Documents relating to the Colonial History of the state of New Jersey, Vol. XXVII, Part 47

Author: New Jersey Historical Society; Nelson, William, 1847-1914
Publication date: 1905
Publisher: Paterson, N.J. : Press Printing and Publishing
Number of Pages: 746


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School house, 376, 399 Schools: Elizabeth Town, 603 Hackensack, 595, 602 New Bridge, 575, 602


Penn's Neck, 497 Schooly's Mountain, land on, to be let, 394


Scotland, 104, 584


Scotland Branch, Morris river, 612


Scots Irish, in Virginia, 548 Scots Plains, wife eloped from, 291


704


INDEX.


Scott, John, land to be let by, 395 Rachel, servant ran away with, 465


Scudder, Dr. Nathaniel, Sec'y, New Jersey Medical Society, 105, 134, 302


Scuder, Thomas, 303


Scull, John, land for sale by, 588 William, land for sale by, 413


Schuurman, John, auditor of· Benjamin Dunham, 157


Schuyler, runaway horse thief,


25


Col. John, petition of, for reim- bursement for building causeway, 526, 527 Schuylkill, Pa., improvement of navigation of, 1, 2, 191, 599 Seabrook, Capt., 383


Seacaucus, common land in, 229 Searing, Joseph, wife of, eloped, 291, 292 Sarah, eloped, 291


"Seawing's Arabian," 438


Second River, land for sale at, 325, 395, 441; mills for sale at, 422


Seeley, Ephraim, Judge of Cum- berland county, 87


Sell, Thomas, insolvent debtor, 629


Sellers, Hall &, printers, 35


"Serenicus," letter from, 357, 359 Servant lad for sale, 611


Setlemton, 438


Sharp, Anthony, 72


Elizabeth, land for sale by, 248, 410


Isaac, land for sale by, 72, 101; biographical sketch of, 72, 73, note


Joseph; iron works to be let by, 409; land for sale by, 49, 248, 409


Sharpe, Miss Polly, marriage of, 327


Sharpsborough iron works to be let, 72, 409, 563; for sale, 101 land near for sale near the, 248, 432


Sharpstown, Salem county, 73


Shaver, Baltes, insolvent debtor, 645


Shaw, John, tavern kept by, 127, 129, 203


Sheep for sale, 4; laws for pres- ervation of, 231


Sheep raising, profit on, 244 Shenstone, quoted, 660


Sheriff's sales, act for suspension of, proposed, 85


Shields, Daniel, 303


Shinn, Thomas, 393; sale of house of, 30


Ship wrecked, 5


Shippen, Dr. William, 585; body of executed murderer sent for dissection to, 144


Shivers, Mr., creditor of, 496; father-in-law of John Budd, 512


Samuel, land next for sale, 518 Shoes for sale, 450


Shotwell, Daniel, on committee of correspondence, 217


John, goods imported and for sale by, 524, 525 Joseph, on committee of corre- spondence, 216, 233


Joseph, goods imported and for sale by, 524, 525 Joseph, jun., 217


Shrewsbury, 80, 312, 359, 516, 649 boat from, wrecked, 316


death at, 579


land for sale at, 38, 41


marriage at, 551


negroes, etc., for sale in, 248


Road, land for sale on, 128


petition for banking meadows in, 467


river, land for sale on, 175 servant run away in, 360 tavern in, for sale, 133


churches and meeting houses in, 133 township, 18, 457


Shroudy, Captain, arrival of, 36 Shute, William, declines the stage business, 416, 569; stage from house formerly occupied by, 436; stage run by, 639


Shuttleworth, Doctor, inoculator, 481


Silas, runaway negro lad, 140 Silk cocoons, prizes claimed for raising, 588


Silk culture, prizes for, 352; en- couragement of, 176


Silver, Aaron; stage-driver, 331; live stock for sale by, 174 Silver stolen, 447


Simpson, James, insolvent debtor, 131


William, fifer, deserter, 237


Sinclair, Sir John, 366


Sixteenth (British) Regiment, transferred from New York to Pensacola, 155


Sixty-fourth Regiment, at Hali- fax, 238


Skillman, Abraham, flying ma- chine erected by, 446, 447, 472; stage driver, 164, 512, 538


Skillman family, biographical sketch of, 538


Skinner, Cornelius, 362


Cortland, Speaker of the Gen- eral Assembly, 120


Stephen, 140; Jersey bills sign- ed by, 513, 565; appointed member of the Council, 225; brick 'for sale by, 589; ferry and house to be let by, 98


Stephen, Judge, Middlesex county, 6, 16, 39, 46, 97, 110, 148, 203, 209, 259, 617, 634, 645


