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1754, May 2. He was Commissioned an Associate Judge of the Supreme Court.
1761. He was recommissioned by Gov. Hardy.
During the years 1749 to 1762, he was a Commissioner to buy lands, to make Indian treaties and to do other public work.
He resided, for awhile, in Trenton, as also, for a time, in Allentown. He likewise built a large, substantial house on Black Point, West of the Navesink River, near the place now called Seabright. Finally he settled in Nottingham, Burlington County, West Jersey, as appears from a deed, dated Dec. 18, 1761, in which he conveys the farm, upon which he dwells, con- sisting of seven hundred and two acres, bounded by the River Delaware, Isaac Watson's line, etc., with the houses, buildings, orchards, woods, etc., to Joseph, John and Lawrence Saltar, yeomen, of the same place. The deed was signed by Richard Saltar, who was joined in the conveyance by his wife, Anne Saltar. The witnesses were Thomas Saltar and Susannah Saltar.
Trenton Records, Lib. Y., p. 344.
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1762, Feb. II. Richard Saltar made his will, which is recorded at Trenton; proved Nov. 17, 1762, in which he alluded to his wife as still living, but no name is given, and mentioned : "I have already given to my three sons Joseph, John and Lawrence, the plantation on which I now live." Daughter, Elizabeth Saltar
"My grandson, Richard Saltar, son of my son, Elisha Saltar, and my nephew, Thomas Saltar ., who I beg and desire to undertake the friendly office of giving their advice and order in the premises."
In 1768, John, Joseph and Lawrence Saltar are alluded to as children of Richard Saltar, Esq., decd, all of Nottingham, Burlington County, N. J., Gentlemen, and associated with them is Huldah [Mott], wife of the said Joseph Saltar, and Rachel [Rhese], wife of John Saltar. Trenton Deeds.
He was spoken of as Richard Saltar, Jr., as late as 1728, proving that his father, Richard, the first-comer, was still alive.
He married, June 23, 1721, Hannah, daughter of Elisha and Lucy (Stout) Lawrence. She was born 1696.
Issue
27 Richard Saltar, born 1725; died, 1745.
28 Joseph Saltar
29 John Saltar
30 Lawrence Saltar
31 Elisha Saltar
32 Elizabeth Saltar
33 Sarah Saltar
34 Lucy Saltar
35 Catharine Saltar; died in infancy.
36 Susan Saltar
The late Miss Frances Saltar, a granddaughter of Richard Saltar, 5, supplied me with a list of his children, which gave no Susan, but did give two sons, William and James. It is fair to believe that she would know her own uncles and aunts and that her version would be correct. She likewise wrote that Richard Saltar had eleven children.
WILLIAM SALTAR, son of Richard Salter, I. 6
1724, Mch. 3. William Saltar was a witness in Court.
In 1725, William Saltar was sued for a debt of £II.
In 1726, William Saltar was sued again. Court Records, Freehold, N. J.
7 EBENEZER SALTAR, son of Richard Saltar, I.
He had, apparently, a dual residence, Freehold and Staten Island, as he appears in both places about the same time.
1724. He was residing on Staten Island and was married.
1724, Mch. 3. Ebenezer Saltar was a witness in Court.
1726. Ebenezer Saltar was a juryman, in Monmouth County. Freehold Court Records.
1731/2, Mch. I. Ebenezer, Rebeckah and Hannah Saltar were members of the Middle- town, N. J., Baptist Church.
1732, Dec. 16. Ebenezer Saltar, of Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, N. J., yeoman, for £goo, conveyed to Edward Taylor, Jr., and John Taylor, yeomen, sons of Edward Taylor, of Shrewsbury, N. J., land that he, Saltar, had obtained by deed of sale from the Commissioners of the Loan Office, for the County of Monmouth:
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Situated in Upper Freehold containing two hundred acres, and land that he, Saltar, had bought from Elisha Lawrence, of Upper Freehold, Apr. 3, 1732, which adjoined the preceding tract, containing one hun- dred and eighty and a half acres; bounded by land of Richard Saltar, being the Easterly corner of that tract he purchased of his father, Richard Saltar, Sen', with the mills, now called Imlay's Mills, and by the lands of Moses Robins, Robert Lawrence, James Cox, John Lawrence; and southeasterly by land formerly John Saltar's, deceased. The deed was signed by Ebenezer Saltar and Rebecca Saltar.
