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First .- For every good subject of this state residing within the county, that shall become an associator, and shall be taken or admitted to parole by any party or parties of refugees as aforesaid, that shall come on the errand of plundering and man-stealing, the good subject not actually under or taken in arms, there shall be taken an equal number of the most disaffected and influential residing and having property within the county, and them confine within Provost jail and treat them with British rigor, until the good subjects of this state taken as aforesaid shall be fully liberated.
Second .- For every house that shall be burned or destroyed, the property of a good subject that enters with this association, there shall be made full retaliation upon or out of the property of the disaffected as aforesaid.
Third .- That for every article of property taken as aforesaid from any of the associators, being good subjects, the value thereof shall be re- placed out of the property of the disaffected as aforesaid. We do also fur- ther associate for the purpose of defending the frontiers of this county, and engage each man for himself that is a subject of the militia that we will turn out at all times when the county is invaded, and at other times do our proportionate part towards the defence thereof. We the associators do here- by direct that a copy of this association be, as soon as the signing is com- pleted, transmitted to the printer of the New Jersey Gazette, for publication, and that the original be lodged in the clerk's office. Also we do request, that the associators will meet at the courthouse on Saturday, the 1st of July, at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of electing a committee of nine men, as before-mentioned, to carry the said association into effect.
Asher Holmes, John Smock, Elisha Walton,
Joseph Johnston, Joseph Holmes, Daniel Denise,
John E. Leconte,
Garrit Covenhoven,
Thomas Thorn,
Samuel Elliot,
Matthias Van Deripe, James Holmes,
John Schenck, (capt.) John Covenhoven, John Schenck, (lieut.) Joseph Willet, Wm. Schenck, (lieut.) John Willet, Barnes Smock, (do.) Peter Johnston, Jarrit Stilwell,
Samuel Pearse,
Henry Stricker, William Schenck,
George Hymes, Joseph Van Cleave, Solomon Combs, Samuel Dorsett,
Moses Sheppard, Benj'n Covenhoven, Alex. Van Tenycke, James Hampton, John Alwood, Elias Conover, Robert Laird, Berryan Covert, Samuel Carhart, Peter Van Derhoof, Jacob Allen, John Van Brocle,
William Hulsart, Jacob Van Pelt,
Benj. Van Cleave, Harmon Sneider, Hendrick Sneider, William Sneider, David Rhea, jr., (adjt.)
William Anderson, Daniel Hill, Patrick Bailey, Tunis Vanpelt, James Mash,
Matthias Roberts
Walter Vanpelt,
Lambert Johnston,
Hendrick Vanpelt,
William Covenhoven, Godfrey Warner, Jonathan Forman, Peter Longstreet, Joseph Wooley, John Sutphin, Abra'm Hendrickson, Hendrick Hyer, David Forman, Samuel Clayton, Isaac Staates, Benjamin Van Mater, Hendrick Williamson, Corn. Covenhoven, Rulif Covenhoven, Stout Holmes,
John Van Schoick, John Nivison,
William Nivison, John Brown,
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Burrowes Norris, Joseph Broom, Thomas Stilwell, John Moore, John Smith Hunn, Ezekiel Lewis, Corn. T. Vanderhoof, Nathan Nivison, John Boman, Manasseh Dunham, Josiah West, Matthias Tice, William Rowler, Richard Laird, James Smalley, Henry Rue, William Lewis, David Craig,
Peter Tanner, William Aumack, Thomas Morris, William Bowne, Thomas Barber, Samuel Bray, William Willcocks, James Kinsley, Jacob Pippenger, John Rouse,
David Forman,
A. Zutphin,
Ebenezer Kerr, John Longstreet,
John Campbell, John Errickson, Joel Bedel, Nicholas Cottril, David Smith, George Crookshank, John Nivisink, jr. Nicholas Clark, John Yeatman,
Alexander Eastman,
Samuel Craig,
Alexander M'Donald, Robert Van Schoick, James Yeatman, John Perine, Aaron Davis, Thomas West, James M'Duffee, Peter Smith, Alexander Low, John Jamison, Henry Perine,
John Lane, William Gordon, Michael Errickson,
