USA > New Jersey > Documents relating to the Colonial History of the state of New Jersey, Vol. XXV > Part 25
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43
Philadelphia, April 20, 1767.
All Persons indebted
to the Estate of Nathaniel Chamless, late of the Town- ship of Alloway's Creek, County of Salem, and Province of W. New-Jersey, deceased, are desired to make Pay- ment to the Subscribers, who will give their Attendance for that Purpose, at the House of Joseph Burroughs, Inn- holder in Salem aforesaid, on Second-Day, the fourth of next Month (May); and all those that have Demands against said Estate, are desired to bring them in to
JOHN HART JOHN WHARTON Executors.
-The Pennsylvania Chronicle, No. 13, April 20. 1767.
1 This advertisement is similar to that published in the Philadelphia newspapers, May 29, 1766, et seqq.
343
NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS.
1767]
To be sold at private Sale, A Lot of Land near Mountpleasant, con- taining five and a Half Acres, one Half good fresh Meadow, with a Dwelling-House and Barn on it. The said Lot is partly fenced; situated on a Road to a public Landing, about a Mile from Middletown-Point; conve- nient for any Tradesman. Whoever inclines to purchase may apply for further Particulars, to the Subscriber, at Middletown-Point, any Time between this and the middle of May. DUNCAN ROBERTSON.
Bergen County, the 4th Day of April, 1767.
WHEREAS a Number of Dutch Reformed Ministers and Elders, have taken into their serious Consideration, the many dangerous Inconveniences and Abuses which have crept into their Churches, whereby the Progress of true Christianity, in Knowledge and Practice is obstructed, and with which they have grievously been afflicted these many Years. And being desirous to rectify them and restore their Church to its ancient Prosperity, Lustre and Dignity : After solemn Humiliations, Fastings, and Prayers, before the Throne of Grace, with all those among their People, who thought proper to join them; they have agreed at last, and judged it the only remaining Remedy, to erect a Seminary or College, in which the American Youth might be regularly educated after the Manner, and Custom of the United Provinces, and other Protestant Reformed European Churches, where from their Ances- tors proceeded; and to dedicate the most pious and capa- ble to the weighty Gospel Function, whereby the Good- ness, and Happiness of the numerous Body of the Dutch People, might be completed, in respect of their Loyalty, Industry and Christian Religion. It also pleased the King of Kings, in whose Hands the Hearts of Kings are, and
344
NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS.
[1767
who promised that their Kings should be nursing Fathers, and their Queens nursing Mothers, to the Church, to Favour the humble Address of the Ministers and Elders, to his Excellency William Franklin, Esq; Governor and Commander in Chief, in and over his Majesty's Province of New-Jersey, &c. whereby they have obtained by his Majesty's Letters Patent, and Charter or Royal Grant, bearing Date the 10th Day of November, 1766, to erect a College called Queen's College in the Province of New- Jersey; and a Corporation, or Body Politic, together with all the Privileges, Powers, Authorities, and Rights be- longing thereunto, as is customary and lawful in any Col- lege, in his Majesty's Realm of Great-Britain. The sacred Trust of which is committed to the Care and Integrity of the following eminent and worthy Gentlemen, together with a sufficient Number of Ministers of the Gospel, re- siding in this and the two adjacent Governments, created, and constituted Governors and Trustees of said Queens College.
Of the City of New-York. Simon Johnson, Esqr. Philip Livingston, Esqr. Theod. Van Wyck, Esqr. Abraham Lott, Esqr.
Of other Parts of the Province.
Sir William Johnson, Bart. Robert Livingston, Esqr. Col. Johannes Hardenberg. Col. Abraham Hasbrock. Levi Paaling, Esqr. Col. James Brinkerhoff. Col. Nicholas Stillwell.
Col. Matthias Hoffman. Jacob H. Ten Eyck, Esqr. Col. Abraham Herring. Isaac Vrooman, Esqr. Bernardus Ryder. The Rev. Verbrykek, Min- ister at Tappan. The Revd. Barent Vroo- man, at Schenectady.
