Documents relating to the revolutionary history of the state of New Jersey, Vol. III, Part 56

Author: Stryker, William S. (William Scudder), 1838-1900; Lee, Francis Bazley, 1869-1914; Nelson, William, 1847-1914; Scott, Austin, 1848-1922; New Jersey Historical Society
Publication date: 1901
Publisher: Trenton, N.J. : J.L. Murphy Pub. Co., printers, [etc.]
Number of Pages: 816


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Chever, George, 165.


Chew, Jonathan, 650 ; house of,


for sale, 129.


Childs, John, 362n. Chingoteague, 565.


Chosel, Jonathan, 165. Churchill, appointed a delegate in Congress, 549.


Chuver, Doctor Jonathan, 347. Cincinnati, 463n ..


Cincinnati, Society of the, 159n. "Cincinnatus," article by, 711.


Cinnery, Captain, 439.


Civil Government, article on, 350- 357.


Clark, Alexander, 93, 367. Capt., 42.


Daniel, executor, 72.


Edward, 525, 532. Elijah, biographical sketch of, 2 ; land for sale by, 2.


Jacob, 236. James, 189.


Joseph, 130, 434n.


Mary, 463n. Thomas, 2n.


Clark's Landing, 2n.


Clarke, Elizabeth, 485n. Dr. Israel, 485n. Mary, 485n. Major, 623, 624, 625, 626.


Clarkesville, 485n.


Clarkson, Mathew, deceased, 12n. Mr., 37.


Clawson, John, commissioner of forfeited estates, 92, 180, 384, 508, 529. John, executor, 236. Jonathan, 95. Clay, C., notice by, 420.


Clayton, Joseph, 93, 367.


Cleaton, William, obituary notice of, 519. Mrs., 661.


Clemens, Judah, insane, 399.


Clement, Samuel, 474n ; mare stolen or strayed from, 474. Samuel, jun., 362n.


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Clendennon, James, land of, for sale, 133.


John, 46. Clerk, George, 40.


'Clinker, Humphrey," letter by,


345.


Clinton, General James, 216, 429, 477, 557, 587, 606, 641, 658. Sir Henry, 30, 252, 254, 266, 268, 341, 342, 476 ; letter of, 31; report to, 31; re- turn of, 216; letter of Gov- ernor Livingston to, 337; commissioners to exchange prisoners appointed by, 244 ; letters from and to, 155, 253; to return home, 559. Clinton and Poor, detachment un- der, 582.


Clopper, Peter, 328.


Closter, 292, 360.


Closter-Dock, 518. skirmish at, 370.


Clove, Continental troops marched to, 616 ; gang of villains


at, 405; robbery in the, 250.


Cloven, horse taken by, 261.


Clunn, Amey, 21n.


Captain, 15, 28, 35, 37. John H., 21n.


Joseph, biographical sketch of, 21; horse strayed or stolen from, 21, 26, 47. Joseph, senior, 12n.


Coates, Elizabeth, 485n. Isaac, 485n.


Cobright, Christopher, 66, 280. Coburn, I., 718.


Cochran, Richard, loyalist, 62, 64, 96; final judgment entered against, 591; land of, for sale, 97.


Coddington, Isaiah, 95.


Coejemans, Samuel S., 61.


Coffin, Francis, 16.


Cohansey Bridge, 498.


Creek, land for sale on, 51, 152.


Cohanzy, 335. Cohen, Samuel Myers, 11n.


Cohocking road, land for sale on, 129, 131. Cohoes, land for sale near the, 71. Colden, Lieutenant-Governor, peti- tion presented to, 12n. Cole, Daniel, 165. Elizabeth, 136n. Jacob, captured, 359. Capt. Kendal, 497. Richard, 94.


William, execution of, 251, 291. Coleny, John, 329, 373.


College. See Princeton College. Colleny, John, 328. Collier, Sir George, 697. Collings, Richard, administrator,


224.


Collins, Captain, 156, 157, 158; arrival of, 379.


Edward, 31, 32, 43, 84, 123, 191, 365n.


