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THE COLLECTION OF Theodorus Bailey Quers PRESENTED BY HIS WIDOW Catalina Juliana Mason Muers HIS DAUGHTER Cassie Mason Myers Julian-James HIS DAUGHTER-IN-LAW Edmonia Gnulor Phelps Mason TO THE new York Public Library ASTOR,LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS IN MEMORY OF Theodorus Bailey Myers AND HIS SON Theodorus Bailey Myers Masın LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER UNITED STATES NAVY 1899
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HISTORY
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ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY:
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THE EARLY HISTORY
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UNION COUNTY.
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BY REV. EDWIN F. HATFIELD, D.D.
Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations .- DEUT. xxxii. 7.
NEW YORK PUBLISHED , BY ,CARLTON & LANAHAN, 200 BURBERRY-STREET. ,
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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1868, by
. EDWIN F. HATFIELD,
in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.
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PREFACE.
HUMAN character is the product of all time. It is the growth, not of a single life, but of ages. Its form and shape, in the individual and in the community, are de- rived, not more from the present, than the past. What we are, body, soul, and spirit, is owing, in a great degree, to agencies that have been at work from the beginning.
The cast of a man's immediate progenitors determines, to a great extent, his own. The rank and standing of the domestic circle, in which his early days glide on so noise- lessly and yet so swiftly, affect, for all time, his whole be- ing. The social community in which the child is led up to man; the humble school-house in which his mind is brought into form and symmetry ; the sanctuary, whither his youthful steps are bent on the Sabbath-day, with its songs of praise, its humble prayers, and its solemn exhor- tations ; the long-established customs of the place and age ; the peculiar traits of the population, sparse or dense, rural or urban ; the prevalent handicrafts, trades and pur- suits of the locality ; every passing event, and every occurrence and influence by which individual sentiment and public opinion are affected : . all these serve, more or less powerfully, to shave the character and determine the destiny of the child; the bay, the man.
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To know a people, to understand their peculiarities, we must know their history, their parentage, their origin ; must learn from what race, nationality, tribe and family, they are descended ; when and by whom their settlement, town, or city, was founded ; the aims and plans of the founders ; through what changes, social, industrial, po- litical and religious, they prosecuted their design ; what relations they sustained to other communities, near or re- mote ; what were the special characteristics, aspects and tendencies of the times; whatever, in short, may have served, in the course of their history, to affect, more or less directly, their fortunes and their destiny.
To promote, in some humble measure, this laudable design, in respect to one of the thriving communities in the older parts of this land, .this volume was written. It was undertaken, at the solicitation of the author's townsmen, to whose generous consideration, with all its imperfections, it is now commended. A native of Elizabeth, and a de- scendant of several of its worthy founders, it has been to him a labor of love, to gather up these memorials of its past, and give them a permanent form. These materials
he has been gathering, some of them, for more than a score of years ; not without a vague thought, that the day would come, when he might give them form and order. Laid aside, at length, by serious disease, from the exhaust- ing activities of a laborious profession, the requisite leisure was found by the author, for the accomplishment of his long-cherished desire, of which he gladly availed himself.
In entering upon his work, he found that but little was known, even by the people themselves, of their history. What had been previously published was exceedingly meagre, and much of it quite erroneous. The " Notes, Historical and Biographical, concerning Elizabeth-Town,
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its eminent Men, Churches and Ministers," was prepared by the Rev. Dr. Murray, during the earlier years of his ministry, nearly a fourth of a century since. It could scarcely be expected, that a stranger from a far country would be able, fully to enter into the sympathies, and clearly to apprehend the history, of the people among whom he had so recently found a home. His "Notes " furnish but little information respecting the founders of the town, and that little is far from correct. The writer of the present volume has found it necessary to consult the original records for himself, and has, therefore, relied but little on the labors of his predecessor.
The only other published works pertaining to the his- tory of the town, are the excellent and authentic " His- tory of St. John's Church, Elizabeth-Town, New Jersey," by the present rector, the Rev. Samuel A. Clark, and the Memoirs of the Rev. Drs. McDowell and Murray, by the Rev. Drs. Sprague and Prime, respectively ; all very good in their place, but partial only in their object.
