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Newburyport -- The Morning Star, 1794-A. A. S.
Newburyport-The Newburyport Herald and Country Ga- zette, 1797-99-H. U.
Newburyport-Political Gazette, April 30, 1795; consoli- dated with the Impartial Herald, Nov. 3, 1797, as The Newburyport Herald and Country Gazette, which see.
I795-B. A. 1795-97-H. U. 1795-97, I vol .- A A. S.
See Newburyport-Impartial Herald.
Northampton-Hampshire Gazette, Sept. 20, 1786, to Dec. 26, 1798, II vols .- M. H. S. 1786-89, 1790-92-B. P. L. 1786-1821, 1824-47, 5 vols .- A. A. S. 1787-91, very incomplete-N. Y. H. S. 1792-95, 1797-99-H. U. I793-95, 4 Nos .- WIS.
Northampton-Patriotic Gazette, 1799-H. U. Pittsfield-Berkshire Chronicle, 1788-90, I vol .- A. A. S. Pittsfield-The Berkshire Gazette, 1798-99-H. U. Pittsfield-The Sun, 1800-35, 1865-68, 2 vols .- A. A. S. Plymouth-The Plymouth Journal, 1785-86-A. A. S. Salem-The Essex Gazette, Aug. 2, 1768; changed to The New England Chronicle; or, the Essex Gazette (at Cambridge), May 12, 1775; changed to The New England Chronicle (at Boston), April 25, 1776; changed to The Independent Chronicle, June, 1776, which see.
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I768-69-P. L. F.
Aug. 9, 1768, to July 16, 1771 ; July 28, 1772, to Dec. 28, 1773-L. C.
Aug. 2, 1768, to May 2, 1775, at Salem; May 2, 1775, to April 4, 1776, at Cambridge, as the New England Chronicle and Essex Gazette; April 25, 1775, to Aug. 8, 1776, at Boston, 5 vols .- M. H. S. Aug., 1768, to July, 1772 ; 1773, 3 vols. ; 1774-75, 2 vols .- WIS.
1768-69, 1771-74-H. U.
1768-81,7 vols .; 1769-76, I vol. ; includes Continental Journal, 1777-N. E. H. G. S.
1768-1800, inclusive-ESSEX INST.
1769-75-B. A.
I769-76, 2 vols .- A. A. S.
1770, July 31, No. 105, Vol. III .- 1773, Dec. 28, lacks 23 Nos .- Y. U.
1775, incomplete-B. P. L.
Essex Gazette, Containing the Freshest Advices, both foreign and domestic, Vol. VII., No. 347, From Tuesday, March 14, to Tuesday, March 21, 1775. Salem : Printed by Samuel Hall and Eben- ezer Hall, at their Printing-Office, near the Town House; 1775-March 21, No. 347-Dec. 28, No. 377, lacks Nos. 347-369, 377-8 and 383-4. With No. 370 the title was changed to "The New England Chronicle; or, the Essex Gazette. Vol. VIII., Numb. 370. From Thursday, August 24, to Thursday, August 31, 1775. Cambridge : Printed by Samuel and Ebenezer Hall, at their office in Stoughton Hall, Harvard College ; 1776-Jan. 4, No. 388-April 25, No. 401. The title was changed with No. 401, to "The New England Chronicle, Vol. VIII., No. 401, Thursday, April 25, 1776.
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Boston : Printed by Samuel Hall, at his office next to the Oliver Cromwell Tavern in School Street." -- L. L.
See also Boston and Cambridge.
Salem -Salem Chronicle and Advertiser, 1786-ESSEX INST.
Salem-The Salem Gazette and Newbury and Marblehead Advertiser, July 1, 1774, to cir. June, 1775.
The American Gazette; or, the Constitutional Jour- nal, June 19, 1776, for a few weeks.
The Salem Gazette and General Advertiser, January 2, 1781, to Oct. 11, 1781.
The Salem Gazette, Oct. 18, 1781 ; removed to Bos- ton, Nov. 28, 1785, and there continued as The Massachusetts Gazette.
The Salem Mercury, Oct. 14, 1786; changed to The Salem Gazette, Jan. 5, 1790; still published.
1768-1800, inclusive-ESSEX INST.
