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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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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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