is as follows : 1766. Matthew Bue, Blacksmith Dr. Dec 16. Brought from the Day Book 4. 6. Jan 30. To mug of Beer on a ship in pawn 6. So the poor blacksmith had to pawn a miniature ship in order to get his drink. As to how the affair ended, there is no clue. Among a good many entries, William Carlile is charged " To 1 Sling 6d. To 1-2 Bowie of Punch 9. To 1 Pint of Beer 3d. To 1 mug of Beer 6d." It would seem, then, that the mug was of the capacity of a quart. In the account of David Welch, January 12, 1767, is the entry : " To mug of Beer Wagered on Carlisles Wed- ding 6." The same day Welch is charged " To Stewed & Bum 5d." What cookery may be implied in the word " stewed " is not clear, as the price does not permit the following to explain it : " To Cider, Quaker & Beer Is. 3d. To mug of Stewed Quaker Is." This "Stewed Quaker " consisted of cider with some cider oil in it, and a hot roasted apple floating on top. This whim of the fre- quenters of our ancient American Tavern was really only a refinement on the luxury indulged in by the evening patrons of the old English hostelry, when a roasted or yo HISTOBY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. wild apple was floated on tjie mugs of ale. David Welch's account runs througli four months, and foots up 15s. 2d. At the bottom is written : " The above ace. is paid." One Peter Yatsman runs an account in the years 1766—67—68. From the nature of the entries it would seem that he is a traveler — likely a peddler — as among similar entries is found this one: "To hay Stabling, Sup- per, Lodging & Rum 2s. 8d." The heaviest single entry in the book occurs in his account. " To liquor & Vict- uals in Com. 6s. 3d." He is also charged " To 1 Bole of Toddy Is.," and to "a pound and a half of Tobacco lid." We suspect a half pound was meant. Peter is credited by " 31s. york," which is entered as " 1£. 9s. 6d.," and finally (a rare case, certainly), the landlord makes a closing entry of 7s. 2d. in Yatsman's favor. One David Wilson seems remarkably free, as in a short account he is charged seven times liquoring and victualing the company. This Mr. Wilson stands, in one entry, credited with "two turkeys, total 5s. 6d." A John Cowenhoven stands charged " To 1 mug of Swezel." What that is, does not appear; but it cost lOd., and as a mug of cider cost but 4, and a mug of beer but 6, it was rather costly. Charles Soobey gets credit " By soaling 2 pairs of Shoes, 4s. Jonathan Forman gets credit for " two bushels of Corn, 6s." In settling one account certain differences are struck between York money and Prock (proclamation) money, and an allowance is made for what is called "light money." This short sketch from this curious old book, is given to show the prices of some things at that time. It would be interesting to get at the old time talks, when the old folks gathered at this hostelry to hear the news and discuss the scandals. The book shows vividly the social status of the alcohol question then. Among the names is one Gilbert Tennent^we dare not say it was OLD TIMES IN OCEAN COUNTY. 99 the minister, because we are not sure. But this is cer- tain, that since then the change in sentiment has been stupendous. It was then no disgrace to sit in the tavern and indulge — the wedding, the funeral, the ministers' gathering, all saw the social cup pass freely. Verily, temperance men have wrought wonders ; and the world moves for the better, as is testified to by this old witness of the days of 1766. OLD TIMES IN OCEAN COUNTY. EEMINISOENCES OF ITS DISCOVERY — SETPLEMENT^ — CHUECH HISTOEY — EEVOLUriONAEY AND MISCELLANEOUS MATTEE — SCENES ON THE COAST— FISHING AND WHALINa— RELIG- IOUS SOCIETIES, &C. The first mention by Europeans of that portion of our State now comprised within the limits of the county of Ocean is contained in the following extract from the journal kept by Robert Juet mate of the "Half Moon," of which ship Sir Henry Hudson was commander. Sir Henry Hudson himself has given us no account of his discoveries on this trip in 1609. The Half Moon left Delaware Bay and was proceeding northerly along our coast when Juet wrote as follows : " Sept. 2nd 1609. The course along the lahd we found to be N. E. by N. from the land which we first had sight of until we came to a great lake of water as we could judge it to be, being drowned land which made it rise like islands, was in length ten leagues. The mouth of the lake has many shoals and the sea breaks upon them as it is cast out of the mouth of it. And from that lake or bay the land lays N. by E. and we had a great stream out of the bay, and from thence our soundings was ten fathoms two leagues from land. At five o'clock we anchored in eight fathoms water, wind light. Far to the northward we saw high hills." The next morning the Half Moon proceeded on to- wards the Highlands. Juet's description of the coast, its two courses, one 100 HISTOBl' OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. above and the other below Barnegat gives it as it still is the soundings are about as he describes, and the inle and bay still present the same appearance. SAW AND GRIST MILLS IN ANCIENT TIMES — FOED, FEREY, ETC AT TOMS RIVEE. Among the sawmills first erected in Ocean count may be mentioned the following : John Eastwood had a sawmill on Cedar Creek pre vious to 1740. Edward Beak's, sawmill. Kettle Creek, 1742. Van Hook's sawmill, Dry Cedar Swamp Brook, 1749 Everingham's sawmill, north branch Toms Kivei 1750. Van Horn's sawmill. Van Horn's brook, Toms Rivei 1759. Coward's sawmill, north branch Toms Biver, 1762. In the New York Gazette, April, 1768, appears a: advertisement offering for sale a tract of land of 1,00 acres at Toms River ; also a sawmill four miles from thi bay, renting for 82,000 feet good inch boards a year The advertisement is signed by Paul and Abrahan Schenck, and reference given to John Williams, Tinicon] Bridge. Jackson's Mills and Schenck's Mills, Jackson towr ship, Willett's Mills, Stafford, Kimmons' Mills, NewEgyp and mills on Forked Eiver (upper mill), Waretown an( Oyster Creeks, were also built at an early date. The sav and grist mill at Toms River (where the village now is were burnt by the British, March, 1782. We find that some of these mills were establishec farther up some of these streams than many now wouh suppose would be the case ; the lumber would be madi into small narrow rafts and fioated down towards th( bay, where vessels would be in readiness to carry it ti market. Old Cranberry Inlet being then open it wa much more convenient to get to New York than at th^ present day. In 1748 we find in ancient records mention o Marcus Hedden's dam at Toms River called " The oh OLD TIMES IN OCEAN COUNTY. 101 giving over place ; " other writings speak of " The old riding overplace," which was near the present bridge. In 1749 we find mention of A. Luker's Ferry at Toms River. The firstiand taken up at Toms Eiver appears to have been a small tract of 17 1-2 acres along the river near Messrs. Aumack's store Nov. 14th, 1741; and same date a tract 75 acres back of Cowdriok's Hotel— by James Alexander, Surveyor General. ORIGIN AND SIGNIFICATION OF SOME OF THE NAMES IN OCEAN COUNTY, HISTORICAL, TRADITIONAL AND CONJECTURAL. Mannahawhin : This name is from the original In- dian designation of the place and signifies " good corn land." Barnegai : From the Dutch and signifies "Breakers Inlet," or an inlet with breakers. It was first written " Bar-ende-gat," then " Barndegat " and finally the present orthography was adopted. Waretown : So called from an early settler named Abraham Waeir who died in that village March 24th, 1768, aged 85 years. Toms River : So called from a noted Indian living there previous to the Eevolution. It is said he held some office under the British Government, but proving a de- faulter was deprived of it and disgraced. Bew Egypt: One tradition says this place was formerly called " Kimmons Mills " a man named Kim- mons owning the mills there ; and from the amount of corn raised and sold in the vicinity, people at a distance used to speak jokingly of " going to Egypt to buy corn," and hence the name. Goodluck, : There is a tradition to the effect that a man on horseback beiiig pursued by some enemies in- tent on taking his life, rode his horse into the bay and swam him across to the point of land near the mouth of Toms River now known as Goodluck Point by which means he escaped and to commemorate his deliverance he called it " Goodluck Point." In regard to the name of Goodluck applied to the village, another tradition says it 102 HISTOEY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. was given by Eev. John Murray on account of the good luck which he seemed to meet with there. As Murray must hkve originally landed near Groodluck Point, it is. not im-, probable that fancying the name as applied to the Point ie might under the circumstances have bestowed it upon the village. Barende-Oat: The name Barende-gat in Dutch signifies Breakers inlet or an inlet with, breakers ; it ap- pears to have been applied to the inlet, not as a perma- nent name, but only as one dencripiive of the inlet, by the first discoverers along our coast ; the same name is found upon some ancient maps applied both to Absecon and Barnegat. . ' The name Barnegat in ancient times was not only applied to the inlet and bay but to much or most of the land bordering on the bay. EMPLOYMENT OF OCEAN COUNTY VESSELS. The establishment of saw mills rendered it necessary to have vessels to carry lumber to market ; these vessels were generally sloops. This was about the beginning of the coasting trade for which Ocean county has since been so noted. After a time these first vessels "found addi- tional employment in carrying cedar rails to market ; after a time this trade began to fail but about the time it failed the invention of steamhoats caused a . demand for pine wood. Since then a large number of vessels owned and manned by citizens of this county have been steadily engaged in the wood trade ; when the supply of pine wood failed in the county, larger vessels were built and proceeded to Maryland and Virginia to obtain it. "When the largest of the timber — such as was fit for marketable wood, was cut off, the charcoal trade next furnished employment for many of the smaller class coasting vessels. The charcoal trade was commenced about forty years ago. At the present time most of the coasting vessels (generally schooners — two or three masted) are too large to enter our bay loaded ; they are engaged in the coasting rade from New York to Southern and Eastern ports. A OLD TIMES IN OCEAN COUNTY. 103 large amount of capital is invested by our citizens in these vessels, much larger than Custom House records would show, as most of them take out papers at New York, Perth Amboy, Little Egg Harbor and other places out of the county or out of the Custom House district. It is difficult now to give the precise amount of capital invested, but it is probable that between half a million and a million dollars is now invested in vessel property by O^ean county citlzsns. Most of these vessels are built in the county, but soma have been built on the North Biver, at AUowaystown, N. J., and other places. (A.S there is no Castotn House in Ocean county, my impression is that much of the vessel property owned here is credited to other places ; for instance, if three- fourths of a vessel is owned here and one-fourth in New York, the vessel will be enrolled in New York, as it is convenient to renew papers there.) CAPT. HENDBICKSON AND THE " ONEEST." The first Europeans who ever landed within the limits of our county, it is probable, were Capt. Hend- rickson and his companions in the celebrated yacht " Onrest" (Restless), although we have no positive infor- mation to settle the point. The evidence, though cir- cumstantial, is strong. It will be remembered that Mr. Brodhead, the Historian of N. Y., discovered a map in Holland supposed to have been published or made about Octobsr, 1614. This map gives so correct a representa- tion of Barnegat Bay and the various streams running into it that it baars upon its face evidence of having been made from actual exploration. In regard to the author- ship of this map of 1614, I am unaware of its being attributsd to any one ; but it will be remembered that the little " Onrest," after returning from her cruise in the Spring of that year under Adrien Block (from the East- ward), was taken in charge by Capt. Hendrickson who sailed out of Sandy Hook southerly for the express pur- •pose of making discoveries and exploring the coast. Most maps made during the succeeding fifty or seventy- five years give so incorrect representations of Barnegat 104 HISTOBY OP MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. Bay and the streams emptying into it that they doubt- lessly were made by persons who never entered the bay at all, but only sailed along outside the beach. Naviga- tors in vessels outside could easily determine the length, and quite accurately the width, also, but could see no streams. It is true that in the noted " Figurative " map of 1616, of Capt. Hendrickson's, we find nothing to justify the supposition that he' entered this bay, but that map does not appear to have been made to give exact particu- lars of discoveries, but only to give general outlines of the coast for an especial and different purpose, viz : to illustrate and explain his demands for certain special trading privileges. Prom the object he had in view in cruising along our coast in 1614 ; from the size of his little vessels so well adapted for coming in our inlet which the larger 'Dutch vessels could not do ; from the improbability of any other navigator cruising along here that year ; from the date of the map corresponding so nearly to the time of his trip ; from the probabilities that he must have made a more minute map of the coast than his figurative one — from all these circumstances combined, it seems reasonable to suppose that the " Onrest," the first vessel ever built in America, was the first that ever entered Barnegat Bay. FISHING /vND WHALING. The fishing privileges afforded in the vicinity of Barnegat Bay were frequently enlarged upon by the Pro- prietors and others, to induce persons to settle along the bay and even whaling was expected to prove quite profitable. The celebrated navigator De Vries tells us that on the 15th of April, 1633, he was off " Barendegat, where in two hours he took upwards of eighty codfish better than those of New Poundland. Samuel Groome in order to effect the establishment of this branch of commerce was very anxious for a spaedy arrangement with the Indians whereby lands near Barnegat might be secured." The work of Scott, 1685, before alluded to, says : " Bornogate, or Burning Hole, is said to be a very OLD TIMES IN OCEAN COUNTY. 105 good place for fisliing and there are some desiring to take up laud tliare -who inform us that it is good land and abundance of meadow lying in it." Though whaling turned out generally unprofitable, yet our first settlers found inducements enough to locate here in other fisheries, the abundance of oysters, wild fowl, etc.; these, together with the meadow and farm land adjacent to the bay, rendered the necessaries of life easily obtainable. These first settlers, locating them- selves along the bay or upon streams near the bay, do not appear to have taken up land; the presumption is, that the Proprietors persuaded them to come and locate upon their lands or were ansiotis to have them do so as a means of drawing other settlers here. A few families appear to have been in the county scattered at various points as early as about 1700, and slowly increased in numbers until from 1735 to 1740, about which time (as far as I have been able to ascertain) settlers first began to take up land. Then (1735-40) we find the next in- ducement to locate here was the valuable sites for mills afforded by the numerous streams and the facilities for the, lumber trade; soms of the first mills established in Ocean county it may be proper to mention. SETTLERS PEOM LONG ISLAND. It is said* that the Dutch, after displ9,cing the Swedes along the Delaware in 1655, and while under the Governorship of Peter Alricks and others, acquired large tracts of country upon the eastern side of New Jersey. According to some traditionary.accounts, persons, either Swedes or Dutch, from along the Delaware about this time visited Ocean county and endeavored to induce per- sons to settle along Toms Kiver, but this point is not as yet conclusively settled. Besides the reasons offered by the Proprietors to in- duce persons to settle here we have other causes which actuated many of the first settlers to locate here and in other parts of East Jersey, given in the following extract * Hist. Coll. N. J. 106 HISTOkY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. from a letter of Loi"d Cornbury's to the Board of Trade, dated July 1st, 1708. " Two sorts of people remove out of this Govern- ment (New York) to neighboring provinces ; the first are trading men ; of these but few have removed since I came hither. The other sort are husbandmen. Of this sort many are removed lately, especiaiUy from Kings county. Long Island. Many of our early settlers along shore came from Long Island about the time referred to by Lord Cornbury — those on the lower part of our county chiefly by way of Egg Harbor. And the reasons they remove are of two kinds, namely : The first is be- cause Kings county is small and full of people, so as the young grow up they are forced to seek land farther off to settle on. The land in the Eastern Division of New Jersey is good and not very far from Kings county ; there is only a bay to cross. The other reason that in- duces them to move into New Jersey is because they pay no taxes ; no, nor no duties." Lord Cornbury then proceeds to propose plans to check this emigration, but we find that Gov. Eobt. Hun- ter, (April 30th, 1716,) still complains of " the great numbers of the younger sort who leave Long Island yearly to plant in New Jersey and Pennsylvania." EAELY SETTLERS OE OCEAN. As before stated, many of the early settlers of Ocean county came from Long Island, probably a majority of those in the lower part of the county. Many of these, perhaps most of them, came by the way of Little Egg Harbor. From Long Island tax rates 1675, to 1683, are gath- ered the following among other ' familar Ocean county names : Oyster Bay: Birdsalls, Willetts, Homers, Town- sends, Andrews. Graveiond : Tiltons, Davis, WooUeys, Johnsons, Stillwells, Wilkins. BrookliiL\n: Salmons, Sogers, Platts, Jones, Coxes, Hulses. OLD TIMES IN OCEAN COUNTY. 107 Southampton : Eoses, Mills, Cooks, Komptons. Sonthold : Baileys, Salmons. Eant Hampton : Osbornes. Newtown : Lawrences, Pangborns, Moores, Smiths, Southards, Salmons, Whites, Williams, Formans, Bird- sails, Burchams. In several Long Island towns are the Lawrences, Conklins, Williams, Rogers, etc. From Burlington county came the Pharos, Eidg- ways, Imlays, Jennings, Mills, etc. Among families supposed to have come from Middle- sex are the Parkers,* Gulicks, Eandolphs, Predmores, etc. A large number of early settlers came from Mon- mouth: the Stouts, Holmes, Conovers, Lawrences, Eus- sells, Herberts, and others too numerous to mention. Many families of the same name appear to have coma, in different parts of the county, from different places, as Mills, Cooks, Johnsons, etc. Among early settlers who are referred to in ancient deeds but of whom little is known as to their origin, we find Wm. Chamberlain whose house stood on the north side of Oyster Creek, 1739 ; Bobert Hewlett's dwelling, Goodluck, 1748, and Nicholas Brown, Mannahawkin. Mem: The county was so sparsely populated a century ago that I doubt if it contained over twelve or fifteen hundred people, though so large in territory. OLD SHBEWSBUBY TOWNSHIP — THE DUTCH IN NEW JEESEY. Ocean it will be remembered was once a part of Monmouth, and Monmouth was formerly divided into Middletown and Shrewsbury. Shrewsbury then ex- tended to the most southerly point of the present county of Ocean ; it is therefore proper to make some reference to old Shrewsbury. The celebrated Stout manuscript says that in 1648 there were only six white families in Middletown. It is doubtful if there were any then in Shrewsbury. Shrews- * For Parker family see '■ Contributions to E. J. Hist, by W. A . Whitehead ' 108 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES, bury was first settled by emigrants from Connecticut in 1664. TKe following items relating not only to Sbrewsburj^, but to other parts of East Jersey, may be new to some ; they are from the Dutch records during their brief sway in 1673. After displacing the English, the Dutch sent officers into East Jersey to administer to the inhabitants : THE OATH OP ALLEGIANCE. " Aug. 12th, 1673. The inhabitants of Middletown and Shrewsbury are required and charged to send their deputies unto us on Tuesday morning next to treat upon surrendering their said towns to the Dutch. (Signed) Coknelius Evertib, Jacob Benckes. " 14th 7ber 1673. Capt. Knyff and Lieut. Snell re- turned yesterday morning from Aghter Coll* and reported that pursuant to their commissions they had adminis- tered the oath of allegiance to the inhabitants of the undernamed towns, who are found to number as in the lists herewith delivered to Council :" Elizabethtown, 80 men, 76 took oath — rest absent. New Wark, 86 " 75 " ti iC Woodbridge, 54 " 53 " one absent. Piscataway, 43 " 43 " Middletown, 60 " 52 " Shrewsbury, 68 " 38 " 18 Quakers promised allegiance — rest absent." By the foregoing census it appears that the men in East Jersey that year numbered 391. Allowing the pop- ulation to have been four times as many as the popula- tion of East Jersey that year (1673) would have been 1564, and of Shrewsbury 272. Many original Monmouth settlers were Dutch from Holland. The Holland Dutch origin is still preserved by many familiar names as shown elsewhere. The Holland Dutch (or Low Dutch,) are proverbially *jighter Coll, or Achter Coll, meaning "beyoud the hills"— beyond Bergen Hilla— the name applied to East Jersey. = ./ j a OLD TIMES IN OCEAN COUNTY. 109 a remarkably cleanly and neat people — so mucli so, tliat we hardly dare call in question the truth of the story of one of our very neat, tidy Monmouth Dutch Grandmoth- ers who scrubbed her floor so thoroughly and so often, that one day she scrubbed through and fell into the cellar and broke her neck. The following item also relates to Shrewsbury : "Whereas the late chosen Magistrates of Shrews- bury are found to be persons whose religion will not suffer them to take an oath, it was ordered that a new nomination of four persons of true Protestant Christian religion out of which I shall elect two and continue one of the former Magistrates. Anthony Colve, Got. 29th 7th ber 1673. Magistrates of Shrewsbury, sworn Sept. 1st, 1673 : John Hance, Eleakim Wardil, Hugh Dyckman. Capt. Knyff and Lieut. Snell reported also that they had sworn in certain officers of the militia in said towns. For Middletown and Shrewsbury were the following : Middletown — Jonathan Holmes, Captain ; John Smith, Lieut.; Thomas Whitlock, Ensign. Shrewsbury — William Newman, Captain ; John Williamson, Lieut.; Nieles Brown, Ensign. In 1682 the population of Shrewsbury was estimated at 400, and several thousand acres of land were under cultivation. PKOPBIETORS' DIVISION OF LANDS. The first mention that I now remember to have met with of any part of the present county of Ocean in any o&- ci&\ public Englitsh recordu is in the grant of the Duke of York to Berkely and Carteret July 29th, 1674. In giving the bounds of territory it is described as extending " as far southward as a certain creek called 5am:'r/(i'!5, being about the middle point between Sandy Hook and Cape May, and bounded on the west in a strait line from said creek called Barnegat to a certain creek in Delaware river next adjoining to and below a certain creek in Delaware river called Eenkokus." (Learning & Spicer, p. 46.) 110 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. The above quotation is repeated in Carteret's in- structions to planters and settlers, (Learning and Spicer, p. 50.) In the Proprietors' Instructions to the Deputy Gov- ernor, July 3d, 1685, it is ordered : " That whenever there is a convenient Plott of land lying together, containing twenty -four thousand acres as we are informed will more especially be the case at Bar- negatte, it be divided and marked into twenty-four parts, a thousand acres to each Proprietary and the parts being made as equal as can be for quality and situation, the first comers settling to have the choice of the Divisions and where several stand equal in that respect upon equal Terms and Time of settling it be determined by lot," etc. (The sections proceed to give farther directions in regard to dividing the lands which are to be found in Learning and Sjsicer, pages 210-211.) TRAVELING IN ANCIENT TIMES. Although the majority of persons who earliest visited Ocean county travelled along the shore, yet it is probable that the north-westerly and northerly portions of the county were occasionally traversed by travelers crossing our State long before there were any settlements of whites in the central portion of New Jersey. These trav- elers crossed the State for various reasons, some for curiosity, perhaps, or ^o explore it ; some on public or private business between the early settlements in New York and East Jersey, adjacent, and the settlements on the Delaware, as in the case of Capt. William Tom and Peter Alricks, 1671 ; others as missionaries or traveling preachers between settlements in this a ad other States. I know of no account which gives the precise route usually travelled then, but it would be reasonable to sup- pose they followed the usual Indian trails or paths. Among these paths we find occasional mention in ancient Monmouth and Ocean records of " Burlington old path," among other places referred to in 1767 in the act creating the township of Dover now in Ocean. THE COMING OP THE WHITE MAN. Ill THE COMING OF THE WHITE MAN. WHAT THE INDIANS THOUGHT OF THE WHITES AND THEIE SHIPS. THE NATIVES ASTONISHED. THE MAN IN KED AND THE KED MAN. FIEE WATER AND ITS FIRST INDIAN VIC- TIM. THE FIRST INDIANS DRUNK, &C. After Sir Henry Hudson's departure from the shores of Monmouth he proceeded towards Manhattan Island and thence up the river now bearing his name. The fol- lowing traditionary account, the coming of the Whites according to Heckwelder, was handed down among both Delaware and Iroquois Indians. It is not often we meet in fact or fiction a more interesting story than this plain, simple Indian tradition. After explaining that the Indian chiefs of old Monmouth County notified the chiefs on York or Manhattan Island, and that the chiefs of the surrounding country finally gathered at the last named place to give a formal receptioa, the tradition says : A long time ago before men with a white skin had ever been seen, some Indians fishing at a place where the sea widens, espied something at a distance moving upon the water. They hurried ashore, collected their neigh- bors, who together returned and viewed intently this astonishing phenomenon. What it could be, baffled con- jecture. Some supposed it to be a large fish or other animal, others that it was a large house floating upon the sea. Perceiving it moving towards the land, the spec- tators concluded that it would be proper to send runners in different directions to carry the news to their scattered chiefs, that they might send off for the immediate attend- ance of their warriors. — These arrived in numbers to behold the sight, and perceiving that it. was actually moving towards them, that it was coming into the river or bay, they conjectured that it must be a remarkably large houss in which tlia Ma/nitto or Great Spirit was coming to visit them. They were much afraid and yet under no apprehension that the Great Spirit would injure them. They worshipped him. The chiefs now assembled at New York Island and consulted in what manner they 112 HISTOBY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. should receive their Manitto ; meat was prepared for a sacrifice. The women were directed to prepare their best victuals. Idols or images were examined and put in order. A grand dance they thought would be pleasing, and in addition to the sacrifice might appease him if hungry. The conjurers were also set to work to deter- mine what this phenomenon portended and what the re- sult would be. To the conj area's, men, women and chil- dren looked for protection. Utterly at a loss what to do, and distracted alternately between hope and fear, in the confusion a grand dance commenced. Meantime fresh runners arrived, declaring it to be a great house of vari- ous colors and full of living creatures. It now appeared that it was their Manitto, probably bringing some new kind of game. Others arriving declared it positively full of people of different color and dress from theirs, and that one appeared altogether in red. (This was sup- posed to be Sir Henry Hudson.) This then must be the Manitto. They were lost in admiration, could not imagine what the vessel was, whence it came, or what all this portended. They are now hailed from the 'vessel in a language they could not understand. They answered by a shout or yell in their way. The house or large canoe as some call it, stops. A smaller canoe comes on shore with the red man in it; some stay by the canoe to guard it. The chief and wise men form a circle into which the red man and two attendants enter. He salutes them with friendly countenance, and they return the salute after their manner. They are amazed at their color and dress, particularly with him, who glittering in red, wore something, perhaps lace and buttons, they could not comprehend. He must be the great Manitto, they thought, but why should he have a white skin ? A large elegant Ilouchlmck (gourd, i. e. bottle, decan- ter, &c.,) is brought by one of the supposed Manitto's servants, from which a substance is placed into smaller cups or glasses and handed to the Manitto. He drinks, has the glasses refilled and handed to the chief near him. He takes it, smells it, and passes it to the nest, THE COMING OF THE WHITE MAN. 113 who does tlie same. The glass in this manner is passed around the circle and is about to be returned to the red clothes man, when one of the Indians, a great warrior, harangues them on the impropriety of returning the cup unemptied. It was handed to them, he said, by the Manitto, to drink out of as he had. To follow his ex- ample would please him — to reject, might provoke his wrath ; and if no one else would, he would drink it him- self, let what would follow, for it were better for one man to die, than a whole nation to be destroyed. He then took the glass, smelled it, again addressed them, bidding adieu, and drank its contents. All eyes are now fixed upon the first Indian in New York, who had tasted the poison, which has since effected so signal a revolution in the condition of the native Americans. He soon began to stagger. The women cried, supposing him in fits. He rolled on the ground ; they bemoan his fate ; they thought him dying ; he fell asleep ; they at first thought he had expired, but soon perceived he still breathed ; he awoke, jumped up, and declared he never felt more happy. He asked for more, and the whole assembly imitating him became intoxicated. While this intoxica- tion lasted, the whites confined themselves to their ves- sels ; after it ceased, the man with the red clothes re- turned and distributed beads, axes, hoes and stockings. They soon became familiar, and conversed by signs. The whites made them understand that they would now re- turn home, but the next year they would visit them again with presents, and stay with them awhile ; but as that they could not live without eating, they should then want a little land to sow seeds, in order to raise herbs to put in their broth. Accordingly a vessel arrived the season following, when they were much rejoiced to see each other ; but the whites laughed when they saw axes and hoes hang- ing as ornaments to their breasts ; and the stockings used as tobacco pouches. The whites now put handles in the axes and hoes and cut down trees before their eyes, dug the ground, and showed them the use of stock- 114 HISTOEY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. ings. Here, say the Indians, a general laugh ensued — • to think they had remained ignorant of the use of these things, and had borne so long such heavy metals sus- pended around their necks. Eamiliarity daily increas- ing between them and the whites — the latter prepared to stay with them — asking them only for so much land as the hide of a bullock spread before them would cover ; they granted the request. The whites then took a knife, and, beginning at a place on the hide, cut it up into a rope not thicker than the finger of a little child. They then took the rope and drew it gently along in a circular form, and took in a large piece of ground ; the Indians were surprised at their superior wit, but they did not contend with them for a little ground, as they had enough. They lived contentedly together for a long time, but the new comers from time to time asked for more land, which was readily obtained, and thus gradu- ally proceeded higher up the Mahicannittuok [Hiodson River), until they began to believe they would want all their country, which proved eventually to be the case. The name which the Indians first gave to the whites was Woapsiel Lenncqje, which signified white people. But in process of time, when disagreeable events occur- red between them, the Indians laid aside this name and called them Schwonnaok — the salt people — because they came across the salt water ; and this name was always after applied to the whites. The foregoing traditions are said to have been handed down among both Delaware and Iroquois. The Delawares owned and were spread over the whole country, from New York Island to the Potomac. They say they had a great many towns, among other places a number on the Lennapewihittack or Delaware river, and a great many in SheyieJibi on that part of the country now named Jersey. That a place named Ghi- oJwhaei, now Trenton, on the Lannapewihittuck a large Indian town had been for many years together, where their great chief resided. The Delawares say Chick- ohaoki is a place on the east side of the Delaware river TOWNSHIPS IN OCEAN COUNTY. 115 above Philadelphia, at or near a great bend where the white people have since built a town which they call Trenton. Their old town was on a high bluff which was always tumbling down, wherefore the town was called Ohiehohacki, which is tumbling banks, ox falling banks. "When the Europeans first arrived at York Island the Great Unami chief of the Turtle tribe resided south- ward across a large stream, or where Amboy now is. That from this town a very long sand bar (Sandy Hook) extended far into the sea. That at Amboy and all the way up and down their large rivers and bays and on great islands they had towns when the Europeans first arrived, and that it was their forefathers who first dis- covered the Europeans on their travel, and who met them on York Island after they landed. TOWNSHIPS IN OCEAN COUNTY. The present county of Ocean, as before stated, was once a part of ShrewsbuBy. This was the case until 1749 when a portion of the lower part of Shrewsbury was set off and formed into the township of Stafford. The patent creating the township of Stafford is dated March 3d, 1749, and was issued in the reign of George II, and is signed by Gov. Belcher. As this is probably the first official public document relating to any portion of the present county of Ocean it is a mat- ter of gratification to know that this patentds still in ex- istence in good preservation. It is, as was usual, upon parchment, with the great seal of the province of New Jersey attached, the impression of which still shows to good advantage. (This patent at present writing is in the care of the author hereof.) The next division of Shrewsbury affecting the county of Ocean, was the creation of the township of Dover June 24th, 1767, when Wm. Franklin was Gov- ernor. In the recital of the boundaries of Dover, men- tion is made of " Burlington old path " where it crosses 116 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH iND OCEAN COUNTIES. tlie nortli branch, of Toms Eivsr, &c." (This "Barling- ton old path" is the one before referred to as having been probably traversed by early travelers.) The other townships in Ocean have been set oiF within late years. Jackson, was originally set off in 1844 ; Plumsted in 1845 ; Union in 1846 ; Brick in 1850. Plumsted, it is said, was named in honor of Clement Plumsted one of the early Proprietors ; Brick after Jo- seph W. Brick, a prominent citizen of the township ; Jackson, probably after General Andrew Jackson, but some contend it was also after the proprietor of " Jack- son's Mills," who was an early and prominent settler in the township ; perhaps the township received its name on account of both. When application was made to have " Union " set off it was proposed at first to call it " Stratton," after Gov. Charles Stratton, but the proposition failed. POPULATION OP EAST JERSEY, SHREWSBURY, &C. It may not be amiss to introduce some brief items relative to and showing the increase of population in this section of the State and also of the State at large, as possessing some general interest ; though some, per- haps all of them, may be familiar to those well versed in our early history, yet they may contain something not generally known to the public. In 1648 the celebrated Stout manuscript says there were only six white families in Middletown. In 1673 Capt. Knyff and Lieut. Snell's report shows there were 391 male adults in East New Jersey. In 1682 the population of Shrewsbury township was estimated at 400, and Middletown 100 families. In 1702 the population of the whole State was esti- mated at about 20,000. (Vide Hist. Coll. N. J.) In 1703 Col. Lewis Morris estimates the population of East Jersey at 8,000. (Historical Collections of N. J. page 29, says the population of New Jersey in 1702 was supposed to be about 20,P00, of which 12,000 belonged to East Jersey OUR COAST. 117 and 8,000 to West Jersey, and Militia 1,400 ; but Col. Morris estimates as above only 8,000 in East Jersey the following year.) In 1726 the population of the whole State was 32,442. As these appear to have been the first nearest approach which I have met with to a complete census of the State this year (1726) I append the table herewith as I notice that it appears to have escaped the attention of some writers well versed in the early history of our State. It will be noticed that there were only ten coun- ties th6n. (See census table accompanying.) In 1738 the population of New Jersey was 47,369 — slaves 3,981. 1745 " " " " 61,403— slaves 4,603. The last two are given on authority of Morse's Geog- raphy (old Ed.) 1765. The New York " Post Boy," December 1765, estimates the number of whites and blacks capable of bearing arms in New Jersey then, at 20,000. The British authorities appear to have kept account of the men capable of bearing arms about this period, as they occa- sionally made calls or drafts for men. For instance, in 1757-8 during the old French war, in our State, soldiers were raised hy draft to go North to meet the French' This draft operated with severity among Quakers, espe- cially ; many were forced into the ranks and marched North, but fortunately got into no battles. OUE COAST. DB. KOHL S EESEAECHES. There are many interesting items relating not only to Ocean county but to the State at large to be collected from ancient maps and charts. And I will here take the liberty of calling attention to that portion of the Report of the Superintendent United States Coast Survey for 1856 which refers to the labors of Dr. J. G. Kohl. By -the sketch given of Dr. Kohl's report to the United States Superintendent it appears that he has examined 118 HISTOBY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. about five hundred charts, maps and works relating to our coast from 1497 to 1855. These were found in this country and Europe, and his researches for information rehitive to the American coast were probably the most thorough ever made, and it is a great misfortune that his report has never been published, but yet lies buried in the archives of the Superintendent's office at Washing- ton. As the United States Superintendent's report for 1856 is easily to be obtained for reference, it is unneces- sary here to give a full description of Dr. Kohl's report ; it will suffice to state that, among other matters, it con- tains : A history of the Dutch discoveries and of expeditions to the regions between Virginia and New England execu- ted during the first quarter of the 17th century by Navi- gators Hudson, Black, Hendrickson, Christiansen, May, Vries, and others. (Part 1st, Chap. 10.) The first part has also a map tracing the routes of the principal discov- erers, and to all the principal bays, harbors, &c., on the coast is appended the names of the principal explorers. The Second part of Dr. Kohl's report contains a. review of the names on the Atlantic coast ; to every name is added an essay or note giving the origin and changes of name, its history, &c. Part 1st, Chap. 13, gives New Jersey coast from Shrewsbury inlet to Cape May ; chapter 14 gives Delaware bay and river. The Third part contains among other matter a list of the titles of books which treat on the history, geog- raphy, &c., of dur coast, with critical notices ; also lists of maps and surveys; and has copies of 40 principal maps having especial historical interest. A copy of so much of Dr. Kohl's report as relates to New Jersey would prove a valuable acquisition to our Historical Collections. Inasmuch as our Government has^a*^ for his report it should be published. SCENES ON THE COAST. August 5th, 1778. "Lately retaken and brought into Little Egg Harbor by two New England privateers in company with Capt. John Eice, a brig and a sloop OUR COAST. 119 loaded. Several at tlie same time taken into Great Egg Harbor by the privateer sloop Cornet, Capt. Yel- verton Taylor and others." {N. J. Gazette.) " By a gentleman from Egg Harbor we learn that a few days since a sloop from Jamaica bound to New York was brought in there. It seems that a number of Americans captured at sea and carried to that island had been put on board in order to be sent to New York, and on their passage rose and secured the master and hands and brought the vessel into the above port. She was loaded with rum, sugar, etc." In November, 1780, several persons were appre- hended in Philadelphia, for carrying on a contraband trade with the enemy by way of Egg Harbor vessels. Their vessels would clear for Boston but had British passports. Among those taken were Capt. James Steel- man, John Shaw, Black ; a man named Atkinson concerned with them escaped. CAPT. WM. MAEEINEE. " June 17th, 1778. Wm. Marriner a volunteer with eleven men and Lieut. John Schenck of our militia went last Saturday evening from Middletown Point to Long Island in order to take a few prisoners from Flatbush, and returned with Major Moncrieff and Mr. Theophilus Bache (the worshipful Mayor and Tormentor-General, David Mathews, Esq., who has inflicted on our prisoners the most unheard of cruelties and who was the principal object of the expedition being unfortunately in the city,) with four slaves and brought them to Princeton to be de- livered to his Excellency the Governor. Mr. Marriner with his party left Middletown Point on Saturday even- ing and returned at six o' cloak the next morning having traveled by land and water above fifty miles and behaved with the greatest bravery and prudence." {Gazette.) SCENES ON THE COAST DUEING THE EEVOLUTION. The sloop Susannah, Capt. Stoeker of eight guns and thirty-five men, fitted out at Egg Harbor. On the 29th of August, 1778, off that port fell in with the " Emerald" man of war tender, a sloop of 10 guns, when a severe en- 120 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. gagement ensued in which the Lieutenant who com- manded the tender with several of the crew fell a;nd the vessel was only saved by flight. Two vessels under con- voy of the tender in the beginning of the action stood to the northward and also escaped. Capt. Stoeker during the engagement showed the greatest bravery and has gained the esteem and confidence of his crew ; he had one man killed and six wounded. The privateer General Lee came around from- Egg Harbor on Saturday last. (Packet, Sept. 1778.) About the last of September, 1778, a ileet of thirty British vessels, and the next day fifty more, sailed south- ward along our coast. August 25th, 1779. The Schooner Mars, Capt. Tay- lor, took a snow (3 masted vessel) the " Falmouth " (see Hist. Coll. p. 66,) a packet and forty -five prisoners ; but the prize was retaken by the British; Capt. Taylor got safe into Egg Harbor. In September, 1779, Capt Tay- lor took a prize into Egg Harbor, containing a Hessian colonel and 214 privates, also dry goods, etc. In June, 1779, some Jerseymen went in rowboats to Sandy Hook, and took from the British four sloops, one of which was armed ; they burned three and took one, also nineteen prisoners ; the share of prize money was £A:00, per man. About December 1st, 1778, Capt. Stevens, in a priva- teer belonging to Egg Harbor, took the schooner Two Friends, Capt. Sion of New York ; the Two Friends had six carriage and twelve swivel guns, and twenty-two men. About September 1st, 1782, Capt. Douglas with some Gloucester County militia attacked a Eefugee boat at Egg Harbor with eighteen Eefugees on board, fourteen of whom were shot or drowned, and four escaped. This was supposed to be the band that robbed Mr. Fennemore, Collector of Burlington County. Mem.—Yerj many exploits on our coast have been published in Modern works and are here omitted. SCENES IN OLD MONMOUTH. 121 SCENES IN OLD MONMOUTH. August 7th, 1782. About this time an American named Richard Wilgus was shot while keeping guard below Allentown to prevent contraband goods being taken to the British. In regard to the attack on Capt. Huddy's house the Philadelphia Packet contains some items not mentioned in other accounts. The Packets statements are as rela- ted by Capt. Huddy himself. It says there were seventy- two men attacked him under Lieut. Joseph Parker and William Hewlett about an hour before day. They com- menced stoning a window to pieces which aroused Capt. Huddy ; the girl helped defend. Mrs. Huddy and another woman tried to induce him to surrender, as they thought defence was useless. Tye who is here called " one of Lord Dunmore's crew," received a wound. After Huddy surrendered, they plundered the house. They were two hours in taking him. Six militia came near and fired and killed their commander. Ensign Vincent and sixteen men of the State regiment attacked them as they em- barked and accidentally wounded Huddy; the firing made confusion in the boats and one overset and Huddy swam ashore. This paper says the Eefugees " made a silent and shameful retreat with disgrace — two hours for seventy-two men to take one man." The Refugee town at Sandy Hook was not allowed to remain unmolested by the Americans. Capt. Adam Hyler was continually on the alert seizing their vessels there and taking prisoners, capt. Car- hart's CO., 1st regt. Hendrick Friend, 1st regt. James Frisalear.' Thomas Gavan, capt. Car- hart's CO., I'st regt. Garret Garrison, capt. Sam- uel Dennis' co., 1st regt. Daniel Gasto^n! William Gaston. Joseph Giberson, capt. B. Dennis' co. ' John -Gill, 1st regt., also Continental army. Peter Gillidet. 1st regt., al- so Continental army. Charles Gillman, 1st regt. Charles Gilmore. Ebenezer GoUahar. Lewis GoUahar. THE EETOLUTIONABY WAE. 141 Peter Gordon. James Gore, capt. Walton's. troop, light dragoons. Daniel Greenwood, also Continental army. John Gregory. Eddy Griffy, capt. Brnere's CO. Matthew Griggs. Thomas Griggs, capt. Han- kinson's eo., Ist reg. George Gromes, also Con- tinental army. Benjamin Guyneh, also Con- tinental army. DoUwyn Hagaman. John Hagerty. George Hailey. David Hall, capt. Bruere's CO., also cont'l army. Jacob Hall, 1st reg't, also Cont'l army. John Hall, capt. Walton's troop, light dragoons. William Hall, Bd reg't, also State troops, wounded at Middletown, June 22d, 1781, also cont'l army. Josiah Halstead. 3d reg't, also State troops, also cont'l army. James Hampton. John Hampton, 1st reg't, also cont'l army. John Handrix, capt. Wad- dell's CO., 1st reg't. Daniel Hankins, 1st reg't, also State troops, also cont'l army. Joseph Hankins, 1st reg't, also cont'l army. Thomas Hankins. James Hankinson, capt. Walton's troop, light dragoons. John Hankinson, capt. Waddell's co., 1st reg't. William Hankins. Beuben Hankinson, capt. Waddell's co., 1st reg't. William Hankinson, capt. Walton's troop, light dragoons. Samuel Hanzey. John Harber. James Harbert, capt. Wal- ton's troop, lig-ht dra- goons. Daniel Harbert, capt. Wal- ton's troop, light dra- goons. John Harbert. William Harcourt. ' John Harker. Edmond Harris, capt. Wad- dell's CO., 1st reg't. George Harrison. Job Harrison. Ebenezer Hart, M a t r o s s, capt. Barnes Smock's co., artillery. Jesse Havens. Moses Havens. Daniel Hayes, capt. Han- kinson's co., 1st reg't. John Hayes. William Hays, capt. Wal- ton's troop, light horse. Joseph Heaviland, 1st reg't, also cont'l army. Job Heaviland, 1st reg't, also cont'l army. Samuel Heingey, Matross, capt. Barnes Smock's co., artillery. David Hinderson. John Hinderson, capt. Wal- ton's troop, light dra- goons. Abraham Hendricks on, capt. Hunn's co., 1st reg't. Abram Hendrickson, Ma- tross, Captain Barnes, B. Smock's CO., artillery. 142 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. Cornelius Hendrickson. Daniel Hendrickson, Capt. Walton's troop light dra- goons. Elias Hendrickson, Captain Walton's troop light dra- goons. Hendrick He ndrickson, Capt. Carhart's co., 1st reg't, also troop light horse. John Hendrickson, Matross Capt. Barnes Smock's co., artillery. William Hendrickson. James Herbert, troop light horse. Thomas Herbert. James Hibbetts, 1st reg't, died while prisoner, June 1st, 1780. William Hier. John Hight, Capt. Walton's troop light dragoons. James Hill, also State troops. John Hill. Jonathan Hillow, also Con- tinental army. William Hilsey. John Hilyer. Simon Hilyer. John Hires, Capt. Hunn's CO., 1st regiment. James Hoagland, Matross, capt. B. Smock's co., ar- tillery. Anthony Holmes. John Holmes. Stout Holmes, William Holmes. Edward Hopkins. Samuel Horner, Benj. Horton. Jacobus Hubbard. David Hubbs, 1st reg't, also Continental army. John Huggins, capt. Bru- ere's co. Marties Hulebart, captain Carhart's co., 1st regt. Matthew Huln. William Huln. Benjamin Hulsart, 1st reg't. Cornelius Hulsart. Cornelius H. Hulsart, 1st regiment. Matthew Hulsart, Lieut. Tice's CO., 1st reg't. William Hulsart. Timothy Hulse, capt. Car- hart's CO., 1st reg't. John S. Hunn. William Hurley. Jonathan Imlay. Robert Imlay. James Irons. Jonathan Isleton, 1st reg't also cont'l army. Abel Ivins, also Continen- tal army. Solomon Ivins, 1st reg't, State troops. Continental army. Hugh Jackson, capt. Bru- ere's co. William James. Francis Jeffrey. Humphrey Jeffrey, capt. Walton's troop, light dra- goons. John Jemison, capt. Wal- ton's troop, light dra- goons, also Continental army. John Jewell, capt. Walton's troop, light dragoons. John Jewell, capt. Hankin- son's CO., 1st reg't. Eobert Jobes, capt. Wal- /ton's troop, light d r a- goons. David Johnson, capt. E. Randolph's co. THE EEVOLUTIONAEY WAK. 143 Henry Johnson, Ist reg't. John Johnson, capt. Barnes Smock's CO., Isb regiment, taken prisoner February 13th, 1777; died while prisoner. Joseph Johnson, capt. S. Dennis' co., 1st reg't. Peter Johnson, 1st reg't. William Johnson, (1) capt. Walton's troop, light dra- goons. William Johnson, (2) capt. Walton's troop, light dra- goons, f Abraham Johnson. Hendrick Johnston. John Johnston. Joseph Johnston. William Johnstbn. Henry Jones, 1st reg't, also State troops, also cont'l army. James Jones, capt. Jacob Ten Eyck's co., 1st reg't. Jonathan Jones, 1st reg't, also State troops, also cont'l army. Michael Jordan, 1st reg't, also cont'l army. John Kelsey. Ebenezar Kerr. Walter Kerr, also contin'l army. Watson Kerr, capt. Wal- ton's troop, light drag'ns. William Kerr, capt. Hank- inson's co., 1st regiment. William Kerrill. George Kincard, continent'l army. James Kinsley. James Kinsley, Matross, capt. Huddy's co. artil- lery, ^tate troops ; killed at Toms Eiver, March 24th, 1782. Joseph Knox, capt. Walton's troop, light dragoons. Eobert Laird, lient. Barnes Smock's CO., light drag's. William Laird, capt. Wal- ■ ton's troop, light drag'ns. John Lake, capt. Hunn's CO., 1st reg't. Aaron Lane, 1st regiment, wounded July, 1778. Jacob Lane. William Lane. William Lard, capt. Wad- dell's CO., 1st reg't. Daniel Lawrence, captain Waddell's co., 1st reg't. Richard Leard, capt. Hank- inson's co., 1st reg't. William Leard, capt. Hank- inson's co., 1st reg't. John Lee, 1st reg t, also cont'l army. John Leistel. Isaiah Lemon. Thomas Lemmon. William Lequear. Thomas Letson. , John Letts, 1st reg't, also cont'l army. Nehemiah Letts. Richard Levings, lieutenant Tice's CO. Ezekiel Lewis, Matross, capt. Barnes Smock's CO., artillery. Thomas Linsey. Jacob Lippincott, captain Walton's troop, light dra- goons, also cont'l army. William Lippincott, capt. Walton's troop, light dra- goons. David Lloyd, capt. Wad- dell's CO., 1st reg't. Thomas Lloyd. Aaron Longstreet, captain Waddell's co., 1st reg't. 144 HISTOEY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. JohnLongstreet, capt. Wad- dell's CO., 1st reg't. Stoffel Logan. David Lord, capt. Walton's troop, light dragoons. John Luif, capt. Walton's troop, light dragoons. William Luis (or Lewis), capt. Hankinson's co., 1st reg't. Thomas Luker. John Magee, lieut. Tice's CO., 1st reg't. Andrew Mains, 1st reg't, wounded at Germantown, Oct. 4th, 1777. William Mains. Andry Mans, capt. Hunn's CO., 1st reg't. James Marsh, capt. Car- hart's CO., 1st reg't. William Martin, continental army. Joseph Mason, capt. Wal- ton's troop, light drag'ns. Moses May. JohA McBride, cont'l army. James McChesney. Stephen MoCormick, capt. Walton's troopi light dra- goons. Cornelius McDaniel, 1st reg't, also cont'l army. Benjamin McDonald, cont'l army. James McDuffee, Matross, capt. Barnes Smock's co., artillery. Eobert McDuffee. William McDougal. James MoGee, 1st reg't, also capt. Wittall's co.. State troops; also cont'l army. Joseph McKnight. Daniel McLaughlin, cont'l army. John McMuUen. Lewis McKnight, captain Hankinson's co., 1st reg't. Thomas Middleton, captain Walton's troop, light dra- goons. Thomas Middleton. Frederick Miller, captain Bruere's co. James Mitchell, Matross, capt. Huddy's co., artil- lery, State troops. Gideon Molatt, cont'l army. Caleb Moore, cont'l army. Edward Moore, capt. Sam- uel Dennis' co., 1st reg't. John Moore. Joseph Moore. Matthias Moore, 1st reg't, also continental army. Thomas Moore, Ist reg't, also State troops, also continental army. John Morford, capt. Wal- ton's troop, light dra- goons. John Morford, capt. Han- kiiison's co., 1st reg't. Enoch Morgan, 1st reg't. Jas. Morgan, capt. Walton's troop, light dragoons. John Morris, Matross, capt. Huddy's CO. Robert Morris, capt. Wad- dell's CO., 1st reg't, also continental army. Daniel Morrison. William Morrison, captain Hankinson's co., 1st reg't. Jesse Mount, capt. Baird's CO., 1st reg't. Moses Mount, capt. Wal- ton's troop, light dra- goons, also infanti-y. John Mullen, 3d reg't, also State troops, also cont'l army. THE EETOLUTIONAEY WAE. 145 Nathaniel Mount. Joseph Murray, 3d feg't, killed by Tories at Mid- dletown, June 8th, 1780. Christian Naberling, conti- nental army. John Nance, cont'l army. John Nestor. Hugh Newell, capt. Bruere's CO. William Newman, 1st reg't, also State troops, also continental army. John Niverson, capt. Bur- rowes' CO. 1st reg't ; Ma- tross, capt. Huddy's co., artillery State troops ; Matross, captain Barnes Smock's CO., artillery. Nathan Nivison. Burrows Norris. John North. William Ogborn, lieutenant Barnes Smock's troop, light dragoons. Robert Oglesbie. Henry O'Neal continental army. John O'Neal. John Otson, 1st reg't, also State troops, also conti- nental army. Conrad Overfelt, capt. Wad- dell's CO., 1st reg't. Henry Overteur. Timothy Page. Samuel Pairs. Philip Palmer, 2d reg't, also ' continental army. Limis Pangborn, killed at Manahawken, New Jer- sey, Dec. 30, 1781. Nathaniel Pangborn. Elisha Parker. George Parker, Matross, capt. Huddy's co., artil- lery, State troops. capt. Wal- dra- Joseph Parker. John Parker, Matross, Huddy's co. Mark Parker. John Parrent, capt. ton's troop, light goons. Robert Parrent, capt. Bru- ere's CO. John Parse, 1st reg't. Jonathan Parse, 1st reg't. John Parsons, 2d reg't, also continental army. John Patton. Benjamin Paul, Capt. Bur- rows' CO., 1st reg't, oapt. Wikoff's CO., 2d reg't. Wm. Paxon, capt. Bruere's CO. Samuel Pearce, lieutenant Barnes Smock's troop, light horse. William Pearce, 3d reg't, also State troop, also con- tinental army. Samuel Pease. Samuel Peep, capt. Walton's troop, light dragoons. Jonathan Peer, 1st reg't, also Continental army. Herm Peet. Jonathan Peirce. Samuel Peirce, oapt. Car- hart's CO., 1st reg't. Henry :Perrine. Job Perrine, capt. Hankin- son's CO., 1st reg't. Lewis Pferrine, capt. Wal- ton's troop, light dra- goons. Silas Perrine, capt. Han- kinson's co., 1st reg't. Samuel Perse, capt. Wal ton's troop, light dra- goons. Robert Pette, capt. Nixon's troops, light horse. 146 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. James Perrine. Jonathan Pettemore, capt. Huddy's co., State troops. Richard Pettenger. Joseph Pew. John Phillips, continental army. Joseph Phillips. Da-vid Philmelie. Abraham Philwell, captain Keen's oo., State troops, also boatman. David Philwell, Matross, capt. Barnes Smock's co., artillery. Isaac Pidgern, capt. Brn- ere's co. Jonathan Pierce, capt. Gar- hart's CO., 1st regt. Thomas M. Pike. Samuel Pittenger, captain Waddell's co., l«t reg't. Francis Piatt. James Polhemus. Lefford Polhemus. Nathan Polhemus. Richard Poling. Samuel Poling. John Porter. George Post, 1st reg't. Chas. Pastens, State troops. Jacob Pastens, State troops, also, wagonmaster. Charles Paster, capt. Wal- ton's troop, light dra- goons. Richard Pastley, capt. Wal- ton's troop, light drag'ns. Paul Potter. Reuben Potter. William Potts, cont'l army. John Preston. Joseph Preston, 1st reg't, also cont'l army. Adam Primmer. Richard Purdy, captain Bruere's co. John Price. Peter Quackenbush, capt. Hunn's oo., 1st reg't. David Queen, capt. Wal- ton's troop, light drag'ns. David Quin. James Randolph. Samuel Randolph. David Ray, c,apt. Waddell's CO., 1st reg't. Robert Reckless, wounded at Cedar Creek, December 27th, 1782. Aaron Reed, capt. Hankin- son's CO., 1st reg't. Aaron Reed, capt. Walton's troop, light dragoons. Job Reed (or Reid), capt. Hankinson's co., 1st reg't. John Reed, infantry, light horse. Hosea Reeves. John Reid, Matross, capt. Barnes Smock's co., artil- lery. Jonathan Reid, Matross, capt. Barnes Smock's co., artillery. James Reynolds. John Reynolds (substitute), 1st reg't. Robert Rhea, capt. Wal- ton's troop, light drag'ns. William Ribeth, continental army. John Richardson. George Rivets. Joseph Robbins. Moses Robbins, Matross, capt. Huddy's co., artil- lery. State troops, wound- ed at Toms River, March 24th, 1782 ; cont'l army. William Robbins. Matthew Roberts, captain Carhart's co., 1st reg't. State troops. THE EETOLUTIONABY WAE. 147 Matthew Koberts, lieuten't Tice's CO., Ist reg't. Thomas Roberts, capt. Car- hart's CO., 1st reg't. Edmund RobinBOn. Samuel Rogers, lieut. Tice's CO., 1st reg't. James Rogers. Richard Rogers. Philip Roler, 3d reg't, also State troops ; also, cont'l army. William Rolls. William Rooler. Joseph Rose, capt. Walton's troop, light horse. Thomas Rostoinder, Ma- tross, capt. Huddy's co., artillery, State troops. Henry Rue, capt. Walton's troop, light dragoons. Job Rue, capt. Hankinson's CO., 1st reg't. Matthew Rue, capt. Hank- inson's CO., 1st reg't. John Rue, capt. Walton's troop, light dragoons. Matthew Rue,capt. Walton's troop, light dragoons. Matthias Rue, ensign, Wal- ton's CO., 1st reg't, died at New York, Feb. 28th, 1777, while prisoner of war. William Rue, capt. Wal- ton's troop, light drag'ns. John Rue, captain Samuel Dennis' cp., 1st reg't. John Ruff, captain Samuel Dennis' co., 1st reg't. Benjamin Salter, Eastern battalion; killed Septem- ber 6th, 1779. William Sanford, Cornelius Schanck, captain Hunn's co., 1st reg't. Rulief Schaner, captain Hunn's co., 1st reg't; dis- charged. Crineyonce Schenck. Cyrenus Schenck, lieuten't Jacob Tice's co., Istreg't. Garret Schenck, lieutenant Barnes Smock's troop, light dragoons. Peter Schenck. William Schenck, lieuten- ant Jacob Tice's co., 1st reg't. Timothy Scoby, capt. Wad- dell's CO., 1st reg t. Job Scudder, capt. Walton's troop, light dragoons. James Searbrook, captain Samuel Dennis' co., 1st reg't. Daniel Sexton. William Sexton. William Shafey, 1st reg't, also continental army. Robert Sharp, capt. Wal- ton's troop, light dra- goons. Thomas Shaw, capt. Wad- dell's CO., 1st reg't. Josiah Shearman. Thomas Shepherd, lieut. Tice's CO., 1st reg't. Abbertus Shockalear. David Sickle (or Van Sickle) 2d reg't, also continental army. James Sickles, lieut. Tice's CO., 1st reg't, capt. Wal- ton's troop, light dra- goons; Matross, captain Barnes Smock's co., ar- tillery. James Smalley, capt. Wal- ton's troop, light dra- goons. Benjamin Smith. 148 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. George Smith, capt. Hunn's CO., 1st reg't. GrideoQ Smith. Jacob Smith, capt. Hankin- son's CO., 1st reg't. John Smith, capt. Hunn's CO., 1st reg't. Joseph Smith, Matross, capt. Barnes Smock's co., artillery. Peter Smith, Samuel Smith, lieut. Tice's CO., 1st reg't. Thomas Smith, 1st reg't, also State troops, also cont'l army. William Smith, 1st reg't, also State troops, also cont'l army. Cornelius Smock. George Smock. Chris. Sneider, cont'harmy. John Sneider. William Snewden. John Soloman, capt. Wal- ton's troop, light dra- goons. John Soloman, 1st reg't, also cont'l army. John Springstein. Isaac Staatser, capt. Barnes Smock's CO., artillery. Isaac Stalm, capt. Walton's troop, light dragoons. Wm. Starkey, State troop, also cont'l army. Isaac States, capt. Walton's troop, light dragoons.' Robert Steath. Alexander Stewart, 2d reg't, also cont'l army. William Stewart. Elisha Still, capt. Bruere's CO. Jacob Stillwagon, Matross, capt. Huddy's co., artil- lery. State troop. Peter StilUwagon. Garret Stillwell, lieutenant ■Barnes Smock's troop, light dragoons. Gershom Stillwell. John Sbillwell, capt. Samuel Dennis' co., 1st reg't. Obediah Stillwell, 1st reg't, died April 13, 1777, while prisoner. Thomas Stillwell. Matthew Stiuer. John Storer. Luke Storey. Seth Storey, Matross, capt. Huddy's CO., artillery. State troops. James Stout. Jeremiah Stout. Jonathan Stout. Thomas Stout, capt. Sam'l Dennis' co., 1st regt. Adam Striker, capt. Samuel Dennis' co., 1st regt. John Stymits. Peter Stymits. David Sutfin, captain Wal- ton's troop, light drag'ns. Job Sutfin, capt. Walton's troop, light dragoons. John Suthn, capt. Hankin- son's CO., 1st regt. Joseph Sutfin, captain Wal- ton's troop, light drag'ns. Abram Sutphen. Court Sutphen, capt. Wad- dell's CO., 1st regt. John Sutphen, capt. Wal- ton's troop, light drag'ns. Peter Sutphen, capt. Wal- ton's troop, light drag'ns. Jonas Sutton, 2d regt., also cont'l army. Bichard Suydam. Jacobus Swangler, captain Bruere's co. THE EEVOLUTIONAEY WAB. 149 Jesse Swem, 2d regt., also cont'l army. Obadiah Sylvester, captain Walton's troop, light d!ra- goons. "William Tallman, contin'l army. James Tapscott, eapt. "Wal- ton's troop, light drag'ns. Charles Tatem, capt. "Wal- ton's troop, light drag'ns. Edward Taylor. James Taylor, State troops. John Taylor, captain "Wad- dell's CO., 1st regt. Joseph Taylor, 1st regt. ; wounded at Germant'wn, Oct. 4th, 1777. John Test, capt. "Walton's troop, light dragoons. Jonathan Thorpe. Eiichard Thomas. Robert Thomas. Benjamin Thompson. Lewis Thompson, captain "Waddell's co., 1st regt. . William Thompson, capt. Samuel Dennis' co., 1st regt. David Thompson. Benjamin Thorp, capt. Han- kinson's co., 1st regt. James Throckmorton, capt. Waddell's co., 1st reg't. ; also troop light horse ; also cont'l army. Richard Tiee. Benjamin Tilton. Benjamin Tilton, Jr., Ma- tross, captain Barnes Smock's CO., artillery. Edward Tilton. John Tilton, captain Wad- dell's CO., 1st regt. John ThompsoA, captain Waddell's co., 1st regt. Isaac Tonson. John Tribit. Abraham Truax, capt. Han- kinson's co., 1st regt. Jacob Truax. Samuel Truax, capt. Samuel Dennis' co., 1st regt. Samuel Truax, lieut. Tice's CO., 1st regt. Cornelius Tunison, lieuten't Barnes Smock's troop, light dragoons. John B. Turner. John Tyson, 1st regt. John Underwood. Thomas Valentine. Matross, capt. Huddy's co.. State troops. William Valentine. Jacob C. VanArtsdalen. David Van Blarkin. Stephen Van Brackley, capt. Carhart's co., 1st regt. John Van Cleave. Joseph Van Cleave. Peter Van Cleave. John Van Court. Cornelius Vanderbilt. Jacob Vanderbilt. Abraham Vanderhall, capt. Waddell's co., 1st reg't.; also cont'l army. Cornelius P. Vanderhoof, capt. Carhart's co., 1st regt. John Vanderhoof. Gershom VanderhuU, 1st reg't; died March 28th, 1778, of wounds received at Germantown, Pa., Oct. 4th, 1777. Abraham VanderhuU, State troops. Henry VanderhuU. Cornelius Vanderveer, tr'p light horse. John Vanderveer. 150 HISTOEY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. Jos. Vanderveer, Matross, capt. Barnes Smock's co., artillery. Peter Vanderventer. Denise VaBdine. Isaac Van Dorn, troop, light dragoons. Nicholas Van Dorn. Jemisen Vankirk, ''captain Hankinson's co., Istregt. lieuten't Jacob Tice's co., 1st regt. Benjamin Van Mater, capt. Waddell's co., 1st regt., captain Barnes Smock's CO., artillery. Cyrionce Van Mater, capt. Waddell's co. Cyrinus Van Mater, capt. Waddell's co. James Van Norman, 1st feg't ; also cont'l army. Martin Van Nortwick. Alexander Van Pelt, capt. Carhart's co.; also State troops. Christopher Van Pelt, capt. Carhart's co. Hendrick Van Pelt, captain Carhart's co. Jacob Van Pelt, capt. Car- hart's CO. Johannes Van Pelt, captain Carhart's co. Tunis Van Pelt, capt. Car- hart's CO. William Van Pelt, captain Carhart's co. William Van Pelt, captain Walton's troop, light dragoons. Court- Van Schaick, Ma- tross, captain Barnes Smock's CO., artillery. Benjamin J. Van Skoick. Jonah Van Skoick. JohnVantwicke.continental army. Joseph Vantwicke, conti- nental army., Henry Voorhees, capt. Wad- dell's CO. Lucas Voorhees. Tunis Voorhees, Matross, captain Barnes Smock's CO., artillery. William Voorhees, captain WaddaU's co. Jaques Voorhees. Vincent Wainwright. John Wainwright, captain Huddy's co. Forman Walker. George Walker, capt. Wad- dell's CO. William Wallen. John Wiley, cont'l army. William Wilgus. James Wilkinson. Humphrey Willett, captain Samuel Dennis' co., 1st Arthur Williamson. William Williamson, capt. Hunn's co., 1st reg't. Henry Willin, cont'l army. Andrew Wilson, continental army. Benjamin Wilson, captain Samuel Dennis' co., 1st reg't. Jacob Wilson. James Wilson, capt. Wal- ton's troop, light dra- goons. John Wilson. Peter Wilson. James Winter, 1st reg't, died March 4th, 1777, while prisoner.. Jacob Witchell, continental army. THE EEVOLUTIONAKY WAE, 151 Joseph. Wollea, captain Hunn's CO., 1st battalion. Benjamin Wood. George Wood. Mathias Wood. James Woodmancy. Abraham Wooley. Stephen Wolvertbn. Nicholas Worrel, captain Barnes Smock's co., artil- lery, Matross. John Worth, capt. Walton's troop, light dragoons. William Worth, Ist reg't, also State troops, cont'l army. John Yateman. Benjamin Yates. William Yates, capt. Wal- ton's troop, light dra- goons. Carhart Walling. Daniel Walling. James Walling. John Walling. Philip Walling, 1st reg't, wounded at Middle town. New Jersey, June 21st, 1780. Carhart Walton, capt. Car- hart's CO., 1st reg't. William Waid, 1st reg't, also cont-1 army. George Warner. John Warrick, capt. Wal- ton's troop, light dra- goons. William Watson, 2d reg't, also cont'l army. Arthur Weeks. Valentine Wilet, capt. Wal- ton's troop, light dra- goons, capt. Hankinson's ^ CO., 1st reg't. Stephen West, capt. Wad- dell's CO., 1st reg't. Thomas West, capt. Han- kinson's CO., 1st reg't. Lewis White. William White. James Whitlock, capt. Oar- tart's CO., 1st reg't. Lockhart Whitlock. Garret Wickoff. Jacob Wickoff, capt. Han- kinson's CO., 1st reg't. Samuel Wickoff. William Wickoff, captain Hunn's co., lat reg't. John Wilber, Matross, capt. Huddy's co., artillery. State troops. William Wilber. Steron Wilber son. Richard Wilbur, captain Bruere's co. - " Captain John Davis was sent with a company of men to Egg Harbor. Here his lieutenants, Benjamin 180 HISTOKY OP MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. Bates and Richard Howell, were informed that the Refu- gee oiificers were concealed in a certain house. They called early in the morning and found and captured William Giberson and Henry Lane, both Refugee lieu- tenants, the former a notorious rascal, who had commit- ted many outrages and killed one or two Americans in cold blood. On their way to the quarters of Davis' company, Giberson called Bates' attention to something he pretended to see at a distance, and while Bates was looking that way, Giberson started and ran the other way, and being a fast runner, made his escape, although Bates fired his musket. The next day Bates went to hunt for him at the same house, and while opening the door heard the click of a musket-lock behind a large tree within a few feet of him, and turning around saw Giber- son taking aim at him. Bates dropped on his knees, and the ball went through the rim of his hat. Giberson then started to run, but before he got many rods Bates gave him a load of buckshot, which broke his leg. Giberson was then well guarded and taken to Burlington jail, whence he finally escaped to New York." Tradition says that Giberson escaped from Burling- ton jail by assistance of his sister. She obtained per- mission to visit him, and while in the cell exchanged clothes with him. So strikingly did they resemble each other that when he came out of the cell the jailor thought it was the sister, and actually helped him in the wagon and thus he escaped. Mickle corroborates the Stafford and Egg Harbor traditions in regard to the marvelous strength and activity of Giberson and his sister. It is said that " at a hop, skip and jump he could clear an ordinary Egg Har- bor wagon," and was fleet-footed as an Indian ; and that his sister could stand in one hogshead, and without touching her hands, would jump into another by its side. After the war Giberson's sister, it is probable, re- moved to Salem county, as traditions there speak of a woman named Giberson who could perform the feat of leaping from one hogshead into another. Giberson him- MANNAHAWKIN IN THE EETOLUTION. 181 self went to Nova Scotia, with other Eefugees, about 1783, but after a few years he returned to Atlantic county, where he settled down to a peaceful life. Mrs. Leah Blackman says the house where Giberson sought refuge, when Bates was seeking him, was on a small lot below Tuckerton, between the farms of James Downs and Dr. T. T. Price, and that he had a rude hut in the centre of a thicket, called Oak Swamp, in the neighborhood of Down Shore. This hut was composed of branches of trees, leaves and moss, and called " Giber- son's Nest." She says he was wounded by a hickory tree near Downs' farm, and this tree was frequently pointed out to her. WHALE FISHEEY. A license to engage in whale fishery was granted February 14, 1678, to Joseph Huet, Thomas Ingram, Richard Davis, Isaac Benit, Randal Huet, Thomas Huet, Henry Leonard, Thomas Leonard, John Whitlock, John Grafford (Cranford), Thomas Applegate and Charles Dennis, "twelve persons or more," they having made proposals to undertake the fishing trade. They were licensed to take whales or like great fish between Barne- gat and the eastern part of the Province, and to pay for the privilege one-twentieth of' the oil. ^§^"- 182 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. EXECUTION OF A SPY. One affair which caused the most intense excitement throughout old Monmouth, and elsewhere during the war of the Eevolution, was the arrest, trial and execution of a young man named Stephen Edwards, on the charge of being a spy for the British. Though reference to it is rarely met with in our histories, yet there were but few events in the county during the Revolution, that created a greater sensation than did this. One of the oJBficers who tried Edwards, and assisted at his execution, was Captain Joshua Huddy, and this furnished one of the excuses the refugees gave for his in- human murder near the Highlands some three years after. On the trial of the refugee leader. Captain Richard Lip- pencott, by a British Court Martial at New York, in the Summer of 1782, for his participation in the hanging of Huddy, refugee witnesses testified that even while Huddy was a prisoner in their hands, and but a few days before his death, he boldly acknowledged his participation, and justified it on the ground that he was found with treason- able papers in his possession, which conclusively proved him to be a spy. The following account of Stephen Edwards arrest, trial and execution, from "Howe's Collections" is believed to be substantially correct : Stephen Edwards, a young man, in the latter part of the war, left his home in Shrewsbury and joined the loyalists (refugees) in New York. From thence he was sent by Colonel Taylor of the refugees, a former resident of Middletown, back to Monmouth county, with written instructions to ascertain the force of the Americans there. Information having been conveyed to the latter. Captain Jonathan Forman of the cavalry, was ordered to search for him. Suspecting he might be at his father's residence half a mile below Eatontown, he entered at midnight with a party or men, and found him in bed with his wiie, disguised in the night cap of a female. "Who have you here ? " said Forman. CAPTAIN JOSHUA HUDDY. 183 ■' A laboring woman," replied Mrs. Edwards. The captain detected the disguise, and on looking Tiuder the bed, saw Edwards' clothing, which he ex- amined, and in which he found the papers given him by Colonel Taylor. He then said, " Edwards, I am sorry to^ find you ! You see these papers ? You have brought yourself into a" very disagreeable situation — you know the fate of spies !" Edwards denied the allegation, remarking tliat he was not such and could not so be considered. This occurred on Saturday night. The prisoner was taken to the Court House, tried by a Court Martial next day, and executed at 10 o'clock on Monday morning. Edwards' father and mother had come up that morning to ascertain the fate of their son, and returned with the corpse. Edwards was an amiable young man. The For- man and Edwards families had been on terms of inti- mate friendship, and the agency of the members of the former in the transaction, excited their deepest sympa- thies for the fate of the unfortunate prisoner. The guilt of Edwards was conclusively proven ; deep .sympathy was felt for his parents and wife, but the perils of the patriots at this time were so great that prompt and decisive action was necessary for their own preser- vation. The foolhardiness of Edwards in keeping treason- able papers about him was remarkable. Some features of this affair will remind the reader of the unfortunate Major Andre. It is probable that Edwards was executed about September, 1778. CAPTAIN JOSHUA HUDDY, THE HERO OF TOMS KIVEK. Among the multitude of heroic men furnished by our State in aid of the struggle for independence, the name of Captain Joshua Huddy should ever occupy a ■conspicuous place in the memory of Jerseymen. Yet 184 HISTORY OP MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. when we recall his daring deeds, his patriotic efforts and sacrifices, and his unfortunate end, it is doubtful if less justice has been done to the services and tnemory of any other hero of his day. Though the Continental Congress, as well as General Washington and other noted men tes- tified their warm appreciation of his services.; though his name at one time was a household word, not o^ily throughout this country but at the courts of England and France ; and though his unfortunate death and its con- sequences, for a time caused the most intense excite- ment on both sides of the Atlantic, yet in the substance of the language of a report adopted by Congress in 1837, "It is fearful to state that after a lapse of fifty years, while the services of others of so much less merit have been made the theme of the biographer and the poet, the memory of Huddy has not been honored with an epitaph. His country, it woiild seem, has outlived the re- collection of his services, and forgotten that such a vic- tim was sacrificed for American liberty." OUTLINE OF CAPTAIN HUDDY'S LIFE. The following extracts from the archives of the State Department of New Jersey, were furnished in 1837 to a Congressional committee at the request of the chairman, by the late Governor Philemon Dickenson : " Captain Joshua Huddy is appointed by an act of the Legislature, passed Sept. 24, 1777, to the command of a company of artillery, to be raised from the militia of the State, and to continue in service not exceeding one year. " In the accounts of the paymaster of militia there is an entry of a payment made on the 30th of July, 1778, to Captain Joshua Huddy, of the artillery regiment for services at Haddonfield, under Colonel Holmes. In the same accounts a payment is also made to Captain Huddy on the 1st of July, 1779, for the use of his horses in the artillery." Captain Huddy, with other prisoners, was taken to New York and lodged in the noted Sugar House prison, from whence he was taken on Monday, April 1st, 1782, to the prison of the Provost Guard in New Nork, where CAPTAIN JOSHUA HUDDY. 185 he was closely confined until Monday, April 8th, when he, with Daniel Randolph and Jacob Fleining (both of whopa were taken prisoners with Huddy at Toms Eiver, but soon exchanged for two tories, named Captain Clayton Tilton and Aaron White), were taken on board a sloop and ironed. The following is a copy of the order to the Commis- sary of Prison at New York, to deliver him to the care of Captain Bichard Lippencott, of the Refugees, to be taken on board the sloop : New yoRK, April 7th, 1782. SiE: — Deliver to Captain Richard Lippencott the three following prisoners : Lieutenant Joshua Huddy, Daniel Randolph and Jacob Fleming, to take down to the Hook, to procure the exchange of Captain Clayton Tilton and two other associated Loyalists. By order of the Board of Directors of Associated Loyalists. S. S. Blowers, Secretary. To Mr. Commissary Challoner. Huddy, Randolph and Fleming were kept in irons in the hold of the sloop, until'Tuesday evening, April 9th, when they were transferred to the guardship at Sandy Hook. The ship was the British man-of-war Bri- tannia, Captain Morris. Early on the 12th Lippencott came on board the ship for Huddy and showed Captain Morris two papers, one being a label which was afterward fas- tened to Huddy 's breast. Captain Morris asked Lippen- cott what he intended to do with Huddy. Lippencott replied that he intended to put in execution the orders of the Board of Associated Loyalists of New York, which was to hang Huddy. He borrowed a rope from Captain Morris, and then proceeded on his infamous mission. Huddy was then taken ashore at the Highlands where a gaUows was erected from three rails and a barrel placed under it from which he was launched into eternity. The label attached to his breast had the following inscrip- tion : " We, the refugees, having long beheld with grief the cruel murders of our brethren, and. finding nothing but such measures daily carrying into execution ; we there- 186 HISTOEX OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. fore determine not to suffer without taking vengeance for the numerous cruelties, and thus begin, having made use of Captain Huddy as tlie first object to present to your view, and determine to hang man for man while there is a refugee existing. UP GOES HUDDDY FOB PHIL. WHITE." Captain Huddy executed his will under the gallows, signing it on the barrel from which he was a few moments afterward launched into another world. CAPTAIN buddy's WILL. The following is a copy of the will of Captain Hud- dy, signed by him under the gallows : "In the name of God, amen ; I, Joshua Huddy, of Middletown, in the county of Monmouth, being of sound mind and memory, but expecting shortly to depart this life, do declare this my last will and testament : "First : I commit my soul into the hands of Almighty God, hoping he may receive it in mercy ; and next I com- mit my body to the earth. I do also appoint my trusty friend, Samuel Forman, to be my lawful executor, and after all my just debts are paid, I desire that he do di- vide the rest of my substance whether by book debts, notes or any effects whatever belonging to me, equally between niy two children, Elizabeth and Martha Huddy. "In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name this twelfth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty two. "Joshua Huddy." The will was written on half a sheet of foolcap paper, on the back of which was the following endorsement, evidently written shortly after the will was executed : " The will of Captain Joshua Huddy, made and ex- ecuted the same day the refugees murdered him, April 12th, 1782." The will was found some years ago among the pa- pers of his executor, the late Colonel Samuel Forman and subsequently came into the possession of Judge Benning- ton F. Eandolph, who deposited it in the library of the New Jersey Historical Society. It was signed by'Capt. Huddy, but was apparently written by another person. The daughters named in the will subsequently became Elizabeth Green and Martha Piatt. The last named CAPTAIN JOSHUA HUDDY. 187 moved, to Cincinnati where she lived to an advanced age. " Timothy Brooks, a refugee, who was one of Lippen- cott's party, testified in New York before a Board of In- quiry, that Huddy was executed by a negro and that Lip- pencott shook hands with Huddy as the latter was stand- ing on the barrel by Huddy's request. After his inhuman murder his body was left hang- ing until afternoon, when the Americans came and took it to Freehold, to the house of Captain James Greene, where it was, April 15th. He was buried with the honors of war. His funeral sermon was preached by the well remembered Eev. Dr. John WoodhuU, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Freehold. The execution of Huddy was regarded by the Com- mander-in-Chief as a matter of such high import that, in anticipation of the action of Congress upon his letter, he had directed that the general officers of the army, and the officers commanding brigades and regiments, should assemble at West Point and decide on what measures should be adopted. On the 19th day of April the meet- ing was held at the quarters of General Heath, when the following questions propounded by Washington were stated : " Shall there be retaliation for the murder of Huddy?" " On whom shall it be inflicted ?" "How shall the victim be designated?" General Heath in his memoirs describes the de- liberations of the officers as independent of each other ; no conversation was permitted between them on the question submitted, but each one was to write his own opinion, seal it up, and address it to the Commander-in- Chief. By this process it was found the decision was unanimous that retaliation should take place ; that it should be inflicted on an officer of equal rank ; and the designation should be made by lot from among the prisoners of war who had surrendered at discretion, and not under convention or capitulation. This decision was approved by Washington, who 188 HISTOKY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. gave immediate information of his intention to retaliate, to the British Commander, unless the perpetrator of the bloody deed should be given up for execution. Baron de Grimm, in his celebrated Memoirs, states, without any qualifications, that Qeurge III ga/ve orders "that the author of a crime which dishonored the English nation, should he given up for punishment," but he was not obeyed. It is highly probable that this statement is true ; the writer recorded it in 1775, and from the advan- tageous position he occupied, must be presumed to have known the fact. (Vol. iv., p. 272.) The people of New Jersey were exasperated beyond measure at the bloody catastrophe ; but when it was ascertained that the murderer would not be surrendered' or punished, their indignation prompted the bold attempt to seize the miscreant by force. To effect this purpose, Captain Adam Hyler, of New Brunswick, having ascer- tained that Lippencott resided in Broad street, New York, with a crew disguised as a British press gs^ng, left the Kills at dark in a single boat, and arrived at White- hall about nine o'clock. Here he left the boat in charge of a few men, and passed directly to Lippencott's house, where, on inquiry, it was ascertained he had gone to Cock Pit. (Naval Magazine, November, 1839.) The ex- pedition of course failed ; but the promptness with which it was conducted proves the devotion of the brave men who were engaged in the common cause, and their exe- cration of Huddy's assassin. The demand for Lippencott having been refused. General Washington, on the 4th of May, directed Briga- dier-General Hogan to designate by lot, from among the prisoners at either of the posts in Pennsylvania or Mary- land, a British Captain who had been unconditionally surrendered. As it was ascertained that no such officer was in his power, a second order was issued on the 13th of May, extending the selection to the officers who had been made prisoners by convention or capitulation. Under this last dispatch, the British Captains who had CAPTAIN JOSHUA HUDDY. 189 been captured at Yorktowu were assembled at Lancaster, Pennsylyania, and the lot fell upon Captain Asgill. Charles Asgill was a Captain of the guards, of a noble family, and at the time he was designated to suffer, but nineteen years of age. He was captured at York- town, confined during the winter of 1781-82 at Winches- ter, in Virginia, and had been removed but a short time to York, Pennsylvania, when the lot was cast against him. Captain Asgill was conducted to Philadelphia, and from thence was removed to Chatham. He was accom- panied by his friend, Major Gordon, who attended him with the devotion of a parent to a child. In the meanwhile the execution was suspended, but every effort was exerted, every plan that ingenuity could devise or sympathy suggest adopted to save the innocent sufferer. Major Gordon appealed to the French Minister, then in Philadelphia ; he wrote to the Count de Eochem- beau, and despatched messengers to numerous influential Whigs throughout the Colonies to interest them in be- half of his friend ; and so eloquent and importunate were his appeals, that it is said by General Graham, " that even the family of Captain Huddy became themselves suppliants in Asgill' s favor." These untiring exertions unquestionably contributed to postpone the fate of the victim until the final and successful intercession of the French Court obtained his release. , When Lady Asgill heard of the peril which im- pended over her son, her husband was exhausted by dis- ease, and while the effect of the intelligence was pent powerfully up in her mind, it produced delirium in that of her daughter. Under all these embarrassments she applied to King George the III., who, it is said, ordered the cause of this measure of retaliation, the wretched Lippencott, to be delivered up, which Clinton contrived to avoid. She did not cease her importunities until she had dictated a most eloquent and impassioned appeal to the Count de Vergennes, who laid it before the King and Queen of France, and was immediately directed to com- 190 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. municate with General Washington and implore the re- lease of the sufferer. A letter, says the Baron de Grimm, " the eloquence of which, independent of oratorical forms, is that of all people, and all languages, because it derives its power from the. first and noblest sentiment of our nature." For seven months the fate of this interesting young officer remained suspended, when, chiefly through the intercession of the French Court, he was set at liberty. The following are the proceedings of Congress directing his discharge : Thubsday, November 7, 1782. On the report of the Committee, consisting of Mr. Eutledge, Mr. Osgood, Mr. Montgomery, Mr. Boudinot, and Mr. Duane, to whom was referred the letter of the 19th of August last, from the Commander-in-Chief, the report of a committee thereon, and the motives of Mr. Williamson and Mr. Eutledge ; and also, another letter from the Commander-in-Chief, with a copy of a letter to him from the Count de Vergennes, dated Jaly 29th last, interceding for Captain Asgill : Eesolved, That the Commander-in-Chief be, and he hereby is directed, to set Captain Asgill at liberty. A copy of the foregoing proceedings and resolution was forwarded by General Washington to Captain Asgill, together with a letter, given below, which exhibits the moral excellence, the great and commanding attributes that always distinguished the Father of his Country. "The decision of General Washington in this delicate affair, the deep interest felt by the American people for the youthful sufferer, the pathetic appeals of Lady Asgill to the Count de Vergennes in behalf of her son (in the language of Congress in 1837), forms one of the most im- portant and instructive portions of revolutionary his- tory. GENEEAL WASHINGTON TO CAPTAIN ASGILL. SiE : — It affords me singular satisfaction to have it in my power to transmit to you the enclosed copy of an act of Congress of the 7th inst., by which you are relieved TOJIS RIVEE DUKING THE REVOLUTION. 191 from the disagreeable circumstances in which you have been so long. Supposing that you would wish to go to New York as soon as possible, I also enclose a passport for that purpose. Your letter of the 18th came regularly to my hands. I beg of you to believe that my not answer- ing it sooner did not proceed from inattention to you, or a want of feeling for your situation ; but I daily expected a determination of your case, and I thought it better to await that than to feed you with hopes that might in the end prove fruitless! You will attribute my detention of the enclosed letters, which have been in my possession a fortnight, to the same cause. I cannot take leave of you, sir, without assuring you that, in whatever light my agency in this unpleasant affair may be viewed, I was never influenced throughout the whole of it by san- guinary motives, but what I conceived to be a sense of duty, which loudly called upon me to use measures, how- ever disagreeable, to prevent a repetition of those enormities which have been the subject of discussion ; and that this important end is likely to be answered without the effusion of the blood of an innocent person, is not a greater relief to you than it is to me. Sir, &c. George "Washington. Immediately after this letter released him. Captain Asgill prepared himself to return to Eagland, and in a short time embarked. The second letter of Lady Asgill to Count de Vergennes contained the eloquent outpour- ings of a grateful heart. TOMS EIVEE DUEING THE EEVOLUTION. During the Eevolutionary war, Toms Eiver, for such a small village, was evidently quite a busy, lively place, between the militia, the Eefugees and the arrival and departure of privateers and their prizes ; the arrival of boats .and teams with salt from the several works along the bay; the departure of teams for West Jersey with salt, oysters, fish, etc., and their return with merchandise ; the visits of business men from different parts of the 192 HISTOEY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. State to purchase captured vessels or their cargoes, and the rafts or scows from the sawmills with lumber for ves- sels to carry to places in the State when they could run with safety. It would seem also that sometimes pleasure or fishing parties from other places visited the village, as on the 14th of May, 1780, Major John Van Bmburgh, of Middlesex county, and eight or nine men came to Toms Eiver to go out on a fishing excursion, biit they were surprised in bed by the Eefugees and made prisoners, and put on board of a vessel to be sent to New York. They were fortunate enough, however, to escape a few days after. Near Toms River bridge were buildings owned by men engaged in the manufacture of salt. They were used to store salt from the various works along the bay, and also for provisions and supplies for men employed in the manufacture and transportation of this article. In 1777 Colonel John Morris, of the New Jersey Royal Volun- teers, a Refugee organization, was sent to destroy these buildings. But a man named John Williahis "had placed the significant letter ' R ' on them by order of General Skinner" (says Sabine, in his History of Loyal- ists). General Cortlandt Skinner was in the British ser- vice and commander of a brigade of about eleven hun- dred New Jersey Refugees, or Royalists, as they called themselves. No explanation is given of what was meant by " the significant letter R," but the inference is that some of the owners had accepted papers guaranteeing British protection, which were given by John Lawrence (of Lawrence's line note), and perhaps others, to all who signed a pledge not to aid the Americans, but to adhere to the Crown. The partnership business in some of the salt works above Toms River, which had their depot in the village, seems at times to have perplexed armed par- ties of both sides, as some owners were known active patriots, and others sympathized with the British. A British expedition from New York in 1778 destroyed works at the head of the bay, which were owned in part by Loyalists, much to their dissatisfaction and to tha gratification of the Americans. TOMS EIVER DURING THE REVOLUTION. 193 The soldiers stationed at Toms Eiver during the war were mainly twelve months' men, but probably oc- casionally by men who were to serve four months, at the expiration of which time they could be relieved, unless in actual service against the enemy. Among the officers who were stationed here were Captains Ephraim Jenkins, James Mott, John Stout and Joshua Huddy. Captain Mott had command of a company called the Sixth Com- pany of Dover, and Captain Stout, of the Seventh Com- pany of Dover. The Fifth Company of militia was com- manded by Captain Eeuben F. Randolph, of Manna- hawkin. The commissions of some of these men are in the library of the New Jersey Historical Society. It would seem that a number of soldiers from Penn- sylvania were also stationed not far from the village, as the Pennsylvania State Council, November 2, 1776, ordered that an officer and twenty-five men be sent to Toms Eiver to guard salt works erected by that State, the soldiers to take twenty-five spare muskets, two howitzers and a sufficient quantity of ammunition for defence in case of attack. On the 8th of April, 1777, the following resolution was passed by the Continental Con- " Resolved, That it be recommended to the Governor and Council of Safety of New Jersey not to call into the field such part of their militia, not exceeding forty, as are necessarily employed in the salt works now erecting in their State by the Governor of Pennsylvania ; provided it be not inconsistent with the laws of the State." To this the New Jersey Council of Safety made the following reply : " The exemption above recommended is inconsistent with the militia law of the State, but if the Government of Pennsylvania will carry on said works with the in- habitants of their own commonwealth, care shall be taken to have them exempted as above, though they will also be liable to be called into the field by the said act as it now stands, as becoming, by their residence here, subjects of this State to that purpose. "William: Livingston." The duties of the militia stationed at Toms Eiver 194 HISTOKY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. ■were to guard the intiabitaiits from depredations by the Eefugees ; to check contraband trade with the enemy at New York by way of Cranberry Inlet, and to aid our privateers who brought vessels into the inlet. Cranberry Inlet, nearly opposite the mouth of Toms Eiver, was then open, and perhaps the best inlet on the coast, except Little Egg Harbor. On this account it was a favorite base of operations for American privateers on the lookout for vessels carrying supplies to the British at New York. PEIVATEEEING AT TOMS EIVEE AND VICINITY. In the early part of 1778 Captain Peter Anderson, in a boat with sixteen men, captured the sloop "Hazard" and brought her into Toms Eiver. She was loaded with Irish beef and pork. The Court of Admiralty to adjust his claim and that of his men, for their prize was held at Allentown, at the house of Gilbert Barton. About the first of August, 1778, the British ship "Love and Unity" was run ashore, it was said designedly, on the beach nearly opposite Toms Eiver. She had a valuable cargo, consisting of eighty hogsheads of loaf sugar, several thousand bottles of London porter and Bristol beer, and other articles. She was taken posses- sion of by the militia from Toms Eiver and brought into Cranberry Inlet. This ship was one of the most valu- able prizes captured by the Americans in this vicinity. A Court of Admiralty was held at the Court House at Trenton, August 28, 1778, to try the claim of Benjamin Pratt and others of her captors. The ship was adver- tised to be sold by the Marshal, John Stokes, at Toms Eiver, August 31, together with a part of her cargo, con- sisting of Bristol beer, cider, porter, salt, flour, cheese, red and white wine. Queen's and delf ware, double-fliint wine glasses and tumblers, etc. A part of her cargo had been removed to Manasquan, and was advertised to be sold ten days later, on September 2d. The ship was re- PEIVATEERING AT TOMS BIVEE AND VICINITY. 