Isaac, printer, 432; announce- ment of, 2, 3 4, 522 : books, &c., for sale by, 489, 661 ; notice by, 477. James, 62, 63, 435.


Collwell, W., horse stolen from, 396.


Colts Neck, Monmouth county, 217.


Continental troops retired to, 321.


Colvin, Elizabeth, 418n. James, 328.


Colwell, Wm., 273.


Combs, Dennis, jun., 95.


Comforth, Thomas, 147.


Commissary General's Department, inspection of, 612.


Commissary of Prisoners for New Jersey, appointment of, 10. Commodities, article on prices of, 444-446. Compton, Gabriel, 603.


John, loyalist, final judgment entered against, 591; mer- chandise for sale by, 509. Richard, jun., 49.


Conaroe, Darling, 363n.


Condict, Silas, 467n ; Councillor, 701 ; horse broke into wheat- field of, 467.


Conduit, John, junr., 232. "Confederacy," 291n.


American frigate,


Confiscated estates, 128.


Conger, John, 603 ; innkeeper, 96. Congle, John, land for sale late the estate of, 553. Peter, land for sale at the house of, 553.


Congleton, Allen, 162. Congo's fleet, 118.


Congress, 345, 549, 586, 621, 652, 653, 660n, 680; address of, 596; appointments by, 347 ; commission from, 460; in- tentions of, 338; journals of, for sale, 489; letter re- ceived by, 715; article sent to the, 639, 640, 659; order of, 629; resolves of, 315, 320; Thanksgiving day ap- pointed by, 705.


Conkling, Mary, 469n. Conliff, Joseph, 92. Conn, James, 16.


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INDEX. 737


Connecticut, 305, 373n, 600, 720 ; coast, descent made on the, 118.


Connecticut Farms,. 39, 169; cattle, &c., for sale at, 631. Conner, Brien, 563, 614.


Constitution, article on, 389-391.


of .the State of New York, 660n.


Continental Army, 367, 550, 720; disposition of the, 477.


Artillery, Captain 2d, 411n.


bills of credit, 70; deprecia- tion of, 84; bills and bank notes, 114.


currency, 520 ; article on,


171, 176; depreciation of, 446, 520, 586; passing counterfeit, 643.


debt, 594.


dollar branch, 652.


ferry, 436.


hemp, 302.


loan, 674.


money, 210, 304, 308, 536,


641 ; stolen, 250, 635; land taken in payment of, 181.


paper bills, 440.


paper dollars for sale, 439.


prisoners, removing, 415n. service, raising of men for, 216. sloops, 537. soldiers, 249, 370, 441.


stable, horse stolen from the, 718.


troops, 226, 302, 303, 321, 359 ; and militia, 439; marched to Clove, 616; scout of, 65; taken, 207, 224, 278. Convention Army in Virginia, 652. troops, 23.


Conway, John, Lt .- Col., 709.


Conyngham, Mr., commander, let- ter to, 334.


Cook, Burnet, 561, 701.


Elihu, Col., taken by refugees and negroes, 504.


Ellis, Assemblyman, 701, 719; Chairman Morris County Committee, 597.


John, 54, 62, 63, 435; D. I. M. G., 549; sloop for sale at the house of, 361. Samuel, 94, 368. Silas, jun., 89, 323.


Cooke, Charles, land for sale by, 375, 438. Robert, 111, 417.


Cooke's mill, land for sale near, 111.


Cooley's "Genealogy of Early Set- tlers in Trenton and Ewing," 371n.


Coop, - 201 Cooper, Benjamin, 136n ; land for sale in the possession of, 533.


Elizabeth (Haines), 136n. John, Representative in Coun- cil, 716. Jonathan, 710.


Joseph, 136n, 200; auditor, 136 : biographical sketch of, 136n. Nathan, Coroner, 719. Cooper's Creek, land for sale on, 449. Ferry, 452.


Cope, William, land for sale by, 9. Coperthwait, Hugh, 73.


Copner, Joseph, 263.


Corbyn, Colonel George, 566.


Corey, Jeremiah, taken prisoner, 491.


Cornhill, 525. London, 532.


