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THE HENDRICKS OR HENDRICKSON FAMILY.
Daniel and Wilm Hendricks, as they wrote their names and were called among their own folks, were brothers and sons of Hendrick Hendricks by his first wife. They came from Flatbush, in Kings county, Long Island, to Mon- mouth county, about 1692 or 1693, and settled on a tract of land at what is now Holland in Holmdel township. This land has been in the continuous owner- ship and occupation of the descendants of Daniel Hendricks, the pioneer settler, down to the present year 1900, or over two centuries.
The late Hon. William Henry Hen- drickson, who twice represented Mon- mouth in the New Jersey Senate, was born, lived, died and was buried on this homestead farm, as his father, grand- father, and great-grandfather, (who was the youngest son of the first settler) had been before him. I therefore take up Daniel Hendricks and his posterity before his brother William, because the latter has no descendants living in this vicinity.
We find Daniel Hendrickson first mentioned in Book C of Deeds, p. 78, in our county clerk's office. An agreement dated September 23, 1693, is here re-
corded between Daniel Hendrickson and "John Gibbonson" as name is spelled, of Flatbush, Kings county, L. I., of the one part, and William Whitlock of Middle- town, Monmouth county, of the other part. It seems they had on September 22d, 1692, leased of Whitlock 104 acres of land, described as partly bounded by Mahoras brook, and they now agree to pay him £25 in yearly installments until whole is paid by 10th of March, 1697, and Whitlock agrees to convey it when whole sum is paid. Daniel Hendrickson conveyed 28 acres of this tract to Gy- bertsen or Guisbertsen as name is spelled, who with Ester his wife, by deed dated December 22d, 1701, conveys it to John Ruckman. This Guisbertsen was the progenitor of the Giberson family as name was afterwards spelled, and I think was really a VanPelt.
In Book I of Deeds, p. 166, Secretary of State's office, Trenton, N. J., is the record of a deed dated May 16, 1698, from John Whitlock and Mary his wife, late of Middletown township, but then of Freehold, to Daniel Hendrickson, conveying 104 acres for the consider- ation of £164. This land is described as situated at Strawberry Hill, now occu-
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pied by Daniel Hendrickson, bounded south by lands late of William Whit- lock, east by lands of Thomas Whit- lock, north by a small run coming from the hills, and west by another small brook; which 104 acres John Whitlock with other tracts of land got from the proprietors of East Jersey by patent dated January 20, 1676. Also another tract bounded northerly by James Wall's land, westerly by John Whit- lock's land, southerly by land late Wil- liam Whitlock, and east by Mahoras brook. Also 13 acres of salt meadow at Shoal Harbor, bounded north by the creek.
In this same Book I of Deeds, p. 184, etc., is record of a deed dated February 5, 1706, from Thomas Cooper of London, England, a merchant, to Obadiah Bowne, Garret Wall, Gershom Mott, James Hubbard, James Grover, James Cox, Joseph Cox, Richard Stout, Daniel Hen- dricks, Obadiah Holmes, William Law- rence. James Lawrence and Benjamin Lawrence, all of Middletown township, in Monmouth county. Cooper, for the consideration of £260 conveys to them one full equal half propriety, or 48th part of all lands taken up or to be taken up in the Eastern Division of the Province of New Jersey, excepting only 5,000 acres already taken up by said Cooper in right of first division, and 86 acres taken up in right of second divis- ion of said half propriety or 48th part of said Eastern Division of New Jersey, and which are already sold by said Thomas Cooper. He also conveys by this deed 600 acres of land at Barnegat, in what is now Ocean county.
On page 194, etc., of this same Book ] of Deeds, is record of a deed from Obadiah Bowne and rest of grantors aforesaid except Daniel Hendricks, to said Daniel Hendricks, dated February 5, 1706. It recites that said grantors with said Daniel Hendricks, purchased of Thomas Cooper one-half propriety or 48th part of the undivided Eastern Div- ision of New Jersey, and also 600 acres of land at Barnegat; and by this deed they convey to said Daniel Hendricks, his heirs and assigns, a tract of 141 acres and right to take up 184 acres more under the second and third div- isions. They also convey to him 21 acres of land and marsh at Barnegat.