It will be seen that the history, now given to the pub- lic, endeavors to rescue the planters of the town from ob- livion, and to give them something more than " a local habitation and a name." To this end, the archives of the County and State, at Newark, at Amboy, and at Trenton, have been diligently and patiently investigated. Local and general histories, noted in the margin of the pages, have been extensively consulted. Access has been had to the libraries of the Historical Societies of New York, Long Island, and New Jersey. Neither time nor expense has been spared in obtaining all possible information bearing on the fortunes of the town. Much assistance has been derived, in respect to the general history of the locality, from Mr. Whitehead's "East Jersey under the
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Proprietary Governments," though the author has been constrained to differ from him in respect to the merits of the conflict between the " Proprietors " and the people.
Great care has, also, been taken to present a full and connected view of the military transactions in and about the town, during the Revolutionary War. The files of the newspapers of that period have been carefully searched, and every local event of interest recorded. This portion of the history, it will be seen, is full of incident, and possesses a value by itself, as a contribution to the general history of the country, in that eventful period.
Considerable material has been gathered for a GENEALO- GICAL history of the town. Should the present volume be favorably received, it may be followed, at no distant time, Providence permitting, by a supplemental volume, tracing the old families of the town, generation by genera- tion, from the days of the founders to the present day.
NEW YORK, May 11, 1868.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
A. D. 1609-1664.
Natives of the Soil - Discovery by Europeans - Early Traders - Werckhoren's Manorial Purchase - Failure to perfect a Title - Restoration of Charles II. - Alarm of the New Haven Colony - Attempts to Colonize in New Netherland - Petition of John Strickland and others - Dutch Proposals - Negotiations of Fenn and his Associates-Failure thereof - Long Islanders frustrated in planting a Colony on the Raritan, 17
CHAPTER II.
A. D. 1664-1665.
Charter of Connecticut - Royal African Company -Grant to the Duke of York -Expedition against New Netherland -Surrender of New Amster- dam - Gov. Nicolls - Petition of Bailey, Denton, and others, for leave to plant a Colony - Indian Purchase and Deed - Nicolls' Grant - Proposals for Settlers - Early Descriptions of the Country - Extent of Nicolls' Patent - Date of the Settlement - Tradition of four Families - Associate Purchasers- Rev. Thomas James, 27
CHAPTER III.
A. D. 1665-1666.
Arrival of the ship Philip, with Gov. Carteret - Explanations - Lord John Berkeley - Sir Geo. Carteret - Adherents of Royalty in the Civil War - Their Services to the Crown - Rewarded with Offices and Land Grants - Purchase of N. Jersey from the Duke of York - Letters of Hutchinson - Capt. Carteret arrives at New York with laborers - Acquiesces in Nicolls' Grant - Purchases rights in the new Town - Origin of its Name, . 48
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CHAPTER IV.
A. D. 1666.
The " Concessions " - New Immigrants - Loss of Town Book - Extracts from it - Oath of Allegiance - By whom taken - Names of the Associate Found- ers - Also of Carteret's Servants - Notices of Strickland and the six Peti- tioners-Bailey, Daniel and Nathaniel Denton, Benedict, Foster and Watson - Also of the Patentees, Baker and Ogden, 53
CHAPTER V.
A. D. 1666.
The eighty Associates, their Origin, their Location - Of Puritan Principles - No Congeniality with Carteret and his Company, 68
CHAPTER VI.
A. D. 1666-1669.
Government of the Town -Forms of Marriage Licenses- Indentures, and the Hue and Cry for Runaways -Sale of the S. half of the Town -Settlement of Woodbridge and Newark - Traffic in Pipe Staves - Cold Winter -Rev. Abm. Pierson at Newark -Brackett appointed Ass. Surveyor -Newark Boundary prayerfully settled - Great Mortality - "Duke's Laws" - First Legislature of N. Jersey at E. T .- Laws -Second Session - Collision with the Governor - Abrupt Adjournment -Whaling Company-Disputes about Staten Island -Berkeley and Carteret in Trouble -Mortality, 115
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A. D. 1670-1673.
Quit Rent Controversy - Gov. Carteret's Usurpations - Claude Vallot - Arbi- trary Edicts - Watson not to drill the Militia - First Jury Trial in the Town - Case of Capt. Hacket - Court illegally held - Case of Richard Michel- His House destroyed. - Carteret overawed by the People - Capt. James Car- teret arrives from England - Legislature convenes at E. T. - A lawful Court -- Trial of Meeker and others - Newark people take the Alarm - Other Ses- sions of the Legislature - Capt. James Carteret chosen President - Arrest and Escape of Wm. Pardon - Gov. Carteret removes to Bergen - Re-arrest of Pardon, and Seizure of his Goods -Memorial of the Council to the Lords Proprietaries - Gov. Carteret and Officials return to England -- Capt. Berry, Dep. Governor - Marriage of Capt. Carteret -The Officials return - Conflict renewed -Patents to be taken out - Appeal to the Lords Proprietors - Gov. Winthrop's Endorsement of the People, . 131
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CHAPTER VIII.