1733, May II. Ebenezer Saltar, yeoman, of Staten Island, conveyed to John Van Voor- hies, a piece of land lying in "Old Town," for £1, 100.
1734-5. He was a witness to the will of Martha de Bonrepos, of Staten Island.
1736. He was a witness to the will of Nathaniel Brittain, of Staten Island.
1738, May 25. He transferred another piece of property, on Staten Island, for £1,100, to John Garretsons, of the township of Aquackenon, N. J. In the deed it is stipulated that the purchaser need not travel more than ten miles from his house to pay the installments. The instrument was signed by both Ebenezer Saltar and his wife Rebecca.
1743. Ebenezer Saltar was a witness to the will of Elizabeth Saltar, of Freehold. 1749. Ebenezer Saltar took an oath in a Court matter.
New Jersey Archives, Vol. VII, p. 455.
Ebenezer Saltar married Rebecca, daughter of John and Rebecca (Throckmorton) Stillwell, of Staten Island.
In 1757, he was probably dead, and she was living. The petition of John Corson, con- cerning the administration of the estate of John Stillwell, recited that Rebecca "resided the best part of the time in the western part of Monmouth county."
Rebecca Saltar married, after Ebenezer's death, James Cox, of Monmouth County, who died in 1750. The place of her interment is unknown. As she outlived her last husband, she probably withdrew to her Stillwell or Saltar kindred.
Issue
37 Manassah Saltar
38 Daniel Saltar
39 Alice Saltar
40 Thomas Saltar
41 Elezar Saltar
There is considerable uncertainty in my own mind as to the correctness of the list of children attributed to Ebenezer Saltar.
Of Manassah and Daniel Saltar, I feel certain. The descendants of Daniel Saltar, know, for a certainty, his parentage, and he named one of his children, Ebenezer. Manassah Saltar was always Daniel's reputed brother. The other three children, assigned to Ebenezer Salter, are purely upon assumptions set forth under their respective names.
8 JAMES SALTAR, son of Richard Saltar, I, appeared as a witness, with Ebenezer Saltar, and others, to a quitclaim deed from Rebecca Stillwell and John Coward, son of Patience Lake, deceased, heirs of Joseph Throckmorton, deceased, to Susannah, wife of Barnes Johnson, of Middletown, N. J., dated Oct. 8, 1726.
14 LUCY SALTAR, daughter of John Saltar, 3, was under the age of eighteen years, in 1728. She married, August. 1739, James Johnson, as per St. Mary's Church Record, Burling- ton, N. J.
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Issue
42 Mary Johnson; married Joseph Ogden.
43 Elizabeth Johnson; married Mr. Jimmerson.
15 ELIZABETH SALTAR, daughter of John Saltar, 3, married John Shaw, by license dated Feb. 28, 1739-40. He then resided in Upper Freehold, N. J., but, Sept. 18, 1756, he was a resident of Burlington, N. J., when he became bondsman for William Stillwell, who was licensed to marry Catharine Knott, (not Mott). John Shaw was designated, Gentleman, and "Inn holder," "At the Sign of the Blue Anchor."
Elizabeth Saltar died July 22, 1770, and was buried the following day, at Burlington, N. J. John Shaw died intestate, and letters of administration were granted, June 2, 1776, to John Shaw and Ellis Wright.
Issue
John Shaw
Mary Shaw; married, Oct. 20, 1768, James Sterling. She died, Apr. 19, 1785, aged 36 years; buried in St. Mary's Churchyard, Burlington, N. J. Ann Shaw; married, October, 1776, Ellis Wright.
16 SARAH SALTAR, daughter of John Saltar, 3, was under eighteen years of age in 1728. She married Thomas Lowrie.
Issue
44 James Lowrie; died young.
45 William Lowrie; died young.
46 Lucy Lowrie; married Samuel Abbott.
17 LYDIA SALTAR, daughter of John Saltar, 3, married, Mch. 10, 1737; elsewhere Mch. 10, 1740, Richard Douglass, of Monmouth County, who died in 1782.
Issue*
47 Richard Douglass
48 John Saltar Douglass
49 Sarah Douglass, of Bordentown, N. J.
50 Charles Douglass, of Bordentown, N. J.
51 Lydia Douglass, as appears from the will of Thomas Saltar, of Philadelphia County, who mentioned his "cousins," as follows:
"To my cousin, Richard Douglass, £100;
"To his sister, Lydia, £50;
"To his brother, John, £25; "To his sister, Sarah, £25."