Cornwallis, Lord, 559, 659; ar- rival of, 519 ; expedition by, 587 ; news of, supersed- ing General Clinton, 557. Corshon, Joshua, 559.


Cortland, Major, 473; letter from, 471. Plı. V., Major, 470; letter from, 471.


Cortelyou, Col., 494 ; rebels car- ried off, 491.


Cortreght, Solomon, land for sale, late the property of, 543.


Corwine, John, deceased, 551.


Cory, Daniel, silver buckles stolen from, 409.


Coryell, Abraham. ferry and land for sale by, 91.


George, 245; mare left at the house of, 382.


Coryell's Ferry, 149; for sale, 90 ; land for sale near, 36. Coshecton, 226. Company, 580n.


Cotrack, Solomon, 165.


Cotterel, John, 94.


Cottnam, Abraham, 149, 149n. Elizabeth Ann, 149. Geo., 149. Cotton for sale, 10. Cougle, John, 328.


Council, 346; order of the, 331. of proprietors, 365n. of Safety, meeting of, 364n. Counterfeit money, 121.


Country produce, shoes exchanged for, 190.


Court of Admiralty of New Jersey, 1, 16, 40, 147, 205, 255, 330, 385, 398, 420, 481, 486, 487,


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513, 524, 547, 562, 575, 576, 612, 614, 710; sloops for sale by order of the, 44. horse seized by, 331.


order of the, 202, 225, 278, 326, 574, 593, 606, 613, 615, 662, 672, 685, 686. Courter, John, jun., 49, 328.


Court Martial, trial by, 374.


Covenhoven, John, 244; Justice, carried off by the enemy, 301.


William A., jun .. executor, 285. Cowell, Doctor David, 153. Ebenezer, Jr., 149.


Cowperthwait, Hugh, 116, 369.


Cox, Charles, 66.


Col., extract of


a letter to, 517.


Daniel, 417.


John, Loyalist, lands of, in Gloucester county, to be sold, 131, 650.


Stephen, land for sale near, 468. Coxe, Charles, 327.


Daniel, 7n, 68, 91, 96, 111, 112, 113, 179, 201, 362n, 417; land of, for sale, 97, 113, 396. Dr. Daniel, 299n.


Counsellor John, 12n.


William, 363n ; land for sale formerly of, 451.


Cozens, Daniel, 129, 650; land of for sale, 130, 450.


Capt. John, inn-keeper, land for sale at the house of, 131; land for sale, late the property of, 450. Mrs., 493.


Crab, William, negro run away from, 15.


Craig, Capt., 698.


David, taken prisoner, 491.


John, tavern-keeper, 92.


William, 618; land for sale in the possession of, 533. Craige, John, 363n.


Crammar, Justus, runaway servant, 102.


Cranberry, 552; holding of a Court of Oyer and Terminer at, 519; land for sale near, 55, 610.


mills, land for sale near, 575. Ponds, land for sale near, 152. town, land for sale near, 575. Cranberry Brook, land for sale in, 135. Cranbury, 204, 417;


horses for sale in, 299.


Crane, Abigail, 463n. Ann Eliza, 463n.


Benjamin, 463.


Charlotte King, 463n. David Johnson, 463n.


Esther, 463n.


Hezekiah Thompson, 463n.


Isaac, cow bells found at the house of, 414.


Jacob Thompson, 463n.


John, 463n. John J., 328, 329, 372.


Joseph, 188.


Moses, horse taken up by, 461.


Moses Thompson, 463n.


Norris, 463n.


Phoebe, 463n.


Stephen, Representative in


Council, 716.


Crane's Ferry, 106, 122.


Cranmer, Noah, 261.


Crawley's steel, axes for sale made of, 39.


Credit, bills of, 639.


Creighton, Hugh, 136; biographi- cal sketch of, 136n.


