Documents relating to the Colonial History of the state of New Jersey, Vol. XXVIII, Part 46

Author: New Jersey Historical Society; Nelson, William, 1847-1914
Publication date: 1916
Publisher: Paterson, N.J. : Call Printing and Publishing
Number of Pages: 668


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Passaic River, 72, 102, 210, 320n, 416n, 445, 484, 573; clearing of, 197; dam in, 539; land for sale, 457; tavern at Great Falls of, 85


Paterson, 320n Patterson, Mr., 520, 525, 526, 527, 528; fire. 423


John, 551, 579, 582 Samuel, 507, 543, 603 Wilson and, assignment to, 216 Paul, Uriah, servant ran away from, 54


Paulinskill, land for sale on, 136 Paullin, Jacob, 116


Joseph, man ran away from, 105 Paulus Hook (Powles Hook), 8, 71, 102, 133, 134, 150, 175. 205, 214, 241, 246, 268, 422, 441, 461, 476, 485, 508. 559, 581, 607; ferry at, 60, 138, 211, 235, 236, 268, 319, 481, 532, 548; ferry-house, 448; horse races, 23. 160, 165, 204, 210, 229, 337, 431, 437, 438, 470, 520, 525, 545, 580; racing acci- dent, 525. 528, 530; lotteries, 368, 415, 527; stage, 23, 204 Pavonia, 448 Paxson, Henry, Representative, 89, 93


Payne, Capt., 515 James, 244 William, 244 Pearl and pot-ash. 24


Pearson, Isaac, 38, 183, 539 ; assignee, land for sale, 328 Joseph, reward offered, 10 Joseph, Jr., constable, man escaped from, 394 Robert, 183 Peck. John, Judge, 380n Pemberton, Israel, 408 James, 15


John, 575; iron for sale, 239; steel for sale, 82, 458


Peniton, Elijah, 483; insolvent deb- tor, 440 Penn, John, 200n Richard, Governor, 270 William, 200n


Pennington, 176 Penn's Neck, 172, 458, 504, 522, 541; land for sale, 99


Pensacola, Fla., 405, 544. 595, 596 Pennsylvania, 120, 223, 377, 409, 529, 561; assembly, acts of, 261; Land Company, 377 Pennypack, 161, 198r


Pensocken Creek, 238, 531 Pequannock River, 247, 248, 430; land for sale. 62 Pequest Creek, 208, 611; land for sale at head of, 285 Periam, Mr., master of grammar school, 6 Perrine, Peter, 330 Perth Amboy, 25n, 82, 83, 98, 128, 174, 180, 187, 196, 199, 200n,


201n, 202, 203, 205, 213, 222, 225, 309, 319, 432, 445, 485, 511, 534, 549, 551, 554, 562, 564 568, 569; Bath at, 77, 545, 560; Court of General Sessions of the Peace at, 48; election at, 100 ; land for sale, 12, 21; meeting of the General Assembly of New Jersey, 171; Twenty-ninth Regiment at, 19 Peters, Dr., sermon by, 270


George, runaway servant, 328


Richard, Jr., offers land for sale, 611 Peter's mine, 250


Peterson, Dr., land occupied by, 425 Petition to regulate certain mea- dows, 135 Pettit, Amos, assignee, notice, 144 Charles D., secretary, 64, 153 Nathaniel, 96, 482; Judge, 166, 266, 463 Petty's Run, 239n Pharis, Capt., 566


Philadelphia, 2, 4, 18, 30, 31, 34, 37, 48. 64, 72, 79, 81, 92, 100, 102, 106, 108, 109, 111, 112, 130, 134, 141, 147, 150, 154, 161n,


163, 179, 183, 196, 198, 199,


209, 213, 215, 217, 221, 230,


238, 239, 270, 277, 283, 334,


342, 345, 362, 363, 364, 376,


380, 384, 416, 419, 441, 443,


444, 449, 472, 486, 487, 493,


507, 513, 524, 533, 541, 542, 543, 545, 546, 552, 560, 575, 577, 595, 596, 598, 605, 614; Bap- tist church in, 160; Coffee- house, 440; College, 276, 351; Crooked Billet wharf, 286; drawbridge, 489; filature at, 126; First Presbytery of,


275n ; gaol, 328; ironworks to let, 9; land for sale at or near, 16, 420, 432, 451; letters at Post Office, 21, 114, 194, 318, 418, 419, 494, 574; May- or of, 32; road, 12; stage, 23, 33, 189, 204; steel for sale, 458; Synod of, 257; Twenty- first Regiment at, 19 Philadelphia County, 2 Philipsburgh, land for sale near, 14 Phillips, Ephraim, 595; gaoler, 93, 127, 128 Thomas, 318 Phinolipine brook, 434


Philpott, Quartermaster, 585


Phoenix, Daniel, 243 Pickard, Nicholas, land 360, 360n


for sale,


Pidgeon, William, 479; land for


sale, 28


Pierson, Azel, stage-driver, 34, 364 Bethuel, 380


Daniel, Judge, 5, 6, 121, 177, 256, 342


Jonas, gaol-keeper, 204 Dr. Mathias, 380


Willis, insolvent debtor, 187 Pigeon Creek, Congregation of, 276n Pilesgrove, 105, 116, 117, 387; land for sale, 376 Pilesgrove Township, 379


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640


INDEX.


