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III. Maria.
IV. Petrus, bap. Feb. 11, 1736; m. by license, Jan. 5, 1763, Mary Chambers. In the record of the baptisms of their children, however, her name is given as Lack, Loch, or Lock. She was, perhaps, a widow when he married her. Peter Crolius, cord- wainer, was granted the burgher right, Oct. 1, 1765. Chil- dren : 1. Willem, bap. Nov. 27, 1763 (the child's paternal grandparents both witnessed the baptism) ; 2. Elizabet, bap. April 28, 1765 ; 3. Veronica, bap. June 22, 1766; 4. Mary, bap. Nov. 13, 1768; 5. Elizabet, bap. Oct. 7, 1770; 6. Peter, bap. Nov. 8, 1772; d. in inf .; Pieter, bap. Oct. 30, 1774. Peter Crolius, son of Willem, and father of these children, joined the Reformed Dutch Church of New Brunswick by certificate in 1778.
V. Jurrie, bap. March 5, 1738; m. Catharina Coelbach in 1763 or earlier. This is doubtless the brother "George" mentioned in the will of William Crolius. As a matter of fact, "Jurrie" (pronounced Yury) is a contraction of Juriaan, the Dutch for Urian. The Dutch equivalent of George is Joris, pronounced Yoris .- W. N.
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T o be sold at publick vendue on the 29th day of this inst. One Half of a WAGGON and Four HORSES, at the Markethouse in Trenton, at twelve o'clock of same day. Any person inclinable to see the above waggon and horses, may by applying to the subscriber.
JONATHAN RICHMOND.1
Trenton, Nov. 17.
1 Jonathan Richmond, of Nottingham township, Burlington county, bought from Elisha Lawrence, of Upper Freehold, Monmouth county, by deed, dated October 1, 1774, for the consideration of £250, a messuage and lot of land, situate in Kingsbury (now in the southern part of Tren- ton, immediately south of the Assunpink), Burlington county, "called Lott 3 in plan of the town : Beginning at a post at the east side of the Broad Street that leads from the Mills towards Crosswicks and corner to Lott 2; thence along that Lott north fifty-six degrees east one hundred and eighty-one and one-half feet to another post for a corner, being also a corner of Lott No. 2; thence south thirty-four degrees east sixty feet to a post, corner of Lott 4; then along said Lott south fifty-six degrees west one hundred and eighty-one and one-half feet to a post at the East side of the Broad Street and is also another corner to Lott 4; thence along the east side of said Street north thirty-four degrees west sixty feet to the beginning ; being one-quarter of an acre." Witnesses-Benjamin Yard, Thos : Yard .- N. J. Deeds, Liber AM., p. 21. "Across the Queen Street bridge on the east side was the site of Mahlon Stacy's flour mill, built in 1680, of hewn logs. In 1714 Wm. Trent purchased the property and built a two story building, a mill. Geo. Bright had a bakery next to it, and lived opposite. Next to this bakery was Jonathan Richmond's 'True American Inn,' built in 1760, the headquarters of Gen. Washington for the first two days of 1777, but which he was obliged to abandon on the afternoon of January 2d. This building was destroyed by fire in 1843."-Stryker's "Trenton Hundred Years Ago," p. 20. Jonathan Rich- mond was a barrack-master at Trenton during the Revolutionary War ; it is not known how long he held that office. On October 27, 1788, being "weak," Jonathan Richmond, of Nottingham township, Burlington county, made his will, which was proved at Burlington, April 8, 1789. He gave to his wife Emmy one-third of his estate, and to his niece Sallie James, daughter of his sister Mary Watley, 20s; to his nephew, Samuel Wooley, son of his sister Catharine Wooley, the rest of his estate. Executor- nephew, Samuel Wooley. Witnesses-C. Higbie, Abraham Woglaam and Rensellaer Williams .- W. N.
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FLAXSEED WANTED.
F OR which the highest price will be given by JOHN REYNOLDS1 in Trenton, who also gives the highest price for any quantity of HORSE or Cows TAILS, suitable for making hair ropes.