Crimes :


broke gaol, 60, 248, 384, 523, 643, 652, 662, 683, 684, 697. broke into house, 6.


shop broke open, 525.


cow stolen, 192, 218, 228, 285, 562. deserted, 249, 292, 523, 537, 683.


escaped, 50, 170, 313, 583. horse stolen, 189. 254, 260, 261, 270, 273, 279, 291, 297, 302, 365, 369, 383, 386, 394, 395, 396, 411, 436, 438, 464, 473, 482, 486, 492, 493, 494, 498, 510, 512, 531, 541, 576, 583, 588, 599, 603, 605, 611, 614, 619, 629, 631, 636, 651, 665, 668, 673, 675, 705, 706, 708, 718.


murder, 121, 186, 259, 358, 482, 571, 720.


oats set on fire, 417.


robbery, 192, 193, 206, 246, 249, 250, 251, 301, 310, 322. 347, 414, 469. 516, 525, 532, 537, 548, 635.


stabbing his master, 714.


theft, 154, 274, 409, 537, 551, 651, 718. watch stolen, 206.


Cripps, Whitten, Representative in Assembly, 716.


Cristy, William, 165. "Crito," article by, 444-446. Croft, Mr., 217.


Crolius, John, executor, 178. Peter, 47; executor, 178. William, jun., potter, deceased, 178.


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Cromeline, Mr., 645. Crooked Billet wharf, stage boat sets off from the, 101. Cross, John, 482.


Crosswicks, 374, 519.


land for sale near, 114, 536. Baptist meeting-house, 548.


Creek, land for sale on, 111, 651, 717. Long-Boat taken upon, 148. landing, land for sale near, 135, 438. Crow, Robert Richard, 62, 63, 435. Crowel, Thomas, 94, 367.


Crowell, James, administrator, no- tice by, 452. John, 706. Joseph, 165 ; land for sale late the property of, 543. Seth, 706. Thomas, jun., 16. Crump, Benjamin, 66. Captain, 626.


Cuhichtun, 216. Cumberland county, 415n.


commissioners of forfeited es- tates, 487. committee on loan appointed for, 559.


land for sale in, 57, 151, 332. Loyalists, estate of, to be sold, 487. members of the Legislature, 716. Cumming, Capt., 537.


Cummins, John, 46.


Cumpton, Richard, 128, 153.


Cunningham, Capt., tried for


piracy, 460. John Taylor, 58. Curlis, James, 94 ; nails for sale by, 412.


Currency, appreciating of, 480. credit of, 503. depreciation of, 238, 304, 583. salvation of the, 680.


Curtis, Jonathan, 701. Joseph, 121; resolutions vi- olated by, 597; miscellane- ous articles for sale by, 666. Samuel, 165. Thomas, 561.


Cyder, 39, 74. Cyder-house for sale, 111. Cyder mill, 21; for sale, 55.


Cyphers, George, 68.


D.


Dalbo, widow, 115. Dalglis, Ensley, 180. Dalglish, Ensley, 322. Dalmouth, 566. Daniel, John, 265. Daniels, James, deceased, 114. John, 225, 369. Darby, John, executor, horses for sale by, 674.


Darby, Pa., land for sale in, 150. Darling, Thomas, 706.


Davidson, Major William, 322, 559. Davinson, Josiah, 371n. Davis, Abraham, 524. Capt., 698.


Jacob, horse strayed to the Capt. John, plantation of, 506. 638; deserted from company of, 638. Samuel, 114. Davise, Richard, 62. Davison, William, land for sale at the house of, 533. Dawson, Henry B., 411n. James, 420. Captain James, 399. Day, Aaron, clothes, &c., for sale by, 667; goods stolen from, 635.


Jelf and, merchandise for sale by, 466.


Martin, deceased, 83. Stephen, 276 ; grass for sale by, 462. Thaddeus, 669.


Dayton, Col. Elias, 392n.


Jonathan J., 235; bull and heifer strayed from, 461. Dr. Jonathan J., 235n. Mrs., 235. Dean, James, 73, 369. Joseph, land for sale joining lands of, 582.


Deane, Capt., 652. Silas, address of, 142, 663 ; biographical sketch of, 142n. Deare, Jonathan, 27; Representa- tive in Council, 715. William P., executor, 434n. Death, 504. Debow, man knocked off horse by, 649.


