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1708, Sept. 15. Thomas Shepherd, and wife Deborah, of Middletown, cooper, sold to James Grover, Jr., yeoman, of the same place, for £165, one-sixth part of Joseph Grover's, late deceased, "propriety," which he devised, by will, unto his daughters, containing four hundred and eighty acres of land, lying at Crosswicks, and which he held, by Proprietary grant, bearing date May 10, 16SS; also one-sixth part of one hundred acres, lying at Machi- ponick's River, and one-sixth part of one hundred and fifty acres, lying between ye branches of Rack Pond, granted to Joseph Grover's daughters, in right of ye said Propriety, Dec. 22, 1700, and one-sixth part of sixty acres, at Barnegatt, and one-sixth part of land, yet to be divided, both in right of said Propriety, and one-sixth part of one hundred and fifty acres, at Crosswicks, which their mother, Hannah Grover, did give unto her daughters, namely, Mary, Hannah, Elizabeth, Rebecca, Susannah and Deborah, by deed dated Jan. 5, 1690.
1759, Dec. 19. Will of Deborah Grover; proved Nov. 12, 1768, mentioned: Eldest son, Joseph Shepherd, deceased. Son, Thomas Shepherd
Thomas Shepherd, son of her son, Ebenezer Shepherd, deceased.
Sarah Shepherd, daughter of ber son, Ebenezer Shepherd, deceased.
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Daughters, Sarah Stillwell Rebecca Cox Deborah Burrows Hannah Steele Mary Johnston
Executors: Thomas Shepherd and friend, James Grover, son of James Grover.
James Grover renounced his executorship.
1751. In the will of her husband, Thomas Shepherd, of this date, another son, by the naine of John Shepherd, appeared.
Issue Joseph Shepherd Thomas Shepherd Ebenezer Shepherd Sarah Shepherd Rebecca Shepherd Deborah Shepherd Hannah Shepherd Mary Shepherd John Shepherd
13 SUSANNAH GROVER, daughter of Joseph Grover, 2, married Joseph, son of Benjamin and Abigail (Grover) Borden, born May 12, 1687; died Sep. 22, 1765.
1787, Mch. 16. "Silvanus Grover, of Middletown, a Quaker, affirms that he is well ac- quainted with the state of Joseph Grover his grandfather's family. That his grandfather had six daughters, legatees to the said Joseph Grover by his last will and testament, to whom he bequeathed all his proprietary rights, of whom Susannah and Hannah were two. Susannah intermarried with Joseph Burden, by whom she had issue one daughter, Rebecca, who married Joseph Brown, reputed heir of Susannah Burden, and thereby inherited her mother's share of her grandfather's rights. Hannah married James Seabrook, and had a son, Daniel, reputed heir of James and Hannah, and the said Daniel had issue, with others, Thomas Sea- brook, who is the reputed heir of Daniel his father."
Book "D." Proprietary Records, at Perth Amboy.
Issue
Rebecca Borden; married Joseph Brown.
Joseph Borden, born Aug. 1, 1719; died 1789; married Elizabeth Rogers, born July IO, 1725; died Nov. 2, 1807.
Hannalı Borden; married, license, Apl. 26, 1731, John Lawrence.
Elizabeth Borden; married, license, Jan. 9, 1734, Thomas Douglas.
Amy Borden, baptized Apl. 8, 1750, 5 months old; married William Potts, born 1745; died July 25, 1783.
Abigail Borden; married, first, Mr. Clayton; second, Micajah, son of Micajah and Martha How, and sheriff of Hunterdon Co.
Daughter Borden.
18 HANNAH GROVER, daughter of Safety Grover, 4, married William, son of Edward Taylor, the first, of Middletown, N. J. William Taylor and his wife, resided at Frechold. N. I. He was born 1688, and died 1767, leaving a will proved Oct. 12, of that year, in which he wit
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forth that he was a resident of Upper Freehold, and mentioned among others, his wife, Hannah, and his brother-in-law, James Grover.