195 named the "Washington" by the purchasers at the sale. She was too valuable for the British not to attempt to regain her. On September 18, a little over two weeks after her sale, two British armed ships and two brigs came close to the bar of the inlet where they lay all night. Next morning between 7 and 8 o'clock they sent in seven armed boats and retook the ship, and also took two sloops near the bar and captured most of their crews. The American captain of the ship and most of his men escaped to the main land. The pilot of the British expedition was the notorious William Dillon, who had just before been in Freehold Jail under sentence of death. After the American captain of the ship reached shore, a refugee named Robert McMuUen, who had been in Freehold Jail and condemned to death with Dillon but pardoned, jumped into the boat, hurrahing for the British and rowed off and joined them. In the early part of March, 1779, the sloop " Suc- cess" came ashore on the north beach and was made a prize of by the militia under John, probably the John Price of Goodluck, known as Major after the war. The sloop proved to be a valuable prize, as she was loaded with molasses, coffee, cocoa, rum, etc. She had previous- ly been captured by the British brig "Diligence" and a prize master and three men put on board of her to take her to New York. When she came ashore the prize mas- ter and the three men were made prisoners and sent to Princeton. She was advertised to be sold as she lay on Island Beach, by order of the Court of Admiralty, by Joseph Potts, Marshal, on April 7, 1779, the sale to take place at Toms Eiver ; her cargo was to be sold at the same time. On the 26th of April, Marshal Potts pub- lished the following order : " The people concerned in capturing the sloop " Siic- cess" are desired to meet me at the house of Daniel Griggs at Toms River, on Thursday the 13th of May next, to receive their proportion of the moneys arising from the sales of said sloop and cargo. All persons indebted for goods bought at above sale are requested to make immediate payment to Mr. Abiel Akins at Toms Eiver, 196 HISTOKY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. or to the subscriber at Cranberry, that he may be able to close the accounts by the time mentioned. Joseph Potts." Major John Cook, who was killed, in the action at the Block House, was a resident of Toms Eiver and in- terested in privateering. He captured the sloop " Fanny," Captain Bell, and his claim was adjudicated at a Court held at the house of Gilbert Barton, AUentown, February 24, 1779. John Chadwick had a claim before the same Court for the capture of the schooner "Hope." This vessel and the " Fanny," captured by Major Cook, were brought to Toms Eiver and they and their cargoes, consisting of pitch, tar, salt and other articles, were advertised to be sold here March 1, 1779, by Joseph Potts, Marshal. John Kaighn about the same time, claimed as a prize the sloop "Experiment." The vessel and her cargo, which consisted of 1,500 bushels of salt, was at the Union Salt Works, Manasquan, and she was advertised to be sold May 7, 1779. No particulars are given of her cap- ture, but it was alleged that some persons in that vi- cinity owning salt works or shares in them, were British sympathizers and had accepted papers guaranteeing British protection to obtain which they had to pledge al- legiance to the Crown to agents of the British. John Lawrence, the noted surveyor who ran the celebrated Lawrence Line between East and West Jersey, was the most prominent agent of the British in secretly traveling around and persuading people to accept British protec- tion ; he was finally arrested for it by the Americans and imprisoned in Burlington Jail. The Union Salt Works above named, were advertised to be sold March 24, 1779, by Nathaniel Lewis, Joseph Newbold and John Kaighn, all probably of West Jersey. Joseph Salter advertised to sell May 2, 1779, the sloop "Lively," together with her cargo of lumber, at the h(/use of John Cooke (Major John Cooke). It is not stated why the vessel was to be sold. She may have been the private property of Salter, who, it is supposed, re- PEIVATEERING AT TOMS BIVBR AND VICINITY. 197 moved from Toms Eiver about this time. The mention of lumber shows that the lumber business was still car- ried on in the vicinity. In the latter part of 1780, Captain Joshua Studson of Toms Eiver took two prizes, the schooner "John" and sloop "Catherine," in Earitan Bay, near south side of Staten Island. The prizes were taken to Middletown Point. The Admiralty Court to adjust claims for these prizes was, held at the house of Isaac Wood, Mount Hol- ly, and the vessels were advertised to be sold at Mon- mouth Court House, January 1, 1781. Just a month be- fore this, Captain Studson was killed by the Eefugee Bacon at the inlet, opposite Toms Eiver. About the close of the year 1780, Captain Samuel Bigelow, who, before the war, lived on Wrangle Brook, a short distance from Toms Eiver, captured a prize under the following circumstances: The brig "Dove," from Tortola, West Indies, bound to New York, fell short of water and provisions ; her master. Captain Hannel, mis- took this coast for Long Island and sent a boat with four men ashore to obtain supplies. These men were retained, and Captain Bigelow and others manned two boats and went out and captured the brig and brought her up to Toms Eiver without difficulty. The brig, with her cargo of 140 puncheons of rum, was advertised to be sold at Toms Eiver, January 3, 1781, by John Burrowes, Mar- shal. On the 25th of January, 1781, Captain Bigelow and Samuel Allen had their claims for prize money for these sales before a Court held at the house of Gilbert Barton, Allentown. Captain Bigelow also made a prize of another vessel called the "Betsey," which had belonged to citizens of Delaware, where she was taken by the British out of a place called Muskmelon Creek. On her way to New York she was driven in a storm ashore near the bar of Cranberry, where Captain Bigelow recaptured her. His prize claim was adjusted at a Court held at the house of Isaac Woods, Mount Holly. On January 24, 1780, a sale at the house of James 198 HISTOEY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. Lippencott, Toms Eiver, was advertised to take place, by Zachariah Eossell, Marshal, of a quantity of rum ; also of sails, rigging and hull of ship lying at Cranberry Inlet. Perhaps the sloop was the " Betsey," captured by Capt. Bigelow. James Eandolph and Moses Bobbins, of Toms Kiver, presented a claim before an Admiralty Court at AUentown, January 25, 1781, against the sloop " Bruns- wick," of which Joshua Wooding had been captain, which had been cast away on the beach. Randolph and Rob- bins' claim was on behalf of themselves, Jacob Wilcot and others, who took possession of the vessel. In the early part of 1782, just before the Block House at Toms R^.ver was taken by the British, Captain William Gray, in the privateer "Dart," of Salem, Mass., took a prize sloop from the British galley "Black Jack." Captain Gray seems to have been a driving, daring man, who lost no chance to annoy the enemy. It was an- nounced, March li), 1782, that he had brought his prize sloop to Toms Eiver. The next day he went with his boat and seven men in pursuit of a British brig near the inlet. Unfortunately for him, instead of taking a prize, he was captured himself. For some time the people of Toms Eiver wondered what had become of him ; in August fol- lowing they heard that after he got oat of the inlet he was taken prisoner and carried to Halifax, and subse- quently released on parole. He said he was well treated while a prisoner. While Captain Gray was cruising out of Toms Eiver he captured one prize that probably was one cause of the expedition which captured the Block House and burned the village of Toms Eiver. This prize was the sloop " Lucy," of which the notorious William Dillon was captain. She was engaged in contraband trade from Egg Harbor and other shore places to New York. The following is a copy of the advertisement relating to Dil- lon's vessel published in the early part of March, 1782. " To all whom it may concern : " Notice is hereby given. That a Court will be held at PBIVATEEEING AT TOMS EIVEE AND VICINITY. 199 the house of James Green, at Freehold, in. the county of Monmouth, on the 16th day of March next, at the hour of ten o'clock of the forenoon of the same day, then and there to try the truth of the facts alleged in the bill of Captain William Gray (who as well, &c.,) against the sloop or vessel called the " Lucy," taken on her voyage from Egg Harbor to New York, William Dillon late mas- ter, with her tackle, furniture and cargo, and a negro man named York. To the end and intent that the owner or owners of said vessel, or any other person or persons interested therein, may appear and show cause, if any they have, why the said cargo and negro man should not be condemned to the captors pursuant to the prayer of said bill. Abiel Akin." Abie] Akin was a leading patriot of Toms Eiver, Jus- tice of the Peace and prominent generally in public mat- ters. Captain James Green, at whose house at Freehold the court was to be held, it is supposed was the same who married Captain Joshua Huddy's daughter, and it was to his house, shortly after, that the body of Captain Huddy was brought after he was murdered by the Eefu- gees near the Highlands. Many trials were held at Cap- tain Green's house during the war. The courb to adju- dicate on claims relating to prize " Lucy " was to be held the 16th of March, which was Saturday. The following Saturday the British expedition from New York arrived at Cranberry inlet, and the next daj the Block House was captured and the village burlied. Esquire Abiel Akin's house among the rest. Dillon, from whose family Dillon's Island derived its name, was evidently well acquainted with the coast, as he was captain of a coast- ing vessel and had lived so near the bay. He bore no good will to the patriots, for he had once been sentenced to death by them, and now he had had his vessel cap- tured. The . British had sent expeditions to destroy privateers up the Earitan as far as New Brunswick, and also at Chestnut Neck and other places around Egg Har- bor. And the expedition to Toms Eiver, so soon after Dillon lost his vessel, leads to the conclusion that he went to New York and induced the British commandant there to send the expedition to Toms Eiver and inflict 200 HISTOEY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. vengeance on all persons interested in privateering, or who aided the patriot cause, with most of whom he was personally acquainted. And he was the willing pilot of this fleet that came to destroy his former neighbors and burn their homes. It was undoubtedly he who pointed out what houses to destroy and what to spare. The house of Mrs. Studson, whose husband had recently been murdered by Bacon, was spared, and also the house of Aaron Buck, whose wife was a niece of Dillon's, Buck having married his brother's daughter. Another prize brought into Toms Biver was the schooner " Speedwell," which had been captured by the daring Captain Adam Hyler. The " Speedwell " was nearly new and of about twenty-two tons burden. The sale of this vessel was advertised to take place at Free- hold June 20, 1782, at the house of Captain James Green, by Eobert Hude and John Bray, agents. This vessel had been captured by the British and recaptured by Captain Hyler. Toms Eiver had been burned about three months before this sale took place, and it is not probable that there were any houses in the village to accommodate persons who might desire to purchase the " Speedwell," and hence a reason for the sale at Free- hold. In the early part of 1783, some of the Mannahawkin militia, under the lead of Captain Joseph Eandolph and Nathan Crane, Adjutant in the militia, made prizes of the schooners " Polly " and " Dilly Latta," with two hun- dred and two barrels of flour and fifteen kegs of bread. These vessels had been captured by the British and cast away on the beach, where they were retaken by the Americans. The prize claims of Captain Eandolph and Adjutant Crane were adjudicated by a court held at the house of Benjamin Lawrence, AUentown, Joseph Law- rence, judge. The following account of the capture and sale of a prize brings to light an interesting fact in the Eevolu- tionary history of Toms Eiver, which is the name of one PRIYATEEEING AT TOMS EIVER AND VICINITY. 201 of the first, if not the first, of the citizens of the place who rebuilt a house after the village was burned. In the early part of 1783, Captain John Wanton, in the armed boat "General Washington," captured the sloop " Eebecca " and brought her into Toms Eiver. She had been captured by the British brig " Kenown," and retaken by Captairi Wanton. The following is a copy of the advertisement for her sale : " To be sold at public vendue, at 10 o'clock, on Fri- day, March 14, 1783, at the house of Moses Bobbins, at head of Toms Eiver, the sloop Eebecca, with her cargo of 330 barrels of flour, a few barrels of pork, &c., lately captured by Captain John Wanton. "David Pottee, Marshal." From the above it seems that Moses Eobbins, who was wounded in the fight at the Block House, had a house then built suitable for business. The following notice of a prize brought to Toms Eiver by Ehode Islanders is from a certificate in posses- sion of Hon. Ephraim P. Emson : " Peovidence, Feb. 21, 1777. " This may certify that Messrs. Clark and Nightin- gale and Captain William Ehodes have purchased here at vendue the schooner Popes Head, which was taken by the privateer "Sally and Joseph" (under our com- mand) and carried into Cranberry Inlet, in the Jersies, and there delivered to the care of Mr. James Eandolph by our prize masters. "James Maeo, "John Fish." On the 9th of December, 1778, it was announced that a British armed vessel, bound from Halifax to New York, and richly ladened, ,came ashore near Baruegat. The crew, about sixty in number, surrendered themselves prisoners to the militia. Goods to the amount of five thousand pounds sterling were taken out of her by our citizens, and a number of prisoners sent to Bordentown, at which place the balance of prisoners were expected. In the winter of 1780-1 the British ship "Molly" was driven ashore in a snow storm on the beach (at what 202 HISTOEY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. point not stated) and her crew made prisoners and sent to Philadelphia. In December, 1778, Captain Alexander, of the sloop "Elizabeth," of Baltimore, was taken by the British. He was permitted to leave in a small boat, and he landed at Cranberry Inlet. In January, 1778, the sloop " Two Friends," Captain Alexander Bonnett, of , Hispaniola, was cast away near Barnegat Inlet with 1,600 bags of salt, forty-eight hogs- heads of molasses, also a lot of rum, sugar, etc. Only 160 gallons of rum was saved. The shore people went to their assistance, but one man was lost. Captain Bon- nett then shipped as a passenger in the sloop "En- deavor," at Toms Eiver, for New York ; but, sad to relate, while she lay at the inlet at anchor a storm parted her cable and all on board were drowned in the bay. DEATH OF CAPTAIN JOSHUA STUDSON. Captain Studson, during the Revolution, lived at Toms Eiver, on the bank of the river a few hundred yards below the present bridge. He was a captain in the privateer service and was also appointed a lieutenant in Captain Ephraim Jenkins' company of militia, June 14, 1780. In the latter part of 1780, Captain Studson took two prizes, the schooner "John" and the sloop "Cath- arine," on the south side of Staten Island, in Princes or Baritan Bay. The prizes were taken to Middletown. The Admiralty Court, which adjusted prize claims in his case, met at the house of Isaac Wood, Mount Holly, and the vessels were advertised to be sold at public sale at Free- hold Court House, January 1, 1781. Just a month before this sale, on December 1, 1780, Studson was killed by the Eefugee Bacon. It would seem that after taking his prizes to Middletown Point, he sailed down the beach and into the inlet, and thence up to Toms Eiver, probably to lay up his vessel for winter. The particulars of his death have been handed down as follows: Three men living along the bay, named Asa Wood- DEATH OF CAPTAIN JOSHUA STUDSON. 203 mansee, Eichard Barber and Thomas Collins, hearing that farm produce was bringing exorbitant prices among the British at New York, loaded a whale boat with truck from farms along the bay and proceeded to New York by way of old Cranberry Inlet, which was then open nearly opposite Toms Eiver. These men were not 'known as Eefugess, but undertook the trip merely to make a little money by a kind of "running the blockade" business on a small scale. They arrived safely in New York, sold out their produce, and were about returning home, when the noted Eefugee, Captain John Bacon, called on them and insisted on taking passage back in the whale boat. Much against their will they were forced to allow him to come on board. They arrived near Cranberry Inlet be- fore sundown, and lay outside until after dark, being afraid to venture in the bay during the day. In the mean- time the patriot militia stationed at Toms Eiver had got wind of their proceedings, and being determined to put a stop to the contraband trade, a small party under com- mand of Lieutenant Joshua Studson took a boat and went across to the inlet and concealed themselves behind a point just inside. After dark the whale boat came in, but no sooner had it rounded the point than to the con- sternation of those on board they saw the boat of the militia so close by that there was no apparent chance of escape. Lieutenant Studson stood up in his boat and called upon them to surrender. The unfortunate specu- lators were unarmed and in favor of yielding, but Bacon knowing that his life was already forfeited, refused, and having his musket loaded, suddenly fired with so deadly an aim that the brave lieutenant instantly dropped dead in the boat. The sudden, unexpected firing, and the death of Studson, threw the militia into momentary con- fusion, and before they co'uld decide how to act the whale boat was out of sight in the darkness. The mil- itia rowed back to Toms Eiver the same night, and land- ing in front of thp house, some of the number went up and aroused Mrs. Studson, and told her the sad news. His unexpected death, and so shortly after leaving home, 204 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. completely ovarwlielmed her with sorrow. The men pro- cured a blanket from the house and went down to their boat, took the body of Captain Studson and put it in the blanket and carried it up to the house. The crew of the whaleboat, knowing it was not safe for them to remain at home after this affair, fled to the British army and were forced into service, but were of little use as "they were sick with the small pox, and suf- fered everything but death," as one of them (Collins) said, during their stay with the British. Taking ad- vantage of one of General Washington's proclamations, offering protection to deserters from the British army, they were afterwards allowed to return home. James Mills, an aged, respected citizen now living at Barnegat, born 1806, in his young days resided with one of the "Woodmansees on the James Jones place, at Forked Eiver, and frequently met one or two of these ill-starred blockade runners. Thomas Collins lived to an advanced age, and was always badly scarred from the small pox, which he caught within the British lines. Not long after the war, Mrs. Studson married a man named Chamberlain at Toms River. THE ATTACK ON TOMS EIVER. BUBNING OP THE VILLAGE— CAPTUEE OF CAPTAIN JOSHUA HUDDY — A DAY OF HOEBOBS. In giving an account of this affair we shall first copy a brief statement from Haves CuLlectiona the editor of which visited the place in 1842 in search of historical information relating to olden times in old Monmouth : "In the American Revolution, a rude fort or block- house was erected a short distance north of the bridge, at the village .of Toms River, on a hill about a hundred yards east of the road to Freehold, on land now belong- ing to the heirs of Elijah Robbins, deceased. In the lat- ter part of the war, this blockhouse was attacked by a superior force of the enemy. Its commander. Captain Joshua Huddy, most gallantly defended it until his am- THE ATTACK ON TOMS EIVEK. 205 munition was expended and no alternative but surren- der left. After the brave little garrison vras in their power, it is said they deliberately murdered five men ask- ing for quarter. From thence Captain Huddy, Justice Randolph, and the remaining prisoners were taken to New York, where, suffering the various progressions of barbarity inflicted upon those destined to a violent or lingering death, these two gentlemen, with a Mr. Fleming- were put into the hold of a vessel. Captain Huddy was ironed hand and foot, and shortly after barbarously hanged on the shore of the Highlands of Navesink." The tory organ, Rioington's R(jyal Gazette, of New York, gave the following account of the battle : " On Wednesday, the 20th inst. (March, 1782,) Lieu- tenant Blanchard, of the armed whale boats, and about eighty men belonging to them, with Captain Thomas and Lieutenant Boberts, both of the late Bucks County Vol- unteers, and between thirty and forty other Refugee loyalists, the whole under the command of Lieutenant Blanchard, proceeded to Sandy Hook under the convoy of Captain Stewart Boss, in the armed brig 'Arrogant,' where they were detained by unfavorable winds until the 23d. About 12 o'clock on that night the party landed near the mouth of Toms River and marched to the Block House at the town of Dover (now Toms River), and reached it just at daylight. On their way they were chal- lenged and fired upon, and when they came to the works they found the rebels, consisting of twenty-five or twenty- six twelve months' men and militia, apprized of their coming and prepared for defence. " The post into which the rebels had thrown them- selves was six or seven feet high, made wj.th large logs, with loop-holes between and a number of brass swivels on the top, which was entirely open, nor was there any way of entering but by climbing over. They had, besides swivels, muskets with bayonets and long pikes for their defence. Lieutenant Blanchard summoned them to sur- render, which they'not only refused, but bid the party defiance ; on which he immediately ordered the' place, to 206 HISTOBy OF MONWOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. be stormed, whicli was accordingly done, and thougli de- fended with obstinacy, was soon carried. The rebels had nine men killed in the assault, and twelve made prisoners, two of whom are wounded. The rest made their escape in the confusion. Among the killed was a Major of the militia, two Captains and one Lieutenant. The CsCptain of the twelve months' men stationed there is among the prisoners, who are all brought safe to town. On our side two were killed— Lieutenant Iredell, of the armed boat- men, and Lieutenant Inslee, of the Loyalists, both very brave officers, who distinguished themselves on the at- tack, and whose loss is much lamented. Lieutenant Eoberts and five others are wounded, but it is thought none of them are in a dangerous way. " The Town, as it is called, consisting of about a dozen houses, in which none but a piratical set of ban- ditti resided, together with a grist and saw-mill, were, with the Block House burned to the ground, and an iron cannon spiked and thrown into the river. A fine large barge (called Hyler's barge,) and another boat in which the rebels used to make their excursions on the coast, were brought off. Some other attempts were intended to have been made, but the appearance of bad weather, and the situation of the wounded, being without either surgeon or medicines, induced the party to return to New York where they arrived on the 25th." The attack on Toms Eiver was made on Sunday morning, March 24th, 1782. No Tory or Tory sympa- thizer was tolerated in the village of Toms River, which was the only reason that caused Rimngtons Royal Gazette to call its people "banditti." Upon the approach of the British, the Americans opened fire so effectually that the British account acknow- ledges that seven were killed or wounded, though the damage inflicted upon them must have been greater. A negro Refugee killed, was left by them outside of the fort for the Americans to bury. What a terrible day to the inhabitants of Toms River was that memorable Sabbath ! Probably not less than a CAPTAIN JOHN BACON. 207 hundred women and children were rendered homeless ; the killed and wounded demanded immediate attention ; husbands and fathers were carried away captives, their household goods, provisions — their all destroyed. Some families- were entirely broken up, the heads killed, mothers and children scattered, never as families meet- ing again. CAPTAIN JOHN BACON, THE REFUGEE LEADER OP MONMOUTH AND BURLINGTON — AN outlaw's career and his DREADFUL END. This noted Bisfugee leader, whosa name is so well remembered by old residents of Monmouth, Ocean and Burlington, appears to have confined his operations chiefly to the lower part of old Monmouth county, be- tween Cedar Creek in what is now Ocean county and Tuckerton in Burlington County. His efforts were mainly directed to plundering the dwellings of all well known active members of the old Monmouth militia. Himself, and men were well acquainted with the roads and paths through the forests of Burlington and old Monmouth, and had numerous hiding places, cabins, caves, &c., in the woods and swamps, where they could remain until some trustworthy spy informed them of a safe chance to venture out on what was then termed 21. picarooning ex- pedition. About December 1st, 1780, Bacon killed Lieutenant Joshua Studson ; the particulars of this affair are given in the chapter relating to Eevolutionary events at Toms Eiver during the Revolution. Another affair in which Bacon was a prominent actor, was the skirmish at Mannahawkin, in Ocean county, De- cember 30th, 1781. The militia of this place, under com- mand of Captain Eeuben F. Eandolph, having heard that Bacon, with his band, was on a raiding expedition and would probably try to plunder some of the patriots in that village, assembled at the inn of Captain Eandolph, prepared to give them a reception. After wait- 208 HISTOEY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. ing uutil two or three o'clock in the morning, they con- cluded it was a false alarm, and so retired to rest, taking the precaution to put out sentinels. Just before daylight the Refugees came down the road from the north on their way to West Creek. The alarm was given and the militia hastily turned out, but were compelled to retreat, as the Refugees had a much larger force than they anti- cipated. As they were retreating. Bacon's party fired and killed one of the patriots named Lines Pangborn and wounded another named Sylvester Tilton. After this affair Tilton removed to Colts Neck, near Freehold, where we believe his descendants yet live. BACON AT GOODLUCK, FORKED RIVER AND WARETOWN. On ons of his picarooning or raiding expslitions, Bacon, with fifteen or sixteen men, plundered the dwell- ing house of John Holmes at Forked River, who then lived at the mill known in late years as Francis Cornelius' mill. The party camped in the woods, near the house, until daylight, and then came and demanded money. Mr. Holmes was supposed to be somewhat forehanded, and they hoped to have made a good haul. In the expecta- tion of such a visit he had buried many of his valuables in his garden. The Rafugees pointed a bayonet to his breast and threatened to kill him if the money was not forthcoming. Mr. Holmes' wife happened to have some money about her, which she delivered up, and this seemed to satisfy them as far as money was concerned. They then ransacked the house and took provisions and such other things as they wanted. An ancient paper says that about the last of April, 1780, " the Refugees attacked the house of John Holmes, Upper Freehold, and robbed him of a large amount of Continental money, a silver watch, gold ring, silver buckles, pistols, clothing, etc." It is possible that this refers to the same affair ; if so, "it occurred in old Dover township instead of Upper Freehold. THE MASSACRE ON LONG BEACH. 209 Bacon's parby, at this tiina, entered the houses of the Prices and took whatever they could carry, though we believe these patriots, like others in those dark days, kept buried in gardens and fields many things they feared the Refugees might covet. Among other zealous Americans for whom Bacon had strong antipathy were Joseph Soper and his son Eeuben, both members of Captain Reuben F. Randolph's militia company. They lived about half way between Waretown and Barnegat, at a place known as " Soper's Landing." His attentions to the Sopers were so frequent that they often had to sleep in the adjacent swamps along Lochiel brook. Mr. Soper's son Reuben was murdered by Bacon on Long Beach, about a mile south of Barnegat Inlet. At one time Mr. Soper had received pay for building a small vessel. Wilson, a treacherous employee, acci- dentally was a witness to his receiving the money, but he did not know the amount. After Wilson had lett, Mr. Soper suspected he would inform Bacon, aad so he divided his money into- two parcels; a small amount in one parcel and the larger part in another, and then buried both lots in separate places not far from the house. Mr. Soper at this time had taken refuge in the swamp, and the house was occupied only by women and young children. Their threats compelled the women to lead them into the garden to the spot where the smaller amount of money was buried, after receiving which they seemed to be satisfied, thinking it was all they had. They then returned to the house and made a clean sweep. Among other things taken by Bacon at this time was one of Mr. Soper's shirts, which afterwards served as Bacon's winding sheet, as he was subsequently killed with it on. THE MASSACRE ON LONG BEACH. BACON KILLS CAPTAIN STEELMAN, EEUBEN SOPEK AND OTHEES — MUEDEE OP SLEEPING MEN. This was the most atrocious affair in which Bacon was engaged. The inhuman massacre of sleeping men 210 HISTOEY OF MONMQUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. was in keeping with tlie memorable affair at Chestnut Neck, near Tuckerton, when Count Pulaski's guards were murdered by the British and Refugees. The massacre at Long Beach took place about a mile south of Barnegat , light-house, and there were, we think, more men killed and wounded then than in any other action in that part of Old Monmouth now com- prised within the limits of Ocean county. , A tory paper gives the following version of the affair : "A. cutter from Ostend, bound to St. Thomas, ran aground on Barnegat Shoals,, October 25, 1782. The American galley 'Alligator,' Captain Steelman, from Cape May, with twenty-five men, plundered her on Saturday night last of a quantity of Hyson tea and other valuable articles, but was attacked the same night by Captain John Bacon, with nine men, in a small boat called the ' Hero's Revenge,' who killed Steelman and wounded the First' Lieutenant, and all the party except four or five were either killed or wounded." In this account the number of Steelman's men is doubtless ovarestimatsd and Bacon's underestimated. THE DEATH OF BACON. The following account of the death of Bacon was furnished to the New York Historical Society by the late Governor George F. Fort. ' "John Bacon was a notorious Refugee who had com- mitted many depredations along the shores of Monmouth and Burlington counties. After having been a terror to the people of this section for some time, John Stewart, of Arneytown, (afterwards Captain Stewart), resolved, if possible, to take him. There had been a reward of fifty pounds sterling offered by the Governor and Council for his capture, dead or alive. A short time previous, in an engagement at Cedar Creek Bridge, Bacon and his com- pany had discomfited a considerable body of State troops, killing a brother of Joel Cook, Burlington county, which excited much alarm and exasperated the whole county. On the occasion of his arrest. Captain Stewart THE DEATH OF BACON. 211 took witli him Joel Cook, John Brown, Thomas Smith, John Jones, and another person whose name is not recol- lected, and stafted in pursuit, well armed. They traversed the shore and found Bacon separated from his men at the public house or cabin of William Kose, between West Creek and Clamtown (now Tucker - ton), in Burlington County. The night was very dark, and Smith being in advance of the party, approached the house, and discovered through the window a man sitting with a gun between his knees. He immediately in- formed his companions. On arriving at the house, Cap- tain Stewart opened the door and presenting his musket deinanded a surrender. The fellow sprang to his feet, and cocking his gun was in the act of bringing it round to the breast of Stewart, when the latter, instead of dis- charging his piece, closed in with him and succeeded af- ter a scuffle in bringing him to the floor. He then avowed himself to be John Bacon, and asked for quarter, which was at once readily granted to him by Stewart. They arose from the floor, and Stewart (still retaining his hold on Bacon) called to Cook, who, when he discovered the supposed murderer of his brother, became exasper- ated, and stepping back gave Bacon a bayonet thrust un- known to Stewart or his companions. Bacon appeared faint and fell. After a short time he recovered and at- tempted to escape by the back door. Stewart pushed a table against it. Bacon hurled it away and struck Stew- art to the floor, opened the door, and again attempted to pass out ; but was shot by Stewart (who had regained his feet) while in the act. The ball passed through his body, through a part of the building, and struck the breast of Cook, who had taken position at the back door to prevent egress. Cook's companions were ignorant of the fact that he had given Bacon the baj'onet wound, and would scarcely credit him when he so informed them on their way home. They examined Bacon's body at Mount Misery, and the wounds made by both bayonet and ball were obvious. They brought his dead body to Jacobstown, Burbngton county, and were in the act of 212 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. bixrying it in the public highway, near the village in the presence of many citizens who had collected on the occa- sion, when Bacon's brother appeared among them and after much entreaty succeeded in obtaining his body for private burial." This affair took place on Thursday evening, April 3rd, 1783. ■ The Eefugee leaders in our State— Hetfield, Bacon, Lippencott, Davenport, Moody and others— all doubtless held commissions from the " Board of Associated Loyal- ists," of which the President was William Franklin, the last British Governor of New Jersey. DICK BIED, THE POTTERS CREEK OUTLAW. This scoundrel, who was probably one of Daven- port's gang, was exceedingly obnoxious to the Americans on account of outrages in which he was concerned. He was intimately acquainted with all the roads and by- paths in the woods and swamps in old Dover township, which then extended to Oyster Creek. Tradition says, that early in the war he had a cave near the head-waters of Cedar Creek. Near Quail Run was a woman of low character, whom he often visited. On the day he was shot he called on her ; she told him as the militia were after him, they would find him there, and advised him to go to a less suspected place. He was seen by some patriotic women, who sent information to his pursuers, who surprised him at the house while the woman was sitting on his lap. He sprang for his musket, which was in the chimney corner, and just as he reached it his pursuers fired through the window and killed him instantly. THE EEFUGEE DAVENPOET AND HIS DEATH. 213 THE EEFUGEE DAVENPOET AT FOEKED EIVEE, AND HIS DEATH. On the first of June, 1782, Davenport with eighty men, half of whom were black and half white, in two long barges landed at Forked Eiver, first on the north side where they demanded provisions of Samuel and James Woodmansee, brothers who then lived on the James Jones and Joseph Holmes places. They then proceeded to the south branch of Forked Eiver, to the house of Samuel Brown, an active member of the militia, who then lived on the place owned some twenty odd years ago by John Wright, still known as the Wright place. They plundered his house, burnt his salt works, and came near capturing Mr. Brown himself, who just had time to escape to the woods. Mr. Brown often had to sleep in the woods for fear of Eefugee raids at night. After completing their work of destruction, the two barges proceeded down Forked Eiver to its mouth, when one went up the bay, while the other with Davenport himself proceeded down the bay with the intention of •destroying the salt works of the Americans at Waretown and vicinity. Davenport expected to meet with no op- position, as he supposed no militia were near enough to check him. But before he reached Oyster Creek he per- ceived a boat heading for him. His crew advised him to turn back, as they said the other boat must have some advantage or they would not venture to approach. Davenport told them they could see the other boat had fewer men, and ridiculed their fears. He soon found, however, why it was that the American boat ventured to attack them. Davenport's men had only muskets with which to defend themselves ; the Americans had a can- non or swivel, and when within proper distance they dis- charged it with so effective an aim that Davenport, who was standing up in the boat, was killed at the first dis- charge, and his barge damaged and upset by his fright- ened crew. It happened that the water was only about four feet deep and his crew waded ashore and landed 214 HISTOKY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. near Oyster Greek, not far from tlie place latelj' owned by James Anderson, deceased, and thus escaped, scatter- ing themselves in various directions in the woods and swamps. The late John Collins of Barnegat remembered some of them calling on his father and other Quakers begging for provisions. Back of Toms River is a stream called Davenport's Branch, which some suppose to have derived its name from his having places of concealment on its banks, but this is an error, as the stream was known before the war as "Davenport's Tavern Branch." Samuel Brown, above named, after the war removed to Mannahawkin and has many descendants now living there and elsewhere. MANNAHAWKIN IN THE REVOLUTION. Mannahawkin, during the Revolution, was noted for the patriotism of its citizens. From a manuscript origin- ally found in Congressional Records, but now in the library of the New Jersey Historical Society, it appears that the militia comijany here was called the Fifth Com- pany of Monmouth, Reuben F. Randolph, captain, and Nathan Crane, lieutenant. Captain Randolph was origi- nally from Middlesex county. About the time of the war, he kept the public house at Mannahawkin. His sons, Thomas and Job, were in his company. As the names of the heroic men of his company should be preserved as far as possible, and especially by their descendants, we give a list of such as we have. ascertained. FIFTH COMPANY, MONMOUTH MILITIA. Reuben F. Randolph, captain ; Nathan Crane, lieu- tenant ; James Marsh, ensign. Privates — Michael Bennett, Jeremiah Bennett, Sam- uel Bennett, Israel Bennington, Joseph Brown 1st, Joseph Brown 2d, Joseph Camburn, Thomas Chamberlain, William Casselman, Luke Courtney, Seth Crane, Amos THE OLD TENNENT CHURCH AND PARSONAGE. THE OLD TENNENT CHUECH. 215 Cuffee, David Howell, David Johnson, Thomas Johnson, David Jones, Thomas Kelson, Philip Palmer, Jr., Ben- jamin P. Pearson, Benjamin Paul, Enoch Read, Job Ran- dolph, Thomas Randolph, David Smith, Joseph Soper, Reuben Soper, Zachariah Southard, Jenny Sutton, Lines Pangburn, Sylvester Tilton. Of the above, Reuben Soper was killed by the Refu- gees on Long Beach, in October, 1782. He left a son, named Reuben, who lia/s children still living, among them Mrs. G-eorge W. Lippehcott, of Tuckerton, who has preserved several interesting old-time relics ; and her brother, also named Reuben Soper, inheriting the patriot- ism of his grandfather, enlisted in the Union army, in the Rebellion, was mortally wounded, and died three weeks after in Saterlee hospital. Lines Pangburn was killed in the skirmish at Mannahawkin, December 30th, 1781. Sylvester Tilton was dangerously wounded at the same time. One of the Cranes was wounded near his own residence. THE OLD TENNENT CHURCH. The Rev. J. F. Halsey, who was for two years a pastor of the church, wrote to the editor of the Mon- mouth Democrat in 1873, giving him information relating to this historical old church, which we copy. He writes : " In the early history of the Presbyterian Church in Monmouth county, N. J., a special meeting was held to pray that the Lord would send them a minister, and at that meeting a Mr. Carr was selected to go to the Log College (now Hartsville, Pa.), where the Father of the Tennents preached and taught. Though it was at har- vest time, so eager was Mr. Carr to execute his mission that he started the very next day. When he had made known the object of his visit, he could get none of the sons to consent to go. But as he left to return home he said : ' So sure am I that I have come on the Lord's errand, and that our prayers will be favorably answered, that I shall not reach home before you will send for me 216 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. and assure me that I have Bot taken this journey in vain,' and so bid them farewell. "And sure enough, he had not gone on his way more than a few miles before a messenger overtook him, calling him back, and assured him that Eev. John Teh.- nent would return with him as their minister, which he did. He lived and labored among them less than two years, and was succeeded by his brother. Rev. William Tennent, who labored at Fre^iold forty-eight years, and is buried in the aisle of the church. " I said that Mr. Carr went on his mission to Ney- hamings. Pa., leaving his harvest unreaped. When the farmers had hurriedly gathered in theirs, feeling that he had gone on their business as well as his own — that he was the church's servant — th.ey turned out and cut his grain for him, and Mr. Carr, on his return, found it put up in shocks in the field. A sudden and long rain com- pelled him to leave it standing so, and so it happened that when the next season for sowing arrived the best seed grain was Mr. Carr's, as his neighbors had gathered in theirs before it was thoroughly ripened, and many applied to him for seed. " Such was the tradition told me more than half a century ago by some of my aged elders, who themselves had been gathered into the church under the ministry of Eev. William Tennent. J. F. Halsey." VISITOES AT THE BATTLE GEOUND. THE OLD TENNENT CHURCH AND PARSONAGE. The author of the Field Book of the Eevolution says : " I visited the battle ground of Monmouth toward the close of September, 1850, and had the good fortune to be favored with the company of Doctor John Wood- hull, of Freehold, in my ramble over that interesting locality. Dr. WoodhuU is the son of the beloved minister of that name who succeeded Eev. William Tennent in the pastorial care of the congregation that worshipped in the Freehold meeting-house, and who, for forty-six consecu- VISITORS AT THE BATTLE GEOUND. 217 tive years, preached and prayed in that venerated chapel. Dr. Woodhull was born in the parsonage yet upon the battle ground, and is so familiar with every locality and event connected with the conflict, that I felt as if travers- ing the battle field with an actor in the scene." Mr. Lossing next speaks of a heavy storm which compelled him to take shelter in the old Tennent church ; resting his portfolio on the high back of an old pew he sketched a picture of the neat monument erected to the memory of Eev. John Woodhull, D. D., who died No- vember 22d, 1824, aged 80 years. He next refers to Eev- William Tennent who was pastor of that flock for forty- three years, and then says : "When the storm abated we left the church and proceeded to the battle ground. The old parsonage is in the present possession of Mr. William T. Sutphen, who has allowed the parlor and study of Tennent and Wood- hull to be used as a depository of grain and of agricul- tural implements ! The careless neglect which permits a mansion so hallowed by religion and patriotic events to fall into puin is actual desecration, and much to be reprehended and deplored. The windows are destroyed, the roof is falling into the chambers, and in a few years not a vestige will be left of that venerable memento of the ' field of Monmouth.' " We visited the spot where Monckton fell ; the place of the causeway across the morass (now a small bridge upon the main road) ; -and after taking a general view of the whole ground of conflict and sketching a pic- ture, returned to Freehold. "It had been to me a day of rarest interest and pleasure, notwithstanding the inclement weather, for no battle-field in our country has stronger claims to the reverence of the American heart than that of the plains of Monmouth. * * * * * * * " The men and women of the Revolution, but a few years since numerous in the neighborhood of Freehold, have passed away, but the narrative of their trials during the war have left abiding records of patriotism upon the 218 HISTOEY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. hearts of their descendants. I listened to many tales concerning the Pine Robbers and other desperadoes of the time, who kept the people of Monmouth county in a state of continual alarm. Many noble deeds of daring were achieved by the tillers of the soil and their mothers, wives and sisters; and while the field of Monmouth attested the bravery and endurance of Atnerican soldiers, the inhabitants, whose households were disturbed on that memorable Sabbath morning by the bugle and the cannon peal, exhibited in their daily course the loftiest patriotism and manly courage. We will leave the task of recording the acts of their heroism to the pen of the local historian." The following item we find published in a magazine : " Attention has lately been called to the condition of the grave of Colonel Monokton, in the burial ground of the Freehold Meeting House, in Monmouth county, N. J. It should be properly cared for, for Monckton, though a foeman to the Americans when he fell mortally wounded at the battle of Monmouth, was a gallant officer, and a man of irreproachable moral character." COLONEL MONCKTON AND THE EOYAL GEENADIEES AT THE BATTLE OF MONMOUTH. Lieutenant-Colonel Honorable H. Monckton, gen- erally called Colonel Monckton, according to both writ- ten and traditionary accounts was one of the most honorable officers in the service of the British — accom- plished, brave, of splendid personal appearance, and of irreproachable moral character. He was in the battle of Long Island in August, 1776, when he was shot through the body, and lay for many weeks at the point of death. He recovered, and for his gallantry on that occasion was promoted from the Fifth Company, Second Grenadiers, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, and was ^n command of the battalion at the Battle of Monmouth, in which the First and Second Royal Grenadiers bore a conspicuous part, and in a charge the heroic Monckton and the greater part of the officers of the Grenadiers — the flower of the British army — fell from a terrible fire from the Americans TISITOES AT THE BATTLE GROUND. 219 Tinder General Wayne. The spot where Colonel Monck- ton was killed is said to be about eight rods north-east of the old parsonage of the Tennent Church, and he was buried about six feet from the west end of the church. About thirty years ago a board was set up to mark his grave by William B. Wilson, a native of Scotland, who will long and favorably be remembered by hundreds of citizens of Monmouth and Ocean as a successful teacher and for his many good qualities of head and heart. He died at Forked River, in Ocean county, thirty-five years ago, and the respect retained for him by his old scholars near the battle-ground and elsewhere in Monmouth, was evidenced by the fact of their sending for his body and giving it a suitable final resting place in the vicinity of his first labors in this county. Mr. Wilson, or "Dominie" Wilson, as he was familiarly called on account of his once having been a clergyman, deserves a more extended notice than we have space to give. On the board prepared and set up by Mr. Wilson was inscribed : hig jacet. Colonel Monckton, Killed 28 -June, 1778. W. It. Mr. Wilson may have been induced to put up the board by noticing that iu the reminiscences of the battle published by Henry Howe, who visited the ground in 1842, attention was called to the fact that no monument marked the grave. In 1850, Benson J. Lossing visited the battle ground and made a sketch of the head-board which was given in his valuable work, the Field Book of the Revolution, and it is also given in a late number of the American Historical Record. Mr. Lossing says that when he visited the grave " the only monument that marked the spot was a plain board painted red, much weather worn, on which was drawn in' black letters the inscription seen in the picture given. The board had been set up some years before by a Scotch schoolmaster named William Wil- 220 HISTOKY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. son, who taught the young people in the schoolhouse upon the green near the old Meetinghouse." In speak- ing of Colonel Monckton he says : "At the head of his grenadiers on the field of Monmouth, he kept them silent until they were within a few rods of the Americans, when waving his sword he shouted, "Forward to the charge!" Our General Wayne was on his front. At the same mo- ment " Mad Anthony" gave a signal to fire. A terrible volley poured destruction upon Monckton's grenadiers and almost every British ofiicer fell. Amongst them was their brave leader. Over his body the combatants fought desperately until the Americans secured it and bore it to the rear." CAPTAIN MOLLY PITCHEE. HEE BRAVERY AT FORT CLINTON AND MONMOUTH HER SAD END. From various articles relating to this noted woman the following are selected: "The story of a woman who rendered essential ser- vice to the Americans in the battle of Monmouth is founded on fact. She was a female of masculine mould, and dressed in a mongrel suit, with the petticoats of her own sex and an artilleryman's coat, cocked hat and feathers. The anecdote usually related is as follows : Before the armies engaged in general action, two of the advanced ba.tterfes commenced a severe fire against each other. As the heat was excessive, Molly, who was the wife of a cannonier, constantly ran to bring her husband water from a neighboring spring. While passing to his post she saw him fall and on hastening to his assistance, found him dead. At the same moment she heard an of- ficer order the cannon to be removed from its place, com- plaining he could not fill his post with as brave a man as had been killed. "No," said the intrepid Molly, fixing her eyes upon the officer, "the cannon shall not be re- moved for the want of some one to serve it ; since my brave husband is no more, I will use my utmost exer- tions to avenge his death." The activity and courage TRIAL OF EEV. WILLIAM TENNENT FOE PEEJURY. 221 witli wliich she performed the oiSce of cannonier during the action, attracted the attention of all who witnessed it, and finally of Washington himself, who afterward gave her the rank of lieutenant and granted her half pay dur- ing life. She wore an epaulette and was called ever after Captain Molly. — Hoices Collection-". Lossing in the Field Book of the Revolution thus mentions Molly Pitcher : " Captain Molly was a stout, red-haired, freckled- faced young Irish woman with a handsome, piercing eye. The French officers, charmed by the story of her bravery, made her many presents. She would sometimes pass along the French lines with her cocked hat and get it al- most filled with crowns." The same writer visited the locality of Forts Mont- gomery and Clinton on the Hudson, where Molly Pitcher ended her days and there found old residents who "re- membered the famous Irish woman called Captain Molly, the wife of a cannonier who worked a field piece at the battle of Monmouth on the death of her husband. She generally dressed in the petticoats of her sex with an artilleryman's coat over. She was in Fort Clinton with her husband when it was attacked in 1777. When the Americans retreated from the fort, as the enemy scaled the ramparts her husband dropped his match and fled. Molly caught it up, touched off the piece and then scampered- off. It was the last gun the Americans fired in the fort. Mrs. Eose remembered her as "Dirty Kate," living between Fort Montgomery and Buttermilk Falls, at the close of the war, where she died a horrible death from syphilitic disease. Washington had honored her with a lieutenant's commission for her bravery on the field of Monmouth nearly nine months after the battle, when reviewing its events." THE EEMAEKABLE TEIAL OF EEV. WILLIAM TENNENT FOE PEEJUEY. The remarkable trial of Eev. William Tennent, of 222 HISTOEY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. the old Tennent Church, for perjury, took place at Tren- ton in 1742 before Chief Justice Eobert Hunter Morris. The indictment upon which Mr. Tennent was tried was one of a series of indictments all growing out of the same transaction— the alleged stealing of a horse by the Eev. Mr. Eowland ; and the individual who was the cause of all the woes and perils which befel the unfortunate gentlemen who were supposed to be implicated, was a notorious scoundrel named Tom Bell, whose exploits would not suffer by a comparison with those of Jonathan Wild or Jack Sheppard. He was an adept in all the arts of fraud, theft, robbery and forgery. But his chief amusement consisted in traveling from one part of the country to another personating different individuals and assuming a variety of characters. By turns he was a sailor, a merchant, a lawyer, a doctor, a preacher, and sustained each character in such a way for a time as to impose on the public. The late Judge Eichard S. Field, in a paper read before the New Jersey Historical Society in 1851, reviewing the reports of this remarkable trial, furnished quite a list of the misdeeds of this villian. By far the most brilliant of all Tom Bell's achieve- ments was unquestionably that out of which grew the in- dictment of Rev. William Tennent for perjury. It so happened that Bell bore a striking resemblance to the Eev. Mr. Eowland, a popular preacher of the daj , and a friend and associate of Whitfield and the Tennents. One evening Bell made his appearance at a tavera in Princeton dressed in a dark grey coat. He there met John Stockton, Esq., father of Eichard Stockton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, who, coming up to him, at once accosted him as the Eev. Mr. Eowland, and invited him to his house. Bell assured him that he was mistaken — that his name was not Eowland. Mr. Stock- ton acknowledged his error, and told him it proceeded from the very close resemblance he bore to that gentle- man. This link was enough for Tom Bell. It at once occurred to him that here was a chance for playing one of his tricks. The very next day he went into what was TRIAL OF REV. ^yILLIAM: TENNENT FOR PERJURY. 223 then the county of Hunterdon and stopped at a place where the Eev. Mr. Rowland had occasionally preached, but where he was not well known. Here he introduced himself as Mr. Eowland, was invited to the house of a gentleman in the neighborhood, and asked to preach on the following Sabbath. He consented to do so, and notice to that effect was accordingly given. When the day arrived he accompanied the ladies to church in the family wagon, while the master rode alongside on a very fine horse. As they approached the church. Bell sud- denly discovered that he had left his notes behind him, and proposed riding back after them on the fine horse. This was at once agreed to, and Bell mounted the horse, rode back to the house, rifled the desk of his host and took his departure, leaving the assembled congregation to wonder what had become of the Rev. Mr. Rowland. We may imagine the satisfaction which Bell must have derived from this exploit. Mr. Rowland was a noted preacher of great pungency and power, and thundered the terrors of the law against all impenitent sinners. He was called by the professed wits of the day " Hell Fire Rowland." He was literally a tei'ror to evil-doers, and therefore it may be presumed an object of pecul'.ar aver- sion to Tom Bell. The idea then of bringing such a man into disgrace and at the same time of pursuing his favorite occupation must have been doubly pleasing to him. Rev. Mr. Rowland was at this time absent from New Jersey. He had gone for the purpose of preaching in Pennsylvania or Maryland in company with Rev. William Tennent and two pious laymen of the county of Hunter- don by the names of Joshua Anderson and Benjamin Stevens, members of a church contiguous to the one at which Tom Bell proposed to officiate. As soon as they returned, Mr. Rowland was charged with the robbery of the horse. At the next term of Oyer and Terminer for Hunterdon county an indictment was preferred against him. Great was the excitement produced by this event, 224 HISTOET OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. owing in part to the peculiar state of the Colony at the time. Through the labors of Mr. Whitfield and his asso- ciates, among whom were Messrs. Tennent and Rowland, a great revival of religion had taken place in the Provinces But there was a party in the Colony who were very hostile to this religious movement, who de- nounced its authors as fanatics and enthiisiasts, and some of whom did not hesitate to brand them as hypo- crites and imposters. Conspicuous among this party was the Chief Justice, Robert H. Morris, who, whatever claim he may have had to respect,, was certainly not dis- tinguished either for religion or morality. To such men this charge against Mr. Rowland, one of the preachers who were turning everything upside down, was of course occasion of great triumph and rejoicing, and the most strenuous efforts made to procure his conviction. The Grand Jury at first refused to find a bill against him, but they were reproved -by the Court and sent out again. They again returned without an indictment, but the Court sent them out a second time with threats of pun- ishment if they persisted in their refusal, and then they consented to find a true bill. Thus Mr. Rowland was subjected to the ignominy of a trial. A clear case was made out on the part of the prosecution. A large number of witnesses swore posi- tively that he was the identical person who had commit- ted the robbery. On the other hand, the defendants called as witnesses Messrs. Tennent, Anderson and Stevens, who testified that on the very day on which the robbery was committed they were in company with Mr. Rowland at some place in Pennsylvania or Maryland, and heard him preach. An alibi being thus clearly proved, the jury without hesitation acquitted him. But still the public mind was not satisfied. The per- son whose horse had been stolen and whose house had been robbed was so convinced that Mr. Rowland was the robber, and so many individuals had, as they supposed, seen him in possession of the horse that it was resolved not to let the matter drop. Messrs. Tennent, Anderson TRIAL OF EEV. WILLIAM TENNENT FOR PERJURY. 225 . and Stevens wer.e tlierefore arraigned before the Court of Quarter Sessions, of Hunterdon, upon the charge of having sworn falsely upon the trial of Mr. Rowland, and indictments were found against each of them for perjury. These indictments were all removed to. the Supreme Court. Anderson, conscious of his innocence and un- willing to be under the imputation of such a crime, de- manded his trial at the next term of Oyer and Terminer. What evidence he offered in his defence does not appear, but he was convicted and condemned to stand one -hour on the Court House steps with a paper on his breast whereon was written in large letters, "This is for wilfxd and corrupt jjer jury." The trials of Tennent and Stevens were postponed. Tennent we are told, being entirely unused to legal matters and knowing no person by whom he could prove his innocence, had no other resource but to submit him- self to Divine will, and thinking it not unlikely that he .might be convicted, had prepared a sermon to preach from the pillory. True, he employed Mr. John Coxe, an eminent lawyer of the Province to assist, and when he arrived at Trenton he found Mr. William Smith, one of the most distinguished members of the New York bar, who had voluntarily attended on his behalf ; and Mr. Tennent's brother Gilbert, who was then pastor of a church in Philadelphia, had brought with him Mr. John Kinsey, an eminent lawyer of that city, to aid in his de- fence. But what could they do without evidence ? When Mr. Tennent was desired by his counsel to call on his witnesses that they might examine them before going into Court, he declared he knew no witnesses but God and his conscience. His counsel assured him, that however well founded this confidence might be, and however im- portant before a heavenly tribunal, it would not avail him in an earthly court. And they therefore urged that an application should be made to postpone the trial. But this he would by no means consent to. They then in- formed him they had discovered a flaw in the indictment and proposed that advantage should be taken of it. (Mr. 226 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. Stevens took advantage of this flaw and was cleared.) Mr. Tennent resisted with great vehemence, saying it was another snare of the devil, and before he would consent to it he would suffer death. In the meantime the bell summoned them to the Court. While on the way to the Court House Mr. Tennent is said to have met a man and his wife who stopped and asked if his name was Tennent. He said it was, and begged to know if they had any busi- ness with him. They replied, "Yoii know best." They then informed him that they resided in a certain place in Pennsylvania or Maryland, and that upon one occasion, he in company with Rowland, Anderson and Stevens had lodged at their house ; that on the following day they had heard him and Rowland preach ; that some nights before they left home, they had each of them dreamed that Mr. Tennent was at Trenton in the greatest possible distress, and that it was in their power, and in theirs alone to relieve him ; that this di*eam was twice repeated and in precisely the same manner to each of them, and that it made so deep an impression on their minds that they had at once set off upon a journey to Trenton, and were there to know of him what they were to do. Mr- Tennent handed them over to his counsel, who, to their astonishment, found that their testimony was enfirelj' satisfactory. Soon after, Mr. John Stockton, who mis- took Tom Bell for Rev. Mr. Rowland, also appeared and was examined as a witness for Mr. Tennent. In short the evidence was so clear and conclusive, that, notwith- standing the most strenuous exertion of the Attorney- General to procure a conviction, the jury without hesita- tion acquitted Mr. Tennent. TOMS RIVER DURING THE REVOLUTION. RESIDENTS IN THE VILLAGE AND VICINITY. Major John Cook, who was killed in the action at the Block House, was a captain in the Second Regiment, Monmouth, and appointed Second Major in same regi- ment, October 13, 1777, probably to succeed James Mott, TOMS EIVEE DUEING THE EEVOLTJTION. 22?- who lived at one time near Toms Eiver. Public sales of privateers and their cargoes were sometimes held at his house. The following notice in reference to the settle- ment of his estate was published in the New Jersey Gazette, January 22, 1783 : "All persons indebted to the estate of Major John Cook, late of Toms Eiver, deceased, are hereby requested to settle their respective accounts, on or before the 10th day of February next, as this is the last notice they are to expect from Thomas Cook, Administrator. 'N. B. — On said day the above administrator will at- tend at George Cook's tavern at Crosswicks, in order to adjust matters agreeable to law ; also to receive all de- mands against said estate that shall be properly proven." John Coward, before and during the early part of the war, was a prominent business man at Toms River and quite an extensive owner of timber land. He was as- sociated for a time with James Randolph. He died, probably in 1779. His executors were James Randolph and Tobias Hendrickson, who published the following notice in January, 1780 : " To be sold at public vendue, on Tuesday, February, 1780, at the house of Daniel Griggs at Toms River, seventy acres of very good young green cedar swamp, very handy to water carriage, on the branches of Cedar Creek, late the property of John Coward, deceased. At- tention will be given for several days before the sale at Toms River to show the premises. The land will be sold as best suits the purchasers, as to quantity and attention will be given by "James Randolph, "Tobias Hendkickson, Executors." James Randolph, just before and during the early part of the war, was perhaps more extensively engaged in lumber and other business than any other person in the vicinity of Toms River. He was an executor of John 228 HISTORY OP MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. Coward and at the sale of some timber land belonging to the estate of Coward, in February, 1780, ,Eandolph adver- tised also to sell property of his own as follows : " The subscriber has for sale a very good farm, in situation convenient for salt works near Toms River, with near three hundred acres of good salt meadows, which will support one hundred head of cattle, and is exceeding handy for fish and oysters. Also a good saw mill with a large quantity of valuable cedar swamp to said mill. They will be sold at private sale before vendue, or on that day, or any day after, when any purchaser shall offer, and a good title made. "James Eandolph. "December 30, 1779." He probably died about the latter part of 1781, or early part of 1782. The following substance of a notice published in March, 1782, regarding the settlement of his estate, gives an idea of the extent of his business : " To be sold at public vendue, on Monday, April 29, 1782, at the house of Samuel Forman, inn keeper. Upper Freehold, the following tracts of land of estate of James Randolph, late of Monmouth County : " One plantation at Mosquito Lane, containing 350 acres, the greater part salt meadows, with a frame dwelling house, salt works, good fishery, &c. One saw mill in Davenport (mouth of Wrangle Creek) near Toms Eiver, goes with two saws, together with pine and cedar lands. Two-fifths of a new saw mill and four- fifths of land adjoining, near James Randolph's late dwelling, held in partnership with Tobias Hendrickson. Eighteen or twenty lots of cedar swamp in Wrangle Creek, Union, Horricone, Lenkers, &c. "Apply to Tobias Hendrickson, near the late dwelling of James Randolph, or to Benjamin Randolph, Chestnut street, Philadelphia. Signed by Benjamin Randolph and Tobias Hendrickson, who were his executors. Part of his estate, the Mosquito Lane plantation, was again ad- vertised to be sold the following year, June, 1783." There was a James Randolph in the militia of Mon- TOMS EIVER DURING THE REVOLUTION. 229 mouth, possibly the same. Daniel Eandolph, Esquire, was among the prisoners taken at the Block House in March, 1782. A person of this name lived at Freehold, down to within two years previous to the burning of Toms River. Sales were ad- vertised to take place at his house at Freehold in 1780. The appearance of the same name at Toms River, short- ly after the decease of James Randolph, suggests the pos-- sibility of his being a relative, and that he came to Toms River on business connected with the care or settlement of the estate of James. James Attin must have been somewhat prominent at Toms River in the early part of the war, judging from the following advertisement published in the New Jersey Gazette. He may have been from Middlesex county where the surname was not unusual. His advertisement was as follows : " To be sold at vendue, on Monday, the 6th day of September, 1779, at the house of the subscriber in the township of Dover and county of Monmouth, viz : 200 acres of pine land, well timbered, about two miles below Toms River Bridge ; 50 head of cattle, 40 sheep, 6 horses, 10 hogs and 8 negroes, a set of blacksmith's tools, 200 bushels of wheat and rye, 20 acres of Indian corn, a quantity of tanned leather and tar, a variety of farming utensils and household goods too tedious to mention. Same time will be sold a valuable plantation, with a great quantity of fresh and salt meadows ; ia grist and saw mill, with plenty of timber ; a valuable fishery, with 400 acres of land. All may be entered upon immediately. For terms, apply to the subscriber on the premises. "John Attin. "August 18, 1779." The offering for sale of eight negroes, recalls a dif- ference between then and now. Abiel Akins, who, for many years was the principal Justice of the Peace at Toms River, lived during the war, according ta a tradition of old residents, on the south side of Toms River, on the place formerly the 230 HISTOBY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. residence of Anthony Ivins and subsequently of A. P. Stanton. His house was a stopping place for Bev. Ben- jamin Abbott, a pioneer of Methodism. It was burned by the British at the time when the village was burned. It is said that he subsequently resided on the north side of the river below the bridge. His ancestry is noticed in the sketch of the Akin family. For almost a generation he seemed to have performed most of the marriage cere- monies in his vicinity. The following were some parties married bj' him : Dillon "Wilbur to Leucretia Bird, October 14, 1795. William Bunnels (Eeynolds ?) to Leonah Francis, August 10, 1795. Gilbert Lane to Sarah Aumack, January 10, 1796. Abel Piatt to Melah Letts, March 26, 1796. David Rogers to Susannah Chadwiok, May 1, 1796. James Wilber to Elizabeth Hopkins, June 26, 1796. Jacob Applegate to Margaret Luker, July 10, 1796. About 1808 the Legislature passed a law for the re- lief of Abiel Akins, as he had met with reverses in busi- ness. Moses Bobbins was a matross in Captain Buddy's company, and was seriously wounded in the action at the Block House. He was one of the first to have a dwelling erected after the village was burned, and the sale of a captured prize was advertised to take place at his house in March, 1783. In 1792 he purchased timber land back of Toms Eiver, and Holmes & Bobbins' mill is mentioned the same year. In 1795 his heirs had a tract on the road from Toms Biver to Schenck's Mill, sold. Prom this it would seem probable that he died between 1792 and 1795. In the early part of the present century Elijah Bobbins owned the land on which the Block House had been situated. A matross was a member of an artillery company who assisted in loading cannon, and also carried a ■musket. Aaron Buck was one of the two persons in the vil- lage who had the fortune of having their houses spared TOMS RIVEK DUBING THE REVOLUTION. 231 when the village was burned. It is supposed this was because he was related to the Refugee, William Dillon, the pilot of the British, Buck having married a daughter of Dillon's brother. Mrs. Studson's house was the other spared, and her house and Buck's afforded a tem- porary refuge for the unfortunate women and children whose homes had' been burned by the British. Before the war he was a land owner, and in 1765 sold a tract near Toms Biver to Albertio Shockelia. He had two daughters, one of whom married Judge Ebenezer Tucker, for whom Tuckerton was named, and the other married John Bogers, ancestor of most of the Eogers family from Toms River to Cedar Creek. It is said that Aaron Buck was captain of a coasting vessel after the war, and eventually committed suicide by hanging himself on the rigging of his vessel as she lay in Toms River. Captain Ephraim Jenkins, according to tradition, lived in the village of Toms River, and his dwelling was among those burned by the British in 1782. It is sup- posed that he was killed in the action at the Block House, and his family was left unprovided for. One of his child- ren was taken care of by one of the Prices at Goodluck, ancestor of Dr. T. T. Price, of Tuckerton. Captain Jen- kins was commissioned captain in Colonel Asher Holmes' battalion, June 14, 1780. Captain Joshua Studson, who was killed by the Refugee John Bacon, December 1, 1780, lived along the edge of the river, just below the bridge. He was ap- pointed a lieutenant in Colonel Asher Holmes' battalion, June 14, 1780, and was also a captain in the privateer service. In the latter part of 1780 he took two prizes, the schooner " John " and the sloop " Catharine," on the south side of Staten Island. The Admiralty Court, to adjust his prize claims, was appointed to be held at Mount Holly, January 1, 1781. Just a month before this he was killed. It is said that a few years after his death his widow married a man at Toms River named Cham- berlain. James Lippencott's house was one at which sales took 232 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. place during the war. In 1791 Samuel Pease (Pearce ?) and wife sold to James Lippeneott land in old Dover township. And in 1792 James Lippeneott bought land of William Cox and wife, Richard Smith and wife, William Smith and wife, John Hoskins, Sr., and John Hoskins, Jr., and Edward Pole, all in same township. James Mott, Jr., was another p^^ominent man around Toms Eiver during the early part of the war. He proba- bly lived easterly of the village on the bay, on or adjoin- ing the place subsequently owned by the late James Cook. His property is thus described in an advertise- ment published in CoUinis' New Jersey Gazette in Septem- ber, 1779: " To he Sold : A valuable tract of land adjoinipg Barnegat Bay, near Toms Eiver, in the town of Dover, Monmouth county, containing about 1,000 acres, about 280 acres of salt meadow, 30 acres of cedar swamp (part of which is very good), about 50 acres of upland, cleared and fenced with cedar ; a new frame dwelling house thereon, 20 feet by 26, with two fire-places on first fioor, and a stone cellar under the same ; also a kitchen ad- joining, 16 feet square, with a brick oven, and a well at the door ; the remainder woodland. The land is good for rye, Indian corn, for raising stock, and is as well situ- ated for manufacturing salt as any in New Jersey. It will be sold together or be divided, as shall suit pur- chaser. For terms apply to Abiel Akiiis, Esq., at Toms Biver, or to the subscriber on the premises. "James Mott, Je." In March the same advertisement in substance was published, but application to be made to Joseph Salter, Toms Eiver, and "to be sold for Continental bills of credit or loan certificates." There was- a James Mott captain in the militia, stationed at Toms Eiver. He was appointed major, and resigned June 18^ 1776. In 1776, James Mott was a member of the Legislature from Monmouth. The name appears as a property owner in Middletown, 1778 and 1790, and also in Shrewsbury township. He purchased land in Dover township in 1795. He was probably re- lated to Joseph Salter, who at one time owned a tract on TOMS RIVER DURING THE REVOLUTION. 233 the bay, possibly the same advertised by Mott, as Joseph Salter married a Mott. Edward Thomas, of Black Horse, Burlington county, owned a place adjoining James Mott's, which he thus de- scribed in an advertisement published in 1777 : " A plantation in Dover township, adjoining Barne- gat Bay, bounded by lands of James Mott and Pennsyl- vania_ Salt Works ; 300 acres, 70 acres salt meadows, remainder good timber land ; soil good for corn and rye, and with small expense (by bringing seaweed) will be good for raising wheat. On it a log house, also a cellar dug and walled, 20 by 26, and frame timber, Ac, sufficient to build. Well located for erecting. salt works." Edward Thomas was a member of the militia com- pany that came along shore in pursuit of the Refugee Bacon, and finally killed him near West Creek. Joseph Salter at one time owned a place near the bay, possibly the same once owned by James Mott, to whom he was related by marriage. He was at Toms Eiver as early as 1774, and a relative, Thomas Salter, had purchased considerable land in the township twenty-five or thirty years before. He was a member of the Provin- cial Assembly in 1775. He was appointed Lieutenant- Colonel in the militia, but soon resigned. In the minutes of the New Jersey Provincial Congress, October 21, 1775, it is stated that — " Joseph Salter, Esquire, having returned his com- mission of Lieutenant-Colonel of the Second Regiment of Militia for the County of Monmouth, and desired leave to resign the same : " Jtiei^oLved unanimmisly, that his resignation be ac- cepted." His first wife was Sally, daughter of Samuel Holmes, by whom he had a son William. His second wife was Huldah Mott, by whom he had several children, some of whom came into possession of the place at Toms River, which eventually was purchased by James Cook, who in 1859 sold the same to Gavin Brackenridge, who in turn sold it to Thomas Gilford, and in the description of the land occurs the following clause : "Excepting thereout one hundred and fifty acres 234 HISTORY OP MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. lying OB the west side, conveyed by Sarah Salter, Eliza- beth Salter, Margaret Salter and Hannah Salter to Garret Irons, which said tract of land is henceforth to be de- scribed and known by the name of Ballantrae." Ballantrae means a settlement or place by the sea or water ; an appropriate name for the tract. Joseph Salter was summoned before the Council of Safety in April, 1777, and Isaac Potter and Daniel Grriggs, of Toms River, gave some evidence against him, of which the purport is not given, and he was committed to Bur- lington jail. John Lawrence, who was committed to the same jail the same week, was charged with high treason. He was an agent to furnish British protection papers. Possibly Salter had accepted papers giving British protection, but in October of the same year he took the oath to the Provincial Government, and was released. He remained about Toms Eiver until about May, 1779, when he removed elsewhere. It is said that he founded Atsion Furnace, in Burlington county, in 1770. His son Eichard lived at Toms Eiver in the early part of the present century. He had a son James, who was proba- bly the James Salter, treasurer of the State of New Jer- sey in 1799, and who died December 19, 1803. Captain Samuel Bigelow was engaged in the privateer business, and some of his prizes are noticed in the account of Privateering at Toms Eiver. He seems at times to have had charge of barges, or whale-boats, then in common use by both Americans and British for ser- vice in bays and on the ocean near the inlets. He is rated as "mariner" in the roster' of officers and men of the Eevolution. His residence is described in a survey made in 1773. as on the north side of Wrangle Brook, thirty chains above Eandolph's saw-mill, which was at the junction of Wrangle Brook with Davenport. Edward Wilbur took up land before the war, in 1762, three-quarters of a mile north of Toms Eiver. When the village was burned in 1782, the house of a Wilbur, situated about the same distance from the river, was not TOMS EIVEE DURING THE REVOLUTION. 235 burned, possibly because it was too far otf, or because related to the Dillon family, as Dillon Wilbur, somewhat prominent just after the war, received his name from the Dillon family. John Wilbur was a member of Captain Joshua Bud- dy's company, and was rated as a matross. James Dillon was quite noted around Toms Eiver before the war. In 1761 he took up land above Toms Eiver on one of its branches. In 1762 he was taxed 10s. 3d. In 1763, it is said, he claimed to own " Toms Island," subsequently known as Dillon's Island. He had a daughter who married Aaron Buck, and it is proba- ble he was related to the Wilbur family, as a member of it was named Dillon Wilbur. William Dillon, the noted Eefugee scoundrel, was imprisoned at one time in Freehold Jail under sentence of death, but was either pardoned or escaped, probably the latter, as he soon after appeared at Toms Eiver as a Eefugee pilot. He engaged in contraband trade between New York and Egg Harbor, and his vessel was captured by Captain Grey, a New Englander, who came in his vessel to Toms Eiver. The Admiralty Court, to try the claim of the captors of Dillon's vessel, was called at Freehold, by notice signed by Esquire Abiel Akins, to meet March 16, 1782. Within a week after, Dillon was piloting the British expedition which burned Toms Eiver. After the war he left with other Eefugees for St. Johns, New Brunswick, where he was in 1783 given town lot number 1,019. Benjamin Johnson, just before the war, and proba- bly during the war, lived in the north or norbh-easterly part of the village. A person of the same name had a dwelling house on the south side of Toms Eiver, towards Sloop Creek, in 1741, some thirty odd years before the war. Benjamin Johnson is named as deceased in a sur- vey in 1788. The family appears to have been among the earliest settlers in the vicinity of Toms Eiver. Benjamin Smith lived on the west side of Long Swamp, where he built a new house just before the war. A per- 236 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. son of this name was a member of the militia from old Monmouth. Members of the Smith family were among the earliest who received patents for land in what is now Ocean county, some of whom resided in old Middletown township, to which the first members came from Rhode Island. David and Thomas Luker were among members of the Monmouth militia. The family was among the first to settle at Toms River. Daniel Luker's dwelling is re- ferred to in a survey in 1747. Luker's Ferry, over Toms River, is mentioned 1749 and subsequently, and Luker's Branch and Luker's Bridge also named previous to the Revolution. The name is generally given in old records of surveys as Luker, but it is also given as Lucar and Louker. The names Looker, Lucar and Leuker apparently are of the same origin. Among earliest settlers of Eliza- bethtown were Lookers, and members located at Wood- bridge, in Middlesex. Richard Bird, commonly known as " Dick " Bird, the Refugee, lived near Toms River, and perhaps of the family of William Bird, who, in 1773, lived on the south side of Toms River at Eagle's Point. About the same time John Bird lived near Forked River. "Dick" Bird was killed during the war by the Americans. He had relatives, it seems, in^ the lower part of what is now Berkely township. Francis Jeffrey owned land on the south side of Toms River, and probably resided within a short dis- tance of the village during the war. He was a member of the Monmouth militia. The name Francis has been preserved in the family for two centuries. John Jefi'reys and Humphrey Jeffreys were also members of the militia during the Revolution. Edward Worth owned land on the south side of Toms River, and probably lived within a very few miles of the village. John Worth was a member of Captain Walton's Light Dragoons, and William Worth was in the Monmouth militia and also in the Continental army. John Williams resided near Toms River, and during BAENEGAT. 237 the war was interested in the store-house for salt at Toms Eiver, on which he marked the letter " E " to save it from being destroyed by the British. He, or a person of the same name, owned lands in old Dover township, and a saw-mill on Gedar Creek twenty years before the war ; also lands near Meteteconk. George Parker, John Parker and Joseph Parker were members of Captain Joshua Huddy's company in the Block House. After the war members of the family lived near Toms Eiver. In 1797 George Parker and Abraham Parker bought of Isaac Gulick "lands at mouth of Toms Eiver, known as Dillon's Island," which they sold in 1799 to Abel Middleton, of Upper Freehold. Benjamin Par- ker had a tar kiln on Little Hurricane in 1795. Jacob Jacobs took up land in 1761 east of Long Swamp, not far from Dillon's Island. The line of his land here is referred to in a survey in 1775. In 1760 Jacobs' saw-mill, on the south side of Toms Eiver, is named, and after that date Jacobs' branch and Jake's branch are frequently named, probably from Jacob Jacobs. He left Toms Eiver, and in 1779 he was over- seer of Speedwell saw-mill, formerly called Eandle's (Eandolph's) mill, on the east branch of "Wading Eiver, which mill was advertised for sale in February, 1779, by Benjamin Eandolph. ^ The names of many of the leading citizens of Dover township, as it was at the close of the war, will be found in the extracts from the old Dover Town Book: BAENEGAT. The village of Barnegat derives its name from the inlet, which was originally called Barende-gat by the first Dutch discoverers on our coast. Barende-gat, meaning an inlet with breakers, was subsequently corrupted by the English to Barndegat, and finally to Barnegat. Among the first whites who settled at Barnegat and vicinity, tradition says, were Thomas Timms, Elisha Parr, Thomas Lovelady, Jonas Tow (pronounced like the word 238 HISTOKT OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. now) and a man named VauU. Thomas Lovelady is the one from whom Lovelady's island, near Barnegat, takes its name. The first settlers seem generally to have located on the upland near the meadows, on or near the Collins, Stokes and Mills farms. There was a house built on the Collins place by Jonas Tow, at least as early as 1720. The persons named above as the first comers, do not appear to have been permanent settlers, and tradition fails to state what became of any of them, with the exception of Jonas Tow, who it is said died here. Among the first permanent settlers, it is said, were William and Levi Cranmer, Timothy Eidgway, Stephen and Nathan Birdsall and Ebenezer Mott ; and Ebenezer Collins followed soon after. The ancestor of the shore Eulons was also an early settler. Tradition says he lived on the road to Cedar Bridge two or three miles west of the present village of Barnegat and on the place known in late years as the Corlies place. The first permanent settlers at Barnegat, as well as at other places along shore, appeared not to have pur- chased titles of the proprietors until several years after they came. The first land taken up from the proprietors, it is said, was the tract of 500 acres, bought by Timothy Ridgway and Levi Cranmer, September 9th, 1759, of Oliver Delancey and Henry Cuyler, Jr., agents for the proprietor, William Dockwra. This tract included the lot upon which the Quaker church is built, but the main portion lay south-easterly. The land along shore was originally divided off into two tracts of about a thousand acres, by John Eeed, surveyor, and alloted in alternate divisions to the proprietors ; William Dockwra having for his portion a large part of the land' on which stands the village ; next north came Eobert Burnett's, and then Lord Neill Campbell's. Lochiel brook, between Barnegat and Ware town, it is said, was named in compliment to Campbell's estate in Scotland. The first Cranmer family at Barnegat lived in the tract purchased as above mentioned, and their dwelling was on or near the site of the one owned in modern times BAKNEGAT. 239 by Captaiu Isaac Soper, and subsequentlj by Captain John Russell. The Eackhow road was laid out by Peter Eackhow, a son of Daniel Eackhow, who once lived in the place now owned by Samuel Birdsall, Esq., Waretown. Eack- how, it is said was a Dutchman, who eventually changed his name to Eichards. He had two sons — Peter, above named, who was a reputable young man, and another who joined the Eefugees, went off with them and was not heard of afterwards. The first inn or public house in Barnegat was estab- lished in 1820 by David Oliphant, on the site of the pres- ent one, at the corner of the main shore road and the road to the landing. The well-remembered old public house of Eli Col- lins was occasionally patronized fifty or sixty years ago by distinguished visitors, among them the noted Prince Murat with quite a train of servants. He was one of the most expert hunters of his day. Murat was a large pow- erful man and of remarkable powers of endurance — able to tire out almost any other hunter or gunner he met. Another celebrated personage who occasionally stopped here was Lieut., or Captain Hunter, of Alvarado fame. Once, as he drove up, an hostler stepped out to attend to his horses and addressed him by name. Capt. Hunter was surprised to find himself addressed so famil- iarly by so humble a personage, and upon inquiry found that the hostler had once held some ofiice in the Navy, and been on a man of war with him up the Mediter- ranean, and while there had acted as Hunter's second in a dueL Hunter replied: "Proctor, I know you, but I don't know your clothes ! " Proctor had considerable natural ability, but it was the old story, liquor sent him on the down grade. Frank Forrester (William Henry Herbert) the great authority and noted writer on field sports, was evidently well acquainted here, as his writ- ings show wonderful familiarity with this section. Uncle Eli Collins' house and the lower tavern once kept by David Church were old well-known headquarters for 240 HISTOEY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. gunners from distant places. Speaking of gunners, re- minds us of one who stopped once at the lower tavern with a fierce bull dog. The landlord told the gunner to keep his dog away from a yard where he had a loon wounded in his wings, as the loon might hurt the dog- The idea of a loon or any other wild fowl hurting his bull dog amused the gunner, and he offered to bet fifty dollars that his dog would kill the bird. The landlord took the bet, the dog was let in, but in an instant the loon picked out the dog's eyes by suddenly darting his sharp bill in quick succession. During the Revolutionary war, parties of both Eefugees and Patriots, as they traveled up and down shore, would stop at the houses of the Barnegat Quakers and demand victuals, but on the whole, the residents suffered less during the war than did those of any other place along shore, except perhaps West Creek. They had, however, but little reason to congratulate them- selves on this score, as they suffered enough after the war ; for then in time of peace, on account of their con- scientious scruples against militia training and paying fines for non-atte iidance, they were continually harrassed by lawsuits, arrests, fines and execution?, and imprisoned or property sold for non-compliance with militia laws. The once notorious Esquire William Piatt, of old Dover township, bore no enviable name among the Quakers for his vexing them with suits on this account. During the Revolution quite extensive salt works were carried on at Barnegat, on the meadows near the farm of Mr. James Mills, by the Cranmers, Eidgways, and others. The usual plan to manufacture salt was to seek some place on the salt meadows where no grass could grow. By digging wells in these bare places, the water was found to be strongly impregnated with salt- The water from these wells or springs was put in large boilers with a kind of arched oven underneath, in which a fire was built. After most of the water was boiled away, the remainder, thick with salt, was poured into baskets of sugar-loaf shape, made to allow the water to RELIGIOUS HISTORY. 241 drain out. Oae oi these curious-shaped baskets was pre- served and in possession of the late Uncle Eli Collins as late as 1860. The remains of shell beds on the farm of James Mills, Esq., and at other places show that the Indians at Barnegat, long before the whites came, caught shell fish in great quantities. Some of course were eaten here, but the principal object of the Indians appeared to be to prepare a quantity to take back with them. This was generally done by roasting and then taking them out of the shell, stringing and drying them in the sun. EELIGIOUS HISTOEY. The first preachers who visited any part of the New Jersey shore of whom we have any account, belonged to the Society of Friends, commonly called Quakers. This society established a meeting at Tuekerton in 1704, and built a meetinghouse there in 1709. The first religious society established in Ocean County was probably that of the Eogerine Baptists, a company of whom came to Waretown about 1737 and remained here about eleven years and then left. They were singular people in their ideas of worship. Among other peculiarities, the members took work to meeting with them, and during services the men made axe and hoe handles, the women knit, sewed, &c. The principal member of the society was Abraham Waeir, from whom Waretown derives its name. It is probable they held meetings in a building used as a schoolhouse. An Episcopalian clergyman named Eev. Thomas Thompson, visited Barnegat and Manahawkin while he was a missionary in old Monmouth, from 1745 to 1751, and on his return sent Christopher Eobert Eeynolds, who was a schoolmaster of the "Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts," to labor at these two places, but on account of his age and infirmity he re- mained but a short time. A church, which tradition says was free to all 242 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. denominations, was built at Mana,hawkin as early as 1768, which was the first church built in Ocean County. This church is now known as the Baptist Church. The Baptist Society was organized in it August 25th, 1770. The second church built in Ocean County was the noted Potter Church, at Goodluck, built by Thomas Pot- ter in 1766, which he intended to be free to all denomina- tions. The third church built in Ocean Coiinty was the Quaker Meeting House, at Barnegat, erected as early as 1770. This was the first church in the county built for a particular society. METHODISM IN OLD MONMOUTH. THE PIONEERS OF THE SOCIETY. ' There is reason to believe that the pioneers of Meth- odism visited the county within a very few years after the principles of the society were first proclaimed in America, and that occasionally some preacher would hold forth in some of our churches, schoolhouses or private houses as early as 1774. Some uncertainty exists as to where the first preachers held services in the county, owing to the fact that the early heroes of Meth- odism were not always very precise in giving the names of places where they preached, dates and other particu- lars interesting to the historian of the present day. The most complebe and satisfactory journal is that of the faithful, zealous, untiring Bishop Francis Asbury, which is the more remarkable as it is doubtful if any minister of any denomination ever performed as much labor as he did in traveling and preaching. We append extracts from his journal relating to his labors in Monmouth. Other preachbrs had preceded him. Eev. William Watters, the first Methodist traveling preacher of Ameri- can birth, was stationed in our State in 1774, and he may have visited our county, though he makes no mention of it in his journal. That earnest minister of the Gospel, Eev. Benjamin Abbott, visited old Monmouth ii;i 1778. Mr. METHODISM IN OLD MONMOUTH. 