Historical and genealogical miscellany : early settlers of New Jersey and their descendants, Vol. III, Part 1

Author: Stillwell, John Edwin, 1853-1930, comp
Publication date: 1903
Publisher: New York, N.Y.
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HISTORICAL


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GENEALOGICAL MISCELLANY


Early Settlers of New Jersey and their Descendants


JOHN E. STILLWELL, M. D.


VOL. III


NEW YORK


1914


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DEDICATION


TO THE MEMORY OF MY VALUED FRIENDS THE LATE REV. WILLIAM WHITE HANCE, OF SHREWSBURY, N. J. AND THE LATE JAMES STEEN, ESQUIRE, OF EATONTOWN, N. J.


UPRIGHT MEN, AND INDUSTRIOUS AND HELPFUL GENEALOGISTS.


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Although the material for volumes three, four and five, of this Historical and Genealog- ical Miscellany, has long been ready for the printer and while eight years have elapsed since Volume II was issued, two sufficient reasons have prevented their going through the press --- the demands of an active professional life and the increased cost of production. The first has been overcome by the hearty and arduous services of my friend, Harrison A. McNear, and the latter by the happy and fortunate selection of an honorable, competent, obliging and reasonable printer, so great a rarity in these days that I am anxious to announce the fact that one exists in the Lyons Printing Company, of Lyons, N. Y. The skill with which they have handled the material has resulted in the completion of Volume III, while Volume IV is finished, except the index, and Volume V will shortly be placed in their hands.


ABBREVIATIONS


Account, Accounting, acct. Acknowledged, Acknowledgment, ackn. Adjuster, adjust. Administered, Administration, admn. Administrator, Administratrix, adır., admrx. Affidavit, affi. Affirmation, Affirmed, affirm. Against, agnst. Agreement, agrmt. Application, appli. Appointed, Appointment, appnt. Appraised, Appraiser, appr. Apprentice, Apprenticed, app. Arbitration, Arbitrator, arb. Assembly, assemb. Assessment, assess. Assessor, assr. Assistant, asst. Attestation, attest. Attorney, atty. Authority, author.


Baptised, Baptism, bp. Biographical, Biography, biog. Bondsman, bondsm. Boundary, bndry. Bought, bot. Born, b. Brother, bro. Brother-in-law, bro .- law Buried, bur. Buyer, buy.


Captain, capt. Census, cen. Certificate, Certified, cert. Child, chd. Children, Children's, chn., chns. Church, ch. Churchman, ch.man. Clerk, clk. Collector, coil. Commission, Commissioned, Commissioner, comm. Committee, comtee. Complained, Complaint, compt. Contested, contest. Conveyance, Conveyancer, convey. Corrected, Correction, cor. County, co. Creditor, cred.


Daughter, dau. Daughter-in-law, dau .- law Deacon, dea. Debtor, detr. Deceased, decd. Declaration, declr. Declination, decln. Defendant, deft. Delivered, del. Deputy, depy. Died, d. Divided, Division, div.


Emigrant, Emigrate, emig. Engraved, Engraving, engrav. Epitaph, epi. Estate, est. Exchanged, exch.


Excommunicated, excom. Executor, Executrix, exr., exrx.


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Father, fa. Father-in-law, fa .- law


Genealogist, Genealogy, geneal. General, gen., genl. Gentleman, gent. Government, Governor, gov.


Grand-daughter, granddau.


Grandfather, grandfa. Grandmother, grandmo. Great, g. Guardian, guard.


Half-brother, half-bro. Half-sister, half-sis. History, hist. Husband, husb.


Informant, inform. Intentions, intent. Interest, int. Intestate, intest. Inventory, invt.


Judgment, judgmt. Juror, jur. Justice, just.


Legacy, Legatee, leg. Lieutenant, lieut.


ABBREVIATIONS


Magistrate, magist. Marriage, Married, md. Marriage License, m. l. Master, miast. Medical, med. Member, memb. Memorandum, memo. Mentioned, ment. Merchant, mer.


Messenger, mess. Midwife, midw. Mistress, mist. Mortgage, Mortgagee, Mortgagor, mort. Mother, mo. Mother-in-law, mo .- law


Nephew, neph. Obituary, obit. Origin, Original, orig. Overseer, ovsr.