Decamp, Lambard, wife eloped from, 349. Mary, eloped, 349. Decker's Ferry, 686. Decatur, Stephen, 562, 612, 614, 710. Dedman, William, 46, 132. Deep Run, land for sale near, 179. Deerfield township, land for sale in, 488.


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INDEX.


De-Groot's, skirmish near, 359. De Hart, Cyrus, 236. Mr., 37. John, 446n. widow, tea, &c., for sale by, 470. Wm., Lt. Col., 709.


DeKalb, General, arrival of, 201. Delance, Oliver, 179.


Delance and Kyler's tract for sale, 179.


Delancey, James, 177.


Oliver, 62, 165, 384, 435, 508, 528; land for sale, late the property of, 543, 544.


Delancey's brigade, General, 118.


Delaware, 445, 620.


Delaware Bay, land for sale bounded by, 488; prizes sent into, 278.


capes of, 448, 685.


enemy in possession 687.


of the,


Delaware falls, 7n, 363n ; passing of the, 32.


Delaware River, 8n, 24, 216, 450, 495; land for sale on, 112; land for sale near, 137 ; land for sale on the, 296, 620.


Delaware State, 536.


Dellingtash, Rebecca, 701.


Delsiver, John, land for sale join- ing, 488.


Demarest, Cornelius, killed, 359. Daniel S., 526.


Hendrick, wounded, 359.


Jacob, 92.


Orey, 526. Peter, house of, burned, 359. Samuel, captured, 359; house and barn of, burned, 359.


de Mirallis, Don Juan, passing through Trenton, 320. DeMirrallias, Don Juan, arrival of, 291. Demond, Peter, 247. Demorest, Daniel S., 98. Orey, jun., 98. Demot, John, 98. Demun, John, 366; loyalist, 574.


Denham, Obed, horses for sale at the house of, 667.


Denise, Denise, 180. Tunis, 180.


Deniston, Elizabeth, eloped, 166. William, wife eloped from, 166. Denman, Matthias, 232. Sarah, 464; affidavit by, 464. Dennis, Anthony, 323. Capt. Benjamin, 53.


John, 134; land for sale by, 11.


Joseph, 436, 561 ; innholder, land for sale, at the house of, 248. Michael, 68. Robert, 434n.


Dennis street, 434n. Dennison, Michael, 494.


Denniston, Mr., 16n.


William, fullers wanted by, 16; wife eloped from, 636. Denny, Thomas, 559; land for sale joining, 451. Denston, Isaac Royal, 562, 614.


Denton, John, snuff for sale by, 20. Depeyster, Gerardus, 12n. Nicholas, 526. Depreciated money, 314. Deptford township, 637.


land for sale in, 128, 129.


de Rayneval, Conrad Alexandre Gerard, biographical sketch of. 291n.


Derick, John, land for sale by, 451. Deryea, John, 98.


Deserters, 154, 159, 207, 249, 292, 304, 398, 410, 454, 523, 550, 638.


D'Estaing, Count, capture by, 25, 560, 560n, 686; arrival of, 41, 659; fleet of, 696; ships detached by,


714; relief


sent to, 118.


"Detector," article by, 337-339.


Devonshire, Duke of, 177.


Dey, Capt. John, 89.


Dick, Adam, runaway negro, 265. James, Commissary for Naval Prisoners, 30. Dickerson, John, silver stolen


from, 469.


Peter, 20n.


Dickinson, Major-General Philemon, 7, 191n.


Dill, John, 434n.


Dimsdale's lands for sale, 498.


Dinah, runaway negro, 14.


Dix, Peter, 280.


Dixon, John, 36; verses for sale by, 412. Mr., 634. Dixson, Christopher, 600; wag-


goner, rum stored by, 600.


Dod, Caleb, 271. Rev. Stephen, 67n, 677n.


Doe skins for sale, 56.


Dominica, 454.


Donaldson, Arthur, fulling-mill for sale by, 393.


Done, John, 95.


Donnell, John, land for sale by, 377.


Doreamus, Hendrick, 98. Doremus, Hendrick, 526. Dorsen mare, 245.