Nehemiah Tilton,
Joseph Covenhoven,
Daniel Ketcham,
Robert Francis,
Tunis Van Derveer,
Robert Sharp,
James English,
Joseph Sutphin, James Tapscott, Jacob Wickoff, David Craig, John Sutphin, Lewis Perine, John Baird, William Dewinney, Matthias Mount, William Rue,
William Lane, John Reid, William Forman,
David Baird,
Matthew Anderson, Henry Berry,
John Holmes, sen. Garrit Wikoff, Richard Pippenger, Timothy Gordon, Lewis Gordon,
George Taylor,
Samuel Pease, Henry Vanderbilt,
Albert Hendrickson,
James Vankirk, William Shelft,
Richard Jeffery, William Morrison, Jacob Woolcot,
Joseph Vannoort, Joseph Johnston, John Lake, Francis Herbert,
Thomas Sinith, Samuel Forman, James Craig, John Craig, Thomas Seabrook,
Peter Forman, Nathaniel Scudder, William Craig, Thomas Edwards, Zebulon Baird, George Casler,
Thomas Chadwick, Hendrick Smock, William Wikoff, Hugh Newell, Cornelius Stewart, Timothy Dorsey, John Van Cleave, Gilbert Shearney,
Aaron Reid, Jonathan Clayton,
Joseph Knox, Jonathan Enobly,
William Voorhees, Josiah Holmes, John Covenhoven, Cornel's Covenhoven, Samuel Henderson, John M'Connill,
John Hulsart, Samuel Hayes, Richard Postens, John Morford, David Hance, Andrew Clark, Peter Emmans, Rutliffe Schenck, Tunis Van Derveer, Peter Van Dorn, Adamı Stricker, Matthias Conover, John Chasey, James Dorsett, Cornelius Hance, Koert Schenck, jr., John Morlat, James Willson, John Willson,
John Einmans, Peter Quackenbush, Abraham Emmans, John M'Mullin, John Wilkinson, John Johnston, Jacob Degroof, Cornelius Schenck, Alexander Clark, Samuel Rogers, Stephen Barkalow, William Currin, Peter Vounk, Cornelius M'Mullin, Richard Poling, Barzilla Baird,
David Brooks, Lewis M'Knight,
James English, James Reid,
Elias Bowne, David Loyd, Isaac Johnston, Joseph Morford, Jacob Lane,
John Johnston,
Adam Boice, sen.
Oukey Leffertson, John 'Truax,
John Freeman, William Craig, Jonathan Forman,
John Ludlow,
Aaron F. Welsh, John Rue, Lewis Carlton,
Cornelius Barkalow, Henry Drake, David Sutphin, Joseph Clayton, Daniel Lane, - Jacob Smith, John Tilton, Elias Longstreet, . Joseph Bowne, John Stilwell, Timothy Hughes, Ken'th Anderson, sen. Jaques Denise,
Tunis Van Derveer, Stephen Seabrook, Jacob Bennit, William Sanford, Stephen Fleming, Joseph Fleming, James Willson,
Michael Sweetman,
Ephraim Buck, Hend'k Van Derveer, Benjamin M'Donald,
William Hilsey,
Cornelius Clark, B. S. Cornelius Sutphin,
Daniel Emmons, John Berry,
Daniel Hendrickson, James M'Knight,
Barnabas Bennet,
John Simermore,
William Hendrickson, Benjamin Van Cleave, John Hampton,
Daniel Hampton, John Covenhoven, Dollance Hagerman, Joseph Emley,
Kenneth Hankinson, Edward Moore, John Walton, David Baird, Nicholas Van Brunt, John Schenck, Jacob Covenhoven, Thomas Henderson, Benj. Covenhoven, William Johnston, David Covenhoven, John Freeman,
John Auinack,
Benjamin Sutphin,
Derrick Sutphin, Moses Laird, John Jewell, Michael Johnston,
James Herbert, Garrit Voorhees, W. Laird, John Davison, John Parent,
David Gordon, (capt.) John Anderson,
Jacob Quackenbush, James Green, (capt.) Joshua Huddy,
Hendrick Voorhees, Samuel Dennis,
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Koert Van Schoick,
John Aumack, William Postens,
John Emmons,
Richard Russel,
Joseph Combs, Matthew Rue,
James Sickels,
James Runnels,
John Reid,
Jacob Vanderveer,
Richard Chew,
Wm. A. Covenhoven,
David Vanderveer, Richard Tice,
Tunis Voorhees,
Albert Covenhoven, John Barkalow,
John Cooke, Daniel Randolph,
John Antonidas,
Thomas Erickson, George Clinton, Ebenezer Hart,
Charles Gilmore,
William Jenkins, Reuben Potter,
Hendek Covenhoven, Abra'm Hendrickson, John Schenck, Aaron Sutphin, Peter Gordon, Jonathan Clayton, James M'Chesney, James Hoagland, John Vanderveer,
Thomas Walling,
Eleazer Cottrill,
Edmund Robinson,
Alburtus Showber, Jacob Tilton, Jacob Lane,
Tunis Vanderveer, James Jonner,
Charles Postey, Andrew Mains,
James Holmes,
Samuel Bigelow,
John Morford,
Derrick Sutphin,
Humphrey Willet, Jonathan Pew, Richard Pool, Thomas Cottrill,
Aaron Buck, John Tilton, John Tilton, jr.