The Rev. Eliardus West- erts,1 at Albany.
The Rev. John Schenen- eral, at Katskill.
The Rev. M. Goetschius, at N. Palts.
1 Westerlo.
345
1767] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS.
Of the Province of New-Jersey.
His Excellency the GOVERNOR
The President of the Council.
The Honourable the Chief Justice.
For the Time being. The Attorney General.
Peter Hassenclever, Esqr. Hendrick Fisher, Esqr. Philip French. Jan. Van Meteren Peter Schenck
Peter Zabriskie, Esqr.
Teunis Dye, Esqr. Hendrick Kuyper, Esqr. The Revd. J. H. Goetschius, Minister at Hackinsack.
The Rev. John Lyt, of Brunswick
The Revd. David Marenes, of Achquegkenah. The Revd. Martinus Van Harlengen, and
The Revd. Jacob Rutse Hardenberg of Rariton. The Revd. William Jack- son, of Bergen. The Revd. Philip Wybery, Minister at Philadelphia.
The Rev. Jonathan Du Bois, Minister in the County of Buck, in Pennsylvania.
It is also ordered and directed in the same Royal Pat- ent, that the first Meeting of said Trustees shall be held, at or near the Country House1 of New-Barbadoes, or Hackensack Town, in Bergen County, on the second Tuesday of May next; where, and when, said Trustees are to be properly and duly qualified, by any one of the Justices of the Supreme Courts, or Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the Colony of New-Jersey, before they proceed to any business.2
I therefore the Subscriber, with the Advice of others, do by these Presents, give public Notice of the said Meet- ing, and with all due Submission and Respect, to the above named Gentlemen, I invite them and humbly crave their
1 County or Court House.
2 This was under the first charter (1766) for Queen's (now Rutgers) College. The organization was not perfected until 1771, under a new charter, granted in 1770.
346
NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS.
[1767
Presence, and Countenance, to such a necessary and sal- utary, though laborious Task, putting them in Remem- berance of the Words of the Holy Paul to the Hebrews, Chapter vi. x. Verse, for God is not unrighteous, to for- get your Work and Labour of Love, which ye have strewed towards his Name, in that you have ministered to the Saints, and do minister.
J. H. GOETSCHIUS.
To COVER,
At Morris-don, in the County of Monmouth, New-Jer. sey, at Five Pounds (Proclamation Money) each Mare for the Season,
FERDINAND
A noble dark Bay STALLION, RISING Seven, superior in Size, Strength, and Beauty, to any ever landed on this Continent : He is the Son of a Spanislı Horse, purchased by Marshal Keith, and presented to his Brother in Britain, out of an ex- cellent English Mare, 17 Hands high, with Bone, Sinew, and all other Points proportionate to his great Heighth.
No Horse ever appeared in America, more capable of getting large useful Stock for Coach or Waggon, and from slight genteel Mares, the best Hunters or Road Horses. He was brought from England last Summer, and is the Property of MICHAEL KEARNEY.
Good Pasture for Mares, and great Care taken of theni at two Shillings and Six Pence per Week.
To the PUBLICK.
WHEREAS it hath been publickly reported, and is gen- erally believed in this, and the neighbouring Province of
347
NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS.
1767]
New-Jersey, that one GEORGE SPENCER, who formerly resided in this City, hath lately obtained Episcopal Or- ders in England, with an Intention to return to these Parts in the Character of a Clergyman : And as it may be imagined by some, that the Clergy of the Church of England in this Country, have, in some Measure, been instrumental, by Recommendations, or otherwise, in pro- curing the aforesaid Orders to be conferred on the said Spencer; we, the Clergy of New-York, and New-Jersey, now met in voluntary Convention, think it our Duty thus publickly to testify, That we have not either directly or indirectly, been concerned in procuring the above-men- tioned Ordination. And that, from the general Character of the said Spencer, (or, until such Time we may be con- vinced that his Conduct has been misrepresented,) we will not hold any Correspondence with him, nor give him any Countenance or Encouragement.1
Signed by Order of the Convention, Samuel Seabury, Secr'y.