243 ., Abbott, in his journal, speaks of preaching in various parts of old Monmouth now composed within the limits of Ocean county, among which W3re Mannahawkin, Waretown, Goodluck and Toms Kiver. But after leaving Toms River he omits to name places ; he merely uses such expressions as "at my next appointment," &c., without naming where it was. He probably preached at Free- hold and other places within the limits of the present county of Monmouth. Bev. John Atkinson, in his "Memorials of Method- ism in New Jersey," says : "The Methodist Society of Monmouth (Freehold?) must have been formed at an early period, probably about 1780, as in that year Job Throckmorton, of Free- hold, was converted under the ministry of Eev. Richard Garretson, and became a member of the society. He was one of the first members in that region. The Meth- odists were much persecuted there at that time. His house was a home for preachers, and very likely Asbury was entertained at his dwelling during his visits to Free- hold. Everitt, Freeborn Garretson, Ezekiel Cooper, Ware and others, were accustomed to stop at his house. He was accustomed to relate incidents of Eev. Benjamin Abbott's powerful ministry, one of which is as follows : "On one occasion meeting was held in the woods, and after Freeborn Garretson had preached, Abbott arose and looked around over the congregation very sig- nificantly, and exclaimed: 'Lord, begin the work! Lord, begin the work now! Lord, begin the work just there r pointing at the same time towards a man who was stand- ing beside a tree, and the man fell as suddenly as if he had been shot, and cried aloud for mercy." In 1786 Trenton circuit probably included Trenton, Pemberton, Mount Holly, Burlington and Monmouth, Reverends Robert Sparks and Robert Cann, preachers. In 1787 Rev. Ezekiel Cooper and Rev. Nathaniel B. Mills were the preachers. In 1788 Revs. John Merrick, Thomas Morrell and Jettus Johnson were the preach- ers. 244 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. EPISCOPALIANISM IN OLD MONMOUTH. The following is an account of the missionary efforts of Eev. Thomas Thompson in old Monmouth, nearly a century and a half ago. In his account of his visit it. will be noticed that he speaiks disparagingly of the early settlers in what is now Ocean county. His zeal for the tenets of the society by which he was employed, seems to have led him to make animadversions against the people here, which it would appear were not deserved according to the testimony of ministers of other denominations. It will be noticed that while he accuses them of great ignorance, he yet acknowledges having many conferences and disputes on religious topics with them, which shows that they were considerably posted in scriptural matters, but undoubt- edly opposed to the Church of England. Mr. Thompson says : In the spring of the year 1745 I embarked for America, being appointed Missionary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts upon recommendation of my Reverend Tutor Dr. Thomas Cartwright, late Archdeacon of Colchester and a member of the Society, myself then a Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge. I went in a ship called the Albany, belonging to New York which sailed from Gravesend on the 8th day of May and providentially escaping some instant dangers on the passage, arrived at New York on the 29th of August. The Sunday following I preached both Morning and Af bernoon at the Episcopal Church in that city, whereof the Reverend Mr. Commissary Vesey had then been rector more than forty years. On the next Sunday I passed over to Elizabethtown in New Jersey on my journey to Monmouth County in the Eastern Division where I was appointed to reside and have the care of Churches in that county, being also licensed thereto by the Right Reverend the late Lord Bishop of London. Being come to the place of my mission I presented my credentials and was kindly received and took the first opportunity of waiting upon the governor Lewis Morris BPISCOPALIANISM IN OLD MONMOUTH. 245 Esq., at his seat at Kingsburg wliicli is in the Western Division, and took the oath of allegiance and supremacy and also the abjuration oath and subscribed the Declara- tion in presence of his Excellency. Upon making inquiry into the state of the churches within my District, I found that the members were much disturbed and in a very unsettled state, insomuch, that some of them had thoughts of leaving our communion and turning to the Dissenters. The particular occasion of this I forbear to mention. That part of the country abounding in Quakers and Anabaptists, the intercourse with these sects was of so bad influence, as had produced among the Church people thus conforming with their tenets and example. However, the main fault was rather carelessness of the baptism and a great deal was owing to prejudice respecting the matter of godfathers and godmothers. I had three churches immediately in my charge, each of them situated in a different township, which had regular duty in such proportion as was agreed upon and subscribed to at a general vestry meeting soon after my coming there. The names of the townships are Freehold, Shrewsbury and Middletown. I also officiated at Allen- town in Upper Freehold while that church was destitute of a minister. These four townships comprised the whole county although 40 or 50 miles in length and in some parts of it considerably wide. I also did occasional duty at other places. As to the church buildings I have found them all much out of condition, especially the church at Middle- town, which was begun to be built but the year before I came there, and had nothing done on the inside, not even a floor laid. So that we had no place for the present to assemble in Divine worship, only an old house which had formerly been a meetinghouse. I had now a great and very difficult task of it to bring people to the communion. They that were con- formable to this sacred ordinance were in very small numbers. Many persons of 50 or 60 years of age and 246 HISTOKY OP MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. some older had never addressed themselves to it. I took all possible pains to satisfy their scruples, gave thein frequent opportunities of the communion, and by the blessing of God gained most of the ancient people besides many others, who gave due and devout attention to it ever after. The number of my catechumens began now to in- crease and several of riper years presented themselves with a seeming earnestness to receive the benefit of this instruction. So I carried it further and put Lewis' Ex- position into their hands and appointed them a day about once a month to come to the Court House and say the parts which I set them to get by heart, and this course I continued till some of them could recite it from end to end. In the year 1746 the chtirch at Middletown, which had stood useless, being, as I have before mentioned, only a shell of a building, had now a floor laid and was otherwise made fit to have divine worship performed in it. The congregation of this church was but small and as the service could not be oftener than once a month, it was morally impossible to increase the number much, especially as there was a weekly meeting of Anabaptists in that town, so that it was the most I could propose to prevent those that were of the church from being drawn away by dissenters. St. Peters, in the township of Freehold, which had been built many years but was never quite completed, was afterward fitted up. The situation of St. Peters Church at Toponemes, which is distant from any town, is however, convenient enough to the congregation and was resorted to by many families in Middlesex county living within the several districts of Cranberry, Macheponeck and South Eiver, their missionary, my friend and brother, 'Mr. Skinner', gladly remitting to me the care of them. At a town called Middletown Point I preached divers times, the place being remote, and few of the set- tlers having any way for convenience of coming to church. EPISCOPALIANISM IN OLD MONMOUTH. 247 The inhabitants of Freehold township were at least half of them Presbyterian. The church people and these interspersed among each other, had lived less in charity and brotherly love than as becomes churches. But they began on both sides to think less of the things in which they differed in opinion than of those in which they agreed. The Church of England worship had at Shrewsbury been provided for by the building of a church before there was any other in the county; but this church was now too small for the numerous congregation. People of all sorts resorted thither and of the Quakers, which are a great body in that township, there were several who made no scruple of being present at divine service, and were not too precise to uncover their heads in the house of God. I went sometimes to a place called Manasquan, almost twenty miles distant from my habitation where, and at Shark Eiver, which is in that neighborhood some church families were settled who were glad of all oppor- tunities for the exercise of religion. From Manasquan, for twenty miles further on in the country, is all one pine forest. I traveled through this desert four times to a place called Barnegat, and thence to Manahawkin, almost sixty miles from home, and preached at places where no foot of minister had ever come. • In this section I had my views of heathenism just as thoroughly as I have ever since beheld it. The inhabi- tants are thinly scattered in regions of solid wood. Some are decent people, who had lived in better places, but those who were born and bred here have neither religion nor manners, and do not know so much as a letter in a book. As Quakerism is the name under which all those in America shade themselves that have been brought up to none, but would be thought to be of some religion ; so these poor people call themselves Quakers, but they have no meetings, and many of them make no distinction of 248 HISTOKY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. days, neither observing Lord's Day nor tlie Sabbath. In my journeying through this part of the country I had many conferences and disputes with the people. Some of them were willing to see their errors, and others were as obstinate in defending theirs. It pleased God that I brought some to a^true sense of them, and I gained a few to the communion, and baptised, besides children, seventeen grown persons, of which number was Nicholas Wainright, nearly eighty years of age. I had now seen a great change in the state of my mission within the space of three years, through the grace of God rendering my labors effectual to a good end ; in particular as to the peace and unison which the church members, after having been much at variance among themselves, were no sv returned to, and the ceasing animosities betwixt them and those of other societies. For these I account the most valuable success that attended my ministry. In the latter end of the year 1750, having then been about five years in America upon this mission, I wrote to the venerable and honorable society a letter requesting of them to grant me a mission to the coast of Guinea, that I might go to make a trial with the natives and see what hopes there would be of introducing among them the Christian religion. My request was granted and on November 25th, 1751, I went on board the brigantine " Prince George," bound for the coast of Africa. The most noted among the first clergymen of the Protestant Episcopal Church who held services in the county, was the celebrated Eev. George Keith. "When he first located at Freehold he was an active member of the Society of Friends, as it would seem were others of the first settlers. He left Freehold in 1689 and went to reside in Philadelphia. In 1694 he went to London, and soon after abjured the doctrines of the Quakers and be- came a zealous clergyman of the Church of England. He officiated some time in his mother country, and in 1702 he was sent to America as a missionary of the " Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts." He THE EOGERINE BAPTISTS. 249 sailed from England April 28, 1702, in the ship "Cen- turion," bound for Boston. After his arrival he traveled and preached in various parts of New England and New York, accompanied and assisted by the Eev. John Tal- bot, who had been chaplain of the ship, and who, a few years later, located in Burlington, N. J., in charge of the Protestant Episcopal Society there. Mr. Keith arrived at Amboy and preached his first sermon in New Jersey in that place October 3, 1702. He says that among the audience were some old acquaintances, and some had been Quakers, but were come over to the church, par- ticularly Miles Forster and John Barclay (brother to Robert Barclay, who published the " Apology for Quakers"). After stopping a few days with Miles Forster he left for Monmouth county, where he preached his first sermon October 10, 1702. He traveled and preached in various parts of the county for about two years, then went to Burlington and Philadelphia, and shortly sailed- for England. THE ROGEEINE BAPTISTS. A SINGULAR KELIGIOUS SOCIETY AT WARETOWN. About the year 1737 a society of Rogerine Baptists, or Quaker Baptists, as they were then called, located at Waretown, now in Ocean county. From various notices of the history of this singular sect and how a society came to be located in Oceaa county, we extract the fol- lowing : This society was founded by John Rogers about 1674; his followers baptised by immersion; the Lord's Supper they administered in the evening with its ancient appendages. They did not believe in the sanctity of the Sabbath. They believed that since the death of Christ all days were holy alike. They used no medicines nor employed doctors or .surgeons ; would not say grace at meals ; all prayers to be said mentally, except when the spirit of prayer compelled the use of voice. They said, "All unscriptural parts of religious worship are '250 HISTOKY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. idols," and all good Christians should exert themselves against idols, etc. Among the idols they placed the observance of the Sabbath, infant baptism, etc. The Sabbath they called the New England idol, and the methods they took to demolish this idol were as follows : Thej would on Sundays try to be at some manual labor near meetinghouses or in the way of people going to and from church. They would take work into meetinghouses, the women knitting, the men whittling and making' splints for baskets, and every now and then contradict- ing the preachers. "This was seeking persecution," says one writer, " and they received plenty of it, inso- much that the New Englanders left some of them neither liberty, property or whole skins." John Bogers, the founder of the sect, who, it is said, was as churlish and contrary to all men as Diogenes, preached over forty years, and died in 1721. The occa- sion of his death was singular. The smallpox was rag- ing terribly in Boston and spread an alarm to all the country around. Rogers was confident that he could mingle with the diseased and that the strength of his faith would preserve him safe from the mortal contagion. Accordingly he was presumptuous enough to travel one hundred miles to Boston to bring his faith to the test. The result was that he caught the contagion, came home and died with it, the disease also spreading in his family and among his neighbors. This event one would think would have somewhat shaken the faith of his followers, but on the contrary it seemed to increase their zeal. In 1725 a company of Bogerines were taken up on the Sabbath in- Norwich, Conn., while on their way from their place of residence to Lebanon. They were treated with much abuse, and many of them whipped in a most unmerciful manner. This occasioned Gov. Jenks, of Bhode Island, to write spiritedly against their persecu- tors, and also to condemn the Bogerines for their provok- ing, disorderly conduct. One family of the Bogerines was named Colver, or Culver, (Edwards' History spells it one way and Grov. THE ROGEEINE BAPTISTS. 251 Jenks tlie other.) - This family consisted of John Colver and his wife, who were a part of the company which was treated so rudely at Norwich, and five sons and five daughters, who, with their Jamilies, made up the number of twenty-one souls. In the year 1734 this large family removed from New London, Conn,, and settled in New Jersey. The first place they pitched upon for a residence was on the east side of Schooley's Mountain, in Morris county. They continued here about three years and then Went in a body to Waretown, then in Monmouth, but now in Ocean county. While here they had their meetings in a schoolhouse, and their peculiar manner of conducting services was quite a novelty to other settlers in the vicinity. As in England, during the meeting the women would be engaged in knitting or sewing, and the men in making axe handles, basket splints, or engaged in other work, but we hear of no attempt to disturb other societies. They continued at Waretown about eleven years, and then went back to Morris county and settled on the west side of the mountain from which they had removed. In 1790 they were reduced to two old persons whose names were Thomas Colver and Sarah Mann; but the posterity of John Colver, it is said, is yet quite numer- ous in Morris county. Abraham Waeir, from whom the village of Waretown derives its name^ tradition says was a meniber of the Rogerine Society. When the main body of the society left he remained behind, and became quite a 'protninent business man, generally esteemed. He died in 1768, and his descendants removed to Squan and vicinity, near the head of Barnegat Bay. Before concluding this notice of the Eogerines, it should be stated that another thing in their creed was, that it was not necessary to have marriages peformed by ministers or legal officers. They held that it was not necessary for the man and woman to exchange vows of marriage to make the ceremony binding. A zealous Rog- erine once took to himself a wife in this simple manner, and then, to tantalize Governor Saltonstall, called on him 252 HISTOKY OF MONWOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. to inform him they had married themselves without aid of church or state, aiid that they intended to live together as husband and wife withoat their sanction. "What!" said the Governor, iu apparent indignation, " do you take this woman for your wife?" "Yes, I most certainly do," re- plied the man. "And do you take this man for your husband?" said he to the woman. The woman replied in the affirmative. "Then," said the wily old Governor, "in the name of the Commonwealth I pronounce you husband and wife— whom God hath joined together let no man put a'sundet. You are now married according to both law and gospel." The couple retired, much chagrined at the unex- pected way the Governor had turned the tables on them, despite their boasting. MOEMONISM IN OCEAN COUNTY. In 1837, Elder Benjamin Winchester preached the first Mormon sermon in Ocean county, in a schoolhouse in New Egypt. Winchester was from the State of New York, and one of the early disciples of Joseph Smith. He continued for some time to hold regular services here, and in his discourses gave minute account of the alleged original discovery of the golden plates of the Book of Mormon near Palmyra, New York, by Joseph Smith, and their translation by him and Sidney Eigdon, and claimed that they were deposited by- a people two thousand years before, whom they said were the Lost Tribes pi Israel. He also preached in neighboring places. He made some fifty converts, who were baptized ; among them was Abra- ham Burtis, who became a preacher, and a large number joined the society at Hornerstown, where they finally built a church, and where a good many respectable peo- ple adhered to the faith. The church has since gone down, but a few people remained favorably impressed with the principles. Their labors extended to Toms River, and here, too, they built a small church on the south side of the river, which is remembered as the first building MOBMONISM IN OCEAN COUNTY. 253 in wliicli the Ocean County Courts were held after the County was established, and before the court house was built. Their preachers also went as far south as Forked River, where they made a considerable impression, and baptized some in the mill pond — the preacher compli- menting one convert, it is said, by saying, after immers- ing her, that he saw the devil as bjg as an owl leave her ! Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism, visited New Egypt, Hornerstown and Toms River, in 1840, and sealed a large number. William Smith, brother of the prophet, frequently preached at New Egypt ; he preached the funeral sermon of Alfred Wilson, who was originally a Methodist, but became a Mormon preacher. James L. Curtis, originally a Methodist, also became a Mormon preacher. The present successor of Joseph Smith and Brigham Young, as head of the Mormon Church, is John Taylor, who has also preached in Ocean county, and was probably the last who preached as far south as Forked River. He held forth about 1851, in the old Forked Riv- er schoolhouse, and his sermon seemed to differ but little from an old-fashioned Methodist sermoa on the necessity of salvation, as he made but little allusion to the peculiar tenets of Mormonism. About 1852 many Mormon con- verts left Ocean county for Salt Lake City, among whom were Joseph Chamberlain and family, of Forked River, and a number of respectable families from Toms River. They encountered serious hardships in crossing the plains. It is generally conceded that the Mormon con- verts were noted for sincerity, industry and frugality. Of Joseph Smith's visit to New Egpyt, some amusing stories, probably exaggerated, are told at the expense of converts, such as of a wealthy man being told by Smith to repair to a particular tree at a certain hour of the night and pray for direction from Heaven, and the Lord would reply. Accordingly the man sought the place and prayed as directed ; he was answered by a voice from above, which, among other things, directed him to give a good share of his worldly goods to the prophet Smith ; but the man seemed to doubt it being the voice of an angel — 254 HISTOEY 03? MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. it sounded more like Smith himself concealed in the branches. The little Mormon church at Toms Kiver was bought in 1878 by Franklin Harris and is now a part of his storehouse. In June, 1878, Eev. Wm. Small, a Mormon preacher, held services in Shinn's Hall, New Egypt. EPISCOPALIANISM IN BAENEGAT. Eev. Mr. Shafer, an Episcopalian clergyman, of Bur- lington, held services once a month for a year or so in 1872-3 at Barnegat and Manahawkin, and Eev. Mr. Pettit, of Bordentown, preached at Manahawkin in 1873. Bishop Odenheimer visited Barnegat, July 25, 1873, and held services in the M. B. church, assisted by Eev. Mr. Shafer, on ivhich occasion Prof. B. F. North united himself with the Episcopal denomination. The Methodists used the old free church for many years, but on February 10, 1853, a certificate of incorpo- ration was filed in the County Clerk's office, naming as trustees of the- M. E. Society, Job Edwards, Lawrence Eidgway, Gabriel M. Inman, Tunis Bodine and Jeremiah Predmore. A lot was bought and on the 22d of August, 1857, the corner stone of their church was laid, on which occasion Eevs. Messrs. Stockton, Corson and others of- ficiated. The basement was dedicated January 17th, 1859, Eev. William C. Stockton, pastor in charge, Eev E. B. Lawrence and others present. ' The main audience- room was dedicated January 31st, 1864 ; Eev. A. E. Bal- lard preached the dedication and the pastor Eev, Samuel H. Johnson assisted in the services. The church was burned down on the morning of May 23d, 1882. Meas- ures were at once taken to rebuild it and the new corner stone was laid July 11th, 1882, on which day it was an- nounced that $5,000 had been raised towards the building fund. The basement was dedicated December 10th, 1882, whife Eev. J. J. Graw was pastor. Eev. John Miller, of Trenton, preached in the morning and in the evening. EELIGIOUS SOCIETIES. 255 Presiding Elder Shock conducted the services. The church so far as then completed cost $6,000, of which all but $120 had been raised. EELIGIOUS SOCIETIES. The first church built at Barnegat was the Quaker meetinghouse. The deed for the land on which it is sit- uated, is dated June 11, 1770, and is from Timothy Eidg- way and Levi Cranmer to Stephen Birdsall and Job Eidgway, of Barnegat, and Daniel Shrouds and Joseph Gauntt, of Tuckerton. The deed calls for one acre and a half quarter — consideration money, twenty shillings. The meetinghouse was then already 'built, as the deed calls for the beginning of the survey at a certain course and distance " from the south-east corner of the meeting- house." The Job Eidgway named in the deed died July 24, 1832, aged 89 years. The Presbyterians were among the early religious pioneers of the village, and about 1760 they commenced' holding regular or occasional services. Among the first preachers were Eev. Messrs. Chesnut, Green, McKnight and John Brainerd. From a letter written by Eev. John Brainerd in 1761, it seems the Presbyterians held their meetings at the house of Mr. Eulon. The Presbyterian Society now at Barnegat is of recent origin, having been organized in February, 1876, with nine members. The first effort to introduce Episcopalianism in Bar- negat was by Eev. Thomas Thompson, between 1745 and 1750, which he mentions in his published account of missionary services in old Monmouth in those years. The Methodist pioneers held regular or occasional services probably as far back as the Eevolution. The first Methodist Society was organized in 182i), with the late Eev. Job Edwards as the first class leader, and local preacher. Mr. Edwards' grandfather, James Edwards, who had been a soldier in the old French War, was one of the earliest and most earnest converts to Methodism 256 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. along shore, and in niore modern times the Society in this section has had no m,dre zealous, successful laborer than Rev. Job Edwards. "He still lives" in the cher- ished remembrance of his fellow-members, and in the evidences of his works in the cause of his Master. THE OLD BARNEGAT FREE CHURCH. The following copy of a paper shows the origin of the old Barnegat Free Church. To residents of this sec- tion the names appended will be read with interest, as they recall their predecessors of fifty years ago : Stafford, June 3d, 1829. We, the subscribers, inhabitants of Barnegat, in the township of Stafford, and county of Monmouth, do pro- pose to build a meetinghouse for the purpose of preach- ing, in the village of Barnegat, free and open for the re- ception of preachers of all Christian denominations. We therefore solicit the aid of all charitably disposed persons, as we are fully persuaded that all that is given for such a purpose will be abundantly made up to us in this life, and tenfold in that which is to come, for we con- sider it our reasonable duty to use every means pre- scribed in the Gospel to aid in the diffusion of the Word of God throughout our land. We therefore promise to pay unto the trustees who shall be appointed to receive the same, the sum annexed to our several signatures, on or before the first day of August next ensuing, if thereto required : Daniel Smith, $20; Thos. B. Odell, $20; D. S. Hay- wood, $10; John Tilton, $10; Caleb Cranmer, $20; Stacy Jennings, $5; Job Inman, $5; John Ferine, $5; Edward Jennings, $5 ; Orrin Chamberlain, $5 ; Benjamin Collins, $5 ; Lawrence Falkinburg, $5 ; Daniel Conover, $3 ; John Cranmer, $5 ; Samuel Ferine, $2 ; Amos Birdsall, Jr., $3 ; Wm. Chandler, $1 ; Sarah Eemsen, $10 ; James Collins, $10; Jarvis Hazleton, $4; David Eeed, $1, Daniel W. Holt, $5 ; Doughty Soper, $2; Daniel Ferine, $3 ; Solomon Soper, $5; John Birdsall, $5; Samuel Edwards, $5 ; Selah Oliphant, $6; Jesse Rulon, $5; Isaac F. Feckworth, $3; EELIGIOUS SOCIETIES. 257 Jolin Langans, $1; Edward Jennings, Jr., $1.60; Heze- kiah Soper, $5 ; David Johnson, $1 ; Samuel Taylor, $2 ; Wm^-ietts, $5 ; Job Cook, $1 ; Wm. Eulon, $1 ; James T. Ber-line, $10; David Church, $5; Charles Butler, $10; Job Edwards, $15; Thos. Lewis, $10; Thos. "Edwards, Sr., $5; David Eulon, $5; Prentice Eugbee, $10; Wm. D. Oliphant, $5 ; J. F. Eandolph, $5 ; Adam Myers, $5 ; Tunis Bodine, $10; Moses Headley, $5; John Camburn, $3; Timothy Candee, $2 ; Ezekiel Smith, $5 ; Michael Inman, $3 ; Joshua Einear, $3 ; James Einear, $5 ; John Parker, $5; Jonathan Oliphant, $3; Jeremiah Predmore, $2; Matthew Miller, $2; Gabriel kills, $10; John Solsburg, $1; Ephraim Predmore, $10; Eichard Eidgway, $5; James Edwards, $5 ; George Edwards, $5 ; James Mills, $5 ; Alex. Duncan, $5 ; Benjamin Oliphant, $5 ; John Einear, $1 ; David Swain. $1 ; Jesse Pen a, $3 ; Samuel and John Corlies, $4; Thomas, M. Cook, $2; Zalman Church, $3 ; Samuel Birdsall, $5 ; James Giberson, $3 ; Noah Edwards, $1. Total, $408.50. BAYVILLE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. A certificate of incorporation of the Methodist Epis- copal church at Potter's Creek (now Bayville) recorded at Toms Eiver, is dated January 6, 1855, and names as trustees Samuel T. Eogers, Eeuben Tilton, Caleb Grant, William Jeffrey and Moses E. Anderson. The certificate of incorporation of the "Trinity M.E. Church of Bayville," filed September 20, 1872, states that at a meeting held May 9, 1872, the following persons were elected trustees: Samuel E. Bunnell, Thomas Harvey, Eichard Phillips, William Jeffrey, Barzillai B. Anderson. The corner stone of the Bayville M. E church was laid September 9, 1873, and the church w;as dedicated June 20, 1880, Eev. L. Vansant officiating in the cere- monies. BETHEL MEETING HOUSE, BEEKELY TOWNSHIP, PEOTESTANT METHODIST SOCIETY. At a meeting of Methodist Protestants of which Eev. Lewis L. Neal was chairman, held October 23, 1855, the 258 HISTORY OF MOKMO'JTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. ' following persons were elected trustees : Clark Newman, Ezekiel Lewis, Benj. S. Lewis, Benajah Everingham, Ben- jamin Pearce. This Bethel Meeting House was the old Dover Chapel, METHODIST PKOTESTANT CHUKCH METETECUNK. This church, on what was termed the Atlantic cir- cuit, at a meeting held October 11, 1855, elected the fol- lowing trustees : Isaac Osborne, John M. Brown, John C. Curtis, Joseph S. Wardell, Edward Cook. The certifi- cate of incorporation was recorded January 13, 1857. Old Dover Chapel was built about 1829 as a church free to all denominations. It was used mainly by the Methodist Episcopal Society and next by the Protestant Methodists. SOCIETY OF FEIENDS AT BARNEGAT. The Quaker meetinghouse at Barnegat, was origin- ally built at least as early as 1770, as the deed for the land on which it is situated is dated June 11, 1770, and it speaks of the meetinghouse as then built. The deed was from Timothy Eidgway and Levi Cranmer, of Stafford township, Monmouth county, to Stephen Burdsall and Job Eidgway, son of said Timothy, of the same place, and Daniel Shourds and Joseph Gauntt, of Little Egg Harbor, in Burlington county, con- sideration money twenty shillings. The tract is thus de- scribed: One piece or parcel of land containing one acre and half quarter, lying at Barnegat, in the township of Staf- ford, in the county of Monmouth, it being part of a tract of five hundred acres that the said Ridgway and Cranmer purchased of Oliver Delaney and Henry Cuy- ler, Jr., by one indenture of bargain and sale under their hands and seals, dated the ninth day of September, 1759. The grantees above named deeded the lot, the same date, to " The people of God called Quakers, belonging to the monthly meeting held at Little Egg Harbor, in Burlington county." RELIGIOUS, SOCIETIES. 259 The fii:st named d§ed was proved before Silas, Crane, Judge, July 17, 1813, and recorded at Freehold, Book W, p. 364, July 22, 1813. The last named deed was proved before Judge Silas Crane, July 22, 1813, and is recorded at Freehold, Book W, p. 365. The witnesses to the first deed were Eichard Eiidgway and Levi Cranmer, Jr. Before the meetinghouse at Barnegat was built, Quaker preachers tra,velled along shore, and the first place in what is now Ocean county where they held meetings, was at West Creek. John Fothergill, Jane Haskens, Abigail Bowles, John Woolman, Peter Andrews, Benjamin Jones, Patience Brayton, Job Scott, Elizabeth Collins, and other noted preachers travelled and held meetings " through the des- erts, from Chesterfield, in Burlington county, to Little Egg Harbor, extending the love of truth to the poor people thereaway," during a period extending from 1722 to 1765. On September 15, 1785, Job Scott preached at Bar- negat, and says : "I had a very laborious meeting at Barnegat, though a few exercised friends were present." ST. John's eoman catholic church, Manchester. A lot was presented to the Catholics of Manchester by William I'orrey, Esq., and work was commenced in building the church about October, 1870. Father De- laney received fourteen members May 3, 1874. In 1876, Father Donelly held services here the first Monday in each month. The certificate of incorporation, filed January 18, 1878, named as trustees Et. Eev. Michael A. Corrigan, Eoman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of New Jersey ; Very Eev. Geo. H. Doane, Vicar-General of same diocese ; The Very Eev. Stanislaus Damelow, pastor, and William McLaughlin and Patrick McElhenney, lay members. MANCHESTER M. E. CHURCH. The corner stone of the M. E. Church at this place was laid June 24, 1869, Eevs. E. H. Stokes, W. W. Moffett, 260 HISTOBY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. P. C. Jolinson, W. F. Morris, and J. Wagg ofEciating. General John S. Schultze was President of the Board of Trustees. The church was completed November 23, 1870. MANCHESTEB PEESBYTEEIAN CHUECH. In 1841, says Eev. I. G. Symmes, a house of worship was erected at Mancheser and dedicated in November of the same year. Rev. Dr. Samuel H. Oox officiating. The church was organized in the Spring of the next year , by the Presbytery of Brooklyn, New School. The succeed- ing Spring, 1841, Mr. William E. Schenck, subsequently of the Presbyterian Board of Publication, a licentiate of the Presbytery of New Brunswick, was called. Then oc- curred what is beli eved to have been the first fraternal correspondence between the Old and New School bodies, between the Presbytery of Brooklyn, and the Presbytery of New Brunswick ; and the Church of Manchester was transferred by the former to the latter Presbytery, and Mr. Schenck was ordained and installed first pastor. A large committee, headed by Dr. Benjamin Eice, came down to install him, and the occasion was a memorable one in that part of the county. Mr. Schenck left in two years, and the church passed through two more brief pastorates before 1851. Then came a period of great depression in business and the village was nearly depopulated for ten years. Regular services and Sabbath school, however, were maintained by Elder William Torrey, with occasional ministerial help, until August, 1864, when a regular pastor was se- cured. Then Revs. Messrs. Charles D. Nott, James Petrie and E. M. Kellogg came in rapid succession, re- maining each but a short time. The brief ministry of Dr. Schenck was greatly blessed. In 1877 the member- ship was fifty-six. The following is a list of the pastors of the Manches- ter Presbyterian church which was organized March 13, 1842: Rev. William E. Schenck, D. D., from February 28, 1843, to May 14, 1846. EELIGIOUS SOCIETIES. 261 Eev. Morse Eowell, Dec. 9, 1845, to April 1, 1848. Eev. Charles T>. Knott, August 11, 1864, to August 24, 1865. Eev. James Petrie, November 15, 1866, to March 12, 1872. Eev. E. M. Kellogg, July 24, 1873, to October 22, 1874. Eev. B. T. Phillips May 9, 1876— who still (1886) re- mains pastor. At a meeting of the members and friends of the Presbyterian church at Manchester, held Dec. 3, 1880, the following trustees were elected : Wm. T. Wortzel, Chas. L. Eogers, John N. Dettrell, "Wm. E. Schultze, James M. Quinby, Mark Souden, John S. Schultze. Certificate filed Feb. 5, 1881. The historical sketch of Monmouth Presbytery, by Eev. Joseph G. Symmes, published 1877, in speaking of the Whiting Church, says : "At present Eev. George W. Cottrell is acting as stated supply, and he has under his care a tract eighteen miles long and fourteen miles wide. The population is scattered, concentrated for the most part at four railroad points — Whiting, Wheatland, Woodmansie and Shamony. There are sixteen members in the new church." The above historical sketch says the church was organized in 1875, which is probably a typographical error, as it was organized the previous year. The certificate of incorporation, filed October 15, 1875, named as trustees, Geo. W. Cottrell, W. H. Wright, and B. F. Errington. WHITING AND SHAMONY PBESBYTEEIAN CHUECH. The Union Presbyterian Society was organized at Whiting on the evening of August 5, 1874, with N. E. Todd, of Shamony, and W. E. Wright, of Whiting, as Euling Elders. A commission of the Monmouth Pres- bytery, consisting of the Eev. Messrs. Dashiel, Van Dyke and Everett had held two days' services at Whiting and adjacent places. This society, it was said, was the im- 262 HISTOEY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. mediate result of the labors of Martin Kellogg, a student of Princeton Seminary. During the following year a good churcli edifice was built at Whiting, which was ded- icated September 15, 1876. WHITING M. E. CHUECH. This church was built about 1866, according to Eev. G. W. Simpson, who was at one time its pastor. WEST CBEEK M. E. CHUECH. In an article published in the New Jersey Courier, May 25, 1881, M!rs. Leah Blackman says : " Between fifty and sixty years ago there was a Methodist Church built at West Creek, and the meetings in the old school- house were given up. A few years ago another Metho- dist Church was erected at West Creek, and the old church was sold to the Baptists, who now have a society there." The new Methodist Episcopal Church at West Creek was dedicated December 17, 1868, during the pastorate of Eev. W. S. McCowan. The most prominent member of the society at this place for very many years was the late Hon. Joel Hay- wood, who, as a local minister, was well and favorably known throughout the lower part of the county. A debt of $1,200 which the West Creek M. E. Church owed, was entirely paid off about the beginning of 1883 while Rev. B. T. Gwynn was pastor. Of the amount' the late Esquire John Willets gave $400. BAPTIST CHUECH, WEST CEEEK. At a meeting held July 13, 1876, Charles A. Mott, moderator ; Dr. T. T. Price, clerk, the following trustees were elected : Charles Cox, Jonathan Shinn, Charles Parsons, Samuel Headley, Jr., Samuel E. Shinn, Bodine Parker, Joseph King. Certificate recorded July 20, 1876. STAFFOEDVILLE M. E. CHUECH. The corner-stone of a M. E. Church at this place was laid June 12, 1876, Eevs. Gr!?.w, Sykes, Simpson and Parker officiating. EELIGIOUS SOCIETIES. 263 A clergymen's settlement. About 1877 a tract of about seven hundred acres, lying about balf-way betVeen Barnfe'gat and Mannahaw- kin, and a little west of the main shore road, was boUglbt by Eev. Messrs. H. S. Arndt, H. D. Opdyke, Keifer, Wright, Middleton, C. E. Little and T>. Habrom, and divided into one hundred acres for each owner, which they commenced clearing up and improving. The land proved productive, and on it good crops of corn, grain and fruits of different kinds were raised. Good dwellings and outbuildings were erected. The owners were mem- bers of the New Jersey M. B. Conference, and they put their places under care of hired employees or tenants, occasionally visiting the place for rest and recuperation. MANNAHAWKIN DIVISION SONS OF TEMPERANCE, NO. 54. .The certificate of incorporation of this Division was dated June 15, 1850, and signed by Isaiah Cranmer, W. P., and Isaac P. Peckworth, B. S. CEDAR RUN M. E. CHURCH. The corner-stone of the M. E. Church at Cedar Eun, near Mannahawkin, was laid November 20, 1874, Eevs. Ballard, Graw, Parker and Clark assisting. The church was dedicated December 15, 1880. The name of Unionville was given to Cedar Eun about a dozen years ago. CEDAR GROVE M. E. CHURCH. The M. E. Church at Cedar Grove, in Stafford town- ship, near Job Corlies' residence, was dedicated Decem- ber 24, 1874. The certificate of incorporation, filed Feb- ruary 4, 1875, named the following trustees : Eeuben C. Corlies, John Bowers, Job M. Corlies, John G. Corlies, Joshua M. Corlies, Samuel Stackhouse, Jr., William Cranmer. An effort was made about 1880 to change the name of Cedar Grove to Corlisville. MANNHAWKIN BAPTIST CHURCH. The early history of this church is given in the chap- 264 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. ter relating to ancient churches in the county. A certifi- cate of incorporation of this church was filed at Toms Eiver, May 18, 18§7, which states that the following trustees were elected April 27, 1857 : Jarvis H. Brown, Amos B. Brown, John B. Crane, Jr., Stacey Gennings and Joseph E. Oliphant. The church was rebuilt and dedicated July 10, 1867, when Eev. Mr. Smith, of Bloomfield, N. J., preached the dedicatory sermon, Eev. Joseph Perry, of Philadelphia ; Eev., Mr. Connolly, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Eev. Edwin S. Browe, the pastor, assisting in the services. The cost of rebuilding, including furnishing, was about $2,776. A balance of .$600, due dedication day, was all raised on that day, and the church thus cleared from debt. The whole amount, except $200, was raised in the vicinity. The centennial of the organization of the Baptist Society here was celebrated August 25, 1870, on which occasion, among the speakers, was Eev. Daniel Kelsey, who had been a former pastor for nine years, and also a teacher, but had been away about twenty-two years. He was accompanied by his two sons, born in the village, one of whom was also a Baptist minister. At a meeting held September 5, 1876, Charles A. Mott, moderator ; Jarvis H. Brown, clerk ; the following trustees were elected, viz : Joseph E. Oliphant, Josiah B. Cranmer, Samuel G. Peckworth, Edward Hazleton, Jarvis H. Brown. Eev. C. A. Mott preached his farewell sermon the last Sunday in July, 1878, after which he removed to Vinelaud. Eevi E. L. Stager became pastor February, 1880, and died April 13, 1882, aged 35 years. A parsonage was erected in 1882. Eev. J. T. Bender began preaching about January, 1883. Eev. W. H. Eldredge was pastor January, 1884. MANNAHAWKIN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. The trustees of Mannaliawkin M. E. Church nam_ed s. 88 W. s. 2 B. N. 88 E. N. 2 W. EELIGIOUS SOCIETIES. 265 March 12, 1803 (Book N, page 630, Freehold records), were Benjamin Seaman, Samuel Bennett, Edward Lamb- son, Benjamin Randolph, Henry Pearson, Thomas Ran- dolph, Nathan (Crane?) Levi Camburn and William Randolph. The deed for church lot to them from Reu- ben Randolph on that date, gave bounds thus : Begins five feet from west end of school house, and runs — 1 chain 75 links. 1 " 50 " 1 " 75 " 1 " 50 " Containing one- quarter acre more or less. Con- sideration, ten dollars. Witnesses, David Bartine, Stacy Watkinson. The witness, David Bartine, was probably the noted Methodist minister of that name. The corner-stone of a new edifice for the society was laid August 7, 1872, and the church dedicated August 6, 1874. In the Summer and Fall of 1883 the entire upper story of the building was taken down and reconstructed, and the edifice raised ten feet. Li January, 1884, the re- constructed church was dedicated, Bishop Harris, Rev Dr. Hanlon and the pastor. Rev. W. E. Perry, officiating. HERBEETSVILLE. This is a village situated in Brick township, about one mile west of the Manasquan River, and four aiid a half from the Atlantic. The population is about three hundred, mostly employed in farming. There is a Metho- dist Church ; a public school, with seventy pupils ; two saw-mills, one steam and one water ; and two brickyards. Its chief attractions are the fertility of the soil and the handsome farms by which it is surrounded, its fine ele- vated situation near the banks of the beautiful Manas- quan, and its wholesome air. The M. E. Church at this place was dedicated Jan- uary 30, 1876, Revs. Graw and Stokes officiating. A post-office was established at Herbertsville in August, 1884. ,266 HISTOBY OP MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. BAPTISTS IN BEICK TOWNSHIP. The Baptist Century Book says that "the Baptist Church of Squan aid Dover " was received into the Bap- tist Associd,tiOn in Ottobfer, 1805, and the same yeiar Samuel Haven was a delegate, and the society had thirty- eight members. In 1807 Samuel Haven was again a delegate, and the church reported forty-five membfers. The Orient Baptist Church was built in 1857, at a cost of $1,500. Its size was 26 by 35 feet. FIEST BAPTIST CHURCH OP KETTLE CEEEK. The certificate of incorporation of the First Baptist Church at Kettle Creek, in Brick township, recorded May 8, 1855, states that the following trustees were elected at a meeting held January 29, 1855 : Cornelius Strickland, Peter W. Havens, Isaac Osborn, Lewis John- son, William Dowdney. BETHEL M. E. CHURCH. The Methodist Episcopal Church at Bethel (Lake- wood charge) had dedicatory services November 30 and December 1, 1867. Eev. E. H. Stokes, the pastor, Eev. S. H. Asay and others participated. CEDAE BEIDGE M. E. CHUECH BEICK TOWNSHIP. The trustees of this church, named in the certificate of incorporation March 14, 1854, were David C. WooUey, William M. Woolley, John C. Wardell, B. H. Fielder, William Clayton, William Downey, Thomas Tilton. SILVERTON M. E. CHURCH. At a meeting held July 19, 1873, five trustees were elected. The proceedings were signed by Miles McKel- vey. President ; Cornelius Hawkins, Secretary ; and Rev. E. B. Lake, Witness, but trustees' names are not given in the certificate, which was filed July 21, 1873. POINT PLEASANT M. E. CHUECH. At a meeting of friends of this society, of which Barton Twiford was chairman in 1853, the following per- sons were elected trustees: John C. Curtis, John M. EARLY SETTLllBS. 267 Keynolds and William L. Chadwick. The certificate was filed February 19, 1853. Another' certificate of incorpo- Tation was dated October 24, 1870, v?hich states that at a meeting held September 18, 1870, the following persons were elected trustees : Thompson B. Pearce, Williata H. Bennetts, James Loveland, William P. Stout, William B. Pearce. A new church was dedicated August 13, 1876. POINT PLEASANT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. This church was completed in February, 1883, and first services held the 11th of the same month. The society was incorporated Nov. 11,. 1882, and the corpora- tors were Charles E. Knox, Julius Foster, Frederick M. 'Irask, Richard C. Marley and A. Y. D. Sch^nck. Rev. Sainuel Y. Lum was pastor 1886-7. BAPTISTS AT POINT PLEASANT. In July, 1887, the Borough Hall was tendered to the Baptists, by the Mayor, for religious purposes. These were conducted by Rev. Mr. Wilkinson. ST. MARY BY THE SEA P. E. CHURCH. The Protestant Episcopal Church at Point Pleasant, " St. Mary by the Sea," was contracted for April 24, 1880, and July 4th the building was finished and services held in it. Services were conducted by Rev. Dr. Hills. The church was dedicated August 4, 1881, by Bishop Scar- Ijorough. EARLY SETTLERS— CREATION OF TOWNSHIPS, ETC. BRICK TOWNSHIP. The township of Brick was originally established in the same act creating the County of Ocean, approved February 15, 1850. Its bounds were thus described : So much of the township of Dover as lies north of a line running east from a point where the line between the townships of Jackson and Howell meet the Dover township line ; thence a straight line to Polhemus' mills. 268 HISTORY OF MONWOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. on the south branch of Kettle creek ; thence along said creek to the bay ; thence across the bay to the sea, and all those parts of the townships of Howell and Dover included in the following boundaries, viz.: Beginning at Manasquan inlet and mouth of Manasquan river ; thence up the middle of said river to the first bridge over the same; thence westerly to a corner on the south side of said river, near the old bridge ; thence a south-westerly course till it strikes the road leading to Jackson's mills ; thence along said road till it meets the line between Jackson and Howell townships ; thence along said line to the Dover township line ; thence a straight line to Pohlhemus' mills, on the south branch of Kettle creek ; thence along said creek, the several courses thereof, to the bay ; thence across the bay to the sea; thence along the sea to the place of beginning. The first town meeting of the inhabitants of the township of Brick was by the above act directed to be held at the house of Eichard Burr, Burrsville, on the second Tuesday in March, 1850. OCEAN TOWNSHIP. The act establishing the township of Ocean was ■approved April 13, 1876, and thus defines its bounds : , All that part of the townships of Union and Lacey, in the county of Ocean, l3ing within the following boundaries, that is to say : Beginning at the sea and running, first, north sixty-soven and a half degrees west to the mouth of Little Horse Neck Creek, known as the north fork of Lochiel branch; thence, second, westerly up said branch to the bridge on the main shore road leading from Barnegat to Waretown; thence, third, north fifty-seven degrees west to the north side of the Hezekiah Soper old house standing on the westerly side of the old main road ; thence, fourth, north seventy-eight degrees west to the Pancoast road ; thence, fifth, westerly along said Pancoast road to a stone on the north side of said road on the east line of a tract of land containing about one hundred and seventy-five acres now belono-ino- to EAKLY SETTLEES. 269 Samuel Birdsall, said stone being twenty-one chains easterly from where the middle of the Barnegat straight road to Cedar Bridge crosses said Pancoast road ; thence, .sixth, north sixty-seven and a half degrees west to a point where the road leading from Millville to the .Barnegat and Cedar Bridge straight road intersects said line; thence, seventh, northerly to a point where the Jones road crosses the Wells Mills road ; thence north- westerly on or along said Jones road to the south line of Lacey township; thence, eighth, easterly along the southerly line of said Lacey township to the mouth of oyster creek; thence, ninth, south seventy-seven degrees, forty-five minutes east to the sea ; thence, tenth, along the edge of the sea, crossing Barnegat inlet to the begin- ning. STAPFOKD TOWNSHIP. Stafford was set off from the lower part of old Shrews- bury township in 1749. The patent creating the town- ship was issued in the reign of George II., and is now preserved in the office of the County Clerk at Toms Elver. It is the oldest public official document relating to the present county of Ocean. It is on parchment with the great seal of the Province of New Jersey affixed. The following is a copy of The Patent of Stafford Township, Ocean County : George, the Second by the Grace of God of Great Brit- ain, France and Ireland, King Defender of the Faith, &c. TO ALL to whom these presents shall come Greeting Know YE that we of our especial Grace certain knowledge a ad meer motion have Given and Granted and by these Pres- ents DO Give and Grant for us our Heirs and, Successors to the Inhabitants of the South western part of the Town- ship of Shrewsbury in our County of Monmouth in our Province of New Jersey Within the following bound- aries (to wit) BEaiNNiNG at Old Barnegat Inlet and from the North End of the Beach lying to the Southward of the said Inlet, running over the Bay North forty-six de- grees West five Miles and thirty-seven chains to the 270 HISTORY OF MONJtOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. Mouth of Oyster Creek and then West Eleven Miles and Seventy chains to Pine tree in the Soiith West plain in the Old partition line of East arid West 'Jersey formerly run by George Keith thence bounded by the said Old Di- vision line South Nineteen degrees East Nineteen Miles and Sixty Chains to the south Stationary Point of Di- vision between Bast and West Jersey at the Main Sea North Easterly to the place of Beginning according to the plan hereunto annexed to be and remain a Perpetual Township and Community in Word and in Deed to be called and known by the name of the Township of Staf- ford. And we further Grant to the said Inhabitants of the Township aforesaid and their Successors to choose an- nually two Commissioners of the High Ways, one Over- seer of the High Ways, one Overseer of the Poor, one Assessor, one Town Collector, and one Constable for the Town aforesaid and to have hold and Enjoy all other Privileges Eights Liberties and Immunities that any other Township in our said Province do or may of right Enjoy. And the said Inhabitants are hereby Constituted and appointed a township by the Name aforesaid. To HAVE HOLD AND ENJOY the Privileges aforesaid to them In Testimony whereof we have caused these our Letters to be made p'atent and the Great Seal of our Province of New Jersey to be hereunto affixed. Witness our Trusty and well beloved Jonathan Belcher Esqr : our Captain •General and Governor in chief in and over our Province of Nova Csesarea or New Jersey and Territories thereon depending in America, Chancellor and Vice Admiral in the Same &c. at Burlington the third day of March in the twenty third year of our Eeign A. D. MDCCXLIX. " The Plan annexed " is on paper, and has but a fragment left. It begins with the words : " The Bounds of Stafford Township in Monmouth county, and ends with the date February, 10 1749-50. It is in a different hand writing. The Patent is on parchment, and the chiro- graphy is beautiful. The endorsement on the back reads : "Let the Great Seal of the Province of New Jersey be hereunto affixed. EARLY SETTLERS. 271 To the Secretary of the Province of New Jersey. J. Belcher. "Ilecorded in the Secretary's Office in Burlington in Lib. A A A. of Commissions fol. 305 &c. J. Bead, Eegr. The name Stafford was probably given through the influence of James Haywood, as the Haywood family was an ancient family of Staffordshire in England. Benjamin Paul was born at Deghton, Mass., and de- scended from William Paul, who came from England in 16,35. Luke Courtenay, it is said, was born in England and came to this country just before the Revolution. During the war (in December, 1780,) a shocking ca- lamity occurred at Manahawkin, by which several lives were lost. A dwellinghouse owned by William Pidgeon, on what was once known as the Hayw.ood place, took lire and burned down. Captain Isaac Andrews lived in the house. His two daughters, one white hired man and two colored men were burned to death, so rapid was the fire, occasioned by a high wind. Six persons in the house managed to escape, but without apparel. Mr. Pidgeon at the time was ill in the house, and got somewhat burned, but leaped out of a second-story window and was then taken to a neighboring house ; he was taken worse from excitement, and caught cold that night, having been re- moved in his shirt, and died a few days after. James Haywood, said to. be from near Coventry, England, bought land in Stafford in 1743, and is frequent- ly named subsequently in deeds, and he also was the chief man in building the old church, originally a free church, but subsequently known as the Baptist church. Thomas, George and William Haywood are named be- tween 1760 and 1770 and subsequently Eeuben, Thomas and Job Eandolph, Nathan and Seth Crane, Louis Pang- born, Luke Courtenay, David and Thomas Johnson, Ben- jamin P. Pearson, Benjamin Paul and Zachariah Southard were settled here previous to the Eevolution, and bore an honorable share in that war. The Randolphs probably came from Middlesex, and Cranes, Pangborn and Pear- son from Essex. 272 HISTOEY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. The late William Aumack, who long lived at Cedar Creek, built, about fifty years ago, the old storehouse at Manahawkin, in the upper part of the village; he was father of John Aumack, now of Toms Eiver, Ex-Sheriff B. F. Aumack and Elijah and other children, and he sat up some of his sons in business here, and they carried on an extensive business for a number of years in mer- chandise, charcoal, etc. After them Henry C, and Hor- ton Gulick had the stand. Among their successors in the same stand were Randolph & Abbott, Allen & Son, Joshua S. Lawson, Charles M. Sloan, Sprague & Oli- phant, Alfred Brown, I. M. Inman, Lewis B. Peckworth and Peckworth & Bros., who in 1880, sold to Charles H. Cranmer. Manahawkin seems to have been one of the earliest settled places in Ocean county. The name is said to be from Indian words signifying good land or good land for corn. The name was anciently written Mannahocking and Manaho eking. Among early settlers was Nicholas Brown, who died about the beginning of 1724. He came from Burlington and was the son of Abraham Brown, who came to that county from Monmouth and was of Rhode Island origin. Nicholas Brown had wife Elizabeth, and sons Abraham and Joseph and daughters. EAGLESWOOD TOWNSHIP. The act creating this township was approved March 17, 1874. The bounds of the township are thus set forth : All that part of the township of Stafford contained within the following bounds : Beginning at a stone in the main highway leading from West Creek to Manna- hawkin, in a north-easterly direction one hundred and ninety-five chains and forty links from the middle of West Creek mill stream ; thence runs, first, north forty- five degrees west, by a straight line to the Burlington and Ocean county line ; thence, second, bounded by and following the said line between Burlington and Ocean EARLY SETTLERS. 273 counties, in a south-easterly direction to the Atlantic Ocean, and thence running in a north-easterly direction to a point south-east from the place of beginning. The first town meeting in Eagleswood was fixed to be held at the house of George Gaskell, "West Creek, on the second Tuesday in April, 1874. West Creek was one of the earliest, if not the earliest settled places in the present county of Ocean. The name was anciently given as Westeconk of Weste- cunk, an Indian name, probably signifying " a place to get meat or eatables," and indicating that this was a place of resort for oysters, fish, clams, etc. Among the' first settlers at West Creek was Gervas Pharo, son of James and Ann, born in Lincolnshire, England, 3 mo. 15, 1675. He came to this country with his parents in the ship Shields, in 1678. His father died in 1688, when he was only 13 years old. He was left, by his father's will, two or three tracts of land, one of which, in Springfield, was the one on which his parents resided. In 1706 he sold this to his brother-in-law, Richard Ridgway 2d, and not long after moved to West Creek. In 1701 he married at Hempstead, L. I., Elizabeth Willetts, daughter of Hope and Mary, of that place. The same year Richard Ridgway, 2d, married Mary Willetts, another daughter of Hope and Mary, who are described then as of Jerusa- lem L. I.. Gervas Pharo died in 1756, leaving an only son named James, from whom descend the Pharos of Little Egg Harbor and Ocean county. Members of the Willetts, or Willis and Cranmer families were also among early settlers. LACEY TOWNSHIP GENERAL JOHN LACEY. Lacey township derives its name from General John Lacey, who, in the Summer and Fall of 1809, built at Ferrago the first forge and also dwelling houses, barns, stables, etc., there; and bought large tracts of land in that vicinity. In 1810 he applied for authority to have a road laid out from Forked River Landing to Ferrago and thence on to Hanover Furnace. In September, 1810, the 274 HISTOKY OP MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. Supreme Court appointed as Commissioners three men from Burlington county and three from Monmouth. From Burlington, the men appointed were Eli Mathis, Daniel (Mathis?) and John Irick; from Monmouth, John Hay- wood, James Edwards and Abraham Woolley. The rer turn was dated October 13, 1810. The length from Eorked Eiver Landing to south end of the dam at Eerrago was eight and one quarter miles, less three chains ; four rods wide from Hanover to Forked Eiver landing. , This road, the well known "Lacey road," was run out by John Black, at one time President of the Mount Holly Bank, who, when a young man, followed surveying. In 1740 there was a landing on the north branch of Eorked River and a cart-way from swamp to the landing is named in a survey of that year. Robert Hulett and Moses May had dwellings near Goodluok between 1740 and 1750; there was at this time at Forked River, a bridge over north branch and also an "upper bridge." A new causway was also then built. In 1748 James Holmes bought 70 acres of land near Robert Hulett's house. Samuel Worden, or Warden, as it was recorded, had salt works at Forked River in 1754. Between 1750 and 1760 Peter Peshine had dwelling on north branch, and John Towson or Tozer, in 1750, had dwelling between south branch and Oyster Creek ; about the same time John Bird lived between Forked River and Goodluck. In 1770 Benjamin Allison lived between middle and south branches of Eorked River. James Mills took up land near bridge on north branch, 1780-90, and had a pub- lic house on the site of the present Lafayette House. John Winnow or Winner at same time had dwelling be- tween north and middle branches, west of main road, on the place owned in late years by Daniel Chamberlain, deceased. Thomas Parker and F^j^jucis Letts together bought land on Cedar Creek in 1792r^and Thomas Parker bought, in 1805, fifty acres between north and middle branches. About this time his son Anthony settled at EABLY SETTLERS, ETC. 275 Forked Eiver, near where the Eiverside hotel now is. At Cedar Creek, among persons who early took up land were Gabriel and David Woodmansee, sons of Thomas. David owned the Judge D. I. C. Kogers place. They were settled here at least as early as 1749. David's sons, Samuel, James and Gabriel, settled between Stout's Creek and north branch of Forked Eiver. Thomas Potter, Sr., and his son, Thomas Potter, the friend of Eev. John Murray, were settlers at Goodluck about 1750. John Holmes, called "the Elder," took upland near the Upper Mill, Forked Eiver, 1759 and '60 ; and another John Holmes, who married Catharine Brown in 1764, lived at the mill before and during the Eevolution. Samuel Brown, brother of John Holmes' wife, had a place on south branch of Forked Eiver. After the war he moved to Mannahawkin. Caleb Falkinburg took up land in 1803 between Forked Eiver and Stout's Creek. His house was on the place owned by the late Captain Joseph Holmes. The £rst settlers of Lacey generally located some distance east of the main shore road, and not far from where the uplands join the meadows. Their dwellings in this vicinity were generally situated ajbout in a line from the old Captain Benjamin Stout farm, east of Good- luck Church, across Stout's Creek, by the Joseph Holmes and James Jones places, and thence to the south side of Forked Eiver, by the old James Chamberlain or Bzekiel Lewis place, and James Anderson's ; then across Oyster Creek, by the old Camburn homestead. And the original main route of travel along here appears to have been by these places. Then the little north branch of Forked Eiver, now known as Bridge Creek, had a bridge over it, and there was a ferry across Forked Eiver, nearly oppo- site the old Wells swamp, at the place still called " The Ferry " by old residents. A century ago, the most noted residents appear to have been : David Woodmansee, who lived on the place now owned by Judge D. I. 0. Eogers ; Thomas, Potter, 276 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. who lived on the farm east of Goodluck Church ; Samuel, James and Gabriel Woodmansee, sons of David, who lived on the James Jones and Joseph Holmes farms ; Samuel Brown, who lived on the old Wright place on south branch of Forked River ; and John Holmes, who lived at the upper mill. Forked Eiver. Bev. John Price, who was made Major after the war, moved to Goodluck two or three years before the war ended. There was a tavern at Goodluck before the war, and one just over Cedar Creek during the war. The act establishing the township of Lacey was approved March 23, 1871, and its bounds are thus de- scribed : " All that part of the townships of Union and Dover, in the county of Ocean, contained within the following boundaries, that is to say : Beginning at a point in the line between the counties of Ocean and Burlington where the southerly and easterly line of Manchester township meets the same ; thence, first, along said township line in a north-easterly direction to a point where the road from Giberson's mill to Dover Forge crosses said town- ship line ; thence, second, easterly along said road to Dover Forge ; thence, third, south-easterly along Guise's road, by Dover Forge pond, to the middle of Cedar Creek; thence, fourth, along the middle of Cedar Creek to its junction with Barnegafc Bay ; thence, fifth, on a course due east to the Atlantic Ocean ; thence, sixth, southerly along said Atlantic Ocean to the north side of Barnegat Inlet ; thence, seventh, on a course westerly to the mouth of Oyster Creek; thence, eighth, westerly along said Oyster Creek to where the road from Waretown to the head of Factory or south branch of Cedar Creek, known as Stout's Eoad, crosses the same ; thence, ninth, westerly in a straight line to the head of said Factory branch, on the division line between Dover and Union townships ; thence, tenth, south-westerly along said division line to the county line of Burlington and Ocean ; thence, eleventh, along said line north-westerly to the place of begin- ning." EABLY SETTLERS, ETC. 277 The first town meeting was appointed to be held at the house of Martin Hall, at Forked. River, on the second Tuesday in April, 1871. FERRAGO-BAMBEE. Farrago came into possession of Reuben Rockwell, a native of Vermont, who came to what .is now Ocean county about 1843. Mr. Rockwell was informed that the milldam was unusually costly, as near $10,000 was expended on it. The ore in the place had some years before been exhausted, and Mr. Rockwell and Joseph Austin, who was connected with him, procured ore from up the North River, probably near Fishkill. William Hurry, of New York, became owner of the Ferrago tract, which, with other lands bought by him, composed about 10,000 acres owned by him. He named the place Bamber, in remembrance of Dr. John Bamber, of Barking, in Essex county, England, from whopi his mother was descended. Ferrago forge was built in the Sumnier and Fall of 1809 by General John Lacey, who, about the same time^ erected dwelling, barns, etc. It is said that Lacey also owned an interest in Hanover Furnace. He wished to establish a road from Hanover Furnace, by Ferrago, to Forked River landing, aud as it would run through two counties, he had to apply to the Supreme Court to have commissioners appointed to lay out the road, which was done September 10, 1810. The commissioners made their return October 13, 1810. The road was to be four Tods wide from Hanover Furnace to Forked River landing. The name Ferrago is from the Latin word ferrum, iron. MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP. The act creating the Township of Manchester was approved April 6, 1865, and it thus defines its bounds : All that portion of the Township of Dover, in the county of Ocean, lying and being within the boundaries 278 HISTORY OP MONMOUTH AKD OCEAN OpL'NTlES. as follows : Beginning in the middle of the channel of the north or main branch of Toms Eiver, at the southerly boundary of the township of Jackson, and running thence down the middle of the channel of said branch to where it unites with Eidgway branch. Thence to a stake in the main stage road from Toms Eiver to the village of Manchester, which stake is the dividing line between lands of A. P. Stanton and the lands of James Brown, and running thence in a straight line to a point on the line between Burlington and Ocean counties, distance two miles easterly from the centre of the track of the Dela- ware and Earitan railroad ; thence north-westerly along the dividing line to the south-easterly line of Plumsted township. Thence along the south-easterly line of plum- sted and Jackson townships to the place of beginning. The first town meeting was designated to be held at the house of Eidgway Taylor in Manchester. Solomon and Job Eidgway bought land on west side of north branch of Toms Eiver, four miles above Schenck's mill, in 1762, and other tracts at different times. Eidg- way's sawmill is frequently named 1790 to 1800. Eidgway's sawmill appears to have originally been built by James Hepburn and Stephen Pangborn before 1751, as surveys speak of Hepburn & Pangborn's mill, now Eidgway's. Vanhorne's new sawmill is named 1749; in 1753 Mat. Vanhorne's sawmill place and Vanhorne's brook are named. Mat. Vanhorne's bridge over Davenport is named 1760. In 1795 Tice Vanhorne's branch, Tice Vanhorne's and Tice Vanhorne's old sawmill are named. Wheatland is on the New Jersey railroad, near the Burlington county line. Debby Piatt place was a noted hotel where the road from the shore forks, one going to Hanover, another to New Egypt and a third to Collier's Mills. It is since known as Boyd's hotel. Ferrago Station is on the New Jersey Southern rail- road, and on the road from Ferrago or Bamber to Han- over. EAKLT SETTLEBS, ETC. 279 Buckingham derives its name from John Bucking- ham, a native of Connecticut, who in early life settled in Eatontown, Monmouth county, and subsequently removed to the village of Manchester. From thence he moved to the place now known as Buckingham, where a steam saw- mill and two or three dwellings had been put up which he purchased. The Pine Land Improvement Company, for improv- ing lands along the railroad between Manchester and Lake wood, was incorporated December 25, 1883. The incorporators were John E. Howell, New York; Charles C. Lathrop, Newark ; Charles D. Morrow, Newark ; J. R. Mallory, New York ; John Torrey, Monmouth Beach. The postoffice at Manchester was established in October, 1841, and Henry L. Bulkly was the first post- master. The next was Peter D. Kneiskern, appointed September 30, 1842. He held the office for a number of years. William Torrey was postmaster about 1853-4. Union sawmill, built by or before 1750, was proba- bly at Manchester, and from it Union branch derived its name. The Revolution seemed to have thrown many saw- mills out of business, and this mill must have suffered with others. A century ago Manchester was known as Federal Forge, and then as Federal Furnace. A forge was erected here about 1789, it is said, by • David Wright and Caleb Ivins. " The old Federal House, which was built for the use of David Wright's forge," and •" Federal Company's coaling house," and " David Wright's coaling ground" are named in surveys between 1795 and 1800. Federal furnace was built not long be- fore 1800 by John W. Godfrey, of Philadelphia. In 1815 Federal furnace was owned by Griffith Jones and I. Holmes. In surveys 1830 and thereabouts " Dover fur- nace, late Federal furnace," is named. (Dover forge was on Cedar Creek.) In 1764, in a survey to D. Knott on Hurricane, reference is made to " the edge of the place where the 280 HISTOBY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. Hurricane wind passes through the swamp." This seems to imply that it was thought Hurricane derived its name from the hurricane wind. WHITING. Nathan C. Whiting, from whom Whiting derives its name, came from New Haven, Conn., to Ocean county about 1852, and purchased an extensive tract of wood land and erected a saw-mill, and engaged in the lumber business. After about twenty years, he sold out his interest and returned to New Haven, where he died April 28, 1884 He was a son of Deacon Nathan Whiting, editor of the Religious Inidligencer of New Haven. Phoenix Forge, a short distance below Federal, was built by Jones & Wood, and at first was called Lower Forge. It was biirned down and rebuilt, and hence the name of Phoenix. Mr. Benjamin Snyder, of Lakewood, says that Samuel G. Wright once owned Federal furnace, and after him came Benjamin B. Howell, and then his sons, Henry and Lewis Howell, who put up another stack. William Torrey has an order sent by General Wash- ington, in his own handwriting, to Mr. Torrey's father, who was a Colonel in the Revolution, and he also has two swords which belonged to his fathor. Colonel Torrey was present at the execution of Major Andre. Mrs. Torrey, wife of William Torrey, when a little girl, sat at the bedside of Tom Paine. His room she describes as filthy; a barrel for a table, a three-legged stool for a chair, a dilapidated bedstead, etc. He had on a red nightcap. BAYVILLE. The village of Bayville, Ocean county, was formerly known as Potter's Creek. The name was changed to Chaseford, after Hon. S. P. Chase, Secretary of the Treasury. From this it was changed to Bayville. Among ancient settlers of this township was John Grant, who was among taxpayers 1764, and who is fre- quently named in ancient records. John and Joseph Piatt were also taxpayers 1764. EAELY SETTLERS, ETC. 281 Thomas Potter, father of the Thomas who was the friend of Eev. John Murray, bought land in what is now Berkeley in 1756, and at other times. John Williams took up land in the middle of last ■century and owned sawmills, etc. UNION TOWNSHIP. The township of Union was originally established by an act approved February 7, 1846, entitled, "An Act to set off from the townships of Stafford and Dover, in the county of Monmouth, a new township to be called the township of Union." Its bounds were thus described : " Beginning at the sea, and running, first, a due west course to the southerly point of Harvest Point ; thence north forty-five degrees west, crossing the bay to the main meadows ; thence north-easterly along the edge of the same to the mouth of Gunning Eiver ; thence up said river its various courses to the mouth of Fresh Creek ; thence up said creek its various courses to the north line of a tract of land known as the Fresh Creek lot, now owned by the heirs or devisees of Samuel G. "Wright, de- ceased, and others; thence westerly along said line to the westerly end thereof ; thence north fifty-two degrees and fifty minutes west along a line known as the Ogden line, to a stone, being the second corner of a tract of land known as the Ogden tract, standing on a course north ten degrees and twenty-one minutes east, eight chains and seventy-five links from a large stone standing on Par's cabin knowl ; thence north-westerly to the north- west corner of a tract of land that Joseph W. Pharo pur- chased of the executors of Samuel Pharo, deceased ; thence north fifty degrees west, one hundred and eight chains and twenty-seven links to a stone in the west line of Sonman's . patent ; thence north seventy degrees west to the Burlington county line ; thence up and along said county line to intsrsect with a due west course from the head of the main soutJierly branch of Cedar Creek, known as Factory branch ; thence down and along said branch and creek to the bay; thence a due east course to ths 282 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. sea; thence southerly along the edge of the same to the beginning." The act was to go into effect on the second Tuesday of March, 1846. The first annual town meeting of the township was ordered by the above act of the Legislature to be held at the house of Benjamin Predmore, Waretown, on the day appoihted by law for holding annual town meetings in the other townships of the county of Monmouth, and after- wards at such place in the township of Union as the inhabitants of said township shall determine. * As long as the township of Union preserved its original bounds the town meetings were usually held at the same house. In 1871 Lacey was set off from Union. In 1876 its bounds were again lessened by the act creating the town- ship of Ocean. BEBKELEY TOWNSHIP. The act creating the township of Berkeley was approved March 31, 1875, and its bounds are thus de- fined : "All that part of the township of Dover, in the county of Ocean, contained within the following boun- daries, that is to say : " Beginning on the south-west corner of the town- ship of Dover at a point where the road from Giberson's mill to Dover Forge crosses the easterly line of the town- ship of Manchester ; thence, first, easterly along said road to Dover Forge, said road being the boundary line between the townships of Dover and Lacey ; thence, second, southerly along Guise's road by Dover Forge pond to the middle of Cedar Creek ; thence, third, easterly along the middle of Cedar Creek to its junction with Barnegat Bay ; thence, fourth, on a course due east to the Atlantic Ocean; the above metes and bounds being the division line between the townships of Dover and Lacey; thence, fifth, northerly along said Atlantic Ocean to the south side of old Cranberry Inlet ; thence, sixth, on a course westerly to the middle of Toms Eiver EAELY SETTLERS, ETC. 283 at its junction with Barnegat Bay ; thence, seventh, westerly along the middle of said Toms Eiver and up the north branch to the Toms River and Manchester Rail- road; thence, eighth, along said railroad to the east division line between the townships of Dover and Man- chester ; thence, ninth, southerly along said division line to the place of beginning." The name Berkeley was selected for this township by the late Samuel H. Shreve, formerly Surveyor and Civil Engineer of Toms River. John B. Larner is said to have purchased the tract known as Barnegat Park, west of Bayville, Berkeley ■ township, in the Spring of 1887. It was designed to have lots sold to army and navy officers and their friends. About fifty lots had been sold by July following. Thomas Placide, a well-known actor, resided in Berkeley, on south side of Toms Eiver, not far from the County Seat. He was of a family of actors, his father, mother, brother and two sisters having followed that, pro- fession. His brother had been a great sufferer from a cancer, and he became a victim of the same complaint, and it so preyed on his mind that in a fit of desperation he took his life July 20, 1877. He was 69 years of age. The oldest monument in Berkeley is on the old Anderson place, near Dover Chapel. On it is inscribed : "Here lies the body of William Cheamlin. He died De- cember 18, 1759, aged 36 years." The name Cheamlin was probably intended for Chamberlain. Mary Worth, living in the southern part of Berkeley, reached the advanced age of 106 years. She died March 5, 1873. soper's landing. The first settler on the Soper place, between Ware- town and Barnegat, according to the late Jeremiah Spragg, an aged citizen of Barnegat, was John Perkins, whose daughter married James Spragg, father of Jere- miah. Mr. Perkins came from England during the old French war and located near Soper's landing, and subse- quently sold out to Joseph Soper, ancestor of the numer- 284 HISTOEY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. ous Soper families in this vicinity and elsewhere. The iirst house built on the beach opposite to Waretown, according to Mr. Spragg, was by Thomas Eogers. It was located near the inlet, and in it lived Rogers, and also James Spragg, father of Jeremiah ; and during the Revolution they witnessed many exciting scenes, such as shipwrecks of war and merchant vessels, and contests between' the British and Americans in efforts to capture crews and cargoes. The first Soper in New Jersey was Thomas Soper, who landed in West Jersey in 1678 The old members of this family had a tradition that they were of Huguenot descent. The Ocean county Sopers descend from Henry Soper, who settled at Huntington, L. I., in 1666. His son Richard came to Middlesex county, N. J., and his son Joseph came to Barnegat. MASONIC CEMETERY, BARNEGAT. On Monday evening, January 12, 1857, a meeting was held at Temperance Hall, at Barnegat, for the purpose of forming a Barnegat Masonic Cemetery Association. Capbain T. W. Falkinburg was chairman, and James Bcidine secretary. The following persons were the original associates : Charles I. Errickson, Timothy W. Falkinburg, James Robinson, James Bodine, John W. Bennett, Nathan S. Cranmer, Joseph H. Townsend, Ed- win Salter, Thomas Edwards, Joseph Anderson, Alex- ander S. Letts, Stephen Conklin, James W. Collins, Jr., Levi Cranmer, Charles Soper, William Errickson. The Association was incorporated under the act relating to cemeteries passed by the Lsgislature in 1851. The following persons were elected as trustees at the first meeting : For one year, Charles I. Errickson, James Robinson ; two years, T. W. Falkinburg, Joseph Anderson ; three years, James Bodine, John W. Bennett. The annual meeting was fixed for. January 15, 1857. UNITED BROTHERS DIVISION SONS OF TEMPERANCE, NO. 103, BARNEGAT. The certificate of incorporation of this Division was recorded March 10, 1853, and signed by Jol) F. Randolph, EARLY SETTLEES, ETC. 285 W. P., and Gabriel M. Inman, E. S. The lodge was instituted some time before this, probably about 1849. For a time they hfeld their meetings in an upper room or hall prepared for them, and also used for other purposes, in the Temperance House, kept by Gabriel M. Inman. Barnegat Lodge, Knights of Pythias, No. 71, was incorporated January 20, 1887. Incorporators Ira S. Cranmer, Thomas Bamford and Joseph O. Elbertson, trustees. Mariners' Lodge, No. 150, F. A. M., was organized February 7. 1881. It had been working under a dispen- sation granted May 5, 1880. The Town Hall at Barnegat was completed about January, 1871. The Masonic Cemetery contained 127 burials iip to July 4, 1872. BUEESVILLE. The forge at Burrsville was established about March, 1808, by John Lippencott. It was subsequently bought by Barzillai Burr and John Butcher, and was once known as Butcher's forge. Burrsville derives its name from Barzillai Burr. In 1808 John Lippincott bought land of Proprietors described as on "south side of Metetecunk, near Indian stage, and near road from new bridge over Metetecunk to Cedar Bridge." He also bought, subsequently, numer- ous tracts near Metetecunk river and Kettle Creek. The Postoffice at this place was established about 1839 or '40, and called Metetecunk, and so continued down to about 1884, when the P. O. Department changed it to Burrsville. B. H. Fielder was the first Postmaster; among his successors was Hon. A. O. S. Havens, the sec- ond member of the Assembly from Ocean county. METETECUNK M. E. CHUECH. The M. E. churcl] at this place was dedicated Decem- ber 29, 1878. BAY HEAD. This place holds the key of the mainland at the 286 HISTORY OP MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. nethermost extremity of Barnegat Bay. On July 25, 1883, ground was broken for the erection of the office of the Company. At this time a number of lots had been sold and several cottages contracted for. A Postoffice was established at Bay Head in the Summer of 1882, Julius Foster, Postmaster. The Bay Head Land Company was incorporated September 6, .1879. Capital $12,000. Incorporators David H. Mount, Rocky Hill, Edward Howe, Leavitt Howe and William Harris, of Princeton. This quickly developed Summer resort may be said to have contributed largely to the current of popular fa- vor now bestowed upon this portion of Ocean county. It is situated at the head of Barnegat Bay, from which it takes its name of "Bay Head." There are about 286 lots in this tract, 50x100 feet in size. Its present popula- atiou is seventy-five. The improvements in 1882 com- prise 20 new cottages, and all the other improvements in a resort in the process of development. A sea wall has been put in, roads built and graded, &c. The prospects for the future are flattering, new houses being rapidly built. Bay Head Junction adjoins this tract and con- forms with its survey. MANTOLOKING. This beautiful property lies south of Bay Head on the peninsula beach, bounded on the east by the Atlantic ocean, on the west by Barnegat Bay. Considerable money has been laid out in improvements of this tract, of which the grading and complete laying over of the entire beach with heavy fertile inland soil may be men- tioned. This tract was first brought into notice by the New Jersey Sea-Shore Land and Improvement Com- pany, under the management of Capt. John Arnold, of Point Pleasant, whose energies awakened much interest in behalf of the place. Quite a number of fine cottages are already upon it, and many more in contemplation. SILVESTER. The Kettle Creek post office was established about 1834 or '5 and Mary Kelly was postmistress. EAELY SETTLERS, ETC. 287 Kettle Creek was anciently known also as Fishing Creek. James Fullerton had a patent for land beginning at north cape of Kettle or Fishing Creek and Dr. John Dalrymple had tract adjoining. Among persons who took up land from the pro- prietors in its vicinity were John Forman 1742-5 ; William Brinley 1742 ; Benjamin WooUey 1747 ; Richard Stout 1747 ; Ebenezer Applegate 1750 ;, Abraham Schenok 1755 ; Annanias Gifford 1756 ; David Knott 1761-1770 ; Delan- cey and Cuyler 1763 ; James Parker 1764 ; John Allen 1766. Among other persons who owned land here about or before this time were Thomas Tilton, Samuel Hule'tt, Joseph Potter and John Chambers. There was a saw mill built on Kettle Creek about 1740 and probably by Ebenezer Applegate, as in 1761 his "old saw mill" is referred to. It is presumed that this Ebenezer Applegate was a son of Jacob, as in the tax list of 1764 " Ebenezer Applegate son of Jacob" is the only Ebenezer named. Between 1740 and 1750 bridges were over branches of Kettle Creek, one of which was built by Benjamin Woolley and Job Cook. In 1764 John Allen had a saw mill on north branch. Tunis Denise took up considerable land in 1755 and thereabouts near Meteteconk and had saw and grist mill. It is possible that from him may be derived the name Tunes, one of the branches of- Kettle Creek. In 1815 SilvenuB Bills owned the Tunis Denise mills. Michael Ortley, whose name is noted in connection with land on the beach, took up land in 1818 between north and south branches of Kettle Creek. About the latter part of last century John Havens, Senior, bought dwellinghouse and land of John Allen and John Havens, Jr., bought dwelling and land of James Allen and in 1800 took up a tract from proprietors be- tween Kettle Creek and Eeedy Creek, near head of latter. James Eunnals lived south side Metetecunk 1745. POINT PLEASANT. Point Pleasant is a name applied to a semi-peninsu- 288 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. lar tract of land in Brick Township, Ocean county, rapidly becoming studded with resorts. It constitutes the northern extremity of the county, and is bounded on the east by the Atlantic, on the north-west by the beau- tiful Manasquan river, and on the south by the Metete- conk river and the head of Barnegat bay. The distance across the neck of the semi-peninsula (between the Mete- teconk and Manasquan rivers) is nearly two miles, while its ocean front stretches for three miles along the beach. Point Pleasant is a fertile tract, with well wooded undu- latory hills interspersed with lakelets, and faces a part of the Manasquan river with a bluff. It is reached from New York by the New Jersey Central railroad and also by the Freehold and Jamesburg branch of the Pennsyl- vania railroad ; and from Philadelphia by the Philadel- phia and Long Branch railroad. Some 18 or 20 years ago Point Pleasant was an unimproved, undeveloped tract, till taken hold of by Capt. John Arnold, seconded afterwards by no less energetic allies, and the result of his and their energy and enter- ' prjse is now seen in fine cottages, schools, churches, stores, hotels and boarding-houses standing on well laid out streets and avenues, where formerly rabbits and rep- tiles were wont to burrow. At that time the population did not exceed 12 families who had houses fit to live in; and ingress from or egress to either Philadelphia or New Tork implied forty miles by stage, and the loss of a whole day for the single journey. Point Pleasant now has Methodist Episcopal, Methodist Protestant, Episco- pal, Eoman Catholic, and Presbyterian churches ; graded, public and private schools ; two Postoffices and railroad stations as mentioned, and numerous hotels and board- ing-houses. Its chief attractions are those presented by the ocean, Barnegat bay and Manasquan river, afford- ing facilities for boating, fishing, crabbing, bathing, gun- ning, &c., its shady groves, and pure sea air. ARNOLD CITY. Arnold City is the most northerly of the new resorts Teferred to under Point Pleasant. The tract comprises EAKLY SETTLBKS, ETC. 289 300 lots, 50x100 feet, with avenues 70 feet and streets 60 feet in width. It is named after Captain John Arnold, the pioneer of this beautiful section of our coast. The improvements already mentioned under Point Pleasant, include the resorts. This tract is a part of the Arnold farm, purchased by Robert M. Worthington, who is as- sociated with Brighton, a flourishing new Summer resort in Monmouth county. By his able management of the Arnold tract most of the entire property has been dis- posed of to classes who are calculated to improve it. On this property are a station and roundhouse of the New Jersey Central railroad. POINT PLEASANT CITY. Point Pleasant City is the name of a Summer resort adjoining Arnold City. It is one of the first tracts taken up and laid out- for a Summer city by the sea at Point Pleasant. It has received increasing patronage from seaside seekers, who have purchased lots and are build- ing Summer homes upon them. The " Eesort House," and other hotels and boarding-houses attract large num- bers during the hot Summer months. BAY HEAD JUNCTION. This property is the last remaining beach tractimme- diately connecting with the mainland on the New Jersey coast. It lies north of Bay Head. It contains 190 lots, and offers the same advantages and attractions as the other Point Pleasant resorts. THE POINT PLEASANT LAND COMPANY. In the Spring of 1878 this company bought the John Forman property, consisting of 250 acres. The officers were John L. Murphy, President, James Buchanan, Sec- retary, J. Hart Brewer, Treasurer. Their first purchase extended from the ocean back to the old Squan road, and down to near the head of Barnegat Bay. Streets were laid out fifty to sixty feet wide. The company was incorporated Oct. 22, 1877, capital $50,000. Incorporators, J. Hart Brewer, Charles H. 290 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. Skirm, John L. Murphy, James Buchanan and William Cloke. The Stafford Forge Cranberry bog is quite a noted one, and usually very productive. In 1877 Mr. Daniel R. Gowdy, the owner, hal 300 pickers employed. John Lawrence of Manasquan sold 232 acres in 1727 to Thomas Tilton of Shrewsbury. Osborne's Island is now owned by Dr. Fuller of New York. As the river channel runs south of it, it belongs to Monmouth. Joseph Lawrence was a son of the first William and became possessed of 4-7ths of his father's estate above and below Manasquan river. POINT PLEASANT NOTES. The Thomas Cook place at junction of the river was bought by Thomas Cook, Sr., of Walter sind Mary Curtis 1782. The first Thomas Cook named above had children Thomas, Richard and Sarah who married Thomas Shearman. The Curtis family owned at one time most of the land around Point Pleasant. The first of the family were sbep-sons of Joseph Lawrence who married a widow Curtis. Joseph Lawrence lived just over the river in Monmouth on the Col. James Osborne place. The island in the river was once called Hartshorne's Island and then Osborne's Island. Samuel Osborne is named in this vicinity in 1754. OLD TIMES IN OCEAN COUNTY. THE LAST WAK WITH ENGLAND— CAPTUEE OF OCEAN COUNTY VESSELS. During the war of 1812-14," Ocean county vessels trading to New York and elsewhere, found their business seriously injured by British cruisers on our coast. Occasionally some bold, fortunate master of a vessel would succeed in eluding the enemy's vigilance, and OLD TIMES IN OCEAN COUNTY. 291 arrive safely at New York ; but generally they were not so fortunate. Commodore Hardy, in liis flag-ship, the " Eamillies," a Ti-gun ship, had command of the British blockading squadron on our coast. All accounts, written and traditional, concede that he was one of the most honorable officers in the British service. Unlike the in- famous Admiral Cockburn, who commanded the block- ading squadron further south, Hardy never took private property of Americans, except contraband in war, with- out offering compensation. By his vigilance he inflicted considerable damage to our coasters, and by nearly stop- ping this trade, injury also resulted to a large portion of other citizens then depending on the lumber trade. On the last day of March, 1813, Hardy, in the "Eamillies," came close to Barnegat Inlet and sent in barges loaded with armed men after two American ves- sels lying in the inlet. They boarded the schooner " Greyhound," Captain Jesse Rogers, of Potter's Creek, and attempted to take her out, but she grounded. The enemy then set fire to her and she was burned, together with her cargo of lumber. They then set fire to a sloop belonging to Captain Jonathan Winner, Hezekiah Soper and Timothy Soper, of Waretown. This vessel was saved, however, as signals were fired by the Commodore, recalling the barges in haste, that he might start in pur- suit of some vessel at sea. As soon as the barges left,, the Americans went on board the sloop and extinguished the fire. The name of the sloop has generally been given as the " Mary Elizabeth," but one or two old residents insist that it was the " Susan." The pilbbability is that vessels of both names were fired, but at different times. "While the barges were in the inlet a party landed on the beach, on the south side, and killed fifteen head of cattle belonging to Jeremiah Spragg and John Allen. The owners were away, but the British left word that if they presented their bill to Commodore Hardy, he would settle it, a^ he generally did similar ones. But the owners were too patriotic to attempt anything that seemed like furnishing supplies to the enemy. 292 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. At another time the schooner " President," Captain Amos Birdsall, of AVaretown, bound to New York, was taken by Commodore Hardy, who at once commenced to take from the schooner her spars, deck planks, etc. Cap- tain Birdsall, with his crew, had liberty to leave in their yawl ; but on account of a heavy sea they were detained a day or two on board, when they succeeded in getting on board a fishing smack, and thus got home. Before Captain Birdsall left the " Eamillies," the masts of his schooner had been sawed into plank by the British. 'The sloop "Elizabeth," Captain Thomas Bunnell, of Forked River, was captured by barges sent into Bar- negat Inlet, and towed out to sea ; but it is said she was shortly after lost on Long Island. The captain saw the barges coming, and he and the crew escaped in the yawl. She was owned by William Piatt and Captain Bunnell. At another time Captain Bunnell was taken out of another vessel and detained by the British some time, and then put on board a neutral vessel, said to have been Spanish, and thus got to New York. The sloop " Traveler," Cap- tain Asa Grant, was set on fire by the British, but the fire was extinguished after the British left. At another time, two sloops, one named the " Maria," Captain Joshua Warren, and the other the "Priendship," Captain Thomas Mills, were chased ashore near Squan. They were com- ing down the beach, when Commodore Hardy espied and stood for them, and they ran ashore. Hardy sent barges ashore to plunder them. One boat came to the " Friend- ship," and the bowsman caught hold of the taffrail to jump on board. Jesse Chadwick, a soldier of the Eevo- tion, went to the edge of the shore and shot the man. The barges then put back to the ship, which fired about two hundred balls at the sloops. A vessel commanded by Captain John Rogers, who lived near Toms River, was also captured, and Rogers himself detained for a while on the British man-of-war. Captain Rogers used frequently to relate his adventures on this ill-starred trip which cost him his vessel. Captain Jesse Rogers, of the "Greyhound," who OLD TIMES IN OCEAN COUNTY. 293 lived to quite an advanced age, made efforts to have liis losses reimbursed by Congress, as did also Messrs. Spragg and Allen and others, but they were unsuccessful. • At Waretown much excitement was created by the Isarges of Gommodore Hardy entering the inlet and burn- ing the " Greyhorfnd." At Forked Eiver a new dwelling and store had just been erected at the upper landing by Charles Parker, father of ex-Governor Joel Parker. Mr. Parker informed the writer that though his house was unfinished, yet the roof was filled with persons watching Hardy's proceedings. Judge Jacob Birdsall, then a boy, Avas among the children sent to dwellings back in the woods for safety.. The war of 1812 did not seem to be a very popular one in New Jersey, as the political party opposing it generally carried the State. To raise troops, a draft was at one time ordered along shore, which called for one man in every seven. This draft, however, seemed to work but little hardship, as seven men would club to- gether to hire a substitute, who could generally be engaged for a bonus of fifty dollars. Most of the men obtained under the orders for drafting were sent to de- fend Sandy Hook, where, from the reports they subse- quently made, their time was principally occupied in uttering maledictions on commissaries for furnishing them with horse beef and other objectionable grub. Among those who volunteered, the last survivor at Forked Bivor was the late Gershom Ayres, who served under General Eossell. At Waretown, Ealph Chambers was the last survivor. He was properly entitled to a pension for wounds received in the battle of Plattsburg ; but as he had money of his own when wounded, he hired medi- cal attendance at a private house to insure good atten- tion, by which means his name escaped being embraced in the official report of wounded. At Barnegat, Tunis Bodine was the last survivor of the war of 1812, and received a pension for his services. In September, 1877, Mr. Bodine completed his eighty-sixth year, and was remarkably well and hearby. 