Oct. 18, 1781, to Dec. 26, 1785 ; 1786, 1787, 1789, I790-92, 1794, 1795-99-B. P. L.
Oct. 18, 1781, to Dec. 12, 1785-L. C.
1781-85, 1790-99-H. U.
1781-1800-B. A.
1781-85, 1790-1823, 1825-1872, 19 vols .- A. A. S. Oct., 1781-Dec., 1782 ; 1783, 2 v .; 1784-85-WIS. Jan. 1790-1815-N. Y. S. L.
1791, 1793-1835, 1838, 1839, imperfect-N. E. H. G. S. 1792, Nov. 20, No. 319-1793, Aug. 27; 1793, Nov. 26-Dec. 10; 1794, Feb. 11-1798, Dec. 29; 1800, March 7-1805; lacking 19 Nos. to end of 1800- Y. U.
1798-99, 1802-3, 1805-7-MASS.
Vol. III., Numb. 117;
Vol. XIV., No. 968, Friday,
November 28, 1800-L. L.
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Jan. 2 to Aug. 21, 1781 ; Oct. 25, 1781, to Dec. 25, 1783 ; Jan. 13, 1785, to July 21, 1797 ; July 25, 1797, to Dec. 27, 1798 ; Jan. 4 to Dec. 30, 1825, 7 vols .- M. H. S.
Salem-The Impartial Register; changed to the Salem Impartial Register, Aug. 7, 1800; to The Salem Register, Jan. 4, 1802; to The Essex Register, July 23, 1807.
1800-Vol. I., No. 51, Monday, November 3, to Dec. 22, No. 63, 3 issues ; 1801-Oct. 8, No. 148, to Nov. 16, No. 159, 3 issues-L. L.
1800-ESSEX INST. Nov .- Dec., 1800, 3 Nos .- WIS.
1800-1807, 5 vols .- A. A. S.
Salem-The Salem Mercury, Oct. 14, 1786; changed Jan- uary 5, 1790, to The Salem Gazette, which see.
1786-89, I vol .- A. A. S.
1786-89-H. U. 1786-89-ESSEX INST. 1787-90-B. A.
Salem-Salem Register. See Salem-The Impartial Regis- ter.
Springfield-The Federal Spy; changed to The Republi- can Spy, June 14, 1803.
1793-1805, I vol .- A. A. S. I793-94-B. P. L. 1795-99-H. U.
Springfield-The Hampshire Chronicle, March 1, 1787; changed in 1792 to Hampshire and Berkshire Chronicle.
1787-96, 3 vols .- A. A. S. 1788-89, 1790-95-B. P. L.
April 6, 1791 ; March 23, Sept. 14, 1795-WIS. 1795-H. U.
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Springfield-Hampshire Herald and Weekly Advertiser, i784-86-B. P. L. 1784-97, I vol .- A. A. S.
See also Springfield-The Massachusetts Gazette, etc. Springfield-The Massachusetts Gazette; or The Spring- field and Northampton Weekly Advertiser, May 14, 1782; changed in a few weeks to the Massachu- setts Gazette Or The General Advertiser; changed Jan. 1, 1785, to Hampshire Herald and Weekly Ad- vertiser ; discontinued Jan. 1, 1787.
July 16, 1782, to April 27, 1784 (incomplete)- M. H. S.
1782-84, I vol .- A. A. S. 1782-84-B. P. L. 1783-H. U.
Stockbridge-Western Star, Nov., 1789; changed cir. Jan., 1795, to Andrews's Western Star; in 1797 to The Western Star; cir. 1800 to Berkshire Star, etc. Dec., 1789-1791-B. P. L.
1789-99-H. U. 1789-1803, 3 vols .-- A. A. S. I792-95, 7 Nos .- WIS.
Watertown-Boston Gazette, 1776, 26 Nos .; removed hither during siege of Boston-WIS. West Springfield-American Intelligencer, 1796-97 - H. U.
Worcester-The American Herald and Worcester Recorder, 1788-89-B. P. L. 1788-89, I vol .- A. A. S.
Worcester-Independent Gazetteer, Jan. 17, 1800, to Aug- ust II, 1801-CONN. H. S. 1800-1801, 2 vols .- A. A. S. Worcester-The Massachusetts Herald, 1783,. I vol .- A, A. S.