New-York, April 9, 1767.
To the PUBLIC.
FOR the Advancement of Education and Virtue, a pub- lic School is to be erected at Hackensack, on the first Day of May next, ensuing; where the Languages will be taught with Accuracy and Care, and Youth qualified for Admission into any of our American Colleges: And in Order to make the Plan as extensive as possible, one
1 The ordination of Spencer in England was said to have been rec- ommended by Benjamin Franklin, and was adduced as an argument in favor of the establishment of an American episcopacy, which would be more familiar with the character of candidates. Spencer was de- nounced in correspondence of the time as "an infamous fellow from New York," "an odious creature devoid of either virtue or learning," who was "publickly carted thro' New York & was otherwise of very bad character," whose ordination caused "prodigious astonishment" on the part of the American clergy, and it was declared "No Church on this Continent will receive him."-Historical Collections Relating to the American Colonial Church. Pennsylvania. Edited by William Stev- ens Perry, D. D., Philadelphia, 1871, pp. 416, 421-423.
348
NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS.
[1767
Master will be employed solely in teaching Reading, Writing, and Cyphering, which may be attained by those, who learn the Languages, at their vacant Hours, when they are disengaged from their other Studies, or they will be taught separately to those, whom their Parents choose to have instructed in these Branches alone
Those who are intended for the College, will also be initiated into the Mathematics, that they may be enabled to enter on their College Education with Ease, and pur- sue it with Pleasure.
Accommodations for Boarders will be very convenient, and Board and Tuition will be as cheap as can reasonably be expected.
The Trustees appointed for the Management of the School, have chosen Mr. Peter Wilson,1 who has for some Time past taught in the Exchange, in New-York, to in- struct the Children in Latin, &c. and will give good En- couragement to any Person, who will undertake to teach Reading, Writing, Cyphering, and Merchant's Accounts, till which Time Mr. Wilson will officiate for both.
The Terms may be known, by applying to the Trustees, living in Hackensack, or to Mr. Wilson, at the Exchange, in New-York .- The New York Journal or General Ad- vertiser, No. 1267. April 16, 1767.
TO BE SOLD BY PUBLIC VENDUE,
( If not sold before by private sale) on the 4th day of May next, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, at the London Coffee House sundry lands and tenements, late the estate of BENJAMIN KOSTER, deceased, as follows
1 Peter Wilson married in Hackensack, and lived there several years. He devised a plot of ground for a public school, on Main street, known as the Union School. After leaving Hackensack he conducted the Erasmus Academy, at Jamaica, Long Island. Later, he was for many years professor of Greek in Columbia College, New York.
349
1767] NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS.
A CERTAIN two story messuage, or tenement, and lot or piece of ground thereunto belonging, now in the ten- ure of Adam Eve, situate on the East side of Second street, in the city of Philadelphia.
Also, a tract of upland and meadow ground, situate near New Brunswick in the county of Middlesex, and province of New Jersey, containing 37 acres, 10 of which are meadow, being a mciety of a tract of 74 acres, the other moiety of which will be sold at the same time, if it snits the purchaser to take both.
Also all that twenty eighth part of the lease and leases of the copper mine, stamping mill or mills, situate in New Brunswick,1 in the province of New-Jersey, with all the utensils, thereto belonging; the conditions and situations may be known by applying to Thomas Say.
Also all the right and share, supposed to be 196th part. be it more or less. of the copper mine called Peter Ten Eick's mine in the province of New-Jersey, with the lands thereunto belonging.2
Also, the one and twentieth part of 100 acres of land, situate on Pequea creek, in the county of Lancaster, in the province of Pennsylvania.
THOMAS SAY and HENRY CASDORP.
All persons that have any demands against the said estate of Benjamin Koster, deceased, are desired to bring in their accounts properly proved, to the subscriber, and those that stand indebted to the said estate, are desired to pay forthwith to
THOMAS SAY, Executor.
-The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 1271, April 16, 1767.