Paid, pd. Passenger, pass. Patent, Patentee, pat. Petition, Petitioner, pet. Photograph, Photographs, photo., photos. Plaintiff, pltf. Portrait, Portraits, port., ports. President, pres. Privilege, privl. Progenitor, progen. Proprietor, Propriety, propri. Proved, pr. Purchase, Purchased, Purchaser, prchs.


Qualified, Qualify, qual.


Receipt, recpt. Received, recd. Record, Recorded, rec. Reference, ref.


Regiment, reg. Register, Registered, regr. Removal, remov. Residence, res. Resignation, Resigned, resgn. Revolution, Revolutionary, rev.


Secretary, secry. Seller, sell. Servant, servt. Settled, Settler, set.


Signature, sig.


Sine prole (without issue) s. p.


Sister, sis. Sister-in-law, sis .- law


Society, soc. Soldier, sol.


Son, s. Son-in-law, s .- law


Step-brother, step-bro. Step-daughter, step-dau.


Step-father, step-fa.


Step-sister, step-sis.


Step-son, step-s.


Supervisor, supv.


Surrogate, surro. Survey, Surveyor, survey.


Testator, Testatrix, testa.


Testimony, test. Tombstone, tombs. Town, twn. Trustee, trust.


Unmarried, unmd.


Wheelwright, wheelwr. Widow, Widower, wid., widr. Wife, w. Witness, wit.


Yeoman, yeom.


CONTENTS


PAGES


Applegate of Monmouth County


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Applegate of Ocean County .. 15-16 17


Applegates in Revolutionary War


Ashton of Monmouth County


18-27


Angell-Ashton.


Bowne of Monmouth County


Bray of New Jersey


Bray of Kinderhook


Bray of Yarmouth, Mass.


127


Brown of Monmouth County


128-134


Burrowes of Monmouth County


Campbell of Monmouth County


Chamberlain of Monmouth County


Coward of Monmouth County


Cox of Monmouth County


Crawford of Monmouth County


Curtis of Burlington and Monmouth Counties


Dorset of Monmouth County


Eaton of Monmouth County


Edwards of Monmouth County


Fitz Randolph of New Jersey


Grover of Monmouth County


Hartshorne of Monmouth County


279-300 301-362 362-375


Jonathan Holmes' Diary


Huet or Huit of New Jersey.


376-381 382-392


Lawrence of Monmouth County


393-427


Leaming of Cape May County


428, 435-442


Learning Diaries 428-434 443-450


Leeds of Monmouth County


Lippit of Monmouth County 461-456


Triumphant Christian. 465-466


I.yell of Monmouth County 467-473


Addenda and Errata.


474- 483


27-28 29-108 109-125 I26


135-152 153-155 156-164 165-167 168 -- 187 188-198 199-213 214-226 227-229 230-237 238-245 246-278


Holmes of Monmouth County


Kearny of Monmouth County


APPLEGATE


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MONMOUTH COUNTY


THOMAS APPLEGATE, the founder of the Applegate family in this country, was an Englishman, probably of Norfolkshire origin. His surname can be traced, with corruptions and variations in its spelling, due to time, euphony and the carelessness or ignorance of scriveners or recording clerks, from Applegarth and Applegath, (an enclosure for apple trees). to Applegate. The names Appleyard and Applethwaite were also applied to persons residing at or owning orchards. And the most ancient form was probably Apeliard, suggesting an early Norman origin.


Families of these various names were seated in England; one. the Applegarth, at Rapley, in Hampshire: another, the Apeliard, in Norfolkshire, who had among its earliest and most distinguished members Nicholas de Apelyard, Rogert del Apelgath, Jeffrey de Applegarth, whose estate was mentioned in 1199, and John Appleyard, who lived in the time of Richard II. 1377-99, and had a son, Sir Nicholas Apelyard or Apeliard. These families held many estates in Nor- folkshire; among them Rainthrop Hall, Mills Manor, Hals Manor, Testerdon Manor, etc.


In Norfolkshire there is found a striking coincidence of family names in the Appleyard family with those of the first Applegates in New Jersey.


Among the lords of Rainthrop Hall and Mills Manor was Bartholomew Apelyard, and, in 1419, a branch of the Appleyards came into the possession of Duaton Manor. Will Apple- gate, in 1481, bequeathed it to his son, Thomas, and named his mother. Elizabeth, and his brothers, John and Bartholomew. Bartholomew Applegate died in 1492.