1 A petition was presented to the Provinciai Congress of New Jersey, June 21, 1776, "from John Reynolds and George Riche, paper makers in Germantown, Pennsylvania, setting forth, that they design to carry on their trade in this Colony, and praying that this Congress would en- courage the same." The petition was read, and ordered to have a second reading, which it received on July 4, when action was "deferred for further consideration."-Minutes, 469, 490. The subject is not mentioned again in the minutes. However, Reynolds, at least, located in Trenton, for the records of conveyances show that John Reynolds, paper maker, of Trenton, bought from Israel Morris, of the same piace, gentleman, son and heir of William Morris, late of Trenton, Esq., deceased, by deed dated June 1, 1778, for £350, a lot situate on the east side of King street, Trenton, touching the late Thomas Smith's land, and land of Israel Mor- ris, being part of a larger tract granted to William Morris by William Trent, April 16, 1745. On September 23, 1778, he bought from Israel Morris, for £1400, three lots in Trenton, as follows : "1st lot : Beginning at the southwest corner of Friends' Burying Ground, running thence north to William Tucker's land, thence aiong Tucker's iand west to iot of the Presbyterian congregation, along that south to the street leading to the Quaker Meeting house, thence along said street east to the beginning, containing one acre. 2d lot : Beginning at a corner of the street opposite to said Meeting house and running along the street leading thereto west to the Abraham Cottnam estate, thence along his line south to the Pres- byterian Burying Ground, thence along the same to Samuel Tucker's garden lot east and then south to the road leading to Samuel Henry's Mill, then along said road east to the back street, and along said street north to the beginning, containing two acres. 3d lot: Beginning at the southwest corner of Joseph Higbee's land on Meeting-house lane or back street, thence along his line east to other land of Samuel Tucker, then along Tucker's line to a corner of another lot of said Tucker, then west by the same and Elihu Spencer and Samuei Henry to said Meeting house lane, then along the same north to the beginning, containing 17 acres." He sold these three lots, his wife Catharine joining in the deed, May 28, 1779, to Joseph Milnor, of Trenton, merchant, for £2325. No will of John Reynolds has been found on record in New Jersey. It is not unlikely that after he sold "hese lands in Trenton, he removed from the State.
The records of the Adjutant General's office show that one John Rey- nolds was a private of the Hunterdon county militia during the Revo- lutionary war, and that he received in 1784 a certificate for the de- preciation of his Continental pay, which amounted to £8:5. It is not at all likely that this was the papermaker of Trenton .- W. N.
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Three Hundred Dollars Reward.
S TOLEN on the 1st instant, out of Mr. Derick Van Veighter's stable at Raritan bridge, a remarkable gay Grey Gelding, stout, bony and handsome, 15 hands and an inch high, got by Wildair, his mane and tail nearly black, 10 years old, a very long head, cuts with his hind feet. The thief took a phaeton cushion as a substitute for a saddle. Any person who will secure the lad, shall receive One Hundred and Fifty Dollars reward, the same for the [gelding] on his delivery to either Major LINN at Minbrook, or the subscriber at Mapletown, near Prince- town.
DAVID CLARKSON, jun. Nov. 9.
Six Hundred Dollars Reward.
S TOLEN from the subscribers on the night of the 10th inst. a large Black Horse, about 15 hands high, 4 years old, one hind foot white on the near side behind, and a little piece cut out of his ear on the off side, is very lofty, trots very fast, and not much used to canter- ing. Likewise a Black Horse, about 15 hands high, 4 years old, branded on the near buttock O, a little streak of white on his fore foot on the off side by his hough, a small star in his forehead, one hind foot white on the near side, carries a very low tail, trots and canters.
Any person taking up and securing said horses, shall have the above reward; Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars for each of the horses, and One Hundred Dollars for the thief or thieves, and all reasonable charges, if brought home, will be paid by REM GARRETSEN, or JOACHIM GULICK, living in Somerset county, near the courthouse.
Nov. 12.
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One Hundred Pounds Reward.
R UN away from the subscriber on the 2d inst. a Negro Fellow named Will, 23 years of age, a stout-built, likely man; had on when he absconded, an old beaver hat, a short brown coat, half worn, made of country cloth, buckskin breeches, yarn stockings, remarkable strong shoes, and may have other cloathes with him; he formerly belonged to Mr. Wilson Hunt of Maidenhead, and was well known in that neighbourhood by the name of Minck. Whoever will secure the said negro, or give intelligence where he may be found, shall have the above reward, and all reasonable charges by applying to his master,
JOHN SHAW. Bernard's Town, Baskenridge, Nov. 4.
One Hundred Dollars Reward.
W AS lost between Princeton and Trenton, a bundle of continental money, with several letters, one of which is directed to his Excellency Governor Liv- ingston; one ditto for Silas Condict, a member of our council; one ditto for James Paxton, commissary in Tren- ton; one ditto for Miss Sally Dehart, Trenton; one ditto for Barbary Hooper; one ditto for William Paterson, and several others not known, all per favour of Capt. Clunn : the money consists of the following bills, viz. eight 65, eight 55, and one 50 dollars, with a small packet of money marked Elias Hunt. Whoever has or may find the above- described money and letters, and will deliver them to the Printer hereof, or to the Subscriber in Trenton, shall have the above reward.
