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Wife, Sarah, and created her sole executrix.
Sons, Ephraim Thomas
Daughters, Susannah Elizabeth Mercy Woolley
1703-4, Feb. 24. In an inventory of his personal estate, he is spoken of as yeoman, late of Shrewsbury, which was taken by John Williams and George Curleis, and amounted to £198-03-00.
1709, Nov. 2. John Williams, aged upwards of three score years, and George Curleis, near fifty, both of Shrewsbury, testified to the accuracy of the above inventory, before Justice Samuel Dennis.
1709, Dec. 19. Sarah Potter, widow and executrix, of Thomas Potter, in a conveyance to Thomas White, mentioned "her loving father, William Bickley, late of New York, de- ceased."
Issue by first wife
2 Mercy Potter; married John Woolley.
3 Mary Potter, born, at Newport, R. I., July, 1664, according to Austin. She was born in Rhode Island, as per Shrewsbury Quaker Record, but the date is obliter- ated. I consider Mercy Potter, 2, and Mary Potter, 3, the same person, inasmuch as this Mary Potter married John Woolley, and Mercy (Potter) Woolley, calling herself Mercy Woolley in an affidavit, was called by her father in his will Mary Woolley. It is well, however, to read the footnote on page 130, Vol. III, in conjunction with this assertion.
4 Ephraim Potter
Issue by second wife
5 Thomas Potter
6 Susannah Potter
7 Elizabeth Potter
4 EPHRAIM POTTER, son of Thomas Potter, I, married, first, Sarah, daughter of Abraham Brown, who was born, in Shrewsbury, 20 of 5mo., 1669. She died 6, 9mo., 1715. He then married, second, Mary Chambers, widow of Nicholas Brown, and daughter of John and Mary Chambers. He died II month, 1717.
Ephraim Potter was born, at Shrewsbury, as per the Quaker Records, 24, 6mo., -- [the year is obliterated.]
1704, Mch. I. Ephraim Potter, of Shrewsbury, planter, bought of Nicholas Wainwright, of Shrewsbury, and wife, Mary, for £60, land, in Shrewsbury, that Nicholas Wainwright had bought from Edward Woolley Feb. 1, 1700.
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1716, Oct. 31. Ephraim Potter, of Shrewsbury, was a party to a tripartite agreement, of this date, by which he, and "Mary Brown, widow of Nicholas, who is about to marry the said Ephraim Potter," convey to Richard Chambers, Esq., brother of Mary Brown, all her property received from the late Nicholas Brown, her husband, as per his will written Feb. 21, I7II. The said Richard Chambers to hold the same, in trust, for the said Mary Brown, and to be returned or distributed at her option. This was an antenuptial contract made to secure her rights and to put her in position to transmit her estate to her daughter Mary.
EPHRAIM POTTER [his mark.] MARY BROWN. RICHARD CHAMBERS.
1716, Dec. 25. Will of Ephraim Potter, a resident of Shrewsbury, sick, etc .; proved Apr. 15, 1717, mentioned:
Loving wife, Mary Potter, for whom he made liberal provision during her widowhood, giving her the use of certain rooms in his house, the use of one-half of the orchard, firewood, cattle, horse, etc., and all the goods she brought with her that were formerly Nicholas Brown's.
Son, Ephraim Potter; "a pair of Worsted comes, now in his own possession."
Daughter, Ann Potter; received 5 shillings.
Daughter, Marcy Jackson; received 5 shillings.
Son, John Potter, £20, when he arrives at the age of twenty-one.
Daughter, Martha Potter; received 40 shillings.
Daughter, Catharine Potter; received 5 shillings.
Daughter, Leah Potter; received 5 shillings.
Son, Abram Potter; a two year old heifer.
Daughter, Preserve Potter; received 5 shillings.
Son, Joseph Potter, £5, when he arrives at the age of twenty-one.
Son, Nicholas Potter; received the plantation, lands and improvements thereon, if he pays the debt still owing on the same, and the legacies mentioned in the will. In the event of Nicholas Potter refusing so to do, the estate is to be sold and other provisions are made.
Executors: Richard Chambers, Jno. Lippincott, Jr., and William Woolley, son of John Woolley.
The testator signed the will by his mark.