Issue William Taylor Safety Taylor Edward Taylor Mercy Taylor
Deborah Taylor Hannah Taylor
Catharine Taylor
Martha Taylor
Rebecca Taylor
Esther Taylor
19 JAMES GROVER, son of Safety Grover, 4, was a resident of Middletown, N. J.
1727. James Grover, Jr., appeared on an account book.
1733. James Grover was indicted for fornication; pleaded not guilty. Bonds signed by himself and Safety Grover.
1737. James Grover, Jr., was prominent in local politics. Holmes' Journal. 1710, Dec. 9. James Grover, Jr., recorded his cattle-mark, formerly Walter Wall's.
1748. James Grover was a deacon in the Baptist Church, Middletown.
1754. James Grover was appointed a Justice, in Monmouth County, N. J.
1769. James Grover was prominent in Baptist Church affairs, in Middletown.
1774, July 19. He was one of the Committee sent, from Monmouth County, to the Provin- cial Convention held at New Brunswick.
1777. Justice James Grover was suspected of being a Tory, and because of his supposed sentiments, was rebuked by the church, which he bluntly told was rudely trespassing upon his individual rights, and was lodged in jail, at Bordentown, pending an examination before the Governor and Council of Safety.
New Jersey 1
Burlington
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The State of New Jersey to Afher Holmes, Esq".
Greeting: It is hereby Commanded you that you take James Grover, Esq', of Middletown, and him fafely keep fo that you have his body before the Governor and Council of fafety, of the ftate of New Jersey, at Bordentown, in the County of Burlington, afsd on Friday, the Irth day of April, Inftant, to anfwer Unto fuch things as fhall be Objected against him on behalf of the faid Itate, and have you then and there this Warrant, dated the 5th day of April, 1777.
by order of the Council of lafety
WIL: LIVINSGTON, Pres. Cherry Ifall Papers.
1780, July 6. Will of James Grover, mentioned: Wife, Sarah David Herbert Grover Taylors ? sons of William Taylor.
John Taylor
Edward Taylor, son of William Taylor, deceased.
Hester Taylor, wife of William Taylor, of Freehold. And others.
Hle probably married twice. His first wife was, doubtless, Lydia Bowne, to whom he had a license to marry, dated Nov. 29, 1752. His second wife was Sarah Stillwell, widow of Matthew
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Lufburrow, as appears by a deed written, in 1778. in which James Grover, of Middletown, son and heir of Safety Grover, released lands, etc., to Sarah Grover and John Stillwell, executor- of Matthew Lufburrow. Freehold Records, Lib. 10, p. 250.
He probably died without issue.
He was probably the James Grover, Esq., who left to the Baptist Church, of Middletown, a plantation of about one hundred acres, on Shrewsbury River, which was to come into the hands of the church, after the death of its present occupant.
Morgan Edwards Contributions to a History of the Baptist Church.
20 .. . GROVER, daughter of Safety Grover, 4.
As Samuel Bowne, of Middletown, had a son, Safety Bowne, and Capt. James Grover aided in the settlement of his estate, in 1756, it would seem as if a daughter of Safety Grover must have married Samuel Bowne.
21 . .. . GROVER, daughter of Safety Grover, 4, married, I believe, her first cousin, Safety Borden, of Bordentown, N. J., born 1682, son of Benjamin Borden, by his wife Abigail Grover.
Issue
Amy Borden, who married, first, William Maghee, of Allentown. N. J., who died in 1744, and whose inventory was taken Sept. 7, of that year, and proved by his wife, Amy
Issue Safety Maghec James Maghee Catharine Maghee William Maghee
Amy Borden married, second, Daniel Herbert, and probably was his second wife. Their license, to which Safety Borden gave his consent that his "daughter Amey Mchee" should marry Daniel Herbert, Sep. 29, 1745, was issued Oct. 2, 1745. His will, dated Aug. 7, 1747, mentioned wife, Amy, and son, Jonathan, a minor, and daughter, Mary Herbert, a minor: also a brother, David Herbert, and his wife's "honored grandfather, Safety Grover."
Amy Borden married, third, James Mott, of Middletown. Her children by Maghee addressed James Mott, invariably, as father.
22 MORDECAI GROVER, probably a son of Safety Grover, 4. He was a witness, at Middletown, in 1705.
For the present I know nothing more concerning him.
The given name, Mordecai, so far as I can recall, was restricted in Monmouth County to the Gibbons and Lincoln families, and its presence among the children of Safety Grover, raises the suspicion in my mind that his wife, whose name has escaped identification, may have been either a Lincoln or a Gibbons.