JOSEPH CLUNN, Capt. State Regt.
N. B. Tavernkeepers and others on the road are re- quested to take notice of such letters, and detect any per- son er persons who may have them in their possession.
Trenton, Nov. 11.
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TO BE SOLD,
A N elegant and commodious Lot, containing near two acres of ground, whereon the family of the sub- scriber now dwells, situate near the markethouse in Trenton, fronting about 200 feet on Market street, and commanding a beautiful view of the Delaware for a con- siderable extent, including the Falls; together with the buildings and improvements thereon, to wit, a framed dwelling-house containing six rooms on the lower floor and two above, besides the kitchen and other roomy back build- ings ; a brick building fronting on the street, well calcu- lated for an office or any publick business, having two rooms on a floor with a fire-place in each, and a cellar under the whole; a large and commodious carriage-house also fronting on the street ; suitable buildings on the rear of the lot for stables and forage-houses, with an outlet the backway; two wells of exceeding good water with a pump in each, and a large garden well stored with excellent fruit- trees, asparagus-beds and other conveniences adapted as well to please the eye as to furnish the table.
The purchaser may have possession immediately. For terms apply to Major Gordon in Trenton, or to the sub- scriber in Philadelphia.
CHARLES PETTIT.
Loan-office certificates of an early date, would be pre- ferred in payment, and a suitable advance allowed on them, especially for those bearing date before the 1st of March, 1778.
Nov. 15.
TO BE SOLD,
T ICKETS in the Third Class of the United States Lot- tery, by Colonel HENRY VANDIKE, at his house in Somerset county, near Rocky-Hill.
Those who incline to purchase, may see the scheme of the lottery, and the adventurers in the second class may
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know the fate of their tickets at the same place. As the chances in this lass are so much in favour of the adven- turer, he doubts not the demand for them will be very great. Those who are desirous of purchasing, are re- quested to be early in their applications, and particularly as it is expected the drawing will soon commence.
-The New-Jersey Gazette, Vol. II., No. 99, Nov. 17, 1779.
CHATHAM, November 9.
Last Monday morning was taken at Rahway, concealed in a barn, Thomas Long, alias Bunkeye, a villain noted for his cruelties to many of our prisoners, and who has been active in carrying off several of the inhabitants. He was found without arms, therefore could be considered in no other light but as a spy, for which he was tried, found guilty and received sentence of death, which was duly exe- cuted on Thursday last.
TRENTON, November 10.
Friday last the Honorable the General Assembly of this State adjourned to meet at Mount-holly, on Monday fol- lowing, for the dispatch of public business .- The New- York Journal, and the General Advertiser, Numb. 1852, November 22, 1779.
Came to the plantation of the subscriber, living in Douns township, Cumberland county, New-Jersey, on the 12th of October last, A SORREL HORSE, three years old, with a white strip down his face two white spots on his right side, a whitish mane and tail, about thirteen hands and a half high paces and trots. The owner is de- sired to come, prove his property, pay charges, and take him away.
Nov. 15, 1779. DAVID SHEPPARD.
-The Pennsylvania Gazette, November 24, 1779.
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PHILADELPHIA, November 11.
Nov. 18. We are assured from good authority, that the States of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode- Island, Connecticut and New-York, have lately met in Convention at Hartford, for the purpose of considering of a general regulation of prices, which is considered by them as practicable under the late resolution of Congress for stopping the presses and procuring supplies by regular and steady taxation. They have proposed to the several States as far as Virginia inclusive, to meet in a General Conven- tion for the above purpose, and to consider of other meas- ures for the restoration of public credit, in this city, on the first Wednesday in January next .- From the late cir- cular letter sent by the State of New-Jersey, there is little doubt but that State will accede to the proposition,-and it is most probable, Commissioners will be appointed from this State, which will comprehend seven States of the Union.
W HEREAS, the British Commissary of Prisoners by letter to me, dated the 12th of October last, has required "the immediate return of all officers or persons admitted by them to parole." I am hereby to direct, that strict attention and compliance be paid to this summons, and that they return to the city of New-York, without further delay.
Given at my office, at the headquarters of the army, this 8th day of November, 1779.
JOHN BEATTY,1 Com. Gen. Pris.
(The Printers in the different States are requested to insert the above in their Newspapers. )
1 For a sketch of John Beatty, see New Jersey Archives, XXVI. : 521.
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FOR SALE,
S OME good LISBON SALT, by the large or small quan- tity, for cash, or exchanged for good wheat; also some ROCK SALT to be exchanged for Butter only, at Mr. BENJAMIN SMITH's in Trenton.