An inventory of his estate was taken by Jeremiah Stillwell and Gabriel Steele, and amounted to £74-9-6.
Items:
Wearing "apparrell" £6-0-0
Cattle, hogs, etc. 42-0-0
One silver spoon, etc. I-00
1707, Apr. 19. Nicholas Brown, of Shrewsbury, conveyed to Alexander Innes, clerk, John Reid and Thomas Bell, in trust for his intended wife, Mary Chambers, one hundred and forty acres of land.
In 1712, Nicholas Brown having died, Mary Brown, his widow, intending to marry Ephraim Potter, conveyed these lands in trust for herself, to her brother, Richard Chambers.
1716, Oct. 31. Richard Chambers, upon the death of Ephraim Potter, husband of his sister, Mary, released these lands to her, Mary Potter.
1729, Jan. 24. Mary Chambers, now married to her third husband, William Exceen, joined by her husband, William Exceen, and her daughter, Mary Brown, made a conveyance of these lands, as conveyed to her and her daughter, Mary Brown, in the will of her former husband, Nicholas Brown, to William Woolley, of Shrewsbury.
Perth Amboy and Trenton, N. J., Deeds.
Issue by first wife 8 Thomas Potter, born, in Shrewsbury, 18, 12mo., 1689; living in 1716.
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9 Marcy Potter, born, in Shrewsbury, 8, 12mo., 1690; married Hugh Jackson; she was living in 1716.
Io Ann Potter, born, in Shrewsbury, 1, 2mo., 1693; living in 1716.
II Ephraim Potter, born, in Shrewsbury, 30, 9mo., 1694; married Miss Woodmansie; living in 1716.
12 Nicholas Potter, born, in Shrewsbury, 19, 7mo., 1697; living in 1716.
13 Martha Potter, born, in Shrewsbury, 22, 6mo., 1699; living in 1716.
14 John Potter, born, in Shrewsbury, 24, Imo., 1700-01; living in 1716.
15 Catharine Potter, born, in Shrewsbury, 23, 7mo., 1702; died Mch. 16, 1762; married Peter Knott, born 1681; died Feb. 15, 1770.
16 Abraham Potter, born, in Shrewsbury, 1, 2mo., 1704; living in 1716.
17 Amos Potter, born, in Shrewsbury, 23, 8mo., 1705; died 9, Imo., 1705-6.
18 Preserve Potter, born 22, 12mo., 1706; died 1747.
19 Leah Potter, born, in Shrewsbury, 6, Imo., 1707; living in 1716.
20 Joseph Potter, born, in Shrewsbury, 8, 6mo., 1709-10; married, first, 6, 12mo., 1736, Rebekah Champlice; second, 12, 2mo. [or 2, 12mo.], 1753, Abigail, daughter of Peter and Lydia (Bills) Tilton, born 7, 2mo. [or 22, 7mo.], 1723.
8 THOMAS POTTER, son of Ephraim Potter, 4.
1712, 4th Tuesday in February. County Court of Sessions, Shrewsbury, N. J.
In an indictment "for Killing of Six small hoggs on ye land of ye sd Alfree," Indian Peter, a servant of Alfree, Thomas Potter and Thomas Alfere, Alfree or Affere, were bound in their recognizance. Court Records, Freehold, N. J.
9 MARCY POTTER, daughter of Ephraim Potter, 4, was born 8, 12mo., 1690, and was living in 1716.
Marcy Potter had married prior to Dec. 25, 1716, as per her father's will, in which she is mentioned as "Marcy Jackson."
1729, Dec. 13. Nicholas Potter, of Shrewsbury, quit-claimed his interests to his loving brother-in-law, Hugh Jackson, in land, lying in Shrewsbury.
10 ANN POTTER, daughter of Ephraim Potter, 4.
1712, 4th Tuesday in February. County Court of Sessions, Shrewsbury, N. J.
Bill against "Robert Edmonds for gitting a bastard Child on ye body of Anne Potter & they brought it in."
Child "Cald Nicholas Lately borne of Anne Potter in June last," apprentice to Cornelious Lain, by consent of Robert Edmonds, until he attains the age of twenty-one years. Court Records, Freehold, N. J.