1 For an account of the discovery of this mine, see N. J. Archives, XX., 626, note.
2 This was advertised for sale in 1759. See N. J. Archives, XX., 382. 400.
350
NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1767
T O be sold at publick Vendue, on Wednesday the 17th Day of June VIEW OF HOUSE AND TREES. next, by the Revd. SAMUEL KEN- NEDY,1 of Bernard's-Town, in the County of Somerset, and Province of New-Jersey; his Plantation on which he now lives, containing 300 Acres of Land, more or less, well watered and timbered, bounded on one Side by Dead-River, & on the other by the River Passaick, hav- ing the publick Road that leads to the City of Perth-Am- hoy going through it; it is 20 Miles from said City, 8 from Bound-Brcok, 5 from New-Brunswick, 3 from Lord Sterling's Buildings, not quite four along a publick Road to Baskinridge Meeting-House, and about I Mile and a half of Mr. Solomon Boyle's Mill, on which Plantation there is a Dwelling-House with three Rocms and two fire- places on the lower floor, situate at a small Distance from the Brink of said Passaick-River, and a good Quarry for
1'The Rev. Samuel Kennedy was born in Scotland in 1720, and came to this country in early life, settling in New Jersey. By advice of the Presbytery of New Brunswick he began studying for the ministry, and on December 6, 1749, was received under their care. He was licensed to preach the gospel, May 18, 1750, and on June 25, 1751, was ordained, and installed as pastor of the Presbyterian church at Baskinridge, where he remained for thirty-six years. He conducted a Latin school for some years at the same place, and also practiced medicine, at least in his own congregation, his skill and judgment in this profession being regarded as uncommonly sound and correct. He was a remarkably evangelical preacher, and under his ministrations his congregation experienced several notable revivals. Although his ministerial breth- ren from Scotland and the North of Ireland were sticklers for a high grade of education among the candidates for the ministry, he favored a more liberal policy, and allied himself to what was known as the New Side wing of the Church, as distinguished from the more conser- vative, or Old Side, wing. He died at Baskinridge, August 31, 1787 .- Memoirs of the Rev. Robert Finley. by the Rev. Isaac V. Brown. New Brunswick, 1819, 183-188. He was admitted to the New Jersey Medical Society in 1768 .- Transactions, reprinted in 1866. In announcing his death, The Brunswick Gazette, and Weekly Monitor, of Tuesday, September 4. 1787, remarked: "This was a faithful servant of Jesus Christ, and has for a great number of years preached the gospel with success; he also followed the practice of physic, and was one of the Trustees of Princeton College. - It is but too common to ascribe merit to persons after their decease which they do not deserve: we shall only say that Mr. Kennedy was a truly pious, honest, upright, and zealous man; and in him the people have lost an excellent teacher, his wife an affec- tionate husband, his children an indulgent father, and his servants a kind and benevolent master." The statement that he was a Trustee of Princeton College is not borne out by the General Catalogue, 1746- 1896, of that institution.
35I
NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS.
1767]
building may be opened at the Distance of a few Poles from said House: There is also on the said Plantatici, a good Barn, and a Stable at each End of it, and an Or- chard containing 57 old Apple Trees, and 136 young Ones, some of which are grafted; there is about 72 Acres of plough Land cleared, and in good Fence, and about 27 Acres of Meadow cleared, 12 and half of which have been mowed for a considerable Number of Years, and about 2 Acres of it has been mowed for two Years past, and about II Acres sowed with Timothy Seed, together with one and half Acre more, are expected to be mowed this Sum- mer, 100 Acres more of good Meadow may be made on a very rich Bottom, being the Plantation whereon Mr. Moses Doty formerly lived. On said Day Samuel Ken- ledy proposes to sell Horses, Cattle, Sheep, and Utensils of Husbandry, &c &c. when good Attendance will be given, and the Conditions of Sale made known .- The New York Mercury, No. 807, April 20, 1767.
The Times appointed by the Judges for holding the Circuit Courts, in the Western Division of the Province of New-Jersey, are as follows, viz.