Thomas Saltar's Will, 1790, Philadelphia Records, Book U., p. 513.
1782, June 5. Administration upon the estate of Richard Douglass, late of the County of Middlesex, deceased, was granted to John Saltar Douglass. Trenton Wills, Lib. 24, p. 72.
1716. Thomas Douglass was named in a bond of John Saltar. The original paper was in the possession of James S. Crawford, Esq., Middletown, N. J., deceased.
18 MARY SALTAR, daughter of John Saltar, 3, married Moses Ogden.
*All as per Douglass Genealogy, 1879, p. 447.
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19 JOHN LINCOLN, son of Mordecai Lincoln and HANNAH SALTAR, 4, went from New Jersey to Pennsylvania with his father, Mordecai.
In 1758, he was taxed at Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa., and subsequently removed, with some of his neighbors, to Rockingham County, Va., while it was a portion of Augusta County; Rockingham County having been organized in 1779.
Issue
52 John Lincoln
53 Thomas Lincoln
54 Abraham Lincoln; went to Kentucky.
55 Isaac Lincoln; residing on the Vatauga, near where Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee meet.
56 Jacob Lincoln
John Lincoln, 19, was the ancestor of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, through his son Abraham, who had a son, Thomas, the father of the President.
26 ABRAHAM LINCOLN was a posthumous child of Mordecai Lincoln and HANNAH SALTAR, 4, and was born 1735-6. He died 1806.
1752. He was taxed, at Exeter, on his estate.
He was a Member of the Colonial Assembly.
1782, 1783, 1784 and 1785. He was the Representative of Berks County, in the Assembly. He married Ann, cousin of Daniel Boone, the pioneer.
He had a grandson, living, in 1883, at Birdsboro, Pa., who published several erroneous letters in Berks County newspapers.
28 JOSEPH SALTAR, son of Richard Saltar, 5, was another prominent member of the family.
1759. He was taxed in Shrewsbury, N. J., £5-4-712.
1760. He resided at Shrewsbury, N. J., where he was an Overseer. Town Poor Records.
1767. Joseph Saltar, Esq., was a member of a Court, held in Monmouth County, in July of this year.
1768. He resided at Nottingham, Burlington County, N. J.
About 1770, he founded the celebrated Atsion iron furnace.
1775, Oct. 25. He was Lieutenant-Colonel, of the Second Regiment, Monmouth County Militia, which he resigned on this date.
1775. He was a Member of the New Jersey Provincial Congress in June and August of this year.
1777. He was imprisoned, in Burlington County jail, from April to October, of this year, by order of the Council of Safety, but no charge of disloyalty or other reason is assigned. It has been thought that some Quakerish influence of his second wife, Huldah Mott, might have been the cause of his withdrawal from active service, and thereby been the means of casting suspicion upon him.
1797. He is alluded to as Joseph Saltar, of Atsion works.
In 1805, he again resided in Shrewsbury, N. J.
"Joseph Salter my uncle died, 8 mo., 28, 1820, aged 88 years."
From the Bible of Mr. Asher Holmes, Wickatunk, N. J.
He married, first, Sally, daughter of Samuel Holmes. She was born Sept. 19, 1734, and died in 1757.
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"Sarah Salter departed this life January 14, 1757, Daughter of Samuel and . . .. . [worn] Holmes." From the Bible of Mr. Asher Holmes, Wickatunk, N. J.
He married, second, 10 mo., 25, 1759, Huldah Mott, who died Dec. 6, 1778, whereupon he married, third, 9 mo., 10, 1779, Rachel Robinson, née Hartshorne.
New York, Febr. 20th, 1768.
Mr. James Mott, Sir I Recd yours of the 16th Inft. whare you Inform me of the moneys Mr. Solter has Due to him. I never Doughted his Abelety to pay his Debts all I Say Is that Mr. Salter Built house and Barn with my money, when he knew I wanted it & then wrighs to me, that he cannot, even pay the Entrist, you Likewise tel me, Mr. Solter Is to have the Money by the first of May, I will stay tel then for my money, befour I put my In sute, I must tel you, that It will be a very Difagreeable task for me to do aney thing that Looks like Ill Nature, but force put Is the Case, I am Sir
Your Most Humble Sarvt THOS RANDALL Cherry Hall Papers.
His will is on record at Freehold, N. J., Lib. B., p. 207.