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Worcester-The Massachusetts Spy, August 7, 1770, at Boston; removed to Worcester and continued as The Massachusetts Spy; or, An American Oracle of Liberty, May 3, 1775; changed to Thomas's Massachusetts Spy; Or, The Worcester Gazette, 1781 ; suspended in March, 1786; revived as Mass- achusetts Spy, April 2, 1788, etc.
1770-1881, 84 vols .- A. A. S.
1772-79, 19 Nos .; April, 1780-April, 1782, 2 v .; 1789-92 ; May, 1793-Nov. 1794; 1796-98; 1800- 19; Jan .- April, 1820, 7 Nos. ; 1821-22 ; Jan .- Sept., 1823, 14 vols .; Feb .- Dec., 1824; 1827, 2 v .- WIS. 1775-79-H. U.
1775-78, 1779, 1780-89, 1790-99-B. P. L.
May 24, 1775, to April 26, 1776; Jan. 1, 1784, to March 30, 1786; May 8, 1788, to March 12, 1789; the years 1791, 1793, 1796, 1797 and 1798 com- plete-L. C.
1775-Wednesday, July 26, Numb. 231, Worcester ; 1788-Thursday, April 3, 1788, No. 783, Vol. XVII. ; 1789-Jan. I, No. 821; Dec. 31, No. 873 ; 1790 -. Feb. 25, No. 882 ; July 8, No. 901 ; 1791-May 26, No. 947; 1792-Thursday, Dec. 27, 1792, Vol. XXI., No. 1030; 1793-March 22, Vol. XXII., No. 1042, to Sept. 12, Vol. XXII., No. 1067; 1800-April 9, Vol. XXIX., No. 1409. Also the Mourning Extra of January 8, 1800-L. L.
1779-1800-B. A.
Jan. 1, 1784, to June 2, 1785-CONN. H. S. 1784-86, Vols. 13 to 16-N. Y. H. S.
1788-1830-N. Y. H. S.
1791-99-H. U.
I792-94-H. S. P. 1795-1817-N. Y. S. L.
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Vol. 19, March 4, 1790, to February, 1791, inclusive ; Vol. 21, March, 1792, to February, 1793, inclusive ; Vol. 22, March, 1793, to February, 1794, inclusive ; Vol. 23, March, 1794, to February, 1795, inclusive ; Vol. 25, March, 1796, to February, 1797, inclusive ; Vol. 26, March, 1797, to February, 1798, inclusive ; Vol. 27, March, 1798, to February, 1799, inclusive ; Vol. 28, March, 1799, to February, 1800 (several of these volumes have Isaiah Thomas's book-plate on the inside of cover) -Y. U.
Vol. 25, No. 1246, March 1, 1797, to No. 1281, Nov. 1, 1797; Vol. 26, No. 1283, Nov. 15, 1797, to No. 1289, Dec. 27, 1797; Vol. 27, No. 1290, Jan. 3, 1798, to No. 1298, Feb. 28, 1798, one volume-N. Vol. 28, No. 1352, March 6, 1799, to No. 1403, Feb. 26, 1800; the issues for January I and January 8, 1800, are in mourning on account of the death of Washington; Massachusetts Spy, Extraordinary, Wednesday morning, December 4, 1799, one page ; Thomas's Massachusetts Spy, Extra'y, Wednesday morning, January 8, 1800, two pages; Thomas's Massachusetts Spy, Extra, Saturday morning, Feb- ruary 1, 1800, two pages. One volume, with Thomas's book-plate pasted on inside of front cover -apparently an office copy-N.
See Boston-The Massachusetts Spy.
Worcester-Worcester Magazine, 1786, Ist week in April, to 1788, 4th week in March. 4 v .- Y. U.
Vols. 1-4. April-Sept., 1786; Oct., 1786-March, 1787; April-Sept., 1787; Oct., 1787-March, 1788 -WIS.
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Extracts from American Newspapers relating to New-Jersey, 1740 -- 1749.
Newspaper Extracts.