Skirm, Abraham, fuller wanted by, 631


Slave trade, 631


Slitting mill to be let, 273


Sloan, Capt., driven out to sea, 26 Sloop ashore, 8


Small cause courts in New Jersey,


INDEX. 705


632, 650, 660; proposed in- crease of jurisdiction of, 137; criticism on Royal disallow- ance of act establishing, 596 Small-Pox, inoculation for the, 180, 181


Smith, Belcher Peartree, third


premium adjudged to, at Princeton College, 582


Captain, 386


Daniel, 613


Frederick, Chief Justice, 607


George, graduates from Prince- ton College, 266, 278


Rev. Hezekiah, collects £300 for intended Rhode Island College, 112


Isaac, Trenton, 361


Isaac, graduates from Prince- ton College, 266, 278


James, lands for sale patented to, 549


Jecamiah, 325; negro run away from, 416


John, 140


John, graduates at Princeton College, 267, 268; defends Non-Importation Agreement, 268, 276


John, Westchester, 658


John, confederate of horse thief, 50


John, Perth Amboy, ferry and house to be let by, 98


John, Middlesex county, insol- vent debtor, 16


John, of Burlington, land for sale by, 183; obituary notice of, 417, 419; land of, for sale, 462; house of, for sale, 653


John, sen., inoculator in Vir- ginia, 481


Joseph, Morristown, land for sale by, 183


Joseph, Salem, 500


Joseph, Burlington, executor, land for sale by, 462, 653


Richard, Clerk of Assembly, 44, 461


Richard, Jersey bills signed by, 513, 565


Robert, Little Egg Harbor, 516 Robert, Judge, Burlington county, 202, 203


Robert, English runaway ser- vant, 430


Robert, Irish runaway servant, 535


Samuel, drowned, 617


Samuel, Mannington, Salem county, horse stolen from, 10 Samuel, Alloways Creek Neck, Salem county, horse stolen from, 420


Capt. Samuel, Elizabeth Town, horses to be entered with, 575


Thomas, receives the degree of Master of Arts, 586


William, Philadelphia, mana- ger silk filature, 177


Rev. William, Philadelphia, to receive subscriptions for Ev-


ans's poetical works, 14; writes introduction to same, 406


William, Burlington, trustee of John Gosling, senior, deceas- ed, 554


William, Burlington, executor, land for sale by, 654


William, East Jersey, horse stolen from, 627


William, Elizabeth Town, horse stolen from, 595, 634


William, Woodridge, on com-


mittee of correspondence, 217; boat of, destroyed, 425


William Lovet, Burlington, ex- ecutor of . John Smith, land for sale by, 183, 462, 653 by, 47, 408; negro run away from, 302


William P., 184, land for sale by, 47, 408; negro run away from, 302


Smith's shop for sale, 48 Smithtown, L. I., 267


Smitzer, Peter, administrator, no- tice given by, 508


Smyth, Frederick, Chief Justice, address to, 78; sails for Lon- don, 491


John, land for sale by, 322, 541, 556; register East Jersey proprietors, 545, 606; Seacau- cus commissioner, 229


Snowden, Leonard, 150; brewery occupied by, for sale, 263


Society's Great Tract, part of, for sale, 539, 555


Sockwell, Jonadab, wife eloped from, 653


Lydia, eloped, 653


Common Pleas, 45


denounces behaviour of New York merchants, 253 Somerset county, 33, 361, 362, 589


act to repair damages done by dogs in, 306 goal, 15; insolvent debtors, 45, 69


land for sale in, 375 negro run away in, 279


"Sons of Liberty," New York, 104; expected to assist Newark rioters, 55


Sourland church, 608 .


South Amboy, 369, 451, 516 South America, 339


South Carolina, proposed repre- sentation of, in the British Parliament, 466; vessel from, 382, 385, 389


warm against the New York revolters, 293


South Carolinian. 584


South-Field, W. I., 181


South Hanover, Morris 267


county,


South River, house and land to be let, 484


landing, land near for sale, 40. 460; mills for sale near, 290 Southwark, Pa., 19


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INDEX.


Sowderback, Peter, servant run


away from, 350


Spain, poverty of, 246 Spangenberg, John, 362 "Spaw," the plantation known as, for sale, 609


Spence, John, runaway servant, 500


Spencer, Rev. Elihu, land for sale by, 38, 39, 42


Oliver, land for sale in the pos- session of, 47


Robert, intending for England, 618


Spicer, Jacob, land for sale near, 15; deceased, notice to debt- ors and creditors of, 99


Samuel, administrator of Jacob Spicer, 99


Spring, Samuel, graduated from the College of New Jersey, 584; oration by, 583; biogra- phical sketch of, 586


Springfield township, Burlington county, 454, 663; land in, for sale, 71, 183, 462, 653; steer raised in, to be killed, 99, 120; supports. Non-Importa- tion Agreement, 260


Springfield, Essex county, ap- prentices run away in, 552; negro run away from, 416; theft in, 591, 592


