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bours will not set the Example, let us begin, and they will soon follow. If these Observations should be improved by some abler Hand, and the other Printers will take it from your Paper, they and you will greatly oblige your Customers in this Colony, as well as give Pleasure to
A JERSEY FARMER.
Hunterdon County, New-Jersey, July 6, 1772.
To be SOLD, pursuant to the last will and testament of Ananias Sayre, jun, deceased, in Cumberland County, in West-Jersev.
A PLANTATION, containing 127 acres of LAND, pleas- antly situated in a healthy part of the Country, about half a mile from Kingstown, formerly known by the name of the Cross Roads; it is a suitable place for a shopkeeper, as there is a shop built for that purpose; the King's road runs through the said place, and the stage-waggon passes and repasses every week. There are on the said premises a frame house, two rooms on a floor, and a cellar under one of them, a frame kitchen, with a large shed, extending itself along the front of the house, leading to a pump of excellent water; also a frame barn, a good peach orchard, and an apple orchard, of the best fruit. Likewise 10 acres of salt marsh, lying on the west side of Stow-creek, in the said county. The above is part of the estate of the said SAYRE; and to be sold, by
JOB BUTCHER Executor.
LETTERS remaining in the Post-Office, at Philadelphia. Jonathan Cannalt, Mount-Holly. William Doug- lass, Gloucester. Philip Stout, Jersey .- The Pennsylva- nia Gazette, No. 2273, July 16, 1772.
TO BE SOLD,
THE farm of the subscriber, lying in the town of New-
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Barbados, commonly called Hackinsack, three quarters of a mile from the church and court house, containing about 44 acres; part is, and in one season most may be made, the best of English mowing ground; on said farm is a dwelling-house, five rooms on a floor, a large orchard of about 200 trees of the best of apples and other fruit, etc. Its natural situation is supposed to exceed any in those parts, and would be very agreeable for a retired life, or advantageous for trade of any sort, having a spacious, clean, bold shore, the only one for near six miles along the west side of Hackensack river; a good grist-mill adjoin- ing on said river, and the two main country roads meeting near the premises. Also to be sold with the above, a lot of meadow along said river, ad joining the landing of Will- iam Provost, Esq; with 24 acres of woodland, well stocked with timber. Whoever inclines to purchase the same, may for particulars, enquire on the premises, or of James M'Culloch, near the court-house, or the subscriber, (at the bridge, Old-Slip, Cruger's Wharf ) who will agree on rea- sonable terms, and give a good title for the same.
JOHN ROMINE.
-The New York Journal; or The General Adver- tiser, No. 1541, July 16, 1772.
THREE POUNDS REWARD.
RUN AWAY from the Subscriber, living in Debford township, Gloucester county, on the IIth inst. a certain JOSEPH WILEY, about twenty years of age, five feet seven or eight inches high, brown hair, long visage, and darkish complexion. Had on when he went away, a new fur hat, light coloured homespun broadcloth coat and jacket, two new shirts, new leather breeches, blue and white stock- ings, and new shoes with brass buckles. Whoever secures said Wiley in any of his Majesty's goals, so that the sub-
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criber may have him again, shall receive the above reward and reasonable charges paid by
NATHAN KIMSEY, Constable
FIVE POUNDS REWARD.
RUN AWAY from the Subscriber, living in Kent county, on Delaware, on the 18th of May, 1771, an indented ser- vant man, named JOHN HARWOOD, by trade a taylor, born in England, about five feet six or seven inches high, is a very smooth faced fellow, wears his own hair sometimes tied behind, is very black, and has a pretty large scar upon his face. Had on when he went away, a large blue jacket made out of an old superfine cloth coat, an under cloth coloured bath coating jacket, reddish coloured wilton breeches, a new raccoon fur hat, had very good shoes and stockings, and took with him some good shirts of differ- ent sorts. He has work'd in many places of America, viz. in New-York, in Baltimore and Newton in Maryland, in Salem in the Jersies, in Wilmington in New-Castle county, and in Virginia: He loves drink very much, and when in liquor swears and sings : He has a large Roman nose. Whoever takes up said servant, and secures him, so that his master may have him again, shall receive the above reward paid by
JOSEPH CALDWELL.
