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PETER DE MAREST,
Living at the New-Bridge, in Hackensack,
P URPOSES to drive a covered WAGGON from that Place to Powles-Hook, twice every Week, viz. On Mon- day and Friday.
He sets out for the first Time, on Friday next, and will attend at Mr. Elsworth's at Two o'Clock in the After- noon. The Waggon is new and well fitted, with Curtains, and the Horses in excellent Heart. The best Attendance will be given, at the usual Prices, by the
Publick's humble Servant,
May 15, 1772.
PETER DE MAREST.
1See p. 79, ante.
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N. B. The Waggon sets out from Hackensack, at Six o'Clock in the Morning.
P URSUANT to an Order of the Inferior Court of Com- mon Pleas of the County of Monmouth, in the Pro- vince of New-Jersey; Notice is hereby given to the Cred- itors of John Roberts, an insolvent Debtor, that he having filed his Schedule, and complied with the Directions of a late Act of the Governor, Council and General Assembly of the said Province of New-Jersey, entitled, An Act for the Relief of insolvent Debtors, that the said Creditors be and appear at the Court-House at Freehold, in the said County, on Monday the 15th Day of June next, at 12 o'Clock of said Day, before John Anderson, John Taylor, and James Lawrence, Esqrs, or any two of them, Judges of the said Court, to shew Cause, if any they have, why the said John Roberts should not be discharged agreeable to the Direc- tions of the said Act .- The New York Gazette; and the Weekly Mercury, No. 1074, May 25, 1772.
Hackinsack, May 2, 1772.
T HE Grammar School at the above Place is continued, and the Mathematics and Book-keeping, &c. taught with Care and Accuracy, by the Public's obliged,
Humble Servant,
PETER WILSON.
-Supplement to The New-York Gazette, and the Weekly Mercury, No. 1074, May 25, 1772.
Salem, May 17, 1772.
RAN away, from the subscriber, a servant man, named SAMUEL MANSFIELD, alias JOHN M'FELLY; he is about five feet 10 or II inches high, born in Lancaster, Penn- sylvania-he is of a dark complexion, had on when he went away (which was the 23th [sic] of this instant) a
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light coloured coat and jacket, half worn striped trowsers, a homespun shirt, a pair of shoes half worn, and a half worn castor hat; he is about the age of thirty-five or six, and looks indifferently smart, he speaks good English and is remarkable for having his teeth all double. Whoever takes up and secures the said servant, in any of his Ma- jesty's gaols of this province, or in Pennsylvania, so as his master may have him again, shall receive the reward of EIGHT DOLLARS, and all reasonable charges paid for bringing him home to the subscriber, who lives in Allo- way's Creek Township, Salem County, and Province of West New-Jersey.
SAMUEL SMITH. -The Pennsylvania Chronicle, and Universal Ad- vertiser, No. 281, May 25 to June 1, 1772.
On Sunday, the Third Instant, died in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, LEWIS CHAMBERLIN, Esq; a Man of an Excellent Character, and of great use in the Town- ship where he lived, who much lament his Death, as well as his bereaved Family.
BY HIS EXCELLENCY WILLIAM FRANKLIN, Esq; Captain General, Governor and Commander in Chief, in and over the Province of New Jersey, and Territories thereon depending in America, Chancellor and Vice-Ad- miral in the same, &c.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS, I have received Information, that on the Night of the Twenty-second Day of this instant May, a bar- barous and horrid Murder was committed on the Body of one ELIZABETH KNIGHT, in the Township of Evesham, by some Person or Persons as yet unknown; the said ELIZABETH KNIGHT having been found dead in her
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House early in the Morning of the Twenty-third Instant, with her Scull broken in two Places, and her right Arm broken below the Elbow. I HAVE THEREFORE thought fit, by and with the Advice and Consent of His Majesty's Council, to issue this Proclamation, hereby strictly charg- ing and commanding all Justices of the Peace, Sheriffs and other Officers, within this Province, to be particularly vigilant in endeavouring to detect the Perpetrator or Per- petrators of this atrocius Murder, so that he or they may be brought to condign Punishment. And in order to en- courage a Zeal and Activity in this Pursuit, I DO HEREBY promise a Reward of FIFTY POUNDS, to be paid out of the Public Treasury of this Province, to any Person or Persons who shall apprehend and secure the said Murderer or Murderers, so that he or they may be convicted thereof. AND I do further promise His Majesty's most gracious Pardon to any Accomplice in the said Crime, who shall discover and prosecute to Conviction the principal Per- petrator of the same.