24 SYLVANUS GROVER, son of James Grover, 7, had a license dated Dec. 1, 1757, to marry Valeriah, daughter of Robert and Miriam (Allen) Tilton, born 6 mo., 4. 1736; died Aug. 2, 1761, both of Middletown. They continued to reside in this village the remainder of their lives. He joined the Shrewsbury Friends.
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1761. He appeared on the Middletown Assessment List.
1787. Silvanus Grover, of Middletown, a Quaker, affirms that he was well acquainted with the state of Joseph Grover, his grandfather's family: that his grandfather had six daugh- ters, legatees to the said Joseph Grover by his last will and testament, to whom he bequeathed all his proprietary rights, of whom Susannah and Ilannah were two. Susannah intermarried with Joseph Burden, by whom she had issue one daughter Rebecca, who married Joseph Brown, reputed heir of Susannah Burden, and thereby inherited her mother's share of her grandfather's rights. Hannah married James Seabrook, and had a son Daniel, reputed heir of James and Hannah, and the said Daniel had issue with others. Thomas Seabrook, who is the reputed heir of Daniel his father. Dated March 16, 1787.
East Jersey Records at Perth Amboy, "D.", page 154.
1792, 10 mo., 10. Ile was witness at the wedding of his wife's nephew, Tylee Williams.
1793, 2nd, IT mo. Will of Silvanus Grover, of Middletown, N. J., farmer; proved Oct. 30, 1797, mentioned:
Daughter, Mary, wife of John Bard, of New York, merchant, received all of his estate. In the event of her death without issue, the property is to pass to the children and grandchildren of his brothers of the name of Grover.
Executors: Loving friends and kinsmen, Edmund Williams and Tylee Williams, and Richard Lawrence, Jr., merchant, of New York City.
He signed his name to the will.
The inventory of his estate, which included considerable silver plate, amounted to £2128- 18-02.
Issue
29 Mary Grover; married John Bard, of New York City.
25 JOSEPH GROVER. son of James Grover, 7, had a license issued, Mch. 4, 1742, to marry Theodosia Brown.
1754. He bought a large estate of Jeremiah Stillwell, Esq., at Cream Ridge, N. J.
1758. He and wife Theodosia sold land in Upper Freehold. Both signed.
1770, MIch. 24. Will of Joseph Grover, of Upper Freehold, N. J .; proved MIch. 6, 1772, mentioned:
Wife, Theodosia, who received £60, a negro, etc.
Eldest son, James Grover, C3o, in full, as heir-at-law.
Sons, Thomas and Samuel Grover, each £50, at the age of twenty-two.
Son, John Grover, a negro.
Sons, Joseph Grover Barzillai Grover ' mentioned. William Grover ,
Daughter, Elizabeth Grover, E50, at the age of twenty-two, and a negro girl.
Executors: Brother, James Grover, and sons, John and Barzillai Grover.
The testator made his signature to the will.
The inventory of his personal estate, which included seven negroes, one silver watch, etc., amounted to £994-12-JI.
Issue
30 James Grover
31 Thomas Grover
32 Samuel Grover
33 John Grover
34 Joseph Grover
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35 Barzillai Grover 36 William Grover
37 Elizabeth Grover
27 JAMES GROVER, son of James Grover, 7, is the individual, who, under the name of James Grover, Jr .. may possibly have had a license issued Nov. 29, 1752, to marry Lydia Bowne. She died without issue prior to 1775.
It is more probable that Lydia Bowne married James Grover, 19, instead of this James Grover, 27.
31 THOMAS GROVER, son of Joseph Grover, 25, and his brothers, Samuel, 32, Joseph. 34, Barzillai, 35, and William, 36, had their lands confiscated, at the close of the Revolutionary War, because of their affiliation with the Tories; and William Grover, in 1778, was in a worse predicament, as he was sentenced to be hung for treason. As there is no evidence of the sentence having been carried into effect, and his lands were disposed of a year later, it is probable the sentence was not executed. All of these brothers probably withdrew to the British Provinces.
In 1766, Thomas Grover was among the members of the Baptist Church, of Middletown, who resided at Crosswicks, and who organized a church in that locality.