The repeated use of the comparatively rare Christian name. Bartholomew. is suggestive, if not substantiative, of a relationship between Thomas Applegate, the Immigrant, and the Norfolkshire family.


In America, the name has also undergone changes. The last half has, occasionally, been lopped off and it has remained simply Appel; and it has also been spelled Appelgadt and Appelget, as is now the case in Middlesex County, N. J .; but the Monmouth County family spell it-Applegate.


Jan Laurensen Appel and Arien, or Adrian or Adriaen Appel were Dutchmen and early settlers in New Amsterdam, and not to be confused with the Applegate family.


Adrian Appel was a resident of New York in 1701, and lit a will devising his estate to his children. In 1671, Adrian Appel had recently been a resident of New York, but had removed to Albany.


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Thomas Applegate was a member of the Massachusetts Bay colony, as early as 1635, when he was licensed to keep a ferry between Wessaguscus, (Weymouth), and Mount Woolis- ton, (Braintree). A year later he was turned out. Between 1635 and 1640, his name fre- quently appears in the Massachusetts Records. His wife, Elizabeth Applegate, seems to have been one of the unfortunate persons who suffered from the ecclesiastical tyranny of that pur- itanical age, for she was "censured to stand with her tongue in a cleft stick for swearing, revil- ing and railing." Perhaps these experiences prompted them to move to the more liberally conducted settlements of Rhode Island, where the name, "Appelgats Plaine" was given to their land and which their son, "Bartholomew Appel," then of New Amsterdam, subsequently empowered Henry Timberlake, of Rhode Island, to occupy and which he alluded to, as for- merly the property of my, (Appel's), deceased father. By this I infer that Bartholomew Appel was the eldest son and heir of Thomas Applegate. From Rhode Island Thomas Applegate came to the Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam, and, upon the creation of the English town of Gravesend, on Long Island, he became one of its earliest settlers.


1641. He was located in New Amsterdam. T. G. Bergen, Esq.


1645. He was one of the Patentees of Flushing, Long Island.


1646, Nov. II. He bought John Ruckman's plantation in Gravesend.


1650. Nicholas Stillwell, of Gravesend, sued him for slander in saying that if his, (Still- well's) debts were paid he would have but little left.


1650, Dec. 29. He sold half of his farm, in Gravesend, to Thomas Southard, who had married Anna, daughter of Anthony Jansen Van Salee.


1651, Jan. I. He was sentenced to have his tongue bored through with a red hot iron and to publicly acknowledge his transgression in charging the Director General with bribery. After making a public acknowledgment, he was pardoned.


1659. He bought a farm, in Gravesend, from Randel Huet.


1662. Thomas Applegate died.


Both Thomas Applegate and his wife, Elizabeth, were, apparently, strong-minded and believers in free speech. This brought them oppressive punishments from civil and ecclesiastical officials, and embroiled them in law suits with their neighbors. But such was the habit of the times. Few or none escaped from conflict of this sort. Their isolated life gave small oppor- tunity for mental development on wholesome and broad lines, and their talk degenerated into . gossip of a dangerous, personal nature, readily embellished and circulated over the convivial cup at the tavern. The habit grew in the community till it became customary to air the most petty grievances in court, and the contest savored much of a pastime. So great a nuisance did it become, that the court, finally, for its own protection, passed a rule laying the expenses of the suit upon the plaintiff in the event of his failure to successfully prosecute his case.


The descendants of Thomas and Elizabeth Applegate mount into many hundreds, and it has only been possible to follow a few of the lines.


Issue


2 Bartholomew Applegate


3 John Applegate


4 Helena Applegate


5 Thomas Applegate


2 BARTHOLOMEW APPLEGATE, son of Thomas Applegate, I.


1650. Bartholomew Applegate, with William Wilkins, completed a tide mill on Strome Kiln, near the site of the present Garretsen's mill, Gravesend.


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1650, October. He married Hannah Patrick, of Gravesend.


1653, Oct. 22. He sold some land to Claes Paulus at Gravesend.


1657. He had eight acres of land under cultivation in Gravesend.


1661, Mch. 22. He and William Goulding exchanged their four acre lots in Gravesend. 1662, Oct. 9. John Van Cleef was sent, by his New Utrecht neighbors, to notify Director Stuyvesant that about three hundred armed English were at Jamaica, and that Bartholomew Applegate and others, of Gravesend, well armed and mounted, had joined them.