A. D. 1678-1674.
Departure of James Carteret and Hopkins- Vessel captured by the Dutch - Hopkins discloses the weakness of N. Y .- Capture of the City by the Dutch - Deputation from E. Town at N. Y. - N. Jersey yields to the Dutch - Land Claims confirmed-New Officials - Recusancy of Vauquellin - Census of E. T. Men - Notices of the new Comers - Militia Officers -Edicts - Indian Depredations - Monthly Day of Prayer appointed - Legislative Assembly - Redress of Injuries - Termination of Dutch Rule, . 154
CHAPTER IX.
A. D. 1674-1681.
Restoration of English Rule - Berkeley sells West Jersey - Sir G. Carteret sole Proprietor of E. Jersey - Return of Gov. Carteret - Stringent meas- ures to subdue the People - Requires them to take Patents for their Lands - Old Conflict renewed - Compromise proposed, but rejected by Carteret - Schedule of Surveys - Militia System - Legislature at E. T .- Enactments - Prices - Act of Oblivion - Thanksgiving Day - Meeker indemnified - Inns regulated -Marking of Cattle -Troubles with Gov. Andros of N. Y. - Car- teret seized, and imprisoned at N. Y .- Tried and acquitted-Legislature at E. T. again -They decline the jurisdiction of Andros -Marriage of Car- teret - Andros recalled - Carteret reinstated - Legislature meet again - Collision with Carteret - He dissolves them - Death of John Ogden, . 178
CHAPTER X.
A. D. 1664-1682.
ECCLESIASTICAL-Church early organized, of Puritan type-First Meeting-House and Grounds - Ministry -Rev. Thomas James - Rev. Jeremiah Peck - Rev. Seth Fletcher, 198
CHAPTER XI.
A. D. 1682-1686.
Death of Sir George Carteret -Sale of the Province - Quaker Rule - Robert Barclay, Governor -Thomas Rudyard, Dep. Governor - Death of Gov. Car- teret - His Character - His Will - New Era - Quaker Settlers - Descrip- tions of the Town and Country in 1684-5- Rudyard's Administration - Legislature - Enactments - Gawen Laurie, Dep. Governor-Land Troubles revived -Militia -Scotch Immigration - Lawrie's Account of the Town and Country - Scot's Model - Other Accounts -Lawrie's Land Investments -
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Western Bounds - Baker's Trial - Perth Amboy made the Capital - Acces- sion of the Duke of York to the Throne - Trouble about the Newark Bounds - Lawrie Superseded, . 210
CHAPTER XII.
A. D. 1686-1702.
Lord Campbell, Dep. Gov. - And. Hamilton, Dep. Gov. - French War-Rates - Annexation to New York and New England, under Gov. Andros - Revolu- tion of 1688 - Political Agitations -Leisler in power at N. Y. - Jacobite Party at E. T. - Interregnum - Death of Rob. Barclay -Col. Hamilton, Gov. - Legislature - Appointments -Bounds of the Town-Lawsuit of Fullerton vs. Jones -Nicolls' Grant sustained - Notice of Wm. Nicoll, Esq. - Associates in 1695 and 1699- Administration of Basse, Bowne and Hamilton - Tumults at Newark and E. T .- New Allotment of Lands - List of Surveys - Notices of New Settlers - End of the Proprietary Gov- ernment, 232
CHAPTER XIII.
A. D. 1682-1707.
ECCLESIASTICAL - Pastorate of Rev. John Harriman -Introduction of Episcopacy by Rev. Geo. Keith -Pastorate of Rev. Samuel Melyen - First Episcopal Missionary, Rev. John Brooke - Erection of St. John's Church, . . 280
CHAPTER XIV.
A. D. 1702-1740.
Land Titles - Political Parties-Lord Cornbury, Gov. - Corruption of the Court - Act of Indemnity - Lord Lovelace, Gov. - His Death - Robert Hunter, Gov. - Death of Col. Townley - Officials of the Town -Card-Playing not tolerated - Newark Bounds - Suit of Vaughan vs. Woodruff - Early Town Books lost - Town Committee of Seven - List of Freeholders in 1729 - Lithgow vs. Robison, &c. - Measures of Defence against the Proprietors - Sale of Town Lands - Fenn vs. Chambers & Alcorn -Sale of more Land - Distribution of Land in 1737 - Cooper vs. Moss, &c. - Logan vs. Manning - Newark Bounds - Lewis Morris, Gov. - Borough Charter - Officials .. Newspaper Notices, . 302
CHAPTER XV.