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D'Orvilliers, Count, 105.


Doty, Joshua, mare strayed or stolen from, 438.


Doughty, taken prisoner, 493.


Capt., deserted from company of, 410.


Solomon, 553. Thomas, deserter, 638.


Douglas, William, 529.


Douglass, Captain, 86, 100; prizes sent by, 278. Mr., 201. Thomas, 599.


Dover, land for sale in, 70, 573.


township, 95; land for sale in, 9, 590. Downs township, land for sale in, 152.


Drake, Benjamin, 95. Capt., 697. Jacob, 701. Randolph, 95. William, loyalist, 96; final judgment entered against, 591; land of, for sale, 97. Drayton, John, 670; admitted to college. 669. Drugs for sale, 153; in Morris- town, 5.


Drummond, Major Robert, loyalist, 48, 327, 345. Dublin, Ireland, 445. Dubois, Mrs. Catey, letter to, 426, 427, 428. Mr., 472.


Peter, 328; letter from, 426, 427, 428 : copy of letter to, 473 ; notice by, 454.


Duboise, Peter, 49. Dudley, Joshua, servant run away from, 102.


Duer's “Life of Lord Stirling," 392n, cited.


Duerson, William, 559. Duffield, Isaac. gaoler, escaped from, 492.


James, 650; land of, for sale, 129.


Dugan, Cornelius, 46.


Dugless, John, 8n. Dugon, Henry, 90. Dumayne, William, 508, 528. Dumont, Peter, Sheriff, 481, 524, 643. Duncan, Capt., 137 ; arrival of, 30. Capt. James, 137.


Dundass, Captain, 568. Sir Lawrence, 147.


Dunfield, John, 46. Dungan, Edward V., 95, 179, 180. Thomas, 98.


Dunham, Asher, 92. Azariah, 380, 387, 392, 573;


communication from, 277. 278; letter to, 357, 358; letter from, 422-424; Com- missary and Superintendent Chief, letter to, 386.


Isaac, 95. John, 7, 191. Moses, 95.


Dunmore, Lord, 43, 221, 382. Dunn, Jacob, 665.


.. Lewis, 434n. Durell, Philip, potter, 673.


Durham, John, 74, 322.


Durjee, John P., 526.


Dutch, 293. almanacks for sale, 20. books for sale, 75. servant man run away, 101.


Dutch Valley, horse stolen in, 492. Dutchess county, N. Y., 67n.


Duwin, Peter, 526.


Duyckinck, G., drugs and medicines for sale by, 405; merchan- dise for sale by, 5, 6: D'Veber. Gabriel, 650. D'Vebber, Gabriel, land of, for sale, 130.


Eacrit, 116. Eager, S. W., 581n, cited. Eagler, Conrad, 68. Earle, Edward, 132. Ensign, 251, 265. Joost, 132. Peter, 132. Earll, Henry, jun., 465. Earrel, Peter, 526. Earrell, Edward, 526. Joost, 526. Eastburn, Robert, 66, 280, 704; bi- ographical sketch of, 433n.


E.


434n, 435n ; merchandise for sale by, 433, 434; shop of, broken open, 246. T., 434n. Fast Haven, Conn., 67n.


East-India goods, 126. East Jersey Proprietors, 12n. East-Jersey rights, 552, 553. Easton, Pa., 8, 514, 607, 663, 698, 699, 708 ; land for sale near, 82, 168. Eastown, 536. East Plains, 376.


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Easttown, Pa., 439, 440.


Eaton, Thomas, marriage of, 226. Ebel, Michael, horse stolen from, 464. 618; land for sale in the possession of, 533.


Ebgor, .


Eddy, John, 328.


Edgar, - Major, killed, 719.


Edsall, James, 111, 361.


Edsell, James, 219.


Edwards, Evan, 44. Capt. F., 697. Joseph, 313. Major, 23n.


"Egg Harbor, The Affair at," by General W. S. Stryker, 159n.