Issue by first wife
57 William Saltar
Issue by second wife
58 Sarah Saltar, born 4mo., 13, 1761.
59 Richard Saltar, 10 mo., 30, 1762.
60 Elizabeth Saltar, born 9 mo., II, 1764.
61 Margaret Saltar, born 2 mo., 20, 1766.
62 James Saltar, born 7 mo., 30, 1767.
63 Margaret Saltar, born 4. mo., 6, 1769.
64 Hannah Saltar, born 12 mo., 7, 1770.
65 John Saltar, born II mo., 12, 1772.
66 Rachel Saltar, born 12 mo., II, 1773.
67 Phebe Saltar, born 8 mo., 23, 1776. .
He had no issue by his third wife.
29 JOHN SALTAR, son of Richard Saltar, 5, was born Nov. 17, 1733.
1759. He was taxed in Shrewsbury, N. J., £1-16-8.
In 1761 and 1768, he resided in Nottingham, Burlington County, N. J .; later at Oxford, Philadelphia County, Pa., and finally in Northern Liberties, Philadelphia County, Pa.
In 1765, John Saltar, with other Citizens or Landholders, signed for a Municipal Govern- ment, for Northern Liberties, Philadelphia County, Pa.
1769, Mch. 5. John Saltar, merchant, of Northern Liberties, is mentioned in a land trans- action.
1770, John Saltar and Rebecca, his wife, of Northern Liberties.
Philadelphia Deed Book, E. 7, p. 29, 159.
1780. John Saltar, of the Township of Oxford County, of Phila., Gentleman, and Elizabeth, his wife, are mentioned.
1784, Mch. I. John Saltar, residing in the City of Philadelphia, Gentleman, and Elizabeth, his wife, convey land to Thomas Cuthbert.
1785. John Saltar, of the City of Philadelphia, merchant.
1795. John Saltar and wife, Elizabeth, of Oxford, Pa.
1805. John Saltar, of Oxford Township, Pa.
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1808, Sept. 27. Will of John Saltar, of Philadelphia County, Pa., mentioned: Wife, Elizabeth, "all on my farm in Philadelphia County."
Daughter, Margaret Daughter, Maria
Daughter, Lucy
Son, John Son, George Son, Francis
He alluded to lands, in New Jersey, that he owns.
1810, July ..... Codicil.
Son, George, deceased.
Grandson, Lynford Lardner, executor in the place of his son, George Saltar, deceased, with testator's Philadelphia Wills, Book 3, P. 352.
wife, Elizabeth, and son, John.
He married, first, in 1765, Rachel Rheese, who died in 1770. He married, second, in 1774, Elizabeth Gordon, daughter of Thomas Gordon,* by his wife, Janet, daughter of David Mudie.
Issue by first wife
68 Margaret Saltar
Issue by second wife
69 Maria Saltar
70 Lucy Saltar
71 Lawrence Saltar; died, unmarried, at the age of twenty-two years.
72 John Saltar
73 George Saltar; died, unmarried, at the age of twenty-two.
74 Frances Saltar; my correspondent, in 1879.
75 Gordon Saltar; died in childhood.
30 LAWRENCE SALTAR, son of Richard Saltar, 5.
1768. He was a resident of Nottingham, Burlington County, West Jersey.
1780. He resided in Evesham, Burlington County, N. J. He was dubbed, "Iron-master," and had wife, Dorothy. It appears she was a daughter of Thomas Gordon, Gentleman, late of Oxford, Pa., deceased, who left a will dated June 30, 1769, which conveyed his estate to his daughters:
Mary Gordon; [Rebecca Gordon?]
Dorothy, wife of Lawrence Saltar.
Elizabeth, wife of John Saltar.
Rebecca, wife of William McMurtrie, merchant; {Ann McMurtrie?]
Son, Thomas Gordon
Frances, wife of Enoch Edwards, physician.
Son, George Gordon
While his will was dated 1769, the deed which contained the foregoing allusions to his children was dated 1785, and it was probably during this period that some of his children, single when the will was made, married. Philadelphia Deeds, Book D. 13, p. 2.