Spy glass left at the house of Brook Farmer, 238


Squan, 457


Squan Beach, sloop ashore at, 8


Squire's Point Forge for sale, 520; land near for sale, 273 Stafford, 603


Stage, 184, 364, 434, 550, 564, 565, 569


from Bridge-town to Cooper's Ferry, 415


from Roads Town, 436


waggon, 137, 138, 149, 163, 233, 331, 340, 341, 446, 447, 472, 537; fare in, 472


Newark-Powles-Hook, 139


Pilesgrove to William Cooper's, 638, 639


Stage-Road, land for sale near the, 322


Stamp-Act, cause of repeal of, 256, 280; resistance to en- forcement of, 104


Stanbury, Recompence, assignee, notice given by, 411


Stanford, Conn., 25


Stark, Abraham, runaway vant, 339


ser- Charles, 330 John, 330


Staten Island, 324, 499, 501, 530 Bluff, buoy erected near the, 491 ferry, right to, 368


Stathem,


Aaron, pocket


book


stolen from, 18, 19


Stationery for sale, 222, 413 St. Augustine, Fla., 382 St. Christophers, W. I., 386 St. Croix, W. I., 182


St. Eustatia, W. I., 182, 339, 383, 389, 585; schooner bound for, 474; sloops touched at, 321


St. George's church, Penn's Neck, 599


St. Martin's salt for sale, 631


St. Peter's Parish, Barbados, W. I., 618, 632


Steel, act of Parliament to pre- vent making of, 250


furnace at Philadelphia, 103


iron adapted to manufacture of, 271


Steel, John, repudiates bonds, 382


Steele, John, tavernkeeper, land for sale by, 399


Steer of extraordinary size, 99, 120, 130


Sterling, Lord, 544


Stevens's Ferry, Perth Amboy, house to be let near, 97 Stevens, Benjamin, 362


John, marriage of only daugh- ter of, 249


John, Northern boundary com- missioner, 460


John Austin, 658n


Lewis, land formerly of for sale, 508


Mr., Collector of Amboy, arriv- al of, from London, 478


Richard, insolvency of, 466; act for the relief of ,466, note; notice by, 632, 638 Sarah, 362


Stevenson, John, land for sale by, 440


Steward, Andrew, alias McCalla, 480


Stewart, -, struck by lightning, 504


Archibald, 362; furnace to be let by, 272; servant run away from, 242


Capt., 371, 382


James, runaway servant, 306 John, 362


Lewis, land formerly of, for sale, 508


Robert, graduates from Prince- ton College, 266, 278; vale- dictory oration by, 269 William, 362


Stiles, Child and, notice to deb- tors of, 30


Still-run, Gloucester County, land on, for sale, 518, 612


Stilwell, Capt. N., 227


Stirling, William Alexander, Earl of, 544; Speaker of Council, 108, 116


Stockdale, Mary, 437


Stockton, Job, Judge, Somerset county, 45, 69, 127; death of, 570, 587


Richard, land for sale by, 388 Samuel, receives degree of master of arts, 266, 278; ora- tion by, on ambition, 269, 277 Stoddard, Josiah, receives degree of master of arts, 267, 278 Stolen, clock, 437


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INDEX.


horse, 488, 545, 594 Jersey bills, 508, 509 pocket book, 18, 19 silver, 447 silver watch, 602 watch, 292, 656 Stone, Samuel, 217 Stony Brook, 128, 160, 624; death at, 541


Stony Island bridge, toll on, 581


proposed


Storms, 383, 386, 389, 392, 503


Storms, Isaac, receives the de- gree of master of arts, 586


Story, Enoch, land on Greenwich Island for sale by, 363; mer- chandise for sale by, 364 Stout, Benj., 362 Captain, 339 Grover, 85, 86, 87 Hezekiah, 622n John, land for sale by, 144 Joseph, 86, 87


Nathaniel, 86, 87, 539


Stow Creek, land on for sale, 480; marsh on, 419


Stow creek township, land for sale in, 331


Stowe, Miss Betsey, marriage of, 606 Stratford, Conn., 179, 508, 633 Statford township, Monmouth county, 237


Stratton, Dr. James, 600


Stretch, Daniel, stage run by, 416, 569, 570 John, 419 Strettle, Amos, 317 Stricklan, Thomas, insolvent debtor, 648


Striker, Elizabeth, 538


Stryker, Abraham, witness, 539 Mary, 539


Sarah, 608


Stuart, Archibald, 361


"Studens Medicinae," letter from, 400-402.