Pinkerton, Mr., 47; fire, 45 David, 62


Pintard, Lewis, merchant, land for sale, 441


Piscataway (Piscataqua), 119, 168. 310, 311n; land for sale, 82 Pitman, John, 231


Pitney, Jonathan, insolvent debtor, 166


Pittsgrove, 387, 577


Township, land for sale in. 319


Pittstown, 212, 329, 452; land for sale near, 136; mills, 386 Plasket, William, 203n


Plowman, Mr., 360 Plume, Isaac, apprentice ran away from, 406 Plummer, John, 387 Sarah, eloped, 387


Plumstead Township, 390


Plumsted, Thomas, estate of. 1


Poe, on the Rising Glory of America, 98


Point Forge, land for sale near, 64 Pole, Edward, removal notice, 221 Robert. 415


Pool, Thomas, insolvent debtor, 5


Pool's Bridge, 111


Pope's scythes, 538


Popham, William, 21


Port Antony, 601, 605


Port Penn, 182


Post, Jacobus, sheriff, dry goods, for sale by, 416


Postmaster, first at Morristown, 363n Postrider, article on regulation of, 70


Potomac, 543, 603 Potter, David, 242 John, horse stolen from, 212 Matthew, 542


Matthew, Jr., 542; land for sale. 454


Potts, Mary, 495 Richard, 2


Stacy, 568, 575; land for sale, 44; tanner wanted by, 191


Poughkeepsie, 83. 600; Landing, land for sale, 360 Powell, Benjamin, 519 James, 553 John, runaway bail, 10 Samuel, deceased, 179 Thomas, 73, 554; appointed re- corder, 419; master of board- ing-school, 74 Pownall. Governor, 500 Preakness, 359


Presbyterian churches, New Bruns- wick, 381; Newcastle and Christiana Bridge,


49; Rah- way, 570; Westfield, 301n


Presbyterian ministers, corporation for poor, 322


Presbytery of Orange, Va., 274n Prevost, Colonel, 333


Price, Joseph, land for sale, 33 Philip, 89 Robert Friend. executor, land for sale, 171; Representative, S9


Pridget, William, 528, 529 Prince, William. 311


Prince of Wales ball, 563 Princeton, 5, 57, 92, 95, 107, 129, 141, 150, 154, 163, 188, 191,


219 271, 285, 290, 308, 320,'


330, 338, 346, 362, 370, 388, 419, 443, 475, 481, 486, 507, 543, 601, 602; fair at, 271; fairs not to be held at, 282; land for sale at or near, 45, 80, 99, 115; letters or extracts from, 186, 422, 423, 519; lot- tery for Presbyterian congre- gation, 505; merchant in, 49; tavern opened, 435 ; vindication of letter from, 394


Princeton College, 202n, 353, 363, 597; commencement at, 236, 266 ; land for sale near, 218 (see College of New Jersey ; Nassau Hall)


Princeton Historical Association,


275n


Printing, Proposals for, 4


Prisley, Thomas, apprehension of, 282


Proctor, William, land for sale, 382 Prothonotary's Office, report from, 241


Providence (R. I.), 310, 375n


Provost ( Provoost), William, 24, 195 ; land for sale, 405


Pullen,


William,


107


Purdie, Alex., 341n


Purviance,


Samuel,


servant


ran


away from, 577


Putman, Col. Israel, 404, 544 Lieut. Rufus, 404


Q


Quebec, 439 Queen's College, 128 ; notice by


Trustees, 211; Trustees of, 492


Queen's County, 23


Queen's Head tavern, 532


Quibbletown, 169


Quintent's Bridge, 59, 130


Quinton's Bridge, 37, 51n


R


Raccoon Creek, 531; land for sale on, 14, 332 ; landing, 13


Racener, John, runaway servant, 9 Races (see Horse Races).


Radnor, Wales, 197n Rahway, 69, 370, 429, 448 ; landing, 138; lottery, 570


Rahway Neck, land for sale, 69 Rall, Col., 202n


Ramage, Smith, 607


Ramapo, 469; river, 250, 470


Rambo, Benjamin, apprentice away from, 207 ran Rancocas creek, 80; forks of, 198, 516 ; land for sale, 16, 61, 288 Randall, Alexander, lands of, 181 Randolph, Isaac, 130


Rankin, Captain, 221


Rapalje, Garret, merchant, 243, 368. 388, 514 Rappahanock, 603 Raritan, horse stolen at, 254, 265 Raritan Landing. 311, 583 Raritan River, 109, 339. 360, 598; bath erected at mouth of. 77; house to let on, 150: land for sale on, 29, 35, 82, 311


641


INDEX.


Ray, John, land for sale, 213, 243 Richard, 243 Robert. 244 Samuel, 243 Read, Mr., 154


Charles, 154, 545; iron works of, 270; servant ran away from, 216, 263 Charles, Jr., 546; forge for sale, 613 Joseph, 313. 543. 599, 602 Reade, Ann, 599 John, 599


and Yates, merchants, orders lost. 8; proposals, 246, 339


Reading, 105 Ann, 242n


George, land for sale. 387, 452


John, President of Governor's Council, 207n, 242n


Joseph, 207n Richard, land for sale, 29 Captain Thomas, 2070


Reading Township, 132 Readington, 200n, 460, 462 Readston, 321


Recklesstown, 329


Red Bank, brig ashore near, 57


Redding, robbery by, 60


Reddon, 529


Redman, Dr. John, 543, 603 Thomas, 576 Redmon, 529


Reed, Mr., fire, 47


Augustine, land for sale, 452 Governor, 275n Mary, 330


William, sentenced to be executed, 155


Reeder, tavern-keeper, 391 Rees, Detrick, innkeeper, 541


Reese, Oliver, graduate of Prince- ton, 273, 274; sketch of, 276n Reeves, family, 41


Reid, Augustine, 96, 493 John, suit of, 83 Richard, land for sale, 12 Rev. Thomas, 277 Reily, Justice, 31 Remington, Thomas, 546