1805. Lawrence Saltar was a resident of Shrewsbury, N. J.
*Thomas Gordon was a shipping merchant, of Philadelphia, trading with the West Indies. He had children, Elizabeth and Thomas. The descendants of the latter reside in Philadelphia. Among his grandchildren was Miss Gordon, who at the advanced age of 82 years, was living, a few years ago. The parents of Thomas Gordon, first mentioned, were Alexander Gordon, of Edin- burgh, Scotland, and Miss Hobart, of the Bishop's family of that name. The wife of Thomas Gordon, first mentioned, was Mary Bembridge, née Clark, a daughter of Mr. Clark, by Miss Shewell, a cousin to the wife of Benjamin West. Miss Coleman has letters referring to this connection.
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There was seemingly another Lawrence Saltar contemporary with the one we have men- tioned, who occasions much confusion. It has been claimed that Richard Saltar left two sons by the name of Lawrence, but a careful scrutiny of his will and records does not sustain any such assertion.
Miss Frances Saltar wrote: "Concerning this uncle there is the record of his marriage to Dorothy Gordon, but no notice of a previous marriage. Among some old letters written by Elizabeth Gordon, wife of John Saltar, I find one to a friend, dated Dec. 3rd, 1769, and quote from it these words: 'Dolly was married last Thursday'; then follows a list of guests and an account of the wedding festivities, quaint and amusing. There is nothing to indicate that Dolly was the second wife."
Lawrence Saltar, who married Dolly Gordon, left no issue.
1783, Oct. 25. John Saltar and Thomas Saltar, of Philadelphia, and John Lawrence, of Burlington, and Sarah Saltar, widow of Lawrence Saltar, administrators of Lawrence Saltar. Trenton Administrations, Lib. 25, p. 78.
1785, August. Will of Sarah Saltar, of Philadelphia, widow of Lawrence Saltar, late of New Jersey, Gentleman, deceased; proved Feb. 3, 1786, bequeathed:
To Women's Monthly Meeting of Friends, Philadelphia, £Io.
To sister, Deborah Howard's children, a legacy.
To father, John Howard.
The Lawrence Saltar, who complicates matters by appearing here, married Mary Tre- maine. What his relation may be to Lawrence Saltar, the son of Richard Saltar, I have not determined.
31 ELISHA SALTAR, son of Richard Saltar, 5, was born 1727, and died in 1756. He had a son mentioned in his father's will, as:
76 "Richard, son of my son Elisha, deceased."
32 ELIZABETH SALTAR, daughter of Richard Saltar, 5, was born 1739. She married, first, Esek Hartshorne; second, Thomas Ustick.
Issue
77 Richard Saltar Hartshorne; married Hannah Stevens.
78 William Hartshorne; married Jane Ustick.
79 Ezekiel Hartshorne; married Susan Treat.
80 Elizabeth Hartshorne; married Tylee Williams.
81 Hannah Hartshorne; married, first, Thomas Ustick; second, Jacob Corlies. She died in 1869.
33 SARAH SALTAR, daughter of Richard Saltar, 5, married Robert Hartshorne. Issue
82 William Hartshorne; married Sarah Lawrence.
83 Elizabeth Hartshorne; married Robert Bowne.
84 Richard Hartshorne; married Susan Ustick.
85 Sally Hartshorne; married William Ustick.
34 LUCY SALTAR, daughter of Richard Saltar, 5, married John Hartshorne.
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Issue
86 Lawrence Hartshorne; married, first, E. Ustick; second, Abigail Tremaine.
87 Hannah Hartshorne; married Thomas Eddy.
88 John Hartshorne; married, first, E. Field; second, Hannah Hopkins.
36 SUSAN SALTAR, daughter of Richard Saltar, 5, married Henry Scott.
Issue
89 Henry Scott
90 Eliza Scott
91 Charles Scott
92 Anne Scott
37 MANASSAH SALTAR, son of Ebenezer Saltar, 7, was an eminent New York mer- chant. He resided in that city, at the corner of Broadway and Cortlandt St. He married Catharine Wright, who after his demise, bought Governor Ogden's place, in Elizabethtown, N. J., where her son, Thomas, and her grandson, Commodore William D. Saltar, subsequently lived. His license to marry Catharine Wright is dated Jan. 6, 1764.
His wife and issue, are mentioned in his will, written Jan. 19, 1798; proved May 27, 1799. All three survived him. In this instrument, he expresses himself strongly against Robert McMenomy, who it appears married his daughter Eliza, for his unkind treatment of his wife and her family. That he could in no way control any part of her legacy, he leaves it in charge of his worthy friend, the Rev. Benjamin Moore, assistant minister of Trinity Church, and his son, Thomas Saltar.