To be SOLD on reasonable Terms,
A Tract of Land and Meadow, containing 2237 Acres lying at Paquaess,1 in Hunterdon County, in West-New-Jersey, bounded on the North by Mr. John Reading's Land, on the East by Mr. Daniel Coxe's, and on the West by Mr. Joseph Kelby's. Any Persons inclined to purchase, may apply to Thomas Glentworth, near the Post Office in Philadel- phia, who is impowered to sell the same .- The Pennsylvania Gazette, Jan. 10, 1739-40.
To BE SOLD
TWO good Dwelling Houses, and a Stone House, with large Yards, and all Conveniencies therein, and a Water Lott, belonging to the Estate of the late Capt. John Searle. Enquire of Mr. James Searle, Merchant in New-York, or Mr. Samuel Pintard, of Monmouth County, in New-Jersey, or the Widow of the said Capt. John Searle, now Wife of the Rev. Robert Jenney,? Minister at Hempstead in Queens
1 Pequest.
The Rev. Robert Jenney, LL.D., son of Archdeacon Jenney, of Wanneyton, Ire- land, was born in 1687, and educated in Trinity College, Dublin ; chaplain in the army several years, part of the time in the Fort at New York; Rector of Grace church, Rye, Westchester county, N. Y., 1722-25 ; Rector of the church at Hempstead, L. I., 1725-42 ; Rector of Christ church, Philadelphia, 1742-62 ; died 5 January, 1762, and was buried in Christ church .- N. Y. Col. Docs,, VII., 407, note.
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County, on the Island of Nassau1 ; who are the Exec- utors of the Estate of the said Capt. John Searle's, Last Will and Testament, and have Power to give an indisputable Title to Purchassers.
N. B. The Premises will either be sold seperately or all together .- The New York Weekly Journal, Fan. 14, 1740.
Custom-House Boston, Jan. 19. Outward bound, Bennet for Jersey .- The Boston Evening-Post, Jan. 21, 1740. No. 233.
To be SOLD, on reasonable Terms,
A Tract of 1250 Acres of Land, formerly Nathan Stanbury's in the Great Swamp, in Morris County, West-Jersey, adjoining to Land, late William Bid- dle's, now Samuel Johnson's, also to a Tract on the West side of Muskonetung River, bounding North on John Bowlsby's Line: Any Person inclining to purchase, may, for further Information, apply to Robert Jordan in Philadelphia, to Isaac Decowe? in Burlington, or to Edward Rockhill, living near the Premisses .- The Pennsylvania Gazette, Fan. 22, 1739-40.
Whereas at an Inferior Court of Common Pleas held at Newport, for the County of Newport, in November last, two or more Persons recovered Judgments against the Sloop Sea Flower, now lying
1 Long Island.
2 Isaac Decou m. in 1695 Rachel, dau. of Mark Newbie, who is credited by Judge John Clement with being the founder (in 1682) of the first banking corporation in New Jersey, perhaps in America, he having imported a quantity of Irish half-pence, which were therefore called "Mark Newbie's half-pence."-First Settlers in Newton Town- ship, by John Clement, Camden, 1877, p. 45. In 1710 Decou was elected to the Assem- bly.
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in the Harbour of Newport, whereof John Watson of Perth Amboy was late Master; This is therefore to give notice to all Persons that have any Share or Parts in the said Sloop, that she is to be put up at a publick Vendue the 26th Day of February next, in order to satisfy said Judgments. If therefore those Persons who are part Owners thereof, and no Way concerned in said Judgments will save themselves, they must lodge their Claims with Jonathan Nichols, Esq ; Sheriff of the said County of Newport, before that Time, to prevent the Sale of their Share or Shares, otherwise the whole of the said Sloop and Appurtenances must be Sold as the Property of the Defendant in said Judgments. Dated at Newport in Rhode-Island, January 18. 1739
John Eaton, Dep Sheriff. -- The Boston Weekly Post-Boy, Jan. 28, 1740. No. 303.
New-Brunswick. On Wednesday last departed this Life in the 70 Year of her Age, Mrs. Anne De- peyster, Widow of the late Coll. John Depeyster1 de- ceased, she was possessed of every Virtue that adorns, the Sex, her Indisposition was short, for on Saturday last she was taken Speechless, with an Ap- poplectic Fit, and on Friday Interr'd, her loss is much lamented by all who had the Happiness to Converse with her .- The New York Weekly Four- nal, Fan. 28, 1740.