294 HISTOBY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. BIETHPLACE OF UN-IVEESALISM IN AMEEICA. THE POTTEB CHURCH AT GOODtUOK. A singular and interesting chapter in the religious history of not only Ocean county, but of this country, relates to the noted old Goodluck Church, formerly known as the " Potter Church," built in 1766 by Thomas Potter, a benevolent citizen of the village, who then lived east of the church on the farm subsequently owned by the late Captain Benjamin Stout. Before building the church, Potter had been in the habit of opening his house to travelling preachers of all persuasions, and after a while erected this edifice free to all denomina- tions, and in it preached Quakers, Presbyterians, Bap- tists and Methodists, and in it was preached the first Universalist sermon ever delivered in America. The earliest, notice of old Potter Church at Goodluck is found in the following extract from the Journal of John Griffith, a preacher of the Society of Friends, found in Friends' Library, vol. 5, p. 428 : " On 3d day, 22d of 4th month, 1766, had a large meeting at Little Egg Harbor. Next day had a meeting in a new Presbyterian meetinghouse near Barnegat. It was large and held more than an hour in silence which the people were not accustomed to. At length the word was given with authority and cleverness, showing the ad- vantage of silence in worship. '•" * We travelled by the seaside to a place called Goodluck where we found a large meetinghouse not quite finished, erected by one Thomas Potter, intended by him, it seems, for all preach- ers to make use of, who would preach freely, except Pa- pists, who would not be admitted even on those terms. We had a meeting in it, but notice not coming timely, it was small and to little satisfaction. We met him that afternoon on his return. He seemed sorry he happened to be out at that time ; he was beyond hireling ministry. CENTENAEY CELEBEATION AT GOODLUCK. EeV. Abel C. Thomas a noted and an aged minister of the Universalist Society furnished the following 296 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. account of the Centennial Celebration of Universalism in Groodluck, Ocean county, in 1870, for the New Jersey Courier, soon after it occurred : "We had no expectations of large delegations of our members at the late celebration in Goodhick. Our centenary had been attended the week previously in Gloucester, Mass., the number present being variously estimated from ten to fifteen thousand, including two hundred and fifty out of six hundred aarl fifty clergymen. "On the 28th of September, 1770, Eev. John Murray, a disciple of Eelly (in the sense that Relly was a disciple of Christ) landed on the coast of New Jersey. "The late great convocation in Gloucester antedated the landing of Murray by the space of one week, and a few of us deteimined to spend the exact Centenary at Goodluok, Ocean county. This was what took us there ; precisely one hundred years from the landing of Murray, we held a memorial service in the old church, and also at the Grave of Thomas Potter — the order being substan- tially the same that we had used in Gloucester. The only change was this : " We strew this evergreen and these flowers, in memory and honor of Thomas Potter, the friend and patron of John Murray, our early preacher of Universalism in America." After a brief address by the Eev. Abel C. Thomas, who conducted the services, a hymn was sung, and the services were appropriately closed. ,^f T'AIiSOX MTIKHAY C)l-" T 1] K c i < K ) O UUCK 298 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. CAPTAIN ADAM HYLER. THE DARING PRIVATEER OF THE REVOLUTION. Among the captains of privateers who came into Toms Eiver during the Revolution was Captain Adam Hyler. At the time Toms River was burned, one of his barges was found in the stream and carried away by the British. It is rare to find, in facb or fiction, more daring exploits recorded than those performed chiefly in the waters around old Monmouth by Captain Adam Hyler, who resided at New Brunswick during the latter part of the Revolutionary war. From some unaccountable cause, the heroic deeds of this man have received but little notice from historians ; indeed, we remember of but one modern work that makes any allusion to them, and that gives only two or three of the items published below. Captain Hyler' s operations were carried on in Rari- tan Bay, and along our coast as far down as Egg Harbor ; chiefly, however, in the first named place. Though he sometimes used sail craft, yet he generally depended upon whale boats or large barges, rowed by skillful crews. These barges were generally kept at New Bruns- wick, but some were at times concealed in small streams emptying into Raritan Bay and River, which place was then reached by old Cranberry Inlet. Though the Refugee band which had its headquar- ters at the settlement on Sandy Hook, around the light- house, gave great annoyance to the patriots of Monmouth ; yet their operations were much circumscribed by the efforts of Captain Hyler and his brave compatriots, who seriously interfered with the vessels of the Refugees, as well as of the British, and when opportunity ofiered, as will hereafter be seen, hesitated not to attack their settle- ment, and even the lighthouse fort itself. The Refugees would sometimes boast of successful midnight maraud- ing expeditions into the adjacent country, but the bold, skillful exploits of Hyler far eclipsed their best planned efforts. CAPTAIN ADAM HYLER. 299 A clear idea of Captain Hyler's manner of harassing the enemy is given in the following extracts, copied from various ancient papers published at the time. They serve to aid in completing the picture of life and times in and around old Monmouth during the Rci volution. " October 7, 1781. On Friday last, Captain Adam Hyler, from New Brunswick, with one gunboat and two whaleboats. within a quarter of a mile of the guard- ship at Sandy Hook, attacked five vessels, and after a smart conflict of fifteen minutes, carried them. Two of them were armed, one mounting four six-pounders, and one six swivels and one three-pounder. The hands made their escape with their long boats, and took refuge in a small fort, in which were mounted twelve swivel guns, from which they kept up a constant firing, notwithstand- ing which he boarded them all without the loss of a man. On board one of them was 250 bushels of wheat and a quantity of cheese belonging to Captain Lippen- cott, bound to New York. He took from them fifty bushels of wheat, a quantity of cheese, several swivels, a number of fuses, one cask of powder and some dry- goods, and stripped them of their sails and rigging, not being able to bring the vessels into port in consequence of a contrary wind and tide ; after which he set fire to all save one, on board of which was a woman and four small children, which prevented her from sharing a similar fate." On the 13th of October, a week or ten days after the above-mentioned affair. Captain Hyler, with one gunboat and two whaleboats, boarded a sloop and two schooners, which all hands, except two, had previously left, and which lay under the cover of the lighthouse fort at Sandy Hook, and brought them all off; but the sloop being a dull sailor, and being much annoyed from a galley lying near Staten Island, she was set on fire about three miles from the fort. One of the schooners running aground by accident, was stripped and left ; the other, a remarkably fine, fast sailing, Virginia built pilot, mounted with one four-pounder, was brought, with two prisoners, safely off. 300 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. On the 24th of the same month, he started with one gunboat to surprise the " refugee town " at Sandy Hook. He landed within three quarters of a mile of the light house, but found the refugees were out in Monmouth county on a plundering expedition. He, however, fell in with six noted villains who he brought off and lodged in a safe place. A subsequent notice of Captain Hyler, says that at one time he captured the Captain of the guard at the light house, with all his men, but whether it was at this or some other time, is not stated. November 14th, 1781. On Saturday night, Captain Hyler, with a gunboat and a small party of men, went to the Narrows, where he captured a ship with fourteen ^ hands, and brought her off with the intention of running her up the Raritan river, but near the mouth she unluckily got aground, and, as the enemy approached in force, he was obliged to set her on fire. She was loaded with rum and pork ; several hogsheads of the former he got out and brought off with the prisoners. The ship captured was probably " The Father's De- sire," as twenty hogsheads of rum and thirty barrels of pork were advertised by the U. S. Marshal to be sold a few days after ; which the advertisement states were taken from a ship of this name by Captain Hyler. " On the 15th of December, Captain Hyler, who commands seven or eight stout whale boats, manned with near one hundred men at the Narrows, fell in with two refugee sloops trading to Shrewsbury, one of them commanded by the noted villain, ' Shore Stephens,' and had on board =£600 in specie, besides a considerable quantity of dry goods; the other had similar articles, also sugar, rum, etc. They were taken to New Brunswick." The many daring exploits of Captain Hyler, follow- ing so. close one after another, aroused the British at" New York, and they fitted out an expedition with the determination of destroying his boats, and, if possible, capturing him. The following account of this expedition is derived chiefly from Philadelphia papers of the dates of Januarv 15th and 16th 1782 : CAPTAIN ADAM HYLEE. 301 " A party of the British lately (about Janviary 9th) made an incursion to New Brunswick with the design, it is said, of carrying off the boats of the celebrated partisan. Captain Adam Hyler. They landed at New Brunswick and plundered two houses, but were gallantly opposed by the neighboring miltia, and the enemy were driven off with some loss. Further accounts say there were some 200 refugees and British, and that they succeeded in destroying the whale boats. No Americans were killed, but five were wounded and six taken prisoners. Several Tories were killed — four known to be, and several were seen to be carried off. The British made the attack about five o'clock, A. M., just before daylight, and the American account says the expedition was well planned, and that the Tories held the town for about an hour. The British regulars were detachments from the 40th and 42d regiments, under command of Caijtain Beckwith, in six boats, and they took away all of Hyler's boats. The British alleged that Captain Hyler was a deserter from the Royalists." It is probable that at this time, besides his boats at New Brunswick, Captain Hyler had others concealed elsewhere, as we find early in the following spring he was at work as usual, apparently but little inconveni- enced by the loss of the boats taken by the British, though he may have built some in the meantime. In March following, when the British attacked and burned Toms Eiver, they boasted of having captured there a fine large barge, belonging to Captain Hyler. In April, 1782, Captain Hyler, in an open boat, boarded and took a large cutter, almost ready for sea, lying near Sandy Hook, and near the Lion man-of-war, sixty-four guns. This cutter mounted twelve eighteen pounders, and was commanded by one White, formerly of Philadelphia, but turned apostate. Hyler blew up the vessel, which was designed as a cruiser, and took forty prisoners. Another account says the number of prisoners was fifty, and the cutter's armament was six eighteen pounders and ten nine pounders. At the same 302 HISTOEY 'of MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. time he took a sloop which was ransomed for j£400. The Captain of the cutter gives an am.using account of the way Hyler captured his vessel. "On the 25th of May, 1782, Captain Hyler, with his armed boats, being in Shrewsbury river, a party of British troops, consisting of twenty-five men, under Cap- tain Shaak, was detached to intercept him in the gut. Hyler discovered them, and landed thirteen men with orders to charge ; when four of the enemy were billed or wounded, and the Captain and eight men taken prisoners. By the firing of a gun it was supposed others were killed, as they were seen to fall. Just before this affair Captain Hyler had met with a hurt, or otherwise he probably would not have let a man escape." On the 2d of July, Captain Hyler, assisted by Cap- tain Story, another brave partisan, in New York bay, with two whale boats, boarded and took the schooner " Skip Jack," carrying six guns, besides swivels, and burned her at noon, in sight of the guard-ship, and took the Captain and nine or ten men prisoners. About the same time he also took three or four trading vessels, loaded with calves, sheep, &c. These were probably about the last exploits in which Captain Hyler was engaged, as we find no further men- tion of his name in ancient papers iintil the announce- ment of his death, some two months after. He died at New Brunswick on the 6th of September, 1782. The following from an ancient paper gives a graphic account of his manner of conducting his operations. It was originally published June 19, 1782 : "The exertions of the celebrated water partisan, Captain Adam Hyler, have been a considerable annoy- ance to the wood shallops, trading vessels and plunder- ing pirates of the enemy about Sandy Hook, Long Island and Staten Island for several months past. You have heard that his effort to take an eighteen-gun cutter was crowned with success. It was indeed a bold and hazard- ous attempt, considering how well she was provided against being boarded. He was, however, compelled to CAPTAIN ADAM HyLEE. 303 blow her up, after securing his prisoners and a few arti- cles on board. His surprising a captain of the guard, at the lighthouse, with all his men, a short time ago, was a handsome affair, and gained him much credit. He has none but picked and tried men. The person who dis- covers the least symptom of fear or diffidence, be he who he will, is immediately turned on shore and never suf- fered to enter again. In the next place, they are taught to be particularly expert at the oar, and to row with such silence and dexterity as not to be heard at the smallest distance, even though three or four boats be together, and go at the ralte of twelve miles an hour. Their cap- tures are made chiefly by surprise or stratagem ; and most of the crews that have hitherto been taken by these boats declare they never knew anything of an enemy- being at hand till they saw the pistol or cutlass at their throats." After the notorious Refugee, Lippencott, had barba- rously murdered Captain Joshua Huddy, near the High- lands, General Washington was anxious to have the murderer secured. He had been demanded of the British General, and his surrender refused. Captain Hyler was determined to take Lippencott On inquiry he found that he resided in a well known house in Broad street. New York. Dressed and equipped like a man-of- war press gang, he left the Kills, with one boat, after dark, and arrived at Whitehall about nine o'clock. Here he left his boat in charge of three men and passed to the residence of Lippencott, where he inquired for him and found that he was absent, having gone to a cock pit. Thus failing in his object he returned to his boat, with hisjjrei-s gang, and left Whitehall, but finding a sloop lying at anchor off ^;he battery, from the West Indies, laden with rum, he took her, cut her cable, set her sails, and, with a north-east wind, sailed to Elizabethtown Point, and before daylight, had landed from her and secured forty hogsheads of rum. He then burned the sloop to prevent her re-capture. Tlie fact of Captain Hyler's having been formerly in 304 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. the British service, increases our admiration for his bold operations. Had he been taken by the British he proba- bly would have received a deserter's punishment. NEW JEESEY WATERING PLACES — THEIE ORIGIN. The first seaside resorts in New Jersey in all proba- bility were Long Beach, in Monmouth, and Tucker's Beach, in Little Egg Harbor. The first named plac^, now in Ocean county, is opposite the villages of Barnegat and Mannahawkin, and the latter opposite Tuckerton. Of these places Watson's Annals of Philadelphia says : " We think Long Beach and Tucker's Beach in point of earliest attraction as a seaside resort for Philadel- phians must claim the precedence. They had their visi- tors and distant admirers long before Squan and Deal, and even Long Branch itself, had got their several fame. To those who chiefly desire to 'restore languid frames, and to find their nerves braced and firmer strung, noth- ing can equal the invigorating surf and general air. * * Long Branch — last but greatest in fame, because the fashionables who rule all things have made it so — is still inferior as a surf to those above named." Before the Revolution, Philadelphians and others from a distance who visited Long and Tucker Beaches, went in old-fashioned shore wagons on their return trips from the city, and took with them their stoves, blankets, etc. Some people on the beaches began to make pro- visions to receive these transient boarders, and so origi- nated this business in New Jersey in which now annually is spent such an immense amount of money. The shore wagons carted fish and oysters to Philadelphia, Trenton and other places over a hundred years ago, and these primitive conveyances on their return trips were first used to convey health or pleasure seekers to our earliest seaside resorts. What a contrast between then and now — between an oyster wagon and a palace car ! NEW JEKSEY WATERING PLACES. 305 Long Branch comes next in order, being first known as a watering place about 1788. Cape, May began to be. known as a watering place about 1813. Atlantic City was founded some forty years later, about the time of the completion of the Camden and Atlantic railroad. The foregoing watering places from Long Branch to Cape May, it is said, were all brought into notice by Philadelphians. LONG BRANCH — WHO FIRST BROUGHT IT INTO NOTICE. The earliest mention of Long Branch as a watering place in any historical works that the writer of this has found, is in Watson's Annals of Philadelphia, published in 1830, as follows : " This place, before the Revolution, was owned by Colonel White, a British officer, and an inhabitant of New York. The small house which he " occupied as a summer residence was existing among a clump of houses owned by Benshaw, in 1830. In consequence of the war the place was confiscated. The house was first used as a boarding house by EUiston Perot, of Philadelphia, in 1788. At that time the whole premises were in charge of one old woman left to keep the place from injury. Of her Mr. Perot begged an asylum for himself and family, which was granted, provided he could get beds and bed- ding from others. Being pleased with the place he re- peated his visit there three successive years, taking some friends with him. In 1790-1, Mr. McKnight, of Mon- mouth, noticing the liking shown for the place, deemed it a good speculation to buy it. He bought the whole premises containing one hundred &,cres for £700 and then got Mr. Perot and others to loan him two thousand dol- lars to improve it. He then opened it for a watering place and before his death it was supposed he had made forty thousand dollars by the investment. The estate was sold to Renshaw for $13,000." According to Watson it would seem that EUiston Perot was the founder of Long Branch as a watering 306 HISTOBY OF MONMOUTH AND OCPAN COUNTIES. place. The Perot family lias been a prominent one in Philadelphia annals. During the Eevolution the Perot mansion at Germantown was used by Lord Howe as a residence, and after the war, while General Washington was President, he also occupied it for a time during the prevalence of the yellow fever in the city in 1793. THE LAST INDIAN CLAIMANTS. At a conference between the whites and Indians held at Crosswicks, N. J., in February, 1758, two Indians known by the whites as Tom Store and Andrew WooUey claimed the land "from the mouth of Squan river to the mouth of the Shrewsbury, by the streams of each to their heads and across from one head to another." This claim was satisfactorily settled at a subsequent confer- ence held at Eastoii, Pa., in October of the same year. HISTOBY AND TEADITIONS OF LONG BEANCH. The following extracts are from the New York Gazette, Morris' Guide and other authorities, to which some comments are added : From the best sources we find a tradition generally credited among the best informed descendants of old settlers, that a party of Indians, whose grounds lay back of this portion of the coast, visited the shore in the fall of 1784. So well pleased were the red men with this inaugural visit to the seaside, that like many of their modern white brethren, they became habitues of the place, still adhering to the original camping ground, a location near the Clarendon Hotel. Here they made their annual pilgrimage for fishing, &c., and welcoming, after a long march, the termination of the land, called the place "Land's End." A few } ears thereafter settlers bought crown lands for twenty shillings per acre, and to protect their dwell- ings from the winter winds upon the coast, located them a short distance from the shore, pursuing the double calling of farmers and fishermen. They opened the Burlington pathway to Monmouth Court House and attracted other settlers, thus establishing old Long NEW JERSEY WATEEING PLACES. 307 Branch Village, one and a hstlf miles from the beach and within a radius of this distance embracing a popula- tion of over three thousand. When the old settlers had opened the Burlington pathway to Monmouth Court House, intersecting a road to Burlington, communication was then opened with this point of the Atlantic coast, possessing advantages as a salubrious seaside resort far superior to any other. No other portion of this coast commands a bluff of more than from half a mile to a mile in extent, while Long Branch has a continuous range of five miles of bluff, which extends over a rolling country of increasing eleva- tions back to Monmouth Court House at Freehold, a distance of seventeen miles. At the early period indi- cated, Philadelphians availed themselves of the oppor- tunity thus presented to drive over the new road and enjoy the luxuries of a sea bath^ OEIGIN OF NAME — THE GREAT WRESTLING MATCH. " Long Branch takes its name from a brook, a branch of the South Shrewsbury river, which runs in a direct line northward with the coast. It is of little use except for gathering ice for the hotels and cottages. Tradition points to an Indian fishery, established in 1734, as the first occupation of this place, which was styled at that time ' Land's End.' A legend tells us that in those early times four men named Slocum, Parker, Wardell and Hulett, came from Ehode Island in qiiest of land. They found the Indians friendly but not dis- posed to sell. It was proposed by the Yankees that a wrestling match should be made up between one Indian and one of the whites, to be decided by the best in three rounds. If the champion of the white men won, they were to have as much land as a man could walk around in a day; if otherwise, they were to leave peacably. John Slocum was selected for the struggle — a man of great proportions, athletic and of great strength, courage and inflexibility of purpose. Great preparations were made to witness the encounter. The chosen Indian 308 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. wrestler practised continually for the event. The day long expected proved cloudless and auspicious. The spot chosen was the present Fishing Land. A circle was formed and the Indian champion, elated, confident and greased from head to foot, appeared. Slocura ad- vanced coolly and the struggle began ; it was long and doubtful ; finally Slocum threw his antagonist, but in an instant the Indian was again on his feet. A murmur ran through the circle. Again the Indian made a violent ef- fort and both fell. Another murmur was heard. Silence prevailed as they came together again, broken only by the roaring of the surf. A long struggle. Slocum inured to toil, hardy and rugged, proved too much for the Indian and threw him, to the intense disappointment of the Indians and undisguised joy of the whites. The terms were then all arranged. John Slocum had two brothers and they located that part of Long Branch reaching from the shore to Turtle Mill brook, embracing all lands lying north of the main road, from the sea to Eatontown, between these two points to the south of Shrewsbury, except Fresh Pond and Snag Swamp, which was located by one of the Wardell family. A considerable portion of these lands continued in the possession of the Slocums until fifty or sixty years ago. All are now gone into other hands. The Parkers placed themselves on Eum- son's Neck. Hulett lived for a time at Horse Neck, but afterwards left this region. Indian warrants, it is said, still exist in the county conveying these lands to the white owners. After some years a few hardy settlers from neigh- boring provinces purchased lands from the agents of the Crown at the rate of twenty shillings per acre, deeds for which, it is stated, are in existence over the signature of King George III or his agents." Probably the most noted Indian in this section of Old Monmouth was the celebrated Indian Will, of whom a number of traditions were published and which are given elsewhere. He was well known at Eatontown, Long Branch and vicinity, at Squan and along the coast down CENTENNIAL YEAR OF PEACE. 309 as far as Barnegat. A tradition in Howe's Collections says the Indians in this section sold out their lands to Lewis Morris in 1670, but Indian "Will refused to leave. The probability is that this tradition has confounded two transactions. Indian Will, according to the best ■traditionary authority, lived near a century later, and the Indian sale of land with which his name has been connected was probably the one originating at a confer- ence held at Crosswicks in February, 1758, and concluded at Eastern Pennsylvania in the same year. CENTENNIAL YEAE OF PEACE. PEBBUABY 2d — JULY 4tH — NOVEMBEB 25tH. Independence Day one hundred years ago was but little observed in our State. At Trenton a number of patriotic gentlemen assembled at the house of Isaiah Yard. Thirteen cannons, one for each State, were fired ; after which a cold collation was served, and then the company separated. The reason that this particular day was less observed th'an several which had preceded it was that the event it commemorated had so recently been celebrated in connection with the proclamation of peace. In nearly all the towns of our State, Trenton ex- cepted, the proclamation of peace was celebrated on the 19th of April, because that day was the anniversary of the first battle of the Eevolution, that of Lexington. At Trenton the celebration was held a few days before, on the 15th. The news had been received by a French ship, at Philadelphia, March 23d. Three days later, on "Wed- nesday, March 26, the Trenton New Jersey Gazette pub- lished the news, which rapidly spread through the State by post-riders, expresses and private conveyances. The official proclamation in New Jersey was made by Gover- nor Livingston on the 14th of the next month, and the next day the citizens generally assembled at the house of Mr. Williams (where public meetings were frequently held), and a procession was formed, in which were Gov- ernor Livingston, the Vice-President of Council, mem- 310 HISTOBY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. bers of the Legislature, judges, magistrates, students of the academy and citizens generally. They marched to the Court House, where the Governor's proclamation announcing the cessation of hostilities was read, and thirteen cannon fired, followed by the huzzas of the people. At 1.2 o'clock divine service was held and a suitable discourse delivered by Eev. Dr. Elihu Spencer. At 3 P. M. the Governor and citizens met at the houses of Messrs. Willianis and Cape (both of whom probably kept hotels), where entertainments were given and appropriate toasts proposed. In the evening almost every house in Trenton was illuminated. At Princeton, on the 19th, the programme was about the same. The religious discourse was by the Bev. Dr. Witherspoon. Celebrations were also held at New Brunswick, Woodbridge, Cranberry, Amwell in Somerset, and other places. Bordentown seemed to have had the most notable one. At noon the citizens of the town and vicinity assembled at the house of Colonel Okey Hoagland. The Governor's proclamation was read, thirteen cannons fired, huzzas, etc. At 3 P. M. a dinner and toasts at Colonel Hoagland's. In the evening the houses of the town were all illuminated, but the particular attractions were the illuminated transparencies at the house and academy of Eev. Burges Allison. The transparencies represented : 1. The sun in its meridian splendor, shedding its rays oA the segment of the globe comprehending North America, with the motto, " Shine on our happy land." 2. Portrait of General Washington encompassed with thirteen stars, representing the States, with the motto above, " Independent, united and free ! " Below the motto, " Success to our allies ! " 3. Peace represented with implements of husbandry, and a dove with an olive branch, with the motto, " They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks." CENTENNIAL YEAR OF PEACE. 311 4. Plenty represented by ten cornucopias with fruits ;and flowers ; the cornua supporting a festoon, two wheat sheaves and a basket of fruit. 5. The crown of France in the middle of the Jleur de lu, with the motto, " Long live Louis XV." 6. A trophy adorned with British arms, drums and inverted standard; motto, "Spoils of our foes," over which was Fame flying, with a label from her trumpet, " America shall be free ! " 7. Britannia sitting in a disconsolate position point- ing to her broken spear, saying by a label, "Alas, I've lost America ! " Mars standing with his sword extended over her and saying per label, " I've humbled her ! " 8. America in the figure of an Indian with his bow and arrows, and the British crown lying at his feet. Mercury standing by him with a laurel crown, saying, per label, " The laurels thou hast won." The celebration at Bordento.wn closed with a grand ball in the evening. New Brunswick had a curious bon- fire in the evening ; sixteen tar barrels, supported by separate poles of great length, all set on fire at the same time with a large quantity of combustibles around the tallest poles. In almost every town the celebration was commenced by divine services. At New Brunswick the services were in the Dutch Church, and conducted by a Presbyterian minister, Eev. Israel Reed. His text was from Ecc. 7:14, "In this day of prosperity be joyful." At Woodbridge Bev. Mr. Hoe conducted the services. The toasts in the various towns, Trenton, Princeton and elsewhere, were very pertinent. HOW THE NEWS CAME — A RACE ACROSS THE OCEAN. Provisional articles of peace between Great Britain and the United States were signed at Paris, November 20, 1782, to go into effect when a treaty between France and Great Britain should be agreed upon, which was done January 20, 1783, but not to go into effect until rati- fications were exchanged. This took place February 3, 312 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. 1783, and as soon as it occurred our French friends were intensely anxious that a French ship should be the bearer of the first news received in America. Lafayette and Count D'Estaing determined to have a war ship- started at the earliest possible moment. It would not do to send a ship by way of the Channel or North Sea, as the treaty did not aifect vessels there until twelve days after February 3, and their, ships might be intercepted. But D'Estaing had an immense new fleet of sixty war ships just fitted out to aid in attacking England. It was determined to send one of this fieet, then lying at Cadiz, at the farthest extremity of Spain. By the time the dis^ patches were prepared, sent to the ship, and the ship fitted for the voyage, over two weeks had elapsed. On the 19th of Februarj'^ she set sail. The name of the ship was the " Triumph." Perhaps Lafayette and D'Estaing- selected her because of her name to carry the triumphant news. Her captain was the Chevalier du Quesne. The anxiety was great that she should get the news to Phila- delphia before a British ship could carry the news to the enemy in New York. In this our French friends were gratified. The English ship did not reach New York until April 4, while the " Triumph," after a passage of thirty-two days, reached the capes of the Delaware, when the cajjtain went ashore and started an express with the dispatches, which reached Philadelphia at 9 o'clock on the morning of March 23, beating the British nearly two weeks. On Wednesday, March 26, the New Jersey Oasette, at Trenton, published the news under the head of "Peace, Liberty and Independence." It is doubtful if the Trenton State Gazette of 1865, in publishing the news of Lee's surrender, spread so much joy as did its predecessor by the news in its issue of March 26, 1783. B. Smith was postmaster at Trenton then, and the dispatches came, probably, to his care by James Martin, who was post-rider between Philadelphia and Trenton. There were no post-offices then in Burlington or Mon- mouth. John Van Kirk, of Cranberry, an ex-Sheriff of HIGH PRICE FOR A MONMOUTH BOOK. 313 Middlesex, was a post-rider on his own account from Trenton to AUentown, Freehold, Middletown, etc., and similar post-riders carried the old New Jersey Gazette to East Jersey, Newark, Morris and elsewhere, and great joy did those post-riders bring to every town and home with the news. In most of the celebrations of peace in New Jersey the three prominent toasts were : "February 3d,", date of Peace; "April 19th," Battle of Lexington; "July 4th," Independence Day. And these three memorable days were commemorated in one. The thirteenth toast at Princeton expressed the idea of all : " May the recol- lection of the 19th of April, 1775, the 4th of July, 1776, and the 2d of February, 1783, prove a terror to tyrants and oppressors throughout the world." Of course the finale of the war had not yet come. Evacuation Day, November 25, 1783, when the British evacuated New York, was perhaps the last act in the eight years' war. What a fearful contrast between the distress and despair of the Refugees in New York, whom peace had ruined, and the joy of the Patriots ! HIGH PEICE FOR A MONMOUTH BOOK. Philip Freneau, the popular poet of bhe Revolution, issued from his press at Mount Pleasant, Monmouth county, in 1795, a volume of his poems entitled : POEMS, Written between the years 1768 and 1794, By Philip Fkeneau, of New Jersey. A new edition, revised and corrected by the Author, Including a considerable number of pieces never before published. Av^x inde cohors stellis eplurebus nnum Ardua pyramidos tollit ad antra caput. MONMOUTH, N. J. Printed at the Press of the Author, at MOUNT PLEASANT, near MIDDLE- TOWN POINT : M,DCC,XCV : and of American Independence XIX. Over the Latin motto is a pyramid of fifteen stars — the pyramid of fifteen American States. There are other editions of his poems, but this one is so rare that it is highly prized by antiquarians. Our attention has been 314 HISTOEY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. called to this book by the fact that in a recent London bookseller's catalogue a copy is advertised for sale ; price, XS.lOs. (about seventeen dollars.) A leading A.meri- can dealer in, and importer of rare and curious works, generally charges a customer here forty cents for every shilling a book costs in London, to cover risks and profit- This would make this book cost an American purchaser twenty-eight dollars ! But this is not the highest price this work has been held at. A friend found a copy in an antiquarian bookstore in Washington a few years ago, for which the dealer asked some forty odd dollars, but finally got down to thirty-five dollars ! Philip Freneau married Miss Eleanor Forman, daughter of Samuel Forman, a wealthy citizen of the county. Colonel Jonathan and Denise Forman, men- tioned in the historical sketches of the county in connec- tion with Eevolutionary matters, were her brothers, and General David Forman was a cousin. Both Mr. and Mrs. Freneau are buried at Mount Pleasant. He died December 18, 1832. The following account of his death was published in the Monmouth Inquirer at the time : "Mr Freneau was in the Tillage, and started towards evening to go home, about two miles. In attempting to go across he appears to have got lost and mired in a bog meadow, where his lifeless corps was disooTered yesterday. Captain Freneau was a stanch Whig in the time of the Bevolu- tion, a good soldier and a warm patriot. The productions of his pen ani- mated his countrymen in the darkest days of 76, and the effusions of his muse cheered the desponding soldier as he fought the battles of freedom. "Of this poet, from whom Thomas Campbell and Walter Scott did not hesitate to plagiarize ; whom the greatest EngUsh critic compared to Orray and who wrote pieces that Scott learned by heart, one of which he pronounced 'as fine as anything written in the EngUsh language ' is a man of whom Monmouth has a reason to be proud. He was the intimate tnend of leading American statesmen for nearly two generations." AN AMUSING STEATAGEM. The noted Commodore Percival, who died a few years ago, familiarly named " Mad Jack Percival," in the early part of his naval career was the hero of an adven- ture on our coast, which is thus described by a paper published in New York at the time : " On Sunday morning, July 4, 1813, the fishing smack AN AMUSING STEATAGEM. 315 ' Yankee ' was borrowed by Commodore Lewis, who liad command of the American flotilla stationed at Sandy- Hook, for the purpose of taking by stratagem the sloop * Eagle,' tender to the Poictiers 74, cruising off and on Sandy Hook, which succeeded to a charm. A calf, a sheep and a goose were purchased and secured on deck. Thirty men, well armed, were secreted in the cabin and forepeak. Thus prepared, the 'Yankee' stood out of Mosquito Cove, as if going on a fishing trip to the Banks ; three men only being on deck dressed in fishermen's apparel, with buff caps on. The 'Eagle,' on perceiving the smack, immediately gave chase, and after coming up with her and finding she had live stock on board, ordered her to go down to the Commodore, then five miles dis- tant. The helmsman of the smack answered, 'Ay! ay, sir ! ' and apparently put up the helm for that purpose, which brought him alongside the ' Eagle,' not three yards distant. The watchword ' Lawrence ' was then given, when the armed men rushed on deck from their hiding places and poured into her a volley of musketry which struck the crew with dismay, and drove them so precipi- tately into the hold that they had not time to strike the flag. Seeing the enemy's deck clear, Sailingmaster Per- cival, who commanded the expedition, ordered the men to cease from firing, upon which one of the men came out the hold and struck the ' Eagle's ' colors. They had on board a thirty-two pound brass howitzer loaded with canister shot, but so sudden was the surprise they had not time to discharge it. The crew of the ' Eagle ' con- sisted of H. Morris, master's mate of the Poictiers, W. Price, midshipman, and eleven seamen and marines. Mr. Morris was killed^ Mr. Price mortally wounded, and one marine killed and one wounded. The ' Eagle,' with the prisoners, arrived off the Battery in the afternoon and landed the prisoners at Whitehall, amid the shouts and plaudits of thousands of spectators assembled at the Battery to celebrate the anniversary of independence. Mr. Morris was buried at Sandy Hook with military honors. Mr. Pric6 was carried to New York, where on 316 HISTOEY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. Thursday he died, and was buried with military cere- monies in St. Paul's churchyard." A traditionary version of this affair, as related by the late Judge Job F. Eandolph, of Barnegat, says that Percival wished to make his boat appear as a market boat ; that he placed one of his men on a seat close to the bulwark disguised as an old Quakerish looking farmer, with broad-brimmed hat and long staff in hand, while he looked like an ignorant boor at the wheel, and by his answers made the British think he was half-witted. When ordered to drop alongside, under threat of being fired into, he made a silly reply to the effect, " You had better not try it, for dad's big molasses jug is on deck, and if you broke that, he would make you sorry for it." THE SKIRMISH AT MANAHAWKEN. ' At one time it was rumored that the Refugee, Cap- tain John Bacon, with a party of his marauders, was on his way to Manahawken, on a plundering expedition, and such of the militia as could be notified, were hastily summoned together at Captain Randolph's house to pre- pare to meet them. The handful of militia remained on the alert the greater part of the night, but towards morning, finding the enemy failed to appear, they con- cluded it was a false alarm, and retired to sleep, after stationing sentinels. Tradition says that the sentinels were stationed on the main road, two above the hotel, and two below, and that on one post were Jeremiah Ben- , nett and Job Randolph, and on the other, Seth Crane and Samuel Bennett, and that Captain Randolph superin- tended the lookout. • The Rsfugdss came down the road from the north, and the first intimation the sentinels stationed near the old Baptist church had of their approach, was hearing their bayonets strike together as they were marching. The sentinels halted long enough to see that the party was quite large, double the number of the militia, and tiring, ran across the fields to give the alarm. By the THE SKIRMISH AT MANAHAWKEN. 317 time the few militia were aroused, the Eefugees were abreast of the house, and before the Americans could form, they were fired upon, and Lines' Pangburn killed, and Sylvester Tilton severely wounded. The militia were compelled to retreat down the lane before they could organize, when, finding the Eefugees had the larger force, and were well armed, they were reluctantly compelled to decline pursuing them. The Eefugees passed down the road towards West Creek. Tilton, who was so severely wounded, recovered almost miraculously, as the ball passed clear through him, going in by one shoulder and out at his breast ; the physician, as is well authenticated, passed a silk hand- kerchief completely through the wound. After the war was over, Tilton removed to Colt's Neck, where it is believed some of his descendants now live. Lines Pang- burn, who was killed, was probably the same person who aided in organizing the Baptist church at Manahawken, was the first delegate to the General Association, and also the man referred to so very kindly by Eev. John Murray, as " Esquire " Pangburn. Sylvester Tilton always believed that a Eefugee named Brewer, was the man who wounded him, and he vowed to have revenge if he should ever meet him. Several years after the war closed, he heard that Brewer was at a certain place, and he started after him unarmed, though he knew Brewer was always well pro- vided with weapons. He found Brewer and closed in on him before the Eefugee could avail himself of weapons, and gave him a most unmerciful beating; it would prob- ably have fared worse with Brewer but for the interfer- ence of a much esteemed Quaker named James Willets. After Tilton had finished, he told Brewer, "You scoun- drel, you tried to kill me once, and I have now settled with you for it, and you've got to leave here and follow the rest of your gang." The rest of the Eefugees had fled to Nova Scotia. After the war the widow of Lines Pangburn applied to the court at Freehold for relief and the following is 318 HISTOEY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. a copy of the record in the Clerk's office : " To the Honorable Court of Quarter Sessions to be holden in and for the county of Monmouth. Wheeeas L. Pangburn, a militiaman, an inhabitant of Stafford, under command of Captain Joseph Randolph, who was shot dead as he stood on guard, by a party of Refugees, on the thirty-first day of December, 1780, in the pres- ence of Sylvester Tilton (who was shot through with a bullet at the same time) and Reuben Randolph, both being sworn and affirmed before me, Amos Pharo, say the above facts are true. Sylvester Tilton, Reuben Randolph. Amos Phaeo. Now the widow of him, the deceased, by the name of Ann Pangburn, prays that your Honors may give her some aid for her support as she is blind and in low cir- cumstances. The Court allowed her half pay." BATTLvE MONUMEKT. KliEEHOLU. 320 HISTOEY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. THE BATTLE MONUMENT. EFFOETS TO ERECT IT. In 1846 and in 1854 special efforts were made to ac- complish the erection of a monument to commemorate the Battle of Monmouth. The first step taken was the publication of an advertisement in the Monmmoth In- quirer of June 18, 1846, and was as follows : MONUMENT ON MONMOUTH BATTLE-GEOUND. THE citizens of Monmouth county, wlio are in favor of taking measures to erect a monument to commemorate the Battle of Monmouth, are re- quested to meet in the Court House, in the village of Freehold, on SAT- URDAY, the 27th inst., at 3 o'clock, P. M. John Hull, Wrr.T.TAM H. Bennett, Enoch Cowabd, D. V. McLean, A. C. McLean, J. B. Thbockmobton, H. D. POLHEMUS, B. P. EiANDOIiPH. Freehold, June 18, 1846. Next, a copy of the Demo&rat of July 2, 1846, con- tained a report of the proceedings of the meeting as follows : MONUMENTAL MEETING. A call for a meeting of the inhabitants of the county of Monmouth, to take measures to erect a monument in commemoration of the Battle of Monmouth, having been published in the Freehold papers, a number of persons met at the time appointed. Enoch Coward, Sen., was called to the chair, and A. C McLean appointed Secretary. The object of the meeting was stated by Eev. D. V. McLean, and remarks made by J. B. Throckmorton, B. Connolly, Eev. A. Marcellus and others. The following resolutions were offered by D. B. Mc- Lean, and adopted : 1. Resolved, That it is the duty of a grateful posterity to commemorate not only in their hearts, but by suitable monuments, the noble deeds of their fathers, and the important events in their history. i. Eesolved, That among the important events of our Revolutionary struggle, the Battle of Monmouth should never be forgotten THE BATTLE MONUMENT. 321 3. Eesolved, That we believe the time has fully come when the citizens of Monmouth county should unite and erect a suitable monument to com- memorate that important event. 4. Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be published in the Freehold papers. The meeting tlien adjourned to meet in the Court House on the 4th day of August, at 2 o'clock, P. M. From the Monmouth Inquirer, .August 6, 1846. MONUMENT MEETING. The adjourned meeting, called to take into further consideration the propriety and importance of erecting a monument to designate the ground and to commemorate the Battle of Monmouth, convened in the court room, during the recess of court, on Tuesday. A considerable' number were present, among whom we noticed some of our most estimable and influential citizens. The meeting was temporarily organized by the appointment of Thomas G. Haight, President, and Amzi 0. McLean, Esq,, Secre- tary. It was, therefore, determined to organize a per- manent association to be called " The Monmouth Monu- ment Association," for the accomplishment of this purpose. A constitution was then offered by Bev. D. V. McLean, which was taken up, section by section, and, with a few immaterial alterations, adopted. The officers of the association are a President, one Vice-President from each township, a Treasurer and Secretary, and a committee for the circulation of subscriptions and the collection of funds, consisting of three from each town- ship. The contribution of Jifty cents will constitute an individual a member of this association. When the monument is erected, the organization and the proceed- ings of the association, with the subscription books containing the names of those who shall contribute towards the erection, will be placed securely in the base of the Monument, there to remain until some convulsion of nature or the destraying hand of man shall prostrate it with the earth. Thus by contributing fifty cents the name of each individual will be transmitted to posterity down to the latest ages. The following are the names 322 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. of the permanent officers and committees of the associ- ation : President — Thomas G. Haight. Vice-Presidents — James S. Lawrence, Esq., of Up- per Freehold ; Thomas M. Perrine, of Millstone ; James W. Andrews, of Freehold; "William Little, of Middle- town ; Lyttleton White, of Shrewsbury ; Halsted Wain- right, of Howell ; Samuel C. Dunham, of Dover ; Edward Allen, of Jackson; John Meirs, of Plumsted; Samuel Birdsall, of Union ; David W. Moore, of Stafford. Treasurer — Thomas H. Arrowsmith. Secretary — A. C. McLean. Managers. JJjyper Freehold. — Thomas Miller, John Cox and Augustus Ivins. Millstone. — William P. Forman, Eev.' Charles F. Worrell and Joseph J. Ely. Freehold. — Eobert E. Craig, Enoch L. Coward apd Samuel Conover. Middletown. — Dr. Edward Taylor, Asbury Fountain and Daniel Holmes. Shrewsbury. — Thomas E. Combs, Dr. John E. Cono- ver and James Green. Howell. — Dr. Robert i^Laird, John S. Forman and Andrew Simpson. Jackson. — William Allen, William Francis and Horner. Dover. — Dr. Lewis Lane, Anthony Ivins, Jr. and David Jeffrey. Union. — John Tilton, William Birdsall and Joseph Holmes. Stafford. — Samuel M, Oliphant, John Willits and Dr. A. G. Hankinsou. THE MOVEMENT OF 1854 The movement of 1854, referred to, took no definite shape. It originated with Major S. S. Forman, of Syra- cuse, New York, a native of Monmouth, and who went over the battle-field the day after the battle, being at that time only thirteen years of age. Happening to fall in with a stray copy of the Democrat it revived old recol- lections, and he wrote the editor a letter, which was published, in which he referred to the movement of 1846, and urged that a monument ought to be erected on some HISTOEY OF THE BATTLE MONUMENT ORGANIZATION. 323 spot in or adjacent to the village, where it would be of easy access to visitors. The letter excited some interest, and was the subject of a good deal of discussion throughout the county, and one gentleman, Mr. William T. Sutphin, who then owned the parsonage farm, went so far as to offer to give four acres of ground on the highest part of the farm, and one thousand dollars in money towards the erection of the monument, but as no steps were taken towards organizing the movement, the whole matter gradually faded out. HISTOEY OF THE BATTLE MONUMENT OE- GANIZATION. The final movement toward the erection of the monument was made in response to an address delivered by ex-Governor Joel Parker, at Freehold, on the ninety- ninth anniversary of the battle, June 28, 1877. A preli- minary meeting for the purpose was held September 17, and the Monmouth Battle Monument Association was organized October 2, 1877. At this meeting Governor Parker was elected president. Major James S. Yard, secretary, and a general committee of three gentlemen from each township in Monmouth county selected to procure the funds necessary for the erection of the monu- ment. The people of the State, and especially of Monmouth county, during the years 1878, 1879 and 1880, contributed nearly $10,000 to this object. On February 2, 1878, the association accepted the offer of a plot of land, to be called "Monunient Park," in Freehold, as a gift from the heirs of Daniel S. Schanck. On May 7, 1878, the association was incorporated under the provis- ions of an "Act to incorporate associations for the erec- tion and maintenance of monuments and statues," approved March 19, 1878. The same president and secretary were re-elected, and Mr. John B. Conover made treasurer, Major James S. Yard, Theodore W. Morris, James T. Burtis, John H. Laird and Hal Allaire, the 324 HISTORY OP MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. executive and finance committee. The corner-stone of the monument was laid with Masonic ceremonies, June 28, 1878, in the presence of Governor George B. Mc- Clellan and a large number of distinguished guests. The deed to the park was presented by Mr. Theodore W. Morris, representing the estate of D. S. Schanck. Addresses were delivered by ex-Governors Newell and Parker, by the Hon. S. S. Cox, Mr. B. W. Throckmorton and General Henry B. Carrington. The State of New Jersey, by an act of March 14, 1881, appropriated $10,000, and placed the work undfer the charge of a ■commission instructed to select a design, contract foi, erect and finish a monument in the park at Freehold, where the battle cominenced, June 28, 1778. Under this act the Monument Association selected five trustees— Mr. Theodore W. Morris, Major James S. Yard^ Mr. James T. Burtis, Mr. Hal Allaire and Mr. John B. Conover — to represent them in the newly-created State commission. The State officials to represent the State on this commis- sion were the President of the Sanafce and the Speaker of the House of Assembly ; Hon. Edward J. Anderson, Comptroller of the Treasury ; General Lewis Perrine, Quartermaster-General, and General William S. Stryker, Adjutant-General. On April 9, 1881, the commission was organized by electing Hon. Garret A. Hobart, President of the Senate, to be president of the commission ; Hon. Harrison VanDuyne, Speaker of the House of Assembly, and Mr. Theodore W. Morris, vice presidents; Colonel Edwin F. Applegate, secretary, and Mr. John B. Conover, Treasurer. Governor Parker, President of the associa- tion, was invited to be present at each meeting of the commission, and assist them by his advice and counsel. The commission, at this meeting, also ordered a deed to be executed to the State of New Jersey for Monument Park. The Congress of the United States passed a law, approved July 6, 1882, granting an appropriation of $20,000 for the purpose of completing a monument. A committee on design, consisting of Mr. Theodore W. Morris, Hon. Edward J. Anderson, General Louis Per- HISTORY OF THE BATTLE MONUMENT ORGANIZATION. 325 rine, General "William S. Stryker and Mr. Hal Allaire, on October 16. 1882, invited the submission of designs and specifications for the battle monument, and on March 2, 1883, the design executed by Emelin T. Littell and Douglass Smythe, architects, and J. E. Kelly, sculp- tor, and exhibited by Maurice J. Power, of New York City, was accepted, and a contract was awarded Mr. Power, of the "National Fine Art Foundry," for its erection, for the sum of $36,000. On May 9, 1883, the services of Mr. Edward E. Kaht, architect, were secured to superintend the construction of the monument. Hon. Garret A. Hobart, President of the Senate, was elected president of the commission, and Hon. John T. Dunn, Speaker of the House of Assembly, and Mr. Theodore W. Morris, vice presidents, for the year 1882. The officers of the commission for 1883 were Mr. Theodore W. Morris, president, and Hon. John J. Gardner, President of the Senate, and Hon. Thomas O'Connor, Speaker of the House of Assembly, vice-presidents. In 1884, Mr. Morris was re-elected president of the commission, with Hon. Benjamin A. Vail, President of the Senate, and Hon. Alfred B. Stoney, Speaker of the House of Assem- bly, vice-presidents. The other officers of the commis- sion continue at this date the same as first elected in 1881. TRUSTEES OF MONMOUTH BATTLE MONUMENT ASSOCIATION, 1884. President, Joel Pabkbe. Vice-Presidents, Chilion Robeins,- Dk. Robert Lalbd, John S. Applegaie. Secretary, James S. Yabd. Treasurer, Johk B. Conovee. Trustees, Theodore W. Morris, Edwin F. Applegate, James T. Burtis, John H. Laird, Levi G. Irwin, Hal Allaire, Jacob Stults, Thomas Field, Daniel P. VanDoren, William H. Hendrickson, Dr. S. H. Hunt, Thomas Burrowes, James A. Bradley, William L. Terhune. MONUMENT COMMISSION, 1884. President, Theodobe W, Mobeis. Vice-President, Hon. B. A. Vail, Hon. A. B. Stoney. Secretary, Edwin F. Applegate. Treasurer, John B. Conovee. Tmstees, Gen. Lewis Perrine, Gen. William 8. Stryker, Hon. E. J. Anderson, Maj. James S. Yard, Hal Allaire, James T. Burtis. 326 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. MONUMENT PARK. The park comprises three and a quarter acres, eligibly located on a commanding knoll, a short distance from the main street of the town, and the title for the same is vested in the State. DONOES OF THE PARK. Mes. Maey a. Schakck, Mb. Andbew H. Schanck, Mrs Theo. W. Mobbis, Me. Daniel S. Schanck, Mes. Alice C. SSchanck, Me. Geoege E. Schanck, Heirs of Daniel S. Sclianck, deceased. INVITED GUESTS. The number of tickets issued to invited guests was- six hundred and twenty-four (624), which were dis- tributed as follows : The President of the United States and his Cibinet. The Governor of the State of New Jersey. The surviving ex- Governors of New Jersey. The Governors of the several States of the Union. The Judiciary and State Officers of New Jersey. The United States Senators from New Jersey. The Congressional Representatives from New Jersey, Minister from Great Britain. Minister from France. Minister from Germnny. The Senate of the State of New Jersey. The General Assembly of the State of New Jersey. The Governor's Staff. General Officers of the General Society of the Cincinnati. The New Jersey Society of the Cincinnati. Officers of the Grand Lodge of Free Masons The New Jersey Historical Society. The Monmouth Battle Monument Association. The Monmouth Battle Monument Commission. Ex-Oflficers of the Monmouth Battle Monument Commission. The Trenton Monument Association. Descendants of Colonel Ramsey. The Board of Chosen Freeholders and other Officers of the County of Monmouth. The Board of Commissioners of the Town of Freehold. The Donors of Monument Park. The Contractors and Architects of the Monument The Police Commissioners of the Cities of New York and Philadelphia. The Orators at the Laying of the Corner-stone of the Monument in 1878. The Clergy of the Town of Freehold. NOTICE TO THE CIVIC SOCIETIES OF THE STATE OP NEW" JERSEY. The unveiling of the Monmouth Battle Monument took place at Freehold, N. J., Thursday, November 13,. 1884 HISTOEY OF THE BATTLE MONUMENT ORGANIZATION. 327 Three hundred and fifty (350) seats were occupied at -the banquet provided by the committee for the invited guests. THE PROCESSION. The procession formed on Broad street and marched through the principal streets. It was reviewed by Gov- ernor Abbett, who, with his staff and a number of •dignitaries and distinguished visitors, occupied the re- viewing stand erected by the county in front of the court house. After the review, Governor Abbett and staff, and all the officials on the stand, joined the procession as it marched up Court street to Monument Park. The complete procession was composed as follows : Grand Marshal, Major James S. Yard, and Marshal's aids. Provisional Brigade, N. G. N. J., Bt. Major-General William J. Sewell, commanding, and Brigade Staff Fourth Eegiment, N. G. N. J., Colonel Dudley S. Steele, commanding, Field and Staff. First Eegiment, N. G. N. J"., Colonel Edward A. Campbell, commanding. Field and Staff. Seventh Eegiment, N. G. N. J., Colonel Eichard A. Donnelly, commanding. Field and Staff. Gatling Gun Company B, Captain Eobert E. Ecken- dorf commanding. Two guns drawn by horses. Third Eegiment, N. G. N. J., Colonel Blihu H. Eopes, commanding, Field and Staff. THE COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS, The Monument Association, The Monument Com- mission, The Senators and Eepresentatives and Eepre- sentatives-elect of the Congress of the United States, The Society of the Cincinnati, The Grand Lodge of Free Masons. Hon. Leon Abbett, Governor of New Jersey, and Governor's staff. Major-General Gershom Mott, Commandant of the National Guard of New Jersey, and Staff, and Division Staff 328 HISTOBY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. Bt. ' Major-General Joseph W. Plume, Commandant Second Brigade, N. G. N. J., and Brigade Staff. Ex-Governors of New Jersey and Governors of other States, The Judiciary of New Jersey, The State Officers, Members and Member-elect of the New Jersey Legisla- ture, The Eeverend Clergy, Other Distinguished Guests, The Board of Chosen Freeholders, The Sheriff and County Officials, The Board of Commissioners of the Town of Freehold, The Township Officials of other Townships, Knickerbocker Lodge, L O. of 0. F., Mata- wan, Washington Engine Company, Matawan, Other Civic Societies, Citizens and Strangers. THE CEBEMONIES. As soon as the procession reached Monument Park, the ceremonies of unveiling were proceeded with, and an invocation of the Divine blessing was offered In- Eight Reverend Bishop Scarborough. Bishop Scarborough first read a portion of the fourth chapter of Joshua, showing God's sanction of the setting up of memorial stones. At the close of the prayer. President Morris formally presented the monument to the StsCte of New Jersey. At the conclusion of this address the cord was drawn by the President, releasing the drapery of the bronze bas-reliefs, the militarj' presented arms and a cannon on an adjoining hill fired a Continental salute of thirteen guns. ACCEPTANCE OF THE MONUMENT. Governor Abbett, on behalf of the State of New Jersey, accepted the monument in an appropriate speech. Upon the conclusion of his speech, Governor Ab- bett introduced Judge Joel Parker, ex-Governor of the State of New Jersey, as the orator of the day, who made an eloquent and patriotic address. When the oration of Judge Parker was finished, Rev. Mr. Maddock pronounced the benediction. At the close of the ceremonies at the monument, a national salute of thirty-eight guns was fired. Twenty-five to thirty thousand people were present. OCEAN COUNTY SOLDIEES IN THE LATE WAR. 329 OCE.\JS^ COUNTY SOLDIEES IN THE LATE WAE OF THE EEBELLION. COMPANY D, NINTH NEW JEBSEY VOLUNTEERS. Thomas W. Middleton, Captain, commissioned Oct. 22, 1861 j wounded at battle of . Eesigned Sept. 11, 1862.' Edgar Kissam, Captain, commissioned Dec, 1862; discharged on account of disability Feb, 17, 1865. Amos H. Evans, Captain, commissioned April 22, 1865 ; mustered out July 12, 1865. George G. Irons, 1st Lieutenant, commissioned Oct. 22, 1861 ; Eesigned Aug. 27, 1862. Charles Hufty, 1st Lieutenant, commissioned Dec. 23, 1862 ; promoted Captain, Co. I, July 3, 1864. Joseph C. Bowker, 1st Lieutenant, commissioned July 3, 1864; mustered'out July 12, 1865. Andrew J. Elberson, 2d Lieutenant, commissioned Dec. 23, 1862 ; resigned May 30, 1863. J. Madison Drake, 2i Lieutenant, commissioned June 3, 1863 ; promoted 1st Lieutenant, Co. K, April 13, 1864. Edward H. Green,- 2d Lieutenant, commissioned Jan. 14, 1865; promoted Isfc Lieiitsnint, Co. C, June 22, 1865. 1st sergeant. MUSTERED OUT. Jesse E. Hulsart, Sept. 23, 1861 ; July 12, 1865. SERGEANTS. MUSTERED OUT. Eedin N. Penn, Sept. 23, 1861, July 12, 1865. Job L. Cramer, Sept. 23, 1861 ; July 12, 1865. Thomas Hazleton, Sept. 23, 1861 ; July 12, 1865. Nicholas S. Champion, Sept. 23, 1861 ; July 12, 1865. CORPOR.A.LS. MUSTERED OUT. Gilbert H. Heyers, Sept. 23, 1861 ; July 27, 1865. William H. Sharp, November 1, 1861; July 19, 1865. 330 HISTOSY of MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. CORPORALS. MUSTERED OUT. DaYid Eiley, Sept. 28, 1861 ; June 23, 1865. (Paroled prisoner.) David C. Hankins, Sept. 23, 1861 ; July 12, 1865. Benjamin A. Eogers, Sept. 23, 1861 ; July 12, 1865. John Errickson, Sept. 23, 1861 ; July 12, 1865. John Oakerson, February 29, 1864 ; July 12, 1865. John Siegel, August 15, 1862 ; June 14, 1865. Charles Sepp, August 18, 1862 ; June 14, 1865. , MUSICIANS. , MUSTERED OUT. Napoleon B. Fithian, Sept, 23, 1861; July 12, 1865. William B. Conklin, Sept. 23, 1861 ; July 12, 1865. WAGONER. MUSTERED OUT. William H. Peck, Sept. 23, 1861 ; July 25, 1865. PRIVATES. ENROLLED. MUSTERED OUT. Charles Archer, Sept. 23, 1861 ; July 12, 1865. William Armstrong, Sept. 9, '64 ; June 14, '65. George Beatty, February 29, '64 ; July 12, '65. Knox Bechler, August 15, '62 ; June 14, '65. William H. Beebe, April 10, '65 ; July 12, '65. Nicholas Bohr, March 24, '65 ; July 12, '65. Paul Bowers, February 24, '65 ; July 12, '65. Samuel Brinley, Frebruary 29, '64; July 19, '65. William Brown, September 23, '61 ; December 8, '64. William H. Bunnell, October 1, '64 ; June 14, '65. Henry A. Camburn, Sept. 23, '61 ; December 7, '64. John Cameron, March 8, '65 ; July 12, '65. Charles P. Chafey, September 23, '61; July 12, '65. James Clark, September 23, '61 ; August 23, '65 ; dis- charged from Ward Hospital, Newark. Peter Clark, March 8, '64; July 12, '65. Henry Clayhill, March 10, '65; July 12, '65. John A. Clayton, January 2, '64 ; July 12, '65. John M. Clayton, September 23, '61 ;' July 19, '65. Isaac Collins, March 6, '65 ; July 12, '65. Eugene A. Crane, September 23, '61 ; July 12, '65. Eobert Crossley, May 24, '64; February 10, '65 OCEAN COUNTY SOLDIEES IN THE LATE WAK. 331 ENKOLLED. MUSTEEBD OUT. Samiiel Day, March 29, '65 ; July 12, '65. Charles Dennis,. March 6, '65; July 12, '65. William Dennis, Sept. 23, '61 ; Jnly 19, '65. Timothy DriscoU, April 3, '65 ; July 12, '65. Fuller B. Errickson, March 8, '65 ; July 12, '65. Horace G. Errickson, Sept. 23, '61 ; Oct. 15, '64. Francis Fagan, April 6, '65 ; July 12. '65. Emile Franck, April 18, '65; July 12, '65. Charles Fuchs, August 20, '62 ; July 13, '65. Hance H. Gant, January 4, '64; July 12, '65. Stephen E. Gant, January 4, '64; July 12, '65. Charles H. Garton, March 7, '65 : July 12, '65. Simon Geimer, May 5, '63 ; July 12, '65. Samuel Goodfellow, June 12, '62 ; June 14, '65. William H. Gregory, November 1, '61 ; Nov. 4, '64. Coruelius Grover, March 8, '65; July 12, '65. Samuel W. Hankins, March 8, '65 ; July 12, '65. William Heider, April 11, '65; July 12, '65. James Hulse, September 23, '61 ; July 12, '65. Samuel Hulse, February 23, '64 ; July 12, '65. Garret V. Hyers, September 23, '61 ; July 19, '65. Isaac M. Inman, September 23, '61 ; Dec. 8, '64. Oliver P. Inman, February 29, '64 ; July 12, '65. Wallace Irons, January 2, '64 ; June 5, '65. Noah E. Jeffrey, Sept. 23, '61 ; December 8, '64. Abram J. Johnson, January 2, '64; May 27, '65. Charles A. Johnson, Sept. 23, '61 ; August 31, '65 ; discharged from Ward Hospital, Newark. Thomas C. Joslin, February 29, '64; July 12, '65. John Keller, September 10, '61 ; July 12, '65. August Kirchner, March 27, '65 ; July 12, '65. Benjamin F. Ladow, April 11, '65; July 12, '65. Charles M. Levey, Sept. 23, '61 ; Dec. 8, '64. Joseph Loveless, September 23, '61 ; Sept. 22, '64. Frank E. Mailey, March 6, '65 ; July 12, '65. James F. Matthews, Feb. 29, '64 ; June 7, '65. William W. Martin, February 29, '64 ; July 12, '65. William Mcllvaine, February 24, '65 ; July 12, '65. 332 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. ENEOLLED. MUSTEEED OUT. David McKelvy, September 23, '64; July 12, 65. John S. McKelvy, February 24, '64 ; July 12, '65. John W. McKelvy, February 24, '64 ; July 12, '65. James Neal, March 2, '65 ; July 12, '65. Isaiah Norcross, March 2, '65 ; July 12, '65. Joseph Oakerson, September 23, '61 ; July 12, '65. James Palmer, September 28, '64; July 12, '65. Samuel E. Penn, February 29, '64 ; July 12, '65. James M. Pettit, September 23, '61 ; July 12, '65. Charles Phillips, May 31, '64; May 27, '65. Charles P. Eobinson, May 31, '64 ; July 12, '65. Charles W. Eoll, February 24, '65 ; July 12, '65. Edwin W. Savage, April 10, '65 ; July 12, '65. Henry Sleichei;, August l5, '62; August 11, '65; discharged from Ward Hospital, Newark. Ezekiel Shinn, September 23, '61.; July 12, '65. Walker Simpkins, April 11, '65 ; July 12, '65. James Simpson, April 11, '65; July 12, '65. Joseph M. Smith, March 6, '65; July 12, '65. Thomas Spencer, April 11, '65; July 12, '65. Frederick Springer, February -28, '65; July 12, '65. David Terry, April 11, '65 ; July 12, '63. Peter Their, September 13, '61 ; December 7, '64. Charles L. Tilton, February 29, '64; July 12, '65. Ernest Traudt, August 15, '62 ; August 22, '65. Charles W. Truax, September 23, '61 ; July 12, '65. William L. Truax, January 4, '64 ; July 12, '65. Edgar Vantilburg, September 23, '61 ; July 19, '65. Jacob Walter, September 29, 64 ; Jane 14, '65. Daniel Westcott, February 24, '65 ; July 12, '65. Ivins Wilbur, March 8, '65'; July 12, '65. Jesse M. Wilkins, Sept. 23, '61; December 7, '64. Jacob Wirtz, September 29, '64 ; June 14, '65 John Zimmerlin, September 23, '61; July 12, '65. ENEOLLED. DISCHAEGED. Joseph W. Cranmer, Corporal, Sept. 23, '61; at Trenton Aug. 9, '64, for wounds received in action. OCEAN COUNTY SOLDIERS IN THE LATE WAK. 333 ENROLLED. DISCHARGED. John W. Barclay, Private, Nov. 1, '61 ; at Beaufort, disability. George Beatty, private, Sept. 28, '61 ; at Caroline City, N. C, disability. George Benner, Private, September 30, '61 ; at New- bern, N. C, disability. Ernest Bielil, Private, Aiigust 18, '62 ; at De Camp Hospital, David's Island, N. Y., September 6, '65. Charles Brindley, Private, September 30, '61; at Trenton,- October 23, '61 ; disability. William B. Clayton, Private, September 23, '61 ; at Beaufort, June 1, '63 ; disability. John Cornelius, Private, September 23, '61 ; at An- napolis Hospital, March 3, 62 ; disability. Hiram Craft, Private, September 23, '61;. at Caroline' City, N. C, May 23, '63 ; disability. Henry A. Hartfanft, Private, October 8, '61 ; Novem- ber 19, '62, to join Kegular army. William H. Hurley, Private, September 23, '61 ; at Hilton Head, S. C, March 17, '63 ; disability. Oliver P. Inman, Private, September 23, '61 ; at St. Helena Island, S. C, March 17, '63 ; disability. Barzillai Johnson, Private, September 23, '61 ; at Newbern Hospital, May 12, '63 ; disability. John Johnson, Private, March 9, '64; at New York April 14, '65 ; disability. Benjamin W. Jones, Private, September 23, '61 ; at Newport, N. C, June 23, '62 ; disability. Wesley B. Norcross, Private, September 23, '61; at Newbern, May 28, '63 ; disability. Thomas S. Randolph, Private, September 23, '61 ; at Ward Hospital, Newark, September 23, '63 ; disability. James H. Bobinson, Private, September 23, '61; at Beaufort Hospital, February 9, '63 ; disability. John Trautwein, Private, September 25, '61; at Ward Hospital, Newark, February 11, '63 ; disability. James Truax, Private, September 23, '61 ; at New- bern June 23, '62 ; disability. 334 HISTOEy OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. ENROLLED. DISCHARGED. George E. Worth, Private, September 23, '61 ; at Army Hospital, Newark, September 6, '62; wounds received in action at Eoanoke Island. Jacob Yenny, Private, September 23, '61 ; at New- port, N. C, Barracks, July 19, '62 ; disability. Matthias Zipfel, Private, August 6, '62 ; at Newbern, June 10, '63 ; disability. ENROLLED. TRANSFERRED. James Johnson, Corporal, September 25, '61 ; to vet- eran Reserve Corps, January 2, '64; discharged there- from September 23, '64. Edwin Applegate, Private, March 8, '64; to Company E ; discharged May 3, '65. Prancis E. Beatty, Private, September 23, '61 ; to U. 'S. Navy May 3, '64. Charles Brandt, Private, September 23, '61; to Veteran Reserve Corps; discharged September 24, '64; David Brawer, Private, Feb. 26, '64 ; to Company C. William Bush, Private, March 22, '65 ; to Company C. Benjamin B. Cd,mburn, Private, September 23, '61 ; to Veteran Reserve Corps ; discharged September 24, '64. Charles P. Camburn, Private, September 23, '61 ; to Veteran Reserve Corps ; discharged September 24, '64. Francis E. Camburn, Private, Mar. 7, '64; to Comp'y C. William P. Carr, Private, March 23, '65 ; to Co.F. David S. Carter, Private, March 23, '65 ; to Co. F. John R. Chadwick, Private, Febl-uary 29, '64; to U. S. Navy ; discharged October 11, '64. Henry A. Clevinger, Private, Feb. 22, '64; to Co. C. Henry Councellor, Private, March 21, '65 ; to Co. K. William H. Craft, Private, March 23, '65; to Co. F. Joseph C. Ellen, Private, September 23, '61; to Vet- eran Reserve Corps; discharged September 23, '64. Daniel E. Ely, Private, February 25, '64 ; to Co. C. Samuel B. Gaston, Private, February 9, '64; to Vet- eran Reserve Corps ; discharged September 23, '64. Henry Hewitt, Private, September 23, '61 ; to U. S. Navy ; discharged September 4, '65. OCEAN COUNTY SOLDIERS IN THE LATE WAR. 335 ENROLLED. TRANSFERRED. David A. Johnson, Private, September 23, '61 ; to Veteran Reserve Corps ; discharged September 23, '64. William F. Johnson, Private, Feb. 26, '64 ; to Co. C. James McDonald, Private, Feb. 15, '65 ; to Co. I. James F. McKelvy, Private, March 8, '64; to Co. I. William H. Moore, Private, Feb. 26, '64; to Co. C. Joseph Nierman, Private, August 14, '62 ; to Co. K. Samuel V. Norcross, Private, Feb. 20, '64 ; to Co. C. Henry W. Nutt, Private, Feb. 13, '64 ; to Co. G. Abram W. Osborn, Private, Feb. 26, '64 ; to Co. A. Benjamin Osborn, Private, Feb. 29, '64 ; to Co. F. John W. Perrine, Private, September 23, '61 ; to Veteran Reserve Corps ; discharged September 23, '64. Tylee Reynolds, Private, February 25, '64; to Co. I. George W. Rogers, Corporal, September 23, '61 ; to Veteran Reserve Corps ; discharged September 23, '64. Andrew J. Steelman, Private, Feb. 29, '64 ; to Co. E. Patrick Tracy, Private, Feb. 26, '64; to Co. K. Ferdinand Westerman, Private, Sspiemb3r 13, '61 ; to Veteran Reserve Corps ; discharged September 13, '64. Sydney Worth, Private, Feb. 24, '64 ; to Co. C. Jesse L. Bennett, Sergeant, SeiJtember 23, '61 ; miss- ing in action at Drury's Bluff, Va., May 16, '64 ; died in Andersonville prison, February 25, '65 ; commissioned Lieut. April 13, '64, but died before muster. Charles P. Smith, Corporal, September 23, '61 ; killed in action before Petersburg, Va., August 15, '64. Benjamin V. Gale, Corporal, March 1, '62 ; died in Andersonville prison August 15, '64. Benjamin L. Homan, Corporal, September 23, '61 ; died in Andersonville prison February 25, '65. Edward G. Ashton, Private, September 23, '61 ; died of typhoid fever at Carolina City, N. C, September 15, '63. Joseph Atterson, September 23, '61 ; wounded in action at Roanoke Island and died in hospital, Newbernj May 1, '62. Michael Babst, October 11, '61 ; died in Ander- sonville prison August 15, '64. 336 HISTOEY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. ENROLLED. Ezra Craamer, September 28, '61 ; died of typhoid fever, Newbern, April 12, '62. Joel H. Gant, January 4, '64 ; died in Anderson- Tille prison, August 22, '62. Joel Hulse, September 23, '61 ; wounded in action at Deep Creek, Va.; died in hospital, Portsmouth, Va., March 8, '64. Abraham T. Johnson, September 23, '61; died in Andersonville prison, December 26, '64. Jonathan E. Johnson, January 2, '64; died of di- arrhoea, Fortress Monroe, August 29, '64. Thomas P. Johnson, March 10, '64; died of fever, Portress Monroe, April 7, '64. Henry Lachat, September 23, '61 ; killed in action Newbern, March 14, '62. Caleb H. Mount, September 23, '61 ; died in Ander- sonville prison, September 9, '64. Albert S. Nutt, September 23, '61 ; killed in action at Deep Creek, Va., March 1, '64. Samuel Osborn, September 23, '61 ; died of consump- tion, Newbern, June 4, '62. Henry H. Phillips, September 23, '61 ; wounded in action at Eoanoke Island and died at Beaufort Hospital, Eebruary 14, '63. Herbert W. Polhemus, January 2, '64 ; died in Rebel prison, Charleston, S. C, September 23, '64. Alexander Eeed, September 23, '61 ; died in Ander- sonville prison, September, 9, '64. James H. Eobinson, March 9, '64; wounded at Petersburg, and died from wounds August 19, '64. William H. Eogers, January 14, '64'; died of typhoid fever, Kingston, N. C, March 29, '65. Oscar J. Eulay, September 23, '61 ; died at Newbern Hospital, July 16, '62. Ferdinand Schilling, August 25, '62 ; died of diarrhoea City Point, Va., July 27, '64. John B. Steelman, September 23, '61 ; wounded at Newbern ; died April 12, '62. OCEAN COUNTY SOLDIERS IN THE LATE WAR. 337 ENROLLED. Jolin J. Street, January 4, '64; died in Andersonville prison, September 1, 1864. Elihu Tindle, July 17, '62 ; died of fever. White House, Va., June 21, '64. Martin Ulrich, September 13, '61 ; died of diarrhoea Fortress Monroe, October 9, '64. John Vantilburg, September 5, '64 ; missing in action March 7, '65, supposed to be dead. Eecapitulation : Total number of officers and men, two hundred and sixteen. Of. these twenty-three men were discharged, thirty-six transferred, twenty-nine died. COMPANY F, FOURTEENTH NEW JERSEY VOLUNTEERS. Ralph B. Gowdy, Captain, August 20, '62 ; resigned September 30, '63. John C. Patterson, Captain, October 5,. '63 ; pro- moted Major, January 28, '65, and Brevet Lieutenant- Colonel and Colonel, " for meritorious services during the war," March 13, '65. Vincent B. Marsh, Captain, January 30, '65 ; mustered out June 18, '65. Samuel C. Bailey, 1st Lieutenant, October 5, '63; promoted Captain, Company H, August 9, '64, Vice- Captain S. H. Stults killed in action at Monocacy, Md., promoted Brevet Major October 19, '64, "for gallant and meritorious services in the field during the campaign before Eichmond and in the Shenandoah Valley," to date, from October 19, '64 ; to be Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, " for gallant and meritorious services before Petersburg, Va.," to date, from April 2, '65. Jarvis Wanser, 1st Lieutenant, August 9, '64 ; transferred to Company B. Barton Applegate, 1st Lieutenant, January 30, '65 ; mustered out June 18, '65. Benjamin F. Patterson, 2d Lieutenant, October 5, '63 ; resigned April 1, '64. Charles H. White, 2d Lieutenant, Dacember 1, '64 ; transferred to Company G, as Captain. 338 HISTOBY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. William S, Coiiover, 2d Lieutenant, January 30, '65 ; mustered out June 18, '65. James Chaffiy, 1st Sergeant, August 15, '62; promoted Lieutenant, Company K. William H. Leoompte, 1st Sergeant, August 15, '62 ; mustered out June 18, '65. • Samuel G. Hill, Sergeant, August 15, '62 ; promoted Lieutenant Company A. John Grover, Jr., Sergeant, August 15, '62 ; mustered out September 12, '65 ; deliberately shot by the Eebels after he was taken prisoner at Petersburg, April 2, '65, necessitating amputation of an arm. SERGEANTS. MUSTEKED OUT. Charles W. Fleming, Aug. 15, '62 ; June 18, '65. Joseph Hankins, Aug. 15, '62 ; June 18, '65. GOBPOKALS. MUSTERED OUT. George H. Bryan, Aug. 15, '62 ; June 8, '65. Henry Powell. Aug. 15, '62 ; June 18, '65. Alexander J. Johnson, Aug 18, '62 ; June 18, '65. Joseph H. Wright, Aug. 18, '62 ; June 18, '65. Edmund E. Chafey, Aug. 15, '62 ; June 18, '65. John Heron, Aug. 15, '62 ; June 18, '65. Solomon Southard, Aug. 15, '62 ; June 18, '65. William A. Parker, Aug. 15, '62 ; June 18, '65. Eoderick A. Clark, Aug. 15, '62; discharged at De Camp Hospital, David's Island, New York harbor, September 11, '63. COMPANY H, TWENTY -NINTH NEW JERSEY VOLUNTEERS. ENROLLED. MUSTERED OUT. Albert S. Cloke, Captain, Sept. 4, '62 ; June 30, '63. CharlesL. Kimball,lst. Lieut., Sept. 4, '62 ; June30,'63. M. Perrine Gravatt, 2dLieut.,Sept.4,'62; June 30,'63. Eobert Burns, 1st Sergt., Aug. 27, '62; June 30, '63. Charles Lofton, Sergeant, Aug. 31, '62 ; June 30, '63. Taylor G.Wainright, Sergt., Aug. 31,'62; June 30, '63. Benjamin L. Lawrence, Sergt., Aug. 31, '62 ; Juu,e30,'63. John W. Peterson, Sergt., Aug. 27, '62 ; June 30, '63. Michael B. Zabriskie,Corpl.,Aug.20,'62; June 30, '63. OCEAN COUNTY SOIJ)IEES IN THE LATE WAE. 339 Sylvester Hall, Corpl., Aug. 27, '62 ; June 30, '68. Andrew Steelman, Corpl., Aug. 24, '62; June 30, '63. Isaac Worth, Corpl, Aug. 28, '62; June 30, '63. Christian Naeglin, Corpl., Aug. 26, '62; June 30, '63. George Zabriskie, Corpl, Aug. 20, '62; June 30, '63. Levi Eeeves, Corpl, Aug. 26, '62; June 30, '63. Charles K Bunnell, Corpl, Aug. 17, '62; June 30, '63. Thomas B. Morse, Musician, Aug. 26, '62; June 30, '63. Asa Tilton, Wagoner, Aug. 24, '62 ; June 30, '63. Daniel Applegate, Private, Aug. 28, '62 ; June 30, '63. George Bareford, Private, Aug. 23, '62 ; June 30, '63. William Benson, Private, Aug. 28, '62 ; June 30, '63. Ferdinand Berthond, Private, Aug. 29,'62 ; June 30,'63. Barzillai Biship, Private, Aug. 25, '62 ; June 30, '63. Joseph Biship, Private, Sept. 1, '62 ; June 30, '63. Michael S. Biship, Private, Aug. 24, '62 ; June 30, '63. Charles Borden, Private, Aug. 17, '62 ; June 30, '63. John Bower, Private, Aug. 30, '62 ; June 30, '63. Holmes Britton, Private, Aug. 30, '62; June 30, 63. John Branson, Private, Aug. 20, '62 ; June 30, '63. (Corporal Aug. 21 to Nov. 1, '62.) Henry Brown, Private, Aug. 25, '62 ; June 30, '63. James Brown, Private, Aug. 28, '62 ; June 30, '63. Jesse Brown, Private, Aug. 26, '62 ; June 30, '63. Samuel Burk, Private, Aug. 28, '62 June 30, '63. Francis E. Camburn, Private, Sept. 1, '62 ; June 30,'63. Corlis Clayton, Private, Sept. 3, '62; June 30, 63. Lewis L. Conk, Private, Aug. 23, '62 ; June 30, '63. Charles B. Cook, Private* Sept. 1, '62; June 30, '63. Samuel B. Corlis,' Private, Aug. 30, '62; June 30, '63. William J. Corlis, Private, Aug. 30, '62 ; June 30, '63. Duncan Cox, Private, Aug. 26, '62 ; June 30, '63. Samuel B. Cranmer, Private, Aug. 30, '62 ; June 30, '63. Samuel S. Cranmer, Private, Sept. 2, '62 ; June 30, '63. William Dennis, Private, Aug. 29, '62 ; June 30, '63. . Ebenezer De Witt, Private, Aug. 28, '62 ; June 30, '63. John Dougherty, Private, Sept. 1, '62 ; June 30, '63. Abial Emley, Private, Aug. 24, '62 ; June 30, '63. Joseph H. Gibeson Private, Aug. 30, '62 ; June 30, '63. 340 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. Charles Gouldy, Private, Aug. 25, '62; June 30, '63. Asher Grant, Private, Sept. 1, '62 ; June 30, '63. Thomas P. Henley, Private, Aug. 27, '62 ; June 30,'63. Edward Hoffmire, Private, Aug. 28, '62 ; June 30, '63. John R. Irons, Private, Sept. 3, '62 ; June 30, '63. William H. Irons, Private, Aug. 18, '62; June 30, '63. August Johns, Private, Aug. 25; '62; June 30, '63. George Johnson, Private, Sept. 2, '62 ; June 30, '63. Joseph B. Johnson, Private, Aug. 30, '62 ; June 30, '63. Peter Johnson, Private, Aug. 30, '62 ; June 30, '63. Eeuben Johnson, Private, Sept. 1, '62 ; June 30, '63. Cornelius Kelly, Private, Aug. 30, '62 ; June 30, '63. William T. Letts, Private, Sept. 2, '62 ; June 30, '63. William H. McKelvy, Private, August 30, '62; June 30, '63. . George Messic, Private, Aug. 27, '62 ; June 30, '63. Allen Morris, Private, Aug. 23, '62; June 30, '63. Samuel C. Morton, Private, August 28, '62 ; June 30, '63. Joel C. Palmer, Private, Aug. 28, '62; June 30, '63. John T. Penn, Private, Aug. 30, '62; June 30, '63. Samuel E. Penn, Private, Sept. 1, '62; June 30, '63. Augustus Pharo, Private, Sept. 1, '62; June 30, '68. Joel Eeeves, Private, Sept. 1, '62 ; June 30, '63. Joseph Eidgvvay, Private, Aug. 26, '62 ; June 30, '63. Stephen Eidgway, Private, Aug, 26, '62 ; June 30, '63. Porman Sogers, Private, Aug. 30, '62 ; June 30, '63. Mahlon Eossell, Private, Sept. 1, '62 ; June 30, '63. James Soper, Private, Aug. 26, '62 ; June 30, '63. Isaiah Stackhouse, Private, Aug. 26, '62 ; Jui?.e 30, '63. Michael Stackhouse, Private, Aug. 27, '62 ; June 30, '63. Miller Vannote, Private, Aug. 30, '62 ; June 30, '63. Joseph E. Wainright, Private, August 27, '62; June 30, '63. Orlando T. Wainright, Private, August 22, '62- June 30, '63. Samuel Webb, Private, Aug. 27, '62 ; June 30, '63. Abraham Wilbur, Private, Aug. 20, '62 ; June 30, '63. Joseph Yates, Private, Aug. 18, '62 ; June 30, '63. OCEAN COUNTY SOLDIEES IN THE LATE WAE. 341 ENROLLED. DISCHARGED. William V. Estell, Wagoner, Sept. 2, '62 ; April 6, '63; disability. William H. Brown, Private, Aug. 26, '62 ; at Carver's Hospital, Washington, Jan. 7, '63 ; disability. Augustus, F. Camburn, Private, August 28, '62 ; at Alexander Hospital, February 2, '63 ; disability. Ivins Conk, Private, August 18, '62; at Judiciary Square Hospital, Washington, January 27, '63. Ezekiel C. Giberson, August 20, '62 ; at Army Hospi- tal, Washington, April 24, '63 ; disability. Benjamin Gifford, Private, Sept. 2, '62 ; at Army Hospital, Washington, May 3, '63. Thomas Johnson, Private, August 27, '62 ; at Hospi- tal, Nevi^ark, February 28, '63; disability. George W. Luker, Private, Aug. 23, '62; at Army Hospital, Washington, January 1, '63 ; disability. Charles O. Palmer, Private, August 28, '62 ; at Army Hospital, Washington, March 2, '63 ; disability. Jonathan H. Penn, Private, September 1, '62 ; at Army Hospjtal, Washington, February 22, '63 ; disability. Lorenzo Yates, Private, August 17, '62; at Douglass Hospital, Washington, January 21, '63 ; disability. Clayton Hagerman, August 28, '62 ; died typhoid fever. Belle Plains, Va., April 12, '63. Michael Lauffer, September 1, '62; died typhoid fever. Belle Plains, Va., January 26, '63. Samuel H. Osborn, September 3, '62 ; died typhoid fever, Tenallytown, November 23, '62. Recapitulation : Total number of officers and men, ninety-nine; of the men eleven -were disharged, one transferred, and three died. musician. discharged. John E. Southwick, Aug. 15, '62 ; June 28, '65, from hospital at Annapolis. PRIVATES. ENROLLED. MUSTERED OUT. George J. Appleby, Aug. 15, '62 ; June 18, '65. Charles S. Applegate, Aug. 15, '62 ; June 18, '65. 342 HISTOKY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. ENBOLLED. MUSTEBED OUT. William L. Applegate, Sept. 9, '64 ; June 18, '65. Charles Archer, Aug. 15, '62 ; June 18, '65. Charles P. Bennett, Aug. 15, '62 ; discharged from Frederick City Hospital May 19, '65. John S. Bennett, Aug. 15, '62 ; June 18, '65. (Sergeant Nov. 10, '63, to July 81, "64.) Andrew Q. Bowers, Aug. 15, '62 ; June 18, '65. Mark Bozarth, Aug. 15, '62 ; June 18, '65. Charles Brindley, Aug. 15, '62 ; June 18, '65. John F. Brown, Aug. 15, '62 ; discharged Wilmington, Del., Hospital, June 24, '65. Gabriel Chamberlain, Aug. 2, '64 ; discharged from Frederick Hospital, May 19, '65. Eeuben Chamberlain, Aug. 15, '62 ; June 18, '65. Eugene C. Clayton, Aug. 15, '62 ; June 18, '65. William Clayton, Aug. 26, '64 ; June 18, '65. John H. Cook, Aug. 15, '62 ; June 18, '65. Joseph Cook, Sept. 16, '64 ; June 18, '65. David P. Fielder, Sept. 7, '64 ; June 18, '65. John W. Finch, Aug. 15, '62; June 18; '65. Charles Hall, Aug. 15, '62 ; June 18, '65. Henry Hankins, Aug. 15, '62; June 18, '65. Jacob Havens, Aug. 15, '62 ; June 18, '65. George Henderson, October 1, '64 ; June 18, '65. James D. Herbert, Sept. 3, '64 ; discharged Jarvis Hospital, Baltimore, June 14, '65. John Hopkins, Aug. 15, '62; June 18, '65. Samuel Hopkins, August 15, '62; August 8, '65. Ivins Irons, August 15, '62 ; discharged Douglass Hospital, Washington, August 18, '65. Ellison Jamison, August 15, '62 ; June 18, '65. Anthony S. Johnson, Aug. 15, '62 ; June 18, '65. David C. Johnson, Aug. 30, '64 ; June 18 '65. William Johnson, Aug. 15, '62 ; June 18, '65. Charles C. Jountry, Aug. 15, '62 ; June 18, '65. John Knott, Aug. 15, '62 ; June 18, '65. William C. Lake, August 30, '64 ; discharged June 8, '65. OCEAN COUNTY SOLDIERS IN THE LATE WAR. 343 ENROLLED. MUSTERED OUT. Robert McDonald, Aug. 15, '62 ; discharged Frederick City Hospital, May 19, '65. Washington McKean, August 15, '62 ; June 18, '65. William H.' Miller, Aug. 15, '62 ; June 18, '65. William H. Morris, Aug. 15, '62 ; June 18, '65. Edward Newman, Aug. 15, '62 ; June 18, '65. Charles H. Parker, Aug. 2, '64 ; discharged Batteries Hospital, West Philadelphia, May 19, '65. William L. Parker, August 15, '62 ; June 18, '65. Tabor C. Polhemus, Aug. 15, '62 ; June 18, '65. James Potter, Aug. 15, '62 ; June 18, '65. Heulings L. Priekett, Sept. 3, '64 ; June 18, '65. Gilbert W. Reid, Aug. 29, '64 ; June 18, '65. Harrison Eeid, Aug. 15, '62 ; June 18, '65. Cornelius Rogers, Aug. 31, '64 ; June 18, '65. Jesse Rogers, Aug. 15, '62 ; June 18, '65. William Rogers, Aug. 15, '62 ; June 18, '65. Silas Southard, Sept. 16, '64 ; June 18, '65. Walling Wainright, Aug. 15, '62 ; June 18, '65. James E. Wheeden, September 3, '64; discharged Douglass Hospital, Washington, June 14, '65. James White, August 15, '62; discharged Saterlee Hospital, West Philadelphia, May 19, '65. William Williams, August 15, '62 ; mustered out June 18, '65. ENROLLED. DISCHARGED. John W. White, Sergeant, August 15, '62; at White- hall Hospital, Bristol, Pa., disability, June 17, '65. Walter B. Abbott, Private, August 15, '62; at Hospital York, Pa., disability, March 21, '65. Alonzo Applegate, January 2, '64; at Ward Hospital, Newark, December 14, '64 ; disability. Peter Daily, July 23, '62 ; at Alexandria, Va., August 26, '63; disability. William H. Hall, September 21, '64; at Newark, June 17, '65 ; disability. Herbert Havens, August 15, '62 ; at Newark, Decem- ber 15, '64 ; disability. 344 HISTOBY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. ENROLLED. DISCHARGED. Daniel Hopkins, August 15, '62; at Newark, February 7, '65 ; disability. Archibald J. MeLane, September 7, '64 ; October 2, '64 ; rejected by Medical Board. Charles E. Sherman, August 15, '62; at Newark, December 13, '64 ; disability. Josiah Smith, August 15, '62 ; October 8, '63, by sentence Court Martial. George E. Spratford, August 15, '62 ; Newark, Octo- ber 8, '63 ; disability. John Stout, August 15, '62; Newark, January 24, '64 ; disability. ENROLLED. TRANSFERRED. Peter C. Applegate, August 15, '62 ; to Navy, April ' 18, '64 ; discharged from Navy June 3, '65. Anthony Borden, February 24, '64; same day trans- ferred to Company K, Second Regiment ; discharged June 20, '65, from Hospital Baltimore. Andrew J. Elbersou, March 28, '64 ; to Navy April 18, '64. Joseph W. Fleming, August 15, '62 ; to Navy April 18, '64. John B. Grover, August 15, '62 ; to Veteran Reserve Corps, August 10, '64; Discharged November 11, '65. John W. Grover, September 16, '64; to Company A; mustered out June 18, '65. Lewis Herbert, August 15, '62 ; to Navy, April 18, '64. Edward Hilliard, August 15, '62 ; to Veteran Reserve Corps, June 18, '64; discharged July 13, '65. Thomas C. Hinkley, March 28,''65; to Company K, Second Regiment. Charles R. Lehman, August 30, '64; to Company I; mustered out June 18, '65. Charles L. Pearce, February 23, '64 ; to Company K, Second Regiment. William Petty, August 15, '62 ; to Veteran Reserve Corps; discharged June 15, '64; disability. OCEAN COUNTY SOLDIERS IN THE LATE WAE. 345 ENROLLED. TEANSFEEUED. Edward Prickett, August 2, '64; to Company K, Second Kegiment ; mustered out July 13, '65. Joshua L. Prickett, April 7, '65; to Company K, Second Regiment; mustered out July 11, '65. Levi S. Prickett, April 7, '65 ; to Company K, Second Eegiment ; mustered out July 11, .'65. Levi Scheek, July 28, '62 ; to Co. B Nov. 11, '62. Richard Skirm, August 15, '62 ; to Company F, First Cavalry, September 16, '63 ; Corporal, First Cavalry ; mustered out July 24, '65. Samuel D. Vannote, March 23, '64 ; to Company K, Second Eegiment; discharged July 28, '65, from Ward Hospital, Newark. Henry C. Havens, First Sergeant, August 15, '62; killed in action at Monocacy, July 9, '64. Lacy Poinsett, Corporal, August 15, '62 ; died July 12, '64 Frederick City Hospital from wounds received in action at Monocacy, July 9, '64. John P. Truex, Corporal, August 15, '62 ; died June 20, '64 in Judiciary Square Hospital, Washington, from wounds received m action at Cold Harbor, June 1, '64. Buried in Arlington cemetery. George Britton, Private, July 28, '62-; killed in action at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, '64. John S. Britton, August 15, '62; died in Danville Rebel prison, February 28, '65. Charles Brown, August 15, '62 ; killed in action at Cold Harbor, Va., June 1, '64. Raselah M. Brown, August 15, '62 ; killed in action at Cedar Creek, Va., October 19, '64. Patrick Diggen, August 15, '62 ; died June 16, '64, at Carver Hospital, Washington, of wounds received in action at Cold Harbor. Anthony H. Garrett, August 15, '62 ; died September 24, '64, at Winchester, Va., of wounds received in action at Opequan, Va., September 19, '64. Oliver C. Giberson, August 15, '62 ; died of fever at Fairfax Seminary, Va., September 1, '63. 346 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. Samuel Grover, August 15, '62 ; died of lung disease at Frederick, Md., November 7, '62. David Hall, May 10, '64 ; at Washington, May 28, '65. John Hall, August 15, '62 ; died in Danville Eebel prison, October 24, '64. Charles H. Haviland, August 15, '62 ; died July 15, '64, at Frederick, Md., of vrounds received in action at ' Monocacy, July 9, '64. Obadiah Herbert, August 15, '62 ; died September 11, '64, at Annapolis, Md., of wounds received in action. Charles Hopkins, August 15, '62 ; died November 19, '64, at Baltimore Hospital, of wounds received in action at Cedar Creek, Va., October 19, '64. David C. Horner, August 15, '62 ; killed in action at Cold Harbor, Va., June 1, '64. James G. Matthews, August 30, '64; died October • 12, '64, in Winchester Field Hospital, of wounds received in action at Opequan, Va., September 19, '64. Kobert Maxon, August 15, '62 ; killed September 19, '64, in action at Opequan, Va. John Potter, August 15, '62 ; died in Danville Eebel prison, January 29, '65. Samuel B. Eose, August 15, '62 ; died at Frederick, Md., February 8, '63. Samuel Seymore, August 15, '62 ; died in Eichmond Eebel prison, December 10, '63.- Henry H. Sherman, August 15, '62 ; died at Baltimore Hospital, June 1, '66. Samuel Southard, August 15, '62 ; killed in action at Monocacy, July 9, '64. Jonathan Tice, August 15, '62; died in Frederick, Md., April 21, '63. George H. White, August 15, '62 ; killed in action at Cold Harbor, Va., June 1, '64. Lewis W. Woodward, August 15, '62 ; killed in action at Cold Harbor, Va., June 1, '64. Eecapitulation : Total strength of company, one hundred and thirty-nine; of these, twelve were discharged, eighteen transferred, two promoted, twenty-seven died. OCEAN COUNTY PENSIONEBS. 347 UNITED STATES NAVY. Thomas Edwards, Acting Lieutenant. Acting Mas- ter, Oct. 22, '61; U. S. S. Oneida, '61-2-3; commanding U. S. S. Stockdale, '64. William Kogers, Acting Master, Aug. 26, '61, U. S. S. Pembina ; commanding U. S. S. Mary Sandford '63, and the Hetzel '&4r-5. Jerome B. Rogers, Acting Master, Oct. 22, '61 ; U. S. a Eestless, '62, U. S. S. Sebago, '63-4. OCEAN COUNTY PENSIONERS. The following is a complete and correct list of all persons resident in this county drawing pensions in 1863 from the United States Government, with the causes for which such pension is allowed, and the amount paid them monthly, as - compiled from the records of the Pension Departipent : BAYVILLE. George R. Worth, gunshot wound right arm, $10. BAENEGAT. Phebe Ludlow, widow, $8 ; Sarah Edwards, widow (Navy), $25 ; Tunis Bodine, survivor of 1812, $8. BAYHEAD. Jane C. Van Doren, widow, $8; Margaret King, widow, $8 ; Ann Voorhees, widow, $10. BENNETTS MILLS. Charles T. Mathews, disease of lungs, $10 ; Joseph L Yoorhees, amputation right arm, $24 ; Thomas Clay- ton, gunshot wound right arm, $10 ; John B. Hyers, dis- eased lungs and eyes, $12 ; Wm. H. Conover, injury of back, $4 ; John H. Mathews, disease of lungs, $8 ; John G. Voorhees, gunshot wound left shoulder, $10. BRICKSBUKG. Mary Estel, widow 1812, $8 ; Daniel D. Williams, dis- ease of the lungs, $4 ; Lavinia M. Carter, mother, $8. 