GIVEN under my Hand and Seal at Arms, at Burling- ton, the Twenty-fifth Day of May, in the Twelfth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord King George the Third, Anno Domini One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy-two.
WILLIAM FRANKLIN.
By His Excellency's Command.
CHARLES PETTIT, D. Secretary GOD SAVE THE KING.
RUN AWAY
PETER WEISDORF, a German servant man, about 36 years of age, pretty well built, about 5 feet 8 or 10 inches high; had on his own brown straight hair, and leather breeches, speaks but little English ; he was delivered at the side of Delaware river, about a mile above the mouth of Ancocus, in April last, on the Jersey shore, with a letter.
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enclosing his indentures, assigned to Charles Read, Esq; to go to Mr. Fenemore's, at the mouth of Ancocus, to be sent forward to Mr. Read, at AEtna Furnace, went off with the letter and indentures enclosed. Any person who will bring him to Mr. Read, at Aetna Furnace, in Bur- lington county, or to Coxe and Furman, or Adam Aker, in Philadelphia, shall have charges paid, and Twenty Shillings reward, paid by
May 26, 1772.
COXE and FURMAN.
SIX DOLLARS Reward
RUN away on the 24th of May, 1772, from the sub- scriber, living in Springfield, Burlington county, an ap- prentice lad, named JOHN WARREN, between 17 and 18 years old, small of his age, swarthy complexion, grey eyes, dark hair; had on, when he went away, a homespun shirt and trowsers, a striped Bengal jacket, double breasted, an oldish felt hat, a pair of pumps, that have been mended; he likewise took with him a fine white shirt, a pair of linen trowsers, striped with blue. Whoever takes up said ap- prentice and secures him, so that his master may get him again, shall have the above reward, and all reasonable charges, paid by DAVID RIDGWAY
N. B. The said Warren was born near Princetown, and bound to one John Saunders, who formerly traded in tin, but lived, at the time he parted with the said Warren, at Philadelphia, or Wilmington, which gives his master reason to think he has gone that way. All masters of vessels, and others, are fore-warned harbouring or carrying him off, at their peril .- The Pennsylvania Ga- zette, No. 2266, May 28, 1772.
PHILADELPHIA. We hear that a woman named Eliz- abeth Knight, who has for some time past lived alone in a small log house, on the road leading from Cooper's Ferry
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to Mount Holly, and maintained herself by baking and selling cakes, &c. was found murdered in a most barbarous manner last Saturday morning, her house ransacked, and her drawers, &c. all broke open, by some villain or villains who got off undiscovered, and for apprehending of whom the Governor of New-Jersey has offered a reward of Fifty Pounds. This is said to be the fourth time the above per- son has been robbed within these four years.
Yesterday se'nnight the Rev. Synod of New-York and Philadelphia met in the Second Presbyterian Church, in this city, where a sermon, suitable to the occasion, was preached by the Revd. ALEXANDER M'WORTHER, of New-Ark, New-Jersey. Afterwards the Revd. JOSEPH TREAT, of New-York was chosen Moderator .- The Penn- sylvania Journal; and the General Advertiser, No. 1538, May 28, 1772.
PHILADELPHIA, June I. On Saturday the 16th ult. the Supreme Court for the province of New-Jersey ended, when William Reed was convicted of burglary, and was sentenced to be executed on Saturday the 23d ult. but his Excellency the Governor, thought proper to respite him till Saturday last, when he was executed at Burlington, pursuant to his sentence .- He was the same person who was suspected of murdering a negro wench, the property of Mr. Joseph Lippincott, as mentioned some time since in this Paper. At the same Court, William Morlan, alias William Newman, alias William Blakely, alias John Mor- lan, was convicted of Grand Larceny, and burnt in the hand.