THESE are to desire all Proprietors and Sharers
1 Johannes de Peyster, bachelor, of New York, married, 21 September, 1688, Anna Banckers, spinster, of New Albany. He was captain of a troop of horse in 1702, and probably attained the rank of Colonel later. He was a merchant in New York city.
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of Proprity's in the Eastern Division of the Province of New-Jersey, to meet at the City of Perth Amboy on the second Tuesday of February next, to consult of their Affairs.
Perth-Amboy John Hamilton.1
Jan. 7th. 1739
-The New York Weekly Journal, Jan. 28, I740.
THIS is to give Notice, that on the second Day of the Supream Court which will be held in the City of Perth-Amboy in March next, will be exposed to Sale at public Vendue, at the House of the Widow Sar- jant. A Tract of Land and Meadow lying to the South Side of Rariton River, containing about one hundred and twenty Acres, being the Place formerly called Bedford Ferry; together with the Ferry and Appurtenances thereto belonging, the Conditions of Sale will be known at the Vendue .- The New York Weekly Journal, Feb. 5, 1740.
Newport, Rh. Island, Feb. 1. Capt. Thomas Seabrook, Master of the Brigg Orange of Perth Amboy, arrived here the 27th of January past from London, in 12 Weeks Passage, and now ready to sail with the first fair Wind for New York; who informs, that he spoke with a Ship off the Capes of Virginia, who in- formed him, that the Diamond Man of War had taken a Spanish Ship as a Prize of considerable Value, and had on board 74000 Pieces of Eight be- sides other valuable Commodities .- The New Eng- land Weekly Journal, Feb. 5. 1740. No. 668.
l For a sketch of John Hamilton, see N. J. Archives, IV., 183, and Whitehead's Perth Amboy, 168.
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TO BE SOLD,
A Tract of Land, containing 240 Acres, in Essex County, East-New-Jersey, on the West Side of Rahaway River, near a Mill1 and the Country Road, with a good fram'd House and two thriving Orchards thereon.
Two six Acre Lots in Woodbridge, on Strawberry Hill, and two Acres of good Salt Meadow adjoining to it, with a good fram'd House thereon, and is in good Fence, being where the Windmill stands.
Four twelve Acre Lots in Woodbridge aforesaid, in good Fence, with two good Dwelling Houses, a large Barn and Outhouses ; also two good thriving Orchards thereon, three of which Lots bound on the Country Road.
Whoever inclines to purchase any of the Premises, may apply to Ianna Payne, in Woodbridge, who has full Power to dispose of all or any Part of the same. -The Pennsylvania Gazette, Feb. 7, 1739-40.
TO BE SOLD By Francis Many,
A Very good Tract of Land, containing 3314 Acres in the old Purchases, on the Head of the South Branch of Rarreton River, about six Miles from a Saw-Mill and Grist-Mill upon Black River, and near a Pond of Water called by the Indians Kant-Kan-i-auning, in the County of Hunterdon.
1 A grist mill was built at Woodbridge, on the Rahway river, in 1670; in 1683 the town admitted Jonathan Bishop as a freeman in consideration of his building à saw mill on the south branch of the Rahway river ; in 1699 "Cortlandt's saw mill " is men- tioned ; in 1704 the town voted John Clark twenty acres if he would put up a fulling mill on the south branch of the Rahway river .-- Woodbridge and Vicinity, by Rev. Joseph W. Dally, New Brunswick, 1873, pp. 17, 93, 145-9, 366.
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It is well Timber'd and Water'd, and sundry Places upon it convenient to erect Mills.
For Title and Condition of Sale, for the Whole or Part, enquire of said Francis Many, Sale-maker, in Water Street, near the Arch Wharf, Philadelphia.
N. B. There now lives on a part of the Land Hendrick Slagh and Nicholas Reifner .:- The Ameri- can Weekly Mercury, Feb. 12-19, 1739, 40.
Philadelphia,
From Burlington we hear, that the Meeting-House in the High Street1 there, was last Week burnt down by accidental Fire .-- The Pennsylvania Gazette, Feb. 13. 1739, 40.
Perth-Amboy, Jan. 21. 1739, 40.