Suffolk, L. I., Presbytery of, 267 Summerset County, 361


Surveying, new work on, by Thomas Moody, 477


"Surveyor's Pocket Companion," for sale, 412


Susquehanna, land for sale on east branch of, 183


run away slave seen on the, 514 Sussex, Del., 214


Sussex County, 362, 445, 479, 632 act for choosing of represent- atives for, etc., 429


act to repair public roads and highways in, 306


action of freeholders and in- habitants of, on New York's defection from Non-Importa- tion agreement, 252


court-house, land for sale near the, 572


forge in, to be let, 272; for sale, 520


goal, insolvent debtor confined in, 153 iron works in, to be let, 72


land in for sale, 49, 408, 431, 613 land to be let in, 272 market for sale, 387 Sutphen, Benjamin, insolvent debtor, 34


Suttan, John, 229 Suttonian Inoculation, 481


Swart, Cornelius, 226


Sweden, King of, 599


"Swedes, Annals of the," cited 600 Swedes Ford, Pa., 191


Swedesboro, 598, 600 church rec- ords, 599


Swedes-Borough, land to be sold in, 322; land near for sale, 472


Swedish Church, Curate to the, 598


Church in Wilmington, broken open, 590


Del.,


Consistory, 598


government, 598 King, bounty of the, 600


parishes in America, dean of, 598 Sweesy, Caleb, 381


Sweet-River, W. I., 181


Swinburn, William, 438


Swinfen, John, insolvent debtor, 593 Sykes, Anthony, land for sale by, 273


John, land for sale by, 273 death of, 647 Synickson, Andrew, Judge, 42


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Tallman, Peter, 243, 259


Tanton Forge for sale, 287, 344, 345; negroes, etc., for sale at, 248


Tan-yard for sale, 76, 112 Tappen, Isaac, 217


Tatem, William, 454


Tavern for sale, 133, 459 Taverns:


Abraham Godwin's, at Passaick Falls, 347


Banks's, James, Newark, 324, 377


Barnaby Shute's, formerly Eliz- abeth-Town, 285


Campbell's, Freehold, 459 Cornelius Neefie's, Falls, 149


Passaick


David Clayton's, Burlington, 127, 129


Elijah Allen's, Newton, Sussex county, 317


George, in Philadelphia, 446, 465, 472, 550


"Golden Eagle," 15 Indian King, 342


John Raser's, Philadelphia, 291 John Shaw's, Burlington, 127, 129, 203


Josiah Halsted's, Shrewsbury, 133


Michael Duff's, New Bruns- wick, 105


Mrs. Chetwood-Johnson's, Eliz- abeth-Town, 285


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INDEX.


Nathaniel Drake's,


township, 533


New Blazing Star, stage wag- on kept at the, 340


Reeder's, Pa., 136


Richard Renshaw's . Point House, 471


Rising Sun, Philadelphia, 381 Robert Price's, Sussex county, 408


Samuel Hunt's, Trenton, 148


Sign of the George, Philadel- phia, 446


Sign of the King's arms, Eliz- abeth-Town, 575


Trenton Ferry, 274


White-hall, New Brunswick, 162, 643


Widow Comron's, near Mantua Creek, 554


William Wright's, Perth Am- boy, 545, 605


Taxation without representation, denunciation of, 261


Taxes imposed by England on Americans, 28


Taylor and Gardiner, store kept by, 443


Anthony, 243, 259


Daniel, stage run by, 569, 570


James, apprentice run away from, 17


James, graduated from the Col- lege of New Jersey, 584; de- bates by, 583


John, graduates from Princeton College; 266, 278; discusses National character, 269


John, Judge Monmouth County, 2, 3, 34, 50, 120, 324, 629


John, Seacaucus commissioner, 229


Joseph, insolvent debtor, 34 Lawrence, insolvent debtor, 3


Rev. Nathaniel, sermon by, 284 Tea for sale, 367; Parliamentary duty on, unconstitutional, 261; tax upon, 255 "Teazer," 438


Templer, Colonel, house for sale occupied by, 366; of the XXVIth Regiment of Foot, 508


Tenant's Creek, land for sale on, 11


Ten Eyck, Harmanus, horse thief, 25


Jacob H., 25


Matthew, land for sale by, 375 Tenicke, Peter, land for sale in the occupation of, 150


Ten Mile Run, 396


Tennant, Richard, innkeeper, 391 Tennent, Dr. Gilbert, deceased, notice to 'debtors and cred- itors of, 163; biographical sketch of, 163, note William, administrator of Dr. Gilbert Tennent, deceased, 163 Rev. William, 362


Tenney, John, land for sale oc- cupied by, 540, 555


Roxbury Ten pound court, criticism on Royal disallowance of act es- tablishing, 578, 596; import- ance of, 635-8, 649, 660-662 Teple, William, insolvent debtor, 127


Test, Edward, communication by, 493; attacking John Budd, 474, 477; Budd replies to, 483, 493, 498