CUSTOM-HOUSE, Philadelphia, CLEARED. Brig Unity, T. Crippen, New-Jersey, . -The Pennsylvania Packet, and the General Advertiser, No. 32, June 1, 1772.
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. . NEW-YORK, June I. His Excellency William Franklin Esq; Governor of New-Jersey, issued a Proclamation the 15th of May, of his having received information, that on the Night of the 22d Ult. May, a barbarous and horrid murder was committed on the body of one Elizabeth Knight, in the township Evesham, by some person or persons as yet unknown; the said Elizabeth Knight hav- ing been found dead in her house, early in the morning of the twenty-third, with her scull broken in two places, and her right arm broken below the elbow. She had for some time past lived alone in a small log house, on the road leading from Cooper's Ferry to Mount Holly, and main- tained herself by baking and selling cakes, &c. This is said to be the fourth time the above person has been' robbed within these four years .- For the discovering and apprehending the perpetrators of the above attrocious murder, the Governor promises a reward of fifty pounds.
The annual Convention of the Clergy of the Church of England in New-York and New-Jersey, met here last Week, have presented an Address to his Excellency Gov- ernor Tryon, congratulating him on his Arrival to this Province; To which he was pleased to return a polite and obliging Answer. [The Address and Answer are omitted for Want of Room.]-The New-York Gazette, or The Weekly Post-Boy, No. 1520, June I, 1772.
To be sold at public VENDUE,
On Monday the 29th day of June in the afternoon, at the house of Mr. Daniel Wicks, in the township of Han- over, in the county of Morris, and province of East New-Jersey;
A Certain tract of all meadow-land, containing about three hundred acres, very valuable for hemp, flax, grass or corn, if properly manured, being a part of that
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large tract of meadow lying before Mr. John Scott's door, formerly the property of John Budd, Esq, deceased, to be sold in lots. The title is esteemed indisputable, and will be given by us, auditors to William Budd.
MATTHEW LUM, JOSEPH WOOD.
NEW-YORK, June I.
To his Excellency WILLIAM TRYON, Esq; Captain Gen- eral and Governor in Chief, in and over the Province of New-York, and the Territories depending thereon in America, Chancellor, and Vice Admiral of the same.
May it please your Excellency,
O' F the many Congratulations you have received on your Promotion to the Government of this Province, none have been more cordial and sincere, than those which the Clergy of the Church of England in New-York and New-Jersey, now met in their first voluntary Convention since your Arrival, beg leave to present to your Excel- lency.
We esteem it a great Happiness to this Province, and a strong Proof of his Majesty's Affection for it, that the Superintendency, of it is committed to your Excellency ; to whose eminent Abilities, Virtues and Accomplishments, we were no Strangers at the Time of your Appointment ; for we had often heard, with peculiar Pleasure, and your Residence among us for almost a Year has confirmed the Accounts-of your amiable Character in private Life; which commands our Love and Affection .- Of your vir- tuous Example; which is of the utmost Consequence to the People over whom you preside .- Of your public Countenance to Religion; without which every Admin- istration must be defective .- Particularly, of your con- stant and devout Attendance on its Ordinances; which is
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highly ornamental to Persons in the most exalted Stations. -And, of your Skill in conducting the arduous Affairs of Government; which is an essential Qualification of a good Governor.
Besides all this, permit us to mention these refined Sentiments of Honour, and of Duty to our gracious Sov- ereign-that parental Regard for the Peace and Tran- quility of a People which had been committed to your Care-and that greatness of Mind, which despises all Re- gards to personal Ease or Safety in Comparison with the public Good; of which distinguished Accomplishments you gave an illustrious Specimen to the World, on a melancholy Occasion. Such Conduct, in our Opinion, has added Dignity and Splendor to a Character that was eminent before, and rendered it as much the Object of our Admiration, as of our Esteem and Affection.
Amongst the numerous religious Denominations in this Province (with all which we are desirous of living upon the most friendly Terms) the Church of England, we presume, has, at least, an equal Claim with any others, to the Protection and Countenance of Government .- Loyal to the King, and submissive to the Laws, her Fidelity has never been impeached, nor worn a suspicious Appear- ance.