1667, Aug. 1. He bought of Matthew Whitman the farm allotted to Thomas Monell, in Gravesend.


1670, June 15. He was sued by Richard Stillwell, at Gravesend, for debt and judgment was given.


1671, Nov. 6. "Whereas the Governour was pleased to order Wm. Wilkins to pay ten pounds toward the release of Hanna Apelgate and her child, this sheweth that Thos. Whitlock received of Mr. Delavall five pounds of the aforesaid somme, of wch the said Thomas delivered five pounds to the constable and overseers, of Gravesend, in red cloth," etc. Gravesend Records as per T. G. Bergen, Esq.


Doubtless she and her child had been taken prisoners by the Indians and this was the ran- som demanded.


1674, Mch. 8. He, with Thomas Applegate and Richard Sadler, was granted permission to purchase lands of the Indians, near the Neversinks, in East Jersey.


1675. Not being present at the drawing for neck or fifteen acre lots, John Rawles repre- sented him, he having removed either to Milford, Conn., or Middletown, N. J., more likely the former place, for, in 1685/6, his rights for two hundred acres of land were vested in Col. Lewis Morris, at the Falls of the Shrewsbury.


Bartholomew Applegate probably withdrew from Gravesend about 1674. He may have gone to New England to live, or to Monmouth County, but information concerning him ceases about this date. It is suspected that the numerous Applegates, of Middlesex County are his descendants, but I see no reason why they may not as likely be the issue of the untraced children of his brother Thomas Applegate, 5.


Issue


7 John Applegate


8 Daniel .Applegate


9 Hannah Applegate


Io Mary Applegate Perhaps others.


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3 JOHN APPLEGATE, son of Thomas Applegate, I.


1650, July 16. He sold a farm, in Gravesend, to Robert Clark.


1655, Jan. I. He bought a farm, in Gravesend, from Elizabeth, wife of, and attorney for Francis Weeks.


1656. He was a resident of Gravesend. (Thompson.)


1661, Aug. 25. He was charged with smuggling in New Amsterdam, but the charge was afterward withdrawn.


1662. He removed to Fairfield, Conn., where he bought a house and land.


1662, May 23. Nicolaas Meyer, arrestant and pltf. v/s Jan Appelgatt. arrested and deft. Pltf. demands from deft. one thousand and sixty guilders, twelve stivers. Deft acknowledges the debt and requests, that he may go home to regulate his affairs. The W. Court condemn the


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deft. to satisfy and pay the pltf., the arrest remaining meanwhile valid. Court Minutes of New Amsterdam, Vol. 4, p. S5.


1670. He was still of Fairfield, Conn.


1675. He had a fifteen acre lot, on the "neck," in Gravesend, assigned to him.


1677. He had a lot. on Guisebert's Island, assigned to him.


1696. Avis, his wife, of Fairfield, Conn., as his attorney, sold land, in Gravesend, to Joseph Goulding.


1697. He was still of Fairfield, Conn.


1704. He made his will, giving his estate to his wife, Avis, and to his brother, "Thomas and his children," so Savage says, but it seems strange that he did not know of his brother, Thomas', death in 1699.


-. John Applegate was complained of, at Milford, for selling liquor.


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4 HELENA APPLEGATE, daughter of Thomas Applegate, I, married first, Thomas Farrington; second, Aug. 15, 1646, Louis Hulet, widower, from Wackraet Rutte (New York Dutch Church Records); third, Feb. 9, 1648, Carle Morgijn, young man from Nicupoort in old England. She must have soon died, for Charles Morgan married Dec. 18, 1652 Catharine Huyberts, who upon his demise, married the second Nicholas Stillwell.


1654, Aug. 31. Thomas Appelgat, pltf. v/s William Harck, deft., requests, as Grandfather of the surviving child of Thomas Farrington, that deft. shall deliver up to him the goods and cattle, which he as Curator of the said child has in his possession according to the judgment of the Honble Director General and Council. Deft. states, that three were chosen and appointed with him as Guardians and must be summoned conjointly and offers to give over to pltf. what he has in his possession belonging to the child, provided that Appelgat shall give sufficient security for the faithful administration of the property. Parties being heard, it is ordered by the Court, that Appelgat may cite Harck and the other Guardians to appear on the next Court day and if they then are willing to deliver up to Appelgat or have no valid reason, then shall Appelgat be held to give other and sufficient security for his proper administration thercoi.