John, land for sale by, 15 Thatcher, Bartholomew, death of widow of, 541


Elizabeth, Mrs., obituary no- tice of, 541; remarkable fe- cundity of, 541


Jeremiah, land for sale by, 387 Thaw, great, 32


Theft, 7, 18, 214, 508, 656


"The Time Piece and Literary Companion," publication of, 585


Thomas, Joseph, goaler, 323 Joseph, insolvent debtor, 131 Mary, eloped, 131 Samuel, wife eloped from, 131 Thompson, tavern-


keper, 191 607; in company of utterer of counterfeit bills, 607


Benjamin, servant lad run away from, 626


Charles, supposed thief taken up, 447 Frances, 454 Stephen, 232


William, insolvent debtor, 50 Thorn, Mahlon, land for sale by, 581


Thoroughfare creek, Salem coun- ty, 419


Thorp, John, Jun., on committee of correspondence, 217 Tice, Richard, land for sale by, 560


Tice's Big Mill for sale, 560 Tillbury, England, 72


Tilton, James, receives degree of Doctor in Physics, 518


John, insolvent debtor, 34


Timber Creek, 150, 612; fulling mill on to be let, 178; land for sale on, 8, 323, 398


Tindall, Thomas, act for the re- lief of, 306


Tinicum township, Pa., land for sale in, 136


Tinton, 359 Toby, Nathaniel, 362


Tod, Alexander, iron works to be let by, 409, 564; land for sale by, 409, 410; merchant, mar- riage of, 327


Tohiccon creek, Pa., land for sale near, 136 Tole, Richard, farm for sale by, 42 Tom, runaway negro, 535 Tomlinson, Joseph, 633 Tonkin, Edward, deceased, 30 Edward, insolvent debtor, 9, 42


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INDEX.


John, immense steer raised by, 120, 130


Tonkins, Samuel, land next for sale, 537 Totoway Bridge, 346


Totten, John, insolvent debtor, 69


Townley, Richard, accidental death of son of, 299


Townsend, Hannah, eloped, 572 Silvanus, junior, wife eloped from, 572


Tracy, Stephen, graduates from Princeton College, 266, 278; biographical sketch of, 268


"Tradesman of New Jersey," ob- servations of a, 576


Trenchard, Curtis, servants run away from, 656


George, executor, land for sale by, 31


George, Judge Salem county, 42


George, Seacaucus Commis- sioner, 229


Trenton, 29, 38, 42, 106, 158, 168, 221, 238, 253, 308, 312, 355, 359, 361, 362, 376, 387, 391, 392, 467, 489, 501, 534, 554, 581, 618, 631


battle of, 266


Court House, land for sale at the, 239


Falls, land near, for sale, 600 sturgeon cured at, 173


Ferry, 631; for sale, 159; to be let, 274


Forge, servant run away from, 213


Friends burying ground in, 469 goal, 6, 112, 646; lad for sale, committed to, 590; man com- mitted to, 398


horse stolen near, 328


land for sale near, 151, 190, 366, 443


mulattoe run away near, 554 negro run away in, 155


Post Office, list of letters re- maining in, 361 servant ran away in, 191


stage waggon goes through, 163, 446, 538 tavern to be let near, 275


Trinity Church, New York, 288 Trinity Church, Wilmington, Del., robbed, 590


Triplets born at Northampton, 104


Troops, an act making provision for his Majesty's, 306 Troops assisted in resisting fire, 389


Troup, John, 374 "True Britton," stallion, 109


T. S., article by, on lawsuits in New Jersey, 635


Tucker, Joseph, junior, clothing stolen from, 591


Samuel, auditor, 239


T(ucker?), S(amuel), article by, on lawsuits in New Jersey, 635; criticised, 660


Tuft, Mary, 73


Turks-Island, W. I., 403


Turner, Daniel, puffs Dr. Gra- ham, 616 Joseph, 242


Robert, 437


Tuthill, Samuel, assignee, notice by, 534


Samuel, Seacaucus Commis- sioner, 229


Tuttel, Joseph, land for sale by, 348


Tuttle, Col., 374; land next for sale, 520


John, farm for sale formerly occupied by, 520 Col. Joseph, sale of land of, 406


Moses, land for sale by, 132 Twenty-first Regiment, at Phila- delphia, 533, 558


Twenty-sixth Regiment, 237; re- moved from the Jersies to New York, 155; address of New Brunswick authorities to 161; at New York, 238; Jer- sey bills stolen from a pri- vate in the, 508; at New York, 533,558


Twenty - ninth Regiment, to


march to Amboy, 153, 155; arrives, 162; removed from the Jersies to New York, 155; address of New Bruns- wick authorities to, 161; de- serted from, 237, 532; soldiers of, to sail for London, 491; their vessel obliged to return, 503, 557; arrival of re- cruits from England, 593; to be transported from Amboy to Augustine, 629; compli- ments to, from Perth Amboy, 640; and from New Bruns- wick, 641


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Ulster county, N. Y., land for sale in, 457 Union Furnace, 361; land for sale near, 502


Union Iron-works, to be let, 273; lands for sale near, 540, 556; stolen horse to be returned to the, 507