11 EPHRAIM POTTER, son of Ephraim Potter, 4.
It is probably Ephraim Potter, II, who is referred to in the following will:
1733, Sept. 22. Will of Thomas Woodmansee, of Shrewsbury, yeoman; proved June II, I737, mentioned:
Wife, but not named. Son, Thomas; received 5 shillings. Son, John; received £5. Son, David; received £5. Son, Gabriel; received £5.
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Daughter, Sarah; received £4.
Daughter, Elizabeth; received £4.
Daughter, Hannah; received £4.
Daughter, Margaret; received £4.
"to my son-in-law," Ephraim Potter, I shilling.
Daughter, Leadea; received £4.
Daughter, Abigail; received £4.
Daughter, Ann; received £4.
The testator directed that his plantatiom, in Shrewsbury, and his interest in lands, in or near New Lon- don, in New England, to be disposed of by his executors.
Executors: his wife, and Jno. Littel and George Williams, both of Shrewsbury.
Witnesses: Richard Higgins, John Woodmansee and David Woodmansee.
The testator signed his name to the will.
12 NICHOLAS POTTER, son of Ephraim Potter, 4, was born, in Shrewsbury, 19, 7mo., 1697.
1729, Dec. 13. He was living in Shrewsbury, when he made a conveyance of his interests, in lands, in that town, to his brother-in-law, Hugh Jackson, who had married his sister, Mercy Potter.
18 PRESERVE POTTER, son of Ephraim Potter, 4, died in 1747-8.
1742, July 22. He married, by license, Catherine Cunningham.
1746, "Twenteth Eight" of June. Will of Prefarue Potter, of Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, Labourer; proved Jan. 27, 1747/8, mentioned:
Katharine, his "Dearly beloved wife," received her wearing apparel and 7 shillings.
"Dutifull and well beloued Son, Thomas, 33 of rite to take up land, which I bought of Robert Savage."
"Dutiful and well beloued Daughter, Hannah," a bed, etc.
"beloued Son, Robert, 5 shillings."
"beloued Daughter, Deborah, £5."
The remainder of the estate to be equally divided between his son, Thomas, and daughter, Hannah. "beloued Brother's, Jofeph Potter's son, Jacob, " residuary legatee.
Executors: "Loueing Brother Jofeph Potter & my trofty frind, Jofeph Patterson.
Witnesses: William Newbray, his mark, Jon Herring and Hen Herbert.
The testator signed his name in full to the will.
Joseph Potter qualified as executor, by affirmation, being one of the people "Call'd Quakers."
1747/8, Mch. 17. Jofeph Patterfon renounced his executorship of Prefarve Potter's will. 1747/8, 15 day of IImo. The inventory of "preferue potter" was taken by " John Williams, Cordwinder, and Joseph potter," and amounted to £39-07-06.
Issue
21 Thomas Potter
22 Hannah Potter
23 Robert Potter
24 Deborah Potter
20 JOSEPH POTTER, son of Ephraim Potter, 4, is named, as an executor, in the will of his brother, Preserve Potter, 18, and therein is stated to have a son, Jacob, in 1746.
Issue 25 Jacob Potter
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MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
There were Potters residing in Woodbridge, N. J.
George, Robert and Nathaniel Potter were early settlers in Rhode Island.
1693, Sept. 18. Richard Potter had a license to marry Katharine Reay. New York Wills.
1697, Nov. 8. Marmaduke Potter married Mary Bingla.
No date. "Hannah Potter deceased in the county of Monmouth." Quaker Records, Shrewsbury, N. J.
1707, 3rd of 5th mo. Will of William Bickley, shopkeeper, of New York; proved Nov. 20, 1707, mentioned:
Two daughters, Sarah Potter, widow, and Elizabeth Brown, 20s., each, in full of all claims upon his estate; grandson, William Cook, £20, if he serves the remainder of his indentured time, to the testator; to each of his grandchildren and his son-in-law, Nicholas Brown, each, 12s .; to his daughters-in-law, a piece of gold of 12s. value; to various friends, viz .: Thomas Ives and his wife, Susanah, Dr. John Rodman, Hugh Cowper- thwaite, and Samuel Bowne, of Flushing, and to George Curtis [Curlis?], John Lipincott, Sr., and William Worth, of Shrewsbury, in New Jersey, each, a legacy, and to his son, Abraham Bickley, of Philadelphia, the balance of his estate, whom he enjoins "to be helpful and assistant to his helpless sister, Sarah Potter, during her widowhood."