348 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. CASSVILLE. Ellison Jamison, gunshot wound in head, $2 ; John F. Brown, gunshot wound in neck, etc., $10 ; Susan Haga- man, widow, $16 ; Lydia A. Brown, mother, $8. collier's mills. Lewis Southard, injury right side, $6. FORKED RIVER. Samuel E. Penn, typhoid fever, etc., $6 ; Ann Brit- ton, mother, $8 ; Ezekiel Lewis, survivor 1812, $8. HORNERSTOWN. Charles H. Hankius, wound right hand, $i; John Errickson, wound right forearm, $S ; Isaac Vanhise, dis- ease of heart, $3; Dauiel H. Hopkins, $4; Deborah Hop- kins, widow, $8; Mary Likes, mother, $8 ; Zachariah Haw- kins, wound in left side, $4 ; "Wm. A. Parker, wound left shoulder and jaw, $8 ; Margaret Curtis, widow, $8 ; Henry H. Hawkins, gunshot wouud right foot and right knee, $6. ISLAND HEIGHTS. John J. O'Hara, gunshot wound left shoulder, $6. JACKSONS MILLS. Thomas L. Eeynolds, chronic diarrhoea, $8 ; Charles H. Rose, gunshot wound right forearm, $4 ; Rebecca Burke, widow, $8 ; Sarah M. Cook, $8 ; Caleb Bennett, minor children, Samuel Laming, guardian, $12; Jas. H. Hendrickson, injury left side, etc., $2. LAKEWOOD. David Brower, gunshot wound right arm, left thigh, and sunstroke, $12 ; Thomas Fisher, gunshot wound left shoulder, $4 ; Holmes Johnson, disease lungs, $18 ; Peter Reynolds, $15 ; John B. Estrelle, measles, typhoid feyer, etc., $2 ; Charles M. Dis., sunstroke, $4 ; David Matthews; S18 ; John W. White, gunshot wound left leg, $8 ; Mary Norcross, widow, $3 ; Mary Megill, widow, 1812, $8 ; James White, gunshoi wound right leg, $3 ; Eliza Sterne, mother, $8 ; Emeline Holt, widow, $3 ; Hester Hager- man, widow, $8 ; Eunice A. Gordon, widow, $21 ; Henry OCEAN COUNTY PENSIONEES. 349 Burd, gunshot wound left forearm, $2 ; Sophia D. Adams, widow, 1812, $8 ; James W. Grove, chronic diarrhoea, $4- MANCHESTEE. Mary Gettier,. widow 1812, $8 ; Catharine S. Carman, widow, $8 ; Benj. T. Phillips, chronic rheumatism, $24 ; Nimrod Nicols, gunshot wound right leg, $1; David Noyes, gunshot wound in head, $6. MANNAHAWKIN. Joseph Cranmer, gunshot wound forehead, $12 ; Samuel Curtis, Navy, $20 ; Thomas C. Samson, injury to right knee, $4; Henry Allison, frosted feet, $12; Joseph Bishop, injury to abdomen, $2. METEDECONK. Abraham "W. Osborn, injury to abdomen, $4 ; John Johnson, $18 ; James G. Truax, disease stomach, $4; Wm. H. Hall, $4; James M. Petit, chills and fever and rheumatism, $4. NEW EGYPT. Charlotte Appleby, mother, $8 ; John Vaughn, gun- shot wound left hip, $6 ; Elizabeth Johns, mother, $8 ; Charles Chafey, injury left side, $2 ; William Berm, gun- shot wound left shoulder, $4 ; Charles H. Thompson, gun- shot wound left side head, $4;' Benj. P. Bussom, effects of typhoid fever, $4 ; George H. Horner, gunshot wound right arm, etc., $10 ; George W. Dunfee, injury right leg and left hip, $4 ; Franklin S. Gaskil], gunshot wound both thighs, $6 ; George Yates, $18 ; Joseph Reynolds, necrosis right tibia, $6 ; Henry B. Wright, injury to ab- domen, $4 ; Joseph N. Emley, $4 ; William A. Wood- ward, chronic diarrhoea, $12; JohnKeed, gunshot wound left forearm, $18 ; Jphn W. Eldridge, chronic diarrhoea, $4 ; Curtis Fowler, gunshot wound right leg, $8 ; Hugh Dyatt, gunshot wound back, $8 ; Caroline B. Archer, widow, $8 ; Edith Brown, widow, $8 ; John S. Mallony, neuralgia, (Navy), f 20 ; Amy Fowler, mother, $8 ; Harriet Loveland, widow, $8 ; Eliza Horner, mother, $8 ; Clemen- tine T. Carter, mother, $8 ; Mary Hulse, widow 1812, $25; 350 HISTOEY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. Lydia Woodward, mother, $8 ; Mary Webb, mother, $8 ; Isaac Soper, minor children, $12 ; Naomi Gant, widow, $8 ; Sarah Bell, mother, $8 ; John McGrath, disease of lungs, $16. OSBOENSVILLE. Charles W. Truax, disease liver, etc., $4 ; John W. J. Osborn, disease lungs, $4 ; Mary Jones, mother, $8 ; Hance H. Gant, chronic rheumatism, $4. POINT PLEASANT. Harriet B. Jones, $8 ; Aaron Irons, gunshot wound left thigh, etc., 568 ; Eoderick A. Clarke, $18; Joseph W. Fleming, injury right ankle, $6 ; Joshua J. Pearce, chronic diarrhoea and rheumatism, .$8 ; John Stout, $18 ; Charles Stout, gunshot wound left thigh, $2 ; Elizabeth Folsom, widow, $8 ; Margaret Morris, widow, $8 ; Mary Jane Wilson, mother, $8 ; Herbert Havens, gunshot wound both thighs and left ankle, $10. PROSPEKTOWN. Christopher Daly, gunshot wound left forearm, $10 ; Lloyd Appleget, injury of right eye, $4. SILVEETON. John S. McKelvey, chronic diarrhoea, $6 ; John C. Irons, survivor, 1812, $8 ;' Alice Bunnell, widow, $8. TOMS EIVEE. Sarah J. Atterson, widow, $8 ; Mary Applegate, widow, «8 ; Thomas Johnson, injury to abdomen, $8 ; Ezekiel Giberson, injury to, abdomen, $8; Wm. H. Hurley, gunshot wound, left shoulder, $6; Helena Grant, widow, |8 ; Charles T. Hudson, $4 ; Garrett V. Hyers, gunshot wound right shoulder, $2; Abraham J. Johnson, injury to abdomen, $8 ; George Walton, disease heart, 18; Thomas W. Middleton, $10 ; Eobert S. Wither- all alias J. E. Noi cross, contracted scar from abscess right shoulder, $4 ; Charles S. Applegate, injury to ab- domen, $4; Wm. H. Dorsey, gunshot wound right shoulder $8; George G. Irons, rheumatism, etc., $17; Wallace Irons, disease lungs, $8 ; George H. Bryan, gun- OLD DOVEK TOWNSHIP. 351 shot wound left shoulder, $10 ; Harriet Luker, mother, |8; Sarah McKenney, widow, $8. VAN HISEVILLE. Catharine Johnson, widow, $8 ; John Cole, $24 ; Eeuben Camp, chronic diarrhoea and varicose veins left leg, f 8. WAEETOWN. Samuel Eidgway, gunshot wound loft thigh, $3. WEST CEEEK. James Pharo, heart disease $4 ; James M. West, gun- shot wound left side of chest, $6 ; Ensign Miller, gunshot wound left side of head, $18. WHEATLAND. Andrew J. Steelman, injury to abdomen, $8. ■ WHITING. Anna Perry, widow, $8. OLD DOVEE TOWNSHIP. Dover township at one time, embraced a large pro- portion of the present county of Ocean, as it extended from Metetecunk river on the north to Oyster Creek, be- tween Forked Eiver and Waretown on the south, and from the ocean to the Burlington county line in width. The Town Book of old Dover, containing lists of of- ficers from 1783 down to 1861, was found among the books and papers of the late Washington McKean by his son-in-law, Charles W. Potter. Since the decease of the last named gentleman, it is probable this book will be deposited in the office of the County Clerk at Toms Eiver. The town officials named in it were officials representing a large proportion of the present county. In their day they were the prominent public men of what is now Ocean county, and many of their names are herein recorded. The village of Toms Eiver was burned in March, 1782. The record in the Town Book begins with the first town meeting after that event. 352 HISTOKY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. The following town meeting proceedings are copied from the old Dover 'J'own Book : A list of the town officers chosen at a town meeting held at Toms River on the second Tuesday of March, one thousand seven hundred q,nd eighty three (1783), for the township of Dover, are as foUoweth : Town Clerk — David Woodmansee ; Chosen Free- holders — Gabriel Woodmansee, John Rogers; Assessor — Gabriel Woodmansee ; Collector — James Woodmansee; Freeholders to assist the Assessor — Jacob Applegate, John Jeffrey ; Freeholders of Appeal — Isaac Potter, Moses Robins, David Woodmansee ; Surveyors of High- ways — Abraham Piatt, James Allen; Overseers of the Poor — John Stout, Jacob Applegate ; Overseers of High- ways — Francis Letts, Jacob Foster, Thomas Vannort ; Constable — John Woodmansee. Town meetings were held annually at the residence of different citizens, and the ordinary public business, which was, of course limited in character, transacted. At the annual meeting held March 13, 1787, the town agreed to raise an assessment on the inhabitants of Dover for the support of the poor this year, the sum of fiftj^ pounds (£50). The following items appear in later records : At the town meeting held March 11, 1788, it was or- dered as follows : " The town has agreed to pay the last county money that was ordered to be raised, out of the dog tax that was raised for the year 1787. Also the money that Abra- ham Piatt is indebted to the town is to pay the debts of the town." In 1792 the following record appears : "1792. Be it remembered that the township of Dover has entered into a resolve this thirteenth day of March, 1792, that all foreigners who shall come within our bay to oyster shall be entitled to pay to the township of Dover for the support of the poor, two pence for every bushel of oysters taken on board by said vessels. Also, John Price and John Woodmansee are appointed by said OLD DOVER TOWNSHIP. 353 town to collect, the above duty for the use of the said town. At the same time, the poor of the township of Dover were sold to the following persons, viz : Abraham Piatt took one woman for £1 17 shillings for one year. ■John Johnson took one man for £A 9s. one year. Thomas Bird took one man for £W 17s. one year. Officers elected at the annual March town meeting, 1793 : Moderator — Benjamin Lawrence ; Clerk — George Cook ; Assessor — Benjamin Lawrence ; Collector — George Cook ; Freeholders — David Wright, Gabriel Woodman- .see ; Coms. of Appeal — James Allen, John Bogers, Gabriel Woodmansee ; Coms. of Highways — John Price, William Williams; Overseers of Poor — ^Benjamin Lawrence, George Cook ; Overseers of Roads — Paul Potter, William Cham- berlain, Timothy Page, Bartholomew Applegate, Thomas Truex ; Constables — John Richardson, Job Leming . Judge of Election — John Rogers. The poor of the township were sold as follows: Jo- seph Piatt took one woman for ,£8 10s. Timothy Page took one man for £4 15s. Elizabeth Johnson took one man for £12 10s." At the annual meeting, March 10, 1795, "John Yet- man was cleared from tax on account of blindness of his wife." The following record appears in the proceedings of the town meeting held at the house of John Millar, March 10,1798: The town poor were put out for the year as follows : " Gilbert Lane took one man for ,£12 ; the town to find him clothes, and Lane to make and mend for him and find him in tobacco. John Worth took a woman for £16, the town to find her clothes and Worth to find her tobacco." A special town meeting was held April 3, 1799, at the house of John Wildes, when — " It was resolved to amend the law about striking fish^ so that it shall be lawful to strike any fish except sheeps- head until June 10th, yearly. 354 HISTORY OJ? MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. " Resolved, That the members of the Township Com- mittee be allowed one dollar per day for services, Wil- liam E. Imlay reported expenditures for the poor to the amount of £36 12s. 2d., and that he had in hand of town money, £111 13s. 2d., from which expenses deducted for poor would leave £75." The next year it was resolved that " the next town meeting be held at the house where William B. Imlay now lives. Also, that the law about striking fish be re- pealed in full." Constables in those days were required to give bonds in the sum of one thousand dollars. The following is a list of Presiding Officers, or Moderators, as they were called, and Town Clerks of Dover, from 1846 to 1861, when the records in the old Town Book cease : MODEBATORS. 1846, William I. James. 1847 to 1865, inclusive, Aaron B. Irons. 1856 to 1861, inclusive, Washington Mc- Kean. TOWN CLERKS. 1846 to 1855, inclusive, James Gulick. 1856 — John J. Irons. 1857-8 — Benjamin F. Aumack. 1859— David J. Bowers. 1860— Emanuel H. Wilkes. 1861— Joseph Lawrence. The record of cattle marks and of estrays in the old Dover Town Book gives the names of many old residents not found elsewhere in the book, and in some cases, the parts of the township where they resided. NAVESINK. The following description of the Navesink lands was written March 4, 1660, by Secretary Van Tienhoven, of New Amsterdam, and sent to Holland : " In the bay of the North river, about two leagues from Sandy Hook, lies an inlet or small bay ; on°the south shore of said bay called Neyswesincks, there is also right good maize lands which have not been culti- vated by the natives, for a long time. This district is NAVESINK. 355 Avell adapted for raising and feeding all sorts of cattle and is esteemed by many as not ill adapted for fisheries ; a good trade in furs could also be carried on there and 'tis likewise accessible to all large vessels coming from sea which are often obliged to lie to or anchor behind Sandy Hook, either in consequence of contrary winds or from want of a pilot." [Note.— Information relative to taking up land in the form of colonies or private bouweries, N. Y. Col. Hist. vol. 1, p. 360.] According to the familiar story of Penelope Stout, the first attempt to settle in Monmouth was about 1648, when Richard Stout and family, and five Datch families, six in all, settled where Middle town now is and they remained there about five or six years when they were compelled to leave on account of Indian troubles. In O'Callaghan's History of New Netherlands is a list of patents for land granted by the Dutch between 1630 and 1664 ; among them is one to Cornelius Van Werckhoven, granted November 7, 1651, for " A Colonie at Nevisinks." In a letter from Werckhoven to Baron Von der Capellen, in Albany Records vol. 8, p. 27, he says the lands about Nevisinks and Raritan Kills had been purchased for him in 1649 and had not been allotted to him. Werckhoven did not come to this country until 1652. His agent in purchasing these lands was Augus- tine, or Augustus Heermans, a prominent citizen of New Amsterdam. As Heermans received directions in 1649 from Werckhoven, then in Utrecht, Holland, to purchase the lands, the presumption is that he had previously visited the Navesink Indians and ascertained from them their willingness to part with the lands and on what conditions, and also that his object was to establish "A Colonie at Navesink." The time of his doing this must have been about the time the Stout tradition says an effort was made to plant a colony at Middletown. Heer Werckhoven came over to this country in 1652. His right to the lands was disputed by Baron Hendrick Vander Capellan, who alleged that he had previously 356 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. bought lands on south side of the Earitan claimed by Werckhoven and the matter was referred to the Amster- dam Chambers; their decision being adverse to Werck- hoven, he then directed his attention to establishing the settlement of New Utrecht on Long Island, near Graves- end. The first house put up in New Utrecht was one by Jacob Swart, of Gravesend, who tore down his house at the latter place and removed it to the new settlement. Augustine Heermans had also purchased this land for Werckhoven, and it is evident that he must have been acquainted at Gravesend with the settlers, of whom, in 1657, Richard Stout seems to have been one of the largest land owners. In the " account of a voyage to Navesink" in 1663, given in Brodhead's History of New York and White- head's East Jersey, it is alleged that an attempt to purchase lands in Monmouth of the Navesink Indians in 1668 was made by a party of twenty Englishmen from Gravesend, L. I., among wh^m it names John Bowne, James Hubbard, John Tilton, Samuel Speer, Thomas Whitelock, Sergeant Eichard Gibbons, and Charles Morgan. This account indicates that the English party were at that time acquainted along the shores of the Earitan Bay and around in by the Highlands. It is stated in Brodhead's History of New York that in the year 1650 an effort was made to induce Baron Hendrick van de Capellan of Ryssell and several Amster- dam merchants to form an association for the coloniza- tion of Staten Island and its neighborhood and a ship was fitted out, but the expedition proved a failure. But an agent of Van Capellan, named Dericklagen, shortly after purchased for him lands " on the south side of the Earitan river"; one reason alleged for this purchase was that it would tend to the better security of a colony planted on Staten Island. This was probably in 1651. During the same year Augustus Heermans purchased for Cornelius Van Werckhoven, an influential member of the provincial government of Utrecht, a tract also " on the south side of the Earitan opposite Staten Island." EAELY NAVIGATOBS. 357 EAELY NAYIGATOES. In speaking of early nayigators, Eev. John Howard Hinton, in the Hist, of the United States, says : " It is a circumstance too remarkable to be unnoticed, that England, Spain and France all derived their transatlantic possessions from the science and energy of Italian navi- gators, although not a single colony was ever planted in the newly discovered continent by the inhabitants of Italy. Columbus, a Genoese, acquired for Spain a coloni- al dominion great enough to satisfy the most craving ambition ; but reaping no personal advantage from his labors, excepting an unprofitable fame, after having been ignomiriiously driven from the world he had made known to Europeans, he died in poverty and disgrace. Cabot, a Yenetian, sailing in the service of England, conferred on that nation a claim, the magnitude and importance of which he never lived to comprehend. Yerazzani, a Florentine, explored America for the benefit of France ; but sailing hither a second time for the purpose of establishing a colony, he perished at sea." One account of Yerazzani states that he landed at some place not named with some of his crew and was seized by the savages and killed and devoured in the presence of his companions on board, who sought in vain to give assistance. Such was the fate of the navi- gator who ga^e us the first notice of the harbor of New York and adjacent territory. In that noted ancient work, " Hakluyt's Yoyages," (vol. 3, p. 7,) is a statement from Cabot as follows : "When my father left Yenice to dwell in England to follow the trade of merchandise, he took me with him to the Citie of London, while I was very young, yet having neverthe- less some knowledge of letters and humanitie and of the Sphere. And when my father died in that time when news were brought of Don Christopher Columbus, Genoese, had discovered the coasts of India, whereof was great talk in all the court of Henry YII, who then reigned, insomuch that all men with great admiration 358 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. affirmed if, to be a thing more divine than human to sail by the West into the East, where spices grow, by a map that never was known before, by this same and report, there increased in my heart a great flame of desire to- attempt some notable thing." The following extract is from page 6, vol. 3, of same work : " In the yere of Our Lord, 1497, John Cabot and his- Sonne Sebastian (with an English fleet set out from Bristol), discovered that land which no man before this time had attempted, on the t-v\^enty-fourth of June, about five of the clock early in the morning. This land he called Prima Vista, that is to say First Seen, because I suppose it was that part whereof they had the first sight from the sea. That island which lietli out before the land, he called the Island of St. John, upon which occa- sion, as I think, because it was discovered upon the day of St. John the Baptist." The probability is that Cabot sailed northwest a few weeks until his progress was arrested by floating icebergs, when he shaped his course to the southwest and soon came in sight of the shore, named by him Prima Vista, and generally believed io be some part of Labrador or New Foundland. Thence he steered northward again to the sixty-seventh degree of latitude, where he was obliged to turn back by the discontent of his crew. He sailed along the coast in search of an outlet, as far as the neighborhood of the Gulf of Mexico, when a mutiny- broke out in the ship's company, in consequence of which the further prosecution of the voyage was abandoned. Some accounts state that Cabot reached England with several savages and a valuable cargo while other writers assert that he never landed. It is certain he did not attempt any conquest or settlement in the countries h& discovered. And this is the substance of Cabot's dis- coveries, on which England based her claim. PUECHASEES OF SHAEES OF LAND. 359 PUECHASEES OF SHAEES OF LAND. A list of the names of the purchasers of Newasink, Narumstink and Pootapeek, who each purchased one share of land, except seven persons, who purchased from two to four shares each. (Note: — The names are here arranged alphabetically for convenience of reference :) John Allen and Eobert Taylor, Christopher AUmey, Job AUmey, Stephen Arnold, James Ashton, Benjamin Borden, Eichard Borden, John Bowne, John Bowne, F. Xi., James Bowne, William Bowne, Gerrard Bourne, Francis Brindley, Nicholas Browne, Joseph Bryer, Henry Bull, Eobert Carr, George Chute, Walter Clark, Thomas Clifton, William Codington, Joshua Coggeshall (see Daniel Gould), John Coggshall, Edward Cole, Joseph Coleman, John Cooke, Nicholas Davis, (2) Thomas Dungan, Peter Easson, (Easton), Eoger Ellis and son, (2) Gideon Freeborn and Eobert Hazard, Zachary Gant, Eichard Gibbons, Willianj Gifford, Daniel Gould and Joshua Coggeshall, Ealph Gouldsmith, James Grover, John Hance, John Haundell, Thomas Hsj-t, Tobias Han- son, Samuel Holeman, Jonathan Holmes, Obadiah Holmes, John Horabin, Eobert Hazard (see Gideon Freeborn,) William James, John Jenkins, Henry Lippett, James Leonard, Eichard Lippencott, (4) Mark Lucar, Eichard Moor, George Mount, Edward Pattison, Thomas Potter, William Eeape, (2) Eichard Eichardson, John Euckman, Wm. Shaberly (Shackerly?) William Shaddock, Nathaniel Silvester, (2) Eichard Sissell, Edward Smith, John Smith, Samuel Spicer, Benjamin Speare, Eobert Story, (2) Eichard Stout, Edward Tartt, Eobert Taylor (see John Allen,) John Tom son, John Throckmorton, Edward Thurston, Nathaniel Tomkins, John Townsend, Walter Wall, Eliakim Wardell, Marmaduke Ward, George Webb, Eobert West, Bartholomew West, John Wilson, Thomas Winterton, John Wood, Emanuel WooUey, Thomas Whitlock. 360 HISTOEY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. TOWNSHIPEES. The names of such as are entered as township men: John Bird, Bashan, Thomas Cox, Daniel Estill, James Grover, Jr., William Goulding, John Hall, Eandall Huet, Sr., Eandall Huet, Jr., Earth (?) Lippencott, Ed- mund Laphetres, William Lawrence, William Layten, Francis Masters, Henry Perey, Anthony (?) Page, Eichard Sadler, William Shearman, Samuel Spicer, John Stout, Job Throckmorton. The settlement with William Eeape, James Grover, John Tilton and others in July, 1670, gives the names only of those who were considered first purchasers ; it does not include the names of all who had settled in the county at that date. In the office of the Proprietors of East Jer- sey, at Perth Amboy, is a list of persons who took the oath of allegiance in 1668 ; this list is also given in the first volume of New Jersey Archives. And this does not give the names of all settlers, as all would not subscribe to the oath presented by the Proprietors ; and only two are named at Middletown. But it contains some names not found in the settlements above named. The list is as follows : THE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TAKEN BY THE INHABITANTS OF NAVESINK, 1668. " Christopher AUmy, Peter Parker, George Chute, Nicholas Brown, Edward Patterson, George Hulett, Jo- seph Parker, Lewis_Mattox, Jacob Cole, Gabriel Kirk, Joseph Huit, John Slocum, Samuel Shaddock, Thomas Wright, Thomas Wanrite, John Havens, Bash Shamgun- gue, Edmund La Fetra, John Hall, Eobert West, Sr., Eobert West, Jr., Abraham Brown, William Newman, Francis Masters. The Names of the Inhabitants of Middletown upon Navesink that doe subscribe to the oath of allegiance to FIEST PURCHASEES. 361 the King and fidelity to the Lords Proprietors. And the oath is this, that you and any of you -will bare, &c. James Geovek, John Bowne." In the list as copied in New Jersey Archives, the name of Thomas Wainwright is erroneously given as Thomas Wansick ; the copy at Perth Amboy has it Thomas Wanrite, which was meant for Thomas Wain- right, who was a settler at the time. FIRST PUECHASEES. The following persons named among first pur- chasers, did not settle in Monmouth, though members of the families of most of them came here : Job Almy, Eichard Borden, Samuel Borden, Gerrard Bourne, John Bowne of Flushing, L. I., Francis Brinley, Joseph Bryer, Henry Bull, Walter Clarke, Thomas Clif- ton, William Codington, Joshua Coggeshall, John Cooke, Nicholas Davis, Thomas Dungan, Peter Easton (or Esson), Gideon Freeborne, Zachary Gauntt, William Gifford, Daniel Gould, Ealph Gouldsmith, Thomas Hart, Samuel Holeman, Obadiah Holmes, John Horndell, Wil- liam James, John Jenkins, James Leonard, Mark Lucar, Thomas Moor, William Shackerly, Benjamin Speare, Nathaniel Silvester, Eobert Story, John Tilton, Nathaniel Tomkins, Edward Thurston, Marmaduke Ward, George Webb, Edward Wharton. William Goulding, one of the patentees, remained at Gravesend until 1693, when he sold (mt there and it is supposed that then in his old age he came to Monmouth to live with relatives. William Eeape, another patentee, died in 1670; his widow and children settled in Monmouth. SETTLEES OF MIDDLETOWN. The Town Book of Old Middletown, in its first entry dated December 30, 1667, shows that the home lots laid 362 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN GOUNTIEH, out iu Middletown were thirty-six in number and in order from one to thirty-six and allotted as follows: John Ruckman, Edward Tartte, John Wilson, Walter Wall, John Smith, Richard Stout, Richard Gibbons, Thomas Cox, Jonathan Holmes, George Mount, William Cheeseman, Anthony Page, Samuel Holeman, William Laiton, William Compton, James Grover, Steven Arnold, Samuel Spicer, John Stout, Obadiah Holmes, Benjamin Denell, Job Throckmorton, James Ashton, John Throck- morton, William Goulding, William Reape, Edward Smith, John Bowne., Benjamin , Burden, Samuel Spicer, William Lawrence, Daniel Estall, Robert Jones, Thomas Whitlock, Richard Sadler, James Grover. Out-lots were also surveyed, numbered and granted to the settlers, and the lot given to each one entered in the Town Book. The lots at Poetland Point, at or near Highlands, were awarded in regular order as follows : John Horaben, James Bowne, Richard Richardson, Randall Huet, 8r., Henry Percy, John Bird, Randall Huet, Jr., William Bowne, William Shackerly. RECORD OF CATTLE MARKS AND ESTRAYS. The record of cattle marks and of estrays in the old Dover Town Book gives the names of many old residents not found elsewhere in the book, and in some cases the parts of the township where they resided. The cattle marks of the following persons were recorded : ^rancis Letts, 1783, Gabriel Woodmansee, 1783, John Grant, 1783, subsequently transferred to James D. Wilbur, David Woodman, 1783, transfered to Jesse Woodmansee, 1799, Job Chamberlain, 1873, Samuel Woodmansee, 1783, Thomas Woodmansee, 1784, James Bird, 1784, Elias Anderson, 1784, Edward Wilbur, 1784, James Allen, 1785, John Chadwick, 1785, subsequently taken by William Chadwick, Abiel Akins, 1785, David Imlay, 1785, William Johnson, 1787, Daniel Johnson, RECORD OF CATTLE MARKS AND ESTRAYS. 363 1788, Edward Flin, 1788, Patterson Worth, 1788, Aaron Chamberlain, 1788, William Wilbour, 1788, James Irons, 1788, George Cook, 1788, Levi Piatt, 1788, John Wil- bour, 1789, John Patten, 1789 (1796?), Benjamin Guy- berson, 1789, Thomas Bird, 1789, William WooUey, 1790, Nathaniel Dickenson, 1790, John Millar, 1790,. Enoch Potter, 1791, James Chamberlain, 1797, Abraham Piatt, 1791, John Belong, 1795, Elihu Chadwick, 1791, Isaac Perce, 1791, Joshua Frasee, 1793, Green Worth, 1793, Peter Stout, 1793, John Irons, 1794, William Gifford, 1794, James Fitzgerald, 1795, Joseph Piatt, 1795, John Eusseil, 1796, Joseph Applegate, 1796, Joseph Eichards, 1796, William Applegate, 1796, . John Piatt, 1796, William Chamberlain, 1796, John Worth, 1797, Daniel Stout, 1797, Jacob Jeffery, 1798, Jesse Jeffery, 1798, Jacob Applegate, 1798, Bsnjamin Lawrence, 1800, taken by Edwin Jackson, 1822, GissbertGibeson, 1800, Joseph Waers, 1801, William King, 1801, Samuel Brindley, 1801, Zebedee Collins, 1802, John Havens, Jr., 1802, Warren Attison, 1803, William Haywood, 1803, Ambrose Jones, 1803, Francis Jeffery, 1809, John Vannote, 1810, Joseph Lawrence, 1810, Isaac Gulick, 1813, William Hulse, 1813, William L Imlay, 1814, Jacob -Stout, 1814, William B. Amacks, 1818, taken by Dillon Wilbur, 1846, David Hilliard, 1819, Daniel Eogers, 1822, Josiah Brand, 1823, Abraham O. S. Havens, 1823, Moses Achor, 1824. The following persons recorded estrays : JohnEichardson, 1794, Eobert McElvey, 1791, Edward Wilbur, Isaiah Hopkins, 1794, John Babcock 1795, Timothy Page, 1795, Patrick Eogers, 1795, John Piatt, Jr., 1796, Thomas Luker, 1796, Isaac Eogers, William Polhemiis, 1797, John Millars, Toms Eiver, Samuel Havens, William E. Imlay, Toms Eiver, Jacob Tilton, Kettle Creek, Mat- thew Howel, John Eogers, Bartholomew Applegate, near Eidge way's Mill, 1798, Peter Gulick, 1800, Enoch Jones, 1804, Peter Jaquiss, Toms Eiver, Jacob Applegate, Jr., Abraham Woolley, 1807, Margaret Bird, 1809, James T. Newell, John Pattens, 1813, John Wilbur, Ebenezer Apple- gate, 1813, Job Lemmon,Sr., 1814, Jesse Eogers, 1815, John 364 HISTOBY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. Bowker, Paul Potter, Johu Cornlin, 1818, Elizabeth Piatt, 1819, James Irons, Kettle Creek, John Letts, south side Cedar Creek, 1820, James Blake, Dover Forge, Vincent Hires, Joseph Johnson, 1822, John B. Applegate, James S. Eeynolds, David Jones, Kettle Creek, 1823, Henry Eun- yon, 1824, Garret Irons, Jr., 1825, William Williams, Dover Forge, I. Stackhouse, Dover Furnace, Jonathan Lewis, 1827, Jesse E. Piatt, Isaac Fielder, John Branson, for Samuel G. Wright, Dover Furnace, 1828. GEOGR.iPHICAL INDEX TO MANUSCRIPT COPY SUEVEYS, OCEAN COUNTY. .A. Applegate's brook, 10 ; Applegate's creek empties into Manchester Cove, 37 ; Applegate's mill, 32 ; Applegate Eberner's old sawmill (1761) near Abrm. Schenck's, on a branch Kettle creek, 24 ; Arney's Cedar swamp on Wrangle, 13 ; Arney and Cleggs' swamp (Hurri- cane ?), 17 ; Allison, Benjamin, house Forked River, between Middle and South Branches (1770), 26 Allison, Robert, house, south side Toms Eiver, 35 Allen's old sawmill, 33; Allen's old gristmill, 33 Allen, James, tavern (1825), 54 ; Allen, James, saw- mill (1800), 39; Allen, James, gristmill, 39. Berds, William, house, 27-52 ; Birds, John, 21-42 ; Bow- als, Garret, wigwam, 8; Bennet's Eun, 19; Ben's Bridge, 31; Black's Brook, 10, 15, 18 ; Black's Swamp, 38; Borden's Brook, 8-9 ; Borden's Eun, 23; Bare Swamp (Obhonon 9), 11; Bear Park Island in Black Swamp, 38 ; Beaver Dam, Black's Brook, 15 ; Old Beaver Dam, 15 ; Bonnell, Edw., Swamp, 17-21 ; Bar- tholomew's Branch, 34. c; Cedar Creek. Cedar Creek that empties into Metete- cunk, 11 ; Cedar Bridge Creek, near Metetecunk, 33 ; Calf Creek 1775; 1801, 28-39; Cold Spring, Cold Spring Eun crosses road from Toms Eiver to Cross- GEOGRAPHICAL INDEX. 335 wicks, 19; Coward's Ford, or Deer Ford, above Schenck's mill, 34 ; Cournshannock, 13 ; (near Hur- ricane ?) Congasee Branch, 29 ; Congasee Pond, 29 ; Cabin Creek, Cabin Branch, Cabin Brook, 29 ; Cabin Brook, (John Pierce's), 23; also called Pole Bridge Branch, 16; also called John Pierce's Branch, 16; Cowan's Branch of, Eidgway, (13?), Crosswicks Creek, New Egypt; Cay Creek, Oyster Creek, 6-9; Cox & Mead's sawmill, Ovster Creek, 24; Collins' Zeb. 27-37 mill, 44^7, 55 ;" Cube Run, 41-2; Cum- berland Neck (on largest map) between Borden's Run and next Branch south; Cumberland (Shataquohong) 8-23 ; Clayton, (Asher), Swamp, 9. Davenport Branch, 12 ; Davenport Tavern Branch, (1750) 13 ; Daniels' Branch, Cedar Creek ; Dr. Johnson's Long Swamp, 24; Dr. Johnson's Island, Dillon's Island, (1761) 24-28 ; Delongs, 41 (42 ?) ; Deer Pond, (Davenport ?) 22. Elisha's Branch, Emley's grist mill (1792) on Jake's Branch, 32; Eagle Point, Toms River, 27; Eastwood's sawmill, Cedar Creek, 9 ; (old sawmill 15) Elbow Brook, or Lyells' sawmill branch, 16-18 ; Evering- ham sawmill (1750), 15-26 ; Etnley Saml's Swamp (Black Creek ?), 16. Fishing or Kettle Creek, 12-26 ; French's Swamp, near Hurricane, 13 ; Forked Branch, Hurricane ; Forked Branch, Dene's Mill ; Forked Gully, on north branch Toms River, a little above Dene's Mill, 35 ; Factory Branch, Cedar Creek ; Fagan, (Philip,) house, 8 ; Federal Furnace, 33-7-8 ; Folly Dam Branch, 34. Grassy Hollow, on Toms River, 35 ; Goodwater, Green Branch (Wrangle ?),■ Green Branch Kettle Creek, 33; Gauntt's Branch, head Rancocus; Goodluok Road, (1750), 14, (1761), 22 ; Grave, The 21 ; Gumbertson, Ben., sawmill, 37-8; Gulick's sawmill, (Obhonon), 43 ; Grandin's Folly, 19, (on Bennett's Run ?) 366 HISTOKY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. Hurricane Branch, Hurricane Swamp, Hurricane Woods, 25 ; Harris Branch, Hakamaha, 8 ; Half-Way Daven- port, 16; Holmes & Eobins' sawmill, 32; Homer, Joshua, (1762) sawmill, (Ejdg way's) 24 ; Hickory Tavern, 37; Hanover Furnace, Hulett's Swamp, (Cedar Creek ?) 11 ; Hulett, Eobert, (1748) dwelling Goodluck, 12-16 ; Hedding, Marcus, dam, (1748) 12 ; Holmes, D. and J., mill, (1766), 25; Daniel and John p. 27) ; On Sunken Branch, probably near where it emptied into Wrangle (1792), 32 ; Howell, Matthew, house, head north branch Mosquito Cove (1795), 34; Hellen, Joseph, field, now VanNott's, between Kettle Creek and north branch Moscheto Cove (1796), 35. I Imlay, David, (1799) grist mill, 38; Jake's Branch, 38; Irish Branch to Davenport, 37 ; Irish Mills (Elisha Lawrence), 18; Indian Stage, 22 ; Indian Hill or Stone Hill, 34-6-9; Island Swamp, 15-18; Ivins, Caleb, (1792) sawmill, 31. o- Jones, Christopher, 41 ; Jack's Bridge over Pumpshire, Jake's Branch (1761), 23; Jeffries' Branch of Jake's, 31; Jeffries' Bridge, Joseph Lawrence's Swamp, 10; Johnson, Dr., Long Swamp, 14 ; Johnson, Dr., Island, 14; Jacob's sawmill, (1760) 22. zs: Kettle Creek, 11-19-20; Kettle or Fishing Creek, 12-26; Kettle Creek, sawmill thereon, 11. Lawn Swamp, Toms Eiver ; Long Swamp or Wegnae- mesee, 9, 10, 24 ; Dr. Johnson's Long Swamp, 14 ; Luker Daniel's house, 12 ; Luker's Ferry (1749) 12- 18 ; Luker's Branch, Wrangle 22, Davenport, 17, 22, 1 1-4 miles from Tom's Eiver, 22 ; Luker's Bridge, over Davenport, 21 ; Luker, Thomas, house 29 ; Lyell's Saw Mill Brook or Elbow Branch, 16, 18 ; Longacoming, 25, above Schenck's Mill ; Lawrence (Jos.) Swamp 10. GEOGRAPHICAL INDEX. 367 3VE Mill Creek or Quail Run ; Mamapaqua or Paqua, 1740-9, (1750) 15, 16, 26, 38, 40 ; Meteteconk Bridge (1761) 22'; Mirey Run, N. E. side N. E. branch Tom's River, 11, runs into about Irish Mills (Largest map Ocean Co.); Maple Root, 9, 12, 14 ; Magonagasa Creek falls into Success, 21 ; Millstone River, 9, 13 ; Montgomery Bridge (12 ?) over Davenport, 22 ; Mill Hill, Forked River (1751) 16,17; Moscheto Cove (1690) 17,34; Moscheto Cove, South Branch, 17 ; Moscheto Cove, Timothy Willett's house, 17 ; Moscheto Cove Creek, 18; Morgan Branch or Gully, 23. jxr Naked Branch, Cedar Creek ; New England Branch, 27. o Obhonon, 8-16 ; Oyster Creek or Cay Creek, 5, 9 ; Oyster Creek or Forked River, 8, 9 ; Old Hokomaha, 8. I* Paqua ; Pine Brook, 8, 15 ; Pumpshear's Creek, 18, 34 ; 32, 9, 41 ; Pumpshear's Branch, Moscheto Cove, 34- 9 ; Pumpshear's S-wamp, 37 (South side Moscheto, 39 ; Jack's Bridge Swamp, 39, (Is this the "Pompshire" of Smith's Hist. Indian Treaty ?) ; Pole Bridge Run, South side Success, opposite Pole Bridge Run, 12- 16 ; Pole Bridge Branch of Toms River, or John Pierce's Branch, 16; Pole Bridge Branch head- water of Rancocus in Manchester (37); Pas- conassa or Salter's Swamp, 10 ; Potter's .saw- mills, (1775) 28; Potter's Run, 8 ; Potter's Creek; Polhemus' Landing, (1795) 35 ; Polhemus' saw-mill, (1800) 39 ; John Pierce's tract, 12 ; Pierce's Cabin Brook, 23 ; Pine Tavern, 37 ; Phillips' Road, (1749)13 ; Pangburn's Mill (1753) 18-29. K. Ridgeway or South Branch of Tom's River ; Randolph Branch, Cedar Creek, 29 ; Round Swamp or Mana- paqua, 9 ; Riding Over Place, 9-10 ; Reedy Island, 38 ; Reedy Creek, near Kettle Creek, probably Met- eteconk Neck, 38 ; Runnells, James, house South side 368 HISTOBY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. Meteteconk; Eidgway's saw-mill (1788) 31-28 ; Ean- dolph — Eandall's saw-mill, 32. South Eun of Tom's Eiver, below Sutton's Cabin, 38-41; Stone Figure (1790) 37 ; Stone Hill or Indian Hill, 34-6 ; South Branch Tom's Eiver, 38 ; Success Mill, 12 (probably Edward Beake's); Success Dwelling House, 16 ; Success Mill Brook, 10 ; Slab Branch of Toms Eiver, (32?); Slab Bridge Eun, South of Toms Eiver, 32, 38, 40-3 ; Sunken Branch, Toms Eiver, of Wrangle 32 ; Shamoe, (Branch of Eidgway ;) Shataquchong or Cumberland (or Borden's Eun?) Salter's Swamp on Hurricane, 10 ; Salter's Swamp, Black's brook, 19 ; Sloop Creek, 10 ; Starkie's Cedar Swamp, [Hurricane,] 11 ; Starkie's Cellar 11 ; Shreve's Swamp, Obhonon, 11 ; Schenck's Mill (1761) Toms Eiver, 23-30; Schenck's house, 23; Schenck's Mill, Kettle Creek, 24 ; Schenck's saw-mill, formerly Applegate's, 32 ; Southard's Neck on Wrangle, 28. T Tice's Bridge, 33 ; Tice's Brook, 33 ; Tice Van Horn's Brook; Tice's Landing, Forks Toms Eiver, 42; Tunes' Brook and Creek (1799) 38-9 ; Tilton's saw- mill, 18. XT Union Branch ; Union saw-mill, 32-38 ; Union Brook that falls into Wrangle, 18 [?]. •XT- Van Horn's Brook, [1752] 18 ; Van Horn's (Matthew) Mill [1752] 18; Van Horn, old mill, [1795] 33 ; Van Horn [Tice] Bridge and Branch, 33 ; Van Horn [Mat.] Bridge [1760] 22. Wrangle Creek [1750] 13 ; Webb's Mill (1796) 36; Webb's Mill Branch; Wegnaemesee or Long Swamp, 9; White Oak Hollow, South side Toms Eiver road to Gen. Mounts, 14 ; White Oak Bottom ; Wires' [Tim- othy] [1764] saw-mill brook, 23 ; Williams, John, saw- mill [1755] 19. EARLY SUEVEYS IN OCEAN COUNTY. 369 Yankee Bridge [Davenport] 22 ; Yetman, John, 40. Zeb. Collins, 27-37. EAELY SUEVEYS IN OCEAN COUNTY. It is evident that not long after Middletown and Shrewsbury were settled, explorations were made in be- half of the proprietors in what is now Ocean County, particularly of land along the seaboard and Barnegat Bay. In 1685, the Governor and proprietors, from their office in London, issued "Instructions concerning setting out of Land," in which they say : VI. That wherever there is a convenient plot of land lying together containing twenty-four thousand acres, as we are informed will more especially be at Barnegat, it be divided and marked into twenty-four parts, a thousand acres to each propriety, and the parts being made as equal ascan.be for quality and situation; the first comers presently settling, are to have the choice of the division, and where several stand equal in that respect upon equal terms and time of settling, it be determined by lot. And that such properties as are in the rights of minors or widows, which as by accident may want proxies, or be ignorant of things there, may not be prejudiced, and yet such plots may not remain unsettled, the Deputy Gover- nor and Commissioners are allowed to let small parts in the chief places of settlement, upon the shares of such proprietors at some small fee per annum to poor families, not exceeding fifty acres to a family to secure the quantity." In old patents and surveys, all the water from Little Egg Harbor to the head of the bay near Manasquan was called Barnegat Bay and the land adjoining was often called Barnegat. The following is a list of early surveys in what is no w Ocean county. The large tracts were for proprie- tary rights. The smaller tracts were what were called 370 HISTORY OP MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. "headlands." As previously stated, the proprietors, in their grants and concessions, agreed to give to actual set- tlers a certain number of acres for each head in i/he family ; to each man 120 acres ; to his wife 120 acres ; to each child 90 or 60 acres, etc. The settler could take this land all in one body or part in one place and part in another. EEV. WILLIA.M MILLS. AN OLD MONMOUTH PREACHER AND A HERO OF THE WAR. The following sketch of Mr. Mills is by Eev. George A. Eaybold, author of Methodism in West Jersey, whose ministrations in Ocean and Monmouth counties some fifty years ago ara favorably ramsmbered by many old citizens. " Mr. Mills was a native of Monmouth, of Quaker descent. The fire of patriotic feeling induced him, Quaker as he was, in 1776, to enter the American army in which he became an officer. He was taken prisoner by the British and was sent, after being changed from one vessel to another, to the West Indies. At length he was carried to Europe, from whence at the close of the war, he returned home and again settled in New Jersey. About the year 1792 the Methodist preachers came into the region of country where he resided. His wiie soli- cited him to hear them, but he resisted, stating his belief that he had been so wicked his day of grace was past. By a remarkable dream he was at length convinced that there was mercy for him. He then attended the means of grace, until as he sought the Lord with all his heart, he soon found peace. He became a member of the first class formed in the vicinity of Shrewsbury in Monmouth. Soon after, he began to exhort others and was appointed class leader ; and in the spring of 1799 he was received into the traveling connection. His labors as an itiner- ant began on Milford circuit, Delaware, from whence he was sent to various places and finally returned to Jersey. In 1813 he was sent to Freehold, the place of his nativity and the first field of his Christian efforts. The A EEMARKABLE INDIAN. 371 soldier who had faced death at the cannon's mouth on the land and on the sea, now, as his end approached, in reality felt no fear. He had a presentiment of his death and told his wife that " death seemed to follow him everywhere." His zeal in religious matters increased. The last time he left home he gave his wife sundry directions and advice in case he should die. He started as well as usual, and filled all his appointments, preach- ing most fervently until a short time before his death. On the fourth of December he left Long Branch, met class, and then returned to Mr. Lippencott's at the Branch. On Sunday morning he went into a room in Mr. Lippencott's to prepare for the service in the church, which was to commence at half-pa"st ten o'clock. The congregation was then collecting and the family, think- ing he stayed too long in the chamber, sent in to know the cause and found him fallen in a fit of apoplexy, almost deprived of sense. After a time he revived a little and on being asked if they should send for medical aid he replied: "The Lord is the best physician." At about twelve o'clock the stupor and other unfavorable symptoms returned ; he lingered until about six the next morning and then peacefully departed for a world of rest. In the year 1812, the year previous to Mr. Mills being sent to preach in Freehold circuit, the number of members embraced in the charge was seven hundred and thirty-six. A EEMAEKABLE INDIAN. The following is an additional well-authenticated account of that noted Indian character, Indian Will, originally furnished to the Shore Press : They sleep togeth^ ; their ancient halls molder away. Ghosts are seen there at noon ; the vaUey is silent, and the people shirn the place of liamoT.—Ossian's War of Cams. Long, long years ago, when this section of country bordering on the Atlantic ocean was one continuous wild 372 HISTOKY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. waste, with nothing save stinted pines and scrub oak to greet the eye of the unfortunate wanderer who might be traveling this way, there was a kind .of half civilized Indian, who lived at Indian Eield, at the head of Shark Eiver, and was known to the inhabitants around as Indian Will. His old cabin was a half civilized looking affair, composed of mortar, stone, logs, and hides, the lat- ter formerly covering the animals that were so unfortu- nate as to fall beneath the fatal point of his index finger ■ — for legend has it that Will was gifted with a strange power ; whenever an animal or fowl became the object of his desire all he had to do was to point at it with his index finger, and the same would fall dead, as if stricken by a bullet or a flint-headed arrow. According to Indian fashion. Will was a married man ; his squaw came, so it is said, from the western section of New Jersey, and like himself, was from the old Delaware tribe of Indians, whose early history is enshrined in quite a halo of glory. Will was, despite his half civilized life, a true Indian, possessing all the stoicism of his race, and the same indifference to the taking of human life, when jt in any way conflicted with his whims. Hannah, like all Indian wives, of the two- she and her husband — had the hardest time of it. She dressed the game and cleaned the fish, and, in fact, did all the work there was to be done in and around the cabin, while her lord and master, Indian Will, was off on fishing excursions, or in the forest of stinted pines, point- ing his finger at a limping rabbit, opossum, or quail, as it chanced to be. One day Indian Will was out on a hunting expedi- tion, and left Hannah, who was sick with the measles, to get along the best she could in the lone cabin. In a little patch just back of the cabin Will had managed to get up sufficient gumption to plant some beans, and at the time to which we refer they were ripe and ready for picking. As I said just back, Hannah had the measles ; her appetite was not of that kind that made what she had been eating heretofore palatable ; she hardly knew A EEMAEKABLE INDIAN. 373 what slie did want ; she hankered after something, and in an unfortunate moment her eyes rested on the beans ; they were just what she wanted ; so, without caring, or at least heeding the consequences, she picked them and put them in the iron pot in company with a bit of opossum. The fire was soon blazing on the rude hearth, over which hu-ng the sooty crane, from which was pen- dant the iron pot containing the beans and opossum. Hannah ate heartily of the savory dish, and the results were, as far as her feelings were concerned, decidedly ben- eficial, but as far as her future welfare was concerned it was otherwise. The legend saith nought of the extent of time Will was absent,but,at all events, when he returned he noticed, the first thing of all, that some one had been in his bean patch and annihilated all hopes of his anent the anticipated feast. Hannah was still under the influence of her pleasant repast when she was confronted by her infuriated lord. "Who," he exclaimed, "has eaten my beans?" Poor Hannah, with a stoicism peculiar to her race, replied, "I did!" " Then you shall die," exclaimed her savage mate ; " I will drown you !" Poor Hannah made no reply, save a pantomimic one, which was the embodiment of resignation. Indian Will was unrelenting. He commanded his dusky spouse to direct her footsteps to the neighboring river, which was in full view of the cabin, and followed with strident gait close behind her. Arriving at the water's edge, he seized the unresisting offender, and, with apparent ease, plunged her head under the element. After holding her there for a number of minutes he drew her head out, when she gave a few gasps, indicating that life was not extinct. Will again plunged her, as before, and when he again drew her out,' poor Hannah was dead. The place where she was drowned is still known as Deep Hole. Neath a gnarled willow in the immediate neighborhood, he buried her, with her feet toward the West; by her side he placed a pone of 374 HISTORY OP MONMOUTH AND OOEA.N COUNTIES. Indian bread and some game, so that she might have something to eat while on her journey to the 'happy- hunting ground. This being done, the savage went about his business, perfectly unconcerned, but in all probability pained somewhat to know that in the future he would have to be his own servant. Time passed on, I know not how many weeks it was, when Hannah's brothers began to wonder why they did not hear from her, or why she did not pay them a visit, as it had been her wont in times passed. Among themselves they got to talking over the matter one day, when it was decided among them that the brother, who rejoiced under the un- Indian name of Jacob, should pay a visit to Indian Field and ascertain how matters stood. Jacob's journey was on foot, so it necessarily took him a number of days to accomplish the task. Arriving at Will's cabin, he found him just preparing some game for the appeasement of his gastric longings. Jacob was surprised — that is, in the sense that an Indian is surprised — to see the mate of his sister in such an ignoble occupation, and asked Will where Hannah wa=. " I drowned her," replied AYill, " because she ate my beans." "She was ray sister," rejoined Jacob, "and it falls on me to avenge her death, so you must prepare to die. Let the struggle between us talte place by yon bank, so that the same water that beheld Hannah's death may also witness thine." "Will Hannah's brother permit me to eat, and join with me in the feast, ere we. embrace in the death struggle?" " Be it so," replied Jacob, and both sat down and ate of the food, while their respective faces betrayed no signs of the ominous thoughts that were burdening their minds. During the repast not a word was spoken by either Will or Jacob. The ceremony was eventually over, when the two walked in si^gle file, Will leading the wayi A EEMARKABLE INDIAN. 375 until they came near to the place still designated as the Deep Hole ; here they stopped and for a moment stood face to face. Jacob was the first to move ; he rushed forward and in an instant they closed in on one another. The struggle for mastery lasted for some time, but at last Will's foot came in contact with a stubble, and down he went, with Jacob at the top ; the latter then pulled from his belt a long keen knife, with which he intended to fulfill hi-s mission. Jacob had his victim, as it were, pinioned to the ground, and at his mercy, but being, as it were, controlled by a spirit of magnanimity, he said : " He who brought Hannah ^o an untimely end can now cast his eyes to the West, and for the last time gaze on the setting sun." Will availed himself of the opportunity, and when doing so, Jacob, thinking his victim secure, began fumb- ling around his belt for a bit of Indian weed, for he became possessed with an irresistible desire to exercise his molars, and in an unguarded moment relieved his arm from confinement, and seizing a pine knot, dealt Jacob a powerful blow in the temple, and over he toppled, as lifelesss as a defunct herring. Having escaped from his peril. Will arose from his late uncomfortable position, and with a grunt of satisfac- tion gazed on the prostrate form of his would-be slayer. He did not take the trouble to bury his victim, but left him where he died, thinking the wild beast and buzzard could attend to the case better than he could. A number of days following the last mentioned fact some circumstances led Indian Will to pass by the spot where it occurred, when from some cause he fancied he heard the body snore, so he came to the conclusion that Jacob was only enjoying a long sleep, and fearing he might awake at any time and give him further trouble, jumped several times on the body, and, finally, after sat- isfying himself that Jacob was dead, indifferently covered it with earth and leaves and passed on, and from all in- dications thought no more of it. 376 HISTORY OP MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. Will was an Indian, and so, for that reason, remorse was something that never bothered him. The days went by as days before the late tragic event had done. He wandered through the echoing forests, and during moonlight nights he indulged in his favorite pastime of bringing down>the opossum and coon by the pointing of his fatal finger. When not engaged in hunting he would linger around the old village inn or his secluded cabin, and revel in imaginary bliss by drinking the white man's firewater whenever he could get it. One day he was stretched out at full length, under the shade of a tree which stood by his cabin ; he was not sleeping, but evidently was taking his ease, when he was brought to a realization of imminent peril by the appear- ance of Jacob's three brothers, who from the fact of his not returning according to promise, led them to come in search of him, and also to inquire into the matter that was the cause of his journey. Will made no effort to evade the questions that were addressed to him by the three brothers. He told them poor Hannah was dead ; that he drowned her because she ate his beans ; also that Jacob was dead ; contrary to his expectations, in a death struggle Jacob was the victim and not he. The three brothers heard the story, at the conclu- sion of which they in unison gave significant grunts, when one, who acted as spokesman, told Will his time had come, and ' that he must make himself ready for death. With evident resignation, Will told his brother that he was willing to die ; that life had ceased to possess its charms ; but he made one request, that was that they procure a gallon of firewater, so that they together might have a happy time before he took his final departure to join his poor Hannah in the land of ths Great Spirit. The brothers assented to Will's request, the firewater was procured, and in the cabin of the condemned Will the happy times commenced. The brothers were not back- ward in drinking liberally of the firewater, and in due A REMAEKABLE INDIAN. 377 course of time were fully under its influence, and event- ually dropped, one after the other, into a. drunken slum- ber. Will, in the meantime, though he begrudged the brothers the whiskey they drank, made up his mind that life was dearer than it, and so pretended to drink a great deal more than he actually did, and from all indications was as drunk as they were ; but when snoring on the part of the three avengers commenced, "Will cautiously assumed a new role, and began business. Will procured a tomahawk, which was near at hand, and began the work of destruction. The brother who received the first attention evidently did not know who struck him, but the second one who was the recipient of the murderous blow was aroused to that extent that he was enabled to give birth to several unearthly sounds before he resigned his hold on life. The noise made by the expiring Indian aroused the third brother, and would have been the means of frustrating Will's plan, had not the latter's dog dashed to the rescue; he was a knowing canine, and seemingly comprehended the whole affair, for he seized the awakened Indian by the throat and held him in posi- tion until his master came forward and culminated his murderous plan. Will stood up in his cabin, and looking upon the bloody work he had accomplished, stoically said : " Poor Hannah's gone — four good brothers gone, too — all because poor Hannah ate my bsans! Ugh!" Without much ado Will dragged the bodies of the defunct Indians out of his cabin, and at a spot a few rods distant gave them what he thought to be a proper burial. He then returned to his cabin and resolved himself into a committee of investigation to ascertain the quantity of whisky left for his consumption. Followin'g his last achievement Will came to the conclusion that poor Hannah's relatives would give him no more trouble. The months rolled by and he still con- tinued his life of hunting and fishing, but for some reason a kind of cloud seemed to hang over his life ; perhaps it vvas owing to the fact that Will's love for firewater increased and interfered with his success in obtaining 378 HISTOEY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. that which enabled him to purchase the " Oh, be joyful." Near Indian Field, in Will's time, there stood an inn, the like of which were common in those days, where whiskey was unblushingly sold, for every one was privi- leged to become tipsy if he only possessed the neces- sary wherewithal. At the bar of this old inn, at the time to which I have a particular reference, Indian Will had become an habitual hanger-on ; he neglected his former occupation of hunting and fishing, and owing to this fact was frequently without means to purchase his favorite beverage. Will had already became a debtor to the inn- keeper, and so, when he asked for more whiskey on trust, he was flatly refused ; his only reply to the innkeeper's fiat was an habitual "Ugh!" and with the tread of of- fended dignity he strutted out of the room, and directed his course toward the beach. Whether Will's journey to the beach was for the purpose of philosophical meditation is a question that has never been fathomed ; at all events, to the beach he went, and with eyes directed toward the incoming waters proceeded to pace down shore, leaving his moccasin prints in the shimmering sand. Will had not proceeded far in his stroll when he discovered, much to his satisfac- tion, a number of pieces of shining metal half buried in the sand. He eagerly stooped down and picked them up, and, contrary to his expectations, they proved to be Spanish dollars. In these dollars Will saw visions of tire-water, and pushing his search still further, he was rewarded with a handful of the Spanish coin. Think- ing that the quantity of money in his possession was sufficient to purchase whiskey enough to satisfy his desire for days to come, he withdrew from the beach, and with a vigorous and consequential step directed his course toward the old inn. Will's entrance in the barroom was a source of sur- prise to those there congregated, who had so recently seen his departure, and their surprise was increased when he strutted up to the bar and threw thereon his handful of dollars, exclaiming at the same time: A REMARKABLE INDIAN. 379 " Now will you let Indian Will have more whiskey ? " The innkeeper surveyed with mingled greed and astonishment the profuse outpouring of that which was a scarcity in the neighborhood and before Will had time to again express his desire, took down the whiskey decanter and tumbler, and told him to help himself. Owing to Will's recent impecunious condition he had been without his usual portion for an uncommon long time, so the present occasion, so far as the magnitude of the potation was concerned, was an uncommon one. Owing to the transformative qualities of the whiskey, Will's truculent demeanor gave away to one of a more affable nature. So the innkeeper also assumed the affable, and, after he had safely stored away the Spanish dollars, persuaded Will to follow him into a private room, where he underwent a cryptic examination. The result of the interview was simply this: Indian Will agreed to conduct the innkeepsr to the .beach and show him where the Spanish dollars were found. The innkeeper did not think it policy to go immedi- ately to the beach, and so retained Will in voluntary confinement for a while. One after another left the old hotel, until finally the guests were all gone. At last the two, Will and the innkeeper, started for the beach. Arriving at the spot where the coin was discovered they began searching for additonal treasures. As the waves receded the innkeepsr discovered a kind of iron chest, half buried in the sand. Fortunately the tide was fall- ing, and enabled the treasure trove hunters to obtain possession of the trunk without much trouble. With their united strength they brought it high upon the shore, and a brief examination convinced the innkeeper that he had possession of the treasure box from which came the coin obtained by Indian Will. From the action of the elements, the box had been unjointed enough to enable the coin to escape. Suffice to say that the chest was, as soon as circumstances would allow, taken to the inn , which upon examination proved to contain a princely sum of money in Spanish coins. 380 HISTOEY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. From the time of the discovery of the iron chest, the life of the innkeeper, or otherwise his mode of living, underwent a radical change. He soon relinquished his hostship of the inn and built a residence more to his liking in the immediate vicinity. The fact of the discov- ery of the treasure trove was in a measure a secret between the innkeeper and Indian Will. Of course there was a great deal of talk about the innkeeper's sudden rise in point of wealth ; there were surmises in reference to it, and they frequently fell little short of the mark ; in fact — 'Twas long the talk of the neighborhood The old innkeeper acquired considerable real estate, and this, when he had done with the things of earth, passed to his children, whose descendants to this day still dwell along the shore, and can thank the old ocean and Indian Will for whatever wealth they possess. Indian Will, after the find, ceased to live in his old cabin, and became a part and parcel of the inn- keeper's household ; his wants were few, and were ungrudgingly provided by the innkeeper — the principal wants being tobacco and fire-water. Tradition has it that Indian Will had two.half grown sons, who, like the ordinary urchins of our time, delight- ed in having to do with pyrotechnics. They got hold of their father's powder horn one day and in some way ignited its contents ; it flashed up and horribly disfigured both of their faces. Like the Spartans of old, Indian Will did not think it to their benefit, or to those perfectly formed, for the young bucks to continue longer on the face of the earth, so he killed them and buried them in Indian Field. Their names, so it is said, were Dick and Dave, and their mounds are still to be seen, as corrobo- rations of the tradition. Poor Hannah and her brothers — if the stories of the credulous are worthy of serious attention — "did not sleep quietly in their graves." At intervals in the last fifty years, local gossips have said that during the moon- lighted nights of autumn — about that stage of the WAS CEOM well's BBOTHEE AN EARLY SETTLEK. 381 season's progress when the hue of decay has enstamped itself on the foliage of the forest, and the withered blades of corn rustle in the faintest breezes — they have seen the diaphanous forms of the unfortunates rise suddenh from the earth, float gracefully along for a distance, and as suddenly disappear. There is nothing traditionary that indicates that he who should have been was ever "haunted." According to the most authentic versions, the closing years of "Will's life were in harmony with his plane of thinking; perfectly happy, he lived to a ripe old age, and died some seventy-five years ago, the last of his tribe, and was buried at Indian Field. Contrary to what should have been his just deserts, Indian Will, during the last of his career, "lived in peace, died in grease, and was buried in a pot of ashes." WAS OLIVER CROMWELL'S BROTHER AN EARLY SETTLER OF MONMOUTH? A tradition handed down in some branches of the Crowell family in the United States that they descend from the noted Cromwell family of England, and that the name was changed by the first of the family who came to America, for fear of the persecutions which followed members of the family of the Protector. It seems evi- dent that some of the ancestors of the Crowell family were desirous of assuming a feigned name, for when they landed in Massachusetts they were firsb known by the name of Crowe, as may be seen by reference to Free- man's History of Cape Cod and other works, and the name of Crowe is found among the first settlers of Wood- bridge, N. J., as may be seen by reference to Daily's His- tory of Woodbridge. In the old Town Book of Middletown, pages 31-33 and 57, an Edward Crome is named as having bought laud in Middletown in 1670 and as selling the same in. 1674 The name of Crome is an unusual one and diffi- cult to account for, and it is probable that it should have been transcribed Crowe ; and that the person meant was 382 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. Edward Crowe, whose name shortly after appears at Woodbridge, N. J., with the Parkers and others who came from Massachusetts to that place. If this supposi- tion is correct, then it is probable that this man who was among the first settlers of Old Monmouth, was the one traditions allege to have been a brother of the noted Oliver Cromwell of England. Those familiar with English history will remember a tradition recorded that about 1638 several ships bound for New England, on board of which were Oliver Crom- well, who was subsequently Protector, Pym Hampden, Haselrig and other leading Puritans, were stopped in the Thames by the King's orders and all the passengers for- bid leaving England. Some writers doubt the story, but Paxton Hood, in his life of the Protector, says the rumor seems to be too extended to be altogether unfounded. He thinks these patriots were actually on board the ships. This tradition points to the supposition that the King did not wish members of certain families to leave England. And here comes in the reason why some mem- bers of the Cromwell family had to assume some other name that they might stand a chance to get to New Eng- land! This difficulty would not occur with the sons of Col. John Cromwell in Holland, for they could leave that country without trouble under their real name, and this will account for the John Cromwell at Woodbridge, N. J., who shortly removed to Westchester Co., N. Y. AN OLD IPJSH PATENT OF NOBILITY. We copy below a curious document on parchment, some 88 years old. The writing is very beautiful, but the punctuation and use of capitals, which we have given, exactly, seem regardless of rules. It is contained in a tin case, outside of which is a little box with lid ingeniously arranged. This once contained the seal, which was of wax, and attached to the patent by a ribbon. It is a patent or right to wear a coat-of-arms, and is granted by " the King of Arms of Ireland," to the one Daniel AN OLD lEISH PATENT OF NOBILITY. 383 Ckaney and his decendants forever. It was found in a garret of the Jacob Brown estate, of Matawan, by Mr. CoETENius Wygkopf. At the top of the parchment, beautifully painted, are the escutcheons, or coat-of-arms, the one to the left is that of the King of Arms, or Herald, himself; the one to the right shows the new insignia granted to Craney. The one at the left has upon the scroll, underneath, the words, Arma Officeri' Ulsteri.' Above this is the shield, the lower part occupied by a red cross on a golden ground or field. The upper part of the shield, on a red ground, has in the center a Lion passant, in gold, to its right is a golden portcullis, and to its left is the Irish harp in gold. Over the shield is the crest, so called, which is a crown of gold, with ermine and crimson satin ; this is surmounted by a thistle in gold. On the golden band of the crown is the motto Miserere Me. The new coat-of-arms is painted at the right upper corner of the patent. It is described in the patent which here follows : 1 hII and lingular to whom the Presents shall come ^h |Jl|ithESto jfoiteme ^nl. |{l£iftr King of Arms and Principal Herald of all Ireland sendeth feeding. afflliMtas Daniel Craney late of Portarlington in the Queens County and now of Fimchal in the Island of Maderia Gentleman has made application to me to grant unto him fit and proper Armorial Bearings. ^InoiB Dt therefore that I the said ||lstct by virtue of the power and authority to me given DO hj these presents mnni mil £onfrm unto the said Daniel Craney the Arms following Viz't, Jlrgenf on a mount vert an elephant proper, on a chief per pale ijoles mA SkI. in dextera crane proper, in sinister 384 HISTOBY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. a wolf rampant OR. loi £ test, an arm embowered vested fgnre cuffed ^uks, holding a cutlass proper. %A for 4 [olto Amor Proximi. Jhe whole as above more clearly depicted to be borne and used by him the said Daniel Craney and his decend- ants forever according to the Laws of Arms. In 3lifn«|ii whereof I hereunto subscribe my Name and Title and affix the Seal of my office this fifth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eight. Chichester Fortescue Ulster King of Arms of All Ireland. In heralding, every color and character is symbolic, and while each has a meaning of its own, when united, or combined with one or two others, it then assumes another meaning. Argent means silver by itself, and symbolizes purity and innocence, but if combined with red, it means boldness. Gules means red ; Vert, green. Or, gold ; Azure, blue. The elephant from an Egyptian hieroglyphic, means wealth. The crane is a pun on the name Craney. The significance of the wolf does not occur to us. As wolves once infested Ireland, perhaps the Craney progenitors had performed some deftly deeds in their extermination. The emblazonry of the elephant is amusing, for it has its tusks growing out of tha lower jaw ; but as the heraldic limner knew no better, this would cause no trouble, it being on heraldic grounds orthodoxically correct. HISTOEY OP THE POTTEE CHUECH. AN INTERESTING ACCOUNT OF ITS POUNDER AND ITS FIRST PREACHER. In giving the history of this church, it is proper first to quote the account found in the journal of the celebrated HISTORY OF THE POTTER CHURCH. 385 Key. John .Murray, the founder of the Universalist Society in America, as this account has made the Potter Church noted in the religious history of our country. The E.ev. John Murray, the first preacher of Universal- ism in America, sailed from England for New York, July 21, 1770. "When he left England, though a warm advo- cate of the principles of that society, he was not a regular preacher, and had but little idea then of becoming obe in America. During a thick fog in the early part of the month of September, the brig "Hand in Hand," on which he was acting as supercargo, struck on the outer bar of old Cranberry Inlet (now closed,) nearly opposite Toms River. She soon passed over, and was held by her anchors from going ashore. Here she remained several days before she could be got off. While lying here the provisions of the brig were exhausted, and after locking up the vessel, all hands proceeded in a boat across the bay in search of sustenance. Being unac- quainted with the main, they spent the greater part of the day before they ' could effect their purpose, after which, it being late, they proceeded to a tavern to stay all night. Mr. Murray's mind appears to have been much exercised by eventful scenes in his previous life, and he longed to get somewhere where the busy cares of the world would not disturb his meditations ; and hence as soon as the boatmen arrived at the tavern, he left them for a solitary walk through the dark pine grove. "Here," said he, "I was as much alone as I could wish, and my heart exclaimed, ' Oh, that I had in this wilderness the lodging of a poor warfaring man; some cave, some grot, some place where I might finish my days in calm repose.'" As he thus passed along musing, he unexpectedly reached a small log house where he saw a girl cleaning fish; he requested her to sell him some. She had none to spare, but told him he could get all he wanted at the next house. "What, this?" said Mr. Murray, pointing to one he could just discern through the woods.' The girl told him no, that was a meetinghouse. He was much surprised to find a 386 HISTOEY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. meetinghouse there in the woods. He was directed to pass on by the meetinghouse, and at the next house he would find fish. He went on as directed, and came to the door, near which was a large pile of fish of various sorts, and standing by was a tall man, rough in appear- ance and evidently advanced in years. " Pray, sir," said Mr. Murray, "will you have the goodness to sell me one of those fish?" "No, sir," was the abrupt reply of the old gentleman. " That is strange," replied Mr. Murray, " when you have so many fish, to refuse me a single one ! " "I did not refuse you a fish, sir; you are welcome to as many as you please, but I do not sell the article ; I do not sell the fish, sir, I have them for taking up, and you may obtain them the same way." Mr. Murray thanked him; the old man then inquired what he wanted of them, and was told he wished them for supper for the mariners at the tavern. The old man offered to send the fish over for him and urged Mr. Murray to tarry with him that night. Mr. Murray consented to return after visiting the crew at the public house. The old gentle- man was Thomas Potter. Mr. Murray says he was astonished to see so much genuine politeness and hospi- tality under so rough an exterior, but his astonishment was greatly increased on his return. The old man's room was prepared, his fire bright and his heart opened. " Come," said he, " my friend, I am glad you have re- turned, I have longed to see you, I have been expecting you a long time." Expecting him ! Mr. Murray was amazed and asked what he meant. Mr. Potter replied : "I must answer in my own way. I am a poor ignorant man, and know neither how to read or write ; I was born in these woods, and worked on these grounds until I became a man, when I went on coasting voyages from here to New York; I was then about getting married, but in going to New York once I was pressed on board of a man-of-war and taken in Admiral Warren's ship to Cape Breton. I never drank any rum, so they saved my allowance; but I would not bear an affront, so if any of the officers struck me I struck HISTORY OP THE POTTEE CHUBOH. 387 them again, but the admiral took my part and called me his new-light man. When I reached Louis- burg, I ran away, and traveled barefooted through the country and almost naked to New York, where I was known and supplied with clothes and money, and soon returned home, where I found my girl married. This rendered me unhappy, but I recovered my tranquillity and married her sister. I settled down to work, and got forward quite fast, constructed a saw-mill and possessed myself of this farm and five hundred acres of adjoining land. I entered into navigation, own a sloop, and have now got together a fair estate. I am, as I said, unable to read or write, but I am capable of reflection; the sacred Scriptures have been often read to me, from which I gathered that there is a great and good Being who has preserved and protected me through innumerable dan- gers, and to whom we are all indebted for all we enjoy ; and as he has given me a house of my own I conceived I could do no less than to open it to the stranger, let him be who he would ; and especially if a traveling minister passed this way he always received an invitation to put up at my house and hold his meetings here. " I continued in this practice for more than seven years, and illiterate as I was, I used to converse with them, and was fond of asking them questions. They pronounced me an odd mortal, declaring themselves at a loss what to make of me ; while I continued to afiirm that I had but one hope ; I believed that Jesus suffered death for my transgressions, and this alone was sufficient for me. At length my wife grew weary of having meetings held in her house, and I determined to build a house for the worship of God. I had no children, and I knew that I was beholden to Almighty God for everything which I possessed, and it seemed right I should appropriate a part of what He bestowed for His service. My neighbors offered their assistance, but ' No,' said I, ' God has given me enough to do this work without your aid, and as He has put it into my heart to do so, so I will do.' ' And who,' it was asked, ' will be your preacher ?' I answered, 388 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. ' God will send me a preacher, and of a yery different stamp from those who have heretofore preached in my house. The preachers we have heard are perpetually contradicting themselves ; but that God who has put it into my heart to build this house, will send one who shall deliver unto me His own truth — who shall speak of Jesus Christ and his salvation.' "When the house was finished, I received an application from the Baptists, and I told them if they could make it appear that God Almighty was a Baptist I should give them the building at once. The Quakers and Presbyterians received simi- lar answers. ' No,' said I, ' as I firmly believe that all mankind are equally dear to Almighty God, they shall all be equally welcome to preach in this house which I have built. My neighbors assured me that I should never see a preacher whose sentiments corresponded with my own, but I uniformly replied I assuredly would. I engaged for the first year with a man whom I greatly disliked ; we parted, and for some years we have had no stated minister. My friends often asked me, ' Where is the preacher of whom you spoke?' and my constant reply was, ' He will by and by make his appearance.' The moment, sir, I saw your vessel on shore it seemed as if a voice had audibly sounded in my ears, ' There, Pot- ter, in that vessel, cast away on that shore, is the preacher you have so long been expecting.' I heard the voice and believed the report, and when you came up to my door and asked for the fish, the same voice seemed to repeat, ' Potter, this is the man — this is the person whom I have sent to preach in your house !" As may be supposed, Murray was immeasurably- astonished at Mr. Potter's narrative, but yet had not the least idea that his wish could ever be realized. He asked him what he could discern in his appearance to lead him to mistake him for a preacher. "What," said Potter, " could I discern when you were on the vessel that could induce this conclusion ? Sir, it is not what I saAv or see, but what I feel, which produces in my mind full convic- tion. Murray replied that he must be deceived, as he HISTORY OF THE POTTER CHURCH. 389 should never preach in that place or anywhere else. " Have you never preached? Can you say you never preached ?" "I cannot, but I never intend to preach again." " Has not God lifted up the light of His countenance upon you ? Has He not shown you the truth ?" "I trust he has." " Then how dare you hide this truth ? Do men light a candle and put it under a bushel ? If God has shown you His salvation, why should you not show it to your fellow-men ? But I know that you will — I am sure that God Almighty has sent you to us for this purpose. I am not deceived, sir, I am sure I am not deceived." Murray was much agitated when this man thus spoke on, and began to wonder whether or no, God, who ordains all things, had not ordained that this should come to pass ; but his heart trembled, he tells us, at the idea. He says he endeavored to quiet his own fears and to silence the warm-hearted old man by informing him he was supercargo of the vessel, that property to a large amount was entrusted to his care, and that the moment the wind changed he was under solemn obligations to depart. "The wind will never change," said . Potter, "until you have delivered to us, in that meetinghouse, a message from God." . Murray still resolutely determined never to enter any pulpit as a preacher; but being much agitated in mind, asked to be shown to bed after he had prayed with the family. When they parted for the night his kind host solemnly requested him to think of what he said. "Alas," says Murray, "he need not have made this request ; it was impossible to banish it from my mind ; when I entered my chamber and shut the door, I burst into tears ; I felt as if the hand of God was in the events which had brought me to this place, and I prayed most ardently that God would assist and direct me by His counsel. * 390 HISTORY OP MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. So much exercised was he in mind that he spent the greater part of the night in praying and weeping; " dreading more than death," he says, " supposing death to be an object of dread, the idea of engaging as a public character." In his writings he gives the substance of his medita- tations on that memorable night. In the morning his good friend renewed his solicitations : " Will you speak to me and my neighbors of the good things which belong to our peace ? " Murray, seeing only thick woods, the tavern across the field excepted, requested to know what he meant by neighbors. " 0, sir, we assemble a large congregation whenever the meetinghouse is opened; indeed, when my father first settled here, he was obliged to go twenty miles to grind a bushel of corn, but now there are- more than seven hundred inhabitants within that distance." Murray still could not be prevailed upon to yield, but Potter insisted and seemed positive the wind would not change until he had spoken to the people. Thus urged, Murray began to waver, and at length he tells us he "implored God, who sometimes condescends to indulge individuals with tokens of His approbation, graciously to indulge me upon this important occasion, and that if it was His will that I should obtain my soul's desire by passing through life as a private individual ; if such was not His will, that I should engage as a preacher in the ministry, He would vouchsafe to grant me such a wind as might bear me from this shore before another Sabbath. I determined to take the changing of the wind for an answer." But the wind changed not, and towards the close of the Saturday afternoon he reluctantly gave his consent to preaching the next day, and Mr. Potter immediately despatched his men on horseback to notify the neighbors, which they were to continue to do until ten o'clock in the evening. Mr. Murray appears to have had but little rest that night, thinking over the responsibilities of the HISTOE-Y OF THE POTTER CHURCH. 391 avocation he was so unexpectedly about to be engaged in, and of what he should say and how he should ad- dress the people; but the passage: "Take no thought what ye shall say," etc., appears to have greatly relieved his mind. Sunday morning they proceeded to the church, Potter very joyful and Murray uneasy, dis- trusting his own abilities to realize the singularly high- formed expectations of his kind host. The church at that day is described as being "neat and convenient, with a pulpit rather after the Quaker mode, with but one new pew and that a large square one just below the pulpit in which sat the venerable Potter and his family and visiting strangers ; the rest of the seats were constructed with backs, roomy and even elegant." As Murray was preaching. Potter looked up into the pulpit, his eyes sparkling with pleasure, seemingly completely •happy at the fulfillment of what he believed a promise long deferred. We have no record of the substance of this, the first Universalist sermon in America, nor of its impression upon any of the hearers save one — that one, Thomas Potter himself, appears to have had all his expectations realized, and upon their return home over- whelmed Murray with his frank warm-hearted congratu- lations ; and soon visitors poured in. Said Potter to them : " This is the happiest day of my life ; there, neighbors, there is the minister God has sent me." Murray was so overcome by the old man's enthusiastic demonstrations that he retired to his room, and tells us he "prostrated himself at the throne of grace, and besought God to take him and do with him what he pleased." After a while he returned to the company and found the boatmen with them, who wished him to go on board immediately, as the wind was fair. So he was compelled to leave. His host was loth to part with him, and exacted a promise from him to return, which ,he' soon did, and preached often in the Potter church, and other villages. The first place he visited during this stay was Toms Eiver. He relates two or three interesting scenes occur- 392 HISTOEY OF MONMOUTH AND OOEAN COUNTIES. ring here, in explaining to individuals his peculiar religious views. The next village he visited was Mana- hawkin. For many years, and though travelling in various parts of the United States, yet as long as Thomas Potter lived, his house at Goodluck was considered by Murray as his home. At length, after being away some time on a religious mission, he returned and found that his good old friend was dead ; his letter describing this visit, recounting some of the scenes of Potter's life, his traits of character, his own feelings, etc., is full of tender feeling and sincere grief, admirably expressed, and the substance of the discourse which he preached on that occasion, in that memorable old chapel, is a touching specimen of Murray's eloquence. A brief extract will serve to give an idea of Murray's style and of his feelings towards his departed friend. His text was: "For ye are bought with a price ; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's." Towards the close of his discourse, pointing towards Potter's grave, which could be seen from where he stood he says : " Through yonder open casement I behold the grave of a man, the recollection of whom swells' my heart with gratitude, and fills my eyes with tears. There sleeps the sacred dust of him who well understood the advantages resulting from the public worship of God. There rests the ashes of him who glorified God in his body and in his spirit, which he well knew were the Lord's. He believed he was bought with a price, and therefore he declared that all that he had and all that he was were righteously due to God, who created and purchased him with a price all price beyond. There rests the precious dust of the friend of strangers, whose hospitable doors were ever open to the destitute, and him who had none to relieve his sufferings ; his dust reposes close to this edifice, itself a monument of his piety. Dear, faithful man! when last I stood in this place, he was present among the assembly of the people. I marked his glisten- ing eye; it always glistened at the emphatic name of HISTORY OF THE POTTER CHURCH. 393 Jesus. Even now, I behold in imagination, his venerable countenance ; benignity is seated on his brow ; his mind apparently open and confiding; tranquillity repose th upon his features ; every varying emotion evincing faith in that enduring peace which passeth understanding. Let us, my friends, imitate his philanthropy, his charity, his piety. I may never meet you again until we unite to swell the loud hallelujahs before the throne of God. But to hear of your faith, of your perseverance, of your works of charity, of your brotherly love, will heighten my enjoyments and soothe my sorrows, even to the verge of mortal pilgrimage." Potter, in his will, left the church to Murray. It was Mr. Murray's desire as well as Mr. Potter's, that the church should be kept free to all denominations for the worship of God. The will of Thomas Potter was dated May 11, 1777, proved May 2, 1782, and is recorded in the Secretary of State's office at Trenton. . In regard to the church he says : " The house I built for those that God shall cause to meet there, to serve or worship him to the same use still, and I will that my dear friend John Murray, preacher of the gosp'el, shall have the sole direction and manage- ment of said house and one acre of land, where the house now stands, for the use above mentioned." The house and lot was sold to Methodists by deed, dated November 7, 1809; the deed is from Nathaniel Cook, of Monmouth County, of the first part, and Paul Potter, Samuel Woodmansee, John Cranmer, Caleb Falk- inburg, Isaac Kogers, John Tilton and David Bennett, Trustees. Consideration, one hundred and twenty-five dollars. The church was rebuilt in 1841, while Eev. Noah Edwards was pastor on the circuit. The Trustees then were Joseph Holmes, Amos Falkinburg, James Day, Reuben Tilton, Paul Potter and Joseph Preston. For rebuilding .$703.70 was subscribed, of which amount $667.20 was paid in to Trustees ; the balance was not col- lected. 394 HISTOBY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. The last services held by the Universalists in this church was in the Fall of 1874. This church property is now under the control of the Methodists ; the Universalists, although manifesting little or no disposition to dispute their claims, yet contend that its sale was through "' the mismanagement of the ex- ecutor to satisfy illegal claims," etc. In the burying ground of the church a headstone was erected over the grave of Thomas Potter May 15, 1833, and surrounded by an iron fence. The headstone bears the following inscription : In Memory OF THOMAS POTTEE, Friend and Patron OF JOHN MUEEAY. An Early Advocate OF UNrVEKSALISM IN Amekica. Have we not all one Father? Erected May 15, 1833. PEESBYTEEIANISM IN FOEKED EIVEE. A few years ago the New Jersey Courier published a communication which, after reference to Presbyterian- ism previous to the Eevolution, says : " Subsequent to the Eevolution, we have found no written or traditional mention of Presbyterians along shore, until about the year 1828, when Mr. Amos Salter, who had been a mem- ber of the noted old First Presbyterian Church, at Newark, N. J., located at Forked Eiver. Soon after his arrival here, he wrote to an old friend, the Eev. Solomon Carpenter, requesting him to visit and preach at Forked Eiver and vicinity. Mr. Carpenter was, in his day, a noted Presbyterian clergyman and evangelist, who had labored with remarkable success in Essex and Morris counties and vicinity. In compliance with this request. PRESBYTEKIANISM IN FOEKED KIVER. 395 Mr. Carpenter and liis wife, who, by the way, was a most faithful and zealous helper in Christian labor, proceeded to Forked River. Mr. Carpenter labored at Forked Eiver and vicinity for a brief time, and was assisted at times by his wife who (an aged minister says) made the best prayers he ever heard. He died a year or two after this visit, and his wife subsequently married Rev. John R. McDowell, of New York, who was the founder of the American Moral Reform Society." Mr. Carpenter had a brother Ephraim who occa- sionally preached along shore about the same time. Rev. Mr. Newell, a young Presbyterian clergyman, came to Forked River about December, 1844, and taught school until June, 1845, and while here he held religious services as opportunity offered. About this time Mr. and Mrs. William Gulick, of the celebrated Gulick Sandwich Island missionary family, lived at Forked River, having returned to the United States on account of the health of Mrs. G., who was a most estimable Christian, of fine educational attainments. She taught a small select school, but though of Presby- terian proclivities, neither of them were able to do much in the way of holding religious services. About the first of June, 1850, Rev. Thomas S. Dewing, who has been mentioned in speaking of Presby- terianism at Toms River, located along shore. In a private letter written in 1877, Mr. Dewing states that he had seven preaching places from Toms River _^to Man- ahawkin. At Forked River he preached in the old school- house. He took especial interest in the Sabbath School, of which he was superintendent and which was the first regular Presbyterian Sunday school established at Forked River. Among the teachers who assisted him were Miss Angeline Holmes, since deceased. Miss Laura B. Holmes (now Mrs. Captain E. M. Lonan), Miss Sarah A. Rogers (now Mrs. W. A. Low), Misses Eleanor and Catharine Jones, Edwin Salter and probably occasionally B. Franklin Holmes and Enoch Jones. 396 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. In the summer of 1860 a Sunday School was again established through the instrumentality of a Presby- terian, Miss Bobbins, an estimable Christian lady who had charge of the district school. At her solicitation, Edwin Salter acted as superintendent and Misses Emelia Holmes, Mary J. Lonan, Adelaide Stout, Jane E. Jones, Elizabeth Sutphen and Lodisa Rogers, and Mrs. Edgar Thompson and Henry Howell acted as teachers ; Miss Eobbins herself took charge of a class of young ladies, and Mr. Salter of the older boys. At another time. Miss Emelia Smith, a Presbyterian lady, who had charge of the district school and who made her home with Capt. Joseph Holmes, exerted a favorable influence in favor of the society to which she belonged. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF FORKED ' RIVER. The Presbyterian Society of Forked River and vicinity bought the building erected by the Baptists at Cedar Creek and the certificate of the incorporation of "The Presbyterian Church of Cedar Creek" was recorded June 17, 1857, and names as trustees Joseph Holmes, James Jones and William A. Low. The building was taken down in 1865 and removed to Forked River. It had been bought of the Baptists in 1857 chiefly through the agency of Rsv. Dr. Charles F. "Worrell. At Forked River it was put up on. a lot pre- sented bj^Mr. James Jones. The certificate of incorpora- tion of the Presbyterian Church at Forked River states that at a meeting held June 9, 1865, the trustees elected were James Jones, Joseph Holmes and Benjamin F. Holmes. The certificate was filed in County Clerk's office September 19, 1865. In March of the same year a Sabbath School was established, of which Rev. Mr. Frazee of Toms River, became superintendent, and it proved very successful. Among the ministers who occasionally preached were Rev. Messrs. Darrach, D. V. McLean, J. H. Frazee, C. F. Worrell, Wm. S. Betts, Frank Chandler, Thaddeus Wilson FIRST SUNDAY SCHOOL AT FORKED RIVER. 397 and Allen H. Brown. In January, 1871, Eev. Frank Chandler, of Freehold, presented the Sabbath School with a fine library comprising 200 volumes of new books. June 17, 1873, a Presbyterian Church was regularly organized at Forked Eiver. The following were the first members of the church : Edwin E. Spaulding, Josephine M. Spaulding, John Bowers, Anna M. Bowers, Theodosia Bowers, Eandolph Lane, Joseph Holmes, Sr., Ann Holmes, Deborah A. Stout, Mary J. Lonan. On September 14, 1873, Eev. James M. Denton was called as the first pastor of the church. All efforts of ministers previous to that had been of a missionary character. He accepted, and was installed November 25, 1873. The same evening the new pastor, Eev. Mr. Denton, was married to Miss Theodosia Bowers, daughter of John Bowers. The superintendent of the Sunday School at this time was Elder E. E. Spaulding. This church being under the same pastor as the Presbyterian Church at Barnegat, the successive pastors were the same. THE FIRST SUNDAY SCHOOL AT FORKED RIVER. The first Sunday School established at Forked Eiver was in 1828, and continued, probably, with some intermis- sions, until about 1881. It was organized through the efforts of Mr. Amos Salter, a Presbyterian from Newark, N. J., and living at Forked Eiver. The books for the school were procured in part from the American Sunday School Union, and in part froip some of Amos Salter's old Presbyterian friends at Newark. The Sunday School was non-sectarian, as there was no Presbyterian in the vicinity but the superintendent, whose unselfish labors and conscientious adherence to old Presbyterian precepts and practices, even to reading the Bible and having family prayers morning and evening, made a favorable impression on the people of the vicinity. 398 HISTORY OP MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. The following list, though prepared from memory, gives the names of nearly all the regular attendants of the school : Elmira Rogers, Isaac Eogers, Katie Kogers (deaf and dumb), Joel Worden, Martha Worden, Daniel Worden, Samuel "Worden, Anthony Salter, John Salter, Daniel Salter, Elizabeth Salter, Emeline Salter, Silas Salter, Smith Salter, Sarah' Salter, Edwin Salter, Joseph Parker, Eandolph Lane, Alice Lane, Ann Maria Lippin- cott, Debby Lippiucott, Hannah Lippincott, Manly Lippincott, Jesse Bunnell, Miles Bunnell, Lydia Bunnell, Amos Bunnell, J. Snowden Bunnell, Melinda Bunnell, Augustus Conover, Joseph Conover, Angeline Holmes, Laura E. Holmes, Daniel L. Chamberlain, Sarah Cham- berlain, Robert L. Chamberlain, John Chamberlain, Jane Chamberlain, Leonard Brinley, William (?) Soper, Catharine List, Judith List, Amanda Williams, John Russell, Hester Woolley, John Woolley, Ann WooUey, John Worden, James Worden, Elizabeth Worden, Harriet Worden, John Cornelius, Lydia Tilton, Cornelius Lane, James Chamberlain, William Ferguson, Leah Soper. Of the above, Elmira Rogers married Capt. Samuel Beatty, Hannah Lippincott married Capt. Anthony Camburn, Elizabeth Salter married Capt. J. Conover Williams, Ann Woolley married Capt. Randolph Lane, Hester Woolley married Capt. John Parker, Emeline Salter married Capt. David S. Parker, Amanda Williams married Capt. Jacob Vaughn, Laura E. Holmes married Capt. Edward Lonan, Martha Worden married John Barkalew, Sarah Chamberlain married Joseph Yarnall. METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH AT FORKED RIVER. The certificate of incorporation of this church is dated October 13, 1884, and names as Trustees Charles P. Bunnell, B. S. Chamberlain, Job Faulkinburgh, Annaniah G. Wilbert, Uriah Havens, Winfield S. Parker and Charles Williams. Services were first held in it in the fall of 1887, before the edifice was completed and while Rev. Mr. Tomlin was pastor in charge. The Methodists had held SONS OP TEMPERANCE, HOLMEs' OLD MILL, ETC. 399 services in tlie old Forked River schoolhouses almost from Bishop Asbury's time. GOODLUCK DIVISION SONS OF TEMPERANCE, NO. 107. The charter of this Division, dated March 12, 1849, names as charter members Joseph Parker, Samuel Potter, Jacob Piatt, David I. C. Rogers and others ; and was signed by Wm. P. Searles, G. W. P., and Henry B. Howell, Jr., G. S. of the Grand Lodge of the State. It was incorporated the following year, Cornelius Lane, "W. P., and Charles W. Bunnell, E. S., and the certificate recorded December 21, 1850. holmes' old MILL. The upper mill on the north branch of Forked River was formerly known as Holmes' Mill. On the first of August, 1759, a survey of one and one-half acres there was made to Jeremiah Stilwell "at request of John Holmes, the elder." This tract was by the mill-pond. In 1760, John Holmes, the elder, bought sixteen acres. In 1766 John Holmes, the elder, and Daniel Holmes bought 10.60 acres. John Holmes, the elder, died intestate and his estate went to his children, William, Jonathan, John, Huldah, who married Daniel Williams, Mary, who mar- ried Thomas Green, and Catharine and Sarah ; the estate was subject to the right of dower of the widow Catharine, who afterwards married Thomas Wright. William Holmes, son of John, bought out the other heirs August 6, 1795. In 1810 James Hankinson took up fifty acres adjoin- ing mill tract, but the survey was mislocated. In the same year he took up fifty-three acres in same vicinity. WAEETOWN PKESBVTEEIAI^ AND METHODIST CHURCH. The certificate of incorporation, recorded February 16, 1869, states that whereas the Evangelical and Relig- ious Society, usually meeting for public worship at Waretown, did assemble October 30, 1868, and adopt the name of "The Methodist and Presbyterian Church at 400 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. Waretown " and elected the following Trustees : Daniel Camburn, Joseph Camburn, Elwood Headley, Garrison Camburn and James Anderson. UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY, WARETOWN. At a meeting held May 4, 1867, the following persons were elected Trustees of the " Universalist meeting, Waretown": Jacob Birdsall, James Edwards, E. Lathrop, John Warren, Enoch H. Jones. The certificate of incorporation was recorded May 7, 1867. In the fall of 1883 an, addition of twelve feet to the rear of the church was made and the roof raised about two feet. WARETOWN CEDAR GROVE CEMETERY ASSOCIATION. At a meeting held at the Select Schoohouse, Ware- town, June 18, 1861, of which Samuel Birdsall was Chairman, and Jacob Birdsall Secretary, the following persons were named as members of the Association : Benjamin Predmore, Sr., Jacob Birdsall, Ezekiel Bird- sail, Elwood Wilkins, Taylor C. Newberry, Enoch H. Jones, Joseph H. Birdsall, Samuel Birdsall. The annual meetings to be held the last Saturday in each year. The certificate of incorporation was recorded June 21, 1861. The cemetery grounds are located on rising ground on a road to the bay and an ancient graveyard is included in the bounds. The lots are large and some are owned by people living elsewhere who have ancestors buried here. GEN. JOHN LACEY. General John Lace}' was born in Bucks county. Pa., February 4, 1775. His paternal ancestor was from the Isle of Wight, and came to this country with William Penn. General Lacey's ancestors and all his descendants were Quakers. At the breaking out of ■ the Eevolution, GEN. JOHN LACEY. 