33 JOHN GROVER, son of Joseph Grover, 25.
He was probably the John Grover, who had a license issued, Dec. 20, 1773, to marry Eliza- beth Robbins, both of Monmouth County, and was doubtless the John Grover, who, dying intestate, there was taken, Oct. S, 1773, an inventory of his personal estate, by William Dan- ford, administrator, which amounted to £60o.
The bondsmen were Samuel Danford and Robert Hutchinson.
35 BARZILLAI GROVER, son of Joseph Grover, 25, resided at Upper Freehold, N. J. He married Theodosia . .... and had a daughter, Elizabeth, who became the wife of Daniel Hendrickson, who was born in 1763. Their issue is given on page 127, of Beekman's Early Dutch Settlers.
I am disposed to believe that Mr. Beckman has confused the relationship of these indi- viduals, from a study of the issue of Joseph Grover, 25.
36 WILLIAM GROVER, son of Joseph Grover, 25.
"William Grover who was apprehended by Order of General Putnam, was ordered before the Board, and examined, and being one of the People called Quakers, took Affirmations to the Effect of the Oaths of the State, and was thercupon dismissed Apr. 14, 1777.
Minutes of the Council of Safety, New Jersey.
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
1743-4, Mich. 8. Catharine Grover, of Monmouth County, and David Hance were licensed to marry.
There are many allusions to the Grovers in Old Times in Old Monmouth.
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William Kovenhoven, born Dec. 2, 1767; died, Sept. 24, 1838, aged 70 years, 3 months and 8 days.
Mary Grover, his wife, died, Jan. 4, 1817, aged 38 years, 9 months and 6 days. From Penn's Neck, N. J.
[1655] "Serious embarrassments annoyed the Provincial council from the moment the administration fell into its hands. Baxter, who, on being superseded in his magistracy, at Gravesend, had gone to New England, returned to Long Island, early the next year, and spread reports that the Protector had ordered the governors of the New England colonics, to take the whole of that island from the Dutch, and by force. if necessary. Fiscal Van Tienhoven was therefore sent, with Burgomaster Anthony, to the English villages to quell the threatened disturbances. [MIch. o] The commissioners reached Gravesend just as Baxter, Hub- bard and Grover were hoisting the British flag, and reading a seditious paper, declaring that 'we, as free born British subjects, claim and assume to ourselves the laws of our nation and Republic of England over this place, as to our persons and property, in love and harmony, according to the general peace between the two states in Europe and this country.' The chief traitors, Baxter and Hubbard, were instantly arrested, and sent to the keep at Fort Amsterdam, where they remained imprisoned until the next year. The tinie for the election of new magistrates, which had been postponed the previous autumn, was near at hand. But the 'loyal inhabitants,' thinking that the public mind was too much excited, just then, petitioned that it might be further deferred 'until it shall please God Almighty to bless our governor, the director general, with a safe return. '"'
[1656] "Baxter and Hubbard had now been nearly a year in the keep of Fort Amsterdam. At the inter- cession of Sir Henry Moody and the Gravesend magistrates, Stuyvesant released Hubbard, and transferred Baxter, upon bail, to the debtors room at the court-house until the Amsterdam Chamber should decide upon his case. A few weeks afterward, the faithless Englishman forfeited his bail and escaped to Gravesend, where he again began to plot against his former patrons. Several of the inhabitants were induced by him to sign a memorial praying Cromwell to take them under the protection of England, and emancipate them from the dominion of the Dutch. The memorial was carried to London, [March, 1656], by James Grover, who, with Baxter and Hubbard, had hoisted the English colors at Gravesend the year before. To public treason Baxter now added private dishonesty. Besides other debts, he owed two hundred guilders to the poor fund; and his cattle were under seizure. These he secretly removed at night. His defrauded creditors became clamorous; his farm and other effects were seized in execution; and the bankrupt traitor fled to New England to work all the mischief he could against New Netherland."
[1657] "The Gravesend memorial which Grover had carried to Cromwell the last year awakened the attention of the government at Whitehall; and a statement of 'the English rights to the Northern parts of America' was prepared in which Cabot's voyage and the Virginia and New England patents were assumed to give the English the 'best general right,' the Dutch were roundly affirmed to be intruders, and the absurd story was gravely repeated that King James had granted them Staten Island 'as a watering-place for their West India fleets.' It was, therefore, advised that the English towns at the west of Long Island should be 'very cautious of making themselves guilty either of ignorant or willful betraying the rights of their nation, by their subjecting themselves and lands to a foreign state.'"'