William Bickley was a prominent Quaker of New York City.
FROM THE SHREWSBURY, N. J., POOR BOOK.
1743. Jos. Potter took one of the town poor.
1743. Nicholas Potter took "Blind Nick," one of the town poor.
1758. Jos. Potter mentioned.
1772. Nicholas and Ephraim Potter were of the town poor.
1781. Ephraim Potter and his mother were of the town poor.
1785. David Potter mentioned.
1758, 2, 2mo. Lydia Potter, daughter of Joseph and Abigail, was born.
1765, Oct. 31. Will of William Potter, of Shrewsbury, yeoman; proved Nov. 25, 1766, mentioned:
Ann, "once the wife of John Soper,""£5 and £5, yearly, till £35 are paid and no more," "she having been very wicked to me & Distructive to my Interests."
Daughter, Susanna Dickeson, and her husband, John Dickeson, "for good reasons to myself well known," 5 shillings.
Son, Samuel Potter, who is to pay the legacies, £10. He had four children who received £109.
Daughter, Ann Cowperthwaite, wife of John Cowperthwaite, £20, and to her children, £109, equally between them when they arrive at the age of eighteen years.
Grandson, William Potter Brock, £200, when eighteen years of age, and to the two daughters of "my daughter, Mary Brock," £50, when aged eighteen.
The testator signed his name to the will.
The inventory of his estate amounted to £423-18-3.
Burbridge Brock and Mary, his wife, were sworn at Burlington, N. J. He made his mark --- a hatchet.
1750, Apr. 12. John Chambers and Charity Potter had marriage license granted.
1763, Feb. 4. Ephraim Potter and Abe Edwards had marriage license granted.
SALTER
OF
MONMOUTH COUNTY
The Salter family may justly lay claim to considerable antiquity. In the reign of Henry VI, temp. 1423, there lived one, William Salter, who was possessed of good estate and whose an- cestors had resided at and were the Lords, for over two hundred years, of a manor called Bokenhamis, in England.
Walter Salter lived in the time of Richard III, temp. 1482. At the upper end of the South aisle, in the church of Tottengen, in the County of Norfolk, there is erected to himself and lady, a tablet with the following inscription :
"Orate pro animabus Walter Salter et Alice uxoris ejus Et pro quibus tenentus."
"Pray for the souls of Walter Salter And Alice his wife, and for the Souls of all that belong to them."
1524. Henry Salter was one of the Sheriffs of Norwich, England.
1600. Henry Baldwin, in his will, mentions his wife, Alice; his daughter, Mary Baldwin, who married Richard Salter, and had children; and his daughter, Agnes Baldwin, who was Baldwin Genealogy, p. 988.
baptized 1579.
1598, Jan. 30. Mary, the daughter of Henry Baldwin, married, at Aston Clinton, County of Berks, England, Richard Salter.
In 1622, Alice Baldwin left fro to "my daughter, Mary Salter"; 40 shillings to each of her seven grandchildren, and created-Richard Salter and Richard Baldwin, executors.
1632, Feb. 18. Richard Baldwin, in his will of this date, left fro to his sister, Mary Salter, and a like amount to each of her four children, Mary Salter, John Salter, Sarah Salter and David Salter.
1669, Apr. II. David Salter, the last named, made his will on this date, creating his wife sole legatee.
1618. William Salter was a resident of Devon, England.
1655. John Salter was Mayor, of Norwich, England.
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1663. The charter of the said city of Norwich was renewed by Charles II, and John Salter was one of the twenty-four Aldermen, who were appointed.
He died, the 20th of Nov., 1669, aged 77 years, and was buried in the church of St. Andrew.
1670. Bridget, the wife of Matthew Salter, died, Dec. 31, aged 42 years. She was interred in the church of St. Ethelred, and from her tomb is copied the following quaint epitaph:
"Tho' dead, yet dear, Tho' dead, yet dear to me, Dead is her body, Dear her memorie."
It is doubtless from some of the foregoing persons that the Salters in this country are descended. If Mrs. Bridget Salter, last above mentioned, was, as is positively asserted, the mother of twenty-two children, it was no wonder that some of them wanted to leave.