Court Minutes of New Amsterdam, Vol. I, p. 235.


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THOMAS APPLEGATE, son of Thomas Applegate, I.


1662, Nov. 2. He was complained of for exporting liquors without paying duty, was arrested and tried, but was released, for the evidence failed to convict, by payment of costs.


1664, Dec. 12. Thomas Applegate complained to Governor Nicolls of the injuries and damages he had sustained from the magistrates of Gravesend.


1664, Dec. 13. Tomas Appelgat, pltf. v's Pieter Winster, deft. Pltf. demands from deft. sixty guilders balance of five hundred and forty guilders for a boat sold to Arien de Visser. defts. predecessor. Deft. says, the pltf. spoke to him before the arrival of the English ships for payment of one hundred and sixty guilders, and gave him two hats, one of three and the other of two and a half beavers, amounting to one hundred and ten guilders. Pltf. says, that the deft. gave him the hats for one hundred guilders. Parties being heard, Burgomasters and Schepens decree and order the deft. to give and pay pltf. the sum of fifty guilders.


On the judgment, which Tomas Appelgat obtained in date 15th. Decemb'. last against Pieter Winster the President of Burgomasters and Schepens ordered in date ".7 Decembr. as follows :-- The Marshal is ordered to put these in execution with the costs accrued and still to


Court Minutes of New Amsterdam, Vol. 5, pp. 171-172. accrue.


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1674, Mch. S. Thomas Applegate, Bartholomew Applegate and Richard Sadler, having petitioned to purchase, from the Indians, a tract of land, about two "leagues on this side of Middle Towne, near the Neversings, fit for a settlement of 6 or S families, " they were granted . the said tract, by Governor Colve and his Council, provided that a patent be at once procured and settlement be effected within two years, but, April following, John Bowne and Richard Hartshorne filed notice that the grant was an infringement of their patent, upon which the Council ordered them to prove their claim within six months. Before the expiration of this period, the English had again taken possession of the country and it became necessary for Sadler and the Applegates to apply for a new warrant from those then in power. In conformity with this second request, in 1677, there was issued to Thomas Applegate a warrant for a two hundred and forty acre tract of land, to be subsequently located and surveyed, which was done, at Shrewsbury, the same year.


1676, Apr. 21. Thomas Applegate, of New Shrowesbury, N. J., weaver, bought of John Fenwick six hundred acres in Fenwick's Colony.


1677. Thomas Applegate, of the Falles, in New Shrewsbury, weaver, had four hundred and ninety acres surveyed for him in the Cohanzick allotment.


1677, Oct. 19. He had two hundred and forty acres surveyed for him at Shrewsbury.


1678, Oct. 9. Thomas Applegate, Sr., of the Falls, bought of Richard Gibbons, one hundred acres, in Nutswamp, Middletown, "where he doth build his house."


1678/9, Feb. 14. Thomas Applegate was one of twelve residents of Monmouth County, who secured a charter for a whale fishing company.


Thomas Applegate married Johanna, daughter of Richard Gibbons, the Monmouth County Patentee, whose estate of five hundred acres lay in Nutswamp, Middletown.


In 1678, Richard Gibbons gave one hundred acres of this land to Thomas Applegate, but as he does not designate him as a relative, I consider that he had not yet married Johanna, the daughter of the donor. This deduction would make her Thomas Applegate's second wife, which I am the more inclined to believe, as Thomas Applegate, in his will, dated 1698, be- queathed the Gibbon's tract, solely, to his two youngest children, Benjamin and Richard, who were yet minors and probably his issue by Johanna Gibbons. It was on this site, Nut- swamp, I believe that Thomas Applegate died.


1698, Feb. I. Thomas Applegate made his will; proved before Andrew Bowne, John Hance and Peter Tilton, Justices, Mch. 29, 1699, by the witnesses, Richard Hartshorne, John Vaughan, Cornelias Compton and Mary Grover. In it he called himself Thomas Applegate, Sr., of Middletown, sick, etc., and mentioned:


Son, Thomas Applegate, received one shilling.