A. D. 1708-1747.
ECCLESIASTICAL - Rev. Jona. Dickinson - Parentage, Education, Marriage, and Ordination - His Parish and Salary - Joins the Presbytery-Episcopal Con-
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troversy-Westfield Chh. - " Adopting Act" of 1729 - Practises Medicine - His " Reasonableness of Christianity " - Presbytery of E. Jersey - Elders - Case of Hemphill - Another Episcopal Controversy - New Providence Chh. - Presbytery of N. York - Whitefield at E. T. - Dickinson's " Witness of the Spirit." - Revival of 1740 -Dickinson's "Five Points " - His " Display of Special Grace "- Controversy on Regeneration - His "Familiar Letters." - Old Side and New Side Controversy - Division of the Synod - Efforts to Christianize the Indians- David Brainerd - Death of Mrs. Dickinson - His Second Marriage - Another Episcopal Controversy - College of New Jersey - Dickinson, its first President - His Death and Character - His Family, 326
CHAPTER XVI.
A. D. 1708-1747.
ECCLESIASTICAL - Rev. Edward Vaughan, Episcopal Missionary, arrives from England -Call to Jamaica, L. I., declined -Poverty of his People - Preaches at Rahway, Woodbridge, and P. Amboy - Marries Mrs. Emott - Removes to Amboy - Returns-Church Edifice not finished for years - Annual Reports to the "Society " -Chh. Glebe - Opposes Mr. Whitefield - His Death and Character-Increase of Religious Congregations in 40 355 years,
CHAPTER XVII.
A. D. 1740-1764.
Negro Plot - Land Conflicts - Appeal to the Crown -Tumults - Secret Meet- ings -E. T. Bill in Chancery - Answer -Death of Gov. Morris -Jonathan Belcher, Gov. - Issue of the long Conflict with the Proprietors- Death of Mayor Bonnel -Lottery Mania -Two Lottery Schemes -- Prof. Kalm's Notices of the Town -Col. Ricketts' Affair in N. Y. Harbor - Notices of Gov. Belcher - Removes to E. T. - His Hospitality and Piety - Befriends the Col- lege - Gives it a new Charter - Incorporates the Presbyterian Chh. - Makes E. T. the Seat of Government -His Death and Character - Judge Ross - Addresses of the Corporation -Town Officers -Newspaper Notices - The Barracks - First Centenary Celebration, 363
CHAPTER XVIII.
A. D. 1747-1760.
ECCLESIASTICAL-Rev. Elihu ¿Spencer - Early Life - Ordination and Installa- tion - His Marriage - Public Services - Removal -Subsequent History - His Death - His Family -Rev. Abraham Keteltas - Early Life - Licensure, Call and Ordination - Chh. Clock -Removal to Jamaica, L. I. - Subse- quent History - Death - Children, . 393
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CHAPTER XIX.
A. D. 1764-1776.
Retrenchment at Funerals - Death of Alderman Thos. Clark - Non-Importation Leagues - Patriotism of the Town-Stamp Act-Gen. Congress - Robert Ogden, Speaker of N. J. Congress, resigns his seat - Stephen Crane succeeds him - Opposition to Stamp Act-Its Repeal -Non-Importation League revived - County Meeting at E. T. - Patriotic Action - British Regulars quartered here- "Boston Tea Party "- Boston Port Bill -Great Indigna- tion everywhere- Principal Patriots of the Town -Lines drawn - County Meeting at Newark -Town Meeting -Congress sustained -Committee of Safety -Non-Intercourse with Staten Island -- Exciting Affair - Case of the Beulah -Sheriff Barnet implicated - Battle of Lexington - Uprising of the People - Aaron Burr and Matt. Ogden -General Congress - Gen. Washing- ton, Com. in Chief -- Battle of Bunker-Hill -- Powder sent from E. T. to the Am. Army - Mrs. Washington at E. T. - Earl of Stirling in command here- Capture of the ship Blue Mountain Valley - Names of the Captors - Military Officers -- Military Preparations - Fortifications at the Point -- Washington . and the Am. Army at N. Y. - Appearance of the Town in 1776, . . 403
CHAPTER XX.