N. B. He has been seen in Philadelphia about a month ago .- The Pennsylvania Packet, and the General Adver- tiser, No. 39, July 20, 1772.
P UBLIC notice is hereby given, to all persons whom it may concern, that a petition will be presented by several of the inhabitants of the counties of Essex, Mor- ris and Bergen, to the next sessions of the General As- sembly, to be held at the city of Perth-Amboy, for the province of New-Jersey, on the 22 day of August next,
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for a law to be then passed to enable the owners of the meadows and low lands, containing about 15000 acres, lying near and adjoining the river Passaick, and the sev- eral branches thereof, above and to the westward of the Little Falls in said river, to clear out of said river and branches to the westward of said Little Falls, the several obstructions to the free passage and course of the waters thereof; and also that commissioners or managers may be appointed to raise monies for defraying expences and charges thereof, by laying a tax on the several owners of the said meadows and low lands, in proportion to the quantities they respectively hold, and may be benefited thereby.
If any persons have any objections against passing said law, they are hereby desired then to attend and make the same, as the public in general, and some hundreds of the inhabitants of New-Jersey in particular, are greatly inter- ested in having the obstructions in said river speedily re- moved, the said petitioners intend humbly to request the said legislature to pass said law without any delay .- The New-York Gazette; and the Weekly Mercury, No. 1082, July 20, 1772.
PHILADELPHIA, July 25. The Fourth Instant departed this Life, greatly lamented, the Rev. ISAAC EATON, A. M. Minister of a Baptist Church in Hopewell, New-Jersey.1
In him at once did three great Worthies shine; The Scholar, Christian, and a choice Divine;
Then let him rest in undisturbed Dust,
Until the Resurrection of the Just.
-The Pennsylvania Chronicle, and Universal Ad- vertiser, N.o. 289, July 20-25, 1772.
1The Rev. Isaac Eaton was a son of the Rev. Joseph Eaton, minister of the Baptist society at Montgomery, Pa. (about 20 miles northwest of Philadelphia), 1722-1744, and then of the New Britain church, which split from the former in 1744, until his death. Joseph was b. Aug. 25, 1679, in Radnor, Wales, and came to America about 1686. His second
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Mount-holly, July 12, 1772.
To BE SOLD,
A VALUABLE plantation, pleasantly situated in the township of Northampton, and county of Burlington, about 17 miles from Philadelphia, and three from the town of Aount-Holly, lying in the Forks of Rancocus- creek, adjoining both branches. . . .- The Pennsyl- vania Gazette, No. 2274, July 23, 1772.
PHILADELPHIA, July 26th, 1772.
TEN POUNDS REWARD.
RUN AWAY from his bail, a certain JOHN COLEMAN, a well set fellow, about twenty-six years of age, five feet eight inches high, has red bushy hair, of a ruddy com- plexion, his nose droops a little, and was born in West Jersey. Had on when he absconded, a grey wilton coat, a half worn castor hat and check shirt. He was entrusted with Wade and Hemphill's shallop, to carry flour from
wife, Uria Humphreys, was the mother of Isaac Eaton. Joseph at- tended monthly at Hopewell, during fifteen years of his ministry at Montgomery and New Britain. He d. April 1, 1749, and was buried at New Britain.
Isaac Eaton, son of the Rev. Joseph Eaton and Uria Humphreys, was b. 1726, and studied divinity at Southampton, Bucks county, Pa., with the Rev. Oliver Hart, who was destined to be one of his successors at Hopewell. Mr. Eaton came to this church in April, 1748, and was or- dained its pastor on Nov. 29 of that year. He remained in that charge for twenty-four years. The Rev. Dr. Samuel Jones, of Pennepek, Pa., who preached the funeral sermon, said: "The natural endowments of his mind; the improvement of these by the accomplishments of litera- ture; his early and genuine piety; his abilities as a divine and as a preacher; his extensive knowledge of men and books; his catholicism, &c., would afford ample scope to flourish in a funeral oration." Mr. Eaton opened a school at Hopewell in 1756, for the education of youths for the ministry, he being the first among the American Baptists to establish such a school. Many of his students became eminent in the ministry, and many more in other walks in life. The school was closed in 1767. Mr. Eaton m. Rebecca Stout. by whom he had many children, some of whom d. young or unm. Joseph, David and Pamela grew up and married. Mr. Eaton also practiced physic, and was very helpful to the poor. He d. at Hopewell, July 4, 1772, and was buried in the meeting house. At the head of his grave, near the base of the pulpit, the congregation set up a marble slab, suitably inscribed, with the verse appended:
In him, with Grace and Eminence, did shine The Man, the Christian, Scholar and Divine.