In this same Book I of Deeds, p. 376, is record of a deed dated December 7. 1709, from Richard Hartshorne and Margaret, his wife, to Daniel Hendrick- son, John Schenck, Garret Schenck, Cornelius Couwenhoven, Peter Wyckoff, all of Middletown, in Monmouth county, conveying to them three tracts of land at a place called by the Indians "Con-
escunk." The first tract contains 200 acres and lays next to bay. The second tract contains 70 acres and is situate on west side of "Conescunk Neck." The third tract is made up of several pieces of meadow containing in all 50 acres.
Minutes of Monmouth county courts labelled No. 1, 1688-1721, show that Daniel Hendrickson was a grand juror at March term, 1699. He was again summoned to serve on grand jury March 26, 1700, when the new judges appointed by Governor Andrew Hamilton, took their seats for the first time. As has been already explained Daniel Hen- drickson with many others of the Mid- dletown people refused to serve or to recognize the authority of these judges. For this he was fined $10 and the sheriff was ordered to make the money by seizure and sale of his personal property. His brother, William Hen- dricks, is named among the men who broke up the court March 25, 1701, and held Governor Hamilton, the county judges and other officers prisoners for four days. The surrender by the Pro- prietors of the right of government to the English crown in 1702, brought about an entirely new condition of affairs, and settled for a time their old quarrels and animosities.
Daniel Hendrickson * was appointed
Teuntje Thyse Laen VanPelt, the mother of Daniel Hendrickson's wife, came to Amer- ica with her father and settled at New Utrecht, L. I. Her brother Guisbert married Jannetje Adraanse Lambersen, and removed to Mon- mouth county. He wrote his name or was known as "Gisbert Laen," and he and his wife are among the organizing members of the Dutch church in 1709. He had the follow- ing children:
Adraan, b .- married Marytje Smak (Smock).
Janntje, b .- died single.
Wilhelmyntje, bap. Sept. 16, 1677 : married William Hendricks, the brother of Daniel I'endrickson. Her name appears as "William- pe" on records of Dutch church in 1769.
Mathys, bap. Aug. 23, 1679 ; died young.
Catalina, bap. April 24, 1681 : married Elyas DeHart.
Matthys, bap. March 30, 1683 ; married Antje, daughter of Garret Schanck and Neeltje Voor- hees his wife, of Pleasant Valley.
Cornelius, bap. April 3, 1685.
Mary, bap. March 3, 1689 ; married Ferdin- and VanSiclen.
Joost (Joseph), died single and was blind.
Maikan or Moyka married Stoffle Longstreet and they were the parents of Stoffle Longstreet who settled in Upper Freehold township.
Tobias Hansen of Dover, in New Hampshire, conveyed to Gilbert Lane of New Utrecht, L. I., 200 acres in Shrewsbury township, by deed dated March 30. 1699, recorded in Book D of Deeds, p. 128, Monmouth county clerk's office. In Book E of Deeds, p. 344, etc., Gilbert Lane
Dwelling house on Hendrickson homestead at Holland, N. J. The original part was built by Daniel Hendrickson, the first settler, be- tween 1700 and 1720 ; remodeled and enlarged by the late Hon. William H. Hendrickson.
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one of the constables of Middletown township in 1704-5 and three years later sheriff of the county. He was the first Netherlander to hold this office. We also find him and his wife, and his brother William and wife among the organizing members of the Dutch church in 1709, and a few years later he was an Elder. He was also ap- pointed captain of the militia of Mid- dletown township.
Daniel Hendrickson married in Brook- lyn Catherine, daughter of Jan Janse VanDyke and Teuntje Thyse Laen Van- Pelt, his wife. Daniel Hendrickson died in January, 1728, leaving his widow and 11 children surviving.
The following is a certified copy of his will recorded in Book No. 2 of Wills, p. 491, etc. The scrivener who wrote it was evidently ignorant of the Dutch language as he has given the English names for some of the children, while he has spelled others according to sound. Tryntje is Dutch for Catherine, but in writing the name of Daniel Hen- drickson's wife he spells it "Taytye."
IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN .- I Daniel Hendricks of Middletown in the county of Monmouth and Eastern Division of ye Prov- ince of New Jersey Gent. This Sixteenth day of November in the Year of our Lord one Thousand seven hundred & Twenty Seven, be- ing very Sick & weak of Body but of a Sound Mind and Disposing Memory (Thanks be to God for ye Same & calling to mind ye uncer- tainty of this present Life knowing That it is appointed for all Men once to Dye) Do make & declare this to be my Last Will & Testament as followeth Vizt. first and principally I rec- ommend my Soul to Almighty God that gave it and my Body to ye Earth from whence it was taken to be buryed at ye Discretion of my Executors herein after named and as Touching Such Wordly Goods and Estate as it hath
of Middletown township, conveyed to his son Matthias Lane, 460 acres which Alexander Innes had deeded to him April 28, 1709. Gil- bert Lane made his will Nov. 7, 1720 ; proved May 27, 1727, and recorded at Trenton in Book B of Wills, p. 66, etc. Names his wife Jane, and all his children. Speaks of his daughter Willimea, who married William Hendrickson, as deceased, and also her husband as dead.
Gilbert Lane had a brother Peter, who set- ted in Monmouth, and was known as Peter Tysen. In Book E, p. 314, etc., Monmouth county records, is a deed dated October 6. 1709, from John Bowne to Peter Tysen and Derrick Tysen of New Utrecht, and John Tysen of Brooklyn, L. I., for 750 acres at Wiquetunk. This property was afterwards conveyed to Roelf Schanck. See page 313 "Old Times in Old Monmouth.".Some of this family removed to Bucks or Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and retained the surname Tysen. Those who remained here spelled their names "Tice." The Lane, Tysen or Tice, Pietersen and Giberson surnames are all derived from a VanPelt progenitor.
Pleased Almighty God (far Beyond my Des- erts) to bestow upon me I give Devise & Dis- pose of ye Same in Manner & form following Viz. IMPRIMIS my Will is that all my Just Debts be justly and truly payd by my Execu- tors hereinafter named and for That end & purpose my Will is, and I do by These Pres- ents give To my Three Executors, or in case of Death or Refusal to any two of Them full power to sell and Dispose of my Two Largest Lotts of Wood Land on Conescunk Neck & my Land at Barnegate & Right to Property, pt I give and Devise to my Son Hendrick the plantation on which he Dwells, formerly Ben- jamin Stouts, and the full halfe of all my Lotts of Meadow at Conescunk, on condition that he pay the Sum of Three hundred Pounds to my Seven Daughters in such Payments & at Such Times as hereafter expressed viz. That he pay to my daughter Catharine the Sum of thirty seven pounds Ten shillings at ye Time of her Marriage or ye Age of Twenty one Years which shall first happen & to my Daugh- ter Jonayfye the sum of Thirty seven pounds Ten shillings at ye Time of her marriage or ye age of Twenty One years which shall first happen & ye Remaining Two hundred Twenty five pounds by equal parts to my Seven Daugh- ters Namely Ghesye, (Geesie) Teuntye, (Teun- tje) Maykije, Catharine, Anne Francis (Fran- cyntje), & Janayfye (Jannetje), the first Pay- ement to commence four Years after my De- cease to my Eldest Daughter & so on yearly the Like Sum to ye Next oldest till ye Seven Daughters hath Received ye same. That Then I Give & Devise the sd Lands and Meadows to my Son Hendrick Hendricks his heirs & Assigns for Ever, pt I give and Devise to my Son John the plantation whereon he Dwells that I purchased of Stephen Warne, on con- dition That he pays the sum of five hundred pounds to my Daughters as hereinafter expres- sed viz That he pay to my Daughter Anne ye Sum of Thirty Seven pounds Tenn Shillings at ye Time of her Marriage or ye age of Twenty one Years which shall first happen and ye Remaining Two hundred Sixty two pounds Tenn Shillings by equal parts to my Seven Daughters above named, the first payment To Commence Four Years after my Decease, to my Eldest Daughter, and so on Yearly the Like sum to ye Next oldest till ye Seven Daughters have received ye same. That then I Give & Devise the said Plantation to my Said Son John his Heirs & Assigns forever. pt. I give and Devise to my Son William ye Remaining half of My Salt Meadow Lotts at Conessunk & to him his heirs and Assigns for- ever and my Will is That the fee simple of the Three Hundred Acres of Land I Lately pur- chased from ye Executors of Obadiah Bowne Deced be settled & Confirmed to my said Son William his Heirs & Assigns forever on con- dition That he pay ye Sum of four Hundred pounds to my Daughters as herein After Ex- pressed viz: That he pay to My Daughter Francis (Francyntje) the sum of Thirty Seven pounds Tenn Shillings at ye Time of her Mar- riage or the Age of Twenty One Years which shall first happen and ye Remaining three hundred Sixty-two pounds Ten Shillings by equal parts to my Seven Daughters Above named the first payment to commence Six Years after my Decease to my Eldest Daughter and so on Yearly the Like Sum to ye Next oldest till ye Seven Daughters have Received