As to ourselves, we are most firmly attached to his Majesty's Person, Family and Government; We highly esteem every Part of our admirable Constitution: We teach the great Principles of Loyalty and Obedience, as Matter of Duty and Conscience, as well as of Interest : And those of us in particular, who have the Happiness of being under your Government, beg Leave to assure your Excellency, that we consider ourselves as under inviolable Obligations, to exert our utmost Influence, and ardently to pray, that your Administration may be as happy to yourself as it is to the Province over which you preside.
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With these Sentiments and Principles, and a corre- sponding Behaviour, it is impossible for us to doubt of your Excellency's Patronage; any more than of your granting to the Church of England in this Province, all that Countenance and Protection to which it is justly in- titled.
By Order of the Convention,
SAMUEL SEABURY, Secretary.
New-York, May the 25th, 1772.
His Excellency's ANSWER
Reverend Gentlemen,
T HE honorary Sentiments contained in your Address, and the obliging Manner in which they are ex- pressed, merit my warmest Thanks; and being presented by so respectable a Body as the Clergy of the Church of England in New-York and New-Jersey, at their anniver- sary Convention, makes it extremely grateful and pleasing to me.
The Honour of my Sovereign, and the Good of his People committed to my Care, have ever, in my Public Character, been the governing Principles and the ruling Passion of my Heart: To meet with the Approbation of the former, and share the Affection of the latter, is my highest Ambition; and I should account it an additional Felicity, could I in any Measure, by my private Example or public Influence, afford Encouragement to the Min- istry of the Gospel, or aid the Cause of revealed Religion.
My Endeavours to advance the established Church of the Mother Country, will not leave you in Doubt of my Zeal and cordial Attachment to her Interest; the Repu- tation of her Clergy in this Government and in New-Jer- sey, eminent for their Christian Virtues, pious and exemp- lary Lives and Characters, renders them not only respect-
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able in their Order and serviceable to Religion, but at the same Time gives them a Claim to my Countenance, and intitles them to my Respect and Protection.
Wm. TRYON.
Fort-George, New-York, 27th of May, 1772.
POWLES-HOOK RACES begins on Tuesday the 9th Instant.
T HIS is to give notice to all the creditors of Richard Rolfe, and Richard Pangburn, . insolvent debtors under confinement in the county of Somerset, that they appear before the judges of the court of common pleas, at Millstone, on Tuesday the 23d day of June, to shew cause (if any they have) why the said Richard Rolfe, and Richard Pangburn, may not be discharged pursuant to a late act of the governor, council, and general assembly, passed last sessions thereof, for the relief of insolvent debtors.
RICHARD ROLFE, RICHARD PANGBURN.
-The New-York Gazette; and the Weekly Mer- cury, No. 1075, June 1, 1772.
DEATHS. In Hunterdon County, New-Jer- sey, LEWIS CHAMBERLIN, Esq ;-
PHILADELPHIA, June 8. The BAPTIST CHURCH in this City having, some Time since, unanimously chosen the Rev. WILLIAM ROGERS, A. B. for their Minister, upon the Resignation of the Rev. Mr. EDWARDS, he was, on Sun- day the 3Ist Ult. in the Presence of a numerous and at- tentive Audience, solemnly ordained to that Office. A Sermon, suitable to the Occasion, from Second Corinth-
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* ians ii, 16, was preached by the Rev. ISAAC EATON, a. m. of Hopewell; the Rev. SAMUEL JONES, a. m. of Penny- pack, delivered the Charge, and the Rev. JOHN GANO,1 of New-York, gave the Right-hand of Fellowship.