For the County of Gloucester, at Gloucester, on Wed- nesday the 29 of April Instant.
For the County of Salem, at Salem, on Monday the 4th of May next.
For the County of Cumberland, at Cohansie Bridge, on Thursday the 7th of May next.
TO BE SOLD,
A Valuable Plantation, situate in Cumberland County, in the Province of W. New-Jersey, known by the name
352
NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1767
of Brick's Mills,1 containing 1200 Acres, or upwards; 100 Acres of which are cleared Land, on which is a Grist and Saw-Mill, constantly supplied with a good Stream of Wa- ter; a good Dwelling-House, Barn, Out-House, &c. a large Apple Orchard, and a good deal of Swamp, suitable for Meadow. For further Particulars inquire of EPHRAIM LLOYD, living on the Premises, or of JOHN HART, Mer- chant, in Philadelphia .- The Pennsylvania Chronicle, No. 14, April 27, 1767.
Ar.L. Persons that have any just Demands against the Estate of HENDRICK SCHENK,2 late of Millstone, the County of Somerset and Province of New-Jersey, Mer- chant, deceased; are desired to bring in the same to the Subscriber, and they shall be paid, and those Persons who are indebted to the said Estate, are desired to pay the same, or else give their. Bonds and Security, some Time in May next; cr else they may expect to be prosecuted.
PETER SCHENK, Executor. Millstone, April 17, 1767.
-The New York Journal or General Advertiser, No. 1268, April 23, 1767.
To be SOLD, by public Vendue, at MOUNT HOLLY, on the First of May next.
THE BRIGANTINE NANCY, EDWARD YORKE, late Master, as she now lies on Absecom Beach, near Egg-
1 Formerly "Wood's Mill." "Wood's Mill was for a long time owned by John Brick. the tradition being that he also owned large tracts in Lower Pittsgrove, and that through his influence the line between Cumberland and Salem was so run as to leave them in the latter county."-Elmer's Cumberland County, 18, 77. About 1795 his son, Joshua Brick, went to Maurice River, and in 1807 laid out the town called Bricksborough, and sold lots there .- Ibid, 77.
2 Hendrick Schenck, born July 15, 1717, was a son of Johannes Schenck (b. April 30, 1691; d. April 1, 1729) and Maria Lott, and was a grandson of Johannes Schenck, b. Sept. 19, 1656, came to America in 1683, settling in New York, and d. at Bushwick, L. I., Feb. 5, 1748. Hendrick Schenck m. Magdalena Van Liew, of Middlebush, and lived at Millstone, where he had a store or mill. He d. early in 1767 .- Our Home, 551-2.
1767]
NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS. 353
Harbour, with some of her Spars, and a good Moses built Boat. Attendance will be given at the Time, and the Con- dition of the Sale made known.
N. B. She is a strong built Vessel ..
To BE SOLD,
IN pursuance of the last Will and Testament of SAM- UEL BONNELL, late of the City of Philadelphia, Black- smith, deceased, a certain Tract of Land, situate in the Township of Waterford, in the County of Gloucester, in the Western Division of the Province of New-Jersey, containing 300 Acres, now in the Tenure of Benjamin Archer, with a good Frame Dwelling-house and Barn erected thereon, pleasantly situated on Cooper's Creek, and within 4 Miles of the City of Philadelphia, where Garden Truck may be raised in great Plenty, and brought to Philadelphia Market by Water; there are about 20 Acres of choice Tide Meadow, under good Bank, and a Quantity of other Low-land Meadow on the Premises, the Upland is good and fertile, and it abounds with choice Ship Building Timber, and is otherwise well timbered and watered. Any Person inclining to purchase, may know the Title and Terms, by applying to us the Subscribers in Philadelphia, SARAH BONNELL, THOMAS BONNELL, PETER THOMSON, Executors.
All Persons that have any Demands against the Estate of the said Samuel Bonnell deceased, are desired to bring in their Accounts, properly proved, to us the Subscribers; and those that stand indebted to the said Estate by Bond, Bill, Note or Book Debt, are desired to make speedy Pay- ment to Sarah Bonnell, Thomas Bonnell, and Peter Thomson, Executors.