Remsen, Henry, land for sale, 140 Jacob, 244


Peter, land for sale by executors, 73 and Seabury, 243 Renshaw, Richard, strayed horse held by, 428 Repapare Creek, meadows adjoin- ing, 180 Representatives, in East and West Jersey, 85 Revolution, loyalists of, 7n


Reynolds, Broughton, 259, 536 counterfeiting, 611 John, insolvent debtor, 260; grist mills and land for sale, 434 Thomas, horse stolen from, 146 Rhinedollor, Jacob, 533


Rhinelander, Frederick, 243 Rhode Island, 230, 310, 373, 377, 388, 393, 412, 616; port of, 475, 485, 490, 509, 539, 550, 564; extract of letter from Lord Dartmouth to governor, 411


Richards, Joseph, 512 Richardson, Daniel, 330 John, bond passed by, 318 Capt. Joseph, counterfeiting, 612 William, runaway committed, 334 servant, 92; Richey, William, 519 Richman, Abraham, 116 Andrew, 552 Richmond County, Presbyterian Church in, lottery for benefit of, 175 Ricker, Peter, 243


Ricketts, Col., estate of, 446


Rickman, Bowne and, steel for sale, 177, 538


Ridgely, Charles, land for sale, 45, 434


Ridgway, David, apprentice ran away from, 154 Henry, servant ran away from, 145 Ridley township, 334


Riggs. Joseph, 215, 579, 582 Capt. Joseph, 461 Judge Joseph, 5, 6, 121, 177, 256 Joseph, Jr., 572


Ring, Thomas, bond to, 219


Ringwood, 96, 359. 482; iron works, 246, 248, 251, 339, 470; furnace, 330 Ringwood River, 248, 250 Risdon, John, reward offered, 10 Risley, Ann, 466


Samuel, land for sale at suit of, 408 Ritchie, Robert, 112; land for sale, 364


Rittenhouse, Mr., degree conferred on, 266 David, 277, 299


Rivington, James, newspaper pub- lisher. 438, 439, 440, 448, 614


Roadstown, 33, 428, 486, 546


Robens, John, Jr., insolvent debtor, 437


Roberts, Charles, servant ran away from, 264


Ichabud, runaway apprentice. 406 John. insolvent debtor, 151


Robertson, Alexander, 244, 246 Capt., tavern-keeper, 460


Robins, Ann., insolvent debtor, 214 Robinson, John, 468


Thomas, runaway hostler, 406 and Blair, 243


Rockseticus Iron-works. 73


Rocky Brook, 510


Rocky Hill, 137n, 407; death at, 121 Rocky River Presbyterian Church, 274n Rodgers, Rev. Dr. John, 595; fun- eral address by, 272


John Bayard, premium awarded to, 271, 272


Rodman, Clark, land for sale, 179 Thomas, sheriff, land for sale, 2; Judge, 604 Roemer, Frederick, paper mill and land for sale, 142


Rogan, Daniel, runaway seaman, 613


Rogers, David, ferries to let, 103 Joseph, ferries to let, 103 William, 114


642


INDEX.


Rev. William, of Philadelphia, 160 Rolfe, Richard, insolvent debtor, 160 Romine, John, land for sale, 195 Stophell, insolvent debtor, 599 Room, John, servant ran away from, 140 Roome, Henry, 244


Roosevelt, John J., 243 Nicholas, 243 Roosevelt's Dock, 381


Rose Hill, 274n


Ross, Capt., 369, 449 David, 544


John, 330; servant, ran away, 511 Rossel, Zacariah, 539


Rotterdam, 429


Rowan, George, wharf of, 240


Roxbury, 96, 493


Township, 452, 463, 482, 512


Roy, John, Judge, 131


Royal American Battalion, 282


Royal American Regiment, 19, 233, 240, 308, 310, 333


Royal Oak Inn, removal of, 462


Royal Regiment of Artillery, 569


Rozell, George, executor, land for sale, 286 Rue, Joseph, broke jail, 568 Rumbold, , 119


Rodolphus, 119


Thomas, heirs of, 119 William, 119


Rumsey, Daniel, 118


Runaway negroes (see Negroes)


Runyon, death of, 176 Russel, John, 522


Zachariah, subscriptions by, 107 Russell, Capt. Matthew, 563, 564, 566, 569


Thomas, apprehension of, 282 Rutherford, Walter, land for sale near, 360


Thomas, horse stolen, 147


Rutgers, Anthony, 210, 520, 526, 527


Rutgers College (see Queen's Col- lege ) Ruth, John, broke jail, 595


Rutledge, John, runaway servant, 551


Ryan, John, runaway servant, 523


Ryerson, George, insolvent debtor, 144 Martin, 26, 359 Ryersons. 20711


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Safety, Committee of, 2021, 2361 Saint Georges, 413 Salem, 20. 21, 30, 36, 37, 39, 46, 53, 85. 87, 114, 117, 122, 130, 147, 151, 173, 179, 196, 213, 216, 221, 260, 284, 313, 334, 345, 414, 433. 444, 473, 494, 550, 551, 574; Circuit Court at, 110; land for sale, 20. 44, 319; letter from, 51; road, 12, 181, 487; stage wagon, 36 Salem County, 2. 59, 86, 97, 105, 116, 117, 120. 135, 139, 152, 172, 184, 231, 260, 285, 334, 344, 368, 380, 387, 392, 417, 419, 436, 450. 459, 465, 467, 472, 522, 541, 577, 596; land for sale, 44, 81, 376, 433; murder in, 379