STOLEN, yesterday morning, from the subscriber, liv- ing at Yardley's ferry, near Trenton, a sorrel Horse 14 hands and a half high, paces and trots, with a new saddle, cloth housing and yellow binding around it; has a large star on his forehead, a reddish mane, and a switch tail. The above-mentioned horse was supposed to be stolen by one William Allen, about 25 years old, about 5 feet 10 inches high, has black hair, 'and of a fair complexion :
1Francis Gerneaux was a Huguenot on the Isle of Guernsey, in the British Channel, according to family tradition, and was marked out for assassination, getting word of which the night before the day set for his death, he secured a vessel and got out of the harbor with his family before morning. (As Guernsey had long been a stronghold of Protest- antism, it is probable that Gerneaux fled to that island, from the French mainland.) He came thence to America, and settled at New Rochelle, New York, where he survived to the great age of 103 years. The fam- ily name was transformed in time to its present form. He brought to this country his son Stephen, then a child, who m. Ann Walton, it is believed, and had nine children who grew up and married. The first was Daniel, who m. Sarah, dau. of Nathaniel Britton, of Staten Island. They had two children b. there, and then removed to Hopewell, N. J., where six more children were born to them, among them John Gano, b. July 22, 1727. He was ordained to the ministry May 29, 1754, at Hopewell, entering immediately upon the charge of the infant Baptist church at Morristown, which he served for two years, with consider- able intervals of missionary tours in the South. In 1756 he accepted an urgent call to Yadkin, N. C., where he remained two years and a half, when he returned to New Jersey, taking up his residence at Elizabeth- town. He preached alternately at Philadelphia and New York, but in 1761 accepted a call to the latter place, where he continued until 1776. He now acted as chaplain of a Connecticut regiment, through the bat- tles in and about New York, the retreat across New Jersey, and the battles of Trenton and Princeton. He was subsequently chaplain of Gen. Clinton's brigade, composed of New York, New England and New Jersey regiments. He accompanied Gen. Sullivan's expedition against the Indians, in 1779, and continued in the service until the close of the war. He then gathered his scattered congregation together again, and the church flourished greatly. In 1787 he accepted a call to Kentucky, where he arrived with his family in June. He remained a year at Lex- ington, and then removed to Frankfort. He preached continually, fre- quently going on extensive missionary tours, until afflicted with a par- alytic stroke, in the latter part of 1798. He d. Aug. 10, 1804, at Frank- fort. Mr. Gano m. 1st, Sarah, dau. of John Stites, Mayor of the Bor- ough of Elizabethtown, in 1756; she d. at Frankfort, Ky., about 1788; he m. 2d, about a year later, in North Carolina, a dau. of Jonathan Hunt, and wid. of Capt. Thomas Bryant. Issue: 1. John Stites, b. cir. 1757; d. 1765; 2. Daniel, b. Nov. 11, 1758, at Yadkin, N. C .; 3. Peggy, b. Dec. 23, 1760, at Philadelphia; 4. Stephen, b. Dec. 25, 1762, in New York, afterwards a distinguished Baptist clergyman in Rhode Island; 5. Sarah, b. Feb. 24, 1764, in New York; 6. John Stites, b. July 14, 1766, in New York; 7. A dau., b. Aug. 15, 1768; d. in her 3d yr .; 8. Isaac Eaton, b. 1770; 9. Richard Montgomery, b. 1776, in New York; 10. Su- sannah, b. Nov. 8, 1777. at New Fairfield, Conn .; 11. William, b. 1781 or 1782; d. cir. 1799 .- Biographical Memoirs of the late Rev. John Gano. N. Y., 1806; Edwards's Hist. of the Baptists of N. J., 74.
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Had on, and stole, when he went away, a blue broadcloth coat, a silk velvet jacket, a pair of leather breeches, a castor hat, two pair of pumps, one pair of shoes, and one pair of worsted stockings. He likewise took a pillow-case containing other clothes. Whoever takes up and secures said Allen in any of his Majesty's gaols, and takes up the horse, shall receive FIVE POUNDS for both, or THREE POUNDS for the horse only, and all reasonable charges, paid by.
DAVID HOWELL. -The Pennsylvania Chronicle, and Universal Ad- vertiser, No. 282, June 1-8, 1772.
PHILADELPHIA. Cleared. Brig. Unity. T. Cuppen to New-Jersey .- The Pennsylvania Journal; and The General Advertiser, No. 1539, June 4, 1772.