Union of the American Colonies, Plan of, 466


"United Company of New Jersey" proposed, 295


"United States Magazine," 584, Unslacked lime, 389 585 danger from, Upper Barebrook, grist mill on for sale, 410


Upper Bridge, Stone creek, land near for sale, 480


Upper Dublin, Pa., 480; appren- tice run away in, 435


Upper Freehold, 323, 370, 519: death at, 442; land for sale


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INDEX.


in, 128; servant run away' in, 303, 306, 436


Upper Marsh Creek, Pa., Presby- terian Church of, 584 Upper Pennsneck, 599; land for sale in, 31


Upsal, Sweden, 598; archbishop and consistory of, 598, 600 Usbeck, John, 274


Usher, Abraham, executor, land for sale by, 29


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Vaghte, Nicholas, land for sale by, 578 -, Dr., alleged quackery Van of, 400


Van assurances by, 401 Van Bus Kerk, John, land for


sale by, 528


Van Buskirk, Andrew, land for sale by, 372; stage of, 434


Van Campen, Isaac, horse stolen from pasture of, 507


Vance, Alexander, land and cat- tle for sale by, 338


Van Der Hoof, Jacob, land for sale by, 126


Vanderippe, John, insolvent debt- or, 648


Vanderveer, Garret, land for sale by, 370


John, land for sale by, 375


Vandevere, Jacob, former ser-


vant of, 487


Van Deursen, Elizabeth, 608 Vandike, Roelof, negro run away from, 280


Van Dyck, Elizabeth, land for sale by, 508


Henry, land for sale by, 508 Van Dycke, -, murder of, 493, 498


Van Emberg, Mr., 454


Van Emburgh, John, 243, 259


Van Hartinggen, Rev. Johannes Martinus, on faculty of Queen's College, 608; bio- graphical sketch of, 608n


Van Horn, Philip, Judge Somer- set county, 45, 127


Thomas, Judge Sussex county, 49, 52, 86, 205, 206


Van Horne, Mr., 553 Van Houstan (Houten), Johan- nis, executor, notice of sale by, 434


Vanhouter (Van Houten), John, fire at the house and barn of, 135, 140


Van Kirk, William, Jr., insolvent debtor, 3


Vanlear, Dr., subscriptions for book received by, 363


Van Neste, George, land for sale by, 375


Van Norden, land


Tobias, for sale by, 388


Mrs. Tobias, land for sale by, 373


Van Orden, Tobias, land for sale by, 33


Vanover, Cornelius, insolvent


debtor, 52


Van Veghte, Direck, 219, 226 Van Winckle, John, pettiaugre


for sale by, 286


Van Zant, John, witness, 539 Vassall, Tho., 181


Vennard, Captain, 645


Verbrych, Mr., 623


Verree, James, land for sale by, . 183


Vessels: Ann, sloop, 356


Aurora, 585


Carolina, 389 Carpenter, brig, 386


Centurion, sloop, 230 Chance, snow, drove ashore,


386


Charlotte, sloop, 427


Charming, brig, 386


Dove, brig, drove out to sea, 26


Duke of Cumberland, packet, 392


Earl of Dunmore, ship, 491 Edward, ship, ran ashore, 172, 174 Endeavour, sloop, 183, 519


Endicut, snow, 12


Friendship, brig, 339


Generous Friends, 20, 21


George, ship, 382


Happy Return, schooner, 228


Herring, sloop, 388


Hetty, sloop, 121


Hope, sloop, 392


Honest Endeavour, sloop, 51, 182 Iris, British frigate, 585


Jupiter, brig, ashore, 6


Lady Gage, ship, 593


Lisbon, packet, 389


James, brig, ashore, 35


John and Betsey, 478


Mary, schooner, 633, 644


Minerva, ship, 385


Nancy, brig, drove out to sea, 26


Nesbit, ship, 135


New York, ship, 491, 503


Packet, safe arrival of, 383


Parragon, brig, 20


Polly, brigantine, 386


Polly, schooner, 517, 521, 545


Polly, sloop, 87 Richard, brig, 35


Sally, sloop, 511, 549


Santa Maria, sloop, 382, 385


Susanah, brig, drove out to sea, 26


Two Brothers, sloop, 516, 521 Unity, brig, 566 Wallworth, 342 West-India packet, 389


Vickers, Joseph, 421


Peter, land rented to, for sale, 136


Vining, John, obituary notice of, 312, 314 Violet, runaway mulatto slave, 514


Virginia, 268, 356, 487, 593


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Convention, 586 Gazette, extract from, 166 inoculation in, 481 late transactions in, relative to an American Episcopate, 659 proposed representation of, in the British Parliament, 466 religious bodies in, 547 settling of, by farmers from the Jerseys, 399 Voorhes, Widow, innkeeper, 445


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Walker, Edward, apprentice run away from, 435