401 his love of freedom predominate'd over his anti-war creed, and he made up his mind to obtain it peaceably if he could, forcibly if he mupt. He took a captain's com- mission of the Continental Cpngress, January 6, 1776, for which he was at once disowned by the Quakers. He left his home, his society, his mill, to do battle for his country. He served under General Wayne, in Canada, and performed the hazardous duty of carrying an express from General Sullivan to Arnold, when before Quebec. On his return next year he resigned on account of a diffi- culty with General Wayne. He was then appointed by the Pennsylvania Legislature to organize the militia of Bucks county. He was soon elected Colonel. He was now in the midst of Tories and Quakers, who were acting in concert with the enemy, some of whom threatened him with personal vengeance. These threats he\ disregard- ed as the idle wind. He brought his regiment into the field and performed feats of valor that at once raised him to a high standard in the list of -heroes. His conduct was particularly noticed by Washington, and he was honored with the commission of Brigadier-General, Jan- uary 9th, and ordered to relieve General Porter. He was then but twenty-two years old. After the evacuation of Philadelphia, General Lacey was a member of the Pennsylvania Legislature, and served three consecutive sessions. In 1781 he closed his military career, and like a good citizen married an amia- ble daughter of Col. Reynolds, of New Jersey, and com- menced a successful career of domestic felicity. He filled various civil offices, lived in the esteem of every patriot (not of all his Quaker relatives) and died at the village of New Mills, (now Pemberton) New Jersey, Feb. 14, 1814, in his 59th year. In recent years a monument was erected to the mem- ory of General Lacey, in Bucks County, Pa., where he was born, and dedicated with much ceremony. The will of General Lacey was dated 1811 and proved March 14, 1814, and is recorded at Mount Holly. It named wife Antis, daughter Eliza, wife of Wm. Smith ; 402 HISTOKY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. daughter Kitty, wife of William Darling or Darlington, daughter Jane C. Lacey ; son Thomas K. Lacey. He requests his wife Antis to care for his aged mother, Executors Caleb Newbold and William Irick. The will of Antis Lacey, widow of General Lacey, is dated 1815 and proved February, 1816. She lived at New Mills. She left to her son Thomas E. Lacey all her estate at New Mills, now called Pemberton — dwelling houses, barns, mills, etc., and the remainder of herprop- erty to her three daughters, Eliza Smith, Catharine Dar- lington and Jane C, Hough. • POBEST FIRES. Fires have been so frequent in the extensive forests of Ocean county, that it is a hopeless task to attempt to enumerate them or describe in detail the exciting scenes they have occasioned. Often thousands of acres are swept over and tens of thousands of dollars' worth of tim- ber are burned in a very short time. With a high wind, the roar of the fire in the woods, the flames leaping from tree- top to tree-top and running along the dried leaves and bushes on the ground make an appalling scene never to be forgotten ; and the exciting work of fighting fire, with the flames often leaping over their heads or on the ground escaping and surrounding them, is too familiar to our old citizens to need describing. About fifty years ago, a "fire broke out in the woods between Oyster Creek and Forked Eiver, and many per- sons from Waretown and Forked Eiver endeavored to subdue it. A sudden shift and increase of the wind brought the flames down with such rapidity upon the men that they had to run for their lives toward the nearest body of water, which happened to be the old Frank Cornelius mill pond on Forked Eiver ; but one man named George Collins, of Waretown, missed the right road, and was overtaken by the flames and burned to death. His, shoes were left to mark the spot where he was burned, for twenty or thirty years after. HISTORY OF THE BAPTISTS IN OCEAN COUNTY. 403 HISTORY OF THE BAPTISTS IN OCEAN COUNTY. The first church built in Ocean county was the one generally known as the Baptist Church at Manahawken. It was built at least as early as 1758, as it is said the original deed for the land on which it was situated is dated August 24, 1758, and calls for 1 20-100 acres, "be- ginning at a stake 265 links north-west from the meeting- house," by which it appears the edifice was already erected. There is a tradition that the church was orig- inally erected as a free church, chiefly through the instrumentality of James Haywood. That it was free to all denominations is quite evident, as in it meetings were held by Quakers, Presbyterians, and probably Metho- dists, and Eev. John Murray, the founder of Universalism in America, also preached in it. In Webster's History of Presbyterianism it is claimed as a Presbyterian Church. The author probably supposed it to be such because ministers of that society held regular services in it — in fact, they held them many years befofe the Baptist Society was organized, and were entertained by Messrs. Haywood and Randolph, subsequently named among the founderp of the Baptist Society, as appears by a letter written by Eev. John Brainerd in 1761. It is evident that the early settlers of Manahawken were not only anxious to hear the Word of Truth, but also believed in religious toleration. The history of the Baptist Society at Manahawken, as given in its old church record, was evidently written many years after the organization of the society. It is well worth preserving in our local religious history. The following is substantially from the church record : " About 1760, James Haywood, a Baptist from Coven- try, England ; Benjamin, Reuben and Joseph Randolph, also Baptists, from Piscataway, settled in this neighbor- hood. They were visited by Rev. Mr. Blackwell, who preached and baptized among them. Other Baptists settled among them from Scotch Plains ; so that in 1770, they were multiplied to nine souls, which nine were con- 404 HISTOKY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. stituted a Gospel church that same year by Eev. Ben- jamin Miller. They joined the Baptist Association, and were occasionally visited by other brethren, so that in 1776 they numbered fifteen. Eev. Henry Crossley resided among them some time, and was succeeded hj Eev. Isaac Bonnell, after whose departure there was no more account of Manahawken Church ; so that in 1799, at a meeting of the Baptist Association at Great Valley, they were about to be erased from the records, but at the intervention of one or two brethren they were spared, and visited by ministering brethren, and that not in vain, for though there could none be found of the character of Baptists save five female members, two of whom are since deceased, yet a number round about were baptized among them ; but not meeting in membership with them, it remained doubtful whether they could be considered a church. Next season, they were represented to the Association with flattering prospects, and a query was made whether they really were a church, which query was answered in the affirmative ; in consequence of which supplies were named, some of whom proposed the propriety of receiving into fellowship among them such as had been, or may be in future baptized among them. The proposition was generally accepted, both by the old members and young candidates, and in confirmation of which the first Sunday in July, 1802, was set apart for the above purpose, when Brothers Alexander McGowan and Benjamin Hedges gave their assistance. Brother McGowan, pastor of the church at New Mills (now Pemberton), by authority, and one behalf of Sarah Puryne (Perrine ?) Mary Sprague and Elizabeth Sharp, the remainder of the church in the place, receiving into union, by right hand of fellowship, the following named persons, viz : Daniel Parker and Elizabeth his wife ; Edivard Gennings and Abigail his wife ; Thomas Edwards and Catharine his wife ; Samuel Grey and Katurah his wife ; Amos Southard and wife ; Mary Portuneberry ; Phebe Bsnnett; Hannah White; Martha Headley; Leah HISTORY OP THE BAPTISTS IN OCEAN COUNTY. 405 Clayton ;■ Hannali Sulsey ; Jemima Pidgeon ; Hester Perrine." In the foregoing, Mary Fortuneberry, we pre- sume, should be Mary Falkinburgh. The Baptist Century Book furnishes additional in- formation to the above as follows : " The Baptist Society at Manahawken was organ- ized August 25, 1770. In October, 1771, there were eleven members, and Lines Pangburn was a delegate to the Baptist Association. There were seven appoint- ments made for that year. In 1772 there were twelve members ; four preachers were appointed for the ensuing year. 1773. No delegates ; twelve members. 1774. Bev. Henry Crossley, delegate ; fifteen mem- bers ; four had joined by letter, one by baptism and one died. The church this year is called "The Stafford Church." 1775. No delegates ; members the same. From 1775 there are no returns until the year 1800, when five members are reported. 1801. Four members, one having died. The re- maining members of the church having some doubts in their minds because of the fewness of their numbers, whether they exist as a church or not, it is the sense of this Association that the church still exists, and while they rejoice in that prosperity which has lately attended the preaching of the Gospel among them, they exort them to proceed to the reception of members • and the election of officers. 1802. Edward Gennings appointed delegate; four baptized, twenty received by letter, one dead ; remaining, 27 members. 1803. Thirty-three members. 1804. Amos Southard and Samuel Grey, delegates ; 31 members. 1805. Samuel Grey, delegate ; 74 members ; 44 bap- tized ; two received by letter, and three dismissed. 1806. Samuel Grey and Edward Gennings, dele- gates ; 69 members. 406 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. Here ends the record of this church in the Baptist Century Book. It will be seen by the foregoing, that from the outbreak of the Eevolutionary war this society seems to have shared the fate of so many others in that eventful period, being virtually broken up for a time. Some of its principal members and supporters responded to their country's call ; Eeuben F. Eandolph became a captain in the militia, his sons members of his company; Lines Pangburn, who we presume was the same person first elected delegate, was killed by the Refugees within sight of the church, and doubtless others were among the patriots from this village, who did military service during the war, particularly in guarding against marauding bands of Refugees who were active until the very close of the Revolution. Rev. Benjamin Miller, who organized the church, belonged to Scofch Plains, where he labored for over thirty years, and died in 1781. For the items relating to the original deed of the church we are indebted to the researches of the late Samuel H. Shreve, Esq. OTHER BAPTIST SOCIETIES. The Baptist Century Book says that "the Baptist Church of Squan and Dover " was received into the Baptist Association in October, 1805, and the same year Samuel Haven was delegate, and the society had thirty- eight members. In 1807 Samuel Haven was again delegate; forty-five members. In Gordon's History of New Jersey, it is stated that a Baptist Society was established at West Creek in 1792, which had, about 1832, thirty-three members. [This is believed to have been in Cape May county.] ISLAND HEIGHTS. Island Heights, near Toms River, was selected for a Summer resort by Rev. Dr. Graw, who conceived the notion ISLAND HEIGHTS. 407 some- tha^t a camp ground near the sea ought to be found i where in this section. Being Presiding Elder, he traveled along shore looking for a favorable spot. At length he noticed what was formerly known as Dillon's Island ; the location pleased him and he invited a few ministers and laymen to go with him and examine the site. All were pleased. He proposed that 25 or 30 persons unite as stockholders, buy the tract and proceed to develop it for the purpose of a camp meeting ground and Summer resort. His plan was agreed to, the land purchased and the company incorporated July 1, 1878. The directors chosen were : J. B. Graw, S. Vansant, & H. Morris, C. E. Hendrickson end J. Gr. Gowdy. Rev. Dr. J. B. Gtaw was chosen President, W. W. Moffett, Yice President ; G. R. Morris, Secretary, S. Vansant, Treasurer, and John Simpson, Superintendent. The certificate of incorpora- tion, dated July 1, 1878, was filed July 2, 1878. Capital, $9,000; shares, $50. The Eev. J. B. Graw took 102 shares, amounting to $5,100, and the following subscribers six shares of $300 each : Chas. E. Hendrickson, Mount Holly ; G. K. Morris, Mount Holly ; Geo. B. Wight, Cam- den ; Samuel Vansant, Toms Eiver ; Geo. L. Dobbins, Bridgeton; Joshua Jeffries, Camden ; Annanias Lawrence, Millville, George Eeed, Absecon; Ralph B. Gowdy, Toms River; Jas. G. Gowdy, Toms River; David H Schock, Millville ; Geo. H. Neal, Gloucester City ; James M. Cassidy, Camden ; amounting in all to $9,000. At this time there were 172 acres in the tract proper, 154 acres bought of Mrs. A. S. Brinley and 18 acres of the Westray estate. Work was commenced at once ; underbrush removed from about' ten acres ; two avenues partly opened ; a pavilion built ; seats arranged for camp ground ; thirty camp meeting cottages erected and a hotel commenced ; a wharf erected, and yachts and hacks chartered to take visitors to and fro. In August a camp meeting was held ; on the 20th of August one hun- dred lots were sold, bringing $10,000, all of which went for improvements. The Pennsylvania Railroad built a branch from their 408 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. main line from Camden to Seaside Park to Isjand Heights in the Summer of 1883. Island Heights takes its name from two sources ; it originally was an island and vessels once sailed through a channel which existed on the north side. It is situated by a steep bluff sixty feet above the river. It was origi- nally known as Dr. Johnson's island, being included in the patent granted to him in 1680. The next century it was known as Dillon's island, so called before the Eevo- lution, probably for James Dillon, a somewhat promi- nent man about Toms Eiver. It came into possession of John Imlay of Allentown, who, in 1794, sold it to Isaac Gulick. In 1797 Isaac Gulick and wife Abigail sold it to Abraham and George Parker. In 1799 they sold it to Abel Middleton of Upper Freehold. A saw-mill was built on the stream from Long swamp, which in 1760 and thereabouts, was known as Jacob Jacobs' saw-mill. Tradition says that during the Revolution Indian Tom had his wigwam on what is now Island Heights. At the time of the whites first coming to this part of New Jersey, the vicinity of Island Heights was a resort for the Indians and they left behind them a memento which was noted among the whites for perhaps a century. This was the resemblance of the face of some large crea- ture on the south side of a huge whiteoak which was two feet in diameter, cut by the Indians ; the tree was also marked on other sides. The location of this tree is thus described in a survey for 189 acres, to Ebenezer Applegate, made in 1750; his beginning corner is described as "one chain northeast from Dr. Johnson's Long Swamp, the stream whereof runs into Toms Eiver at the end of Dr. Johnson's Island, beginning at a white- oak near two feet through, marked in several places and on the south side with the resemblance of the face of some large creature, supposed to have been done formerly by the Indians."' This whiteoak must have stood near the north-wesb corner of the island. This tree is referred to as late as METHODISM IN OCEAN COUNTY. 409 1793, in a survey of Kenneth Hankinson and Matthew Howell. If this curious face was made with reference to the religious belief and worship .of the Indians, as it prob-' ably was, it is suggestive of the great contrast between the worship at Island Heights now and at the same place two centuries ago. The capital of the Island Heights Association was increased in April, 1880, when $21,000 was added to the original amount. The Island Heights Hotel Association was incorpo- rated January 19, 1888. Capital $50,000. Incorporators, Thomas D. Dilkes, Mary Tudor, William F. Lodge, John F. Vogle, Jr., and Howard D. Vansant. The corner-stone of the First Methodist Episcopal church of Island Heights was laid August 29, 1882. The ceremonies were conducted by Rev. J. B. Graw, assisted by Eevs. A. Lawrence, S. Thackera, J. O'Hara and John Simpson. The church was dedicated August 17, 1884. Eev. W. W. Moffit, presiding elder, preached the sermon, Eev. Joseph Sawn was the pastor. The edifice was thirty by fifty feet, surmounted by a cupola. It seated three hundred persons and the Sunday School room attached, seated one hundred. METHODISM IN OCEAN COUNTY. The first Methodists in Ocean county held their meetings in the old Potter Church at Goodluck. In the dark days of the history of Methodism, when it not only met with opposition from othejr societies on account of difference in religious views, but also when during the Eevolution, their enemies unjustly charged them with being in sympathy with Great Britain, and would allow them to hold meetings in but few places, the old Good- luck Church was always open to them, and the people of this vicinity gave its preachers a welcome which they rarely met with elsewhere. 410 HISTOKY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. It is probable that the pioneers of Methodism visi- ted our county within a very few years after the princi- ples of the society were first proclaimed in America, and • that occasionally some preacher would hold forth in one of the free churches, in school houses or in private houses, possibly as early as 1774. Eev. "William Watters, the first itinerant of American birth, was stationed in our State in 1774, and it is possible that he and the noted Capt. Thomas Webb, of Pemberton, (then New Mills,) may have visited this section. - That zealous, self-sacri- ficing minister of the Gospel, Rev. Benjamin Abbott, is the first preacher who speats positively of visiting this vicinity, though before his visit which was in 1778, it is probable that some if not all the following named, may have preached here, viz : Capt. Thomas Webb, Revs. Philip Gatch, Caleb B. Pedicord, Wm. Watters, John King, Daniel Ruff and Wm. Duke. From that time up to the year 1800, the names of preachers assigned to this part of the State is given in the " History of Methodism in New Jersey." During the first thirty years of the present century, among the most noted preachers in this section were Revs. Sylvester and Robert Hutchinson, Bzekiel Cooper, Charles Pitman and Geo. A. Raybold. Rev. William Watters, above mentioned as the first itinerant of American birth, who was located in our State in 1774, published in 1807 an account of his labors here and elsewhare. THE FIBST METHODIST CHURCH. The first Methodist Episcopal Church at Toms River was built in 1828, and dedicated in the month of November of that year. Revs. B. Weed and J. McLaurin were the preachers on the circuit, which was then a part of Pemberton circuit.' The building was 24 by 30 feet, with one aisle and open back seats. It was never painted and had but one coat of plaster. It cost $740.78. It was free for anybody of orthodox Christians to worship in, when not occupied by the Methodists. The building was situated on Hooper Avenue, in the grave- yard, opposite the present location of the church. After' THE BATTLE OP MONMOUTH. 411 thirty years of service as a house of worship, it was moved to the north-west corner of Hooper Avenue and Water street, where it now stands, and is occupied as a dwelling. THE BATTLE OF MONMOUTH. As everything of an authentic character relating to the memorable Battle of Monmouth is of abiding interest, the following additional accounts are given of that great event : COLONEL JOHN LAUEENS' ACCOUNT. Headquaetebs, Englishtown, I 30th June, 1778. j My Deae Fathee : I was esceedingly chagrined that public business prevented my writing to you from the field of battle, when the General sent his despatches to Congress. The delay, however, will be attended with this advantage, that I will be better able to- give you an account of the enemy's loss ; tho' I must now content myself with a very succinct relation of this affair. The situation of the two armies on Sunday was as follows : General Wash- ington, with the main body of our army, was at four miles distant from Englishtown. General Lee, with a chosen advanced corps, was at that town. The enemy were retreating down the road which leads to Middle- town ; their flying army composed (as it was said), of two battalions of British grenadiers, one Hessian grenadiers, one battalion of light infantry, one regiment of guards, two brigades of foot, one regiment of dragoons and a number of mounted and dismounted Jagers. The enemy's rear was preparing to leave Monmouth village, which is six miles from this place, when our advanced corps was marching towards them. The militia of the country kept up a random running fire with the Hessian Jagers ; no mischief was done on either side. I was with a small party on horse, reconnoitering the enemy in an open space before Monmouth, when I perceived two 412 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. parties of the euemy advancing by files in the woods on our right and left, with a view, as I imagined, of envel- oping our small party or preparing a way for a skirmish of their horse. I immediately wrote an account of what I had seen to the General, and expressed my anxiety on account of the languid appearance of the continental troops under General Lee. Some person in the mean- time reported to General Lee that the ehemy were advancing upon us in two columns, and I was informed that he had, in consequence, ordered Varnum's brigade, which was in front, to repass a bridge which it had passed. I went myself and assured him of the real state of the case ; his reply to me was, that his accounts had been so contradictory, that he was utterly at a loss what part to take. I repeated my account to him in positive, distinct terms, and returned to make further discoveries. I found that the two parties had" been withdrawn from the wood, and that the enemy were preparing to leave Monmouth. I wrote a second time to General Washing- ton. General Lee at length gave orders to advance. The enemy were forming themselves on the Middletown road, with their Light Infantry in front, and Cavalry on the left flank, while a scattering distant fire was com- menced between our flanking parties and theirs. I was impatient and uneasy at seeing that no disposition was made, and endeavored to flnd General Lee to inform him of what was doing, and to know what was his dispo- sition. He told me that he wa^ going to order some troops to march below the enemy and cut off their retreat. Two pieces of artillery were posted on our right without a single fOot soldier to support them. Our men were formed piecemeal in front of the enemy, and there appeared to be no general plan or disposition calculated on that of the enemy, the nature of the ground, or any of the other principles which generally govern in these cases. The enemy began a cannonade from two parts of their line ; their whole body of horse made a furious charge upon a small party of our cavalry and dispirited THE BATTLE OP MONMOUTH. 413 and drove them, until the appearance of our infantry and a judicious discharge or two of artillery made them retire precipitately. Three regiments of ours that had advanced in a plain open country towards the enemy's left flank, were ordered by General Lee to retire and occupy the village of Moninouth. They were no sooner formed there than they were ordered to quit that post and gain the woods. One order succeeded another with a rapidity and indecision calculated to ruin us. The enemy had changed their front and were advancing in full march toward us; our men were fatigued with the excessive heat. The artillery horses were not in con- dition to make a brisk retreat. A new position was ordered, bat not generally communicated, for part of the troops were forming on the right of the ground, while others were marching away, and all the artillery driving off. The enemy, after a short halt, resumed their pursuit ; no cannon was left to check their progress. A regiment was ordered to form behind a fence, and as spaedily com- manded to retire. All this disgraceful retreating passed without the firing of a musket, over ground which might have been disputed inch by inch. We passed a defile and arrived at an eminence beyond, which was defended on one hand by an impracticable fen, on the other by a thick wood where our man would have fought to advan- tage. Here, fortunately for the honor of the army, and the welfare of America, General Washington met the troops retreating in disorder, and without any plan to make an opposition. He ordered some pieces of artil- lery to be brought up to defend the pass, and some troops to form and defend the pieces. The artillery was too distant to be brought up readily, so that there was but little opposition given here. A few shots, though, and a little skirmishing in the wood checked the enemy's career. The General expressed his astonishment at this unaccountable retreat. Mr. Lee indecently replied that the attack was contrary to his advice and opinion in council. We were obliged to retire to a position, which. 414 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. though hastily reconnoitered proved an excellent one. Two regiments were formed behind a fence, in front of the position. The enemy's horse advanced in full charge with admirable bravery to the distance of forty paces, when a general discharge from these two regiments did execution among them, and made them fly with the greatest precipitation. The grenadiers succeeded to the attack. At this time my horse was killed under me. In this spot the action was hottest, and there was consider- ble slaughter of British grenadiers. The General or- dered Woodford's brigade with some artillery to take possession of an eminence on the enemy's left, and can- nonade from thence. This produced an excellent effect. The enemy were prevented from advancing on us and confined themselves to cannonade, with a show of turning our left flank. Our artillery answered theirs with the greatest vigor. The General seeing that our left flank was secure, as the ground was open and com- manded by us, so that the enemy could not attempt to , turn it without exposing their own flank to a heavy fire from our artillery, and causing to pass in review before us the force employed in turning us. In the meantime. General Lee continued retreating. Baron Steuben was ordered to form the broken troops in the rear. The can- nonade was incessant and the General ordered parties to advance from time to time, to engage the British grenadiers and guards. The horse showed themselves no more. The grenadiers showed their backs and retreated everywhere with precipitation. They returned, however, again to the charge, and were again repulsed. They finally retreated and got over the strong pass, where, as I mentioned before, General Washington first rallied the troops. We advanced iu force, and continued masters of the ground : the standards of liberty were planted in triumph on the field of battle. We remained looking at each other with the defile between us, till dark, and they stole off in silence at midnight. We have buried of the enemy's slain, 233, principally of grena- diers ; forty odd of their wounded whom they left at THE BATTLE OF MONMOUTH. 415 Monmouth, fell into our hands. Several officers are our prisoners. Among their killed are Col. Moncton, a cap- tain of the guards, and several captains of the grenadiers. We have taken a very inconsiderable number of pris- oners, for want of a good body of horse. Deserters are coming in as usual. Our officers and men behaved with that bravery which becomes freemen, and have con- vinced the world that they can beat British grenadiers. To name any one in particular would be a kind of injustice to the rest. There are some, however, who came more immediately under my view, whom I can mention that you may know them. • B. General Wayne, Col. Barber, Col. Stewart, Col. Livingston, Col. Oswald, of the artillery, Capt. Doughty, deserve well of their country, and distinguished themselves nobly. The enemy buried many of their dead that are not accounted for above, and carried off a great number of wounded. I have written diffusely, and yet I have riot told you all. General Lee, I think, must be tried for misconduct. However, this is a matter not generally known, though it seems almost universally wished for. I would beg you, my dear father, to say nothing of it. You will oblige me much by excusing me to Mr. Drayton for not writing to him. I congratulate you, my dear father, upon this seasonable victory, and am ever. Your most dutiful and affectionate, John Laueens. The Honorable Henry Laurens, Esq. We have no returns of our loss as yet. The propor- tion on the field of battle appeared but small. We have many good officers wounded. . ANOTHER ACCOUNT. GENERALS WAYNE AND SCOTT TO GEN. WASHINGTON. Englishtown, 30th June, 1778. SiE : We esteem it a duty which we owe to our coun- try, ourselves and the officers and soldiers under our command, to state the following facts to your Excellency : On the 28th instant, at five o'clock in the morning we received orders to march with the following detachments, 416 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. namely, Scott's and Varnum's brigades, Colonels Butler and Jackson in front, amounting to seventeen hundred men ; Colonels Wesson, Livingston and Stewart, with one thousand men, commanded by General Wayne ; a select detachment of fourteen hundred men, rank and file, under General Scott, with ten pieces of artillery properly distributed among the whole. Ab out eight o'clock, the van under Col. Butler arrived on the left of Monmouth Court House, on the rear of the left flank of the enemy, who were in full march, moving in great haste and confusion. At this time our main body under General Lee, were formed at the edge of a wood about half a mile distant from the Court House. Gen- eral Wayne, who was in front reconnoitering the enemy, perceiving that they had made a halt and were prepar- ing to push Colonel Butler with their horse and a few foot, gave direction for him to form and receive them, and at the same time sent Major Eyles to General Lee, requesting that those troops might be advanced to sup- port those in front, and for the whole to form on the edge of a deep morass, which extends from the east of the Court House on the right a very considerable dis- tance to the left. The troops did arrive in about an hour after the requisition, and were generally formed in this position. About the same time General Scott's detachment had passed the morass on the left, and the enemv's horse and foot that had charged Colonel Butler, were repulsed. The number of the enemy now in view might be near two thousand, though at first not more than five hundred exclusive of their horse. The ground we now occupied was the best formed by nature for defence, of any perhaps in the country, The enemy advanced with, caution, keeping at a considerable dis- tance in front. General Scott, having viewed the posi- tion of the enemy, as well as the ground where about twenty-five hundred of our troops were formed, re- passed the morass and took post on the left, in a fine open wood, covered by said morass in front. THE BATTLE OF MONMOUTH. 417 Whilst this was doing, General Wayne, perceiving that the troops on the right from the wood to the Court House were retreating, sent General Fishbourn to Gen- eral Lee, requesting that the troops might return to sup- port him. In the interim General Wayne repassed the morass, leaving Colonel Butler's regiment to keep post on the right flank of the enemy. Generads Scott and Wayne then went together along the morass to the Court House, when Major Fishbourn returned and said that General Lee gave no other answer than that he would see General Waj ne himself, which he never did. The enemy having now an opening on the right of General Scott began to move on, when General Wayne and Gen- eral Scott sent to General Lee to request him at least to form, to favor' General Scott's retreat, but this requisi- tion met with the same fate as the last. The troops kept still retreating, when General Scott, perceiving that he would not be supported, filed off to the left. General Wayne ordered Colonel Butler to fall back also. Thus were these several select detachments unaccountably drawn off without being suffered to come to action, al- though we had the most pleasant prospect from our number and position, of obtaining the most glorious and decisive victory. After this, we fortunately fell in with your Excellency. You ordered us to form part of those troops, whose" conduct and bravery kept the enemy in play until you had restored order. We have taken the liberty of stating these facts in order to convince the world that our retreat from the Court House was not occasioned by the want of numbers, position, or wishes of both officers and men to maintain that post. We also beg leave to mention that no plan of attack was ever communicated to us, or notice of a re- treat, until it had taken place in our rear, as we sup- posed by General Lee's order. We are, &c., Anthony Wayne. Chaeles Scott. 418 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. INLETS. On account of Barnegat Inlet being at tlie lower end of the bay and the distance vessels from the head of the bay have to sail to get out to sea, the need of an outlet nearer the head of the bay is seriously felt. While Cranbui-y Inlet was opened it afforded great facilities for vessels to trade in and out of the bay. As this inlet is laid down on a map of 1755 (Lewis Evans) it is probable that it was opened — broke out from 1750 to 1755. It was closed about 1812. During the war of the Revolution it was much used. The question of the exact year when this inlet was opened has been in litiga- tion in our County Courts in a question involving title to land on the beach in its vicinity ; no decisive information was obtained upon trial. Two or three attempts have been made to open inlets towards the head of the bay. One by a man named Ortley about 1821 ; after working a long time (three or four years, I have heard it said,) and spending much money on the effort, he finished the work one set day ; and that evening he and his friends had a merry time drinking and rejoicing over the completion of the work. But a sad disappointment awaited them in the morning, for the running tide, instead of working the inlet deeper, had made a bulkhead of sand and the inlet was soon filled up. Another effort was completed about July 4, 1847. A large number of men (about three hundred), under the supervision of Anthony Ivins, Jr., worked about three days to open one opposite Toms Eiver; when they opened it it was at high water in the bay and low water outside ; they expected the running tide would work the inlet deeper, but they, too, were doomed to disappoint- ment, as the tides immediately filled it up with sand, again. Barnegat Inlet is continually slowly shifting and changing, and always has been from our earliest accounts. SALT WORKS. 419 Six or seven years ago the old lighthouse washed into the sea, but a new building had already been built in anticipation of this event. Shrewsbury Inlet (Monmouth county) opened in 1778 and closed in 1800. In 1830 it opened again, but was again closed some thirty years ago. At Little Egg Harbor a new inlet broke through Tucker's Beach about the year 1800 and Brigantine Inlet closed up. SALT WOKKS. During the war of the Eevolution, salt works were quite numerous along Barnegat Bay ; two or three at Barnegat, Newlin's at Waretowh, Brown's at Forked Eiver, and one or two Government works near Toms Kiver being among the number. From the following items it would seem that off Toms Eiver the State of Pennsylvania had salt works and also that there was one there built by Congress. In the Pennsylvania Council of Safety, Nov. 2, 1776, it was " Besohed, That an officer and twenty-five men be sent to the salt works at Toms Eiver (erected by this State in Toms Eiver, N. J.) as a guard, and twenty-five spare muskets and two howitzers and a sufficient quan- tity of ammunition to defend in case of attack." In Continental Congress, 1776, the President of Congress " was requested to write -to Gov. Livingston of New Jersey, for two companies of militia to guard salt works near Toms Eiver." Mention of Government salt works near Toms Eiver is occasionally met with in ancient deeds and of a wind- mill connected therewith. ' During the war nearly all the salt works along our bay were either destroyed by the British or by storms, (some notice of which will hereafter be given.) Those destroyed by storms appear to have been built up again. I know of no salt works along our coast of late years. 420 HISTOBY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. except at Absecon (Atlantic county), some fifteen or twenty years ago, which probably was not much used then. In the , New Jersey Gazette, July, 1778, is a notice from the Board of Proprietors, signed James Parker, President, calling, upon owners of salt works along the bay, who wish to buy wood of them from their outlands, to meet them at Freehold in August and they would dispose of it in parcels near salt works. CHAEACTEE OF THE EEEUGEES. GOV. LIVINGSTON S DESCRIPTION AND GALLOWAY S TESTIMONY. It must not be supposed that evils inflicted by the refugees upon our ancestors were such evils as are usually incident to war. Our ancestors suffered these in addition. It is not probable that all who were called Jersey Eefugees were native Jerseymen ; too many were, it is true, but the thrift and industry of the inhabitants of old Monmouth, which county at one time was the richest in the State, the advantage of deep swamps and forests for hiding, the proximity of Earitan Bay, and the sea- board rendering it convenient to send plunder to New York, all formed attractions to villains from other places — villains whose chief object was plunder, often robbing Tories as well as Whigs, who scrupled at no crime to obtain booty, at no outrage to gratify revenge. Their character is clearly set forth in the following extracts one from a "Whig, the other from a Tory : Said Gov. Livingston, in his message to our Legisla- ture in 1777 : " The Eoyalists have plundered friends as well as foes; effects capable of division they have divided; such as were not, they have destroyed. They have warred on decrepid old age and upon defenceless youth ; they have committed hostilities against the professors of literature and against ministers of religion; against public records and private monuments, books of improve- CHARACTER OP THE REFUGEES. 421 ments and papers of curiosity, and against the arts and sciences. They have butchered the wounded when asking for quarter, mangled the dead while weltering in their blood, refused to the dead their right of sepulture, suffered prisoners to perish for want of sustenance, Yiolated the chastity of women, disfigured private dwell- ings of taste and elegance, and in the rage of impiety and barbarism profaned edifices dedicated to Almightv God." The following is the testimony of Gallaway, a Penn- sylvania Tory of wealth and position, who at first was a "Whig and afterwards turned Tory, and had property confiscated to the amount of £40,000 sterling. Speaking of Refugee outrages he says : " Eespecting indiscriminate plunder, it is known to thousands." " In respect to the rapes, a solemn inquiry was made, and afiidavits taken by which it appears that no less than twenty-three were committed in one neighborhood in New Jersey, some of them on 'married women in presence of their husbands, and others on daughters, while the unhappy parents with unavailing tears and cries could only deplore their savage brutality." After reading such authoritative statements of the character of these wretches, who will wonder that our ancestors were aroused, determined to drive them from the soil they polluted. Our ancestors in old Monmouth did all that was possible for brave men to do to bring these villains to justice. Besides those hanged and killed at other places, thirteen were hanged on one gallows near Freehold Court House. The particulars of the capture, etc., of several of these villains in Monmouth is extant, but not necessary to introduce here, as they are given in some modern works. At the close of the war the Eefugees generally went to Nova Scotia, but some went to the Bahamas by invita- tion of General Browne. In September and October, 422 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. 1782, many left New York for Halifax and the Bahamas by his invitation. BACON — SUMMARY OP PEINCIPAL OUTRAGES BY HIM. John Bacon, the Eefugee leader, bad as he was, yet probably was the best one of them of whom we have any accounts. In the previous accounts it will be seen he worked at Manahawkin before the war ; was engaged in affairs at Cedar Creek, Manahawkin, Forked Eiver ; killed Studson at Toms Eiver or Cranbury Inlet, killed Steelman, Soper and others, on the beach, etc. He plundered also the house of Eeuben Soper's father, above Barnegat, and when shot, had on, it is said, a shirt stolen from Soper. The day before he was killed at "West Creek, it is stated, he was on the beach around a wreck and being very officious in ordering men about, they found out who he was and planned to trap him at night. A woman, overhearing it, told Bacon and he escaped to the mainland just in time to be at Eose's house when Crookes' party came up. One tradition differing from Governor Fort's statement, says he begged for quarters and held up the table before him, but was shot through the table. Bacon's wife, it is said, lived at Pemberton where he left two sons. (See elsewhere.) EEVOLUTIONAEY EEMINISCENCES. Colonel Creiger, of the American schooner. General Putnam, cruised in and out of Barnegat five days about June,. 1776.' April, 1778. About the first of this month the British under Captain Eobertson, landed at Squan with a strong force and destroyed a number of salt works on the coast; one building (probably the one near Toms Eiver,) they said, belonged to Congress and cost £6,000. The New Jersey Gazette said of this affair : "About one hundred and thirty-five of the enemy landed on Sunday last about ten o'clock on the south side of Squan Inlet, burnt all the salt works, broke the kettles, etc.; stripped the beds, etc., of some people there AiMOST HANGED BY MISTAKE. 423 who I fear wished to serve them ; then crossed the river and burnt all except Derrick Longstreet's. After this mischief they embarked. The next day they landed at Shark Eiver and set fire to two salt works when they observed fifteeen horsemen heave in sight which occa- sioned them to retreat with the greatest haste ; indeed they jumped into their flat bottomed boats with such pre- cipitation they sunk two of them. One of the pilots was the noted Thomas Oakerson. The enemy consisted chiefly of Greens, the rest Highlanders." The owners of salt works along our coast must have experienced a streak' of ill luck about this time, as a letter in the New Jersey Gazette, dated April 1, 1778, says : " The late storm destroyed many of the small salt works along our shore with all the salt in them." (The storm here referred to must have been of unusual severity. Some accounts relating to it confirm the re- ports that it caused many shipwrecks on our coast.) May 22, 1778. A British vessel with a cargo of Irish beef and pork was taken by Capt. Anderson and sixteen men in an armed boat and brought into Toms Eiver. Several other prizes about this time were sent into Egg Harbor. Twenty-one prisoners (13 from these vessels) were sent to Trenton. — N. J. Gazette. ALMOST HANGED BY MISTAKE. The following interesting story has claims to be mentioned in annals of Ocean county as Colvin, men- tioned in it, lived in the county many years, and it was owing to a citizen of our county that the man referred to was not hanged. The story may be familiar to some, but it is worth repeating : Two brothers named Bowne, and a brother-in-law named Colvin, living in Manchester, Vermont, got into an altercation one day in a field, and the brothers beat Colvin so severely with hoes that he fell bleeding pro- fusely, and the brothers were afraid they had killed him. 424 HISTOEY OP MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. The brothers at night went to look after Colvin's body, but it had mysteriously disappeared, much to their surprise. The Bownes were generally suspected of having murdered him, but nothing was done until some seven years afterward, when some bones, thought to be human bones (and afterward found to be sheep bones); were found partly burned ; this and other evidence caused the arrest and trial of the Bownes. One was sentenced to be hanged and the other sentenced to imprisonment for life. The chief evidence was a confession of guilt by the younger Bowne who was sentenced to prison, though the elder stoutly denied the accusation. While the two brothers were in jail after trial, a man residing at Pol- hemus' Mills, Ocean county, happened in New York City and met with a paper containing an account of the trial ; while reading it he became convinced that the man §aid to be murdered (Colvin) resided near him at Polhemus' Mills, with Tabor Chadwick. He sent word to the Ver- mont Sheriff, who came on privately to Polhemus' Mills, identitied Colvin and took him back, arriving at Man- chester only the night before the day appointed for execution of the elder Bowne. The villagers at the hotel were earnestly discussing the trial, some justifying it, others condemning it, as no dead body was found, and some insisting that Colvin would yet turn up alive. While thus debating, the stage drove up and tha Sheriff and Colvin got out. The latter was instantly recognized and his arrival caused the most intense excitement ; guns were fired, bells were rung and people ran through the streets crying, "Colvin has coma." The jailer, upon refusing to liberate the prison 3rs without Judges' orders, was brought to submit by a cannon planted in front of the jail. The younger Bowne, in explanation, said he thought they really had killed Colvin, though he could not account for the disappearance of the body, and he was told he would not be hanged if he confessed. Colvin, always after was partially insane, and returned to this county where he died. He fancied he owned everything around him— otherwise his insanity was hardly observable. THE MURDEEEK, PETER STOUT. . 425 There are people iu Ocean county, yet living, who remember Colvin. In the New York Tribune (about 1855 or thereabouts, I believe,) was a long account — two columns — of this Colvin affair taken from the lips of one of the Bownes last living — forty years after the trial. I understand the case is reported in " Greenleaf's Vermont Reports." It must have occurred near sixty years ago. THE MUEDEEEE, PETER STOUT. Since the Revolutionary war the only murder I now remember of having been committed within the limits of Ocean county, was the murder of a lad named Thomas "Williams, by Peter Stout, at Goodluck. The lad was driving cattle to the meadows along the north side of Stoat's Creek one morning and met Stout and began to ridicule him, calling him " eelhead," etc., which it seems was a name sometimes applied to Stout. Stout let the boy pass him and then slyly ran up behind him and struck him over the head with an axe, which he was car- rying on his shoulder. The mother of the boy, anxious at his long absence, went in search and found the body. She carried it home — a distance of half a mile — but was so distracted that she never remembered anything from the time she saw the body until she came to her senses at home, and found herself rocking the lifeless body. An inquest was held and among the Coroner's Jury was Peter Stout. An idea is often current in various places that if the murderer was in the room, and touched the body with his fingers, the blood would start afresh from the wounds ; this was started here and all the Jurymen touched the body except Stout, who reached out his hand part way then jerked it back, turned on his heel and went off whistling. Some blood being observed on his hand he said he had been killing a chicken. He was tried at Freehold, found guilty and hanged. He made a confession which was afterward printed in pamphlet form. His body was buried on the south side of Stout's Creek. 426 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. Very many people — and among them relatives of the lad Williams — opposed the hanging of Stout, as he was deficient in sense, and generally thought to be almost crazy at all times. The spot of the murder is still pointed out nearly opposite a pathway across Stout's Creek. This murder occurred Nov. 19, 1802. Young Williams is buried in Goodluck graveyard. The follow- ing is the inscription on his tombstone : THOMAS WILLIAMS. DIED NOVEMEEK 19, 1802. Aged 14 years, 9 months and 18 days. INTERESTING EVENTS. An Inquisition was held in Monmouth county Aug. 26, 1778, to inquire into charges against persons disaf- fected, and a number of names in Monmouth and Ogean are given as having been found guilty. The Commis- sioners who tried the charges were Samuel Forman, Kenneth Hankinson and Jacob Wikoff. Oct. 14, 1778. We learn that on Wednesday last the enemy left Egg Harbor after burning several vessels and houses belonging to gentlemen who have distin- guished themselves by their attachment to the American cause. They have, it is said, bent their course towards Toms River, in order to destroy our salt works." The burning of houses, spoken of in the foregoing, refers to the burning of Chestnut Neck, Atlantic county, when Pulaski's guards were murdered. Vessels of the enemy would occasionally get stranded on our beach during the war, as in the following instance : Dec. 9, 1778. We learn that a few days ago a British armed vessel, bound from Halifax to New York, and richly laden came ashore near Barnegat. The crew, about 60 in number, surrendered themselves prisoners to our militia. Goods to the amount of £5,000 have been taken out of her by our people, and it is said a number of prisoners have already arrived in Bordentown ; other particulars not yet come to hand. Dec. 28, 1778. Capt. Alexander, of the sloop Eliza- INTEEESTING EVENTS. 427 beth of Baltimore, was taken by the British, but was permitted to leave in his small boat and landed at Cran- berry Inlet Dec. 28th. March, 1779. The sloop Saccess came ashore in a snowstorm at Barnegat about March, 1779. She had been taken by the British brig Diligence, and was on her way to New York. She had a valuable cargo of rum, molasses, coffee, cocoa, etc., on board. The prize master and three hands were made prisoners and sent to Princeton. The New Jersey Gazette says that in January, 1779, a Kefugee named John Giberson was shot near Toms Eiver. My impression is that this item is incorrect as to the place named ; tradition locates the place ' where he was shotjustbelowTuckertonon aplaceonce occupied by a branch of the Falkinburgh family. Mickle's Eeminis- eences of Gloucester gives a very minute account of the affair which is moreover substantially corroborated by tradition in this section. Mickle gives the name as William Giberson, not Oohn. During the year 1780 Edward Giles, of Philadelphia, in the schooner Shark, was taken bv a sloop of ten guns. Giles was left, in schooner and a prize crew of four men put on board of her. Giles had on board of her some choice old liquor with which he managed to get his four captors drunk and then run the schooner into Little Egg Harbor. He helped take the four to Philadelphia. (Verily it does seem that a proper use of good liquor sometimes effects good, as here it is shown that a man captured a vessel and four men with only a bottle of choice rum !) About the middle of December, 1780, a British brig in the West Indian trade was taken and brought into Toms Eiver. This brig had run short of water and provisions, and, mistaking the land for Long Island, sent a boat and four men ashore to obtain supplies. The militia hearing of it manned two boats and went out and took her. She had on board 150 hhds of rum and spirits, which our ancestors pronounced "excellent," so they 428 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. must have considered themselves competent judges of such articles ! The British brig Molly was driven ashore in a snow- storm near Barnegat ; her prize crew were taken prison- ers by our militia and sent to Philadelphia. March 19, 1782. The privateer Dart, Capt. William Gray, Of Salem, Mass., arrived at Toms Eiver with a prize sloop taken from the "Black Jack" a British galley belonging to New York. The next day his boat with seven men went in pursuit of a brig which was near the bar. A letter from Toms Eiver written a few days after they left said they had not been heard from since. THE COASTING TEADE. The coasting interest must have been quite impor- tant at an early date, as numerous small vessels would be required to carry the lumber to market from the various mills on the different streams in the county. On some of the streams, as on North Branch Forked Eiver and on Oyster Creek, the lumbar was mide up into small rafts and floated down to the bay where the vessels were anchored, and there taken on board. About the close of the last century and the beginning of the present, the cedar rail business began to fail and the owners and masters of vessels feared they could get no remunerative employment for their schooners and sloops. And to add to their anxiety, about this time they began to hear rumors that Fulton, Fitch and others had made inven- tions by which vessels could be run by steam and not be dependent on capricious winds and tides, and that they would soon displace sailing vessels. The coasters were incredulous, and ridiculed the idea of a vessel being driven by " a kettle full of boiling water." Nevertheless steamboats proved a success, and not only a success but proved the salvation, instead of the ruin, of the coasters' interests, for the steamboats required pine wood for fuel which the vessels supplied from various points along the bay, and eventually from Virginia. BLACKS IN THE KEVOLUnoN. 429 CHAECOAL. Between 1830 and 1840, the supply of pine wood suitable for market began to fail, and the coasters again began to inquire " what business could next be found for vessels." This was satisfactorily answered to many by the starting of the charcoal trade. The long ranks of cordwood near all our landings, so well remem- bered by oldest residents, gave place to piles of charcoal, the dust from which made it almost impossible to tell whether a seafaring man was white or black. Then came the demand for coasting vessels to carry hard coal, anthracite and bituminous, from Philadelphia, Alexandria and other places to other ports. Before any very large business was done in ex- porting charcoal, considerable quantities of it were made for the use of furnaces and forges. The " coaling grounds" for Federal Furnace and David Wright's Forge are named in 1795 in ancient deeds for lands near Hurri- cane and Black Swamp ; the Federal company's coal- ing ground on Harricane Neck is namsd in 1797. In 1825 "Jack Cook's Coal Kiln Bottom" and "Morocco Kiln" are named. BLACKS IN THE EEVOLUTION. In looking over the Eevolutionary history of Ocean and Monmouth (as well as of some other parts of the State) our notice is frequently attracted to the number of blacks who aided the Bi-itish and Eefugees through- out the war. In some of the reminiscences herewith published, the fact of the Blacks being with the enemy has been noticed, as for instance at Forked Eiver ; the Eefugee leader, Davenport, had forty with him ; at Toms Eiver, the Blacks aided the British ; and the history of Monmouth furnishes numerous instances proving that the Blacks were active and valuable aids to the enemy as in the case of the noted Col. Tye and his company, who were with the British in the attack on Capt. Huddy's house at Colt's Neck. It is no difficult matter 430 HISTOEY OP MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. to tell why the Blacks aided the enemy — they received their liberty by so doing. The question naturally arises in the mind, " Would not our ancestors have gained by freeing the Blacks and thus securing their aid against the British?" They undoubtedly thought they could not afford the expense. It will be remembered that although Rhode Island and Massachusetts freed many slaves to join the American army, yet their value was paid to the owners — Rhode Island giving $750, and Mas- sachusetts $1,000 each," for them, making it quite a costly undertaking. New Jersey, and particularly Old Monmout h was noted for liberality in furnishing men and money and it was thought, doubtlessly, that to buy the blacks of their owners to fight on our side would prove more costly than they could afford. Suppose there were two thousand able bodied male slaves in the State ; these at the price paid by Rhode Island — the lowest price then paid — would amount to a million and a half dollars — a very serious tax to a people already taxed seemingly to the utmost. The question then was not about freeing the slaves of the enemy ; that was a point about which there seemed but little dispute ; the Britjsh used run- away slaves and no protest against their right to do so (although protest was made against Lord Dunmore afterward selling them). But when we read how valua- ble these blacks proved to the enemy, informing them who had money, plate, horses, cattle and valuables of any description ; where they lived ; acting as pilots or guides through by-roads and paths— helping destroy all they could not carry away and fighting with desper- ate, undisputed bravery. These considerations alone, to say nothing of the many valuable lives lost, would seem to show that our ancestors, in the mere selfish view of dollars and cents, were clearly the losers by their policy — certainly so in Old Monmouth. JOEL PAEKEK The following is an abstract of the memorial of ex- Governor and Judge Joel Parker prepared at the re- quest of the New Jersey Historical Society by Maj. James S. Yard, Editor of the Mmimouth Democrat, Free- hold, and read at , a meeting of the Society at Newark, May 17, 1888 : It so came about, under the guidance of Divine Providence, that Joel Parker became Governor of New Jersey at the most critical period in the history of the War of the Rebellion. He was then forty-six years old, and in the prime of his intellectual and physical strength and vigor. In 1847 he was elected to the Assembly, and in 1852 he was appointed as Prosecutor of the Pleas for Monmouth. In both of these positions he discharged his public duties with signal ability. In the Assembly, although the youngest member of that body, he distin- guished himself throughout the State by introducing a measure, which afterwards became a law, to equalize taxation by taxing personal as well as real property. In December, 1857, at a meeting of the Regimental Officers, he was elected Brigadier General of the Mon- mouth and Ocean Brigade of State Militia, and proceeded to thoroughly organize the corps. At. ihe outbreak of the war Maj. Gen. Moore, Commander of the Third Division of the State Militia, resigned on account of age and infirmity, and on the 7th of May, 1861, General Parker was nominated by Gov. Olden, and unanimously confirmed by the Senate as his successor. This appoint, ment was made for the purpose of promoting volunteering for the suppression of the rebellion. Party strife at this time was rife and bitter, but Gen. Parker's patriotic efforts were generally recognized and commended alike by party friends and foes, and put New Jersey in the front rank of the loyal States. In the Fall of 1862, after the defeat of the operations against Richmond, and the famous seven days' fight on the Peninsula, and when the fate of our national existence 482 HISTOEY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. seemed to tremble in the balance, Gen. Parker was nominated for Governor and was elected by a majority three times greater than had ever before been given in the State for any candidate for that position. His elec- tion gave a new impetus to the national cause, and his administration, which in all respects was eminently a successful one, was especially distinguished ,for its efficiency in promoting enlistments in the ai-my, and for successfully keeping up volunteering for this purpose for a year after all other states had been obliged to resort to the draft to fill their regiments. Through these efforts New Jersey is enabled to boast that no man was ever taken unwillingly from the State to fill the quota of troops demanded by the general government. His action during the invasion of Pennsylvania by the rebel forces is still fresh in the public mind. Before the people of that State had recovered from the panic caused by this invasion, he had rallied regiments of Jerseymen to the standard and was marching them to their defence, for which service he was publicly compli- mented by President Lincoln and Gov. Curtin. In 1864, when Maryland was invaded and the National Capitol was threatened, he did not wait to hear from the authorities at Washington, but immediately set about the raising of reinforcements to drive the invaders back. These are but instances of the foresight, vigor and patriotism which characterized his efforts throughout his administration down to the close of the war. In 1863, after the Battle of Gettysburg, and without waiting for the action of the Legislature, Governor Par- ker dispatched an agent to the battle-field to personally superintend, with great care, the removal of the remains of the New Jersey dead. A plot of ground was secured on the field, the bodies were carefully re-interred, and the ground was set apart for this sacred purpose, with appro- priate ceremonies, in the presence of a vast concourse of people assembled to witness them. But his efforts did not stop at the operations in the JOEL PAEKEK. 433 field. They extende'd also to the care of the Jersey soldiers in their camps and hospitals and of their families at home. One of his first acts as Governor was to establish an Agency at Washington to look after the welfare of the New Jersey troops, to facilitate transfers and discharges in deserving cases, and to alleviate the sufferings of the sick and wounded. The agency also received money from the soldiers in the field and transmitted it to their families without expense to them. Hundreds of thousands of dollars were thus received and transmitted, and thousands of soldiers and soldiers' families remember with gratitude, to-day, his efforts to promote their welfare, and bless him for his kindly sympathy. He also instituted inquiries into the con- dition of the disabled soldiers and their families, and appointed a commission to report what legislation was necessary to relieve them. In his second annual message he recommended the establishment of a Soldiers' Home, or Retreat, out of which grew the present admirable provision made by the State for that purpose. Under most, if not all of the State Constitutions, during the first years of the war there was no provision for taking the votes of soldiers in the field. This omis- sion was not discovered in time to provide in New Jersey for the election of 1864, it requiring two years to amend the Constitution ; but the Legislature of that year adopt- ed resolutions requesting the military authorities to furlough the soldiers entitled to vote, so far as it could be done without detriment to the service, to go home and vote. Gov. Parker, in transmitting these resolutions to the President, expressed the wish that all New Jersey soldiers, without distinction of party, who could be spared, should be allowed to come home on election day, and particularly desired that soldiers in hospitals who were able to travel, be allowed to visit their homes for that purpose. He also wrote to the State Agent at Washington, instructing him to assist the soldiers in getting furloughs. The Constitution on this point was afterwards amended. 434 HISTOEY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. Gov. Parl^er was always fi'ank and outspoken in his views in regard to the conduct of the war, as he was on all other matters of public policy, and while frequently differing in opinion with the administration at Washing- ton, he never faltered in the discharge of his duty to sustain by all means in his power the effort to restore the Union, or in his belief in the ultimate success of the National cause. He was a man of strong convictions, and necessarily and essentially a party man, neglecting no honest and fair opportunity to advance the interests of his party, yet his first consideration was always the public interests.' In all of his appointments, military and civil, he carefully scrutinized the character and qualifications of the candidate. No question of party ever entered into any of his appointments to the military service, while in his appointments to the civil service the fitness of the appointee generally silenced the clamor of the friends of the disappointed candidates; and while this is the rock upon which the popularity of the executive is usually wrecked, and while he made more appointments than any other man who has ever filled the executive chair of our State, yet he returned at the close of both his terms of office with his popularity unimpaired. Joel Parker was innately and thoroughly a Jersey- man, proud of his State and of its history. He neglected no opportunity to eulogize it, and warmly resented any indignity aimed at it. But his patriotism was greater than his State pride — it embraced our whole country. In his love for its institutions and in his faith in its future glory he never wavered. He was beyond dispute the foremost man of his generation in his native State in all those qualities that go to make a man useful to and beloved by his fellow-men. In his private' life he was pure and above reproach. He was not a brilliant man, as the world reckons it, but he was a great man, broad, liberal, conscientious, faithful and true, and deserves to be conspicuously honored by the generation that he served so long and so well. JOEL PARKER. 435 BIRTH, PARENTAGE AND EDUCATION. Joel Parker was born in Freehold township on the 24th of November, 1816, in a house still standing on the Mount Holly road about four miles west of Freehold, in what is now Millstone township. A small village knowii as Smithburg has grown up around it recently. His father was Charles Parker, who was born in the same neighborhood, and who was Sheriff of the county, mem- her of the Assembly, and for thirteen years State Treasurer and at the same time State Librarian. His mother, who was also a native of the county as it was then constituted, was a daughter of Capt. Joseph Coward, of the Continental Army. He received his primary edu- cation at the old Trenton Academy, and was prepared for college at the Lawrenceville High School. In the meantime he spent two years as manager on a farm which his father then owned near Colts Neck. He was graduated at Princeton in 1839, and immediately com- menced the study of law in the office of the Hon. Henry W. Green, at Trenton, and was admitted to the Bar in 1842, when he located at Freehold and commenced the practice of his profession. HIS EARLY CAREER. In 1840 he cast his first Presidential vote for Martin Van Buren, the nominee of the Democratic party. In 1844 he entered the political arena in support of the election of James K. Polk as President, and distinguished himself in that campaign as a public ^eaker. HIS SOCIAL RELATIONS, MARRIAGE AND DEATH. Although his long and busy life was crowded with great public cares, hb did not forget the minor public duties nor the obligations of social life. He was one of the original members of the lodge of Odd Fellows of his town and always retained an interest in its welfare ; in his earlier years he took an active part in its affairs, filling the different official positions and representing it in the State Grand Lodge. He was also a member of the Ma- sonic lodge of his town. In both of these organizations 436 HISTOKY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. he remained an honored member up to the time of his death. He was for many years a member of the Union Fire Company of Trenton, and of the Fire Department of Freehold, aiding both with his counsels and his purse. He was also a member of the Commandery of the State of Pennsylvania of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States ; a member of the Tammany Society of New York City, and an honorary member of the Society of the Cincinnati of the State of New Jersey. In 1881 he united with the Presbyterian Church of Free- hold, on confession of faith, and afterwards remained an acceptable member and communicant of that church. In 1843 he was married- to Maria M., eldest daughter of Samuel E. Gum mere, Clerk in Chancery of New Jersey, who survives him, with two sons, Charles and Frederick, both practicing lawyers of some years' standing ' at the Bar of Monmouth County, and a daughter, Bessie. On Saturday, the 31st day of December, 1887, after holding a special session of the Burlington County Courts, he went to Philadelphia, and feeling unwell he called at the house of a friend, where, in a few minutes, he received a stroke of paralysis. He died on the following Monday, shortly after midnight, surrounded by the immediate members of his family. He rallied sufficiently on Satur- day evening to recognize his wife, but afterwards never regained conscioiisness. PERSONAL APPEAEANCE AND GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS. His personal 'appearance was imposing. He was slightly over six feet high, with a massive frame admira- bly proportioned, a head well poised, manly and dignified in his bearing, easy and attractive in his manner ; in public, free and self-possessed, easily approached by the humblest member of the community, but never conde- scending to unseemly fam"iliarity. He was persistent in the pursuit of the object in which he was interested, and in support of the_ cause which he had espoused ; never domineering, but persuasive and conciliating ; avoiding personal antagonisms he skilfully laid his course between JOEL PAEKEE. 437 contending factions and reached the goal while others -were wrangling by the way. Conservative in all his views and sometimes considered so almost to a fault, he was always a safe leader in public affairs and reliable as a personal adviser. "When he died his fellow citizens throughout the State — all ranks and conditions of men — alike pressed forward to lay their tribute of affection and regard upon his bier. The Governor issued a proclamation reciting the eminent services he had rendered the State, and caused public honors to be paid to his memory ; the bus- iness of the courts was suspended while eulogies were pronounced and resolutions of respect and condolence were placed upon their records ; organizations, public and social, vied with each other in manifestations of friendship and esteem, and the press united in one com- mon expression of high appreciation of his life and public services. At the session of the Legislature of 1888 a joint resolution was passed by both Houses providing for the purchase of a portrait' of Gov. Parker. This portrait was afterwards painted by Julian Scott, and hung with appropriate ceremonies in the Assembly Chamber on the 4th of February, 1889. "Stkong, 'mid the perils that beset his time, Strong, in the chair of State he honored long, Stbong, in devotion to his home and friends, Wherever fortune found or placed him, Stbong. "Kind, with a kindness words cannot express. Kind, with a sweetness born of noble mind, Kind, let the tear-drop pathos started, speak; To youth and age, to poor and sorrowing, kind. "Gkeat, in the virtues that adorned his life. Great, in the annals of his native State, Gkeat, in his fearless championship of right. In every trust and station, truly Great. "* *Frank P. McDermofct, Freehold, in the Mo/imonlh Democrat, Jan. 12, 1888. 438 HISTOBY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. PERSECUTION OF QUAKERS. Edward Wharton was one of the most zealous Quakers of his time, and lived at Salem, Mass. In 1669 he gave an order to John Hance to hold and enjoy his lot of land. George Wharton and John Harwood, of London, appointed John Hance, of Shrewsbury, as their attorney. Edward Wharton was a noted man in the history of the Society of Friends. He was in Salem as early as 1655 and was called "glazier." His business or "out- ward occasions," as Bishop's "New England Judged" terms it, required him to make frequent journeys to Rhode Island and other places, and he frequently accompanied Quaker preachers on their visits to various places, sometimes as far as Long Island. He first began to suffer for his faith in 1658. In 1659 he was given twenty-four lashes and fined £20, which a friend paid, as he would not pay it. In 1661 the stripes were again given to him and to John Chamberlain, supposed ances- tor of the first Chamberlains of JVEonmouth, for protesting against the brutal hanging of William Leddra, who was hanged on Boston Common for preaching his faith. It is not stated that Chamberlain was then a Quaker, but his feelings of humanity prompted him to protest against the act. Wharton, despite all threats, remained with Leddra until he was executed. In 1662 he accom- panied two Quaker women, preachers, named Alice Ambrose and Mary Tomkins, to Long Island. Here the Dutch authorities arrested all three of them, and also John Tilton and Mary, his wife, William Reape, of New- port, who was with them, and others, and kept them prisoners for ten days, and then put them all, except John Tilton and wife, on a ship and sent them out of their jurisdiction. In 1664 Alice Ambrose and Mary Tomkins came to Boston from Virginia, where they had been pilloried and then " given thirty-two stripes with a whip of nine cords and every cr,rd three knots." PERSECUTION OF QUAKEES. 439 Mary Tomkins, while in Boston, was taken so sick she thought she would die. Edward Wharton' and an- other Quaker named Wenlock Christian, went from Salem to see her. The constables took her to jail and both women and the two men were ordered to be whipped. Colonel Temple interceded and got three clear, but they Tented their wrath on Edward Wharton against whom they had no charge but that of leaving his home in Salem and coming to Boston to see a sick friend. Gov. Endicott issued his warrant to have Wharton given thirty stripes on his naked body, " convicted of being a vaga- bond from his own dwelling place." This warrant was dated June 30, 1664. Wharton was taken to the market place and stripped, and his arms bound to the wheels of a cannon. Constable John Lowell bade the hangman to whip, which was so cruelly done that it was testified that peas might be put in the holes made by the knots in the whip, on his flesh, arms and back. Wharton was not cowed by his cruel treatment, but after it was over he said, " I think I shall be here to-morrow, again ! " He was well off and next day he said to Lieut. Governor Bellingham : " How is it that I should be a vagabond yesterday and not to-day?" Wharton had been in this country some twenty years and had supplied Governor Endicott with necessaries of life when he was in humble and suffering circumstances. A lengthy letter is given in Bishop's " New England Judged," complaining of Gov. Endicott's ingratitude and of his injustice. This letter was written by John Smith, possibly the one subsequently in Mon- mouth, whose wife Margaret had been imprisoned all winter by Endicott's orders. Smith upbraided him for his "hard hartedness to neighbors to whom thou hadst formerly been beholden to and helped in a time of want when thou hadst no bread ! " Wharton was punished at other times, but the foregoing statements are sufficient to show why he aided in establishing the settlement in Monmouth where religious toleration should be insured. The persistence of Wharton in travelling with Qua- ker preachers, visiting them in prison and aiding them 440 HISTOEY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. in every way to the best of his ability, despite stripes and imprisonment, show an unselfish heroism rarely wit- nessed. He was highly esteemed by his Puritan neigh- bors for everything except his Quakerism. Eliakim Wardell, who was first named in Monmouth, was a son of Thomas Wardell, who came to this country and was made a freeman at Boston, 1634. He had four sons. The father was disarmed in 1637, for being an Antinomian, as the followers of Ann Hutchinson were called. Some years later, when the Quakers began preaching their views, Eliakim harbored one of them named Wenlock Christison, for which the Court in 1659 fined him, and, as Wardell would not pay the fine, the oflicer levied " on a pretty beast for the saddle (says "Bishop's New England Judged") worth £14, which was taken for the fine, which waS less than the value of the horse, the overplus, to make up to him, some of the offi- cers plundered old William Marston of a vessel of green ginger, which for some fine was taken from him and forced it into Eliakim's house, where he let it be and touched it not. In process of time Eliakim came to be fined again, and whereas, according to law, he should have the overplus of the beast restored to him, yet the executors came and took the ginger away as aforesaid, which was all the satisfaction that was made to him. And notwithstanding, he came not to your invented worship, but was fined ten shillings for his absence and his wife's, yet he was often rated for priest's hire. And the priest. Seaborn Cotton (old John Cotton's son), to obtain his end, sold his rate to a man almost as bad as himself, who is named Nathaniel Boulton, who came on pretence of borrowing a little corn for himself, which the ha'rmless, honest man, willingly lent him. And he, find- ing thereby that he had the corn, which was his design, Judas-like, he went and bought the rate of the priest and came and measured as he pleased. Another time he had a heifer taken from him for priest's rates, and then almost all his marsh and meadow ground taken from him, which was to keep his cattle in winter." TALES OF FOREST AND SEA. 441 Eliakim Wardell was at one time sentenced to be whipped with fifteen lashes at the cart's tail, for alleged disrespectful remarks of Simon Bradstreet, which re- marks he made because Bradstreet had spoken disre-. spectfuUy of his (Wardell's) wife. His wife's name previous to her marriage was Lydia Perkins. In 1662 Wardell and a man named William Fourbish witnessed the whipping of two Quaker women named Mary Tomp- kins and Alice Ambrose, at Newburyport,.and 'for pro- testing against the punishment, both men were put in stocks. His wife Lydia had been a member of the church, but when the Quakers promulgated their doc- trines she joined them. She was also a victim of the lash of the Puritans. Eliakim Wardell and wife Lydia, at this time lived at " Hampton, fourteen miles from Dover." There is but little doubt that Wardell and wife, and Edward Wharton of Salem, and James Heard, all Quakers, were induced to aid in the settlement of Monmouth by the energetic -Quaker merchant of Newport, William Reape, whose business led him to various places. TALES OE EOEEST AND SEA. The extensive forests in Ocean county have been witness of many exciting scenes occasioned by fires in the woods, children lost, etc. Fires in the woods have been too numerous to attempt to particularize. Often hun- dreds of acres are swept over and tens of thousands of dollars worth of timber are burned in a short time. With a high wind, the roar of the fire in the woods, the appearance of the sky, etc., are appalling. " Fighting fire " is familiar to hundreds of citizens of Ocean county. Occasionally life is thus lost as in the following instance : About fifty years ago, many persons were fighting fire near Forked Eiver. A sudden shift of wind brought the flames with such speed down upon the men that they had to run for their lives to a mill pond not far off ; but one man named Collins missed the road to the pond and was 442 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. overtaken by the flames and burned to death. The fol- lowing is a case of a child lost in the woods : About thirty years ago a little boy named Warren Conklin of some six or seven years of age, living at Bar- negat, started to take his father's dinner to him in the woods, a mile or so from home. The boy got lost and search was made next day and for weeks after, and by hundreds of people, but of no avail until three months after, his body was found, partly decayed, close to where persons had been many times. The search was so gen- eral that it was estimated that it would have taken one man seventeen years to have gone over as much ground as the number did in searching for the boy. The feelings of the agonized parents of the lost child at such a time may bet- ter be imagined than described. Tales of shipwrecks not only of foreign vessels on our coast but of shipwreck of our citizens, loss of life, etc. are so numerous as to be impossible to attempt to give particulars here. Some of our citizens like Forman Grant, John F. Jones, and John Parker have lost their lives in nobly en- deavoring to save the lives of shipwrecked persons, and many have received gold and silver medals for risking life to save life. GENEALOGICAL RECORD OF THE FIRST SETTLERS OF MONMOUTH MD OCEAN COUNTIES AND THEIR DESCENDANTS. Abbaham — James Abraham, b. Northamptonsliire, Eng., d. Sept. 13, 1765, a. 69 yrs., 6 m. 18 d.; wife Janet, d. April 3, 1747, a. 43 yrs ; daughter Elizabeth, m. Enoch D. Thomas, and d. 1762, a. 34 yis. ; then Mr. Charles Abraham d. 1760, a. about 40 yrs. Adam, Adams — Alexander Adam is named 1700. He may have been a Scotch emigrant. Robert Adam was a Scotch emigrant, named in White- head's history of Perth Amboy. The wiQ of Thomas Adams of Freehold, dated Jan. 12, 1732, and proved Jan. 26. 1732; names wife Margery; speaks of four eldest children, but does not mention their names. Members of the Adams family early settled in BurUngton county and branches have lived in Ocean. The wUl of John Adams of Chester, Burlington, dated March 16, 1699, names wife Elizabeth and seven children. Executors, Samuel Jennings and Francis Davenport and wife. The will of one John Adams of Burlington, dated March 4, 1704, names wife Elizabeth as executor. Alexander Adam bought land 1694 of John Eeid; was grand juror 1700. John Adams of Woodbridge, had 97 acres 1670 granted by Gov. Carteret. John Adams and w Elizabeth of Woodbridge, N. J., m. June 1, 1671; son John, 1676. 'I'homas Adams of Middlesex made will 1695; filed at Tren- ton. Thomas Adams, yeoman, had 224 acres in 1724, and Jedediah Adams had 113 acres same year, whose grandfather, John Adams, bought said land 1691 of John Kodman. Joseph Adams m. Ann Newton in BurUngton coixnty 1801. In Moorestown, Burlington county, John Adams was one of the first settlers; daughter Deborah m. Judah AJlen. In 1692 Elizabeth Adams, dau. of John, m. WiUiam, son of John HoUiugshead. At Shrews- bury Friends' meeting, 1695 — 7 mo. 2d, James Adams of Burlington- county, was m. to Esther Allen, Shrewsbury. The first of the name of Adams who came to America were : John, Plymouth, Mass., 1621-2; Henry, with eight sons, Braintree, Mass., 1634; WiUiam, Cambridge, Mass., 1635; Robert, Ipswich, Mass., 1635; Eichard, Weymouth, Mass., 1635; Eiohard, Salem, Mass., 1635, Jeremy Braintree, Mass., 1637; Fer- dinande, Dedham, Mass., 1637; George, Watertown, Mass., 1645; Christo- pher, Braintree, Mass., 1645; Ealph, Elizabeth City, Va., 1623; Eobert, Martin Hundreds, Va., 1624; Eichard, embarked for Va. 1635. The name Adams is of Welsh origin, signifying "Son of Adam." Akins — Abial Akins was a prominent citizen of Toms Eiver, Justice of the Peace, etc. , during the Kevolution and for some twenty-five years subse- quently. Among descendants of Stephen b. 1739, is Thomas, b. 1811, who m. Anna Salter of Newport, N. S., and is (1886) keeper of public docu- ments of the Province. The Thomas (b. 1734) came back and finally 11 HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. settled at Dartmouth, Mass. Abiel Akins is named in Freehold Keoords 1767, when he gave a mortgage for £300 to John Longstreet. In 1769 Abiel Akins and wife Patience deeded land to John Forman. Benjamin, Joseph and William Akin lived in old Dover township in the early part of the present century. In Essex county Elizabeth Akin was administratrix of John Akin 17i6 . Thomas Akin and w. Lydia of Perth Amboy , made deed Aug. 17, 1752, to Jeremiah, Richard, Joseph, and Benjamin Borden of Monmouth. Among licenses to marry recorded at Trenton are the fol- lowing: Timothy Akin, of Monmouth, to Elizabeth WooUey, Jan. 28, 1748; Elizabeth Akin, of Perth Amboy, to Andrew Kelly of same place, Aug. 18, 1752; Stephen- Akin, of Monmouth, to Elizabeth King of Shrewsbury, April 1, 1761; Lydia Akin to Kraghead Kyle, March 27, 1779. Among New York marriage licenses were the following : Abigail Akin to John Toftey, Dec. 12, 1775; Joshua Akins to Elizabeth Briggs, October, 1781; John Altins to Mary Brooks, aipril 22, 1783. Algok, (or Alger) — Benjamin Alger and Kuth, his wife, are named at Middletown, 1722. About the first of this name in this country was Andrew Algor, who was at Scarborough, Maine, 1651, who had wife, and children named John, Andrew, Matthew, Elizabeth and Joanna. Branches of the Algor family settled at Lyme. Benjamin Algor m. Ruth Cottrell, d. of John and sister of Nicholas, who deeded land to her 1722. In tax list of Shrewsbury township, 1764, Benjamin Auger and William Auger were among persons assessed. Allen — John AUen, with Robert Taylor, purchased a share of land among original purchasers named 16G7. G-eorge Allen also one share in 1670. Jedediah Allen of Sandwich, R. I., bought in Nov. 1683, of Job Almy, his share of Monmouth land George Allen m, Elizabeth Hulett 22d of 2d mo. 1694, by Peter Tilton, both of Shrewsbury. In February, 1694, on estate of Ephraim Allen, -dec'd, letters issued to his widow Mary. Mary Allen was m. to Thomas Forman May 27, 1695. John Allen, named among the origiaal purchasers 1667, was probably the same named in Friends' records of Newport, R. I , as marrying Elizabeth Bacon, Oct. 14, 1650. He had children, Elizabeth, b. 1651; Mary, b. 1652; John, b. 1654; Priscilla, b. 1659; Samuel, b. 1661. All of his children were born at New- port. And he may have been the same John Allen named a few years previous at Bohoboth, Mass., where in 1644 in allotment of town lots he was given lot No. 42. George Allen of Sandwich, was a man of note in his day and his descendants are exceedingly numerous. He was b. in England about 1620 and d. after 1685. It is said that Ralph AUen, noted among early -Quakers of Plymouth colony, whose descendants came to Monmouth, was also a son of the first George Among the eleven male members of the Puritan church at Sandwich, Mass., in 1644, were Geo. AUen, Ralph Allen, Peter Gauntt and Richard Kirby, all of whom have descendants in New Jersey. Matthew Allen, son of the fir.st George, of Sandwich, m. Sarah Kirby, June 5, 1657; he left Sandwich and settled at Dartmouth, and had by wife Sarah: Dorothy, b. 1659; Miriam, b. 1661; Deborah b 1663- Mary, b. 1668; Ahazadiah, b. 1671; Matthew, b. 1677. George Allen 2nd' had by w. Hannah children: Caleb, b. 1648, Judah, b. 1650; Ephraim, b. 1652; Eliza, b. 1654; and by second w. Sarah: Matthew, b. June 16 1657- James and John, twins, b. Aug. 5, 1658; Lydia, b. 1660; Daniel, b 1663' Hannah, b . 1666; Eber, b. 1668; George, b. 1672. Most of these names are familiar m the early records of Monmouth, as they were handed down among descendants. Ralph Allen, one of the persecuted Quakers, said also to have been a son of the first George of Sandwich, had descendants who came to Monmouth, some of whom became quite noted. He m. Easter Swift and had five children, the first of whom, Jedediah, b. in 1646, came to New Jersey, and was a member of the colonial assembly in 1703 'and is frequently named in ancient records. Ralph, son of Jedediah 1st m Ann dau. of Mahlon Wright of Burlington county, and a Judah Allen, possibly also his son, m. Deborah, dau. of John Adams, 1701. AUeutown, it is said derives its name from a Nathan Allen, who was probably the son of GENEALOGICAL EECOED. iii Jedediah, b. 1673. Rev. George Swain in Historical Discourse of the Presbyterian church of Allentown, says that Nathan Allen bought in 1706 of Robert Burnett, 520 acres more or less, on Doctors Creek and other lands. An abstract of his will is given hereafter, and from the will of his son Nathan, it would seem that the widow of the first Nathan had married again. In a recoid of Quakers 1704, given in Pa. Hist. Mag., vol. 7, p. 37U, Nathan Allen is named as a Quaker from Burlington. Rev. John Allen of Woodbridge, came from England about December, 1680, and was minister of the Presbyterian church there for a few years. He was married three times. The name of his last wife was Deliverance Potter. The last names of the others are unknown. In Daily's History of Woodbridge are records copied at considerable length. In the Revolutionary war Jacob, John, Judah, and Nathan Allen of Monmouth were soldiers, and siso Edward, Joseph and Peter of Burlington. On the side of the Loyalists was Isaac Allen of Trenton, who owned land in Monmouth, who was Lieut. -Colonel in the second battalion of New Jersey Royal Volunteers. At the close of the war he went to St. John, New Brunswick, and was given lots No. 56-7 in 1783. He was appointed Assistant Judge 1806 and his grandson, John Campbell, b. 1817, was appointed e hief Justice of New Brunswick 1875, and still holds (188i) that position. Among the Loyalists who had land granted to them in 1783, in St. John, were WiUiam, John and Benjamin Allen. The abstracts of wills of Aliens, recorded at Trenton, include persons of the name in the upper part of the State. In tie early settle- ment of EUzabethtown a John Allen is named. In Morris county Capt. Job Allen was a prominent citizen as early as 1730. Deacon Gilbert Allen, a man of note in Morris, was a son of Jacob Allen, who possibly was a son of Charles, b. 1702 and d. 1786. A long list of abstract of wills, and of appointment of administrators and guardians relating to the Allen family, are recorded in the office of the Secretary of btate at Trenton. Allmy — Christopher and Job Allmy were among the number of origi- nal purchasers of land 1667. They were brothers, and sons of William AJmy (as the name is now spellei I) who came over from England with Gov. Winthrop and was at Lynn, Mass., 1631, and in 1637 was among the num- ber who founded Sandwich in that State. In 1642 he removed to Ports- mouth, R. I. It is said that when the Quakers began promulgating their faith about 1657, he joined that sect. He was b. about 1601 and d. 1676. He had children: Ann, b. about 1627 who m. Deputy-Gov. John Greene, and Christopher, John, Job and Catharine. Christopher was generally known as Captain, from his commanding a vessel that traded between Newport, Monmouth a nd other places. He returned to Rhode Island to live by or before 1678, but occasionally came back on business. He was a Deputy in Rhode Island 1690 and the same year was elected Governor, but declined the position, ' 'giving satisfactory reasons. " In 1693-5 he was an agent in England for Rhode Island. Christopher Almy was one of the first to settle in Monmouth, and was here at least as early as 1665. Andebson — Capt. John Anderson, who is frequently named in county and State records in the early part of the last century, was b. about 1665 in Scotland, and said to have been baptized and educated in the communion of the Episcopal Church, Scotland, and had the "Right Rev. Father in God, John Lord Bishop of Ross for his Godfather. " He was a sea captain for a time and commanded the ship Unicorn in a Scottish expedition to Darien, and, after a cruise of over three years he brought his vessel to Perth Amboy, where he probably stopped awhile before coming to Mon- mouth. He m. Anna, d. of John Reed, the noted Deputy Surveyor of East Jersey. Capt. John Anderson was a justice 1710, member of the Colonial Council 1713, and in subsequent year^ was President of the Council in 1736, when in the early part of that year the Governor of New Jersey, William Cosby, died and the government of the State devolved upon Capt. Ander- son, who, however, held the position but eighteen days, when in 1736, aged 70 years, he also died, "lamented by all his acquaintances." Col. John Anderson had children John, James, Kenneth, Jonathan, Margaret, Helena, Anna, Elizabeth, Isabella. His wiU was dated Jan. 30, 1733, and proved IV HISTOBY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES, April 8, 1736. The son Kenneth Anderson became a 'colonel and had a daughter Isabella, who married Colonel Nathaniel Scudder, a hero of the llevolution, who was killed by the Refugees Oct, 16, 1781. Among tax- payers in Freehold 1776 were Kenneth Kenneth, Jr., Joshua, James and Matthias Anderson. Antonides — Johannes and wife, Joanna Kourvenhoven, were mem- bers of Marlborough Brick, Church, 1724. Jacob Antonides, b. Oct. 8, 1780, m. Elizabeth Sutphen Dec. 18, 1800; she was b. Oct. 1, 1781; they had children: John, b. 1801; Abram, b. 1807; Archibald, b. 1808; Phebe, b. 1810; Deborah, b. 1812; EUza, b. 1816'. '"Tie son Abram married Lydia of Eeuben Tilton and had children: Delia Ann, Charles, Elizabeth, who m. Charles W. Ten Brook, Ira, Eleanor, Deborah Jane, Emehne, who m. Charles Curtis, William W., Laura, who m. Louis Lane, and Stejjhen S Johannes Antonides, the first of the name in Monmouth, was m. to Annetze Willenne, daughter of WiUiam Gerretse Van Couvenhoven and wife, Jannetse Montfoort Couwenhoven, of Flatlands. Johannes was her second husband, her first having been Aert Williamson. Anteim — The Antrims of Ocean County are probably descended from John Antrim, who was b. about 1^57, and was m. in 1682 at Salem N. J., to Frances Butcher, d. of John Bfttpher. He subsequently settled in Burlington County and in the census of'bld Noi'thampton Township, taken 1709, it is stated that he was then 52 yrs old, his wife, Frances, 50; chil- dren, John, aged 24, James, a. 23, Thomas, a. 19, Ann, a. 17, Mary, 16, Isaac and Elizabeth, twins, 14. John Antrim, second of the name, b. about 1685, m. Amy (Mary ?) Andrews in 1714 at Chester Nichols' meeting. , About the first of this family in America was Thomas Antrim who left Southampton, England, on the ship James, in 1635, and landed at Boston June 3, and subsequently settled at Salem, Mass. He had children, Obadiah, Mary and John. His wiU was dated 11m. 24, 1662, and names son Obadiah and d., who m! at Burmah. John Hance, in his will, names d. Mary Antrim. John Antrim is named 1692 as a member of BurUngton Yeai-ly meeting. In 1724 James Antrim owned 300 acres in Mansfield, Burlington County. 