Egg Harbour, 42, 86, 100, 186, 335, 337, 345, 379, 454, 536, 615, 638, 653, 659; brig taken off, 476.


brig carried into, 548; expedi- tion to, 155.


galley cast away near, 25.


letter put on shore at, 336.


negro run away at, 490.


rebels met off, 334.


river, 616, 659. schooner for sale at, 490.


ship driven ashore at, 201. sloop ashore at, 190, 207. whale-boats put out of, 42. Eglenton, Edward, 130. Ekler, William, 46.


Eldridge, William, innkeeper, "Sign of the Fox ;" Greenwich, Gloucester county, 495; horse strayed or stolen from, 498; land for sale at the house of, 129, 130, 450, 620. Election, Somerset county, 481. Elizabeth, 36, 43, 375, 459n.


borough of, horse stolen in the, 365.


Elizabeth-Town, 9, 10, 11n, 22, 29n, 37, 45, 78, 108n, 120, 122, 139, 161, 165, 229, 235, 252, 258, 311, 323, 372, 384, 392, 392n, 439, 440, 441, 458, 460, 463n, 490, 512, 524, 540, 548, 550, 555, 562, 587, 598, 599, 630, 634, 635, 638, 652, 667, 668, 673, 707. arrivals at, 373. attack on, 160.


attempt to surprise, 106.


borough, land purchased in, 234. brigade, 582. currier wanted in, 478. death near, 504. deserters came into, 454. destruction of the barracks at, 119. elopement in, 228.


excursion of the enemy to, 163. extracts of letters from, 106, 216, 254, 428, 429, 698. fair at, 663. furniture, &c., for sale in, 164. guard for, 538.


horses, &c., for sale at, 406.


land for sale in, 39, 60, 164, 180, 236, 508, 528, 529.


letter from, 266. marriage at, 226.


merchandise for sale in, 466, 505, 508. robbery in, 414.


sailors exchanged at, 447.


sloop for sale at, 44.


stage waggon to go from, 605.


tea, &c., for sale in, 470.


troops stationed at, 555.


West India rum for sale in, 191. Elizabeth-Town Point, 686. enemy landed near, 160.


Ellis, Bathsheba, 364n.


Daniel, Clerk, 361; Register, 553; biographical sketch of, 362-365.


Ebenezer, 165.


Joseph, 136n ; suit brought by, 136, 200.


Levi, 165. Margaret, 13n. Thomas, 165.


Rowland, biographical sketch of, 361-365 ; schoolmaster,


361n. family, 361n.


Elmer, Philemon, executor, horses for sale by, 674. Timothy, Representative in As- sembly, 716.


Elopements, 166, 192,


193, 228, 229, 312, 349, 412, 413, 452, 462, 494, 582, 636, 667. a false report, 704. Elwell, Israel, 73, 369.


Ely, George, 545n.


Emerson, James, 181, 617, 645n. Emmans, Stephen, 53.


Emmons, Capt. Hendrick, 97. Jacob, 94. Employment wanted, 661. Engagements, 475, 491, 504. at Charleston, S. C., 455. at Powles-Hook, 622-624. at Stony Point, 517. England, 24, 201, 587, 615. prices of articles in, 126.


Englewood, 567n. English cherries, 21, 36. meadows, 74. Neighborhood, 402, 564, 565, 567. Creek, 625.


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Englishtown, 552; land for sale near, 55.


Ephinston, Hon. Capt., 566. Erskine, Sir W., 429. "Erskine, Sir William," letter of marque brig, 42. Erwine, James, broke gaol, 523. Esdall, James, tavern-keeper, 496.


"Essay on Our Present Calamities," 208-213.


Essex county, 92, 503, 504, 528, 536, 559, 595, 598, 668. committee, meeting of the, 501, 596. information from, 374. land for sale in, 48. Loyalists, 327, 329, 372, 383, 508, 528.


members of the Legislature, 716.


Essex Light Horse, 493n. regiment of militia, 459n.


Estey, Moses, jun .. 150.


Euerse, Barant, 98.


Europe, fineries from, 174.


Evans, Elizabeth, 434n.


Everet, , 516.


Everett, Joseph, land for sale in the possession of, 533.