Salmon, Nathaniel, insolvent debtor, 187


Salmons, 479, 502 Salnave, John, 25n


Saltar, Mr., 478; land for sale, 27 Lawrence. 534, 546, 578 Manasseh, 244


Sanders, John W., horse stolen from, 392 Sands, Comfort, 243 Thomas, 23


Sandy- Hook, 108, 141, 146, 215, 319, 341. 408, 469, 509, 515; light house at, 75


Saunders, John, 154, 181


Sayre, 364 Ananias, Jr., deceased, land for sale. 194


Rev. John, 382, 515


Nathaniel, insolvent debtor. 437 Saxton, James, 1


Scattergood, Samuel, land for sale, 74 Thomas, land for sale, 111 Schenk (Schenck), Abraham, 309, 312 Jacob, auditor, 163


Johannes, land formerly of, 132, 460, 462


Mercer and, 243


Peter, 318: land for sale, 75, 133, 140, 309, 462, 460; Judge, 483, 500


Schillinger, David, 495


Schooley's mountain. 4n


Schoolmasters, 237, 501, 557


Schools, Grammar, in Elizabeth- town, 6; Latin, in Hackensack, 7 Schrver, Phillip, apprehension of, 282


Schureman. John, 539


Schuyler, David. land for sale, 360 Dirck, 25n


John, 253


John, Jr., merchant, land for sale, 173


Col. John, 343, 383, 498 ; ferries to let, 103


Peter D., Indian deed to, 360n Peter, Jr land for sale, 173


Schuyler's Patent, 360n


Scotch Plains, 310


Scotland, 182, 242n


Scotland Branch, land for sale, 14 Scott, John, 157


Scudder, John, Jr., 201n Joseph, 143 Dr. Nathaniel, 41


Scull, William, land for sale, 181 Seabury, D., land for sale, 60


Remsen and, 243 Samuel, secretary, 159


Seaman, Ten Eyck and, 244 and Titus, 244 Willet, 244 Sears, Isaac, 243


Sebring, Cornelius, 132


Secker, Archbishop, life of, 600


Second River, 237, 343, 383, 415, 497 Seeley, Enos, 114


Ephraim, grist-mill, etc., to let, 449 Sellers, Hall and, 322


INDEX. 643


Semple, William, 543, 603 Seneca Creek, 363


Sergeant, Jonathan, 507, 542, 543, 602 Setleinton, 474 Seton, Andrew, 588


Shadell, David, 492


Shamokin, 479


Sharp, Charles, 492 Elizabeth, 330 Henry, runaway servant, 120, 121 John, 25n Rachel, 581


Sharpe, Mr., 189 Isaac, iron works late of, 8


Sharpsborough, furnace to let, 17; iron works, 423


Shaw, James, 21 John, 488 Robert, 330


Shepherd, David, insolvent debtor, 266, 372 ; carpenter, murderer, 379


Ephraim, servant ran away from, 409


John, Representative, 97


Sheroden, Thomas, 21


Shields, Thomas, 536


Shinglewood, Judith, 492 Shinn, Joseph, 568 ; land for sale, 81 Shippen, Edward, 274n


Dr. William, 507, 543, 598, 603 Shippenburg, Pa., 276n Ships (see Vessels).


Shivers, Samuel, 170; estate of, 568


Shoemaker, Jacob, Jun., 15


Short Hills, land for sale, 585


Shreeve, Mr., 178


William, goods stolen from, 53, 60 Shrewsbury, 66, 415, 422, 457, 468, -535, 556, 561, 564, 583 Township, 140 Silk, culture of, 126, 480


Simitiere, Peter du, 202n


Simmons, Henry P., 580n Peter, 579n Peter, Jr., 580n


Simpson, Matthew, broke jail, 504 Patrick, negro ran away from, 141 William Harrison, runaway ap-


prentice, 207 Sims wharf, 173


Singer, John, 203n


Sinickson, Andrew, Judge, 260 Thomas, 474


Sitgreaves, William, merchandise for sale by, 26


Skelton, Joseph, assessor of Windsor Township, 323, 324, 325, 355; auditor, 163; Judge, 202 Thomas, marriage of, 29 Skilen, Richard, runaway negro, 139 Skillman, Rev. Isaac, ordination, 310 Thomas, 492, 540, 568


Skinner, counterfeiter, 42 Jonathan, 600


Cortland, 100; Representative, 97; chosen Speaker of Assembly, 227, 233. 235; land for sale, 82 Stephen, 319, 485, 491; land for sale, 72; notice by, 78; Judge, 202, 205, 309, 432


Slaterdam, 416 Slecht, Matthew, notice by. 83 Slidell, John, 465


Smalley, Andrew, insolvent debtor, 129 (see 317)


Smallpox, 472; inoculation, 58 Smart, trial and execution of, 178, 184


Smaule, Timothy, runaway servant, 583


Smelt, Major, 584 Smith, Ann Frances, 202n


Belcher Peartree, 202n, 203n ; pre- mium awarded to, 271, 272 Benjamin, runaway servant, 522, 596 C., 192 Catharine, 202n Christian, runaway servant, 540 Claudius, horse thief, 564 Rev. Cotton Mather, 257 Daniel, 14


David, runaway servant, 450, 465, 467 Dougald, 330


Ebenezer, 202n


Eliza, 202n


Elizabeth, interment of, 284


Judge Isaac, 603


James, 129, 330


James, Jr., land for sale, 430, 493 ; marriage of, 26 Jecamiah, 479, 503 Jasper, writ against, 445, 455


John, 382 ; counterfeiter of Jersey bills, 42; counterfeiter breaks gaol, 61; land for sale, 29; runaway servant, 76, 137; pre- mium awarded to, 272; insol- vent debtor, 309, 310