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the Same. pt. I give and bequeath to my Lov- ing Wife Tayte the use of my Homestead plantation & three parcels of Land more, the One I purchased of Jarat Wall, one of John Wall & a parcel adjoyning to Wallens Land, and my Salt Meadow at Shoal Harbor with the use of my Personal Estate for & During the Term of her Widowhood, if the Same con- tinue Not Longer than That my Youngest Son Daniel Attain ye Age of Twenty One Years. If at That Time she be my widow unmarryd my Will is that ye Said Lands be Equally Devided between her and my Said Son Daniel During her Widowhood and at the Expiration thereof, I give and Devise all ye Lands and Meadow I have herein given her the use of to my Said Son Daniel His heirs & Assigns for Ever on condition that he Pay to my Seven Daughters the Sum of Three hundred & fifty Pounds VIZ fifty Pounds to my Eldest Daugh- ter within One Year after he is of the age of twenty One Years and Lawfully possessed of the whole Plantation, and so Yearly fifty Pounds to ye Next Eldest till ye Seven Daugh- ters have Received their fifty Pounds a Piece, and Personal Estate Equally to all my Chil- dren. pt. I give and Devise to my Nephew Daniel Hendricks a small Lott of Land I have in Amboy purchased of Stephen Warne VIZT TO Daniel Hendricks, the Son of my Brother William Hendricks his heirs and Assigns for- ever. pt. I give & Devise Two Small Parcels of Upland at Conescunk called ye Landing and Landing Lotts, Equally to my four Sons Name- ly Hendrick, John, William & Daniel and To their heirs & Assigns for ever as Tenants in common pt. and Lastly I do Nominate & ap- point my son Hendrick Hendricks and my Lons in Law Rocleff Schank and Jonathan Holmes, Junr., f Executors of this my Last Will and Testament to see ye Same executed. IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto Sett my Hand & Seal the Day & Year first Above Written Signed Daniel Hendricks with a (Seal) SIGNED, SEALED and PUBLISHED by Daniel Hendricks as his Last Will & Tes- tament in ye Presence of Cornelius Wyckof. Johannis Leiister (Luyster), Cornelius Dooren (Doorn), William Lawrence Junior.
WILLIAM BURNET, Esqr., Captain General & Governour in Chief of ye Provinces of New Jersey, New York and Territories thereon de- pending in America, and Vice Admiral of ye same &c, KNOW YE That in ye County of Monmouth in ye Province of New Jersey, The Twenty Ninth day of January one Thousand seven hundred & Twenty Seven, The Last Will and Testament of Daniel Hendricks Late of Middletown in ye County of Monmouth yeo- man Deced, was proved before LAWRENCE SMYTH who is Thereunto by me authorized and appointed for That purpose, having while he Lived and at ye Time of his Death, Goods, Chattels & Credits in Divers places within This Province, by Means Whereof ye full Dispos- ition of all & Singular ye Goods Chattels &
# See letter of Jonathan Holmes explaining this will on page 309 "Old Times in Old Mon- mouth." Jonathan Holmes was the eldest son of Obadiah Holmes and Alice Ashton, his wife. He was known as Jonathan Holmes, Jr., to distinguish him from his uncle, Jonathan Holmes, Sr., who is buried in old Topanemes graveyard.
Credits of ye said Deced, and ye Administra- tion of Them, also ye hearing of Account, Cal- culation or Reckoning and the final Discharge and Dismission from ye Same unto me Solely, and not unto any Other Inferiour Judge are Manifestly known to belong, and the Admin- istration of all & Singular ye Goods chattels & credits of ye said Deced, & his Last Will and Testament in any Manner of Ways Con- cerning was Granted unto, Hendrick Hendricks, Roeleff Schank & Jonathan Holmes, ye Exec- utors In the sd Last will & Testament Named Chiefly of well & Truly Administring the same, and of making a True and perfect In- ventory of all & Singular ye Goods Chattels and Credits of ye said Deced and Exhibiting ye same into ye Registry of ye Prerogative Court in ye Secretary's office at on or before ye Twentyeth day of June next Ensuing & of rendering a just & True Account when there- unto required.