1734. The Rev. Samuel Salter was Archdeacon, of Norfolk; also Prebendary, of Norfolk ; Rector, of Bramerton [?], and Curate of the Parishes of St. George and St. Andrew, in the same city, England.
In England, at the present day, the name is still met with, especially in the vicinity of Norfolk and Devon.
In America there are several distinct families of the name whose arrivals date back to the latter part of the Seventeenth Century. In what degree of relationship, if any, their progenitors stood, it is now impossible to ascertain.
The descendants of John Salter, who came from Exeter, Devonshire, England, and settled at Odiorne's Point, New Hampshire, and the descendants of Richard Salter, the early settler in Monmouth County, N. J., have been the most prominent in point of numbers, as well as the most conspicuous in social and political life.
A family of the name, residing in North Carolina, during the Revolutionary War, con- tributed a commissary to the army, and two members to the Provincial Congress: Robert Salter, from Pitt County, 1775; Edward Salter, from Pitt County, and William Salter, from Bladen County, delegates to the Provincial Congress, 1774, in North Carolina.
See Wheeler's Historical Sketches of North Carolina.
Another, residing in New York City, during the post-revolutionary period, was engaged in mercantile pursuits, and was represented by Abraham Salter, who was born in New York City, about 1785. In 1830, he was a merchant doing business in Pearl St., New York City. He had a son, Albert, who married, and was the father of George W. Salter and W. H. Salter, both attorneys-at-law; the former employed in the War Department, at Washington; the latter, practicing in New York City.
In this family there is a tradition that, in olden times, they intermarried with the Dutch, and that the first-comer came from Strasburg, and that some of the descendants, now living in Paris, have changed the spelling of the name to "Saltaire."
Thomas Salter, of New York City, who had a license to marry Mary O'Neil, granted Mch. 2, 1756, may be a connection of this family.
In 1878, while the Rev. William Salter, of Burlington, Iowa, was traveling in Colorado, he met the Rev. Charles C. Salter, who stated that his grandfather came to this country in 1794, from Tiverton, Devonshire, England.
In Rhode Island, Sampson Salter was admitted a Freeman, the 20th of 3rd month, 1638; while in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Will Salter was admitted to a similar position, May 26, 1636.
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The latter individual was born in 1607; was the keeper of the Boston jail, and, being able to write a good hand, frequently subscribed his name to the wills and documents of his fellow-townsmen. He died, Aug. 10, 1675, and was interred in the King's Chapel-yard. His will made his wife, Mary, his executrix, and alluded to a son, John, "who has gone away, but if he returns he shall have five acres of land." This son, John, was born 1651. He returned and claimed his legacy, and it is recorded that he disposed of it, in person, in 1679, when he was married and settled.
John and Henry Salter were enlisted, as soldiers, in King Philip's War.
Henry and Hannah Salter had a son, Richard, baptized in October, 1673. Savage's New England Genealogical Dictionary.
John Salter, aged eighty years, was married, Oct. 9, 1720, by Rev. Thos Foxcraft, of Boston, to Abigail Durrant, which would make him born about 1640, and exclude him as the son of William, if the birth date of William's son, John, is correctly given as 1651.
Thomas Salter, of Boston, died, Aug. 2, 1748, aged 62 years; buried in Woburn Burying- ground.
Capt. Thos. Salter, of Port Royall, captured a Spanish vessel. He resided at Jamaica, and was Commander of a private man-of-war. See proceedings of the Court of Admiralty about the Ship Cedar and ye Privateer, after their return from the French port, in Accadie.
In 1711, John Salter was a private, in the Governor's Company, New York.
1762, Aug. 10. James Salter was a private, in the pay of the Province of New York, at Fort Ontario.
Joseph Salter was a private, in the Company of Militia, at Katskill, Coxhakki and Pothook. Report of the State Historian, New York.
1754, Dec. 24. Samuel Walter vs Peter Solter.
1765, March. John Psalter was Constable, of Hanover, N. J.
1767, September. Ravaud Kearney vs David Ogden, Jr., Lawrence Salter, et al.
1779, Sept. 28. John Salter petitioned for a license to keep a public house; granted.
1781, March. Widow Phebe Salter produced a certificate, as being the widow of Benjamin Salter, who died in the service of the United States, and asked for half pay.