Hon. John, marriage of son of late, 26 Jonathan, 283


Dr. Jonathan, death of, 89, 97 Jonathan B., 507, 543, 603


Joseph, deceased, notice, 45, 46 ; land of for sale, 283 Joshua, land for sale, 452 Mary, 202n Nathan, merchant, 269


Phineas, son of Rev. Dr., drowned, 609


Richard, 488; counterfeiter, 178 Richard S., 493


Robert, Judge, 604 Ruth, administratrix, notice, 46 S., counterfeiter, 178


Samuel, graduate of Princeton, 275; servant ran away from, 152 William, 129, 518 ; executor, land for sale, 74, 138


William P., 507, 543, 595, 602; land for sale, 84 William Pitt, 202n, 203n William Peartree, 202n Will Lovet, land for sale, 283 Smorley, Andrew, bond passed to, 317 Smyth, Frederick, Chief Justice, 256, 373, 377, 378, 388, 393 John, 511, 554; land for sale, 12 Snowden, Isaac, 507, 543, 603 William, 56 Snow Hill, 46


Snyder, Anthony, absconded, 333 Capt. John, 269


644


INDEX.


Society for Propagating the Gospel, 217. 556


Society Great Tract, land for sale, 11 Society Hill, 209


Sockwell, Jonadab, wife Lydia elop- ed from, 38, 39 Somers, Edmund, 466


Joseph, 466; land for sale late of, 408 Richard, 466


Somerset County, 109. 116, 129, 131, 132, 143, 147, 149, 162, 176, 200n, 254, 263, 280. 329, 330, 426. 440, 460, 462, 483, 484, 500, 540, 548, 583; land for sale, 75, 133, 144, 363


Somerset County (Md.). 276n


Somerset Courthouse, 330


Somerset Road, 435


South Amboy, 344; land for sale near, 73 Southampton, 19Sn


Southampton County, 119


South Carolina, 141, 274n, 276n, 544. 595


Southern Liberties, 474


South Hanover, 574


Southold, L. I., 3631


South River, land for sale near, 22. 73, 408; Landing, 434


Southwark, 183. 454, 542


Spangenburg, Bishop, Moravian mis- sionary, 200n Spanktown, land for sale, 70 Spencer, Elihu, 605


Spicer, Mr., 148


Spotswood, 115, 142, 164, 569


Springfield, 40, 144, 154, 318, 493, 520, 523; land for sale, 585; lottery, 496 Township, 65, 286


Sprout, Rev. James, 595


St. Augustine, 34


St. Christophers, 449


St. Croix, 119, 141


St. Eustatia, 67, 369


St. John's Church, Elizabeth, 447n


St. Mary's Church, Burlington, 69n, 566 St. Paul's Church, Philadelphia, rob- bery at. 118 St. Thomas's Church, Alexandria, 145


Stacy, John, 182, 183


Stafford, Captain, 255


Stage wagons, 23, 36. 108. 150. 175, 189, 204, 220, 235. 286. 344, 361, 364, 432, 461, 466, 475. 481


Stanbury, Josiah, tavern-keeper, 28, 426 Stanford, Capt .. 519 Starn, Jacob, 80, 363


Starr Forge, 48 Start, John, 493


Staten Island, 72, 161n


Steel, for sale, 177, 239; manufac- ture of, 82, 239 Steelman, Jeremiah, 27 Steil, John, 330


Stelle, Rev. Isaac, ordination by, 310 Sterling Iron Works, 470


Stevens, John, 394n; land for sale near, 360


Lewis, death of, 144; obituary, 145 Louis, land for sale, 137


Richard, agreement by, 212


Thomas, 510, servant ran away from, 76 Stevens' mansion, 394n


Stevenson, Capt. William, 256


Stewart, Captain, 469, 475, 502 Archibald, land for sale, 48 Lewis, land for sale, 62; land formerly belonging to, 430


Thomas, 607 William, 243, 415


Stibbin, Cornelius, insolvent debtor, 6, 121


Stiles, Jonathan, sheriff, 372n, 455 Stille, Jacob, 25n


Still-Run, land for sale, 13


Stillwater, 48


Stillwell, T., 111


Stimeson, Peter, 175


Stirling, Earl of, 253, 319, 485; lot- tery, 500, 532


Stites, John. mayor, 161n Sarah, 161n


Stockbridge, 185


Stocking, Capt., 601, 605


Stocking Trimmer, 118


Stockton, Cynthia, marriage, 4 Richard, 45, 507, 542, 602


Robert, Judge, 129


Stone Bridge, 524


Stone, Elizabeth, 130


William, 129, 130


Stony Brook, 99, 363


Storey, Lieut., 584 Luke, fulling business by, 284


Stout, Benjamin, 536


David, boats taken up by, 319 J., 128


James, gaoler, 287


Philip, 194


Rebecca, 198n


Samuel, Sr., 536


Samuel, Jr., 536


Stow Creek, 194


Straghan, Capt., 86


Stralford, Thomas, 492


Stratford, 63, 430


Stratton, Trithian, 114


Street, Nathaniel, deceased, 184


Stretch, Daniel, 365; stage by, 108 Strettel, Robert, 179


Stuyvesant. G., land for sale, 360


Styveson, Cours Pours, 492


Succasunna, 365, 372


Suffield, 61


Suffolk County, 22, 23, 20011


Sullivan, John, insolvent debtor, 604 Summerl, John, 522; servant ran away from, 597


Summerseat, for sale, 283


Sunderland, Peter, 116, 143


Susquehanna County, 275n


Sussex County, 3, 5. 21, 48, 63, 80, 85, 89, 95, 107, 124, 144, 191, 204, 208, 285, 288, 343, 363, 392, 423, 452, 463, 481, 518, 522, 528, 529, 569; Common Pleas, 266. 372, 462; courthouse, 166; forge to let, 8, 18; land for sale, 14, 136, 611


Suthard, Abraham, Jr., insolvent debtor, 131


645


INDEX.