IN TESTIMONY whereof I have caused y2 PREROGATIVE SEAL of ye sd Province of New Jersey to be hereunto Affixed at Burling- ton in New Jersey Afd. ye 22d Day of Feb- ruary in ye First Year of our Reign
JAMES SMITH Secry.
Geesye, b. Oct. 9, 1696, at Flatbush, L. I .; m. 1714, Roelef, eldest son of Jan Schenck and Saartje Couwenhoven, his wife, of Pleasant Valley, in what is now Holmdel township. She died September 20, 1747, and was buried in Schenck- Couwenhoven cemetery. Her headstone is still in a state of good preservation, and gives her age 50 yrs. 11 mos. 11 d. Her husband is buried by her, and his age given as 73 yrs., 10 mos., 28 days. Roelef Schenck became a communicant in the Dutch church of Monmouth coun- ty in 1715, and his wife 32 years later or in 1747. Her brother, Daniel Hen- drickson, and his wife, Catrina Cou- wenhoven, and her sister Jannetje, then the widow of Roelef Couwenhoven. joined the church at the same time. See page 87 of Wells' address at Brick church. Six of Daniel Hendrickson's daughters became members of this church, or all except Catharine. Geeyse Hendrickson and Roelef Schenck, her husband, had the following children:
Sarah, b. May 22, 1715; m. Dec. 1. 1734, Joseph VanMater, (b. Feb. 5, 1710, d. Oct. 15, 1792) and died Sept. 1, 1748, aged 33 y, 3 mos, 9 days, according to inscription on her headstone in family burying-ground on old VanMater home- stead in Atlantic township. The names of her children have heretofore been published in genealogy of the VanMater family.
Katrinje, bap. March 19, 1717; died young.
Kalrya, (Catharine) bap. Dec. 21, 1718 : m. first, Simon DeHart; second, Peter, son of Jacob Couwenhoven and Sarah Schenck, his wife. The marriage lic- ense of last couple is recorded in office
Front view of house erected by Hendrick Hendrickson on his farm in Pleasant Valley, N. J., between 1730 and 1750.
Photographed in 1900 by Mrs. L. H. S. Conover.
Rear view of house erected by Hendrick Hendrickson on farm in Pleas- ant Valley, N. J., between 1730 and 1750.
Photographed by Mrs. L. H. S. Conover in summer of 1900.
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of the secretary of state at Trenton.
It was granted July 27, 1749. The names of her six children by these two husbands appear on page 310 of "Old Times in Old Monmouth."
Jan, b. January 22, 1720; m. Nov. 26, 1741, Jaconmyntje, daughter of Cornel-
ius Couwenhoven and Margaretta Schenck, his wife, of Pleasant Valley; died June 27, 1749, aged 29 y, 5 mos, 5 days, according to his headstone in Sehenek-Couwenhoven cemetery. His wife is not buried by him. She may have married a second husband.
Daniel, bap. May 26, 1723; d. Sept. 20. 1747.
Neeltje (Eleanor), b. Sept. 10, 1721; m. Oct. 12, 1744, Garret, son of Jaeob Couwenhoven and Saartje Schanek, his wife, (b. Nov. 5, 1716, d. Dec. 9, 1797), and died Nov. 25, 1800. She is buried by her husband on Conover homestead near Taylor's mills, Atlantic township. The names of her children have been heretofore given in the Couwenhoven genealogy.
Hendrick, b. July 29, 1731, married his cousin Catharine, daughter of Jon- athan Holmes, Jr., and Teuntje Hen- driekson his wife. Their marriage lic- ense was granted Feb. 28, 1749. He died on his farm near Brick church, Marlboro township, August 24, 1766. aged 35 yrs, 25 days, according to his headstone in Schenck -Couwenhoven yard. He left one son Rulef, and four daughters surviving. A strange coin- eidence attends Hendrick's will and his father's will. They have same sub- scribing witnesses, were proved same year, and are both recorded in Book I of Wills at Trenton, N. J.