Everson, Barent, 526.


Evesham Township, 101, 721.


Ewing, Charles, attorney-at-law, 8n. James, Assemblyman, 716.


Execution of soldiers, 292; of two men for felony, 291. Eyren Haven, Annals of, 78n.


Fagan, ----- , robber, 53. Captain, 537. Phoenix, 613.


Fairchild, Miss Clorinda, 67, 677.


Fairfield, 108n ; land for sale in, 152. pastor of church at, 108n.


Fairfield township, Cumberland county, 265; land for sale in, 488 ; negro run away in, 225. Falker, John, 92, 384. Falmouth, burning of, 104.


Far, Thomas, 571. Farce, Philip, 46. "Farmer," article by a, 84. "Farmer, Jersey," article by a, 639, .640.


Farmer, Brook, land for sale at the house of, 590. Jasper, 586. Peter, 586. Farming utensils for sale, 69. Farr, Thomas, house of attacked by armed men, 548. Mrs., killed, 548. Farrand, Stephen, 47, 327.


Faulkinburg's Island, salt for sale on, 264. Federalist, 660n. Fell, Col. Peter R., 470, 592.


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Fenimore, Abram, land for sale late the property of, 450. Thomas, Assemblyman, 701. Joseph, 363n. William, 363n. Fenton Falls, 456. Fenton, Lewis, house broken open by, 571; man knocked off horse by, 641, 649.


Ferguson, Pat., Captain 70th Regi-


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ment. 155, 303; report by, 155-157.


John, stage waggon kept by, 605.


Ferries, "Continental," 436. Cooper's, 452. Coryell's, 149, 245; for sale, 90; land for sale near, 36. Crane's. 106, 122.


Decker's, 686. King's, 414, 447. 517.


Little Ferry, rebel guard at the, 251. "Lower," 436.


Old Ferry, 117, 350.


Robertson's, 45.


Shameny, 436. Thomas's Ferry, 392n.


Trenton. 6: for sale, 111. "Upper," 436, 478.


Ferry for sale. 111, 112.


Field. John, 524. 562, 613, 614.


Fields, John. horse strayed stolen from. 486. Finances of the State, article on the, 304-307.


Finch, Nathaniel. lieutenant and adjutant of Hathorne's N. Y. Militia Regiment, killed, 579n. Finlay, Edward, 206.


Finten, Elijah, 165. Fires, 301, 417.


First Jersey regiment, deserter from. 398.


First Mountain, cow stolen on the, 192.


"First Sussex Centenary," 581n, cited.


Fisher, Hendrick. deceased, 636. Jeremiah, executor, notice by, 636. Captain, Company of, 21n.


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Fish-Kill, 432. Fisler, Jacob, land for sale near, 450.


Fithian, Joel, Representative in Assembly, 716. Philip Vickers, journal of, 109n.


Fitzgerald, Ambrose, estate of, 487. Fitz-Randolph, Capt., 77. David, 95. Captain Nathaniel, 16, 65, 76. Robert, 92, 95.


Flanders, Europe, Marlborough's victory at, 321.


Flanders, Morris county, 665; land for sale in, 228. Flax for sale, 45, 69.


Flaxseed wanted, 39, 88.


Fleet, John, constable, 50.


Fleming, William, land for sale in the possession of, 533.


Flemington, 245, 661. land for sale in, 150, 332, 396. land for sale near, 112.


Flemingtown, 451.


Floch, John, 394n.


Florida, 401.


Flour for sale, 1; price of, act to regulate, 162.


Forage Department, demands on the, 47.


transportation of, 7.


Ford, Col., 301, 321; scouting party of British detachment discovered by, 300.


Ebenezer, commissioner of for- feited estates, 90, 96, 323.


Eunice. 275n.


Hannah, 275n.


John, 95. Oswald, 95.


Samuel, 275n. William, 322.


Fordick, Nicholl, 612, 613.


Forfeited estates, 131.


Forges for sale, 510, 574, 634.


Forges : Taunton, 702.


Forks of Little-Egg-Harbour, sloop "Retrieve" for sale at the, 474.




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