1796, April 10, Joseph Antrim, of BurUngton County, m. Hannah Stockton. In upper Freehold John Antrim and wife were living at close of last century. Applegate —Thomas A.pplegate and Bartholomew Applegate are named in Freehold records in 1674. They were from Gravesend, Long Island. Though Bartholomew visited the county, it is not probable that he settled in it. Thomas Applegate m. Johannah Gibbons, d. of Richard, who was one of the twelve Monmouth Patentees. He d. about the be- ginning of the year 1699. He left sons, Thomas, John, Daniel, Joseph, Benjamin and Richard. His w., Johannah, survived him and she and her father, Richard Gibbons, were his executors. His will was dated Feb 1 1698, and proved Feb. 29, 1699. His eldest son Thomas, settled at Perth Amboy. He had w. Ann; and sons Thomas, John, James and Andrew. Among the hcenses to marry recorded at Trenton are the following: Benjamin Applegate, of Middlesex, to Elizabeth Parent, of same county, July 18, 1729; John Applegate, of Middlesex, to Sarah Pettitt, of same county, Oct. 6, 1736; Ebenezer Applegate, of Monmouth, to Mary Imlay, July 9, 1743; James Applegate, of Middlesex, to Elizabeth Buckalew Feb. 21, 1744; Daniel Applegate, of Monmouth, to Ehzabeth Hulett, Jan 31, 1745; WilUam Applegate to Hannah Potter, Monmouth, Oct. 28 1747- John Applegate, of Monmouth, to Mary CottreU, Sept. 27. 1748. ' ' Among marriages recorded at Freehold are the following: Jacob Applegate, Jr., to Margaret Luker, July 10, 1796; by AbielAkin of Toms River; John Applegate to Sarah Hudson, Jan. 19, 1799- by Ben- jamin Lawrence of Toms River. In the patriot army in the Revolution were the following Applegates: Daniel, John, Bartholomew, Benjamin Robert, James, Joseph and WiUiam from Monmouth; Andrew Asher' Charles, Joseph, Nathaniel, Noah, Robert, Ttomas, WiUiam and Zebulon from Middlesex; Daniel, from Morris; WilUam, from Hunterdon- another WilUam, from BurUngton. In the old Dover Town Book the name Apple- gate frequently occurs. GENEALOGICAL EECOED. T AppiiEGATES OP OcBiN CouNTY ; (FroiH old family Bible of Elijah Kobins)— Ebenezer Applegate and Sarah, his wife, had children, viz : Apollo, b. May 25, 1798; Salem, b. 180U; Angeline, b. 18U2; Ebenezer, b. 1805; Joseph, b. 1808; Moses, b. 1810; Sarah, b. 1813; James, b. 1815; Amanda, b. 1818; Helen, b. 1821. Of the above, Amanda m. Judge Wm. 1. James; Sarah, James Kobinson; Angeline, first, Claytoii Kobins and second, Col. Samuel C. Dunham. Joseph was the well remembered Jus- tice of the Peace of Toms Eiver. The following notes are also in this Bible : Ebenezer Applegate, d. Oct. 3, 1851; Sarah, d. April 24, 1861; Jacob, d. Oct 6, 1818, a. 95 yrs; Lucinda Akin, d. Dec. 6, 1820; Moses, son of Ebenezer, is living 1887. Descendants of Thonias and Johannai Apple- gate must now number many thousands, and are widely scattered through- out the country. Eichard Applegate of New Jersey, m. Amy Fenton and they had twelve children. The family moved to Westmoreland county. Pa., and thence to Louisville, Ky., where he died in 1782. The Apple- gates of this line are described as having "very large heads, and much natural mechanioid and mathematical talent, " as being ' ' a quiet, steady, solid race and were held in high esteem by their neighbors." The founder of the Applegate family was Thos. Applegate, an Englishman who is named among tie patentees of Flushing, L. I., in the patent dated Oct. 19, 1647, issued by Gov. Kieft. In regard to the origin of the surname Applegate, Lower, the best authority on surnames, says it is from the ancient Saxon word Applegarth. In England were ancient families named Applegarth, Appleyard and Applethwaite, all meaning substantially the same— an apple orchard. Thomas Applegate was of a party that resiel d for a short time in Holland before they came to Long island, and their residence in Holland indicates that they left England because their religious or political views were objectionable to the government of Charles I. . Abnet— Joseph' Arney was taxed in upper Freehold 1758. The narue occurs at an earher date in Burlington county. John Arney lived there in 1739. Akchbk -George Archer was taxed in Shrewsbury 1764. The name Archer appears early in Khode Island; John Archer was' a freemen at Portsmouth near Newport in 1655. Members of this family were also early settlers in Westchester county. Descendents of the first Archers in West Chester are given in Bolton's History. In Burlington county Isaac Archer was m. to Sarah Stokes Nov. 24, 1799. Aknold— Steven Arnold was among the original purchasers of land of the Indians in Monmouth named 1667. He paid as his share £3, and was awarded "home lot" No. 17 in the allotment at Middletown, and also an outlet "in Poplar field and Mountany field." At the first General Assem- bly, Dec. 14, 1667, he was a Deputy with James Ashton from Middletown. In 1668 his cattle marks are recorded. In 1669 he was named as an arbi- trator in, a land case. At Bamegat, Ocean county, members of the Arnold family were settled during the last century, and were leading members of the Society of Friendgf ^ This branch probably descended from the Arnold family of Long Island.^ . Kichard Ajruold was perhaps the first Quaker of the family in New Jersey, named in 1680, In the Quaker graveyard at Bamegat are small tombstones to the memory of Samuel Arnold, d. 1817; his w Lorany d. 1839; John Arnold d. 1818. By his side is buried Rachel Arnold, d 1823. In 1795, at Little Egg Harbor Quaker meeting, James Arnold was m. to Phebe Inman. The same year Samuel Arnold was m. to Kany (Lorany) Cox. Levi Cranmer, one of the founders of the Quaker Church at Bamegat, who was m. in 1743, had a d. who m. a John Arnold. Akbiwsmith— Edward Arrowsmitb was named in Staten Island about • 1683 and Joseph a few years later. In record of New York marriage licenses is one Feb. 1, 1702, for Joseph Arrowsmith and Martha Pollom. Joseph was a member of the Court (1712) on Staten Island. Edward Arrowsmith was m. to Margaret Angle, Jan. 2, 1783, both of New Jersey Maior Thomas Arrowsmith of Monmouth, was State Treasurer 184ii-5, and was Judge of the Court of Errors and Appeals for several years; he m. VI HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. Emma Van Brakle, d. of Matthias. George Arrowsmith, b. April 18, 1839, fourth son of Major Thomas, a native of Monmouth, -was a Lieut. -Col. of the 147th N. Y. Volunteers, and was kiUed July 1, 1863, at the battle of Gettysburg; he was a graduate of Madison University; of fine intellectual attainments, and his daring services in the army gained him the name of the "Young Lion." Of the first of the Arrowsmiths there were two on Staten Island the first half of the last century, Thomas and Edward. They were Englishmen and appear to have aspired to an aristocratic position in society. Their public services were chiefly of a militarj' character. In the burial ground of Christ (Jhurch, AJ iddletown, are tombstones erected to members of the family as follows : Thomas Arro-Smith, who d. in 1800 in the 48th year of his age; Gertrude, w. of Peter Elinn and former relict of Thomas Arrowsmith, d. 1846 in the 78th year of her agt-; Joseph Arrow- smith, d. Feb. 8, 1816, in the 24th year of his age; Sarah, rt-lict of Joseph Arrowsmith, d. July 8, 1842, in the 48th year of her age. Aesley — Eobert Arsley in 1678 received a warrant for 60 acres of land. AsHTON — James Ashton of Ehode Island, settled at Middletown 1665, and is named in the settlement of accounts, 1667, among the original pur- chasers. May 25, 1669, he was chosen a deputy to act at the "general court " or assembly to meet at Portland Point. He is subsequently fre- quently named in ancient records. At Middletown in Monmouth County, Kev. James Ashton was the first regular Baptist minister and his son James was also a Baptist minister at Crosswicks in Upper Freehold. In 1670 James Ashton received a warrant for 347 acres of land. Under Grants and Concessions he claimed for self and wife, as actual settlers in 1665, 240 acres of land. In 1698 he executed a deed of gift to his son James for 480 acres at Crosswicks. The records of Kahway and Plainfield Quaker meet^ ings state that Joseph Ashton was permitted to m. Mary Fitz Randolph, by Woodbridge Monthly meeting 7m. 20, 1711. Among taxpayers in Upper Freehold, 1731, were John Ashton, Esq., and Joseph Ashton. In same township, 1758, Joseph Ashton was taxed for 200 acres of land. In 1764 thpre was a John Ashton taxed in old Shrewsbury township. The follow- ing marriage hcenses were recorded in the Secretary of State's office, Trenton : Joseph Ashton to Mary StiUwell, Feb. 5, 1740; John Ashton to Catha- rine Taylor, June 2, 1741; both of above, Monmouth County; Eobert Ash- ton to Hannah Famsworth, Feb. 15, 1748; Joseph Ashton, of Bucks County, Pa., to Susanna Nutt, Jan. 26, 1756; John Ashton, of Bucks County, Pa., to Mary Penton, of Burlington County, N. J., Feb. 13, 1765; Joseph Ashton, of Burhugton, to Ann Helsen, June 19, 1770: Thomas Ashton, of Gloucester County, to Hannah Hugg, June 19, 1771; Eden Ashton, of Hunterdon County, to Margaret Louderbank, Aug. 17, 1780. In 1806 Isaac Ashton and wife Mary, and Ehzabeth Ashton lived in Dover township, now in Ooaan County. The Ashtons were an ancient, honor- able family in England and the pedigree of the main branches has been preserved. The Ashtons, or Asshetons as the name was anciently written, of Ashton under the line, date back to the time of Henry II to Orm Fitz Edward, who m. Ermina, d. of Baron Albert de Gresly. Sir Ralph Ashton of this family, was Knight Marshal of England in the time of Edward VI and was known as the Black Knight of Ashton, under the line. AuMAOK— John, Tunis, Stephen and Thomas Aumack are named in freehold m the early part of the last century. The will of John was dated f^' , ' }j Tunis Amak and w. Lena were members of the old Brioa church, Marlborough, 1723, and Stephen and w. Jannetse Janse were mem- bers in 1727. Stephen, it is said, had a gi-andson Matthias or Mattavus, who died at Middletown 1853. The name Stephen was common in the family. Tunis, son of John, it is said, m. Lena or Helena Lane. In 1761 btephen and Tunis Aumack were taxed in Middletown. In 1764 Stephen Aumack was taxed in old Shrewsbury township. In 1766 Jacob was taxed ini5. Caleb was Deputy and in May, 1695, was elected Governor of Rhode Island and died the following December. The Carrs of Ocean Co. are probably descendants; it is said that a Caleb Carr was the first who came and settled near and below Mana- hawkin. Mary A. Carr m. Joseph Camburn Sept. 10, 1810. Phebe Carr m. Joseph Ridgway Oct. 25, 1810. In 1746 Caleb Carr came from Rhode Island to Little Egg' Harbor. He had five sons. James Carr, one of the sons, had w. Phebe, and settled at Manahawkin and they were progenitors of the Carrs of that place. Catharine Carr, possibly a dau. of Caleb, m. Asa Cranmer. f'AKHAKT — Thomas Carhart, weaver, of Middletown, sold land 1684. Thomas Carhart was was second of the name, had w. Mary, who d. 1737, aged 41 years. John farhart was taxed 1761 in Middletown. The?e was a Thomas Carhart came to America 1683. He had a grant for 165 acres on Staten Island in 1692; Thomas and w. removed to AVoodbridge May, 1695. But there was one Thomas earlier named in Monmouth. Oaetee— Thomas Oarter was one of the first, probably the first, of this name in Old Monmouth, named 1689, in Court proceedings. Cae-withey— David Carwithey, whose dau., EUzabeth, m. Wm. Cran- mer, fi-om whom descend the f'ranmers of Ooean,_ lived at Salem, Mass., 1644; he shortly after removed to Sonttold, L. I. 'His will is recorded in Surrogate's office, New York City, Lib. 1, page 8. It was dated Aug. 30, 1665, and proved proved -Ian. 4, 1666. It named sons Caleb and David, daus. Elizabeth C'rowmer (Cranmer), Sarah Curtis and Martha, dau. Sarah Curtis, sole executrix. To EUzabeth Cranmer he gave £9. The will ap- pears to be dictated and is not signed. His son Caleb and son-in-law, Wm. Cranmer, were among original settlers of Ehzabethtown, New Jersey. CHAD^^^:cK —The name Cbadwick is often pronounced Shaddock and some- times given as Shattock, which name properly belongs to another family. In Freehold records Thomas and William Shaddock are named as paying for land. William Shattock eventually removed to Burlington County; Samuel Shaddock is named among inhabitants of Shrewsbury who took the oath of allegiance 1668. Thomas and Samuel ' ' Shaddock " probably were first in Monmouth named of the family who now spell their name Chadwick. Among taxpayers in Old Shrewsbury Township, 1764, were Wm. ' hadwick and John Chadwick. Thomas Chadwick was a captain in Third Regiment, State Militia, during the Revolution, and incidents in his service are given in notices of Refugee raids in Monmouth. His dau. Anna, ra. Esq, Daniel Stout, of Goodluck. Jeremiah Chadwick was a lieu- tenant in the company of Capt. Thomas Chadwick. Tabor Chadwick was b, 1773, d. 1843. Hem, Deborah Lonastreetb, July25, 1787, d. Sept 14, 1883; they had 12 children. Tabor Chadwick ws prominent and active in religious matters, Francis Chadwick. son of Tabor, was b. at Red Bank and m. Sept. 9. imS, Margaret A. Parker, dau. of Capt. Joseph Parker, of Red l!mk, and had children, Richard L., Joseph P., Mary H., who m. Henry Wood, of New Y'ork; Frank T., a physician of Red Bank; Alvin, Margaret. Deborah and S. Matilda. He d. May 30, 1882. The first of the name of Chadwick who came to this country were Charles and John, probably brothers, suppose,! to have come in Gov. Winthrop's fleet, 1630. The Chadwick family is one of the most ancient in England and the pedigree of the iirincipal line has been preserved for near a thousand years and it seems a great stickler for preserving family names, as the names William, GEl^ALOGICAL RECOED. xvii Thomas and John are found in almost every generation back to and before the Conquest. CHiMBEKLAiN— "William Chamberlain sold land Nov. 19, 1687. In 1691 William and Henry Chamberlain bought land in Shrewsbury. In 1697 a patent for land was issued to John Chamberlain. In 1740, William Cham- berlain had house on south side of Forked Kiver, referred to in a patent to Jacob Apj)legate In 1742 James Chamberlain took up land soutu side of Forked Jtiiver, another tract in 1751 at same place. This James is fre- quently mentioned in ancient records In 1804, Jan. 2, one James Cham- berlain lived on south branch of Forked Kiver ; deeded to Francis Asbury, Bishop of M. E. church, for five cents, a lot for use of M. E. church. Among marriages recorded at Freehold are the following: William Cham- berlain to Lydia Worth, Sept. 10, 1800; Bichard Chamberlain to Silence Richards, April 23, 1801. Among persons taxed in Shrewsbury township 1764 were Wm. Chamberlaia and William Chamberlain, Jr. Members of the Chamberlain family were settled, as before stated, at Forked River and vicinity before the Revolution, and some were among the earliest friends of Methodism in Ocean county. The celebrated Bishop Asbury mentions in his journal that in 1809 he stopped at the house of Thomas Chamberlain, at Forked River. Twenty years later James Chamberlain was a leading Metiio- dist ill his section. During the Revolution and subsequently Samuel Chamberlain was a well-known resident of Forked River. The first of the ( hamberlain family in old Monmouth, it is supposed, descend from John Chamberlain, a cui-rier, named in Boston, Mass. , 1651. He m. Ann, dau. of WUliam Brown, May 19, 1653. He was a sympathizer with the Quakers in their persecutions, and was himself imprisoned as one, and finally ban- ished from Massachusetts on pain of death. He went to Rhode Island and he and his son Henry are nsjmed at Newport. Chambeks — John Chambers received a warrant for 100 acres in Shrews- bury 1679 ; in 1681 he received warrant for another tract. In 1694 John 2d bought land of Caleb Shreve of Freehold, and 1695 and 1698 sold land to Jacob Lippencott, Jr. It is stated that there is traditional evidence that the Chambers family of Middlesex county descend from Robert Chambers of Sterling, near Edinburg, Scotland. He was a Presbyterian and suffered persecution with thousands of others during the reigns of Charles II. and James II. in 1683 and 1685. Of the Chambers family of Monmouth and Mercer, there appears to be at least two different lines, and the name John occurs in early mention of each family. Cheeseman — William Cheeseman was assigned lot No. 11, Middletown, 1667. In 1731 Joseph Cheeseman was taxed for 150 acres in Upper Free- hold, and in 1758 for 158 acres. Cheshtre— John Cheshire was m. to Ann Sutton 1692. His name was sometimes spelled Chesear. Mary Cheshire m. Jesse Woodward in 1764. Child— Samuel Child is named as juror 1692, grand juror 1693, &c. In 1691 he bought land of George CorUes and sold the same 1695 He also sold land 1693 to William Austin. William Jeffrey of old Dover township, m. Margaret Child', and their dau. Margaret, m. the late Judge Job F. Randolph of Bamegat. Chute — George Chute, of Rhode Island, was among original pur- chasers 1667; took oath of allegiance 1668; was commissioned as captain of a foot company same year and juror 1676. It is said the family descended from Alexander Chute of Somerset, England, 1268. Clabk, Clakke — Walter Clarke, named as one of the twelve patentees 1665, and also among purchasers 1667, to whom was awarded a share of land, was one of the most active of those who estabUehed the settlement in Monmouth. In Rhode Island there was formed "a company of pur- chasers" to aid in buying the lands of .the Indians, of which he was secre- retary. He was a son of Gov. Jeremy Clarke and was b. 1640. He died 1714. The first Clarks who settied in Monmouth were of Scotch origin. In the old Scotch burying ground in Marlborough township is a tombstone to the memory of Richard Clark, b. in Scotland 1663, and d. May 16, 1773, a, 70 yrs The will of William Clark of Freehold, 1709, named w. Ehzabeth xviii HISTOEY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. and sons William and Alexander; both of these sons are frequently men- tioned in records of deeds and court proceedings. Among taxpayers in Freehold 1776 were three Alexander Glarks, John Benjamin, Doctor Wil- liam, Samuel Cornelius and Kichard Clark. Dr. William Clark was a physician at Freehold at least as early as 1760. Clayton— John Clayton bought land 1677 of John Slocum. His will was dated at Chesterfield, Burlington county. May \&, 1702. His dau. Leah was m. to Abraham Brown 1692, by Friends' ceremony at the house of John Clayton, who then lived in Monmouth. In BurUngton county Hannah Clayton was m. to Abel Gaskell 1797; David Clayton of Shrews- bury, was m. to Catharine Strickland of Freehold, 1798. The earliest men- tion of the name Clayton in this country appears to have been that of Thos. Clayton at Dover, N.H., 1650, who it is supposed went from thence to Rhode Island, where Sarah Clayton was m. to Matthew Borden, who was b. 1638. The John Clayton of Monmouth seems to have eventually settled iu Burling- ton. In Burlington county William Clayton, Sr., and William, Jr., were named 1678, among first settlers, probably from England. Clifton— Thomas Chfton was named among original purchasers of Monmouth, 1667, at which time he Uved at Newport, K,. I. He was among original settlers of Rehoboth, Mass., 1643, neighbor to Eev. Obadiah Holmes, Edward Patterson and others, who subsequently aided in the set- tlement of Monmouth. When the Quakers began preaching their peculiar views Thomas CUfton became an early and earnest adherent of that sect for which he was made to suffer severely in fines. His dau. Hope Clifton, was among the victims of Puritan intolerance and has an honored name in the early history of the Society of friends. In 1658 she was banished from Massachusetts under pain of death if she returned. In Freehold records is a copy of a power of attorney from Thomas Clifton and Patience Beers to John Hance in relation to dues from lands, recorded 1688. Clothibk — Henry Clothier of Monmouth, died 1732. He was of Upper Freehold. Codington — William Codington paid for and was awarded a share of land in Monmouth 1667-70. He did not settle in Monmouth . He was one of the most noted men in the early history of Rhode Island, of which colony he was Governor 1668-74^6. He died 1678. CoGGESHAiL — Johii Coggeshall paid for a share of land bought of the Indians 1667; The CoggeshaUs were from Newport, R. I., and sons of John Coggeshall who came from England in the ship Lyon, the same ship which the previous year brought Roger Williams, John Throckmorton and others. When the noted Ann Hutchinson began to preach her peculiar Antinomeau doctrines, Coggeshall, with WiUiam Coddington and others, joined her society for which they were banished. These Antinomeans settled on the Island of Rhode Island about 1639 and founded the settlements on that island of Portsmouth, Middletowu and Newport. Coggeshall died 1647. Cole — Edward Cole, probably of Rhode Island, was awarded a share of land 1667, and took oath of allegiance with other "Inhabitants of Nave- sink," 1668. In 1677 Jacob Cole and w. were given 240 acres under Con- cessions. Jacob Cole probably d. in 1692. His dau. Elizabeth m. first Thomas White and second John Ashton. In 1698 the cattle mark of John Coal was recorded in Middletown Town Book. In 1670 one Jacob Cole bought land of David Parker. Edward Cole who was awarded a share of land 1667, did not come to Monmouth. In 1688 Robert and Mary Cole were granted 120 acres under Concessions. Cole is an ancient Plymouth colony name; George Cole was at South wick 1637; Daniel and Job at Yarmouth 1643. Robert Cole was a noted citizen of Rhode Island and a personal friend of Roger Williams. He came from England in Gov. Winthrop's fleet and was made freeman in Massachusetts Oct. 19, 1630. Coleman — Joseph Coleman paid for a share of land bought of the Indians 1667. Benjamin Coleman, blacksmith, is named 1711 as grand juror. This is an ancient Plymouth colony name. Samuel Coleman was taxed in Middletown 1761. GENEALOGICAL EECOED. xix Collins — Ebenezer Collins had license to marry Ann Woodmausee, , Dec. 27, 1748. His w. was a sister of Gabriel Woodmansee, a prominent Quaker of Goodluck. He ultimately sailed for South America and was never after heard from. John Collins,' son of Ebenezer, m. Phebe Bird- sail. He was a leading Quaker of Barnegat. He had four children and d. in 1837 in his 88th year. James Collins, son of Ebenezer, m. Elizabeth Birdsall in 1774. Thomas Collins, son of Ebenezer, m. Deborah Edwards and had six children. John Collins, b. 1776, son of John, m. Anna Willetts in 1802. ■ He was a leading member of the Society of Fripnds and for some sixty years he hardly missed a meeting of the so'ciety. He had a remarkably retentive memory and to him, more than to any other one person, the writer is indebted for valuable traditionary information of Barnegat and viciiiity. He d. March 31, 1863. His w. Anna d. 4th mo. , 14, 1866, a. 80 yrs., 9 mos. James Collins, son of John 1st, had nine children. Within the limits of the present township of Dover, Zebedee ColUns settled before the Revolution. Tradition says he was an Englishman by birth, but joined the Americans in the Kevolution and was killed at the battle of Monmouth. He left son Zebedee. The name is frequently mentioned in old surveys. Zebedee Collins, of the fourth generation, is now (1887) living near Bamber. ConvEK — Samuel Colver received a patent for land 1685. His cattle mark was recorded 1682. Samuel Colver of Shrewsbury, sold land 1716 to John Green of Newport, R. I. Timothy Colver or Calver was taxed in Middletown 1761. CoLWELL — Francis Colwell of Freehold, in will dated Aug. 14, 1730, and proved Oct. 16, 1733, names sons William, Thomas, John and Henry. CoHBS— Richard Combs of Freehold, 1700, bought land of Samuel Leonard, Shrewsbury. In 1736, Jonathan Combs sold land to George, Walker of Freehold. The first of the name in Monmouth was Richard Combs. In Freehold, 1776, among taxables were John, John, Esq., Thomas and John Saddler. Thomas E. Combs was assemblyman 1838-9 and Senator 1845. in the old Tennent churchyard is a tombstone to the memory of Doctor David Combs, who d. Jan. 11, 1795, aged 21 years and 8 months. CoMPTON — WUliam Compton was among original settlers 1667, and had town lot number fifteen in Middletown. Compton received a war- rant for 280 acres. There was also a William Compton who settled at Woodbridge. CoNKLiN — John ConkHn who paid for a share of land 1667, was proba- bly the one named 1656, at Gravesend, Long Island. The writer has found no mention of John Conklin settling in Monmouth. Members of the Long Island family of Conklins settled in what is now Ocean county during the last century ; Stephen and John OonkUn lived near Barnegat and left descendants. CooKE, Cook— John Cooke, Thomas Cooke, Hannah Jay, alias Hannah Cooke, had warrants, 1687, for land in Shrewsbury, dated 1667-87. The greater part of the family of Cookes of Monmouth appear to be descended from Thomas Cooke, who was at Taunton, Mass., 1639, and removed about 1643 to Portsmouth, R. I. The will of Edward Patterson Cook, 2nd, of Howell, was dated 1825, and proved Aug., 1826. It named eight sons viz: Peter, John, Amer, Job, James, William and Edward P.— to each of whom small amounts; to one Benjamin the greater share, w. Alydia. CooPBB— Simond Cooper (surgeon), bought two shares of land of Chris- topher Allmy. In 1679 Cooper received a warrant for 330 acres. He was from Rhode Island. John Cooper and Deborah Cooper were taxed in Middlewn 1761. Phillip Cooper was taxed in Shrewsbury 1764, and Catharine Cooper in Freehold 1776. , . „, CoELiES- George CorUes had patent for 80 acres of land in Shrewsbury in 1680- 1686 for 70 acres, 1687 one for 100 acres. In 1698 Wm. Shattock deeded land to him and caUs him ' ' loving son-in-law. " George Corhes m. first w. Exercise Shattock in 1680. She d. 1695. He m. 2d w., Deborah Hance in 1699. He had by 1st w. six children; by 2d w. seven children. He d 1715 In deeds and in his will George Corlies is caUed shoemaker. XX HISTORY OP MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES, John Corlies m. Naomi, dau. of Abiah Edwards, and had two children James and John, named 1714 in will of Edwards. In 1739 Benjamin Corlies was deceased. Hannah l,'orlies ni. Henry Allen 1702, she d. 1712. Elizabeth Corlies m. Wilham Brinley 1704. WilUam Corlies m. Sarah Wing 1731. Deborah Corlies m. Walter Herbert, Jr., 12th of 10th mo., 1728. In 1801 Samuel Corlies, mariner, and w. Catharine, sold half an acre of land on north side -of Toms River to Dr. "William E. Imlay. CoTTKELL — Eliezar CottreU of Middletown received a wai'rant for 60 acres ol: land 1G76 ; in 1677 another for 120 acres and in 1687 for 100 acres. In Middletown, 1761, among persons taxed were John, Nicholas, Eobert and Samuel CottreU. Courtney -In 1796, Luke Courtney and Silas Crane bought land jointly in Stafford. Luke Courtney was a soldier in the Kevolution in Capt. Keuben E. Eandolph's comiDimy of militia and also in the Continental army. The i 'ourtneys were an ancient family of Devonshire, England, and earls of the shire. UovENHOvEN, CoNovEE — In 1695, Cornelius Covenhoven, Peter Wikoff, Garret Schenok and Stephen Courte Voorhuy (Voorhees) all of Elatlands, bought of John Bound, 500 acres as described March 10, 1685, on a patent to Bowne from Proprietors, land adjoining Richard Stout Derick Tunison and Jonathan Holmes. In 1696, the cattle marks of Cornelius Cowenhoven, Garate Schenck and Peter Wikoff were recorded in Middletown Town Book. Among members of Brick Church, Marlborough were, 1709, Peter Kowenhoven and Patience Daws his wife. The first named IPeter Kowen- hoven was an elder in the church, 1709. The common ancestor of the greater pact of Conover family was Wolphert Garretson van Couwenhoven who immigrated from Holland 1630, with the colonists who settled Eens- selaerwick, near Albany. In South Jersey a branch of the Cowenhoven family descend from Peter Van Covenhoven, son of Wolphert, who came from Holland when a boy in 1630, and was for many years a leading citizen of New York. Joseph Covenhoven or Conover, who settled at Eorked River, was in 1824 a member of the Legislature from old Monmouth. His brother. Esquire Daniel Conover, was a well-known hotel keeper at Forked River. Peter lost his w. in 1683; she was buried in New York. Many de- scendants of this family of "Van Cowenhoven are now living in New York. The late Col. E. E. Applegate,the well remembered editor of the Monmouth Inquirer, was positive that traditions in his time stated that his ancestors were of French origin, and the ancient names given above seem to confirm this tradition. Another famihar New Jersey surname of Yard, we find as we trace it back becomes DeYasse, also denoting Norman origin. The will of John Conover, Jr., 1804, named father John, and mother, property to be equally divided between his brothers and sisters. The will of John P. Covenhoven, dated 1810, named sons Wilham, John and Robert, and dau. Ehzabeth Robinson and Sarah Ten Eyck. , In 1796, Jan. 31, Garret Coven- hoven was m. to Sarah Stout, by Esquire John Covenhoven. The follow- ing Covenhovens or Conovers have been members of the N. J. Legislature viz: 1776 John; 1792 John; 1821-2-3-4 WiUiam I.; 1824-5-6 Joseph- 1841-2 John E. ; 1851-2 WiUiam H. ; 1858-9 John V. ; 1869 VvfiUiam H., Jr. ; 1875-6 WiUiam V. In the State Senate WiUiam H , Jr., served 1872. The foUow- ing were Sheriffs: Holmes Conover, 1844-7; Samuel, 1847-50; Holmes 1853-6; Samuel 1856-9. Surrogates, Arthur V. 1848; John R. 1858 Pros- ecutor of Pleas, "William H., Jr., 1872. CovEET— Abraham Covert bought land of John Powel 1716. In 1721 Abraham Covert and Eohte, his w., sold land to Frances Hoffmire, widow of Samuel. Among persons taxed in Freehold township 1776 were John William, Daniel and Isaac Covert. The Covert famUy descend from Teums Janse Covert, who came from North HoUand 1651; settled in New Amsterdam, belonged to Dutch church untU 1660, then went to Bedford or Brooklyn, L. I. He had ten children. The son Abraham probably was the one subsequently named in Monmouth; he ra. Egbertie Eldertre Voorhees. CowABD— Hugh Coward, a sea captain, who, it is said came from Lon- GENEAIOGICAL RECORD. Xxi don had license to marry Patieuoe, dau. of John Throckmorton in New York, July 6, 1703. In 1705 Hugh Coward and w. Patience, I'homas Stil- well and Alse his w., Moses Lipet and Sarah his w. Deli-perance Throck- morton, sign deeds as heirs of John Throckmorton,. 2nd. Miss Cooley in her work on First Settlers of Trenton and vicinity, says CJapt. Hugh Coward had a son Kev. Jos. Coward, who had a son Joseph who died 17G0, aged 50 yrs. who man-ied Lucretia dau. of Jacob Scudder ; they had a son ( ;apt. Joseph Coward, a hero of the Eevolution, whose dau. Sarah m. Hon. Charles Parker, formerly State treasurer of New Jersey. In 1731, John Coward was taxed in upper Freehold In same township, 1758, John, Jr., and Joseph were taxed. John Coward, probably son of John whose will was dated 1760, was an extensive owner of timber land in what is now Ocean county ; about 1760, he united with James F. Kandolj)h in buying land ai-ound Toms Eiver. Randolph was the leading business man of Toms Kiver before and during the early part of the Eevolution. David Coward m. to Betsey Eouse Oct. 10, 1799, by Kev. Joshua Dunham of the M. E. church. CowDEicK— Jesse Cowdrick, the favorably remembeied hotel keeper of Toms River, once kept a hotel "and store at Cedar Creek and at one time a tan yard at Blue UaU. He once ran for Sheriff in old Monmouth but was defeated. He kept the jail there once. He d. May 21, 1857, a. over 57 yrs. He bought the Toms Eiver hotel, it is said, of Israel and An- thony Ivins. This hotel was originally built by Ivins Davis. Cowpekthwahe — Hugh i 'owperthwaite of Springfield, Burlington county, bought land in Upper Freehold, Monmouth county. Mar. 29, 1 749. This family came from Burlington county where a John Cowperthwaite was named, 1698. In Little Egg Harbor there was a Thomas Cowperthwaite, settled about middle of last century who ni. Margaret dau . of Eeuben Tucker, Sr. Their descendants are named in the History of Little Egg Harbor. Cox — The first of this family in Old Monmouth was Thomas Cox who was among those who bought the land of the Indians 1667. He settled at Middletown and in the lirst division of town lots, recorded Dec, 1667, he was allotted lot number eight ; subsequently he was awarded other tracts. In 1668 he was appointed with three others to make " prudential laws. " John Cox, who may have been a brother or son of the first Thomas, was one of the founders of the noted Baptist Church at Middletown. Gen. James Cox, a hero of the Eevolution, was of this family and was a member of Congress from Ohio and d. in 1810 before his term expired. Hon. iSam'l S. Cox, the late distinguished member of Congi'ess, formerly of Ohio, subse- quently of New York, is a descendant of Gen. James Cox, who was b. at Cox's Corners, Upper Freehold. In 1790 Wm. Cox, Jr., gentleman, of the City of Burlington, and w. Abigail, made deed of partition with John Bloomfield. Cbaft— Joseph Craft was m. to Esther, dau. of Job liidgway, of Barnegat, 1786. Their son. Job Craft, was m. to Ann Cox June 15, 1810. There was a James Craft who was m..to busannah Moore about 1797. Job Craft and w., Ann, had son EU and dau. Esther. It is said that they emi- grated West. Ceane — Members of this family settled at Manahawken, in Ocean Co., previous to the Eevolution. In the State Militia during that war were Nathan Crane who was a lieutenant, and Seth Crane, a private, in ( 'apt. Eeuben F. Randolph's company. Silas Crane was a member of the State Legislative Council in 1811 and again in 1814. Atwater's Historv of New Haven says that the first Jasper Crane probably came from London. Jasper Crane in 1651 removed to Branf ord and thence to Newark, N. J. Jasper, sec- ond, was a representative in the Legislature from the town of Newarkinl699. Ceanmek — The (..ranmer family of New Jersey, descend from William Cranmer, an early settler of Southold, Long Island; he is named in the History of Southold by Rev. Epher Whitaker, among original settlers of that place 1640-72. He m. EUzabeth, dau. of David Carwithy, who had for- merly lived at Salem, Mass., where he is named as freeman, 1644. The XXll HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. tradition handed down in the Cranmer family states that they descend from the family of the noted Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, b. 1489, who was burned at the stake 1556. The father of the Archbishop was also named Thomas and he had another son named Edward, who was Arch- deacon of I'anterbnry, while his brother was Archbishop, and it is possible the Crammers of New Jersey may be descendants of Archdeacon Edward, who had five sons and eight dans., and d. 1604 aged 69 years. Around - Forked Kiver and Cedar Creek, William Cranmer took up land 1748-9 and thereabouts. Cbaig — John Craig appears to have been first of this family in Mon- mouth. In December, 1705, "At ye request of Mr. John Craig, Walter Ker, Wm. Rennel, Patrick Imlay, in behalf of themselves and their breth- ren, Protestants, desenters of Freehold, called Presbiterians, that their Public Meetinghouse may be recorded. " It was so ordered by court. The Craigs were weU represented during the Revolution in the ranks of the patriots. John Craig was a lieut. , James Craig, an ensign, David Craig, a sergeant, and John, a private, all in Capt. Epher Walton's company of dragoons. Others served in other military organizations.. Most of them resided in Old Freehold township as may be seen by tax list of 1776. John Craig, first of the name, was probably the one who came from Scotland 1685. Cbome— Richard Hartshorn sold to Edward Crome, Dec. 26, 1670, the town lot No. 25, in Middletown, which Hartshorne had bought of William Goulding. Crome is an unusual name, but it occurs once in Bartlett's Rhode Island Records. Ceaven— Thomas Craven of Forked River, moved to Highland county, Ohio, where he d. Nov. 29, 1880, a. over 64 yrs. EUzabeth, his w., d. Jan! 11, 1868, a. over 52 yrs. Both were buried in the Methodist grave yard at New Lexington. Ceawi'oed — John Crawford, the ancestor of most of this name, in ancient deeds was described as "of Ayrshire, Scotland, gentleman, " and came to this country it is said about 1672. Deo. 11, 1678, he purchased a "house lotfc" in Middletown, and also outlands of Richard Gibbins and w. EUzabeth. Gideon Crawford was High Sherifi of Monmouth 1714^15-16 and again 1720-21. He m. a dau. of William and Margaret Redford; who came from North Britain 1682. Joshua, supposed to have been father of Joel Crawford, was of Scotch descent and a Virginia frontier farmer. Fol- lowing the tide of emigration he settled in 1779 in Edgefield District,' South CaroUna. His son, the noted ' WiUiam Harris Crawford, was b. Feb 24 1772, in Amherst county. Virginia. He finally settled in Georgia, froni which State he was elected to the U. S. Senate; was a candidate for the Presidency in 1824, etc. He was engaged in two duels, in one of which he killed his adversary (JVan AUen) at the first fire. He d. in Elbert county Georgia, on the way to court of which he was judge, Sept. l."?, 1834 He left five sons and three daughters. Ceowell— Two brothers, John Crowell and Edward Crowell, came to North CaroUna and settled in Halifax. They emigrated from Woodbridee N. J. They were originally from England, and they or their ancestors were ongmally caUed Cromwell. In the year 1674, says the AnnaUst of Phila. (John F. Watson) two brothers of OUver CromweU left England for Amenca and settled in New Jersey. They fled from England from the pohtical storms that impended over the name and house of the late Pro- tector. Bolton's History of West ( 'hester county, says : " It is presumed that the ancestry of the American line was Col. John CromweU third son of Sir Oliver CromweU, and a brother of the Protector." From what has been stated, it is evident that the tradition oai-ried to other States bv de- scendants of the Crowells and CromweUs of Woodbridge that thev descended from the noted CromweU family of England, is probably the Davis— Nicholas Davis of Rhode Island was one of the twelve men to whom was granted the Monmouth patent in 1665, and he is also named among those who paid for u, share of land in 1667. He had 480 acres GENEALOGICAL RECORD. xxiii Nicholas Davis, the patentee, was a freemen of Barnstable, in Plymouth Colony 1643. About 1656-7 he joined the Quakers, and July U 1659 he was arrested at Boston, where he had gone to trade and kept in prison until September, -when he was banished, with Mary Dyer, under pain of deatii if they returned. Mai-y Dyer subsequently returned and was hanged on Boston Common. Thomas and James Davis were taxed in Middletown 1761, and William Davis in Shrewsbui-y 1764. Da-vtson— ■William Davison is named in deeds, .1691, and subse- quently ; he was a carpenter and his will was dated Freehold, April 6,1723. James Davison lived in Freehold, 1776. De Boogh, De Booh, Debow- Frederick De Bogh, innholder of' Mon- mouth, bought land 1715-22 of John Eomine and w. Gertie. V\ illiam De Bo we, Monmouth, and w. Elizabeth sold land to "William Cox, 1802. Law- rence Debow was taxed in Upper Freehold, 1758 De Haet— Elias, or Elyas De Hart, an early settler of Old Shrewsbury, was a son of Simon Aertsen De Hart who came to this country in 1664. Morris De Hart was a tax payer in Shrewsbury, 1764. Denise— Jacques Denise (spelled Denys) and Hendrick Hendrickson of New Utrecht, L. L, bought land, 1719. Tunis Denise of Utrecht, L. I, bought land in Freehold, 1720. The common ancestor of the Denise family was Tennis Nyssen or De Nyse, who emigrated as early as 1638, from Holland. He resided then in New Amsterdam, now New York. In the Kevolutiouary war Dennis Denice was Major in 3rd Regiment of Mon- mouth. Daniel Denise was a, private in Captain WaddeU's company. Fourth Regiment. In a list of patriots of Monmouth who signed a pledge regarding retaliation for Refugee depredations during the Revolution, are the names of Daniel Denise and Jaques Denise. Denots — Samuel Dennis was born about 1650, in Great Britain, settled in Shrewsbury 1675 ; he had w. Increase, two sons and three daus. He was foreman of grand jury 1690, and a justice of the court from 1700 to his death in 1723. His only w. was Increase, who departed this life twenty- eight yrs. before him. The name Dennis occurs among oiiginal settlers of Woodbridge, where Robert, John and Samuel Dennis were among the first. Dentke — Conraed Denyke bought land of Samuel Warne and Margaret his w. in 1727. Probably the name was meant for Conraed Tenyke or Ten Eyck as the name is now generally given. Devill, Deubll — ^William Deuell of Newport, R. I., bought Mark Lu- cas' share of land in Monmouth. In 1672, father, William, was an early settler in Plymouth Colony, named there 1640. Dbvbeeaux — John Devereaux, during the last century came to this country from Ireland, but his ancestor came from Evreaux in Normandy, and hence received the name of D'Evreaux. De WrLDET — The will of John De Wildey of Monmouth county, dated March 30th, 1708, proved Aug. 20th, 1708, named dau. Dinah. Executors, Anthony Woodward and Richard Salter. Dby, Dye — Isaac Dye bought 51 acres of land of John Autonides in Monmouth county in 1737. In the Revolutionary war, John Dey, Josiah Dey and Cyrus Dey were soldiers in the patriot armj', the latter in Captain Kenneth Hankinson's company. DiKEMAN, Dyckman — Hugh Dyckman was appointed "Schepen," or magistrate, in Monmouth by the Dutch during their brief supremacy in 1673. Dyckman, who came to America was /Joannes who came in 1652. The Hugh Dikeman of Monmouth seems to have been of another line. Dillon— James Dillon had land at Toms River in 17G2. It is said he owned, in 1763, Dillon's Isjand, now Island Heights, which, in 1774, was referred to in a deed of John Coward, who bought land on the opposite side of Toms River. He had a dau. who m. Aaron Buck and she and her husband had two daus., one of whom m. Judge Ebenezer Tucker, from whom Tuckerton derives its name, and the other dau. m. John Rogers, an- cestor of families of that name in Berkeley. James DiUon was a soldier in the Continental army. WiUiam Dillon, brother of James, was an un- XXIV HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. principled Refugee, who is noticed in account of Kefugee raids; it was probably he that instigated the burning of Toms Kiver. In 1783 he went to St. John, N. B., where he was given a town lot. The lands of John Dillon, north side Toms River, are referred to in 1787 in a deed to James Parker. DoESETT— James Dorsett is named as a, juror 1676-8. In 1677 he took up 202 acres of laud from proprietors. His cattle mark is given in the old Middli-town Town Hook. His will was dated Sept. 26, 1741. The will of Samuel Dorset of Middletown, was dated Sep. 10, 1741. In 1741 John Dor- set was an administrator on estate of John Carman of Middletown. Among the soldiers from Monmouth in the Revolutionary army were : Benjamin, John, Samuel, James and Joseph Dorset, the latter in Capt. Dennis' com- pany. A dau. of John Dorsett m. James Wall, who was father of General Garret Dorsett Wall, once Senator from New Jersey. Thos. I. Bedle, father of Ex-Gov. Joseph Dorsett Bedle, m. Hannah Dorsett. Four or five gen- erations of the Dorsett family lie buried in the Dorpett burying ground, 'on the Dorsett farm (latel}' owned by John Stilwell, deceased) about three miles fro]n Matawan. The tradition in the family says that the founder of the Dorsett family came from Bermuda. Douglass — 'Ihomas Douglass is named in a bond of John Salter 1716. This bond is in possession of James G. Crawford, near Freehold. Richard Doiiglass, of Monmouth, was m. to Lydia Salter, Alarch 10, 1740. Wilham Douglass, of Monmouth, had hcense to m. Rebecca Lawrence, Jan. 9, 1734. Thomas Douglass, of Monmouth, had license to m. Rachel De Uow Aug. 20, 1773. Dove —Alexander Dove d. Oct. 7, 1736, and was buried in Topanemus burying ground; will was dated Sept. 29, 1736. It is probable that he came from Shropshire, England, about the year 1700. He took up numer- ous tracts of land in what is now called Ocean county, and had a mill near the Une of Ocean and M onmouth. He was assessed in Freehold in 1776. Deummond— Gawen Drummond of Loch Harbor or Lochaber, gent, deeded land to John Tucker of Deale, i\i ay 21, 1695. He was clerk of the court of Monmouth 1700-1. He received a patent for 265 acres, which is now the site of Key East on the north side of Shark River. He had five children. A brother James, lived at Prestonpanns, in Scotland, and one account says his father was Peter Knott, who took up land in Mon- mouth as eai-ly as 1720. In 1819 Robert, son of Gawen Drummond, and. Mary, his w. of Shrewsbury, gave deed to Britten' White. DuNGAN -Thomas Dungan was awarded a share of land 1667-70; 1674, Dec. 21, he transferred it to Sarah Reape. He was a noted Baptist minister of Rhode Island. In 1684 he left Newport and settled at Cold Springs, neai Bristol, Pa., where he established a Baptist church. He d. there in 1688. Eaele— Ralph Earle was onei of the original settlers in 1826 at Worces- ter, Mass. He had son Ralph who had sons Ralph and James The third Ralph Earle was a member of the Royal Academy of Science, and died at Lansingburg, N Y., and his brother James went to Charleston, S. C, where he died. In West Jersey another branch of the Earle family settled at an early date. Easton— Peter Easton, of Rhode Island, contributed towards paying the Indians for land in ilonmouth, but who did not settle in the county. In 1677 a warrant for 240 acres of land was issued to Peter Easton and w. by Proprietors under Concessions. In Salem 'county John Easton had 350 acres from proprietors in 1708, Eaton— Thomas Eaton, of Shrewsbury, had a warrant for 100 acres of land March 25, 1687. His will was dated Nov. 9, 1688, proved April 14, 1712, Thomas Eaton settled on the stream which passes through Eaton- town, and built on it a grist-mill which he left to his w. Jerusha, in trust for her child until he should be of age. He d 26th of 9th mo., 1688. John Eaton, the son, m. Joanna Wardell, dau. of Joseph W'ardell, and grands(-n of Eliakim Wardell. He was a leading man in his time in business and pubhc matters. He owned mills on the stream in the village which derives its name chiefly from him. He was Justice of the Peace for many years GENEALOGICAL EECOED. XXV and member of the Proviiicial Assembly from 1723 to 1749, almost to his death, -which occurred Oct. 25, 1750. Joseph Eaton, son of John and Joanna, was a physician. He d. 1761 in the 44th year of his age. He was buried in Shrewsbury church yard. Thomas, another son of John, settled at Elizabeth. Joanna, dan. of the last named Thomas, m. in 1750 KeT. Elihu Spencer, who at that time was supplying the pulpits of the Presby- terian churches in Middletown and bhrewsbury, and from them descended Kev. Dr. Samuel Miller and John Sargent, the noted Philadelphia lawyer. EcoLES — Charles Eccles is named as a grand juror, 1677. Probably the first of this name in the country was Bichard Eccles, who was at Cam- bridge, Mass., 1642. Some fifteen or twenty years later, Solomon Eccles, a noted Quaker preacher who had traveled extensively, was banished from New England for his zeal, by Governor BeUingham. Edge— Gerard Edge of Freehold, late innholder, appointed Gabriel SteUe his attorney, about 1721. In 1723, Thomas Foreman in his will names Bebecca Edge, w. of Gerard Edge, and his grandchildren Mary and Bebecca Edge. Edwaeds — Abiah Edwards of Shrewsbury is named in Freehold court records, 1683. He was a grand juror, 1691 and 1700. In 1714, he and w. Elizabeth conveyed land to John West. In this deed it is stated that Ed- wards was a shipwright. The will of Abiah Edwards was dated January, 1714, and names w. Elizabeth and children and grandchildren. Thomas Edwards and James Edwards were also named in Freehold and Perth Am- boy records at an early date. In Middletown, 1761, Samuel Edwards was taxed. In Shrewsbury, 1764, Philip and Webley Edwards were taxed. The name Edwards indicates Welsh origin. Among the first who bore the name in this country were Bobert Edwards who came from London to New England, 1635. The distinguished divine, Bev. Jonathan Edwards, who was President of Princeton College, 1703, was b. in Connecticut. In the Bevolutionary war, Thomas Edwards was 2nd Lieutenant in tiie Monmouth miUtia. F.T.T.Ts — Boger EUis and sOn are named as paying for shares of land, 1667. They were awarded two shares of land. The father was probably the Boger EUis of Yarmouth, Mass., an ancient settler of Plymouth colony, pamed as able to bear arms in 1643. John ElUs is named as a witness to a deed in 1701, from John West, Manasquan, to Joseph Lawrence. The win of Thomas BoeU, 2nd, 1735, names brother-in-law Bobert EUis and grandson Bobert Ellis. The EUis family early settled in West Jersey and are noticed in Judge Clement's First Settlers of Newton, among them Thomas EUis in BurUngton, 1677. It is said he came from Burlington in Yorkshire, England. WilUam Ellis came to Burlington, 1683, and located in Springfield. Simeon EUis purchased land in BurUngton, 1691. He left wife Sarah and seven children. Daniel H. EUis, the weU remembered county clerk of Monmouth, it is stated, descended from Bowland ElUs who came to BurUngton, N. J., in 1714, being sent from England as a teacher by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. Ellison — John EUison is named as witness in court proceedings, 1705. The win of Bichard ElUson was dated March 5th, 1719, and proved Dec. 23d, 1732. Daniel EUison was taxed, 1776, in Freehold for 86 acres of land and other property. Empson- Captain Christian D. Empson was b. in Sleseburg, Denmark, in Sept. 1794. When a boy he was in Napoleon's navy. He foUowed the sea for thirty years. For a time he lived in Highland county, Ohio, where a son and a dau. died. His dau. m. Orrin Pharo, former proprietor of the Monmouth Inquirer. Both herself and husband died. His son, Hon. Ephraim Potter Empson has long been identified with pubhc affairs in Ocean county. inorr English— David EngUsh of Freehold, wheelwright, bought land, 17d7. EngUshtown, in Monmouth county, it is said, derivesits name from James EngUsh the original proprietor of the land on which the viUage is situated. Dr James EngUsh, Jr., was b. 1792, and succeeded to his father's practice. He died May 7th, 1834, at EngUshtown and was buried near his parents. XXvi HISTORY 01" MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. Dr David C. Engli&h, another son of Dr. David English, St., was born at Englishtown and died at Springfield, N. J., in I860-. Dr. Jeremiah Smith English was born at EngUshtown, Nov. 21st, 1798. He was son ot James E and AKce EngUsh and was the fourth in a family of nine children, six sons and three dans. He died Oct. 9th, 1879. He had two dans., one of whom m. Thomas E. Moms. He was treasurer of the New Jersey Medi- cal Society from 1833 to 1865 oontimiously. In 1750, among taxable in- habitants of Upper Freehold were Eobert English and Robert English, Jr., and David English. James English was a soldier from Monmouth m the Revolution. „ ,;r. , „ i j ■ EsTELL -Daniel Estell was an original settler of Middletown, and m the division of town lots, 1667, he was given lot number thirty-two. Under Propiietors' Concessions he was granted 271 acres m 1671. He came from Gravesend, L. I. ■ ij m Erbickson— Michael En-ickson, in 1754, was a pew owner m old ien- nent church, for which he paid £12. In 1776, he was taxed for 166 acres of land and other propertv in Freehold. He was a soldier in the Eev6lu- tion and was buried in the Tennent churchyard. The will of John Emcli- son was dated 1806, and proved Jan. 1807. This family is of Sweedish de- scent and members were among the early settlers on the Delaware Eiver. Among heads of families were JoranEricson and one child. Mats, (changed to Mattheas) Ericson and three children, Erie Ericson and one child. AJl three of these heads of families were born in this country. Thomas Ernck- son m. Hester Patterson, April 26, 1795. John Errickson was m. to NeUy Schenck, dau. of WilHam, Aug. 24, 1797, by Eev. John WoodhaU, D. V. M. Among the soldiers of the Eevolution were Michael, John and Thomas Errickson. EvEBiNGHAM— Thomas Everingham and Henry Evenngham were among tax payers in Upper Freehold, 1731, and William and Joseph Ever- ingham in 1758. In what is now Ocean county, Everingham's saw mill on North branch of Toms Eiver or Pine Brook is frequently referred to. In the Eevolutionary war among soldiers from Monmouth were John, Nathaniel and Thomas Everingham. EvrLMAN, Evii-LMAN— WiUiam Evillman was a tax payer in Upper Freehold in 1731. In 1774, John Evelman bought land in Upper Freehold of Moses Eobbins. Eobert Evilman and w. Ehzabeth are named in a re- cord, 1818, among heirs of Gowen Drummond. Emanuel — Isaac Emanuel, late of Freehold, merchant, appointed Solomon Isaacs, late of the same place, his attorney, about 1 720-3. Emley, Embley— Peter Embley is named as grand juror, 1700, and Peter EmHes is named, 1707. In old Shrewsbury township, John Emley was assessed, 1764. In Freehold, 1776, Eobert Embly and Ezekiel Embley were among taxable inhabitants. It is probable that the names Emley and Imlay were sometimes confounded in ancient records. This family de- scends from Andries Emmons, an Englishman who emigrated from Leiden in the Netherlands, in the ship Saint Jean Baptist, May 9, 1661, and settled at Gravesend, L. I. Aug. 21, 1661, he, with twelve others, petitioned for land on Staten Island. He had children, John of Gravesend, Hendrick and Abraham who came to New Jersey. Abraham, son of John and Sara, m. Abigail StUwell and settled in Freehold. His will was dated 1734, proven 1742. Falkinbuko — This family descends from Henry Jacobs FaUdnburg, who came from Holstein, a little province adjoining Denmark on the south. His name in old records is variously given. In what is now Ocean county, Caleb Falkinburg lived at the beginning of the present century, between Forked Eiver and Goodluck, and at one time on the place subsequently owned bythelateCapt. Jos. Holmes. He was b. Feb. 28, 1768, and d. Jan. 8, 1815, a. about 47 yrs., and was buried in the old graveyard on the lane to Benja- min B. Stout's, Goodluck. He married Mary Woodmansee, daughter of Samuel, born 1799. After Caleb Falkinburg's decease, his widow married Sylvester Tilton, and she moved to Highland county, Ohio. Caleb Falkinburg's will was dated 1817. He named w. Mary, to whoiri he GENEALOGICAL EECOBD. XXvii left plantation bought of Charles Falkinburg until his son Samuel comes of age. Eldest son John, sons Amos and Job; daughters Phebe, Alice and Hannah. Executors, Silas Crane, Daniel Stout, and w. Mary. Daniel Stout declined to act. Charles Falkinburg, brother of Caleb, m. Sarah Brindley, Nov. 3, 1795. He bought land near Goodluck, July 1, ISUhi, of Joseph Miller and w. Eaohel. He had sons Caleb and others and moved West about 1818. At iiarnegat, Captain Timothy W. Falkinburg, long a respected citizen of that place, d. July 5, 1878. He descended from John Falkinburg. This John Falkinburg m. Mary Somers of Great Egg Harbor, and had children Samuel, John, Joseph, Somers, Hannah, Tabitha, Judith, and Susanna. The son Samuel, generally known as Captain Samuel Falk- inburg, m. Jan. 1807, Mary, dau. of Josiah Cranmer, of Cranmertown, Ocean county, and had eleven children. All of the old stock Falkinburgs left Egg Harbor except some of the descendants of Captain Samuel. Sarah Falkinburg bought a tract of land at Forked Eiver in 1812, of Anthony Parker and Charles Parker for ninety dollars. In New Lexington grave- yard. Highland county, Ohio, is a tombstone to memory of Khoda, wife of Caleb Falkinburg who died Feb. 10th, 1849, aged 21 yrs. Faedon - In tracing this name back we find it given as Ferdon, Vardon and originally Verdon. The name is of French origin. Jacob Verdon ap- pears to have been the first of this family in this country. His farm was between twentieth and twenty-fifth streets, Brooklyn. In Long Island records the name was sometimes given as Fferdon and Ferdon; the latter is the orthography retained by some descendants in New York state and else- where. Thomas Fardon who died about 1877, in the 84th year of his age, was one of the first Superintendents of the Sunday School of the old Holmdel Baptist church. Fenton —John Fenton of Freehold, bought land of Edward Worth and Mary his wife, of Freehold, 1713. Thomas Penton's lands bought of Thomas Parker, Jr., are referred to, 1716. Among soldiers in the patriot army in the Revolution were George and Thomas Fenton. Lewis Fenton, a blacksmith of Freehold, joined the Tories and was killed by a party in pursuit of him in 1779. Flinn — Edward Flinn bought land of the proprietors in 1797, on the north side of Cedar Creek. His will was dated 1810 and proved Jan. 7, 1811. It is said that he was b. on the passage of his parents to this coun- try and was buried in an old graveyard on the Gifford place at Toms River. FiTHiAN — The founder of this family was WilUam Fithian. Tradition says he was a native of Wales and a soldier in Cromwell's army, and was present at the execution of Charles I; after Charles II was restored he had to fly for his life; he oame to •Boston, thence to Lynn, thence to East Hampton, L. I. Some account of his descendants is given in Howell's History of Southampton, L. I. , Fish— Charles Fish lived in Freehold, 1733. It is probable he came from Long Island. FoRMAN, FoEEMAN, Fdkman— The first of this name, probably, in New Jersey, was George Foreman, who, in 1681, bought with John Inians and others, 640 acres near, or at what is now New Brunswick and west of the Karitan river adjoining Matthews' Indian purchase. In Monmouth county the first of this family appear to have been Samuel Forman and Aaron For- man who are named as early as 1688, and Thomas 1691. May 24th, 1695, Thomas Foreman and Mary Allen, both of Monmouth, were licensed to marry by Governor Andrew Hamilton. The license is now preserved in the library of the New Jersey Historical Society. The first Foremans in America were John and Giles Firmin, who oame over with the Pilgrim Fathers in Governor Winthrop's fleet, 1630. They came from Sudbury, Suffolk county, England. The first named Jonathan Foreman of Mon- mouth, who was an early member of the Brick Church at Marlborough, mairied Margaret Wykoff, dau, of Cornelius Wykoff who was son of Peter and founder of the Wykofl! family. In Monmouth county, some have ex- pressed the opinion that the Formans of Monmouth descend fro m John. Foreman, the Scotch refugee from persecution, whose name is given in XXviii HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. Whitehead's History of Perth Amboy, and who came over in 1685; but the writer can find nothing to sustain this theory. The commission of David Forman as High Sheriff of Monmouth county, 1780, is filed in the library of the New Jersey Historical Society. General David Forman, the well remembered hero of Monmouth, is said to have been the fourth son of Joseph and Elizabeth Lee Forman. He was b. Nov. 3, 1745. His father was a wealthy shipping merchant of New York and afterwards letired from business and settled on a farm in New Jersey. Gen. Forman m. Feb. 28, 1767, Ann Marsh, dau. of "Wm. Marsh, of Maryland. He d. Sept. 12, 1797, aged 52 years. His children (as given bv Miss Anna M. WoodhuU) were; 1. Sarah Marsh Forman, b. Feb. 1, 1773, d. Jan. 18, 1799; m. her cousin. Major Wm. Gordon Forman (son of Joseph, of Shrewsbury,), who was a graduate of Princeton, and died at Lexington, Ky., 1812. 2. Kivine Forman m. James, son of Col. John Neilson, of New Brunswick, leaving an only dau., who m. Eev. George Griffin. 3. Ann Forman, who m. Dr. Jonathan Longstreet, of Monmouth. 4 Emma Forman m. Bobert, son of General Cunlmings, of Newark, N. J. ' 5. Malvina Forman, living in Fauquier county, Va., 1873, aged 85, who owned the portraits of her parents, painted by Rembrandt Peale. The will of David Forman of Freehold, dated Feb. 24th, 1802, proved 1813, speais of him as "being anshant" ; it names w. NeUe's sons Jonathan, 'Tunis and Samuel; daus. Anna Lloyd. Jonathan's son David ; Samuel's son David. FoxALL — In 1677, the proprietors, under concessions, granted to John Hance 240 acres of land in right of John FoxaU. Fkebbobn — Gideon Freeborn was awarded a share of land 1667. He was of Portsmouth, near Newport, E. I., and was probably related to Wil- liam Freeborn, who is named among the fi'eemen at that place 1655. The proprietors' Eeoords at Perth Amboy, show that in 1677 a warrant for land was issued to Gideon Freeborn and wife, and again in 1681. Feench — Philip French in 1736 bought 100 acres of John Antonides. This is an ancient West Jersey name. In 1670 John French, mason, had 15 acres of land at Woodbridge. In 1689 Thomas French had 621 acres from West Jersey proprietors, and other tracts at different dates. In . 1694 Thomas French, Jr., had land from them. In 1737 Thomas French had 96 acres in Mansfield and Eichard French had 140 acres in Mansfield. Mrs. Blackman says that the ancestor of the Little Egg Harbor family of the name was Francis French, who settled at Bass Eiver before the Eevolution. Feenbau — Philip Freneau was a resident of Mt. Pleasant, near Mata- wan. He was b. in Frankfort street. New York, Jan. 2, 1752. The family was of Huguenot descent. Pierre Freneau, the father of Philip, was at one time of South Carolina. He bought a large tract of land near Mount Pleasant where his son Phihp removed to in 1794. The father and grand- father of Philip are buried in Trinity church yard, New York. Philip Freneau, when about 30 yrs. old, m. Eleanor Forman, dau. of Samuel. Gen . Jonathan Forman and Denise Forman were her brothers. They had four daughters. He graduated at Princeton in same class as did Jas. Madison. He died from exposure Dec. 18. 1833. An account of his life and literary labors is published in " Old Times in Old Monmouth." Frtthowabt — Aaron Frythowart, weaver, bought land 1721 of Major James Hubbard, Middletown. FuLlebton — Jamed Fullerton is named as a juror 1692. He may have been the James Fullerton who at Woodbridge, March, 1684, was by a reso- lution in town meeting "to be entertained as schoolmaster." Thomas and Eobert Fullerton were among Scotch refugees from persecution who came to Perth Amboy; the first- named with his w. and ten servants, and Eobert with nine servants, arrived in October, 1684. They were brothers of the Laird of Kennaber and located themselves with Thomas Gordon and others on Cedar Brook, about eight miles west of Amboy. Gabdinbe — Eichard Gardiner of Tintern Manor is named about 1680. GENEALOGICAL RECORD. Xxix In 1683 he bought land of Morgan Bryan; 1685, Feb. 17, he had conveyed to him by proprietors 100 acres of land at " Old Woman's Hill" in Middle- town township. He was appointed clerk of Monmouth county 1683 and continued until 1687. Joseph and Richard Gardiner are called sons-in-law by WiUiam Winter, in his wiU 1722. A family of Gardiners of Rhode Island and said to have descended from Sir Thomas Gardiner, whose son Joseph Gardiner, came to this country with first settlers; was b 1601 and d. in King's county, Rhode Island, 1679. He left six sons; the fourth, George, d. a. 94; some of the family settled on Long Island. Gaontt— Zachary Gauntt of S.mdwich, Mriss , was atnon:; the original purchasers of land, 1667, but he seems to have settled at Newport, R. I. He had brothers Anuanias and Israel who came to Monmouth and Anna- nias' son removed to Burlington county. In Bishop's "New England Judged " an ancient Quaker work pubhshed in London, 1703, it is said that Peter Gaunt, Ralph Allen, William Allen and Daniel Wing were fined twenty shillings each for not taking off their hats in court, and distress to the value of five pounds taken to satisfy the fine. This was about 1658. The same work adds that from' Peter Gaunt was taken five kine, two heifers £30; one mare, two three-year-old • steers, £12, eight bushels peas, £l-4s; four bushels Indian corn and one-half bushel wheat 10s,6d— £43 14s 6d, and other laws made to rob them of their goods Zachary Gaunt of Sand- wich sold his share of land in Monmouth to his brother Annanias, Jan. 30 1668. GiBESo», GffiBSKSON— In 1693, John Gibbonsoa and Daniel Hendriok of Flatbush, L. I., sold land to WUliam, Whitlock. John Gabeson was juror, 1699. In 1701, John Gysbertson of Middletown, sold 104 acres of laud to Peter WyckofEof Kings county. Long Island. Sep. 21, 1717, "John Gysbertse of Neversink, in the township of (Jrosswicks in the Jersies," con- veyed to hie brother Harman of Flatbush, a house, barn, orchard and gar- den in Flatbush. After the Revolution, among land owners in what is now Ocean county, were Hezekiah Giberson and ii. Giberson. About 1820 to '30 John Guiberson's saw miU, in what is now Ocean county, was on Tiee Van Horn's brook. GiBEONS — Richard Gibbons, one of the twelve men to whom was granted the Monmouth Patent, was an early settler of Gravesend, L. I., where he was held in such good estimation as to be c'aosea arbitrator in disputes. 1688, May 10, Mordecai Gibbons had 54J acres coaarmel to him in right of his father. In 1693, he was named as ensign in the militia, Richard Gibbons, the, founder of this family, while on Long Island, signed his name Richard Grbbine, as-gtated by Tunis G. Bergen. In Mon- mouth he signed it Richard Gibbings. GrFFOKD — William GifEord is named as being assigned a share of land in Monmouth among the original purchasers in 1667-70. He was prob- ably the WiUiam GifEord who about that time lived at Sandwich, Mass. In 1658-9 he was fined £57 19s. for refusing to swear allegiance and he, Geo. Allen and Richard Kirby and other Quakers were quite prominent at Sandwich previous to and about the time the first settlers came to Mon- mouth. The will of William GifEord, founder of the family in this coun- try, was probated March 2, 1687. It is said by Bristol county descendants that the GifEord family trace their origin back to the Conquest. At the battle of Hastings, A. D. 1066, Sire Randolph de Gifford was a standard bearer of William, the Conqueror; a descendant named Sir Ambrose Gif- ford had a son, Walter, who came to America in 1630 and was founder of the American Branch. GooDBODY— William Goodbody is named in court proceedings 1693 as juror and also in the suit. In 1698 he bought laud of Joseph Lawrence and in 1701 of John Stewart and Elizabeth, his w. His will was dated April 6, 1703. GoBDON — Thomas Gordon is occasionally mentioned in Freehold rec- ords as King's Attorney and in connection with other business. He was a native of Pitlochie, Scotland, and arrived in the Province of New Jersey in Oct., 1684, with his w. EUen, and four children. A sketch of his life is XSX HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. given in Whitehead's History of Perth Amboy. In 1715 John Salter, ot Freehold, deeded 120 acres to Peter Gordon, of same town. In 1753 Hon. Eichard Salter had this deed recorded. In 1774 Elizabeth Gordon, dan. of Thomas, m. John Salter, son of the Hon. Eichard above named. Hon. John B. Gordon, U. S. Senator from Georgia, probably descended from a native of Monmouth county. Judge Gyrus Bruen, now in the 89th year of his age, thinks that he is a descendant of a brother of Ezekiel Gordon, who formerly resided on the battle Ground, and well known in Freehold. The brother preferred to remove to Georgia, and was at one time a mer- chant in Savannah. In Freehold, 1776, David Gordon and Wilbam Gor- don were named in list of inhabitants taxed. In Christ Church graveyard, JVliddletown, are tombstones to the memory of Jos. Gordon, who d. 1841 in his 69th year; to his w., Euth, in her 42d year, 1811, and to other mem- bers of the family. Gould — Daniel Gould of Newport, E. I., with Joshua CoggshaU, paid for a share of land 1667. He did not settle, however, here. He was a deputy to the Bhode Island Colonial Legislature 1673, and Governor's assistant 1674. In 1677 he had a warrant for 120 acres of land in Mon- moiith under proprietors' concessions. GoDLDiNG, GoLDiNG— William Goulding was one of the twelve men to. whom was granted the Monmouth patent 1665. It is supposed that he first settled in New Amsterdam, now New York, as he owned land there in 1643. In the original division of town lots in Middletown, 1667, he was given lot 25 and also outlands. He sold his town lot and meadows to Eichard Hartshorne, the deed for which was acknowledged Nov. 25, 1672. In Freehold records his name is signed Will. Goldirig. Joseph Golden or Goulding is next named in Freehold records. He bought 13U acres of land near Schenck's Hill, Middletown, of James Hubbard, Dec. 4, 1704; in 1709 himself and w. Anneke Davis were members of the Old 3rick Church, Marlborough; he was grand juror 1713, etc. It is supposed that VVilliam Goulding, the Monmouth patentee, was one of Lady Deborah Moody's friends, who left Massachusetts on account of Puritan persecutions. The name is an ancient one in Massachusetts. Gbandin— In 1720 Daniel Grandin bought land of Eichard Salter. In 1728 Daniel Grandin of Freehold, "Practitioner of Law," deeded land to Sarah Powell, who he calls sister-in-law. Among tombstones in old Topan- emus graveyard are some erected to the memory of members of the Grandin family. In- surveys about 1755, recorded in proprietor's "office, Perth Amboy, of land in what is now Brick township, " Grandin's Folly is occa- sionaUy referred to as a landmark, but no explanation is given of the origin of the term. In the Eevolution, Daniel Grandin was a LoyaUst oifioer in the New Jersey Eoyal Brigade. . Geant — John Grant settled in what is pow 'Ocean county, between Toms Eiver and Cedav Creek before 1764, as in that year he was named among taxable inhabitants of old Shrewsbury township. He is frequently named in old records of deeds. John Grant of Monmouth had license to marry Sarah Irons, Nov. 3, 1750. Geeen— In 1684, Sarah Reape sold to .\biah Edwards all her claim to land of Henry Green. Widow Green is named in a suit in court, 1705. John Green bought land of Stephen Colver, 1716. Elizabeth Green of Squau, was deceased in 1730, in which year letters of administration were granted on her estate to her son and heir Joseph Gifford. In 1764, Henry Green and Henry Green, Jr., were taxed in Shrewsbury township. Geovee— James Grover was one of the twelve men to whom was granted the Monmouth Patent, 1665, and he came to the county with the first settlers who are named, 1667. He was granted home lot number six- teen, in Middletown and outlet number fifteen. He was amon^ the first settlers of Gravesend, L. I., in 1646. He was collector for the p'oor, 1650. About 1654-5, James Grover, George Baxter and James Hubbard, prefer- mg English to Dutch rule, hoisted the EngUsh flag at Gravesend, declaring themselves subjects of the Eepublic of England. Baxter and Hubbard sent Grover to England by way of Boston, in 1656, to take a memorial to GENEALOGICAL EECOED. XXXI Oliver Crom-well. Baxter and Hubbard were arrested as traitors by the Dutch and sent to Fort Amsterdam and where they were liberated by Gov. Stuyvesant at the earnest solicitation of Lady Deborah Moody. Under the Proprietors' Concessions, G-rover received in 1676, a warrant for 500 acres of land as one of the twelve men named in the Monmouth Patent. James Grover, Sr., died about the beginning of the year 1686. He had three sons and two dans. Safety Grover, a son, and wife had a warrant for 120 acres of land in 1670, from the Proprietors under the Concessions. 1684, July 26, Safety Grover and Kichard Hartshorne were the only ones in Mid- dletown who voted against swine running at large on the commons. Among inhabitants taxed in Middletown, 1761, were James Grover, Esq., James Grover and Silvenus Grover. In Upper Freehold, 1758, Joseph Grover was taxed for 420 acres of land. GtriiicE — Hendrick GuHck bought land in Middletown of Wm. Merrill May 22, 1704, being probably the same tract which MerriU bought of Richard Stovit, Jr., and Frances, his w., in 1687. The first of the Gulick family in this country were Jochem and Hendrick. Jochem came in 1653. Hendiick's name appears the same year as a witness to a baptism in the old Dutch Reformed Church of New York. Jochem Gulick bought land at Six Mile Run, in Middlesex county, previous to 1717, where he owned 330 acres, situated on both sides of Ten Mile Brook. Peter lived in Middlesex county and had four sons and four dans, and d. near Franklin Park. Samuel Gulick, a brother of Abram, had four sons, Hiram, Joachim, Isaac and John. The Ocean county Gulicks, it is said, descend from Ja- cobus, who at one time lived at Pleasant Plains and then removed to Rhode Hall, where he kept the main hotel and stage house between New York and Philadelphia. He had children : Joachim, Cornelius, Abram (or " Brom," as the Dutch called him,), John, Jacobus and Isaac. Isaac set- tled at Toms' River about 1794, and m. Abigail Hatfield, a widow with one child. Isaac Gulick and w., Abigail, had five sons, viz : James, Stephen, Abner and William. Abner and "William m., removed to Ohio and d. there, leaving issue. Nimrod moved to Tuckahoe, N. J., where he d., leaving issue Stephen (from whom some of these items are derived) lived at Toms River and then ia Berkeley township, and outlived all of the rest. James, who was the first judge appointed in Ocean county, was b. at Cran- bury, in Middlesex county, Jan. 9, 1Y93, the year before his father removed to Toms River, and he d. July 5ih, 1855. He had sons : John Hatfield (at one time Surrogate), Sidney, Henry Clay, Horatio and another. Horatio was Cormty Collector. Stephen, kbove named, was brother of Judge Jas. Gulick In 1797 Isaac GuUok sold Dillon's Island to Abraham and George Parker, and in deed says he bought it 1794 of John Imlay. Members of the GuUck famUy became noted as missionaries and some settled m the Sandwich Islands, where, about 1870, Chas. T. GuUck held an official posi- tion in the Custom House. HAii^John Hall was awarded a sh&re of land 1670. He was probably from Portsmouth, R. I., as a John Hall is named there among original settlers. In 1702 Benjamin Hall, of Freehold, bought land of John Boude. In 1722 John Hall was a witness to will of Richard Hartshorne. Haight— About the first of this name mentioned in New Jersey records were Nicholas, Jonathan, David and John Haight, sons of Samuel Ha,ight of Flushing L. I., who in 1717, sold land at Amboy to George Wimoks. The father, Samuel Haight of Flushing, was a prominent Quaker; he d. m 1712 WiUiam Haight bought land in Monmouth m 1795 of Michael Parker and Sarah, his w., and widow Abigail Bowman of New York This WiUiam Haight had brothers Joseph, Charles and John. Charles settled at Long Branch. William Haight had son Thomas G., who was father of Gen. Charles Haight of Freehold. . „. „„^„f Haines, HATNES-Charles Hayres is named m 1671, m an agreement with Randall Huet about a sloop. In 1676 he had patent tor 200 acres of land and meadow. The same year, 1676, Charles Haynes of Sussex Dela- ware, formerly of Middletown, deeded land granted by Carteret 1676 to WiUiam Clark. xxxii HisTOEy of monmouth and ocean counties, Halsey— Jesse Halsey of Stafford bought land 1779 from Joseph Emley. He was at one time Justice of the Peace in Stafford. The Halsey family were early settlers in Essex county, and Joseph was perhaps the first named. Members of the family early settled on Long Island. In the taxhst of Southampton, L. I., 1683, among taxpayers were Thomas Halsey, Isaac Halsey and Josiah Halsey. A large amount of genealogical informa- tion of blanches of the Halsey family is to he found m the pubhshed records of the Presbyti-rian church of Morristown. Hamilton— Robert Hamilton is named as juror 1678. In 1679 he is named as li-ving in New York. In 1682 he bought land in Middletown of Jacob Truax. At the ( ourt of Sessions at Middletown, March 22, 1687, the commission of Robert Hamilton as Cleru of the Peace was read. He is called Major at this time. Andrew Hamiltoh was Governor of East and ^\ est Jersey, and also Lieut. -Governor of Pennsylvania from 1701 to 1703, and d. April 26 of the latter year. Hampton— John Hampton came to this countrj', probably in 168cS, as it is stated in Perth Amboy records that his children Jane, Elizabeth, Lideah, John and David were "imported" that year. His plantation in Monmouth is referred to in 1687. The will of David Hampton of Freehold dated Sept. 16, 1710, was proved Feb. 27, 1711. In 1764, John Hampton and James Hampton were assessed in old Shrewsbury township. William Hampton was assessed in Freehold, 1776. John Hampton was licensed to marry Lidy Hankinson, March 9, 1761. Hance— John Hance was among original settlers of Monmouth 1667. He was Deputy and overseer at a court held at Portland Point, Dec. 28, 1669. Sept. 1 670, he covenanted to make a pair of stocks for the town, for which he was to receive twelve shillings, and sixpence. During the brief sway of the Dutch in 1673, he was appointed " schepen " or magistrate by them. In 1676, he received a warrant for 330 acres of land. The will of John Hance was dated March 24, 1707, proved Jan. 27, 1710. It states that he was of Shrewsbury. Tradition says that John Hance came origi- nally from Wales. Rut it is evident that he had lived many years in Dover, New Hampshire, before he came to Monmouth. After 1665, his name dis- appears from records of that town. He was a brother-in-law of Tobias Hanson, also of Dover, New Hampshire, who came with Hance to Shrews- bury but who subsequently returned to New Hampshire and was killed by the Indians. He left a son 'I'olias whose name also appears in Freehold records. Isaac Hance, tradition says, died about 1764. In Mount HoUy records of marriages is one of the marriage of Judiah Hance to Sarah Brown, Oct. 10, 1791. Among tax payers in Shrewsbury township, 1764, were Renjamin, Jervise, Isaac, Jacob, David, Jr., David at the Branch, Timothy and son, and John Hance. Hankins— John Hankins is named 1705 in a deed from Samuel Ltonardto Edward Taylor. This "path" is referred to 1713. Thomas and Edward Hankins were witnesses to a deed 1713. Among licenses to marry, recorded at Trenton, are Thomas Hankins of Monmouth to Mary Clemminger, Sept. 12, 1728; Daniel Haniins of Middlesex, 1737; Isaiah of Burlington, 1771; John of Burhngton, 1778; William, Jr., of Middlesex, 1751. In 1764 Zachariah Hankins was among citizens taxed in old Shrews- bury township, and in 1776 was taxed in Freehold. The name of John Hanckins occurs at Hempstead, L. I., 1683 with Spraggs, Cheesemans and other names since familiar in New Jersey. Perhaps the first John of Mon- mouth came from thence Hankinson— There seems to have been two Thomas Hankinsons among first settlers of Monmouth. About 1688 Thomas and Richard Hankinson received a patent from proprietors ■ for 120 acres of land. In 1690 a Thomas Hankinson, a. about 18 yrs., and Peter Hankinson, a. about 16, were in the employ of Thos. Warne, carpenter, who was b. in Ply- mouth, England, lived for a while in Dubhn, Ireland, and came to Amer- ica witti his brother Stephen in 1683. This Thomas Hankinson, who was with Warne, it may be presumed, learned Warne's trade of carpentering. The Thomas Hankinson frequently named ^in early records of land sales, GENEALOGICAL BEOOED. XXXlll was probably the one named with Eichard. In 1710 Thomas Hankinson bought 610 acres of land from Benjamin AUen, of Freehold. The same yeai he is said to be of Freehold in a deed from him for 100 acres of land to Cornelius CovenhoYen, of Middletown. In 1717 he sold land to Marte Salem. In 1764 James and Thomas Hankinson were among persons taxed in old Shrewsbury township. In 1776 among persons taxed in Free- hold township were Kenneth Hankinson for 594 acres and 64 horses and cattle; William Hankinson 150 acres; Albert Hankinson and WiU. Hankin- son, Jr. In the early part of the present century William Hankinson m. Mary, dau. of Jos.eph Perrine; she was b. March 27, 1798, and d. Sept. 7, 1881. She had dau. Elizabeth Perrine Hankinson. Capt. Kenneth Han- kinson was noted in the Eevolutionary History of Monmouth and had son James, who had a dau. who m. James Newell, father of ex-Governor Wil- Uam A. NeweU. In 1778 Elizabeth Hankinson m. William Van Brunt, son of Nicholas, High Sheriff of Monmouth. Hanson — Tobias Hanson was among original settlers who bought land of the Indians 1667; he is said to have settled at or near Nevisinks. He was from Dover, New Hampshire, and was a sou of Thomas Hanson, who was granted land at Dover 1658. Tobias came to Monmouth. He did not remain long, but returned to Dover after the death of his father, probably to care for his father's estate. His fate and that of a part of his family was sad. On the 28th of June, 1689, his w. was captured by the Indians and his mother was killed the same day. He hiinself was killed by the Indians May 10, 1693. He left children Tobias, Joseph and others. The son Tobias was eldest and heir, and his name appears occasionally in Freehold and Perth Amboy records. Habt— Thomas Hart paid for a share of land bought of Indians m Monmouth 1667-70. There was a Thomas Hart of Enfield, England, who became one of the twenty-four proprietors 1682. But this Thomas named in Monmouth 1667-70, was probably of Bhode Island. In 1713 the land of "the late Thomas Hart" is referred to in a Freehold record of a road survey. Capt. EUas Hart, d. in Freehold in Jan. 31, 1882, aged ei^ty- eight years and one month. Levi Hart, his grandfather, emigrated from England about 1735 and settled at Colt's Neck. Jacob Hart kept the hotel at Colt's Neck about 1787, known as Hart's Tavern. Hb had brother Ebe- nezer, who had sons EHas (settled in Freehold), Levi, Permeha, Zelphia, Walter and Margaret. . i, i. c HtEKCUT Habkek— Daniel Harker was a security to the amount ot £125 for High Sheriff Forman, March, 1696. Daniel Harkcut, "late of Freehold, now of Great Harbor" (Absecom Creek?) in 1713 sold land to Abraham Emans, late of Gravesend. „ , „ , , « ,j Habtshoenb— Bichard Hartshorne, ancestor of the Hartshornes ot pid. Monmouth, was a Quaker of good reputation and benevolent dispos^ion. He came to this country in September, 1669, and soon located at the High- lands, where his descendants have since Uved. The celebrated Gea i ox visited him in the spring of 1672 on his *ay to Friends Meetmg at Oyster Bay L L In the latter part of June of the same year, Fox again visited him. Richard Hartshorne says he was then 75 years old, by which it would seem he was b. about 1641, and was 28 years old when ne came to this country. He was named for High Sheriff of Monmouth 1683, but de- clined tie office. He held various positions of trust; was Town O-erk of Middletown 1675-7; member of the Provincial Assembly 1683 and in other years: in Council, 1684, 98-9; was Speaker of the Assembly 1686, etc. Hugh Hartshorne was at one time a New Jersey proprietor. In the division of town lots at Middletown, 1667 lot number 25 was awarded to WiUiam Golding who sold the same to Eichard. Hartshorne. On April 23d, 1670 William Goulding sold aU his claims for lands m Monmoutii to Eich- ard Hartshorne. This was recorded in the Middletown Town Book, page 48 andXted Nov 25th 1672. Eichard Hartshorne also owned a large tracfof W at°Ihl ffighlands which in 1703, he gave to ^^^onJ^m.^ and not long after moved into Middletown village. In the y?ar "03 Eichard Hartshorne made a deed of gift of the Highlands estate, including XXxiv HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. Sandy Hook, to his son William. After this transaction he resided in the house now standing adjoining the Baptist parsonage. This house is proba- bly the oldest in the county. He lived in this house until his death, in 1722, and was buried in the burial ground adjoining the house, but the site of his grave is unknown. The Highlands estate remained intact until 1762 when Esek released to Kobert all Ms title to lands south of a Une drawn east and west through the Highlands, making each tract about seven hun- dred and forty-seven acres and each retaining half interest in Sandy Hook. The property of Eobert, being the south part, lies on Nevesink river. It was kept by him until his death, 1801. The will of Richard Hartshorne, the founder of the family, was dated at Middletown, May 14, 1722, and proved May 22, 1722; it says: " My body is to be decently buried * * * My will is, aU my debts to be paid and it is not in my memory that I owe five shiUings to any man or woman. " His executors were sons William and Hugh. Witnesses Richard Stout, John Wall and Joseph Cox. Richard Hartshorne, the founder of the family in New Jersey, was born in Heath- erne in the northern part of Leicestershire, England. Haeing— Jacob D. Haring bought an interest in land around light- house at Barnegat Inlet of Bornt Slaght, in 1838. The Harings are of Dutch origin. Probably the first was Jan Pieterozen Haering, who joined the Dutch Church NewYork, Oct. 28, 1668. Hatton, Hutton— Samuel Hatton or Hutton, in 1677, claimed war- rant for land in right of Peter Easton, of Rhode Island, who was one of the original purchasers of the land in Monmouth of the Indians, but who remained in Rhode Island. The name is given both as Hatton and Hutton. Havens— John Havens iwas among original settlers of Monmouth and is named 1668 among inhabitants of Nevesink who took the oath of alle- giance. In 1675 he received from proprietors ai warrant for 120 acres of land; another patent of land was issued to him 1681; in 1682 he is named as a Commissioner. His will was dated March 14, 1687, and proved Sept. 9, 1687. The Havens family descend from Wm. Havens, one of the first settlers of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, named in January, 1639. He died 1683. His will was dated March 12, 1680, and probated Sept., 1683. The son John came to Monmouth about 1667; there was a Jane Havens, dau. of John, (probably, the John of Monmouth,) who m. Thomas Shreve. Among taxpayers in Shrewsbury in 1764, were Daniel Havens and John Havens. Jesse and Moses Havens were soldiers in the Revolutionary war. In 1800 a John Havens, called senior, bought a tract of land on Kettle Creek. The late Hon. Abraham 0. S. Havens, who was the second mem- ber of the Assembly from Ocean county (1854), was a son of John Havens, who m. Anner Osborn, sister of Col. Abraham Osborn. Hon. A. O. S. Havens d. Oct 16, 1854. His widow, Ann, d. in 1882 in the 79th year of her age. She was a dau. of Esquire Davidson of Wall township in Mon- mouth. She was an earnest christian and a member of the Baptist Church at Kettle Creek, to which her husband, Hon. A. 0. S. Havens, had be- queathed five hundred dollars. Havlland, Heaviland— Letters of administration were granted on the estate of John HavUand, Aug. 31, 1724, to Gabriel Stelle and Elisha Law- rence. In 1776 Joseph Heaviland was assessed in Freehold for 130 acres of land and sixteen horses and cattle. Hawes— John Hawes was among first settlers at Wakake, Monmouth county, named 1669. He sold a house and lot to Richard Hartshorne, May 24, 1670, and his w. Jone (Joan?) joined in signing the deed. The deed or agreement about the sale was recorded in the old Middletown Town Book. In 1670 he was appointed to make stocks for the town of Middle- town. The name John Hawes appears in Plymouth Colony records 1660-8. In the latter year he was appointed to receive excise taxes at Yarmouth . Hazabd— Robert Hazard, with Gideon Freeborn, was among the num- ber who paid for and was awarded a share of laud 1667. This family has been quite prominent in Rhode Island. • There was a Thomas Hazard at Middleburgh, now Newton, Long Island, who was named as a delegate of Newtown, L. I., 1653. ^ GENEAIOGICAL EECOED. XXXV Hbabd— James Heard is referred to in Freehold records as a purcliaser of lands in Court records, dated Dec. 28, 1669. He d. in September, 1687, as liis wiU -was dated Shrewsbury, Sept. 4, 1687. It refers to his w., names son Edward, son-in-law John West; daughters Sarah, Lafetra and Eliza- beth "West; and children Robert "West, Frances Stout, Mary Camock and Ann Chamberlain. Laitevee— In 1715 Hendrick Verwey of Freehold, sold land to Mindart Lafaver of New York. The same year Mindart Lafever, of Middletown, sold laud to Daniel PoUiemus of Flatbush, L. I. In 1725 William Brewer sold land he had bought of Mindart Lafever to William Leeds. Lai^tka — Edmund Lafetra, first named in Monmouth, had warrant for land 1675. The name Lafetra indicates French, and probably Hugue- not origin. Laing — William Laing was collector of Freehold township 1695. He was from Scotland and his will is dated 1709. Among wills filed but not recorded at Trenton, is one of John Lang of Middlesex, dated 1697. He was the one probably who came over in 1685 from Craigsforth, Aberdeen, Scotland, whose descendants settled near Plainfield, N. J., and were mem- bers of the Bah way and Plainfield Quaker meeting. Much of the genealogy of the Laing family has been collected by O.B.Leonard, Esq., of Plainfield, New Jersey. Laied — The tradition handed down on this family states that three brothers, Alexander, William and Robert Laird, emigrated from Scotland to East Jersey previous to 1700. Robert Laird, a descendant of one of these brothers, -was b. April 7, 1758, and d. June 3, 1811. His w. Eliza- beth was b. May 12, 1754, and d. April 13, 1833. Their home was at Eng- lishtown. They had four sons and two daughters. Samuel, third son of Robert, was b. Feb. 1, 1787; in 1817 he became proprietor of the hotel at Colt's Neck, which he kept for 42 yrs., and d. there July 5, 1859. His wife was Eleanor Tilton, who was bom May 16, 1795, and died June 1, 1848. They had eleven children; one, his son Joseph, when a boy, rode the famous race horse "Fashion" in 1842, in her race . with "Boston," making the fastest time that ever had been made this side of the Atlantic. "Fashion" was owned by his father. Dr. Robert Laird was State Senator 1855-6-7. Lamson — ^Lambson— The earliest mention of this family is at Penn's Neck, Salem county. Thomas Lambson and w. Ann, came to America and settled at Penn's Neck about 1690. They were of the Baptist faith. They had nine children. A descendant, named Matthias Lampson, owned in present century the brick mansion near Salem Creek, built by an ancestor about 1730. Lane— Gilbert Lane of New Utrecht, L. I., bought land May 31, 1699, of Tobias Hanson. Adrian Lane of New Utrecht, L. I. , bought land in Middletown, June 21, 1701, of Peter TUton. Jas. Lane of Freehold, bought land 1705 of Robert Burnett. In 1709 Gisbert Lane of New Utrecht, L. I., bought land of Daniel Applegate and others of Alexander Innes, clerk. In 1711 Gisbert Ltoe of Middletown, deeded land to his son Cor- nelius, Shrewsbury. Cornelius was grand juror 1715. , The will of Gilbert Lane was dated Nov. 7, 1720, and named w., Jane, son Adrian, dau. Cath- arine DeHart, Mary Van Sicklen, Jane Lane and grandchild of deceased dau., Williamse Hendrickson, formerly w. of Wm. Hendrickson. The will was proved 1727. The Lanes of Old Monmouth were from Holland and mainly descend from Gysbert and Jacob Thysz "\^an Pelt Lanen, and are of the same stock as the "Van Pelts, using Lane, Laen or Laan as a surname instead of Van Pelt. In 1764 Cornelius Lane was a taxpayer in Old Shrewsbury township. In the latter part of the last century Jacob Lane settled at Goodluck. . Lawkence— William Lawrence wss among the original purchasers of the land in Monmouth, 1667. William Lawrence, first of the name, be- came a large land owner and during his life deeded tracts to his children. The will of William Lawrence 1st, was dated at Middletown, Dec. 3d, 1701, and proved May 22, 1704, and is quite a lengthy instmment. Among XXXVl HISTORY OP MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. other items he bequeaths to his loving w. Elizabeth during her natural' life, forty acres of land with the dwelling house, barn, orchard, &c., thereon; also to said wife all household goods and furniture that he had with her when he married her; also two cows. To my son Joseph I give the use of my negro boy "Shallo" for the term of thirteen years, when said negro boy is to be free. To three grandsons he gave each a horse. To one granddaughter ten shillings and to his granddaughters Mary, Hannah, EUzabeth, Susannah and Eebecca Grover, each one a two year old heifer. All the remainder of his estate, real and personal, he gives to his sons Elisha and Joseph and makes William and Elisha his executors. It is dated Dec. 3d, 1701. James S. Lawrence, grandson of James Lawrence, was bom at the homestead, Cream. Kidge, and he was for many years a judge, also member of the Legislature, president of Freehold Banking Co., &a. He d. Feb. 26, 1860, in his sixty-third year. He married, first, Mary S., dau. of Hendrick Conover, and second, Phebe Ann, dau. of Nathaniel S. Eue, Sr. Elisha Lawrence, sheriff of Monmouth, at the breaking out of the Kevolution, was born in 1740. He raised a corps of five hundred men which he commanded in the EoyaUsts Brigade. In 1777, he was taken prisoner by General Sullivan on Saten Island. After peace he left with the Britisb army with his rank of Colonel and half pay. Thomas Law- rence of New Jersey joined the Royalists and was a Major in the British service. In the Kevolutionary war, in the Continental army, Benjamin Lawrence was a lieutenant, 1776-80, and Daniel, John, Nathaniel and Thomas, privates. In the State MiKtia, Elisha Lawrence was a colonel and also quartermaster; Elisha, Jr., major and lieutenant-colonel, 1775-7; Abram, Daniel, George, Isaac, Israel, John, Thomas and William were pri- vates. Eobert Lawrence died in Upper Freehold, Oct. 31, 1881, in his 90th year; he was a lawyer and had been a member of the Assembly for upwards of twenty years and also speaker. LiWEiE, Laurie — Thomas Lawrie, brother of Deputy-Governor Gawen Lawrie, came to this country in 1683, with two children, James and Anne. His will -yas dated March 6th, 1712, and proved August 12th, 1714. He appointed son James his executor. In the wUl of James Eedford, 1726, he speaks of his son-in-law James Lawrie. In 1705, James Laurie bought 187 acres near Allentown upon which he built a cabin and remained the re- mainder of his life. In- 1727 the son James purchased of Anthony Wood- ward 132 acres, situated on Crosswicks Creek, and in 1731, was taxed for 318 acres of land. This James had two sons, Thomas and William. In 1758, William was taxed in Upper Freehold for 490 acres of land and Thomas for 300 acres. William was a prominent Quaker and Thomas was a store keeper in Allentown. Layton, Lawton — William Laytonwas a " townshipper " among origi- nal settlers of Monmouth, 1667. He had town lot number fourteen in Mid- dletown. In 1677, he received a warrant for 218 acres of land from Pro- prietors. Among tax payers in Middletown township, 1761, were Andrew, John, WilUam and Anthony Layton. In Shrewsbury, 1764, were Andrew, William, Lemuel, Obadiah, Safety, John and Samuel and son. This family may descend from Thomas Layton who was among original settlers of Portsmouth, Ehode Island, 1638. LeGock, Lacock— Eobert LeCock, Shrewsbury, had returned from proprietors 179 acres in 1679. The same year he had also a warrant for 160 acres: In 1687 his place is named in will of John Chambers, and his name given as Lacock. LeConte— Peter LeConte of Staten Island, bought land at Woodbridge, N. J., in 1696. In the wiU of Elias Mestayer, 1731, is mentioned the name of Peter Lee Conte, physician, of Shrewsbury. Sept. 5, 1734, Eobt. Stout of Shrewsbury, conveyed to Peter LeConte, physician and surgeon of the town of Freehold, 500 acres near Barnegat. He m. Valeria, dau. of John Eaton of Eatontown, who d. 1788 in her 72d year, and was buried at Orange, N.J. Their dau. Margaretta m. Eev. Jedediah- Chapman of the Presbyterian church. Orange. Their first child, named Peter LeConte Chapman, upon reaching maturity, adox^ted its grandfather's name (Peter GENEALOGICAL EECOED. XXXvii LeConte) in consideration of the settlement upon him of his grandfather's large estate. He studied law and settled in Wern New York John I LeConte, b. m Shrewsbury 1Y84, was a noted Naturalist. In the Presbv- teiian graveyard near Matawan, is a tombstone to the memory of Dr Peter LeConte, who d. Jan. 29, 1768, in the 66th year of his age lR7r^=^"fr'^™'?S^ ^""^ r""^.^ ^T'^ ^^^"""^ ^y ^^st J^'^^^y proprietors in 1676 as follows : Thomas Leeds, Sr. and w. 240, acres : .WiUiam Leeds and w. Dorothea 120 acres; Daniel Leeds and w. (Anna?) 120 acres Thomas T !»f!'