Son, John Applegate, received one shilling.


Son, Daniel Applegate, received one shilling.


Son, Joseph Applegate, received one shilling. Daughter, Elizabeth Son, Benjamin Applegate; fifty acres, at Nutswamp. Son, Richard Applegate; fifty acres, at Nutswamp.


Land which I had of my father-in-law, Richard Gibbons and which they are to enjoy at the age of twenty-one years and during the interim the house and one hundred acres to be enjoyed by his wife Johanna.


Loving wife, Johanna; all his lands save the one hundred acres disposed of and all his personal estate, and makes her sole executrix.


He signed: Thomas Applegate, his mark. And letters testamentary were issued, May 19, 1699, to the widow, Johanna Appellgate.


Sep. 8, 1699, his personal estate was inventoried at C37-18-00.


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Issue


II Thomas Applegate


12 John Applegate


13 Daniel Applegate


14 Joseph Applegate


15 Elizabeth Applegate


16 Benjamin Applegate


17 Richard Applegate


7 JOHN APPLEGATE, son of Bartholomew Applegate, 2.


John Applegate resided at Oyster Bay in 1685.


1687, Jan. 12. John Applegate, of Oyster Bay, made his will; proved, at Jamaica, Oct. 24, 1688, in which he mentioned:


Brother, Daniel Applegate.


Eldest sister, Hannah Applegate.


Youngest sister, Mary Applegate.


16SS, May 22. Daniel Applegate, executor of John Applegate, of Oyster Bay, was released by Hannah, wife of Francis Herbert, of Middletown, (who signed for his wife), and Mary Applegate, who signed for herself, both heirs of the said John Applegate, deceased. Witnesses: Philip Hayes, [Deborah?] Tilton, John Tilton and William Leeds [?] Queens County Records.


8 DANIEL APPLEGATE, son of Bartholomew Applegate, 2.


1678. He received a warrant for one hundred and twenty acres of land in Monmouth County.


1686, Dec. 7. His first intentions of marriage with Rebeckah Tilton, were published before the Shrewsbury Monthly Meeting of Women.


16SS. He was a witness to the will of Joseph Grover, of Middletown.


1697. He occupied land in Middletown.


1697, June 1. Peter and Rebecca Tilton conveyed one hundred acres, to their daughter, Rebecca, wife of Daniel Applegate, between Hop and Swimming Rivers, Middletown.


1701. His lands, in Middletown, are mentioned as boundaries.


1704, April 2. His wife, Rebecca Applegate, was a witness at the marriage of her cousin, Sarah Tilton, to Walter Herbert, in Shrewsbury.


1709. He styles himself, Daniel Applegate, Sr., in his will.


1709, Oct. 15. He made his will; proved 7, 7ber, 1710, in which he called himself, Daniel Apellgat, senior, resident of Middletown, Monmouth Co., and mentioned:


Wife, Rebeckah, sole heiress and executrix of real and personal estate.


Two eldest sons, John and Jacob, each to receive 6 shillings.


Two youngest sons, Bartholomew and Ebenezer, each to receive I shilling.


Four daughters, Susanna, Hannah, Mary and Rebecca, each to receive I shilling.


Witnesses: John Newman, Thomas Shepherd and Thomas Appelgat.


The testator signed the will by his mark.


His widow, Rebecca Applegate, married, Jan. 9, 1710/ 11, William Leeds, the benefactor of Christ Church, Shrewsbury, N. J.


Issue IS John Applegate 19 Jacob Applegate


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20 Bartholomew Applegate


21 Ebenezer Applegate


22 Susannah Applegate


23 Hannah Applegate


24 Mary Applegate


25 Rebecca Applegate; married Mr. Gracy.


11 THOMAS APPLEGATE, JR., son of Thomas Applegate, 5.


In 1677, he had a warrant, issued from the Proprietors, for one hundred and twenty acres, which was surveyed for him in October, 1677, at Shrewsbury, N. J.


In the old Town Book of Middletown township we find the cattle-mark of Thomas Apple- gate as follows:


"Jan. ye 24: 1697-8. Thomas Aplegate, junyer, his eare mark is Crap and a Slit in the Crap on the Right Ear and a half peny on the fore Side the left ear and his flank mark is: T A: on the left buttock Wm. LAWRENCE, JUNYR, CLARK."




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