Swan, John, counterfeiting. 549, 562 William, land for sale, 320 Swedesborough, 269, 473, 25n Sweezy, Parson, 596 Sweyze, Caleb, 513


Swinburn, William, 474


Sykes, Anthony, land for sale, 64; Representative, 89, 93 Sylvester, Peter, land for sale, 173


T


Talbert, accused of murder of wife, 51, 59, 122, 123; acquitted 130


Talliaferro, John, 543, 603 Tallman, Mr., 520, 525


James, 473


Peter, negro ran away from, 164 Stephen, 562


Stephen, Jr., servant ran from, 556


away


Tamany, King, Sons of, 134


Tanney, John, land for sale, 11


Tanton, forge for sale, 612


Tappahannock, 543


Tatum, John, 512 Tavern keepers (see Innkeepers)


Taverns (see Inns and Taverns)


Taylor, Anthony, absconded, 333 Bernard, 560


Daniel, 487; stage by, 108


Gilbert, insolvent debtor, 256 Hugh, 502 John, Judge, 151, 214, 437, 502 ; order, 50


Robert, land for sale, 332


William, horse stolen from, 321, 335


Teakle, Richard, runaway servant, 65


Templeton, James, graduate _of Princeton, 274; sketch of, 276n Ten Eyck, Anthony, 407 and Seaman, 244


Tennent, Rev. William, 41, 242n, 595 Terrell, Capt., 502 Terry, Rhoda, 4n family, 4n


Tewksbury, Township, 309


Thibou, Garret, store-keeper, land for sale, 338, 343, 383, 498 Thomas, John, robber, 114, 118 Thompson, James, 595 John, 507, 543, 603 ; land for sale, 390 Nucomb, tavern-keeper, horse stolen from, 387


William, suspected thief, 267, 268; runaway servant, 551 Thornal, Benjamin, 258 Thornbur, John, merchant, 256


Thornton, John, 535


Thoroughfare Island, 531 Throckmorton, Joseph, land for sale, 22 William, insolvent debtor, 264,


371


Thyatira, church at, 276n Timber Creek, 262, 366; landing, land for sale, 13 Tinicum Township, 336, 390, 551 Tinton, land for sale, 66 Tipperary, 19, 119


Titus, Andrew, reward offered, 10 Seaman and, 244


Todd, Alexander, forge to let, 18 ; ironworks to let, 9


Andrew, 330


Tomlin, William, servant ran away from, 606


Tompkins, J., 60


Tomson, William, note given to, 458 Toms River, 309 ; land for sale, 140, 312


Tone, Andrew, insolvent debtor, 440, 483


Tonkins, Samuel, land adjoining for sale, 13


Tooker, Ann, 232n Charles, 232, 232n Mary, 232n


Tormy, Thomas, 495


Totten, James, insolvent debtor, 187 Joseph, 243 Robert, 243


Towers, Robert, land for sale, 238 Townsend, Rev. M. Epenetus, 21 and Cock, 244


Treat, Rev. Joseph, moderator, 155 Trembell, William, lands of, 181


Trenchard, Curtis, ran away from, 40, 214, 414; bail ran away from, 179, 180


Trenton, 5, 37, 45, 95, 107, 112, 161, 177, 182, 187, 189, 191, 202n, 203n, 238, 239n, 259, 260, 287, 329, 330, 335, 384, 427, 443, 518, 522, 547, 568, 574, 581, 605; Falls at, 27, 111, 283, 478, 534; fire at, 42, 45, 46. 62; Fishing- Island lottery for churches of, 522, 561; gaol, 111; land for sale at or near, 38, 44, 453; let- ter from, 46, 47; merchant in, 49; New Ferry, 535; opening of boarding school, 10; post office, list of letters, 329; steel manufactured at, 82. 458


Trenton Ferry, 513, 534; inn at, 462 Trinity Church, 515


Tryon, William, Governor of New York, 160; address by, 156; address to, 157; answer, 159; speech by, 417; address of Gen- eral Assembly to, 418


Tuckehoe, 408


Tucker, Abraham, negro ran away from 143


Joseph, 318


Sallie Philips, marriage of, 384 Samuel, 384; Representative, 97, 98


and Bartow, 244 Tunis, Peter, horse strayed from, 338


Tunison, Philip, horse stolen from, 254, 265


Turk, Cornelius, Jr., 244


Turkey, land for sale, 425


Turner, Adjutant, 585 Allen and, land for sale, 48 Daniel, 330 Tusculum, house to let, 597 Tusten, Benjamin, 382 Tuthill (Tuttle), Abby, 4n Samuel, 330, 483; Judge, 97, 187, 264, 371; land for sale, 463 Tuxedo pond, 250


646


INDEX.