/''"' ''''i fl^^- ^ ^^^ f "^^1- ^^ Burlington county, the name Daniel Leeds occurs 1677. Daniel Leeds, of Burlington, was first Surveyor-Gen- Jcoi"/ nrf-fn J^r^^y; ^is books are in the office at Burlington and date from iool to 1710. Leffekts LEiTEKTsoN-Ouka LefEers named in court proceedings 1710 was the Ouke Lefterson who with w., Catrina Vonk, joined the Marl- borough Brick Church 1709. He was b. April 4, 1678, £tad was son of Lef- ferts Pieterse, who came from Haughwort or llauwert in North Holland about 1660. Auke Janse Van Nuyse settled at Flatbush, L. I. Lefeerts Ketei-se had a number of children who are named in Bergen's Kings Coun- ty settlers. His son who came to Monmouth was named Auke but was generally called Ouka. ' LeMaistke, Mastees— Among names of original purchasers of land in Monmouth 1667, was Francis Masters, as the name is recorded in Free- hold records. He-is named at same time as a "townshipper." His name subsequently appears in proceedings of court and in proprietors' records, Perth Amboy, as LeMaistre. Their names indicate that both were of Huguenot origin. The name LeMaistre was soon corrupted to Masters. In 1675 Francis LeMaistre or Master, was granted 240 acres in Shrewsbui-y . by proprietors. The same year Clement Masters and Paulin Masters were granted 120 acres in Shrewsbury. Leunabd — James Leonard of Taunton, Mass., was one of the original purchasers of land in Monmouth 1667-70. He did not setWe here but sold his share to Sarah Eeape, December, 1764, and iu the deed is called "ironmonger." Henry Leonard, brother of James, fi-om whom most of the ancient Monmouth Leonards descend, had w. Mary, and came to New Jersey, it is supposed, about 1674 or 5 and engaged in the iron busi- ness with Col. Lewis Morris at Tinton Falls. Henry Leonard had warrants for land in 1676 for 450 acres and then for 300 acres. The Leonard bros. early had a sawmill, named in 1687-92 and other times. The Leonard family descend from Thomas Leonard of England, who was a son of Henry Leonard, b. in the latter part of reign of Queen Mar}', or early part of reign of Queen Elizabeth. In the northern part of New Jersey was another branch of the Leonard family, descending from the James of Taunton, first named in Monmouth as a purchaser, but not settler. He had several children. In the Kevolutionary war some members of the Leonard family friendly to the Church of England, joined ihe Loyalists, among whom were John, John Jr., Joseph, Thomas and Samuel Leonard, whose property was advertised to be confiscated. At sale, March 27, 1779, John Schenck bought property of Thomas Leonard. The latter was a merchant of Free- hold. He became a major in the Royalist service and was taken prisoner by the Americans in 1777 and confined at Easton, Pa. At the close of the war he went to St. John, New Brunswick. Letts — Francis Letts was taxed in old Shrewsbury 1764. In 1792 Francis Letts took up land south side Cedar Creek, and in 1801 John Letts took up land just above house of Francis Letts. At Manahawken, Thomas Letts sold land to Samuel Brown in 1793, and in 1800 he sold to Luke Courtenay. In the Revolutionary war John and Nehemiah Letts 'were soldiers from old Monmouth county. This family descend fi'om William Letts, an original settler of Elizabethtown, New Jersey. Daniel Letts lived about beginning of this century on north side of Stout's Creek, on the place subsequently owned by Joseph Stout; he had son David who lived at Goodluck, comer of the church lane. Lewis— Ezekiel Lewis was a taxpayer of Middletown in 1761. Among SXXVlil HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. taxi^ayers of Shrewsbury in 1764 were William, Daniel, and William Lewis of Turkeytown. Jonathan Lewis, who settled, near Bayville about close of last century, traditioii says came from near Blue Ball. His son Ezekiel was b. there Sept. 3, 1791. He was m. to 2d w. Deborah Stout, sister of Captain Benjamui Stout of Goodluok, in 1796. Besides son Ezekiel, he had three other children. Ezekiel settled on south branch of Forked River. He served in war of 1812, in Captain James Newell's company of Colonel John Frehnghuysen's regiment. He m. Sarah C, youngest child of Jacob Hall, who was a soldier with General Lafayette. Ezekiel Lewis d. May 20, 188-5. Lloyd— Timothy Lloyd was grand juror 1720. In Middletown, 1761, Thomas Lloyd was a taxpayer. In 1779 Thomas Lloyd bought confiscated lands of John Pintard, a Loyalist. Eichard Lloyd was a major by brevet in Eevolution. William Lloyd was a sergeant, David, John, James andTho- ■ mas Lloyd were privates. William Lloyd, a patriot of the Eevolution, was bherifei793; James Lloyd was Sheriff 1796-9 and 1805; Caleb Lloyd was Surrogate 1797—1804, County Clerk 1812 andagain Surrogate 1717. Corlies Lloyd was Prosecutor of the Pleas 1828 and William Lloyd was a Judge of the Court. Light — Letters of administration on estate of Mary Light, late of Mid- dletown, was granted in 1740 to Peter LeConte. LiMMiNG, Lemon — John Limming is named in court proceedings 1683 and subsequently. Prudence Limming is named in deed to her 1697 by Nich- olas Wainright and Alice, his wife. In Upper Freehold, 1731, William and John Limming were taxed. The name was sometimes given as Lemon. Members of this family emigrated to Ohio in the beginning of this century. Lincoln— Hannah Linoon is named in the wiU, dated Sept. 14th, 1714, of Capt. John Bowne, 2nd. Mordecai Lincoln is named in a letter, dated April 25th, 1716, from John Saltar to Obadiah Bowne; he speaks of "my brother Linoon " and " my brothers Thomas and Mordecay. " This letter is preserved by James G-. Crawford, living near Freehold. Abraham Linoon, blacksmith, of Monmouth, conveyed to Thomas Williams, 1737, 240 acres of land situated near Crosswick county aforesaid. The consider- ation money for both tracts, containing 440 acres was "£590, and further- more, every year thereafter, forever, upon the feast of St. Michael the Archangel, the sum of one penny, good and lawful money." The sale of this land was preparatory .to his removal to Pennsylvania. The will of Abraham Lincoln was dated at Springfield, Chester county, Pa., April 15th, 1745. Mordecai Lincoln m. Hannah, dau. of Eichard and Sarah Bowne Salter previous to 1714, as in that year Hannah Lincoln is mentioned in a will of Capt. John Bowne, 2nd. The settlement of this estate involved a tedious lawsuit which is noted in Book No. 1, Minutes of Court, Freehold. Mordecai Lincoln's will was admitted to probate at Philadelphia, June 7th, 1736. The plantation of Mordecai Lincoln contained 1,000 acres situated in Exeter, now in Berks county, Pa. George Boone, named as a trustee in the will, was grandfather of the celebrated Daniel Boone. Abraham Lincoln, the posthumous son, m. Ann Boone, cousin of Daniel Boone, the celebrated Kentucky pioneer. About 1782, Abraham Lincoln and his brother Thomas removed with their families to Beargi-ass Fort, Eentuoky, near where Louisville now stands and Abraham's daus. Mary and Nancy were born m the fort. In the spring of 1784, Abraham was planting seed near the fort when an Indian stole up and shot him dead. Thomas, Presi- dent Lincoln's father, then a boy of six years old, was with his father in the field and on hearing the report of the gun started for the fort The In- dian pursued and captured him and started to run with him in his arms Z'^^'^ Mordecai, his older brother, shot the Indian from the fort and killed him. The Indian fell face foremost upon the boy who struggled from un- der the savage and ran back to the fort. Thomas Lincoln, who was the President's father m. Nancy Hanks at or near Springfield. Washington county Ky., Sept. 23, 1806. The ancestor of Mordecai and Abraham Lin- coln of Monmouth was Samuel Lincoln, a native of Hingham Norfolk GENEALOGICAL KECOED. XXXIX county, England, who came to this country in 1637, and settled at Hing- ham, Mass. LippENcoTT — Bichard Lippencott was among the original purchasers of lands of the Indians, named in the settlement 1666-7. He is named as a deputy and overseer at a court held at Portland Point, Deo. 28, 1669. Under Grants and Concessions he claimed in 1676 for himself, wife, two sons and two servants, 600 acres; John Lippencott and w. claimed 240 acres; and the following year, 1677, Eestore Lippencott and w. claimed 120 acres and Remembrance Lippencott and w., 240 acres. Other warrants were subsequently issued to them, among them to Restore, Kemembrance and John, in 1681. The will of Eiohard Lippencott, founder of this fatnily, is filed in Secretary of State's office, Trenton. It was dated Sept. 23, 1683, and proved Jan. 2, 1684. Among taxpayers in Shrewsbury 1764 were David, Hannah, James, son of John; John (Smith), James, Samuel, Robert, Thomas, Uriah, Lydia, Thomas, of Squankum, and John Lippen- cott. The Refugee Captain Richard Lippencott, w.is b. in Shrewsbury township in 1745, and d. at Toronto, Canada, in 1826; his only child, Esther Borden, m. George Taylor Dennison, a member of the Canadian Parliament. Phil. White, a Refugeee, who was killed near Colt's Neck in March, 1782, was u. half brother to Lippeucott's w. The notice of the Lippencott family, i^ublished by Judge Clements in Annals of Newtons, j)Tepared by James C. Lippencott, of Haddonfield, says that Richard Lip- pencott and w. AbigaU, came from Dorchester, England, about 1640-1, to Boston, Mass. After a brief sojourn, not liking Puritan persecutions, he returned to England with his family and settled first at Plymouth, and then near Plymouth. This -was about 1652. He returned, made his per- manent settlement at Shrewsbury and d. in 1688. In the Revolution one WiUiam Lippencott bought the confiscated lands of a Loyalist named John Warden. The motto of the ancient Lippencott family was : ' ' Secandus dvbusque rectus." lippiT— Henry Lippitt was among original purchasers in 1667. Na- thaniel Lippitt is named in a suit, 1676. In 1692, Moses Lippett was a juror, and in. 1696 he bought land of Francis Usselton. Moses Lippitt was bom' Feb. 17th, 1668, and m. Sarah Throckmorton Dec. 8th, 1697. In 1714, Moses Lippit and wife Sarah, John and Rebecca Stilwell, Thomas StilweU and wife Alice and Hugh Coward and wife Patience deeded land to Job Throckmorton, lands surveyed for John Throckmorton, son and heir of Job. Moses Lippit's name frequently occurs in records at Freehold in Little— "Wee. Joseph Little, eldest son of Mr. George Little, late of Newbury deceased, and John Little, eldest son of Moses Little, deceased, the other son of said George Little of Newbury, Massachusetts," are named 1702 in a deed for Woodbridge lands. John Little of Monmouth had hcen'se to marry Elizabeth Wales of same county, Dec. 23d, 1752. John Little of Monmouth had license to marry Mary Leeds of Gloucester, April 16th 1768. John Little of Cape May had license to marry Esther Barret, May' 29, 1769. The name "John" seems to have been a family name handed 'down in every generation in the Little family. • LoNGSTREET-StofEel Lougstrcet bought land, 1698, of 'Thomas Huet, in the deed for which his name was given as Long Strett; ineopmius Lon r r,- Skelton— Robert Skelton is named in Court proceedings 1694-5, him- self and w. Alee, or AUce, are nanied 1698. He d. probably m the early part of 1704. The list of his goods and chattels was quite lengthy. Let- ters of administration on his estate were granted to "Ahce Jones, his widow." , . i n/r Slack, Slaght— Bomte Slaght, of Staten Island, was m. to Mary Cranmer of Stafford, Dec. 6, 1812. His dau. Nancy was first wife of Rev. Job Edwards of Barnegat. , .„ ^ , i.i. -n i, oo i/"7n i SnocuM-Giles Slocum, of Portsmouth, R. L, bought Feb 28 1670-1, the share of Monmouth land of John Wood of Newport, E. I. John Slocum was among the settlers who, in 1668, took the oath of allegiance at Nevesink; he is frequently named after that m Freehold records. The Slocum famUy is supposed to descend from Anthony Slocum who was at liv HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. Taunton Mass 1639. His last two sons settled in Monmouth county. Captain John m. Meribah Parker, sister of Peter and Joseph Parker, early settlers of Monmouth, and he d. without issue. The Slocums of Mon- mouth descend from his brother Nathaniel, whose children are named m Smith— Edward Smith was among original purchasers of land of the Indians 1667, and was awarded a share. He had town lot at Middletown number 27 John Smith was also awarded a share of land 1667, and given town lot number 5, in Middletown. In 1687, John Smith and wife Mary sold land to Kichard Hartshorhe; also 100 acres to Eleazar CottreU; in 1705 he sold land to John Pierce; in 1713, to Jacob Truax. His will, it is said 'was dated Dec. 29th, 1714, and mentions seven children. Edward Smith 'and wife were among original settlers of liehoboth, Massachusetts, 1643 In the latter part of last century. Major John Price and w. Mary of Goodluck had an only child named Ann who m. John Smith (or John H. Smith) and the latter removed to the Redstone country in Western Pennsyl- vania- they had children Eeuben, Jacob, James, Lydia and perhaps others. s'mock. Smack— The first of this family in Monmouth was Johannes Smock "late of Staten Island " who bought land of John Bowne, 1712. He was grand juror 1715; his cattle mark is recorded in the old Middletown Town Book. He was son of Hendrick Matthyre Smock who emigrated to this country in 1654. Hendrick had several children, some of whom, or their descendants, came to Monmouth and others to Somerset county. He settled at New Utrecht, L. I., where his children were born. Members of this family distinguished themselves in the Eevolution; three were cap- tains in the militia and others in other positions. Snawsell— Thomas Snawsell of Boston, in New England, merchant, bought land 1678, of Wiffiam Whitlock, Middletown. Also of Walter Wall and Ann Wall, house and orchard for £30. The same year he was plaintiff in several suits in court. Feb. 26th, 1679-80, he bought land of Richard and Penelope Stout; these two noted persons in the early history of Monmouth were evidently living at this date; both made their marks to the deed which was not recorded until Oct. 7th, 1684. Thomas Snaw- sell was appointed one of the Justices of the Peace for Middletown and Shrewsbury by Governor Andros. In 1681, he was chosen constable of Middletown. Snowhlll — WiUiam SnowhiU m. Lydia Ann Perrine, born Jan. 21st, 1809, dau. of David. They had children Daniel, born March 29th, 1829, May Elizabeth, born 1831, David, born 1834. May Elizabeth SnowhiU m. first husband WiUiam E. Sawyer, second husband Brady. Solomon — Levi Solomon had land conveyed to him 1790, by Aaron Forman Walker of Freehold. In 1817 Aaron, a colored boy about eleven years old, belonging to Levi Solomon, was tried for the murder of a child named Stephen DonneUy aged about two years, by drowning him in a well. Ue was convicted of murder, but the Supreme Court subsequently granted him a naw trial, and he was discharged. SooY — Joos Sooy is named in Monmouth as a witness 1716, and in a power of attorney 1719 from him to Sarah Sooy and Cornelius Sienhinen. He Uved for a time at Middletcjwn and was styled yeoman. He was m. to Sarah Balk or Balch, Aug. 19, 1707, as appears by the records of the Dutch Reformed Church at New York. SopEE — The Soper family of Ocean county descend from Richard Soaper,who lived at Woodbridge in Middlesex Co., the early part of the last century. His will was dated 1723 and proved March 2,1730. His son Richard settled at Barnegat. His will is dated at Barnegat in Monmouth county, July 30, 1745, and proved Oct. 11, 1746; it named sons Joseph and Richard and speaks of four daughters, but does not give their names. The son Joseph lived at Soper's Landing, on the bay between Barnegat and Waretown. He was a noted patriot in the Revolution. The name Soper is ancient in New England . A tradition handed down among the Sopers says that they were of Huguenot origin. SouTHABD — Thomas Southard or Southart of Gravesend, supposed GENEALOGICAL EECOED. Iv English, m. Anioa, dan. of Anthony Jansen, from Salee. Bought Deo. 20, 1650, of Thomas Applegate the one-half of the lot Applegate bought of Kandall Hunt (Huett ?). He owned plantation lot No. 11 in Gravesend in 1653. He quarrelled with his father-in-law, Anthony Jansen, about the. ownership of cattle, on which Anthony Jansen was imprisoned by the local court of Gravesend, but released by the higher court. He appears to have removed to Hempstsad where he resided in 1670, having sons Thomas, Jr., and John, whose descendants reside in that locality. He was probably the ancestor of the Southards of New Jersey. Samuel L. Southard, b. June 9, 1787, was Senator in Congress 1821, and in 1823 was Secretary of the Navy. In 1841, he was president of the Senate and in 1841, on the death of Gen. Harrison, was acting Yice-President. Speaee — Benjamin Speare, of Rhode Island, paid for and was awarded a share of land 1667. He sold the same to Sarah Eeape, who, in 1676, took up 240 acres in his right. He was a mariner. This name, in some entries, is not plainly written and has been copied as Benjamin Spioer. Spioek — Samuel Spicer was one of the twelve men to whom was granted the Monmouth Patent, 1665. He also paid for and was awarded a share of land as stated in the settlement 1667; he is also named as a "townshipper." In 1686 he had warrant for 616 acres in Middletown. The same year is recorded a receipt dated 16th of 10th month, 1685, for -el7_2-8 for quit rents for 148 acres, signed by Gowen Laurie. Perhaps the first of the Spicer family in this country was Thomas, who was among orig- inal settlers at Newport, E. I., 1638. Samuel Spicer was a magistrate in old Gloucester county, 1 696, and among Quaker members of Provincial Assembly of "West Jersey, who took an affirmation of allegiance in 1697 (N. J. Ar- chives vol. 2, p. 148-9.). Jacob Spicer, son of Samuel and Esther, was quite prominent in South Jersey and known as Colonel. He was a mem- ber of the Legislature and with his colleague, Aaron Learning, compiled what is known as Leaming and Spicer's Collection of Laws, the earliest coUeotionof laws of New Jersey. Jacob Spicer d. Sept 17, 1765, in the 49th year of his age, and this inscription was on his tombstone: "If aught that's good or great could save, Spicer had never seen the grave. " His w., who Ues by his side, has this upon her monument: ' ' Judith Spicer departed this life Sept. 7, 1767, in the 33d year of her age. " Virtue and piety gave way to death. Or else the entombed had ne'er resigned her breath.'' The Spicer family is quite an ancient and an honorable one in Spbagg— James Spragg was m. to Elizabeth Johnson, July 5th, 1798, bv Job Lippencott, of Burlington county. Jeremiah Spragg was m. to Mary Inman July 11, 1806, by Silas Crane of Stafford. Rachel Spragg was m to Moses Letts, Eeb. 1, 1807, by Silas Crane. Jeremiah Spragg, an ^ed well remembered citizen of Bamegat, in giving historical reminiscen- ces to the writer of this in 1861, said he was then about 80 years old; his father was James Spragg and he thought he came from Long Island. The iaame Spragg is probably from Sprague, which is an ancient Rhode Island name. The first of this name in Rhode Island were Jonathan and William. ^ .^ i i. -u STANLiB-EichardStanlieof Middletown left widow, Sarah, to whom letters of administration were granted on her husband's estate Jan. 13th, 1717-18. He m. a dau. of Eleazar GottreU. . , ^, ,, „„.-. ■ Staekbt— John Starkie m. Mary, widow of Adam Channelhouse, ^nn of July 1687 They are named 1692-7, and thereabouts. John Starkey bought land of Thomas Potter, 1697, and sold land to Thomas Bills the ^'"^STBSE-"Pounsett"Stellewashcensed, 1693, to Wpublic house of entertainment by Governor Andrew Hamilton. ^Gabriel btelle had land from James Hubbard May 27th, 171.4, 98 acres on Manasquoji nver. Same yeThad land from Francis Masters, on branches of Shrewsbury nver; con- Ivi HISTOEY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. sideration £350. Gabriel Stelle received a patent for a ferry from South Amboy to Staten Island, touching at Perth Amboy, in 1728 which was about the time be left Monmouth. The founder of the Stelle family is said to have been Pontius or Poncet SteUe, a native of France He was a Huguenot and to escape persecution, went to Holland and from thence came to this country about 1676. His eldest son was Benjamm, born 1683, died 1759. Benjamin settled in Piscataway as early as 1720, and became a leading Baptist preacher; he was ordained 1739, and died 1759. Stevens— Nicholas Stevens was named as a grand jui-or, 1699, and subsequently. Hon. George C. Beekman says that John Stevens, author of noted works on Egypt and other lands, was a descendant. Early settlers of this name mentioned in New England, came from Sabs- bury England, 1646, and settled in Cape Cod. Henry Stevens was. named at Newport, E. I., 1648-56, and Thomas Stevens at "Westerly, 11. 1^ 1691. Henry Stevens was a settler at Stonington, Conn., 1670, with children Thomas, Richard, Henry and Elizabeth. In 1731, Nicholas Stevens bought land in Monmouth, of David Lyell. Stewakt— John Stewart, of Shrewsbury, bought land of Isaac Oung, late of Shrewsbury, 1697; also, the same year from Susannah and Mary Barnes, daughters of Thomas Barnes, deceased. The will of Simon Stewart, of Freehold, was dated Dec. 16, 1708. Stillwbll — Jeremiah Stillwell bought land of EUsha Lawrence 1698. He is named as grand juror 1700 and justice 1704-6. In old Middletown Town Book the cattle mark of EUas Stilwell, dated July 24, 1699, is en- tered. In the Eevolutionary war, John Stilwell was an agent to sell for- feited estates. In 1779 he sold land to a Loyalist named James King, aUas Lippencott, to Thomas Chadwick. Samuel Stilwell was a Loyalist, and his property was confiscated and sold in 1779 by the Commissioners to Samuel Wikoff. The Stillwell family descend f ] om Nicholas Stillwell, an EnghshmOiU, who went to Leyden and from thence came to America. The genealogy of the Stillwell family has been published by Judge W. H. btillwell of hrooldyn. Stoey— Robert Story paid £9 for lands bought of the Indians 1667 and was awarded two shares. "William Story bought land 1702 of Eichard Haitshorne, and sold 1712 to "William Purdy. Robert Story was in busi- • ness in New York city and a leading Quaker there. He and w. Patience are sometimes named in Quaier records. Stout — EichardStout was one of the twelve men named in the Mon- mouth Patent. Under Grants and Concessions, his name heads the list of claimants as recorded in Surveyor General's office at Perth Amboy. In the allotment of Town lots at Middletown, recorded Dec. 30th, J.667, Eichard Stout was given town lot number six and also outlots , and his son John town lot number nineteen and also outlots. At this time Eich- ard tjtuut was appointed to assist in laying put the lots. In 1669, he was one of the so-called overseers for Middletown. Eichard Stout was promi- nent in pubUc affairs in the new settlement and his name frequently men- tioned in Freehold records. In 1690, Eichard Stout and w. Penelope con- veyed to l-ienjamin Stout all the tract and plantation whereon they then lived at Hop Eiver, after decease of himself and w. Penelope. The will of Eichard Stout, first of the family, is filed in Secretary of State's office at Trenton. It is dated June 9th, 1703, and was proved Oct. 1705. Jan. 25th, 1664, Eichard Stout, John Bowue, John Tilton, Jr., James Hubbard, "William Goulding and Samuel Spicer, all of Gravesend, made the first pur- chase of land in what is now Monmouth, of the Indians. The land was bought of Popomora, the Indian Sachem, who was called "Chief of the Indians. " John Stout, son of Eichard and Penelope was m. Jan. 12th, 1671. The above gives the legal year which began March '25th. By our calendar year the marriage took place January 12th, 1672. The tradition among the Stouts of Ocean county, states that John's son Richard— ..the Squan Richard - had a son Benjamin, who m. Mary Johnson, and they in turn had a son Benjamin, who was the well remembered Capt. Benjamin Stout, who lived on the old Thomas Potter place at Goodluok. GENEALOGICAL KECOKD. Ivii Capt. Benjamin Stout d. Feb. 13, 1850, aged over 69 years, alid his w Bara.h d. April 23, 1866, aged over 82 years. They had children Joseph, Benjamin, Daniel, James, John, and dans. Garret Stout, the -well known hotel keeper of Cedar Creek, b. 1802, was a son of Abraham and grandson of another Abraham Stout. Mr. West says that Jonathan, son of the sec- ond Richard, had a son Eiehard and several other children, and Jonathan's son Tombrook was an officer in the Revolution and saw much service. The Stout families of Ocean county are descended from John Stout, a gen- tleman of Nottinghamshire, England, whose son Richard came to New "York where hem. about the year 1622, a Dutch widow whose maiden name was Penelope Vanprinces, They had seven soiis and three daus. The most prominent of the founders of the settlements in Monmouth was Eichajd Stout. At the present day there are many thousand people in New Jersey and in other States, who can claim him as an ancestor. It is known to but few of these that his will is stiU preserved and m good con- dition in the office of the Secretary of State, at Trenton; so it is one of the most interesting unpublished papers relating to the history of the family. Daniel Stout was the well remembered Esquire Daniel, of Goodluck. He and w. Anna had ten children, one son and nine daus. A noted descend- ant of Richard btout was Elihu Stout, who, about 1804, was induced by Gen. William Henry Harrison, afterwards President, to settle at Vin- cennes, Indiana. He founded the "Western Sun" newspaper, July4,1804, the pioneer newspaper within the territory now embraced by the State of Indiana. He continued its publication under difficulties until Nov., 1845, for many years after its first publication transporting his materials on pack horses from Lexington, Ky. He d. at "Vincennes in April, 1860, and was laid to rest in the public cemetery, "leaving behind no evidence of any necessity for taking an inventory of his estate. " Stjtphen— Jan Sutvan (Sutphen], of King's county, L. I., bought land of John Johnston and w. ILuphasia (Euphame?) and subsequently, in 1713, he and w. Angelke Bennett joined the Brick Church, Marlborough. The common ancestor of this family was Derick Janse Van Sutphen, who emi- grated from Zutphen or Sutphen in Gelderland, Holland, 1651. Jan Sut^ phen, the first who came to Monmouth, settled near Freehold; he married Angelke Bennett and had children. Among taxpayers in Freehold town- ship 1776 were three Derick Sutphens, fornelius, Abram and Jane. bwAXN— Samuel Swain was witness, 1704, to marriage of William Brinley to Elizabeth Corlies. In 1714 he and w. Susannah,, of Shrewsbury, sold land to John West, innkeeper. In 1743 Benjamin Swain was witness to a Chamberlain deed. n j ■ hwiNGLER— Henry Swingler was deceased in 1724, and letters of admin- istration on his estate were granted that year to William Lawrence, Jr ■ SwiNT SwiNNT— Thurlogh Swiny and Mary, his w., were named 1676. He may have come from Rhode Island. His cattle mark was recorded 1682 His will was dated March 1, 1683-4, and proved March 31, 1684, and named w. Mary and son John. Executors, Joseph Grover and Hannah, his w In April, 1684, his executor, Joseph Grover, makes the foUowmg charges of funeral expenses : 2>^ gallons molasses, 5s; 5 gallons rum, 7s.- 6d; buckwheat, 5s; butter and eggs, 3s; winding sheet, 4s; coffin, 5s; to tal, £1 9s 6d. His son, John Swinuy, in 1691 chose as guardians WilUam Lawrence, Jr. and Captain Safety Grover, and eventually moved to Bur- lington county. In 1676 Thorlogh Swinney and Francis Jeffries bought land of Thomas Potter, but deeded it back to him. ., j • at „ Taber, Tabor -PhiUp Taber, joiner, is said to have resided m Mon- mouth as early as 1749. In 1761 he was taxed in Middletown^ He came from Dartmouth, Bristol county, Mass., and was a son of Thomas Tabor who was a son of Phihp, founder of the family. The T^^^Vr^'^" .<'^'^X^° Monmouth wash. Feb. 7, 1689, and m Sarah Tucker and had nine chd- dren. Of their children Noah and Zephaniah are taxed m Shrewsbury in "%Li.MAN -James Tallman bought land 1720. His ^i^-^ated Shrews- bury, Feb. 21, 1736-7, was proved April 1, 1737, named w. Abigail and four Iviii HISTOBY OP MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. children. Dr. Stephen Tallman was a native of Rhode Island and settled at Pumpkin Point, Shrewsbury. He was buried on his estate, in the TaU- man bui-ying ground. He died Aug. 24, 1774, aged 74 years. In the same yard are tombstones to other members of the family. Taktle— Edward Tartle was one of the original i-ettlers of Middletown and was awarded town lot No. 2 In Nov., 1688, he and .Jonathan Holmes were chosen deputies to meet the General Assembly at Blizabethtown, but they refused to take the oath of allegiance and wtxe dismissed. In 1667 he was appointed regular town clerk of Middletown and continued in the position until June, 1675, when Eichard Haitshorne was chosen to succeed him. The wiU of Edward Tartt was dated Sept 2, 1688, and proved Sept. 25, 1688; only relative named was sister Elizabeth. Taylok— Robert Taylor was among ('liginal purchasers of the Indians 1667. .He was probably the Robert Taylor named as freemen at Newport, R. I. , 1655. The first of the surname, Taylor, named as settling in Mon- mouth was EdwArd, whose cattle mark was entered in Middletown Town Book May 30, 1684. Among persons taxed in Middletown 1761, were Ed- ward Taylor, Edward, Jr., George, George, Jr , James, John, and an Edward, who was a single man. In Shrewsbury, 1764, Asher Taylor was taxed. John Taylor was SheriflE of the county about 1760. He died at Perth Amboy about 1798 or '9, aged 82 yrs. The later Asher Taylor of Jersey (lity, it is understood, had collected the history and genealogy of the Taylor family quite complete. The will of John Taylor, of Perth Amboy, formerly Sheriff of Monmouth, dated Nov. 10, 1797, is recorded at Trenton. The will of William Taylor is recorded at New Hrunswick. The will of Joseph Taylor, of Perth Amboy, is dated 1808 and proved Feb. 12, 1810. Thabp, Thokp — John and Samuel Tharp or Thorp, brothers, are named in Monmouth records about the beginning of last century. The * will of John, dated 1714, proved Aug. 18th, 1714, left all his property to his brother Samuel. The J?horps were among early settlers of Woodbridge, Thomas Thorp is named there 1687, and in 1693. was a Deputy to General Assembly. Joseph Thorp and w Hannah had son Paul, born April 4th, 1704. Genealogical notices of this family from ancient Woodbridge records are given in Daily's History of Woodbridge. Thompson, Tomson — Among those awarded a share , of land in Mon- mouth 1667 was John Tomson. He did not settle in the county Corne- lius Tomson was an early settler in Monmouth county. He is named as a grand juror 1711; is spoken of as residing in Freehold and is otherwise mentioned in Freehold records. His will was dated Aug. 14, 1727, and proved Dec. 21, 1727; it named w. Mary and four sons and four daus. A tradition says that Cornelius Tomson was one of the earliest settlers in the vicinity of Freehold and as early as 1702 built the stone house now oc- cupied by Mrs. Achsah Hendrickson about four miles south-west of Freehold, on the Mount Holly road. Members of this family adopted the spelling of Thomson and Thompson during the last century, and ofEshots went to Somerset county, N. J,, and thence to Alleghany county, Pa. Thobnbobotjgh— George Thornborough of Monmouth was deceased 1734, in which year letters of administration were granted on his estate. Thkockmobton— John Throckmorton was one of the original purchas- ers of land in Monmouth, named in the settlement 1 667, and was awarded a share. John Throckmorton 1st, came to Monmouth after 1673, and died previous to 1687, and was buried at Middletown. Thomas C. Throck- morton, born m Middlesex county, came to Monmouth and settled in Freehold, 1803; he was an oflBcer of the war of 1812, justice of the peace tor forty-two years and a judge twenty-seven years. In 1808, he was m. to Ehzabeth, dau. of Major James Craig of Freehold, who had been an ottcer m the Continental army under General Washington Mrs. Throck- morton died in 1863 and her husband in 1868. John B. Throckmorton, M. D., son of James and Frances B. Throckmorton, was born at Pouth River, Middlesex county, April 3d, 1796; he studied medicine and was licensed in Monmouth April 29th, 1822; he d. at Freehold, Sept. 19th, 1856. John Throckmorton, founder of the Throckmorton family of New Jersey GENEALOGICAL RECORD. Ik came with his w. to this country in the ship Lion, Capt. WiUiam Pierce, and landed on Nantasket Beach, near Boston, Feb., 1631 (legal year 1630) In the same ship, which was laden with provisions, came Roger Williams ^^^}J '^"'^al was at an opportune time; sickness and want of necessaries of Me were almost universal among the colonists; even the Governor's stores were almost exhausted and people of small or moderate means were on scanty allowance and a day of fasting and prayer was turned into one of thanksBiving and a proclamation was issued. In an Indian massacre, at Throg's Neck, Oct., 1643, the opportune passage of a boat enabled a number of the settlers to escape, but as many as remained were slaugh- tered, their cattle killed and their houses and barns destroyed. In this massacre, it is stated that several members of' the Throckmorton family were killed. The Throckmorton family derive their name from Throck- mertonn, or the Kockmoortown, which is situated in the vale of Evesham, in Warwickshire, England. John Throckmorton was lord of the manor of Throckmerton about sixty years after the Norman conquest. Eighth in descent from John Throckmorton, lord of Throckmertoa in 1130, was John Throckmorton, lord of Throgsmorton Neck, who left issue John Throck- morton. The patentee (of Throckmorton's Neck) is now represented by the Throckmortons of Middletown, N. J. The history and pedigree of the Throckmortons of Warwickshire, England, is given in Dugdale's Antiqui- ties of Warwickshire, vol. 2, pages 749 — 756. The Throckmorton family, like many others of New Jersey, had representatives on both sides of the contest in the war of the Revolution. On the American side were John, Samuel and others. Other members of the family adhered to the Crown. One John Throckmorton of Monmouth was a lieutenant in the New Jersey Royal Volunteers, and was taken prisoner on Staten Island in 1777 and sent to Trenton; and there was a John who was a lieutenant in the King's Rangers, who in Nov., 1782, retired to the Island of St. John. The crest of the Throckmortons was an elephant's head, and many descendants use a representation of the elephant's head for seals to hang on watch guards, etc. Tompkins — Nathaniel Tompkins was among the number who had shares of land allotted to them, 1670. He was probably of Newport, R. I., where he m. Elizabeth Allen, Jan. 15th, 1670. TowNSEND — John Townsend was among original purchasers of land in Monmouth from Indians named in settlement, 1670. Thompson's History of Long Island says that among others of the name, John, Henry and Richard Townsend, brothers, came to Boston, and from thence John and Henry went to Oyster Bay and were finally joined Jiy Richard. It is sup- posed that the three brothers first named came from Norfolkshire, England. They went to Lynn, Mass., before 1640, but soon left and eventually settled on Long Island. Tbtiax — Jacob Truax, du Truax and Trewax as the name was variously speUed in ancient records at Freehold and Perth Amboy, a;gpears to have been the first of this family named in Monmouth, and Philip Truax the next. The founder of this family was Philip du Trieux who was one of the earhest settlers in New Amsterdam, now New York, where he is named, 1623. In the records of the Dutch Reformed Church of New York are numerous notices of this family. The first of this family in Mon- mouth, Jacob, seems to have been considerable of a land owner. Philip Truax was taxed in Upper Freehold, 1731. TucKEE—John Tucker, who was bom about 1656, and came from New Bedford to Monmouth, was for a time quite a prominent member of the Society of Friends in Old Shrewsbury township. In 1687, he bought Peter Easton's claim and same year sold land to Thomas Hilborn. On 2nd month, 25, 1688, he married at Shrewsbury meeting, Ruth Woolley, born Oct 12, 1664, dau. of Emanuel Woolley of Rhode Island, whose sons John, William and Edward Woolley are early named in Monmouth. Most of the names attached %o the marriage certificate belong to families quite noted in the early history of the county. Judge Ebenezer Tucker, from whom Tuckerton derives its name, was born 1758, and died Sept. 5, 1845. He was a member of Congress, 1825-9. Ebenezer Tucker was married to . Ix HISTOEY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. Phebe Eidgway, Oct. 8, 1802, by Amos Pharo. This was the second marriage of Judge Tucker. TuNisoN — DeiTick Tunneson had license to marry, 1668, (Perth Amboy Kec.) In 1672 he bought a share of land of Lewis Mattox. In 1679 he and w. had warrant for 240 acres of land in Middletown. The name indi- cates Dutch origin, and, if so, he was the first Dutchman to settle in Monmouth. TuBNEK — Robert Turner was one of the twenty-four proprietors. He was a merchant of Dublin. He never took any interest in his property here, and sold most of it about' 1685. He came to America and settled in Philadelphia, and was an intimate friend of William Peun. In 1687 he sold one-half of his right to John Throckmorton. He also sold 1-16 of it to Jonathan Marsh, 1-8 to John VVooUey, 1-16 to Nicholas Brown and a small share to William Olivant or Oliphant. TJssELTON — Francis Usselton, of Staten Island, bought land 1687 of Robert Hamilton of Middletown, and in 1696 sold the same to Moses Lippit This family may have been of Massachusetts origin. The Francis Usselton of Middletown was living on Staten Island 1678. Van Bbakle, Van BROCKLB—Matthis Van Brockle bought lands 1717, of WUliam Bowne. In Middletown, 1761, among taxpayers were Stephen Van Braokle, Tice Van Brackle, and widow Van Brackle. Cornelia Brakel or Van Brackle, m. Jan or Aert Vaukerk, who was baptized 1682 ; they left Long Island and settled in Monmouth, and their children were baptized in the Marlborough Church. Vane — John Vane is named as son-in-law of James Grover, Jr., in his will 1714. Van Absdale — Derrick Barkaloo, of Freehold, m. Jannetje Van Arsdalen, dau. of Cornells of Flatlands. Mr. Bergen, in his History of King's county, L I., settlers says Cornells was a son of Symon Janse Van Arsdalen, who emigrated in 1656 and settled in Flatlands, and m. Pietre Claesen Wyokoffi. Among their children, Symon came to New Jersey and perhaps others. The son Cornells was b. in this country and was three times married. Philip Van Arsdalen m. Jane Van Dyke of Red Mills, near Brooklyn, and the next year rfemoved to Somerset county, N. J. They had seven sons, and one daughter who d. when six years old. Philip Van Arsdale was m. the second time to Hannah Magnish, April 3, 1750, and de- parted this life June 28, 1796, a. 94 yrs., 4 mos., 4 days. Van Bbunt — The first of this family in Monmouth was Nicholas, who was a member, with wife, of the Brick Church, Marlborough, 1731. The family settled on a tract of 600 acres of land at Tinton Falls. He had chil- dren Hendriok who m. Nelly Sohenck. Nicholas, his son, was High Sheriff of Monmouth 1776-8. The common ancestor of the Van Brunt family was Rutger Joesten, who emigrated from the Netherlands in 1653. Van Geldek— Hendrick Van Gelder, of Middletown, deeded land for £60 to Christopher Schaers and Walter Van Pelt, both of Long island, in 1717. Possibly the Hendrick of Freehold records and the Harmanns of Long Island were the same. Van Cleef, Van Oleve— Benjamin Van Cleef settled in Monmouth, probably about 1707. He m. Hendrickje Sutphen and came from New Utrecht, L. I., and had eleven children. The common ancestor of this family was Jan VanCleef, who came to this country in 1653. In the census of New Utrecht, L. I., 1698, it is stated that he had been in this country thirty-four j'ears and had w. and four children. Vandeeveee— Cornelius Janse Vanderveer the common ancestor of this family, came to this country in 1659 from Alkmaar in North Holland. He m. Tryntje Gillis de Mandeville. He purchased a farm in Flushing, L. I., Feb. 24, 1689, of Jan Janse Fyu. At that date he was a magistrate in that town. He had several children. David Vanderveer, b. 1806, m. Feb. 13, 1828, Mary, dau. of William and Ann Davis Conover. After' his mar- riage he purchased the old Vanderveer homestead which has been in posses- sion of the family for a century and a half. Van Doeen, Vandoobn— Jacob Van Doom, as his name was given. OUNEALOGldAL RECORD. 1x1 settled in New Jersey about 1698. He had 676 acres of land near Hills- dale, and it is supposed he procured the title for it from the Indians and also from William Penn and William Gibson, to whom the land was as- signed on Keid's map of 1685. He was named as a juror in Monmouth 1699, in court proceedings 1700; and himself and w. Maryka were among members of Brick Church, Marlborough 1709. , Christian Van Doren set- tled at Middlebush, in Middlesex county, as did also his brother Abraham. They located 525 acres of land lying north of the church and Am well road. Abraham was Sheriff of Somerset county for twenty years, while the Court House was at Millstone. He was converted under the preach- ing of Whitefield and he was a deacon in ■ the Dutch Kef ormed Church at New Brunswick, 1752, at the same time as his brother Christian was elder. Christian's w. d. in 1801 in her 97th year and was widely mourned. The first of the name Van Doom in this country was CorneUus Lambertson ' Van Doom 1642. In 1773 Comelius Dom; of Freehold, blacksmith, is named. In tax list Freehold, 1776, Vandoms are named. In Middletown 1761, among taxpayers were Comelius, DeatlofE and Nicholas Doru or Dome. Vau Deyentee — Peter Vandeventer, of Middletown, bought land, 1705, of John Hebron of Freehold. His wiU was dated April 25, 1733, proved Deo. 11, 1733. Van Dyke— Charles Vandike of Shrewsbury died in the eai^ part of 1734, as his wUl dated 1732, was proven March 11th of that year. The Van Dykes are said to descend from Thomas Jans Van Dyke of Amster- dam, Holland. Van Hook — The first of this name in Monmouth was Arent or Aaron Van Hook, who, in a deed, dated 1714, speaks of himself as "late of New York." Lawrence was the father of Aaron, who very shortly after also came to Monmouth and settled in Freehold township. Van Hobne— Comelius Van Home, known as Captain Cornelius Van Home, bom about 1695, settled in Monmouth in the early part of the last century. He married Catharine Cox who died within a year leaving a son named Thomas; he married 2nd, Elizabeth Lawrence, by whom he had three children: Matthias, Catharine and Elizabeth, and then she died. He afterwards married Hannah Seabrook, born 1706, by whom he had six children: Mary, Cornelius, Abram, John, James and Daniel. Captain Van Home emigrated from New York and had purchased a tract of land in Hunterdon county, containing over 3,000 acres and built the White House which is still standing and in possession of his descendants. From it the present town of White House in Hunterdon derives its name. He returned to Hunterdon county and died Feb. 12, 1744, in the 49th year of his age. Vauhise— William Vanhise was taxed for 200 acres of land and 18 head of horses and cattie in Freehold, in J 776. Kobert and William Van- hise were also taxed same year in same township. Abraham Van Hise was m. to Margery (Stepe?) of Upper Freehold, 1799. The present family of the name in Brick and elsewhere in Ocean, descend from Isaac Vanhise who had sons, George, John, William and Jesse. Van KiBK— John Van Kirk "of Island of Nassau," (Long Island), bought land in Monmouth. 1703, of Biohard Salter, attorney. The Van Kirks were early settlers of New Utrecht, L. I., where Jan Janse from Bu- ren in Gelderland, settled 1663. Van Matbe— John Van Mater, son of Kryn Jansen, was member ot the Dutch Church 1713, grand Juror 1715, deacon, 1729, etc. The ancestor of the Van Mater family was Jan Gysbertsen Van Materen or Van Mater, who came from Bommel in South Holland, 1663. He eventually settled m Monmouth. Joseph H. Van Mater was b. on the homestead 1775^ and m. Ann, dan. of Aaron and Mary Van Meter, who was b. July 9„ 1785. He d Oct. 10, 1860. His son Joseph I, was b. July 25. 1825, and m- Nov. 18, 1863, EUza Morgan, dau. of Daniel Ayres, of Brooklyn. Their children were: Daniel Ayres, b. Aug. 11, 1865; Joseph Holmes, b. Feb. 20, 1867; Anne Morgan, b. April 2, 1871; Jesse Ayres, b. Feb. 8, 1878; Frederick, b. Feb. 8, 1878. Ixii HISTORY 01* MONMOUTH AHD OCEAN COUNTIES. Vaughn, Vaughan— John Vaughn had, in 1776, title for 135 acres confirmed from 1670, in Middletown. He may have come from G-ravesend, L. I, The Vaughns of Lacey township descend from Asher Vaughn, who m. a dau of Peter 8tout, of Middletown, and settled near Crosswicks and had son Jacob Vaughn, b. about 1811, who settled at Forked Eiver and became a noted shipwright. Another son, Timbrook, settled near Toms KiTer. Vekway— Hendrick Verway bought lands 1709, of Henry and Samuel Tilton. In 1715 he is named of iFreehold, and sold land to Mindart Lafever, Jr., same year. He had wife and children; all baptized at Brick Church, Marlborough VicKEBs— Thomas Vickers, blacksmith, bought land of Thomas Bor- den, 1684; he is named as grand juror 1692 . Esther Vickers, wife, died ,in Shrewsbury 5th of 8th mo., 1693, and Thomas Vickers died 21st of Uth •mo., 1696. VooEHEES— The founder of this family in America was Stephen Courton, who came from Holland in 1660 and settled at Flatlands, L. I. In 1719 Hendriok Voorhees, of Flatlands, bought land near Topanemus, of Alexander Laing. Voorhees is the name of a town in Guilderland, in Hol- land, and Hon. H. C. Murphy says it means " before or in front of Hess." Vkedbneurgh— In the list or passdngers in the ship Gilded Beaver, May, 1658, given in N. Y. Documentary History, vol. 3, p. 17, is the name of William Van Vredenburg, who is said to be the ancestor of the Vreden- burgs of Nesv Jersey. His name was subsequently given in the Dutch records as Willem Isaacsen Vreden Burg. He came from the Hague and was married in New York Oct. 19, 1664, to Appolonia Barents of New York. The late Judge Peter Vredenburgh was son of Dr. Peter Vreden- burgh, of Somerville, N. J., and was b. at Reading, Hunterdon county, in 1805. His grandfather, who was also named Peter, d. Aug. 24, 1823, at New Brunswick, in the 79 th year of his age. Judge Vredenburgh d. March 24, 1873. Vboom— The first of this family in this country was Cornelius Peter- sen Vroom, who married Trientie Hendricks. They had three sons, one Hendrick, removed to the Earitan river and became ancestor of the Vrooms of New Jersey. Governor Peter D. Vroom of Nffw Jersey, gradu- ated at Columbia College; representative in Congress, 1S39-41; governor of New Jersey, 1829-32 and again 1833-6; minister to Prussia 1853; presi- dential elector 1856. Wabk, Weik, Waeib —The village of Waretowu. derives its name from Abraham Waeir, who was born about 1683, and died 1768. He was a Rogerine Baptist and it is supposed he came to Waretowu about 1737. There wee several of the family who subsequently lived at Waretown, probably his sons and grandsons. Reuben Waer and Joseph Wair are named in surveys on Kettle Creek 1799-1800, and thereabouts The family is said to be of Scotch origin. The first perhaps of the name in this country were Robert Weir and w. Mary who had son John, born in Boston, Nov. 11, 1646. Wainbight — Thomas Wainright was among the number of those who took the oath of allegiance in Shrewsbury, 1668. In 1692, Thomas Wain- right, carpenter, bought land of John Johnson. Among taxpayers in Shrewsbury 1764, were Thomas, Thomas, Jr., Daniel G. and Joseph Wain- right. In the Revolutionary war, members of this family were active in the patriot cause. Walkeb —George Walker, of Freehold, is named in will of Richard Clarke, 1733. In 1736 he bought land of Jonathan Combs. Wall —Walter Wall and John Wall were among original purchasers of lands in Monmoth, 1667. Walter settled at Middletown where he was awarded town lot number four and also a share of outland in the division recorded 1667 . He had been one of the original settlers of Gravesend L. I. His grandson, Walter, was a Baptist, and among the founders (1705) of the church of that faith at Middletown. In the records at Freehold, the next named of this family was Garret, who was a son of Walter. He is GENEALOGICAL KECOKD. Ixiii named as early as 1676. Be d. in or shortly before 1713, as in that year fi"™P'^'^®y ^"^^ was a taxpayer, 1731, in Upper Freehold, and again in 1758. In 1761 Garret and Hninphrey "Wall were taxed in Middletown. In Freehold, 1776, John Wall was taxed. In 1801 Humphrey W aU, of Mon- mouth, was deceased. The will of John Wall, of Monmouth, dated 1803, proved 1807, divided his estate into four parts. It named children and grandchildren. Members of the Wall family, with other Jerseymen, went to Eastern Pennsylvania during the first half of the last century. The name Wall occurs among early settlers of New England. Thomas Wall was a magistrate in West Chester county. New York. The Walls were an ancient, honorable family in England with branches in several parts of the kingdom. Walling, Wallen— Gershom WalUng took up land from proprietors 1688. The same year his cattle mark was recorded in old Middletown Town Book. The first of the name Wallen in this country was Ealph Wallen, one of the Pilgrim Fathers, who came to Plymouth 1623 in ship Ann with wife Joyce, who survived him. In Middletown among taxpayers 1761 were Gershom, Gershom, Jr., James, Thomas, Thomas, Jr and John WaUing. Walton— John and Elisha Walton were settled in Freehold previous to the Revolution. William and Jacob Walton, of New York, had mortgage on Tinton Falls property from Vincent Pearse Ashfield in 1770. During the Kevolution Elisha vyas a major in the militia; another Elisha was a cap- tain, and John and Job were also in the militia. Elisha Walton was mem- ber Assembly 1785-6 and of Council 1796-8, and Sheriff 1790-3. William and Jacob Walton, of New York, were grandsons of William' Walton, an eminent New York merchant, who d. May 23, 1745. The son William erected the noted Walton House on Franklin Square; he was wealthy and d. without issue. ' Another family of Waltons was that of Thomas Walton of Stateu Island. Waed— Marmaduke Ward was one of the original purchasers of land in Monmouth, 1667. In the old Topanemus grave yard is a tomb stone to the memory of Anthony Ward, born in Great Britain, who died 1746, aged 76 years. In Shrewsbury, among persons taxed 1764, were Ann Ward, Stephen Ward and Aaron Ward. Wabdell — Eliakim Wardell with wife Lydia were among original set- tlers of Monmouth, named in 1667. He was a Deputy and overseer in Shrewsbury 1667, and chosen associate patentee 1670. Under Grants and Concessions he had a warrant for himself and wife for 240 acres and also other warrants for land. He was the first High Sheriff of Monmouth, after the county was established 1683. He is frequently named in records at Freehold, Trenton and Perth Amboy. It is said that Elialdm Wardell lived on what is now Monmouth Beach. Among taxpayers in Shrewsbury township 1764 was. Jacob Wardell. Wabfoed — John Warford, 1714, bought land from James Stout and Elizabeth his wife. In 1717, he and wife Elizabeth sold land to Daniel Clayton. Wabne — Thomas Wame bought lands in Monmouth 1689, and also 1690. In 1698, he was elected constable but refused to serve. Thomas and Stephen Warne were sons of Thomas Wame, one of the twenty-four proprietors, who was a merchant of Dublin. They came to the province in 1683. Sarah, widow of Richard Francis and dau. of Thomas and Mary Warne, died Aug. 8, 1809, aged 97 years, 11 months, 12 days. Wabnbe— Ralph Warner was a witness to a marriage in Shrewsbury 1692. He was a son of Abigail Scott by her first husband and probably came from Long Island. Watson— Peter Watson bought land of William Hoge 1715. The same year Gawen Watson is named- as grand juror. The will of Peter Watson, of Freehold, dated Feb. 25, 1726, names w. Agnes and sons Wil- liam Gawen and David. In Presbyterian graveyard, Middletown, is a tombstone to the memory of Capt. Abraham Watson, who d. 1756, a. ovpv 67 years. Ixiv HISTOEY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. Wbbb— George Webb was among the number who paid for land in the original purchase of the Indians 1667. He did not come to Monmouth. In Ocean county Zebulon "Webb's sawmill was quite noted the latter part of last century and subsequently. James Webb was m. to Jane Lippencott June 31, 1801, by Daniel Btout of Goodluck. Webley -Edward Webley, in 1686, bought land of an Indian bachem of Crosswioks. He sold land to Thomas Webley 1686. The wiU of Thomas Webley was dated at Shrewsbury, Jan. 10,1698, and proved March 29, 1703. , , . . Wells, Wills— Carvel Wells lived near Oyster Creek, about beginning of present century, on the place in late years owned by James Anderson. Wells bought the place of James Mills, father of James Mills, of Barnegat. Carvel Wells was m. to Eebecca Woodmansee, May 3, 1797. His will was dated 1818 and proved May of same year. James Wells, the father of Carvel, lived a few miles back of Waretown at Wells' Mills. James was of Quaker origin and during the war, having occasion to go off on some busi- ness, he put on the uniform coat of an American soldier which had been left at his house. This came near causing him to be killed, for the Eefugee John Bacon saw him and was about to shoot him, when he discovered who it was. He was well acquainted with Wells and warned him not to try such an experiment again. West— There was a John West who m. Anne Kudyard, dau. of the noted Thomas Budyard. The latter came from Staffordshire, England, to East Jersey in 1682. John West came over on the .ship Blossom, which ar- rived Aug. 7, 1678. In 1693 Ann West, widow of John, desired proprietors to confirm her title to her deceased husband's lands in Somerset county. White— Thomas White bought laud of Thomas Potter and Judah Allen, which they had bought Of Indians, 6th month, 1675. In 1685 Samuel White is named as administrator of Thomas White. The wiU of Thomas White was dated Shrewsbury, Nov. 9, 1712, and proved Dec. 4, 1712. William White was grand juror 1678. In 1714 George Allen deeded land to William White, of Jfew York. Whitlock — Under Grants and Concessions from Proprietors, Thomas Whitlock, in 1675, made claim for himself, wife and three sons, for 120 acres per head— 600 acres. This is perhaps the earliest date named of a settler being m Monmouth. Others claimed to have settled the following year. There was a John Whitlock who settled at Ten Mile Bun in Mid- dlesex county, 1766; and a Moses Whitlock in same vicinity who married Catharine Barkalow about same time. In the Bevolution, James Whitlock was major, Ephraim and John lieutenants, and James and Lockhart,. pri- vates. A number of the family are named among tax payers in Freehold township, 1776. WiLBUK — Samuel and Leah Wilbur were witnesses to a marriage in Friends' Meeting, Shrewsbury, in 1714. Leah Wilbur was m. to' James Tucker in Friends' Meeting, Shrewsbury, in 1717. Samuel Wilbue, of Portsmouth, R. I., had dau. Mary, who m. a Samuel Forman. Perhaps he was the same Samuel Forman, with w. Mary, named in Freehold records 1699 and thereabouts. John Wilbur, an aged citizen of Cedar Creek, who d. about 1850, was son of another John who lived near Toms Biver. WiNNEB, Winnow — John Winnow's (or Winner's) house is named in a survey 1790 between North and Middle branches Forked Biver on main road from Goodluck to Egg Harbor. Jonathan Winner lived at same place at a little later date. Jonathan was m. to Sarah Predmore, July 28, 1800. His dau. or sister-Mary m. Samuel Worden, who d. in 1812; she d. in 1828 a. 59 years. King Winner of Toms Biver, a coasting captain, went West, probably to San Francisco, about forty years ago. Wing — Jerusha Wing m. Thomas Eaton, first of the family in Mon- mouth. She was a widow and had previously m. Joseph Wing, of Sand- wich, Mass., by whom she had two children, Joseph and Jane. Her maiden name was Mayhew and she is supposed to have been dau. of Thomas Mayhew, of Massachusetts. The first of the Wing family in GENEALOGICAL RECOKD. IxV New England was John, who had son John, who had son Joseph, who m. Jenisha Mayhew, April 12, 1672. WHiEiNS— The will of William Wilkins, of Monmouth, was dated Nov. 19, 1732, and proved Jan. 22, 1732. It names w. Alice and eight children. There was a William WiUdns who settled at Gravesend, 1646; the William of Monmouth was his son. He bought land in Middletown of Bichard Hartshbme Dec. 4, 1699. In BurUngton county there was a Thomas Wil- kins. In Upper Freehold 1731, WiUiam and William, Jr., and Obadiah Wilkius are named. WiLLETT, Wnj^BTTS, WiLLis — Thc Cattle mark of Samuel Willett is given, 1676, in the old Middletown Town Bool^. In 1678, he had warrant for 120 acres of land for himself and wife in Shrewsbury from Proprietors. He is named as . an innholder at Wakake about 1700. Timothy Willetts bought of John Reid, one quarter of one twenty-fourth of a Proprietary, and in 1715, 100 acres were surveyed on Metetecunk Kiver. The same year Timothy WiUetts is named as owner of a large share of Poplar Swamp. In 1723, Joseph Willetts was an executor of the estate of Stephen BirdsaJl. John WiUets, son of Stephen and Lydia, was the well remem- bered justice of the peace and judge, residing at West Creek. He was bom April 22, 1797. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, in the Tuckerton company. He was an active member and a local preacher in the Metho- dist church; a judge of the court before Ocean was set ofE from Monmouth and for a long time was considered the most prominent man in West Greek. He married, March 11, 1819, Hannah, dau. of Arthur and Eliza- beth Thompson of Quaker Bridge, by whom he had ten children, four sons and six daughters. Wtt,t,t4ms — Thomas Williams had a patent from Proprietors, l677, for 60 acres of land. John WiUiams had patent, 1681; Edward Williams had patent, 1687. The estate of John Willfams, a loyalist, was confiscated and bought by Hugh NeweU, in 1779 . The deed for this was not recorded until 1826. Members of the family early settled in old Dover township, now in Ocean county. Williamson — John Williamson was granted a tract of land, Oct. 15, 1675. His cattle mark was recorded July 27, 1682. Elbert Williamson, 1736, bought land of John Burnet, Freehold. WasoN — John Wilson was one of the original purchasers of land of the Indians named 1667, and he was awarded town lot No. 3 at Middle- town and also outlands. In 1670 he was chosen deputy. He is frequently named subsequently. The will of John Wilson, of Freehold, was dated March 1, 1732, and proved March 30, 1734. It refers to wife and children, but does not give their names. He d. in 1827, aged over 80 years. ' WiNDEB — Samuel Winder m. Margaret, dau. of Thomas Kudyard. The latter came to New Jersey in 1682, bringing his two daughters, Margai:et and Anne with him. Anne m. John West. WiNTEE — William Winter, cordwainer, in 1690, bought land from Benjamin and wife Abigail Borden. In Middletown, 1761, James Winters was a tax payer. WiNTEKTON — Thomas Winterton was among the original number who were awarded shares Of land in 1667. He was a Deputy of Shrewsbury, 1668. In 1677, Sarah Keape took up 240 acres of land in right of Thomas Wini erton, and wife. WoLCOTT, WoonouTT— Samuel Woolcutt and wife had land from Pro- prietors 1677; also a patent 1681. In 1688, May 10, the Proprietors con- firmed title for 160 acres in Shrewsbury, to Samuel Woolcutt or his heirs, as he was then deceased. His will was dated May 7, 1687, proved Oct. 10, 1687. The grist mill at Eatontown, it is said, was once owned by Peter Wolcott, who erected the present mlU; Wolcott was a carpenter and alsp kept a store. He was father of the late Henry W. Wolcott who was a member of the Legislature, 1840. Wood— John Wood was among the number who paid for a share of land in the original purchase of the Indians, 1667. He was of Newport, Ehode Island. Ixvi HISTOBY OP MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. WooDMANSEE, WooDMANCT — The anoestor of the Woodmansee family of Oeean county was Thomas, who was settled in old Monmouth county at least as early as 1704. He was a son of Gabriel Woodmansee of New London, Conn., who bought land there 1665. He d. 1685. He had son Thomas, who came to old Shrewsbury township, N. J., and Joseph and Gabriel. He had also a daughter who married and left descendants. David, son of Thomas, was settled at or near Forked Eiver as early as 1749. Samuel 'Woodmansee and w. Abigail settled in Ohio about 1818 or ' 1819, and their son, George Woodmansee, was b at New Lexington in 1820. Francis Woodmansee, son of Samuel, had one son Joseph, and both were among early emigrants to Ohio. They settled between New Lexing- ton and Vienna, where Francis took up some 1600 acres of land at about $10 or SI 5 per acre, most of which was worth before he died, $50 or $75 per acre. He had been a prosperous vessel owner at Forked Kiver, and took out with him, it is supposed, some $50,000 in cash. Joseph, son of Francis and Hannah Woodmansee, d. Nov. 1, 1868, aged nearly 62 years. His wife, Abigail, d. Aj)ril 16, 1875, aged 66 yrs. A fine monument to their memory is erected in the cemetery at Vienna, Clinton county, Ohio. Keuben Woodmansee's son John and w. Harriet had several children, one of whom m. Newell Parker, son of ex-Sheriff Joseph Parker of Forked Eiver. Reuben Woodmansee died, it is supposed, about 1808. His widow subsequently m. Jesse A. Woodmansee and had two children. WooDEow — Henry Woodrow of Freehold, sold land in Upper Freehold to Hugh Cowperthwaite, in 1749. WooDWAED — Anthony Woodward is fi-equently named in ancient Monmouth records about the beginning of the last century. He was of Freehold township in 1700. In 1704, he was a member of the Provincial Legislature from the county, and was also a justice or assistant judge of the court, 1704-8 and therabouts. Among tax payers in Upper Freehold in 1731, were Joseph, William, Thomas and Widow Woodward Anthony Woodward, named above, was the founder of the New Jersey family of Woodward, was born in Derbyshire, England, 1657. He came to America in or shortly after 1682, and at length settled in New Jersey. WooLLEY — Emanuel WooUey is the first of this name mentioned in Freehold records. He was among the number who paid for and was awarded a share of land in Monmouth, 1667. He belonged to Newport, E. I., where he was freeman, 1655. He did not settle in Monmouth, and as some of his children came to the county it is presumed his share of land came into their possession. The sons Edward, William and John are supposed to be the persons of these names who subsequently married in Monmouth. WoETH — William Worth had warrant for land, 1681, from Proprietors. Morris Worth had warrant for land same year. In 1687, WilHam Worth, planter, Shrewsbury, had warrant for 50 acres on Eumsons Neck; also for 100 acres on Burhngton Path. Edward Worth was a tax payer in Shrews- bury, 1764. The name Worth appears earlier in Middlesex than in Mon- mouth. Eichard Worth was one of the original settlers of Woodbridge; John was a member of Provincial Assembly, 1699. In Shrewsbury, 1764, Edward Worth was a tax payer. , WoETHLEY— John Worthley of Shrewsbury, had warrant for 158 acres -"^from Proprietors, 1679., Eichard Worthley was taxed in Shrewsbury, WoBDEN, Waeden— Penelope Warden was licensed to m. David Wood- mansee Dec. 21, 1744. Hannah Warden was licensed to m. James Wood- mansee Oct. 5, 1758. David and James Woodmansee lived in the present township of Lacey. " Samuel Warden's works " are mentioned in a survey to Jacob Lawrence of land fifteen chains below North Branch Forked River on south side, in 1754. Samuel Warden's works were probably salt works. Previous to this, the name of Warden appears at Perth Amboy. There was a Peter Warden of Piseataway, 1743, and a Peter Worden of Somerset, who in 1775 made will. There was a Sarah Worden who was m. to Thomas Casner in Stafford township by Amos Pharo about 1800. GENEJiJ;OGICAL KECOED. IxTii One of tihe first, probably the first of the Worden family in America, was Peter Worden, who, it is supposed, came from Clayton, Lancashire, Eng- land, and went to Lynn, Mass., and from thence to Yamxouth, Barnstable county, in the same State. His wiU was dated Feb. 9, 1638, and proved March 5th, 1638. Admiral John Lorimer Worden, the hero of the battle between the Monitor and Merrimac, was b. at Mt. Pleasant, in West Ches- ter county. New Ydrk, March 12, 1818. He was son of Ananias Worden, who was son of George Worden. Admiral Worden has a marked resem- blance to some of the Worden family of Ocean county. Wtckopp, Wykopp — Peter WyckofE, and others of Flatlands, bought, March 10, 1685, of John Bowne, 500 acres of land in Monmouth, which Bowne had received from proprietors for grants and concessions. The common ancestor of the WyckofE family was Peter Claesz, who emigrated from the Netherlands in 1636 and finally settled in Flatlands, L. I. He m. tirietje, dau. of Hendrick Van Ness. Among taxpayers in JVKddletown, 1761, was John WyckofE; in Shrewsbury, 1764, Peter WyckofE. Yabd — John Yard was a witness, 1717, 6th of 9th Ino., to marriage of Daniel Tilton to Elizabeth Powell, both of Monmouth, at Friends' Meet- ing Honse, Shrewsbuiy. William H. Yard was taxed in Upper Freehold in 1758. William Yard, ancestor of this family, came from Exeter, in Dev- onshire, England, about 1688, and settled first in Philadelphia and after- wards at Trenton. He had four sons, two of whdin, Joseph and William, accompanied him to Trenton. It was at one time proposed to call thi^ place Yardtown but finally Trentstown, since shortened to Trenton, was settled upon. The son WiUiam had five children. The name Yard was originally DeYarde, and' the family is very ancient in Devonshire, and it is said the founder came over with the Normans. In the Cromwell wars, John Yard, a valiant gentleman, is noted in the chronicles of Devonshire for his heroism in leading Lord Gray's forces across a bridge in the face of the enemy. The original surname of this family, De Yard, suggests that its founder was a superintendent of the grounds or yard, or perhaps quartermaster of a castle or place occupied by soldiers. / [Note— Among Mr. Salter's voluminous papers, the following afldltional genealogical notes under the letters H, I, J, K. and P, were not discovered until after the princi- pal portion of the record had been printed. They are herewith inserted.] Haundbll, Hoendbll, Harndaie— John HaundeU was among original purchasers of land 1667. He was of Newport, E. I, and he sold his share of land to Sarah Keape, Deo. 8, 1674. His will, 1685, named two married daughters, Mary and Rebecca. The name properly seems to have been Homdell, but it is given as HaundeU, Harndale, Herndell and Harnden. Heaksb— Thomas Hearse lived in old Shrewsbury. In 1691 he sold lands at Shark Kiver, to Thomas Webley. His will was dated Jan. 26, 1714 and directs that the house and lands wherein he lived should not be sold' but left for the use of the poor of Shrewsbury, or for a school house, as the justices of the peace shaU determine. His w. Priscilla was also de- vised property but as executrix to take advice on busmess of Jennett Lip- pencott and EUzabeth Worthley; bequests to these women and to others ^^"^^H^BBON Hepbubn— In 1705 John Hebron of Freehold, sold land to Peter Vandeventer of Middletown. In 1709 he is named as a commis- sioner. In 1714 John Hepburn was named as a commissioner. Hbddbn— Marcus Hedden's or Hedding's dam is named on ioms River 1748. In Christ Church burying ground in Middletown, are tomb- stones to the memory of Jonathan Headden Y^° /■ /P"! 5,^|f ' 1^7 yrs., 2 mos. 11 days; Mary, his w., b. Aug. 5, 1791, died April 28, 1847. Ld to their daus". Esther, who d. 1843 Caroline, 1841, and Mary 1846 At Freehold are records of deeds from Marcus Hedden ''^d ^-Esther of Middletown. In StafEord township Jonathan Headden bought 1^"^^ in 1800 of J.>uke Corteney and wife. In 1790, Sarah Heady bought land of John Comns and wife The Hedden family seems to have been quite numerous in Morris county. kviii HISTOKY OP MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES, Hellens— Nicholas Hellens bought land of Ambrose Stelle of Freehold, 1715. Hbndbkson — ^In the old Scotch burying ground is a tombstone to the memory of Michael Henderson who d. Aug. 23d, 1722; also to John Hen- derson who d. Jan. 1st, 1771, in his seventy-fourth year. John Hender- son was chosen clerk of the old Scotch Presbyterian Church, June 9th, 1730. In 1746, he is named as an elder in the Freehold Presbyterian Church. The church edifice now known as the Tennent church was built in 1753 and in 1754 the pews were sold and John Henderson paid £16 for pew number six. Among interments of Eevolutionary soldiers in the old Tennent burying ground were those of Captain John Henderson, and Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Henderson. This family was of Scotch origin and many descend from the John Henderson who came over in the ship Henry and Francis in 1685. In Freehold, 1776, among persons assessed were Dr. Thomas and Captain John Henderson and Samuel Henderson. Members of this family were active in the Bevolution. Hendeickson — Daniel Hendrickson and John Gibbonson (Guiberson), of Platbush, L. I., in 1693, deeded land to William Whitlock. Hendrlck Hendrickson was juror, 1699. Daniel is named in court proceedings, 1700. He was high sheriff in the county about 1707, the first Dutchman ap- pointed to this office. In the records of the old Brick Church, Marl- borough, David Hendrickson and w. Katrink Van Dyke, and William Hen- drickson and w. are named among original members, 1709. Gerrit Hen- drickson was an early treasurer of same church. The name Hendrickson occurs at an early date among settlers of New Amsterdam, now New York, and on Long Island. In the records of the old Dutch Eef ormed Church, Ne w York, Jeurgie Hendrickzen was witness to a baptism, 1640. Daniel Hen- drickson, the first of this family named in Monmouth records, was said to be of Flatbush, L. I., 1693. Tobias Hendrickson was an active business man at Toms River about the time of the Eevolution, owning saw mills, etc. He m. Bebecca, dau. of John Coward. Tobias S. Hendrickson m. Margaret Herbert, dau. of Joseph. She was b. Jan. 27th, 1802. They had children, Peter Perrine, Alchee, Samuel T., T. Conover and J. Holmes. David Y. Hendrickson, b. 1823, m. Catharine E. Perrine, dau. of WiUiam I. They had children, Charles, William P. and Catharine. He d. Feb. 20th, 1863, and his w. Catharine m. second husband Joseph Dey and she d. 1883. A Monmouth tradition says that the William Hendricks, first named in Monmouth, had two grandsons who settled in Eastern Pennsyl- vania and that from one of these descended the late Vice President, Thomas A. Hendricks, of Indiana. Hon. William Hendricks once in Con- gress from Indiana, and an uncle of the late Vice President, was born in Westmoreland county, Pa., 1783, and moved to Indiana in 1814. Hepbuen — John Hepburn was named as a commissioner in 1714. The name Hepburn occurs as a land and mill owner in Ocean county, in sur- veys two or three generations later. Heebbet, Haebebt, Hakeoe — Bridgett Herberi made an agreement to rent house and land in Middletown, of Edward Smith, March 25, 1671. Thomas Herbert, yeoman, of Middletown, had warrant for 131 acres of land in 1676, and 132 acres in 1677. In 1695-8, Thomas Herbert was col- lector of Middletown. In 1703 Walter Herbert, of Shrewsbury, deeded land to his loving brother Henry, of Middletown. ■ In 1732 Henry Herbert bought land at "Barnegat on Metetecunk," of Wilham Marsh and others. Among soldiers in the Revolutionary army were James, Daniel, John and Thomas Herbert, of Monmouth, and Obadiah, Robert and Edward Herbert (or Harbert) of Middlesex, and Samuel Herbert, county not named. Hon. John W. Herbert, of Marlborough, gives his line of descent as follows : Obadiah, one of the nine children of Obadiah Herbert and w. Hannah Law- rence, m. in 1765, Elizabeth, granddaughter of Thomas Warne, and had three sons, John, William and Obadiah, and two daughters, Sarah and EUzabeth. The son William, b. 1771, in Middlesex county, married, in 1801, Eleanor Conover, dau. of Benjamin, and had children Obadiah Con- over, William W., John W., Abby E., Hannah E., who m. Garret Cottrell GENEALOGICAL RECORD. Ixix and Eleanor. John W. Herbert m. in 18.'>7 Agnes D. Wright, dau. of Savage Wnght. Oonover Herbert m. Ehzabeth, dau. of David Provost and had several children. Hetjghes— Abner Heughes is named as a defendant in land trials 1701. Hetdek— William Heyder had warrant for 60 acres of land in Shrews- bury 1676. HiOK— Benjamin Hick is named as both plaintiff and defendant in suits 1689. Joseph Hickke is called brother by PrisciUa Hearse, in her wiU 1720. Mrs. Sarah Eeape became possessor of the share of land in Monmouth of Gabriel Hicks . HiGHAM— Thomas Higham was m. 1696 by Peter Tilton to Jane Sad- ler, widow of Eichard Sadler. HiGGEsrs— Richard Higgens, deceased, left widow Phebe of Essex county, and letters of administration were granted to Peter Le Conte, physician, of Monmouth. Thomas Higgens' will, 1702, is ainong Middle- sex unrecorded wills filed in Secretary of State's office, Trenton. HiGBEB —Edward Higbee, of Middletown, in will dated Aug. 21, 1716, names sons and daughters. It is said that Edward Higbie m. a dau. of Thomas Skidmore, of Long Island or Connecticut. An Edward Higbie, of BurHngton county, one of the sons, probably, was appointed his admin- istrator . HiLBOENB — Thomas Hilborne had patent for land from proprietors 1681. In 1694 he is named as a grand juror. He m. Elizabeth flatten, a widow, in Shrewsbury, 12th of 10th mo., 1688. HoFF — John Hoff, single man, was taxed 1761, in Middletown. In 1793 John Hoflf and Helena, his w., deeded land to Thomas Stout. It is said that JohnHofE was a son of William Hoff, and that his w. Helena was dau. of John Stout, and great-granddaughter of Bichard and Penelope Stout, founders of the Stout family in New Jersey. John Hoff and HeUenah, his wife, had eight children. Leonard, the eldest, was killed during the Revolutionary war. He was shot by a Tory named John Tilton, in May, 1778, after he had surrendered as a prisoner of war. The Hoff family were early settlers of the north-eastern jiart of the State. The will of Tunis Hoff of Somerset was dated 1733. Members of this family of Somerset and Hunterdon, were soldiers in the Revolutionary war. The Hoff family are of Dutch origin, and their name first appears in Long Island records as Haff or Haf. HoFFMiEE —In records of marriages in Middletown Town Book is the following: Joshua Silverwood and Mary Hofmer were m. at Ry, (Rye?) by -Joseph Horten, magistrate of ye fore said town of Ricy, this 5th of Janu- ary, 1679." The will of Samuel Hoff mire of Middletown, dated Nov. 24th, 1710, was proved June 3d, 1712. HoGE — WiUiam Hoge is named as a grand juror, 1700; in 1710, he is named as of Freehold in a deed from him to Peter Watson. He was prob- ably of Scotch origin, some of the name being mentioned among Scotch who were supposed to have come to Perth Amboy, HoLMAH — The first of this family name in Freehold records was Sam- uel Holeman or HoUman, of Newport, R. I., who was among the. original purchasers, 1667. In the division of town lots at Middletown, recorded Deo. 30th, 1667, he was given lot number thirteen and also an outlet same number . He did not however settle in Monmouth. The first of this name who settled in Monmouth was Robert Holman who bought land of Daniel BstUe, 1689 . Joseph Holman of Upper Freehold, left will dated Sept. 10th, 1740, proved Sept. 26th, 1741; it named w. Thamson, six sons and four daus. In 1801, April 15th, Robert Holman m. .Elizabeth Daw- son. The first of the name of Holman who came to America was Edward, who had land granted to him at Plymouth, 1623. HoBABiN— John Horabin was among original purchasers, 1667. He is named as a defendant in court, 1675, and his cattle mark was recorded in the old Middletown Town Book. HoBNDELL— John HorndeU, or Haundell paid for a share of land, 1667. He was of Newport, E. I., and he sold his share to Sarah Reape, Dec. 8th, Ixx HISTOEY 01' MONMOUTH AND OCEAN OOTTNTIES. 1674. He was a freeman of Newport, 1655, and Ms will was dated New- port, 1685. HoENPULL— The will of Richard HornfuU, of Upper Freehold, dated 1806, proved same year, named w. Sarah, sons John, William and Ezekiel, and daughters Martha and Elizabeth. HoKNEB— John Homer and w. Mary, of Tadeaster, in Yorkshire, Eng- land, in 1683 came to America, and they and Isaac Horner were settled in Burlington county 1685. Richard Horner, who lived near Haines ville, had sons Benjamin, Richard, Joseph, Merritt, David and Isaac. The son Ben- jamin m. Hannah, dau. of John Hammel, and one of their sons, Hon. George D. Horner, represented Ocean county in the State Senate for six years. He resides at New Egypt and is a well-known Professor of the Academy at that place. Some members of this family owned farms near Hornerstown, from whom many years ago the village derived its name. Of this family was Judge Alexander Horner, of Camden. Thirty-eight of this family served in the Revolutionary army. HoESMAU— Marmaduke Horsman is named in a road survey, 1708. Among tax payers in Upper Freehold, 1731, were Marmaduke Horsman and Samvel Horsman. HowAED — The first of this name in old Monmouth was Matthias Howard, who, with his w. Hester, lived at PoUand Point. They were among the first settlers there, as Henry Percy deeded land to him May 16th, 1669. Wright Soper who d. near Barnegat about 1834, m. Elizabeth ■ Howard, who, it is said, was of the Burlington family of Howards. The Howards were an ancient family on Long Island. William Howard, the founder, settled at New Lotts. He bought land 1699. He lived to be a century old. He had w. Abigail and four children. HuBBAED — James Hubbard, the first of this family who settled in Monmouth, was named in census of GraveSend, Long Island, 1698; shortly after this he left and settled in Middletown, where he purchased land. In 1710 he bought land of James Cox, late of Middletown, now of Freehold; in 1711 he was justice. In 1721 Major James Hubbard sold land to Aaron Flyhowart or Frythowart,' weaver. His will was dated Jan. 30, 1719, proved Jan. 16, 1724; it named w. Rachel, son James and daughters. The son James, named in the will, it is said, was an imbecile and d. 1764 with- out issue, hence the father has no descendants bearing the name of Hub- bard. The Hubbards of old Monmouth descend from Samuel, a brother of the first James of Monmouth, who had a son also named James, b. June 18, 1706, who m.-Sept., 1729, AUye Ryder and had children. The follow- ing curious entry was copied from Lib. 3 of Gravesend records, by the late Hon. T. G. Bergen : "The record of mee James Hubbard: To Certifie mine or any other of his brethren William: John; Henry and Margret wth him selve ye youngest of leaven sonns and Dafters; yet butt five known of here of our father Henry Hubbard and our mother Margrett; of ye Towne of Langham : in ye Countye of Ruttland, yeaman; stands upon ye record of ye regester To be ye 123: Generation; As I have reoeved by letters in ye yeare 1669: & my children wth ye Rest of my Bretherens children are ye 124: Generation: wch I, James Hubbard of Gravesend on ye wester end of long He land de- sired To have Recorded on ye Tunies Register of Gravesend: for his Chil- dren To add & to have respect unto: for there better knowledge of There Relations in ye parts of Urope ye land of England in Cass of There TraveUs To Those parts." Of the eleven children of Henry and Margaret Hubbard of Langham, Rutlandshire, England, WilUam, John, Henry, Margaret, and James, who was the youngest, came to America. HuBBS— Joseph Hubbs is named as defendant 1689. Charles Hubbs of.JMadnan's Neck, Long Island, bought landof Caleb Shreve, of Freehold, 1699. Charles Hubbs was a grand juror 1720, and the same year Robert Hubbs was shot at by an Indian. HtTDDv — Captain Joshua Huddy who had command of the Block House, Toms River, in 1782, was a captain in the Militia, 1777, in which GENEALOGICAL RECORD. Ixxi year he was authorized to raise a company of artiUery. In 1778, he was stationed at Haddonfield, and the following year he was in service in Mon- mouth. He was inhumanly hanged by the Refugees, April 12th, 1782 He left a -widow and two children Elizabeth and, Martha. Martha m. a l-ratt and went West to Cincinnati, Ohio, where she was living in 1836 at the advanced age of 75 yrs. Ehzabeth m. a Greene and both daughters left descendants. The name Huddy is among the earhest of West jlrsev Hugh Huddy is named as taking up laud, 1681-1710 HuET, HtiiT, Hewett— Eandall Huet, Sr., and Eandall Huet, Jr., were among original settlers and named as "townshippers," 1667 The father was given town lot at Portland Point number seven, and the son lot num- ber SIX. The court was held at the home of Eandall Huett, Sr., in 1669 Ihis family is said to be of Huguenot origin. EandaU Huet died soon after settling at Poriand Point. His will was dated Jan. 12th, 1669 He left w Margaret and three sons. He was probably a merchant and innkeeper as among the bdls for articles furnished to the Indians in exchange for their land was an item of one pound sterling paid to Eandall Huet for rum- and the court was also held at his house. Bridgett Huett was m. to John Chambers, Sept. 4th, 1696. Sarah Huet. dau. of Thomas m. John Lippen- cott 7th 5 mo., 1692. HuLET, HuLETT— George HuUett took oath of allegiance in Shrews- bury 1668. In 1679 he was granted by proprietors 192 acres and his name given as Hulett and Hewlet. The name of Hulett is frequently found in old surveys of land between Toms Eiver and Forked Eiver. In 1745 a swamp "formerly called Hulett's swamp," on Forked Eiver, '(then called Oyster Greek) is named. In 1748 Eobert Hulett's dwelling house at or near Goodluck is named, and Hulett's grist mill subsequently named may have been on the stream now known as Quail Eun, in Berkeley town- ship. The noted Thomas Potter, who built the old Goodluck Church, m. Mary Hulett, dau. of Eobert Hulett; Mary Hulett Potter, w. of Thomas, executed a deed for one-half of the Goodluck church property to Eev. John Murray. This deed is still weU preserved and in possession of Mr. Sogers, at Manchester. Eobert Hulett had another dau. named Elizabeth, who probably m. Isaac Potter. In 1764 the family was quite numerous in old Shrewsbury township, which then extended to Oyster Creek in the present county of Ocean. The first of this name in Monmouth was George. The name of George Hewlett was previously (1659) found at Hempstead, L. I. ^ Hull— Raque Hull was taxed in Upper Freehold 1758. Jeremiah was taxed 1776 La Freehold. Judge John Hull, son of Hopewell Hull was b. between Princeton and New Brunswick in 1762 and came to Monmouth county where he lived 60 years. He d. in 1853 in his 92d year. He had two daughters one of whom married Amzi McLean, Esq., of Freehold, and the other married a Mitchell, of White Plains, N. Y. Htjlshabt, HoiiSABET — Benjamin Holsaert bought land of Thomas Hankinson 1717; he and w. Annitje Luyster joined the Marlborough Brick Church same year, where the baptism of several of their children was re- corded. In 1718 he bought land in Freehold township of Marte Salem and also from Cornelius Salem. In these deeds he is said to be from New Utrecht, L. I. The will of Benjamin Holsaert, recorded at Trenton, was dated Oct. 18, 1732, proved May 20, 1733. It named w. Hanneke and sev- eral children. In 1761 Tice Hulst was among taxpayers in Middletown township and in 1764 Garret Hulsart and Daniel Hulstats in Shrewsbury township. Hun, Hunn — The will of Adrian Hunn of Middletown was dated Jan. 11th, 1737, and proved Jan. 18th, 1737. It named w. Phebe. He was buried in Topanemus graveyard; he d. Jan. J 5th, 1737, aged 28 years and 7 months. Thomas Hun was a tax payer 1761, in Middletown. He was a major in the Eevolution and cashiered 1781 for conduct unbecoming an officer. John S. Hunn was a private in that war. HuNLOCK — Letters of administration on estate of Francis Bowne, widow, were granted to Thomas Hunlocke, 1717. Ixxii HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. Hdnt— William and Ann Htinl, are named 1685, among witnesees to the marriage of Job Throckmorton to Sarah Leonard. William Hunt's lands are referred to 1708. in road surveys; he was a gi-and juror, 1711. _ Hutchinson— Kobert Hutchinson's "corner tree" is referred to in a road survey, 1705. In 1712 he bought land of Edward Lambard which he and w. Sarah sold in 1716. to Lawrence Van Hook— both of Freehold. In 1750, and thereabouts, several tracts of land in what is now Ocean county were owned by WilHam Hutchinson. The noted Methodist preachers, Eob- ert, Sylvester and Aaron Hutchinson, brothers, were of this family, and they had a fourth brother who was also a preacher. They were grandsons of Wilham and Ann Hutchinson, the latter of whom has this remarkable in- scription on her tombstone: "Sacred to the memory of Ann Hutchinson, relict of William Hutchinson, Esq., departed this life Jan. 4th, 1801, aged 101 years, 9 months, 7 days. She was the mother of thirteen children, and grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother of 375 per- sons." Rev. Sylvester Hutchinson d. Nov. 11th, 1840, aged 75 years. The founder of this branch of the Hutchinson family of New Jersey was Eobert, one of the persecuted Scotch who came to this country in 1685, and landed at Perth Amboy and from thence eventually reached Mon- mouth. HuTTON — Samuel Hutton in 1677 wanted a warrant for as much land as appears to be due to Peter Easton as a first purchaser. Peter Easton was a first purchaser; he lived in Ehode Island. Hutton probably d. be- fore 1681, as in that year Elizabeth Hutton or Hatton claimed warrant for land. Hyees, Hikes, Hevbes — William Hyer, late of New Brunswick, bought land 1730 of Thomas Boels, Freehold. John Hyer, cooper, of Monmouth, bought land in Monmouth of Thomas Warne in 1730. In 1743 William Hyer and w. Marie joined the old Marlborough Church. Among taxpayers in Middletown 1761 were William, John, Peter and William Hire (as the name was spelled on Assessor's book). In the Eevolutiouary war Hen- drick, Walter and 'William Hier were soldiers. Walter was wounded at Pleasant Valley,. Middletown township, in a skirmish June 21, 1781, by a cut on his forearm with a sword or cutlass and by the wound he lost part of the bone and his hand was rendered almost entirely useless. In Free- hold, 1776, among taxpayers were Walter Hire and George Hire. The founder of this family was of English origin, though the first cqmer to America settled with the Dutch of New York. Five of the Hyer or Heyers family intermarried with five children of Tenuis Van Pelt who lived for a short time in Monmouth, but returned to Gowanus, near Brooklyn. The will of Garret Hires, of Freehold, proved 1812, named w. Mary and seven children. James A. Hyer, a weU known resident of Toms Eiver, d. Nov. 17, 1883, aged 65 years. He m. a sister of Ex-SherifE Clay- ton Eobbins; she d. some five years before him. He left two sons and two daughters. He was b. in Monmouth county, but came to Toms Eiver about 1844. At one time he kept the old tavern opposite Cowdrick's Hotel and also once ran a stage between Toms Eiver and Freehold. Judge Lewis A. Hyer, editor of the Eahway Democrat was a younger brother. Imlay— Peter Imlay bought land, 1693, of Thomas Boel. In 1710, Patrick Imlay and w. Margaret sold land to Adrian Bennett. In 1705, Patrick Imlay was one of the founders of the Presbyterian Church of Freehold. The mill at the place now known as Imlaystown, came into pos- session of an Imlay about a century and a half ago and he owned it until about 1763. The mill at Allentown was bought by Peter Imlay 1781, and John Imlay, 1792. Dr. AViUiam Eugene Imlay lived in his later years at Toms Eiver where he died in 1803, aged 48 yrs. He was son of Peter and Susannah Imlay; he graduated at Princeton 1773; during the Eevolutiou he was captain in the third regiment, Hunterdon county, also captain in the Continental army. He was frequently elected to responsible town oflaces in old Dover township. His descendants emigrated West. Ingham, Ingram — Thomas Ingham and ye widow Elizabeth Cox were m in Middletown, Sept. 9th, 1G81, as recorded in Middletown Town Book in GENEALOGICAL RECORD. Ixxiii the latter part of 1690. The name is early mentioned in New England; Thomas Ingham of Seituate had a child who d. 1647, and he is named in Plymouth Colony Kecords 1663, as a weaver. The name was sometimes given as Ingraham and Ingram. Inman — Tradition says that the first of this name in Ocean county -whs Aaron, who was b. 1709, and came from Pawtucket, B. I., and settled in Stafford township. He had sons Job and Stephen. Esther Inman, widow of Job, bought land, 1813. John Inman was m. to Ehzabeth Lip- pencott Oct. 23d, 1796, by Amos PHaro, Justice of the Peace. THe founder of the Rhode Island family was Edward Inman. The old stock of Inmans in Stafford were noted as whale catchers. They had boats, harpoons, kettles, etc , on the beach. Aaron Inman d. at Barnegat, April 21st, 1888, aged 98 years. He had sons Stephen, iErewis, Jarvis, Michael and Barton. Stephen Inman, brother of Aaron, lived at Barnegat and had children William, Stephen, John E. and dau. who m. Richard Cox. Aaron Inman's son Michael was master of the schooner Jonas hpai'ks dur- the late civil war and with one of his brothers was drowned by the sinking of the vessel in the Potomac His son Barton became also master of a vessel and died at Baltimore in 1887. Innes —The cattle mark of Archibald Innes is reoorde d in Middletown. Town Book, March, 1689. In 1709 Alexander Innes, clerk of Middletown, sold land near Daniel Applegate's and others. Rev. George Keith, in his journal of Oct. 26, 1702, says Alexander Innes was in priest's orders. He continued to preach in Freehold, Shrewsbury and Middletown until his death in 1713. It is said that he gave ten acres of land on which Christ church, Middletown, stands and left five pounds to each of the churches where he had preached. His wiU was dated July 7, 1713, and proved Aug. 3, 1713, and named niece Margaret, daii. of John Innes, deceased, late of Aberdeen, North "Britain. Executors, Archibald Innes and Dr. John Johnson. Isaacs— Solomon Isaacs, late of Freehold, was appointed attorney for Isaac Emanuel about 1720-3. Ikons — James Irons was taxed in Shrewsbury, 1764. About 1795 to 1800 James Irons and John Irons are named as living between Toms River and Schenck's Mills. The will of John Irons, dated 1820, proved 1821, named w. Hannah, eight sons and one daughter, heirs A tradition in this family says they descend from a Scotchman, who went to Connec- ticut first and from thence to New Jersey, and that he had ti- " "e sons named Garret, James and John. '•■ IviNS — Caleb Ivins' saw-mill is mentioned in surveys in latter part of last century. Anthony Ivins took up land in Ocean county in 1815 and subsequently. This family descend from ancestors who were early set- tlers in Burhngton county. Isaac Ivins had license to marry Sarah John- son of Mansfield, Burlington county, April 26, 1711. In 1724, Isaac Ivins owned 84 acres in Springfield township. Isaac, Sr. and Isaac, Jr. are named 1750 to 1760. One of them, probably Isaac, Sr. kept a store at Georgetown in BurUngton. In 1773 Isaac Ivins, Jr., of Chesterfield, Bur- lington county, bought a plantation in Upper Freehold of Robert and Eliz- abeth Hutchinson. In 1800, Aaron Ivins, deceased, of Bucks county, Pa., had executor Aaron Ivins, who sold land on Doctors Creek, near AUentown, to John Clayton . The branch of the Ivins family which settled at Toms River, descended from Israel Ivins, son of Moses and Kesiah Ivins. He was b. Feb. 19, 1760, and m Margaret Woodward, and d. June 11, 1822. They had eight sons. Anthony, b. Sept. 28, 1781, m. Sarah R. WalUn and d. April 21, 1851; Samuel, d. Nov. 29, 1819; Robert, d. Feb 27, 1816; Moses, d. April 30, 1876; Israel, d. 1802; George W. d. April 5, 1876; James, d. April 3, 1877: Charles, d. Jan. 29, 1875. The son Anthony settled at Toms River, and was a leading man in business and public matters. He had several children. Margaret W. who married Washington McKean. Thomas W. born March 5, 1809, m. Mary A. Lippencott, Dec. 11 1834 d.- March 8, 1877. Emeline m. Daniel W. Bills, AUentown; Israel, who settled in Utah. Anthony, d. Oct. 2, 1817. Anthony W., re- Ixxiv HISTOKY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. moved to Utah, and d. Nov. 23, 1870. Edward W., d. March 1880. One of his sons, Anthony, long lived near New Egypt. He was a member of the Legislature in 1860. He had children Elizabeth L. who m. Thomas M. Howard, Jan. 13, J 858; Howard who m. Mary Emma, daughter Selah Oli- phant, Jan. 13, 1863, and was Treasurer of State of New Jersey, 1866-7, and Abahne T. Ivins. Edward W. Ivins was SherifiE of Ocean county 1853-6, and Superintendent of Life Saving Stations. Jackson— Francis Jackson, carpenter, bought, in 1675, Hugh Dike- man's share of land. He was attorney for Christopher Allmy 1684. In 1686 a warrant 'for land was granted by Proprietors to Francis Jackson; also January, 1687, for 179 acres and March, 1687, for' 100 aoies. In 1694 he bought land of Hannaniah Gifford. He was court crier 1683-4. In 1696, he was witness to a deed between Thomas Cook and Thomas Web- ley. He d. about 1698, as in that year Samuel Leonard was administrator to his estate. He left children Wilham, Mary, Elizabeth aged 12 years and Francis Jackson, Jr., aged 13 months. It is probable that his wife died shortly before he did as the last named child was given to the care of Francis Borden and Jane his wife, and the administrator was directed to pay for its care; the dau. Elizabeth was also given in care of Francis Bor- den, who may have been related. The son William was placed with George Allen to learn the weaver's trade; the dau. Mary was placed with John Worthly and Elizabeth his wife. Francis had bequest in will of Francis Borden, 1703. In old Shrewsbury township, among tax- payers in .1764 were Benjamin Jackson, William Jackson and son, and WilUam Jackson, Jr. In 1776 Henry and Richard Jackson lived in Freehold. Edwin Jackson, an aged citizen of Toms Eiver, who lived at one time on the Salter place on the bay, d. Oct. 30, 1883, a. 93 years. In 1815, March 21, Joseph Salter and w. Rachel deeded this land to Na- thaniel Jackson, Edwin Jackson and Joseph JaBkson for S6,500, beginning at mouth of Dillon's Island Greek, along Toms River 65 chains, refers to Ezekiel's Creek; one thousand acres; also one-third of a swamp; refers to house where one Stout hves, formerly James Mott's. In Massachusetts there was and is a Jackson family of considerable prominence. The • history and .genealogy of the family which has been published and the name Francis occurs in this family in almost every generation. On Long Island a Jackson family, of which Robert Jackson of Southold, 1643, was the fouD'^^r, has been quite noted. A sketch of this family is given j- .. ilffompson's History of Long Island, vol. 2, p. 37. WilUam Jf-^iuJ is named in Court records 1716 to 1718 and thereabouts. His eldest dau. is referred to in John Hulett's will 1736. In 1698 a Jackson came into court and chose George Curlies his guardian ; his first name is not clearly written in court records, but it was probably Hugh, and the date being the same year that Francis Jackson d., leads to the inference that he was the eldest son of the last named. In 1719 Hugh Jackson bought land from Nicholas Brown, of Burlington county, "his loving brother-in-law," land in Monmouth, then occupied by said Jackson. Brown had formerly lived in Monmouth. He is also called brother-in-law by Nicholas Potter in a deed 1729. Another Hugh Jackson of a succeeding generation, and w. Mary, had children; Hugh, b. March 25, 1 754, d. Feb. 12, 1834; William, Peter, Isaac, Joseph, Mary and Mercy. This line has been preserved. Jacob— Thomas Jacob and w. had patent for 120 acres from Propri- etors in 1676 in Shrewsbury Jacob Jacobs had a sawmill and owned land about 1760 near Toms River. Jacob's Branch may have derived its nam© from him. In 1764 Honce Jacobs was taxed in old Shrewsbury township. Jacob Jacobs was an overseer of Speedwill sawmill on East Branch of Wading River. Jacob Jacobs in 1761, bought land in Toms River on east side of Doctors Long Swamp, "which vents into Toms River at west end of Dillon's Island." Jacobs' saw-mill is named about same time. His line of land and mill are frequently referred to. In 1764, Honce Jacobs was taxed in old .Shrewsbury township. Jacob Jacobs probably went to Wading River, as in 1779, one Jacob Jacob was overseer of Sj)eedwell saw- GENEALOGICAL EECOKD. Isxv mm, owned by Benjamin Randolph Jake's branch. is named in surveys 1 Q?c' 1^, *^^