A letter was accordingly addressed by the Protector to "the English well-affected inhabitants on Long Island, in America," which Grover, having conveyed to Gravesend, insisted should be opened and read. The magistrates, however, declined, until they had consulted Stuyvesant who at once ordered Grover to be arrested, and brought, with his papers, to New Amsterdam. Hearing of this, the English in the neighboring villages called a meeting "to agitate"; and it was proposed at Gravesend to send a messenger to inform Crom- well of the " wrongs and injuries which we receive here from those in authority over us." The director, however, was neither intimidated nor thrown off his guard. He discreetly sent the letter, unopened, to the Amsterdam Chamber, so as not to be accused by the Lord Protector " of the crime of opening his letter or breaking his seal," or to be censured by his own superiors for "admitting letters from a foreign prince or potentate, from which rebellion might arise."
Brodhead's History of New York, Vol. 1, pp. 597, 619, 620, 633 and 634. 1834. Eliza Ann Grover married Thomas C. White. Frechold Records.
A James [?] Grover married . ., born about 1744, and supposed son, by deduction, of Joseph Grover, 25.
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Issue
B James Grover
C Joseph Grover
C' BetsyGrover, of Princeton; married Mr. Cleveland.
B JAMES GROVER, son of ... . . Grover, A, married Lydia .... . He was a Friend, and, dying, without issue, left his property to his nephew, James Grover. He was interred upon the Stillwell Grover farm. in Middletown township, beyond Red Bank, N. J. He was born about 1775, and died, about 1855, when his nephew, James, it is said, was six months old. He left the place to the Quakers until the nephew came of age and they stripped it.
C JOSEPH GROVER, son of James [?] Grover, A, married, probably, Miss Conover. Joseph Grover died, MIch. 21, 1856, aged Si years, 9 months and 16 days. Ruth, his wife, died, Mch. 12, 1859, aged 85 years and 8 days. She was the daughter of Harmen Covenhoven and Phoebey Baxley. Penn's Neck, Baptist Churchyard.
Issue
D James Grover, born near Princeton, N. J .; married Deborah Voorhees.
E Sarah Grover; married Mr. Welling.
F Elizabeth Grover, born July 19, 1805: died June 15, 1371; married Thomas Grant. G Mahlon Grover; lived at Penn's Neck, near Princeton, N. J. IIe was born Dec. 6, ISOS, and died Feb. 2, 1893. Catharine V. Grover, born Mch. 26, ....; died Dec. 30, 1893. She was born a Dey.
H John Grover, of New Brunswick, N. J .; married Mary Ann, daughter of Judge McChesney. John Grover was formerly of Cranbury, and had a large family.
Issue
Joseph Grover, of New Brunswick, J. N .; lately; 1910, deceased; married
Issue Cornelia Grover; married Mr. Buckalew. Charles Grover, of New Brunswick, N. J. Ruth Grover; married Mr. Carey, of Asbury Park, N. J.
Issue Daughter; married Mr. Van Dorn.
Elizabeth Grover; married a Mr. Drake.
I Emily Grover; married Matthew Dey.
D JAMES GROVER, son of Joseph Grover, C, married, Feb. 22, 1816, Deborah Voorhees. He was born July 28, 1796; died Dec. 3, 1884; she was born Nov. 20, 1798; died Mich. 15, 1880.
Issue
I
James Clark Grover, born Dec. 2, 1816; married Rachel Smith; died Feb. 22, 1873.
J
Sarah Grover, born Aug. 28, 1825; married Peter Conover.
K Abbie Grover, born MIch. 16, 1823; married William Leonard. She died Sept. 24, 1894.
L John Grover, born July 26, 1830; married Sarah Borden.
M Cornelia Grover; married James Denise Hubbard. She was born Nov. 12, 1818, and was living Sept. roio at Asbury Park with her son the proprietor, Mr. Hubbard, of the Grand Avenue Hotel.
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N Henry Clay Grover, born Feb. 19, 18441; died Dec. 1, 1908; married Belle Schenck, of Cranbury, N. J .; lives in Camden, N. J.
O William Voorhees Grover, born May 15, 1834; died Nov. 27, 1893; married twice; no issue.