Yale College conferred upon him the honorary degree of A. M., and Princeton in 1756 did the same .- Edwards's Hist. of Baptists in Penna., 17, 33, 50-52; in New Jersey, 47-50; Benedict's Hist. of the Baptists, I., 572.
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Wilmington to this city on Tuesday last, and to carry back to Mr. Hemphill at Wilmington £. 39:16:11 in paper bills (except an half Johannes ) most part of said money were Twenty Shilling Bills, which were given him by Mr. Wade's clerk, on Wednesday last, about eight o'clock at night: He went ashore from the shallop at Chester yesterday, between the hours of twelve and one o'clock. Whoever takes up said Coleman, and secures him in any of his Majesty's goals, so that his bail, the subscribers, may have him again, shall receive the above reward from FRANCIS WADE, of Philadelphia, HEMPHILL and GORDON, in Wilmington, ROBERT MACK, Goaler of New Castle.
N. B. It is supposed he will change his apparel by hav- ing so much money.
WAS taken up last fall on the plantation of the sub- scriber, living near Christiana-Bridge, in Newcastle county, a SORREL MARE, with a white mane and tail, with- out brand or ear-mark, about eight or nine years old, and a natural trotter. The subscriber is informed she belongs to a person in the Jersies, who is desired to prove his prop- erty, pay charges and take her away.
WILLIAM WILSON.
-The Pennsylvania Packet, and the General Adver- tiser, No. 40, July 27, 1772.
PERTH-AMBOY, July 17.
On Tuesday departed this Life in the 78th Year of his Age, Capt. William Bryant, and last Night his Remains were decently interr'd. He was not more remarkable for having been upwards of thirty Years a skilful and suc- cessful Navigator between the Ports of New-York and London, than for being in an eminent Degree possessed
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of the Virtues of Sincerity, Temperance, Integrity, and Benevolence, and of a true and unaffected Piety.1
A Friend to the deceased thinking the following a suit- able Epitaph, desires it may be here inserted
Tho' Neptune's Waves, and Boreas' Blasts, Have toss'd me to and fro; In spite of these, by God's Decrees, I harbour here below.
Where safely I, at Anchor lie, With many of our Fleet : One Day we shall, again set sail, Our Admiral Christ to meet.
1Nothing has been found throwing light on the ancestry or place of origin of Capt. William Bryant. The fact that two of his children were named Joshua and Ebenezer suggests the possibility that he was akin to the Bryants of Huntington, Suffolk county, Long Island, where Bry- ants of those names were to be found. Family tradition says he had a brother in London, from which an English nativity might be inferred. He was b. in 1684 or 1685, but the earliest mention that has been found of him in the records is on April 4, 1729, when he witnessed the will of Ann Johnston, of New York, widow. Eleven days later-April 15. 1729-he was enrolled as a freeman of New York. On Nov. 30, 1739. Lieut. Gov. Colden, of New York, wrote that Capt. Bryant was soon to sail for England with old guns, etc .; he was "commander of a con- stant trading vessel to London," at that time. He seems to have been held in high esteem in New York and London, for we find him repeat- edly appointed administrator, in London, on the estates of deceased sailors, as attorney for their "relicts" residing in New York, between 1743 and 1749. "Capt. William Bryant, mariner, of New York," was named as one of the executors of the will of Edith Feavor, of New York, spinster, April 29, 1747. William Bryant was appointed, June 30, 1749, administrator upon the estate of his son, John Bryant, deceased, but it is not clear that this was the Captain. So, too. it may have been another William Bryant, and not the Captain, who was appointed ad- ministrator on the estate of his brother, Dennis Bryant, of New York, Aug. 30, 1753. Bishop Spangenburg, the famous Moravian missionary, came to America from London with Capt. Bryant, in 1751. In Novem- ber, 1752, John Penn, grandson of William Penn, came from London to New York in the ship Joseph, commanded by Capt. Bryant. A ship- ment of arms was dispatched from New York for London, by the same vessel, William Bryant, master, in March, 1754. Part of the time he was a merchant as well as a mariner .