John, skinner, broke goal, 183 Samuel, insolvent debtor, 16 Walkill River, Sussex county, iron works on, for sale, 101 Wallace, Caleb, graduates from Princeton College. 266, 278; biographical sketch of, 268 Hugh, assignee, land for sale by, 364


Joshua Maddax, receives degree of Master of Arts, 278 William, 130


Wallen, Joseph, land for sale


lying near, 432


Wall Kill, Sussex county, iron works to let on, 564


Wallkill, Ulster county, land for sale at the, 549 river, land for sale on the, 49 Waln, Richard, 653


Walter, John, insolvent debtor, 10


Walton, Jeremiah, 599


Wamsley, William, land for sale by, 444


Ward, passes counterfeit bill, 607


Capt., arrival of, 12 Josiah, boatman, 439 Matthias, stage driver, 233 Uzal, quarries run by, 439 Wardell, John, Judge of Mon- mouth county, 50, 129, 324


Warner, Joseph, executor, no- tice by, 299


Warren, Joseph, land for sale near, 408, 432 · Watch stolen, 602, 656


Waterford township, Gloucester county, 130, 562; wife eloped from, 131; land for sale in, 146, 147; servant run away from, 147, 453; horse stolen in, 434, 552


Watering Place, at the Highlands of Navesinks, 143


Water melons, a luxury, 27 Waters, Israel, 553


Watkin's Ferry, on Patowmach, 399


Watson, Aaron, land for sale by, 104


Alexander, assignee, land for sale by, 364


Marmaduke, land for sale by, 104; prize claimed by, for silk cocoons, 588


Thomas, Bordentown, 362 Thomas, Perth Amboy, land for sale at the suit of, 11 . Watts, Sarah, marriage of, 437 Stenhen, land for


190


Way, Nicholas, receives degree of Doctor in Physic, 518 "W. C.," contribution by, 471 Weather, hard, 8


Webb, John, run away, 328 Weed, George, physician and


apothecary, formerly of


West Jersey, wonderful cure by, 201, 319


Well, Daniel, plantation of, for sale, 487 Wells, Richard, horse strayed or stolen from, 489; land for sale by, 136, 183, 453


Thomas, run away 436


servant, William, 264, 569; land for sale by, 121


West, Charles, executor, notice by, 299


Deborah, executrix, notice by, 299


John, insolvent debtor, 3


John, land for sale by, 121, 468 Thomas, deceased, notice to . creditors and debtors of, 299 Westchester, borough town N. Y., 658 of,


Western Islands, W. I., 474 West-Indies, 8, 435 West Jersey, proposed represen- tation of, in the British Par- liament, 466


Rights, for sale, 551


Westmoreland


parish,


Jamaica,


W. I., 181


West-Nantwell


township,


Pa.,


servant boy run away in, 581


West New Jersey, inland trade


of, 1


Wheat land for sale, 150


Wheeler, James, boatman, 439 Whilan, Michael, runaway ser- vant, 531


Whiponong River, plan to ditch swamp on, 374, 383 Whisky Insurrection, 585 White, Mr., 333 Thomas, 29 Whitefield, Rev. George, jour- neys of, 182


Whitehall Slip, New York, 439 White-hall tavern, New Bruns- wick, entertainment at, 162, 643


Whitehill, John, 599


Whitridge, Capt. L., 183


Wicaco, 600; church, 600; parish of, 599


Wickoof, Isaac, quarrel of, with Moore Furman, 622


Wicsell, Mr., 598 Wiet, Mr., 494 Wife beater flogged, 10, 18, 19, 34 Wife eloped, 131, 602 f Wikoff, Peter, land for sale by,


sale by,


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INDEX.


502


Wilely, Mr., 362


Wilkins, Isaac, negro slave run away from, 517


Wilkison,


Nathaniel,


insolvent


debtor, 135


Will, runaway


negro,


579;


“of


the blackest cast," 251


William, Captain, arrival of,


36


Williams, Bedford, graduate of Princeton College, 266, 278; in debate, 269, 277


Benjamin, coats stolen from, 310


Charles, insolvent debtor, 648 Ensign, arrives from England, 593


George, runaway servant, 412 Giles, insolvent debtor, 34


James, deceased, land of for sale, 5


John, runaway servant, 147 John, land for sale by, 248 Williamsfield, W. I., 181 Williamson, Jacob, graduates


from the College of New Jersey, 584; debate by, 583


Matthias, graduates from Princeton College, 266, 278; dissertation by, on religious freedom, 276, 268; biograph- ical sketch of, 268


Wills, Aaron, land next for sale 488


William, land for sale by, 469 Willson, Charles, 438


Wilmington, Del., 87, 155, 330, 518, 624; apprentice girl run away from, 249; church, rob- bery in, 590, 591


Wilmot, Mr., private Secretary to the Lord Chancellor, and agent in London for New