A. D. 1776-1777.
Independence - Lines drawn - Sentiments of Abraham Clark, the Signer - Brit- ish Fleet -Staten Island taken by the British Troops-The War at the Door -Defence of the Town - Arrest of Traitors -Female Patriot -Forays - Changes in the Town -Error of Mr. W. Irving -Disaffection of Pa. Troops - Battle of Flatbush - Wm. Livingston, First Gov. of the State- Gen. Matt. Williamson, in command here - John DeHart declines and Robert Morris appointed Chief-Justice of N. J. - Depot for Prisoners here - Am. Army evacuate N. York-Letter of Rob. Ogden - Disasters - Retreat through N. Jersey - People flee-Town occupied by the British - William- son resigns- Defections - Protection Papers - Am. Troops at Short Hills - Rev. J. Caldwell-Skirmish - Death of Col. Ford -Capture of Hessians at Trenton - Capture of Princeton - Retreat of British Army - Washington at Morristown - Enemy driven out of Newark and E. T. - Capt. E. Littell - Barbarity of the Enemy - Tories and Neutrals driven out - Frequent Skir- mishes - British Army evacuate the State, . 432
CHAPTER XXI. A. D. 1777-1780.
Forays from S. Island -N. J. Volunteers -- Sullivan invades S. Island - British Incursion - Dickinson invades S. Island -Exchange of Prisoners - Confis- cation -London Trading -- Great Privations- Spies - Forays - Battle of
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Monmouth - Maxwell in command here -Sale of Confiscated Estates - Ex- pedition of Sir Chas. Grey -Lord Stirling stationed here- Flags of Truce - Washington at E. T. - Plots against Gov. Livingston -Invasion of the Town - Burning of the Barracks, Parsonage and Academy - Livingston's Correspondence with Sir Henry Clinton - Continental currency -- Trouble in the Camp-Case of Mrs. Chandler - Troops pacified-Forays of S. Islanders - Negro Panic-Col. Dayton in command here -Severe Winter - Great Snow Storm -Sufferings of Troops-N. Y. Harbor closed with solid Ice -Lord Stirling invades S. Island - Refugees invade E. T., and burn the Court House and Presb. Chh. - The Incendiary - Old " Red Store House" - Gen. St. Clair, and then Baron De Kalb, in command here - Forays from S. Island, 461
CHAPTER XXII.
A. D. 17S0-1783.
Knyphausen invades E. T. in force - Passage of the Brit. Army through the town - Uprising of the Militia -Skirmishes -Severe Fight near Spring- field - Wife of Rev. J. Caldwell murdered - Village of Ct. Farms burned down - Retreat of the British to the Point -Thunder-Storm -Skirmishes at the Point -Second Advance of the British Army - Battle of Springfield - Village burned - Retreat of the Foe to S. Island - Bravery of the Militia - Partisan Warfare -Capture of Col. Ogden and Capt. Dayton - Raids of Refugees - Cowboys -Night Patrols - Marauding Parties -Surrender of Cornwallis - Exchange of Prisoners -Desperadoes- Forays -Predatory Raids - Maj. Crane's Exploits - PEACE, 486
CHAPTER XXIII.
A.D. 1760-1750.
ECCLESIASTICAL - Rev. Jas. Caldwell - Birth - Education - Ordination - Settlement here- Visit of Whitefield - Revival - Elders and Deacons - Rules for the Sexton - Chh. enlarged - Grammar School - Taught by Pem- berton, Reeve, Periam, Barber, and Baldwin - Am. Episcopate - Annual Conventions - Another Revival - Increase of Salary -Mr. C. arraigned be- fore the Presbytery and cleared - His Patriotism - Chaplain of the N. J. . Brigade in the Northern Army -Return - Refuge from the British at Tur- key - Assistant Commissary General - Parsonage and Chl. burned - Retires to Ct. Farms-Mrs. C. murdered- His. Papers carried off-Retires to Turkey -Chosen one of the State Council - Murdered - Epitaph of Mr. C. and his Wife - Their children, 513 ·
CHAPTER XXIV. A. D. 1747-1790.