- Early Long Island Wills, 215; N. Y. Hist. Soc. Coll., 1885, 215; Tb., 1895, 5, 223, 265, 485; Ib., 1896, 229, 431; N. Y. Gen. and Biog. Rec., 10:97; 34:289, 290; 35:122; 36:25; N. Y. Col. Docs., 6: 151, 158; N. J. Archives, 19: 201, 202, 206; N. Y. Hist. MSS., 2: 614; Pa. Mag., 21: 338; 22: 78. Just when Captain Bryant took up his residence at Perth Amboy has not been ascertained, but he was living there early in 1761, when George Willocks Leslie, of Reading Town, Somerset county, gentleman, and his wife, Mary, executed a deed to William Bryant, of Perth Amboy. Middlesex county, merchant, on April 2, 1761, which deed, for the consideration of £300, conveyed "all that certain dwelling house and lott of land Scituate, in the City of Perth Amboy. Beginning at the southwest corner of land lately conveyed by said Leslie to John Wattson, said corner is two chains and thirty-seven links from Market Street, and on the east side of Water Street, thence along Water Street south twenty-six degrees and fifteen minutes west two chains and sixty-three links: thence at right Angles with said Water Street to Low Water Mark; thence along Low
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PURSUANT to an ORDER of the INFERIOR Court of Com- mon Pleas of the County of Middlesex, Notice is hereby given to all the Creditors of Jonathan Frazee, jun. Insol- vent Debtor, to shew Cause, if any they have, on Monday
Water Mark to the southeast corner of John Watson's said Lot; thence along Wattson's line to the Beginning. Bounded on the east by the Sound; on the north by the said Watson's Lott; and on the west by Water Street; it being two chains and sixty-three links in front along Water Street; and in length (both sides at Right Angles with Water Street) to low water Mark, together with all fences," etc. This deed was witnessed by P. Kearny, Ravaud Kearny and Alexander Wattson. -N. J. Deeds, 12, p. 439. It was probably with a view to removing to Elizabethtown that he advertised in The New York Journal of August 20, 1767, the sale at public vendue, at Perth Amboy, on September 3 following, of "A Convenient Brick House, with 8 Fire-Places, very pleasantly situated on the Bank, (with a good Water Lot) a Stable and Barn, and a large Garden, which contains a Variety of the best Fruits: Likewise sundry household Furniture," etc .- N. J. Archives, 25: 435. This advertisement gives a very good idea of the comfortable sort of residence the old Captain must have enjoyed in Perth Amboy. He was probably residing with his daughter, Mrs. William Peartree Smith, when he made his will, October 21, 1769, in which he is described as "William Bryant, of the Borough of Elizabeth, Essex county, mariner," and as being "weak." This will was proved July 9, 1772, and letters testamentary were granted thereon July 29, 1772. In this instru- ment he gives to his wife Eleanor, after the payment of his debts, all the rest of his estate for her life, the same to be at her disposal; if she should die intestate, then the same to go to his daughter, Eliza- beth Woodruff, to whom he also gives 20s .; to each of his five other surviving children he gives 5s. Executrix-wife Eleanor. Witnesses- Nathaniel Baker, John Scudder, Jr., David Baker .- N. J. Wills, Liber K, 466. Although he was living at Elizabeth in 1769, he was buried in St. Peter's churchyard, Perth Amboy, where the inscription on his tombstone relates about all that we know of his career: "Sacred to the Memory of William Bryant, who, in 55 Voyages, in the Merchant Service, between the Ports of New York and London, approved himself a faithful and fortunate Commander. Of Integrity and Benevolence to Man he lived a Singular Example. Of Piety and Resignation to God he died an Amiable Pattern 14 July, A. C. 1772, ætatis 83." The upper part of the headstone was broken off by a cannon ball from a British armed vessel, during the Revolution. Below the inscription is this somewhat abbreviated Latin sentence, showing that the stone was doubtless erected by Dr. William Bryant, the Captain's son: "Sax. inornat. pat. sui. dignum. memoria. sacrum. fil. amor. posuit." . His widow d. in February, 1776, at Perth Amboy, and probably was buried beside her husband .- Whitehead's Perth Amboy, 145; Alden's Epitaphs, 1044. Issue (bap. in the First Presbyterian church, New York) :
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i. Mary, bap. October 14, 1722.