EIGHT POUNDS Reward
S TRAYED, or stolen from the subscriber, in New Jer- sey, Somerset County, Bedminster Township, on Tuesday night the 26th day of May, a natural pacing mare, near fifteen hands high, ten years old, her mane hanging to the near side, a moule colour, no white about her, branded P. D. on the thigh, supposed to be on the near side, she paces fast and easy. Whoever secures the mare, so that she may be had again, shall have Six Pounds reward, or if returned to the owner, shall have Eight Pounds Jersey money.
PETER DUMONT.
-The New-York Gazette; and the Weekly Mercury, No. 1076, June 8, 1772.
N OTICE is hereby given to all the creditors of James Moony, an absconding Debtor, that they meet the Auditors on Monday the 8th Day of June next, at the
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House of Jacob Hyer, Innholder, in Prince-Town, to re- ceive their Dividend of said Moony's Estate; at which Time and Place the Auditors will receive their Accounts properly proved.
JOSEPH SKELTON,
Windsor JOSEPH OLDEN, Auditors. April 15, 1772. JACOB SCHENCK
-Supplement to the New-York Gazette, and the Weekly Mercury, No. 1076, June 8, 1772.
RUN AWAY, the 5th day of this instant June, from the subscriber, living in Long-coming Tavern, Gloucester torenship, and Gloucester county, a servant man, named WILLIAM WRIGHT, about 5 feet I inch high, a well set fellow, dark complexion, black straight hair; had on, when he went away, a blue grey coat, ripped in the back, coarse white shirt, and thick linen trowsers, pieced up the seat with ozenbrigs, a felt hat, and old Dutch made shoes, tied with strings. Whoever secures said servant, so that his master may have him again, shall receive Thirty Shillings reward, and all reasonable charges, paid by
JOSEPH NICHOLSON
WANTED immediately
A MILLER, who understands Merchant Work, and also attending a Saw Mill, at a Place not far distant from Philadelphia, and a healthy Part of the Country. A Man, not exceeding middle Age, with a small Family, and who brings a good Recommendation from his former Employers, and especially that he does not make his Grog too strong, may apply for Terms to ROBERT LEWIS, in Philadelphia; NATHANIEL LEWIS, at his Mills, at Bor- dentown; or WILLIAM LEWIS, at his Mills, near Cross- wicks, in Burlington County, West-Jersey .- The Penn- sylvania Gazette, No. 2268, June II, 1772.
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RUN away from the Subscriber, living in the Town- ship of Mansfield, Burlington county, West New-Jersey, the 24 th of this instant May, a negro man named Bristol; he is pretty black, has thick lips, and a hitch in his walk, is about 5 feet 9 or 10 inches high, slim built : Had on, when he went away, a dark brown cloth coat, with pinch- beck buttons, Jacket of a lighter colour, with wooden buttons; a beaver hat, about two thirds worn, white shirt, white Jane breeches, yarn or worsted hose, brown colour; thin shoes with buckles, and is very subject to drink. Whoever takes up said runaway, and secures him in any of his Majesty's Goals, so that his master may have him again, shall have thirty shillings reward, and reasonable charges, paid by
PETER TALLMAN.
May 29, 1772.
NEW-YORK, June II. On Wednesday the 3d Instant, departed this Life, in his 54th Year, JESTON HOMFRAY, Esq; of Spotswood, in the Jerseys, where he had resided some Time-He had the Misfortune about a Week be- fore to dislocate his left Knee, which had given him con- siderable Pain, and occasioned some Fever; the Day be- fore he died he had been enabled, with the Assistance of a Crutch, to walk about his Works .- He eat a cheerful Supper, but soon after was seized with fainting Fits and expired before any Physical Assistance could be afforded him .- He was a native of Old Swinford, in Worcester- shire, which Place he left a few Years ago, universally regretted by all who knew him, as a real Loss to his Country, which he had served in several respectable Char- acters, and distinguished himself the Friend of his Coun- try and the Supporter of its Rights and Liberty,-Shew- ing upon many signal Occasions, during Riots and Com- motions, in Times of Scarcity, equal Moderation, Pru-
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