Whereas in a Cause depending in the Court of Chancery of New-Jersey, at the Suit of the Creditors and Legatees of Charles Dunstar, deceased, against Michael Kearney and James Alexander his Execut- ors, upon Bill and Answer, it was on the eleventh Day of November last, adjudged, that the said Exec- utors had Power, by the last Will of the said Charles Dunstar, and also by his second Codicil thereto an- nexed, to sell the real Estate whereof the said Charles Dunstar died seized, for the Payment of his Debts & Legacies : And it was then decreed by the said
1 In 1682 the Friends in Burlington voted to build a meeting house, "according to a draught of a six square building of forty foot square from out to out for which he is to have 160 £. which ye meeting engageth to see ye Persons paid that shall disburst ye same to Francis Collings." Two years later it was voted to buy boards for the meet- ing house. It would appear that it was not till 1691 that the building was completed. In 1696 a brick addition, equal in breadth to the old building, and 30 feet long, was or- dered built. The records of the meeting do not tell how the church was burnt, but do mention, 2d of 4th mo. 1740, that "considerable progress is made toward the repara- tion of the meeting-house that was burned in Burlington."-Friends in Burlington, by Amelia Mott Gummere, Philadelphia, 1884, pp. 22, 23, 25, 26, 48.
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Court, that the said Executors do make Sale thereof accordingly.
NOW, in Obedience to the said Decree, and for Performance of the said Will and Codicil, which are recorded in the Secretary's Office at Perth-Amboy, Lib. B. of Wills, Fol. 37 to 43 the said Michael Kearney and James Alexander do hereby give Notice, That on the second Thursday of March next to come, at the Hour of Ten in the Forenoon, at the House of the Widow of Andrew Hay in Perth-Amboy, they will expose to Sale at public Vendue, to the highest Bidder or Bidders, the real Estate whereof the Testator died seized, (except so much thereof as by his Will and Codicils he had specifically devised) consisting of the four following Particulars, viz.
Ist. All that Propriety of East-New- Jersey, Right and Estate, which the Testator purchased of fames Lord Drummond, by Deeds bearing Date the 16th and 17th of December, 1704, recorded in the Secre- tary's Office at Perth-Amboy, Lib. I 78 to 89.
As to which the Executors by their said Answer say, That it appears by the Records that two Quar- ters of that Propriety were sold to other Persons, before their Testator's said Purchase.
2dly, All those three quarters of a Propriety of East-New-Jersey, and all the Right and Estate which the Testator purchased of Archibald Campbell and James Blackwood, by their Deeds bearing Date the 18th Day of February, 1708, 4, and Indorsements thereon, recorded in the Secretary's Office at Perth- Amboy, in Lib. D. No. 2. Fol. 102 to 106, and Lib. E. No. 2. Fol. 298 to 302.
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As to which the Executors by their said Answer say, That the Records do mention, That One Thou- sand Acres of this was sold to Scott of Pitlochy,1 before the Testator's Purchase; and say farther, that the Testator sold and gave away by Deeds in his Life, a considerable Part of this Purchase, to Value in the said Answer mentioned.
3DLY. All the Testator's Right to the One Half of the Estate formerly Joseph Ormston's in New-Jersey, by a Deed in Michael Kearney's Hands, under a Deed from Commissioners of Bankrupt, which Estate is said to be the unappropriated Lands of Five Pro- prieties and a quarter of East-Jersey, and of Two Proprieties in West-Jersey.
As to which the Executors by their said Answer say, because they know not whether the Statutes concerning Bankrupts do extend or not,2 and because
1 For notices of George Scot, of Pitlochie, in Scotland, who sailed 5 September, 1685, with about seventy emigrants bound for East Jersey, but who died himself on the voyage, see Whiteliead's Perth Amboy, 24-31.