Tweedy, Dr. John, 230


Twenty-ninth Regiment, deserted


from, 18


Twining, David, Executor, land for sale, 45


Tyler's point, 184 Tyne, 474


U


Ulster county, N. Y., 22, 138, 242n, 268, 272


Unlon Iron Works, land for sale near, 12, 47


United Presbyterian Churches, in New York, 49; Lottery for benefit of, 175


Upper Alloways Creek Townshlp, 260


Upper Freehold, 55, 93; land for sale, 90, 386


Upper Penn's Neck, land for sale, 20, 117 ; notice to owners of marsh and swamp, 231


Usticks, Henry, 208


V


Valentine, David, author, 22 James, 22


Isaiah, insolvent debtor. Valleau. 205 Van Buskirk, Andrew, 509, 461


Van Cleve, Neeltje, 25n


Van Cortlandt, Phillip, land for sale, 101


Van Dam, Anthony, 79; bills ex- changed by, 78


Vandegrift, Joseph, house of, 92 Van Derbeek, Isaac, 475, 507


Vander Pool, Thomas, insolvent debtor, 121 Van Deursen, Hendrick, 312, 238 William, notice by, 83 Widow, land for sale, 142


Vandine, Roluff, land for sale, 584 Van Doren, Abraham, Jun., negro ran away from, 110 Van Dyck, Elizabeth, 430 ; land for sale, 63 Henry, 430 : land for sale, 63 Van Dyke, Nicholas, 507, 543, 603 Van Dyke's landing, 91


V-d-n. I., 49


Van Fleet, Frederick, Jr., insolvent debtor, 131


Van Giesen, Rynier, Judge, 166, 333n


Van Hook, Arondt, goods of for sale, 416


Van Horne (Van Horn), Andrew, land formerly of, 82


David, 49 John, 513 Phillp, 513; Judge, 131, 500 Thomas, Judge, 166


Lawrence, horse stolen from, 616 Van Horne's mines, 137


Van Kirk, Mr., fire, 601 Van Kleck, Baltus, 244 Vanleer, George, 488 Vanlet, John, insolvent debtor, 166 Vanmater, John, 475 Vanneman, Catharine, 25n Van Norden, Tobias, land for sale by, 28


Van Orden, Lawrence, insolvent Van Osdall, Christopher, land for debtor, 166, 167 sale, 318 John, land for sale, 318 Vansant, Captain, 4 Isaiah, 367


John, horse stolen from, 367


Joshua, mortgage to, 367 Peter, 367 Van Veghten, Dirck, 238, 312 Van Vleck, Jolın, 244


Henry and Son, 243, 309 and Klp, 243


Van Wyck, Theodorus, 24, 243; land for sale, 405


Van Zandt, Jacobus, land for sale, 320 Jacobus and Son, 243


Varian, James, 23


Varlck, Guilliam, 244


Vernon, Thomas, 182


Vessels (arrivals, departures, wrecks, etc.), Atwood, 490; Bentham, 341; Betsey. 427; Britannla, 111; Catharine, 577: Cruizer (Man of War), 373, 377; DIs- patch, 502; Donaldson, 550; Dove. 255: Earl of Donegall, 30; Edgerton, 599; Elliot, 566; Farmer's Dellght. 539: Fath- er's Good Will, 579; Franklin, 174, 180: Gaspee (burning of), 373, 378, 388, 393, 411, 412; Hannah, 613; Hope, 469, 475, 502; Industry, 2, 3, 544; John. 4; Joseph, 200n; June, 449; Kitty, 416: Lydia, 393; Mer- cury, 278, 374: Mississippi, 404, 408. 595; Nancy, 86; New York Packet, 509, 544: Ozmund, 579; Peck, 616: Prince of Wales, 579; Resolution, 255; Robert, 563, 564. 566, 569; Sally, 524; Smith, 550; Snow Earl, 489; Speedwell. 475; Thunderbolt. 141, 146; Unity, 155, 162; Van Emburgh, 485. 509; Vreden- burgh, 490. 564; Wicke, 614; Winant, 539


Vlekers, Peter, land for sale, 390 Viniger, Hendrick, 83


Vining, John, deceased, land for sale by executors, 44; estate of, 433 Virginia, 4n. 53, SS, 111, 113, 196. 272, 321, 335. 341n, 543, 603; address from the Clergy of New York and New Jersey to the Episco- palians of, 34, 87, 88 Volkertson, Volkert, land for sale, 140 Vongein, Rynear, Judge, 333 Voorhees, Court, 330


Garret, advertises runaway vant, 609


ser-


Widow, 489 Vooston, Mr., inn-keeper, 333


W


Waddington, Willlam, deceased, 184 Wade, Francis, 199 Nathaniel, 501 Wading River, 66 Waggoner, Henry, 419


647


INDEX.


Wales, 197n, 275n, 529 Wales Mountain. 250 Walker, David. 543, 603


Patrick, runaway servant, 263 Wallace, Hugh, assignee, land for sale, 75 Wallens, Joseph, merchant, 96


Wall Kill, forge to let, 18 Walling, Thomas, 232 Walton, Ann, 161n Stephen, 179 Walpole, Horatio, letter to, 35 Wanton, Joseph, Governor of Rhode Island, 373, 374, 378, 388


Ward, Thomas, insolvent debtor, 97 Ware, John, 25n


Warfford's Pond, 261


Waring, Capt., 566


Warner, Frances, 65


Warrants of attorney, 24


Warren, John, runaway apprentice, 154; runaway servant, 338, 388; 392, 409


Water, Mr., 165 Waterford, 207n, 409


Township, 219, 541, 602; land for sale in, 238


Waterman, Stephen, counterfeiting, 549, 562


Waters, Mr., 118, 437, 470, 477, 520 Israel, 526, 527


Watkins, Solomon, marriage of, 435 Watson, Mr., innkeeper, 333n


Alexander, 201n ; assignee, land for sale, 75 John, 200n, 201n, 243


Thomas, absconded from bail, 533 Watt, Adam, 489


Waugh, Samuel, premium awarded to, 272


Weatherley, Sarah, 577


Weaving, Treatise on, 22


Webb's Additional Continental Reg- iment, 276n Weed, Dr. George, 192, 472


Weigkel, John, runaway servant, 540 Weisdorf, Peter, runaway servant, 153


Well's Falls, works at, 261 Wells, John, 495


Richard, 515; land for sale, 110, 391


Welsh, Anthony, runaway negro, 239


Wentworth Perry ball, The, 563 Wesbrook, Johannis, 204 Wessel, 579


West, Capt., arrival, 449 Ensign, 585 George, insolvent debtor, 437 Westchester (N. Y.), 23, 342, 383 ; land for sale in, 29 Westerman, Peter, 339