1791, September. John Saltar sued Conrad Hopler, of Morris County, N. J., for £450, debt, and trespass. Evidence: a promissory note dated, Apr. 12, 1790, at Newark, Essex County, for £250. He took judgment. Morris County Court Records.
The following were privates, from New Jersey, in the Revolutionary War:
Benjamin Salter, of Morris County; killed in 1779. Henry Salter, of Somerset County. John Salter, Sr., and John Salter, Jr., of Burlington County. John P. Salter, Sr., and John P. Salter, Jr. See Stryker.
1675, July 9. Henry Salter, with his wife, Anna, obtained a patent of ten thousand acres, in his Colony, wherein he is described as, of the Parish of St. Buttolph, without Bishopsgate, London, silkman. The wording, "in his Colony," implies an existing residence here.
In 1677, both he and his wife had a Proprietary right.
In June, 1679, he had died, for reference is made, in a survey, to land in the ranges of Monmouth River, adjoining Henry Salter, deceased. His residence and estate was largely in Salem County, and he was described as, merchant, of West Jersey. Upon his demise, his widow took up a residence in Tacony, Pa., now part of the City of Philadelphia, and dealt
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extensively in lands. These she obtained, in part, from her husband, who owned 12 of 1/6 of the Ist Tenth of West Jersey; also a part of the 2nd Tenth. Her sales and purchases of lands in Burlington, and Salem Counties, N. J., as taken from the Trenton Records, roughly com- puted, amount to about four thousand acres, and she dealt, as well, in dwellings, mortgages and cattle.
The New Jersey records further allude to her ownership of four hundred acres in Penn- sylvania, and the Bucks County, Pa., records, speaking of her, in May, 1684, as of New Castle, Pa., refer to a sale, by her, of one hundred acres, to Morgan De Wett. Doubtless additional evidence of her holdings could be found in the Philadelphia Records. She is as frequenty called, Anna, as Hannah Salter. She was living in 1687, for, April I, of that year, she sold one thousand acres of land, in Salem County, and was joined in the conveyance by her son, John Salter, but had died prior to Dec. 31, 1689, for then her executors confirmed this sale. They continued, for some time after her demise, to sell her lands.
The New Jersey family, which solely interests us, became, very early, distinguished in the history of the State, and for a long time remained prominent. Today, however, none can be found within its borders, and in Freehold, and its vicinity, where once they clustered and were powerful, they can hardly be traced.
The tradition, current in the family, states that shortly after the accession of Charles II to the English throne, (probably in 1664), three of the younger sons of the family, endowed with a handsome property, came to this country. They landed at or near Boston, where one remained, while the other two moved thence to the State of New Jersey. Of these, one settled in Salem County, and died without issue, leaving a considerable estate to his widow, Hannah, who, upon her decease, left this property, situated in and about Philadelphia and New Jersey, equally divided among her own and her husband's relatives.
RICHARD SALTAR, the youngest of the three, became the founder of the branch we are about to follow.
From some caprice, he changed the spelling of his name from Salter to Saltar, which some of his descendants still use, though many have lapsed into using the original orthography. The names of the other two brothers and their parentage, are unknown.
The statement that Richard Saltar, of New Jersey, came from Devonshire is an assumption, and the use of arms, as they appear in Salter's History of Ocean County, was the outcome of a strange chance, which threw an old law book in a second-hand shop, in Beekman St., New York City, in the way of James Steen, Esq., of Eatontown, N. J., who purchased it. On its inside cover appears the signature: "Richd Saltar," and a book plate containing arms. Thus it found its way to Monmouth County, and unknown to Edwin Salter during his life, was utilized, subse- quently, by his publisher, as a frontispiece. Of such misleading material is history often made.
The earliest date of Richard Saltar's appearance in Monmouth County, that I have found, is 1687. It is probable, however, that his settlement there antedated it by some years, for he is found, at that time, as a prominent and influential personage among his fellow-townsmen, a position he could attain only by a long and tried association.
1695. Richard Saltar was elected a Member of the House of Deputies.
1696-7, Jan. II. He owned land at Wickatunck, a locality beyond Matawan, to which he may have removed, for in a deed of land at this place, dated Aug. 18, 1698, he is alluded to as, "Richard Salter having become a neighbor in place of D' Cox."
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