Jersey, 167, 172


Wilport, Benjamin, 120 George, 120


Wilson, Isaac, blacksmith, run- away apprentice, 198 James, insolvent debtor, 106


Wilson, James, graduates from Princeton College, 266, 278; oration by, on commerce, 269, 277; biographical sketch of, 268 Gen. James Grant, 658n John, 362


Peter, notice by, of Hacken- sack grammar school, 595


Samuel, receives the degree of master of arts, 586


William, runaway servant, 343, 453, 522


Windsor township, 410


Winsh, Anna Margaret, legacy to, 274


Ulrich, deceased, legacy left by, 274


Winter, Mordecai, 613


Woodruff, Isaac, land for sale Wistar, Richard, servant run away from glass house of, 146


Withers, William, servant of,


committed to goal, 320 Witherspoon, David, premium awarded to, at Princeton College, 582


James, graduates from Prince- ton College, 266, 278; oration by, on individual liberty, 126, 267, 268, 276; biographical sketch of, 268


Rev. Dr. John, 268, 586; visit to purchase Rittenhouse's or- rery for the college of New Jersey, 145, 426; "Practical Discourses, on the Leading Truths of the Gospel," by, for sale, 190, 471 Mrs. John, 584


John, Princeton College sopho- more, first prize in Greek and Latin, given to, 582


Wittes, William, 181


Woldridge, Thomas, from England, 593


passenger


Wolf, Lion, 362 . Wolley, Mr., 516


Wolper, Wolpper, Benjamin, 99, 120, 130


Geroe, 99, 120, 130


Wood, Henry, marriage of son


of, 16


Isaac, marriage of. 16 John, 243, 259


Joseph,


assignee,


notice


by,


534


Mary, with runaway negro, 625 Richard, escaped bail, 184


Woodbridge, 109, 270, 284, 377, 385, 390, 424, 447, 448


boat for sale in, 371 ducking of importer at, 220


funeral of James Parker at,


195, 202


land for sale in, 321


negro run away in, 180


Non-importation resolutions made by the Freeholders and Freemen of, 215, 233; repudi- ated in part, 251


Rev.


George


Whitefield


to


preach at, 182


· stage waggon goes through, 163, 446, 538 tar and feathers kept in readi- ness in, 217


Woodbridge-Raway, land for


sale at, 430


Woodbridge-Raway Neck. land


for sale lying, in, 378 Woodberry, 343


Woodberry, Capt. T., 517, 521, 545


Woodbury, 8, 598, 613, 656; death of John Ladd at, 380 Woodhouse, William, bookbinder and stationer, 330 Woodnut, Richard, 581


Woodrow, Henry, trustee, land for sale by. 146


by, 47 Isaac, executor, land for sale by, 544 Isaac, foreman of Essex coun-


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INDEX.


ty Grand Jury, 80


Joseph, deceased, land of, for sale, 408


Joseph, Jr., deceased, land of, for sale, 47


Wood's grist mill, 480


Woods-Town, 639


Woodward, Nathaniel, land for sale by, 606


Samuel, land for sale by, 606 Wool for sale, 521; product of, 245


Woolfe, Mathew, insolvent debt- or, 648


Woolman, Jonathan, land next for sale, 488 Woolwich township, 332, 626; land for sale in, 15, 322, 537; negro run away in, 191


Wooster, Thomas, receives the degree of master of arts, 586 Worcester goal, Mass., Baptists and Quackers confined in, 334


Workmen's houses for sale, 48


Worrell, Peter, brewery for sale by, 263


Worth, Henry, insolvent debtor, 34


Joseph, 303


Worthley, Obadiah, insolvent debtor, 3


Wotherill, Thomas, 613


Wrecks, 5, 20, 21, 316, 382, 386


Wright, David, insolvent debtor, 617 Ezekiel, land to be let by, 443


Israel, servant run away from, 367


John, appointment of, as schoolmaster, 575, 603 John, deceased, the daughter of, 424


Jonathan, land for sale by, 480


Mahlon, land and grist mill for sale by, 410 Mary, 424, 437


Richard, on committee of corre- spondence, 217; letter from, denouncing Thomas Haddon, Jr., 423, 424


Sarah, 437 Thomas, 73, 362


William, race horses to be en- tered with, 110; tavern keep- er, 545; vendue of land at the house of, 605


Wyoming, Pa., 417


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Xenophontic Banquet, 376


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Yale College, 586 Yard, Joseph, insolvent debtor, Yard's 236 Island, Delaware River, 301


York, Capt., 155


Young, Jeremiah, 516 Moses, notice of petition by, for ditching Pinch Bogg swamp, 377 William, servant run away from, 531


Younglove, Isaiah, land for sale lately the property of, 375


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Zabriskie, John, land


for sale near, 372


Justice, supposed thief brought before, 447


Zubly, Rev. John Joachim, re- ceives degree of Master of Arts, 267, 278; see Lubley


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