Westervelt, Margaret, 580n


Westfield, 201n, 203n


West India Islands, 289


West Nottingham, 340 Wetherill, John, 100; Representa- tive, 98 Thomas, 14 Whale, dead, 119, 131 Whalen, James, 330


Wharton, John, 203n William, land for sale, 414


Whealon, Michael, runaway servant 214, 413 Wheaton, Daniel, insolvent debtor, 87; runaway, 179 Wheeler, John, 533 Mary Ann, 533


Whippanong Township, 235n


Whippany, 585


Whippany River, fulling-mill on, 361 Whitall, James, 56


White, Captain, 601, 605 Anthony, escaped, 394; executor, land for sale, 36, 170 John Carlos, 330 Mary, 419


White Hall, tavern, 489


Whitehead, Mr., robbed, 114 James, 113, 118; runaway to be re- turned to, 48


Mercy, 330 White House, lot, for sale, 430 Whitemore, Mr., land formerly of, 343. 383


White Plains, 275n


Whittle, Job, 30


Wick, Daniel, 509; house of, 156


Wicks, Ezekiel, 545


Wickes, Dr. Stephen, 380n


Widows, relief of, 610


Wiggins, Thomas, 489 Wilcocks, William, graduate of


Princeton, 275


Wiley, Joseph, runaway, 195 Myers and, 244


Wilkins, Isaac, 342, 383


Wilkison, Edward, wife Mary eloped 133 Wilkinson, John, 495


Willet, John, land for sale, 360, 457 Thomas, 416, 457


William and Mary College, 341n


Williams, Daniel, 241 Rensselaer, removal of inn of, 462 Williamsburg, 87, 343n, 543, 603 Williamson, Dr. Hugh, trustee of Academy of Newark, address of, 165, 166 Matthias, Sheriff, 20, 84, 446, 520 Samuel, horse stolen from, 135


Willingborough, 489 Willis, Joseph, 571


Wills, William, creditors of, 100


Willson, Charles, 474


Wilmington, 154, 196, 199, 240, 449


Wilson, Francis, bond assigned to, 219 John, 330 Penelope, 203n Peter, Grammar School kept by, 151


Robert, 393 ; notice by, 344 Thomas, 5


William, 199, 523


William Brown, 330


and Patterson, assignment to, 216 Wilton Presbyterian Church, 276n Winans, Lewis, insolvent 177 debtor,


Winchelsea, 584 Windsor, 99, 163, 324, 325; petition by inhabitants, 610 Township, 355, 509, 514, 582; as- sessor of, 323 ; land for sale in,


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INDEX.


99 ; no fairs to be held in, 282 Wine, etc., excise on, SS


Winey, Jacob, assignment to, 345 Winter, Mordecai, land for sale, 14 Thomas. 490 Wisner, Henry, 382


Witherspoon, John, premium to, 272 Dr. John, 57, 186. 382 ; address by, 308; article by, 369; book by, 245


Wolf Swamp, 169


Wolfson, Eves, runaway servant, 560


Wood, Christopher, innkeeper, 235, 361, 455 George, 367 Jehu, innkeeper, 99, 477


Jechonias, coroner. 380


John, 571; insolvent debtor, 214


Joseph, 509: land for sale, 157


Moses, insolvent debtor, 220


William, runaway bail, 368


and Hudson, clock-makers, no- tice by, 428


Woodbridge, 49, 83, 118, 133, 255, 257, 258, 381, 429, 442n. 477. 519, 549, 562 ; land for sale, 69, 335; lottery, 257


Township, 431


Woodbury, 15, 251, 30. 31. 74. 99, 179. 207, 230, 255, 318, 385, 477


Woodbury Creek land for sale on, 55 Woodford, Peter, runaway servant, 54: broke gaol, 389


Woodruff, Bryant, 210n Rev. Benjamin, 201n; land for sale by. 265 Charlotte. 2011


Elizabeth, 2011. 203n


Isaac, land for sale. 84


Joseph, Jr., land for sale of late, 84. 131


Samuel, deceased, 264n. 265: goods and land for sale, $4. 142 William, 2011I


Woolwich. 25n Township, 13, 332, 494, 531


Worcestershire, 164


Wortman, Yerry, alias George, run- away servant, 330 Wrentham. Conn .. 4n


Wright. Mrs., fire, 47 Israel, assignee, land for sale, 32S Mahlon. 553 Richard, land for sale, 336 William, runaway servant, 163; tavern-keeper, 142


Wrightstown. 495 Wrisberg, Faish and, 549


Wyckoff (Wykoff, Wickhoff, etc.), Mr .. 520, 525, 527


Peter, 141 William, 243


Wynkoop, Abraham, 581 Benjamin, land for sale, 45, 434


Wyoming, 479, 502 -1, I., 48


Y


Yadkin. N. C., 161n


Yale College, 276


Yamans. Moses, 518


Yard, Benjamin, 239n, 575n


Yardley's Ferry. 161


Yasou River, 405


Yates, Rende and, order lost, S; pro- posals, 246


York County, 343, 392


Yorktown, 274n


Young, Jeremiah, 114 John, land for sale, 463, 482 William, runaway servant, 413


Z


Zabriskie, Mr., fire, 59S Peter, Judge, 166, 333 Zane, John, iron and steel manufac- tured by. 177, 238


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