As the Subscribers intend to continue and carry on the Blacksmith's Business for Shipping and House-Building, those that will be pleased to favour them with their Cus-
23
354
NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS.
[1767
tom, may depend on the greatest Care and Dispatch, by their Friends, SARAH BONNELL, THOMAS BONNELL.
To be LETT, in Gloucester, in the Jerseys,
A HOUSE and LOT, in the street that leads from the Court-house to Cooper's ferry; the house 30 by 16, with a gocd cellar under it, a shoemaker's shop in the cellar 12 by 16, and a fire place in it; the house has two rooms on a floor, and a chimney in each. The lot is 200 feet deep, and 157 feet front, and is well dunged, fit for any garden truck. There is an out-house on said lot, and a good well at the door, it is very suitable for a shoemaker or shopkeeper, as both are wanted, there being none nearer than Haddonfield or Woodberry. It is a very public place, there being no other way for the lower county peo- ple to come to market but by Gloucester. If any person has a mind to take the said house for a year, or term of years, he may enquire of JEFFERY CLARK, living near the Swedes church, in Philadelphia, or of TIMOTHY CLARK, in the Jerseys, one mile from the said place .- The Penn- sylvania Gazette, No. 2000, April 23, 1767.
STOLEN from the stable of the subscriber in Amwell township Hunterdon county, in the province of West New-Jersey, a chestnut brown HORSE, about fourteen hands high, trots and paces fast, a short curled tail very remarkable, has a few white hairs in his forehead, but cannot be perceived without notice being taken; he has no brand nor ear mark.
Whoever will bring the said horse to Coryell's ferry on the York road, shall have FIFTY SHILLINGS for the horse, and FIVE POUNDS for the thief and horse, and all reason- able charges paid by WILLIAM HOUSHILL.
-The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 1272, April 23, 1767.
355
NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS.
1767]
We hear from Salem, in New-Jersey, that on the night of the 12th inst. a person who had undertaken to officiate as a school master near that place, and was to have opened his school the next day, as a specimen of his learning and ability, broke open the store of Messrs. Test and John- ston, and stole from thence about 1001. in cash. This cap- ital performance being discovered, he was conducted to proper lodgings, and will receive his trial at the next as- sizes, when no doubt his merit will be properly considered. This may serve as a caution against admitting persons to form the morals of our youth, without having a true knowledge of their principals and character.
WHEREAS Philip George Steigleman, a Dutch lad about twelve years old, son of John Steigleman, was bound to some person in the Jerseys about two years ago, which his father cannot now find out; this is therefore to request the master of said lad to send word to his father, who lives with George Swope, about five miles this side of Lancaster .- The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 1273, April 30, 1767.
STEPHANUS VOORHEES,
ACQUAINTS the Public, that he has supplied himself with an able Assistant, that he may be enabled the better to serve all such Gentlemen, as are disposed to Favour his useful Designs: The School will be kept at the Place where it was first erected in Hackensack, at the New- Bridge. The common Price of Board and Tuition, will not exceed £. 20 per Year: The best Method of Instruc- tion will be attended to, and all possible Care to afford the utmost Satisfaction. An English Teacher is also pro- vided to oblige the Public, who is a complete Pen-Man; and will Teach the Latin Scholars, Writing, and Arith-
356
NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS. [1767
metic two Hours a Day, for a small Addition per Quar- ter.
We shall be much obliged to the Public for Encourage -. ment, who are devoted to serve them to the utmost of our Power .- The New York Journal or General Advertiser, No. 1269, April 30, 1767.
WHEREAS Lydia the wife of James Mitton, of Eves- ham township, Burlington county, has of late greatly mis- behaved herself, left my bed, not chusing to live with me, and run me in debt; for which, and other reasons, I here- by forewarn all persons from trusting her on my account, for I will pay no debts of her contracting from the date hereof.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.