Engeltje, bap. April 28, 1732, died young.
Teuntje, (Antonia) bap. in Brooklyn, April 9, 1699; m. 1715, Jonathan Holmes, Jr., eldest son of Obadiah Holmes and Alice Ashton, his wife. Teuntje was the first of the seven daughters of Daniel Hendrickson to join the Dutch chureh. This was in 1737. Her husband, Jonathan Holmes, Jr., was so ealled to distinguish him from his uncle, Jonathan Holmes, Sr., and Jona- than Holmes, minor.
Jonathan- Holmes, Jr., made his will Sept. 6, 1766: it was proved Nov. 2, 1768. and recorded at Trenton in Book K of Wills, p. 264. The witnesses are Obadiah Holmes, Obadiah Holmes, Jr., and Asher Holmes. He describes himself as "I, Jonathan Holmes, Jr., of Freehold town- ship," He devises all his -real estate to his sons, William and James, (baptized Jacobus). He also mentions sons Jon- athan, John, Daniel, Samuel, and chil-
dren of his son Joseph, deceased. His daughters named in this will were Alice VanBrakle, Catherine Schenck, and Mary. Obadiah Holmes, the father of Jonathan Holmes, Jr., was the eldest son of Jonathan Holmes and . Sarah Borden, his wife, and was born July 17, 1666, at Gravesend, on Long Island. They were probably staying with Capt. John Bowne who lived there, and who had married Lydia Holmes, a daughter of Rev. Obadiah. The settlement at Middletown in Monmouth county was being effected, and Jonathan Holmes. with his family, remained at Gravesend until his dwelling-house could be built and made ready for occupation. The next year, 1667, we find this Jonathan Holmes among the first officers elected in the township of Middletown.
Jonathan Holmes, whose name ap- pears so prominently on our first rec- ords from 1667 to 1684, was born in 1637 in England, and came with his father to America in 1639. He was the firstborn and eldest son of a man fam- ous in the annals of the Baptist church, and who was a zealous preacher of this faith at Newport, R. I., from 1652 to his death in 1682. Capt. John Bowne, who was the leading spirit of this colony from Gravesend to Monmouth, had mar- ried his daughter, and he doubtless lent him his name and influence to make this enterprise a success. His name ap- pears on Nieolls patent of 1665 as one of the patentecs, but he never removed here. Two of his sons, Jonathan and Obadiah, represented him and his inter- ests. The latter, however, only remain- ed a short time, for we find him resid- ing on Staten Island and a Justice of the Peace there under Jacob Leisler. The troubles arising from his eonnec- tion with this man led him to remove to Salem county, N. J., where he lived the rest of his life. Jonathan Holmes remained in Monmouth until 1684, and then returned to Rhode Island, where he remained until his death in 1713.
His will wax proved Nov. 2nd of that year, and is recorded at Newport, R. I. He devised all his real estate in Mon- mouth county equally to his sons, Oba- diah and Jonathan, who both settled, lived and died here. Obadiah married Aliee Ashton, as already stated, and Jonathan Holmes, Jr., was his firstborn and eldest son. Jonathan Holmes, the first settler, was one of the trusted leaders, next to Capt. John Bowne, both in industrial, religious and civil matters of the early colonists. He was a deputy to the first general assembly which met at Elizabethtown in 1668. The next year he was dismissed for refusing to
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take the oath of allegiance to the Pro- prietors. Soon after Governor Carteret sent commissioners to the people of Monmouth demanding their submission and obedience to the Lords Proprietors as they grandiloquently called them- selves. The people of Shrewsbury man- aged to evade committing themselves. The people of Middletown spoke out boldly and frankly, and their answer is recorded in full in the old Town Book of Middletown. It is well worth read- ing, as it is the first public declaration for popular rights against government by favoritism and caste put forth on this American continent. Tradition re- ports that Jonathan Holmes, who had been rejected as a deputy for refusing to take the oath of allegiance and fidel- ity to the Proprietors, framed this an- swer. Neither the proclamation of Charles I, King of England, ordering them to submit, nor this threat of Gov- ernor Cartaret that they would be pun- ished as "mutineers" or rebels, seems to have intimidated them. It is a strong, honest and sensible declaration of their rights, and shows what a dif -. ference then, as ever since, has existed between the people of the two original townships.
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