Issue
93 Thomas Saltar 94 Eliza Saltar
38 DANIEL SALTER, son of Ebenezer Saltar, 7, is said to have been born in New Jersey, and inferentially about 1738. His remains lie in "the Ryerson Churchyard." He lived on Staten Island, at Black Horse, about the center of the County, where he owned much land, and was, at one time, Collector. During the Revolutionary period, he resided on the Island, and was an object of suspicion to both Whig and Tory. When the British came to the Island, they billeted themselves upon him and made way with most of his movable property. His sympathy, though possibly then disguised, was with the American party, as is abundantly proven by subsequent developments. Both he and his brother Manassah, were constantly in contact with the British, and to avoid imprisonment and confiscation of their property, tried to remain neutral. By old residenters, he was thought to have been the only one of the name upon the Island. In a list of the officers of the first Court, on Staten Island, under the Repub- lican Government, 1784, he appears as one of the Constables.
In 1786, he gave to John Mersereau a bond for £50; both being of Staten Island.
1788, Apr. I. He took a bond from Richard Merrell,* yeoman; both of the County of
*Daniel Salter was financially ruined by going security, says tradition, for the Collector of Staten Island, presumably Richard Merrill, or Morrell, who gave his bond, for £200, to Daniel Salter, April 1, 1788. The Black Horse property, in his day, had a lien on it, which was subsequently removed. About 1847, a purchase of land was made there by Capt. George Malcolm, subject to claims by heirs of Daniel Salter. The proof to establish the claim was given to his son, Amos Salter, who would not engage in a law suit. Amos Salter gave the papers to Paul Salter, the son of John Salter, who probably did nothing, as he returned a bond, since lost, in 1857, to Amos Salter.
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Richmond, N. Y., for £200, to guarantee the payment of £1oo to be paid in one year. Wit- nesses: A. Ryertz and John Salter. In the bond Daniel Salter is designated as "Innholder."*
Subsequent to this date, he removed to Bergen County, N. J., which then included Hudson County. Here he held the position of Deputy and then Acting-Sheriff of the County, under Sheriff Westervelt, who had become incapable.
He married, first, Miss Ellis (?) ; second, Patience Headdy or Hedden, of Morristown, N. J .; third, the widow Van Houton, the sister of Capt. Berry; fourth Miss
Issue by first wife
95 John Salter
96 Ebenezer Salter
97 Daniel Salter
98 Richard Salter
Issue by second wife
99 William Salter
100 Amos Salter
IOI Joseph Salter
By his third and fourth wives he had no issue.
Daniel Salter and his descendants, by accident or intent, reverted to the original way of spelling the name, Salter instead of Saltar.
39 ALICE SALTAR, supposed daughter of Ebenezer Saltar, 7, married James Lisk, of Staten Island, by license dated Aug. 16, 1757. It was signed by James and John Lisk, and James Reed, as bondsmen. With the exception of the last, who was of Perth Amboy, all were of Staten Island.
40 THOMAS SALTAR, supposed son of Ebenezer Saltar, 7.
About 1879, when I commenced to compile the Salter notes, which were shortly after published in the files of the Monmouth Democrat, Freehold, N. J., and which afterward were reissued in pamphlet form, I had no knowledge of certain children, since discovered, belonging to Richard Saltar, the First. Because of this, I was disposed, by an eliminative process, to attribute certain children to Ebenezer Saltar, who now I would be disposed to classify as de- scendants of Richard Saltar, the First, through unknown lines. Of these, Alice, Thomas and Elezar Saltar are instances.
In the will of Richard Saltar, 5, is mentioned "my nephew Thomas"; hence a grandson of Richard Saltar, the First.
The name Thomas, occurs in, and I may say is restricted to, the line of Ebenezer Saltar; hence the inference that he is a son of this individual. The nephew Thomas, that Richard Saltar alludes to, I think is, without doubt, Thomas Saltar, the opulent merchant, of Phila- delphia, who died in 1790. Against this supposition is the fact that the sisters to whom he bequeathed his estate, and who likewise would be children of Ebenezer Saltar, are not, from any knowledge I possess, his issue, but the lack of my knowledge is so great that it would not warrant their exclusion.
1731, May 31. James Ashton and Elisha Lawrence, of Freehold, send greeting. Whereas Thomas Saltar, of Freehold, by deed of this date, gave twenty-five acres of land, lying in Freehold, to them, they do declare the same a trust for "the Society of People called Baptists."
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