ii. Martha, b. January 24 and bap. January 31, 1725-6; m. the Rev .. Nyberg, a Lutheran clergyman, who is said to have been "historiographer to the King of Sweden; she d. a widow, at Fulneck, a Moravian establishment near Leeds, England. Their portraits are in this coun- try."-N. Y. Gen. and Biog. Record, 10: 96.
iii. Rebecca, b. Feb. 18 and bap. Feb. 26, 1728-9; m. Capt. Le Chevalier Dean, who, in 1750, lived in Wall street, New York, but subsequently settled in Charleston. S. C .- Ib., 10: 96. Children: 1. A son; 2. Mary; 3. William.
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iv. William, b. Jan. 3 and bap. Jan. 11, 1730-31.
4. v. Joshua, b. Feb. 7 and bap. Feb. 15, 1732.
vi. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 4 and bap. Sept. 10, 1734; m. (as his 2d wife) the Rev. Benjamin Woodruff, pastor of the Pres- byterian church at Westfield, in the spring of 1763; he d. April 3. 1803, aged 70 yrs .; she d. in N. Y., April 17, 1805. Children: 1. William Bryant, bap. March 21, 1764; 2. Elizabeth, bap. July 12. 1766; 3. Bryant, bap. Nov. 4, 1767; 4. Charlotte, bap. Sept. 3. 1769; 5. William, bap. Sept. 15, 1771 .- Hatfield's Hist. Elizabeth. 583.
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the 24th Day of August next, at two o'clock in the After- noon, at the House of Elijah Dunham Inn-Keeper, at Perth-Amboy, before Stephen Skinner, Jonathan Frazee, and Joseph Skelton, Esqrs. three of the Judges of said
vii. Ebenezer, b. July 15 and bap. July 23, 1736; admitted to the N. J. Bar, March 25, 1758; d. 1761.
2. Mary2 (William1) Bryant, bap. October 14, 1722; she went to Eng- land with her father, when quite young, and enjoyed the friendship and counsels of the famous Rev. Isaac Watts. She m. William Pear- tree Smith, May 12, 1745. He was then of New York, the "heir to an ample fortune, and devoted himself to no particular calling," though he studied law with an eminent attorney. He was a trustee of the College of New Jersey, 1746-1793. He was associated with William Livingston in the patriotic movements of his time. Removing to Eliz- abethtown, he was appointed Mayor of that borough. He took an active part in the Revolution, serving on the Committee of Safety. He d. at Newark, Nov. 20, 1801, aet. 78; his wid. d. there Aug. 16, 1811, in her 92d year, says her tombstone. Issue:
i. Eliza, b. July 17, 1746; d. Sept. 10, 1747.
ii. Ebenezer, b. Feb. 20. 1747; d. July 12, 1750.
iii. William Peartree, b. Feb. 20, 1748; d. Aug. 14, 1748.
iv. Catharine, b. Dec. 16, 1749; m. Oct. 14, 1778, Elisha Boudi- not, of Newark; d. Aug. 30, 1797.
v. Mary, b. June 26, 1751; d. Aug. 18, 1751.
vi. William Peartree, b. July 25, 1752; d. Aug. 12, 1752.
vii. William Peartree, b. Sept. 23, 1755; d. July 17, 1756.
viii. Belcher Peartree, b. Oct. 25, 1756; graduated at Princeton College, 1773; was taken prisoner at his father's house, at Elizabethtown, by the British, Jan. 25, 1780; d. May 10, 1787.
ix. Ann Frances, b. May 10, 1758; d. March 10, 1759.
x. William Pitt, b. June 7, 1760; professor of Materia Medica in Columbia College, in 1792; m. Mary Holliday, June, 1781; d. Jan. - , 1796; she d. Nov. 26, 1805 .- N. Y. Gen. and Biog. Record, 9: 32.