November 23, 1779.
T HE Deputy Barrackmasters of this State, under the late department of the Barrackmaster-General, are desired to meet the subscriber at the city of New Brunswick, on Monday the 6th day of December next, to settle their accounts, and receive their money.
SAM. H. SULLIVAN,1 late C. B. M. for New-Jersey.
Trenton, November 23, 1779.
To be sold at publick vendue on Thursday the 2d of December next, at Samuel Cooper's Ferry, opposite Philadelphia, at three o'clock, Five very likely young NEGRO LADS, from 15 to 20 years of age, taken in the prize brig Triton.
By order of the Court of Admiralty, Jos. POTTS, Marshal. New-Jersey, November 22, 1779.
1 Adjutant General Breintnall, of New Jersey, reports that Samuel H. Sullivan was Quartermaster at Trenton by a return from March 2, 1778, to March 2, 1779, under the immediate supervision of Moore Furman, Deputy Quartermaster General of New Jersey. The Adjutant General has no record of Mr. Sullivan's service as barrackmaster, but it appears by the newspaper advertisement in 1779 that he had formerly held that position. Mr. Sullivan died intestate in 1782. His mother, Margaret Sullivan, and his eldest daughter, Margaret Sullivan, renounced their right to administer, on August 9, 1782, Gerrit Gerritson and Henry Post witnessing their renunciation. Thereupon Abraham Demott, yeoman, of Somerset county, was appointed administrator, August 13, 1782, Henry Post going on his bond. Witnesses-William Paterson and Garrit Garritson. The inventory of the estate of Samuel Harriot Sullivan, of Reading township, Hunterdon county, taken August 10, 1782, was ap- praised by Garrit Garritson and Henry Post at £113-12-10 .- W. N.
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To the PUBLICK.
W HEREAS Nathaniel Hunt and Peter Brunner, Com- missioners for selling the estates of certain fugi- tives and offenders of the county of Hunterdon, have, by an advertisement dated the 15th of this inst. (No- vember) and inserted in the New-Jersey Gazette, adver- tised for sale at publick vendue on Thursday the 16th day of December next, "The noted Farm called Bellmount, "situate in Hopewell, containing about 560 acres, divided "into two farms on one of which a ferry has been kept," as late the property of Daniel Coxe.
This is therefore to forewarn all persons from purchas- ing the said farms, (under the said commissioners) as I am legally vested with a clear and sufficient Title for the same fairly derived by a regular chain of conveyance, from Dr. Daniel Coxe, of the city of London, and have already commenced a suit at law, for the establishing and confirm- ing the same.
Trenton, Nov. 3.
D. BREARLEY.
T 0 BE SOLD by the subscriber in Trenton, Six Hun- dred and Twenty-five Acres of Wood Land, besides allowance for highways, situate in Fairfield, in the county of Cumberland, State of New-Jersey, adjoining the lands of Thomas Whitaker and others, about seven miles from a navigable landing; the title indisputable.
SAM. TUCKER,1
Trenton, Nov. 22.
1 For a notice of Samuel Tucker, see New Jersey Archives, 2d Series, 1:11.
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AME to the house of Joseph Green, jun. in Trenton, about the 20th of October last, a HOG marked with a crop on one ear, and an halfpenny on the other. Any person proving his property, and paying charges, may have him of me,
JOSEPH GREEN. Nov. 22.
W as taken up on the 18th inst. between Trenton and Allentown, a Sorrel HORSE, about 6 or 7 years old, with a star, his off hind foot is white a little above the hoof; supposed to be stolen. Any person prov- ing property and paying charges, may have him again by applying to the subscriber in Amwell, near John Ringo's old Tavern.
LEWIS CHAMBERLAIN.
C AME to the plantation of the subscriber, near Gordon's Tavern, between Allentown and Trenton, on the 19th inst. a stray white HORSE, with a bridle and saddle on him, about nine years old, fifteen hands high, thin in flesh, trots and canters. The owner is desired to come, prove his property, pay charges, and take him away. LABAN HAMMELL. Nov. 22. TRENTON, NOVEMBER 24.
An ACT to prohibit the Exportation of Provisions from the State of New Jersey.