ECCLESIASTICAL - Rev. T. B. Chandler, D.D. - Birth - Education - Catechist of St. John's Chh. - Parsonage - Wardens and Vestrymen - Mr. Chandler goes
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to Eng., and obtains Orders-Rector of St. John's - Marriage - Has the Small-Pox - Long Illness -Zeal for Episcopacy - Obtains a Charter for St. John's - Wardens and Vestrymen - Visit of Mr. Whitefield - Troubles in the Parish - Enlargement of the Parsonage - Political Troubles - Hon- orary Doctorate - Ep. Controversy - Pension - Flies to England - Worship suspended for Years - Resumed again - Rev. Uzal Ogden, Ass. Minister - Birth - Popularity - Settles at Newark -Rev. S. Spraggs, Ass. Minister - Dr. Chandler ten Years in England - Returns home - Obtains the Offer of an Episcopate - Too ill to accept - Death -- His Family, 537
CHAPTER XXV.
A. D. 1783-1795.
Return of Gov. Livingston -Sad Changes - Visit of Washington - Refugees remove to N. Scotia and N. Brunswick - "New Jersey Journal " established -U. S. Constitutional Convention -Fourth of July Celebrations - New Charter- Death of Gov. Livingston - Death of Gen. M. Ogden - Rage for Speculation - Lotteries - Schools - Circulating Library - Congressmen - Death of Mayor De Hart, . 552
CHAPTER XXVI.
A. D. 1725-1795.
Subdivisions of the Township - Springfield set off, and Turkey annexed to it - New Providence set off from Springfield -Settlement of SPRINGFIELD - Rev. . Timothy Symmes - Rev. Nathan Ker - Rev. J. Van Artsdalen - Settlement of NEW PROVIDENCE-Rev. John Cleverly - Rev. A. Horton - Rev. Jos. Lamb- Rev. Timothy Allen - Rev. Jonathan Elmer - WESTFIELD set off - Its Settlement - Rev. N. Hubbell - Rev. John Grant - Rev. Ben. Woodruff - SCOTCH PLAINS - Rev. Ben. Miller -Rev. Wm. Van Horn - Death of Hon. Abraham Clark - Removal of Hon. Elias Boudinot, LL. D. . . 564
CHAPTER XXVII.
A. D. 1782-1804.
ECCLESIASTICAL- Rev. J. F. Armstrong -Rebuilding of Presb. Chh. - Revival -Rev. Wm. A. Linn - Lottery for finishing the Chh. - Rev. David Austin - Birth - Education -Settlement -Chh. completed - Monthly Magazine- American Preacher - Prophetic Investigations - Sermon on the Downfall of . Babylon - Great Excitement - Day set for Christ's Coming - Mr. Austin dis- missed - Anti Sabbath-Profanation Meeting - Rev. John Giles-Mr. Aus- tin returns-Rev. Henry Kollock -Mr. Austin's Second Return - Stated Supply - Separate Worship- Returns to Connecticut -Subsequent History - His Death and Character, 591
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CHAPTER XXVIII.
A.D. 1790-1888. ·
ECCLESIASTICAL - Rev. Samuel Spraggs - Rev. Menzies Rayner - Rev. Frede- rick Beasley, D. D. - Rev. Samuel Lilly - Introduction of Methodism - Lists of Methodist Ministers - Rev. Thomas Morrell, . . . . 614
CHAPTER XXIX. A. D. 1735-1856.
ECCLESIASTICAL-Township of RAHWAY - Presb. Chh .- Rev. Messrs. Cleverly, Grant, Strong, and Watkins - First Pastor - Rev. A. Richards - Rev. R. H. Chapman, D. D. - Rev. B. Carll - Township of UNION - Presb. Cbh. - Rev. S. Horton - Rev. J. Davenport - Rev. D. Thane- Rev. J. Darby, M. D. - Rev. B. Hait - Rev. P. Fish -Rev. S. Smith -Rev. S. O. Thompson, 627
CHAPTER XXX.
A. D. 1801-1844.
Political Parties - Flag Presentation - County House Agitation - Female Vo- ters - Political Corruption - Trial of Cornelius Hatfield - Gen. Elias Day- ton -Town House burned and rebuilt - Streets regulated - Anti-Sabbath- Profanation - Thomas' Ferry - Casualty - Steam Navigation - Monopoly - Gov. Ogden and the Livingstons - Thomas Gibbons - Opposition Line - Lawsuit -Decision of U. S. Supreme Court - Monopoly brought to an end - Daniel Dod- War of 1812-15 -Paper Currency - Peace Celebration - Gen. Wm. Crane- Lt .- Gen. Winfield Scott - Mayor Jeremiah Ballard - Gen. Jona. Dayton - Gov. Williamson, 647
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