1 The questions arising in regard to the title of Ormston are so peculiar, and affect the title to such extensive tracts of land in New Jersey, that it may be not out of place to explain them here. Elias Boudinot, of Elizabeth Town, under date of 24 Novem- ber, 1774, gave a written opinion (now-1893-in the possession of the editor of this volume) in which he presented the "state of the case " substantially thus : By deed of release of 14 March, 1682, the Duke of York released all of East Jersey to the twenty- four Proprietors, among whom Gawen Lawrie was one, who thereby became seized with one twenty-fourth of said Province in common. Being so seized, he died, leav- ing two daughters, Mary Haige and Rebecca Foster, co-heiresses. By deed dated 2 March, 1697, Mary Halge, Miles Foster and Rebecca his wife, for the consideration of five shillings, conveyed the said Propriety to Joseph Ormston and Rachel his wife in joint tenancy. In this deed the grantors recited : That the purchase of said Propriety by Lawrie was made with the proper moneys of Arent Sonmans, and in trust for Son- mans, his heirs and assigns ; that no declaration of trust was executed by Lawrie, and when Sonmans and Lawrie both died the said Propriety became vested in the heirs of Lawrie, subject to said trust ; that Peter Sonmans and Johanna Wright, the two re- maining children of Arent Sonmans, had directed and consented that the conveyance of said Propriety should be made by the said Foster and Haige to Joseph Ormston and Rachel his wife (late Rachel Sonmans) in fee, which direction and consent was testi- fied by the said Peter and Johanna signing the said conveyance as witnesses. On 6 November, 1717, Rachel Ormston died. leaving Joseph Ormston the survivor, who thus became sole seized of the said Propriety. On 10 August, 1720, Joseph Ormston, resid- ing in the City of London, became bankrupt, and his estate (including the aforesaid
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of another Claim in the Answer mentioned, they are in doubt whether this be of any Value (tho' it cost the Testator above twice as much as all his other Purchases abovementioned) but such as it is the highest Bidder is to have it.
4thly, All the Testator's Right to Six Hundred Acres of Land in East-New-Jersey, conveyed to him by James Armour, by a Deed in Michael Kearney's Hands.
As to which the Executors by their Answer say, That a Part of this is claimed by other Persons ; and there's a Paper in Michael Kearney's Hands, pur- porting to be a Copy of a Bond from the Testator to James Armour, to pay him the third Part of the ap- prized Value of the said Lands in three Years, or re- convey it to him.
Propriety) was assigned by the Commissioners of Bankruptcy to Israel Ashley, one of his creditors. On 6 April, 1720, Joseph Ormston. notwithstanding his bankruptcy, by his deed of that date mortgaged all his said Propriety to William Halton, of the City London, in fee, who by deed the same day conveyed the same to Richard and Jere- miah Chace in joint tenancy, subject to the equity of redemption of the heirs of Orm- ston. By deed dated 23 August, 1751, Richard Chace in his own name and as attorney of Jeremiah Chace, conveyed said Propriety to James Alexander and Robert Hunter Morris (grantees under Israel Ashley), in fee, subject to the equity of redemption in Ormston's heirs. Upon the foregoing state of the case, Mr. Boudinot held that Orm- ston and wife became vested in the fee of the said Propriety by the deed from the heirs of Gawen Lawrie, with the consent of Peter Sonmans ; "2. I am clearly of Opinion that the Statutes of Bankruptcy do not extend to New Jersey, and therefore no Transaction in Consequence thereof can anyway affect the Jersey Estate. 3. No recital in Rich- ard Chace's Deed can anyways affect the Representative of Jeremiah-And no Title can be deduced under his Deed, untill the Power of Attorney be produced, and it also must appear that the same was proved and recorded before the Sale, agreeable to the Requisitions of our Act of Assembly of the 13th Ann. 4th & 5th. Taking the whole of this Title together I am of Oppinion that there is still an Equity of Redemption in the Heir of Ormston as to the Propriety or unlocated Lands and that the Grantees under the Mortgage will be liable to account for the Sales of both real and Personal Estates, together with the Rents, Issues and Profits thereof-But as to the located Lands sold to bona fide Purchasers, I conceive their Title will be indisputable." "Before I con- clude this Opinion, I would only mention that Peter Sonmans and his Father being Aliens cannot affect this Propriety. Because this Propriety never was vested in Arent or Peter Sonmans. At the Time of the Inquisition found against Peter it was expressly conveyed to Ormston & Wife, and I greatly doubt if the Recital in Haige and Foster's Deed after the Death of the Trustee would be a sufficient De- claration of Trust, within the Statute to give any Interest stricti Juris to Arent Son- mans or his Heirs." See also N. J. Archives, XI., 18-21, note ; 469, note.
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