3. William, b. January 3, 1730-31. After his father's death he min- istered to his mother's wants until her death. Studying medicine, he soon settled in Trenton, where he speedily acquired a reputation as a successful physician. He appears to have been recognized as a man of scholarly tastes, being elected a member of the American Philosoph- ical Society, January 21. 1774; and read a paper before that society, an "Account of an Electrical Eel or Torpedo from Surinam," which is published in the Transactions of the Society, Vol. II. 166 (Old Series). In September, 1778, he presented Peter du Simitiere with copies of the almanacs compiled by Daniel Leeds, and printed at New York by Will- iam Bradford, for the years 1604, 1695, 1696, 1697. 1698 and part of 1700. -Memorial Hist. of N. Y., I., 592. What would not a modern collector be willing to give for those priceless bits of seventeenth century printing, now carefully preserved by the Library Company of Philadelphia! His residence was at Kingsbury-a suburb of Trenton, south of the Assun- pink creek-and at the time of the battle of Trenton he was tempo- rarily occupying a house on the Bloomsbury Farm, on the present South Broad street, south of that creek. On Dec. 23, 1776, he informed Col. Rall, commander of the Hessian regiment, that "he had just heard from a negro who had crossed the river (Delaware) that the rebels had drawn rations for several days, and were about to attack Trenton," but Rall regarded the information as "old women's talk."-Stryker's Battles of Trenton and Princeton, 91. 110. Notwithstanding this apparent friendliness with the' Hessian commander, Dr. Bryant continued to reside in Trenton, undisturbed by his neighbors, and from time to time rendered medical service to the American soldiers. Either on account of ill health, or because he wished to be relieved from the excessive burdens of his practice and enjoy a life of more leisure. he took Dr. Nicholas Belleville (b. in Metz, France, 1753) into partnership before he had himself rounded out half a century. On Oct. 7, 1780, the Legislature appropriated £4 1s. 3d. to Drs. Bryant and Belleville. "for medical attendance on Enoch Anderson, taken sick in the service, June,
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Court, why an Assignment of the said Debtor's Estate should not be made, and he the said Debtor discharged, agreeable to the Directions of a late Act of the Governor, Council and General Assembly of the Province of New- Jersey, entitled, "An Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debt- ors.
Perth Amboy, July 22, 1772.
-The New-York Gazette, or The Weekly Post-Boy, No. 1528, July 27, 1772.
1780."-Assembly Minutes. Dr. Bryant's will, without date, was proved June 2, 1786. In it he describes himself as of Trenton, "practitioner of Physic." He gives to his wife Mary the house where he lives and £900 of a bond for £1650 owing by the Hon. John Cox, Esqr., and other property, including "all my negro slaves except the boy William and the girl Peggy upon the express condition that none of them shall be sent off or sold in the West Indies contrary to their own will and consent;" to natural son, William Bryant, by Charity Murrow, £600, when 21, etc .; to sister, Rebecca Deane, £150. and the interest on £600 to be invested for her, during her life; to nephew Belcher P. Smith, "my gold watch and cases," etc .; to nephew William Pitt Smith, £100; his books to the foregoing two nephews; to William B. Duffield, eldest son of Dr. Samuel Duffield, of Philadelphia, £50; to nephew William Deane, second son of sister Rebecca Deane, £100 and one-half the value "of my house at my wife's death;" to Mary Deane, dau. of sister Rebecca Deane, £50 and half the £600 left to her mother, at the latter's death. He also gives to the children of Samuel and Mary Duffield, of Philadelphia; of Benjamin and Elizabeth Woodruff, of Westfield, N. J .; of Elisha and Catharine Boudinot, "now of Hanover;" and of William Pitt Smith, "now of Albany," the property left to his natural son, in case of his death. Executors-"my friend and brother- in-law," William P. Smith, and nephew Belcher P. Smith. Witnesses -John Singer, William Plasket, John Dixon .- N. J. Wills, Lib. 28, p. 232.
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