W HEREAS it is highly expedient to preserve amongst ourselves such articles of produce as may be wanted for our own consumption, or for the use of the army of the United States of America: AND WHEREAS the restraining of the exportation of provisions may have a tendency to distress our enemies, and weaken their operations against us, by with-holding from them the supplies they obtain by capturing our vessels ; Therefore,
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Scct. 1. Be it enacted by the Council and General Assembly of this State, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That an embargo be, and hereby is laid to prohibit the exportation of wheat, flour, rye, Indian corn, bread, beef, pork, bacon, live stock, and all other kinds of provisions whatsoever, not herein enumerated, from this State, from and after the publication of this Act, until the first day of January next : Provided, That nothing in this Act contained, shall be taken or construed to extend to prevent the common inter- course between this State and the States of New-York, Pennsylvania and Delaware.
2. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any wheat, flour, rye, Indian corn, bread, beef, pork, bacon, live stock, or any kind of provision whatsoever, not herein enumerated, (except as before excepted) shall at any time hereafter be laden or found on board any ship or vessel, in any port or haven of this State, contrary to the true intent and meaning of this Act, it shall and may be lawful for the Collector, or other Customhouse Officers, or any other person or per- sons whatsoever, by warrant from any one Justice of the Peace, directed to any Constable of the county, to seize such ship or vessel, with all such goods so taken on board as aforesaid; which ship or vessel, when so seized, shall be libelled in the Court of Admiralty, in the usual method of libelling captured vessels, in the name of the person seizing the same; which ship or vessel, so seized and libelled, shall be tried in the Court of Admiralty, agreeable to the directions of an Act, intitled, An Act for instituting a Court of Admiralty, and for directing the mode of appointing Customhouse Officers in the State of New-Jersey, passed at Trenton, the fifth day of December, 1778, in the same manner as vessels are tried that are taken from the enemy : And that all officers, witnesses and others, necessarily attending such trial, shall be allowed the same fees as are allowed in and by said Act in other cases; which vessel and provisions, when so seized and condemned as aforesaid, shall be sold by the Marshal, who, after deducting and paying all charges accruing on said trial and condem- nation, shall pay one half to the person or persons seizing the same, and the other half to the Treasurer of the State, to and for the use of the State: Provided always, That the person or persons who shall sieze any vessel or vessels in pursuance of this Act, shall, if required by the owner, give bond, with sufficient security, to the Judge of the Court of Admiralty, conditioned for the payment of all costs and charges that may arise from such seizure, if final judgment be not had thereon in favour of the informer: Provided also, That nothing in this Act shall be construed to extend to prevent the taking on board such provision as shall be necessary for the stores only of any ship or vessel of war, or others trading to or from this State, or drove in by distress, or to prevent the shipping or transporting such provisions as may be requisite for the use of the fleet or fleets of His Most Christian Majesty, our illustrious Ally.
Passed at Trenton, October 7, 1779.
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At a Joint-Meeting of the Legislative-Council and Gen- eral Assembly of this State, on Wednesday last, the Hon. John Fell,1 William-Ch. Houston, Esquires, and Doctor Thomas Henderson,2 were elected Delegates to represent this State in Congress the ensuing year, to commence the first day of December next.
By a gentleman from Philadelphia we learn, that a re- inforcement to Count D'Estaing, of 12 ships of the line, has arrived at Martinico.
We learn that Count D'Estaing has left three frigates to cruize off the coast of South-Carolina, for the protection of the trade of Charlestown.
We hear that the Grand American Army are moving toward Baskenridge, where, it is said, they are to go into winter quarters.
At a Supreme Court lately held at Burlington, Humphry, a negro man belonging to Mr. Elijah Bond, was convicted of burglary and larceny, and is sentenced to be executed the first of December next.
-The New-Jersey Gazette, Vol. II., No. 100, Nov. 24, 1779.
NEW YORK, Nov. 29.
We are told that General Washington is to cantoon his Army this Winter in the County of Morris, in New-Jersey, between the Town of Morris, and that of Mendem .- The New-York Gazette: and the Weekly Mercury, No. 1467, November 29, 1779.
1 For a sketch of John Fell, see New Jersey Archives, 2d Series, 1: 54, 456.
2 A sketch of Dr. Thomas Henderson will be found in New Jersey Archives, XX. : 617.
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CHATHAM, NOVEMBER 30.
Last week arrived at Elizabeth Town, on their way to New-York on parole, Generals Philips and Riedesel, of the convention troops, with their suits.
Several of the inhabitants of Morris county were last week apprehended and secured in gaol, for counterfeiting and passing the continental bills of credit.
Last Wednesday night the barns of John Ward and Nathaniel Camp, in Newark, were entirely consumed by fire .- It is supposed this base act was committed by some persons who have lately been detected, by Mr. Ward and Mr. Camp, in carrying on an illicit trade to New-York.
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