P Caroline Ann Grover, born Nov. 12, ISIS; married John Morton.
Q Joseph Grover, born Jan. 11, 1844; married Kate Antonides.
R Elizabeth Grover, born Jan. 1, IS21; died 1826.
S William Grover, born May 13, 18228; died 182S.
T Elizabeth Grover, born Feb. 13, 1833; died 1835.
U Caroline T. Grover, born July 14, 1838.
I JAMES CLARK GROVER, son of James Grover, D, married Rachel, daughter of Joseph M. and Deborah (Stillwell) Smith.
Issue
R Deborah Grover; married James E. Conover. They reside in the old Grover house, on Swimming River, above Hubbard's Bridge, Middletown, N. J.
S Emily Grover; married Jacob Wykoff.
T Charles Grover; deceased; married Sarah Clayton; left female issue.
U Alice Grover; married John Roberts.
V' Ann Grover: married Charles T. Leonard. She met a violent death.
W Stillwell Grover; married Clara Ilockman.
X Cornelia Grover; married John J. Leonard.
Y Effie Grover; married Charles Lum.
Z Other children who died young.
L JOHN GROVER, son of James Grover, D, married Sarah Borden.
Issue Lizzie Grover William Grover Abbie Grover James Grover
Q JOSEPHI GROVER, son of James Grover, D, married Kate Antonides.
Issue Charles Grover
W STILLWELL GROVER, son of James Clark Grover, I, married Clara Hockman. Issue William Grover, born about 1885. Emily Grover, born about 1897.
GROVER GRAVEYARD, MIDDLETOWN, N. J.
One old sandstone; uninscribed. James Grover; a small, old stone Lydia Grover; a small, old stone.
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Leah, wife of James Patterson, died, July 21, 1859, aged 86 years, 5 months and 2 days. James Patterson died, Jan. 5, 1835. aged 63 years, 10 months and I day.
James Clark Grover, born Dec. 2, 1816; died Feb. 22, 1873.
Rachel S. Smith, born Oct. 25, IS?5; dicd Feb. S, 1891.
Joseph S. Grover; an infant.
Minnie Grover; an infant.
John Patterson died, May 3, 1835, in his 34th year.
Emeline, daughter of Stout and .Alice Patterson, died Aug. 20, 1849, aged 2 years, etc.
HARTSHORNE
OF
MONMOUTH COUNTY
The arms of the American Hartshorne Family were taken, in 1877, by Mr. W. T. Wester- velt, from an old wax impression, belonging to the late Miss Elizabeth Hartshorne Parker, who received it from the Hartshornes, probably from her grandmother, Elizabeth, daughter of Esek Hartshorne, but possibly from the Williams Family.
The arms are blazoned :
Sable, a chevron d'argent, between three harts' heads affronté, or caboshed, ppr. Crest: A hart's head caboshed. No motto appeared.
The arms of the English family of this name are identical with the preceding, save the hart's head appears in the crest, not affronté, but profile, and the motto is given as SUUM CUIQUE PULCHRUM. Book plate of Charles Henry Hartshorne, M. A., of Iver, Uxbridge England, author of the recent exhaustive work on "Glass," whose sister, Miss Emily Sophia Hartshorne, corresponded with the late W. T. Westervelt, Esq., of New York City, concerning her family.
The Hartshornes are an ancient family in the County of Monmouth, N. J.
RICHARD HARTSHORNE, the first of the name located there, was born Oct. 24, 1641, at Hathern, in Leicestershire, two miles from Loughborough, ten miles from Derby, ten miles from Leicester and seven miles from Nottingham. He was the son of William Hartshorne and the brother of Hugh Hartshorne, the latter an upholsterer, in London, and one of the New Jer- sey Proprietors.
In the year 1716, an affidavit, made by Richard Ilartshorne, of Monmouth County, recited his age as seventy-five years, verifying the date of his birth as above given.
From Smith's History of New Jersey, and other sources, it appears that he came to America from London, in the month of September, 1669, being then in his twenty-eighth year. It is not unlikely that he first sojourned in Rhode Island, for there, Apr. 27, 1670, within a year after his arrival, he married Margaret, daughter of Robert Carr, of Newport, who though spoken of as a tailor, was more of a navigator, and his sloop probably transferred many of the emigrants from Rhode Island to the Monmouth Tract.
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