William Covert, Samuel Hingry,
Joseph Goodenough, Benjamin Tilton, Richard Rogers,
Garrit Vanderveer,
William Brown,
John Brindley,
Arthur Williamson, Richard Sutphin,
Hendrick Vounk, Tunis Forman,
Thomas Smith, Joshua Studson, David Ray, Abel Aikin,
Richard Marlat,
Abraham Sutphin,
Elihu Chadwick,
Joseph Vanderveer, John Reid,
David Crawford,
William Cheeseman, Jonathan Reid,
Wm. Williamson, jr. Peter Van Cleave,
Elisha Shepherd, John Chadwick, Daniel Herbert,
Cornelius Lane.
The number of signers to this association is 436.
MORRIS COUNTY.
MORRIS COUNTY was taken from Hunterdon county by act of As- sembly of 15th March, 1738-9. It included in its original limits the territory now comprised by Sussex and Warren counties, and was named after Lewis Morris, at that time governor of the pro- vince. The extreme length of the county N. and S. is 31 miles ; average breadth E. and W. 21 miles. It is bounded N. by Passaic co., NE. by Passaic co., E. by Essex co., S. by Somerset and Hunterdon co's., and NW. by Warren and Sussex counties. The northern and western portion of the county is very mountainous ; the remaining portions generally level or undulating. There is however a moun- tainous tract 13 miles long, running northeasterly across the central part of the county, called Trowbridge mountain, and an elevation known as the Long hill, extending 9 miles on the SE. boundary. The southern part of the county is of the primitive formation, and the northern the transition. The county is well watered by the Passaic river and its tributaries, and the south branch of the Rari- tan. The Morris canal runs centrally across the county, and the Morris and Essex railroad, terminating at Morristown, connects that village with the city of Newark. Immense beds of magnetic iron ore abound in the mountains of the north and west. In 1840, there were manufactured 1,475 tons of cast, and 5,976 of bar-iron ; capital invested $446,850.
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Moses Mount,
Job Throckmorton, Samuel Forman,
John Van Cleave, John Clark, B. S.
John Covenhoven,
Abraham Vangelder, Moses Robbins,
William Van Schoick, Daniel Griggs,
William Wilbert,
Anthony Holmes,
William Brindley, John De Graff,
William Covenhoven, George Brindley,
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MORRIS COUNTY.
The county is divided into the ten following townships, of which Morris, Hanover. Pequannock, Mendham, Roxbury, and Washing- ton, were incorporated in 1798.
Chatham, Mendham, Randolph, Washington.
Chester,
Morris,
Roxbury,
Hanover, Pequannock, Jefferson,
The population of Morris county in 1800 was 17,750; in 1810, 21,828 ; in 1820, 21,368 ; in 1830, 23,666 ; in 1840, 25,861.
CHATHAM.
This township was formed from Hanover and Morris in 1806. It is 8 miles long, with an average width of about 4 miles. It is bounded N. by Hanover, E. by the Passaic river, separating it from Livingston, Springfield, and New Providence, Essex co., SWV. and W. by Morris. The soil is generally fertile, and the surface level or undulating, except in the SE., where it is hilly. There are in the township 10 stores, 1 fulling-m., 2 saw-m., 2 grist-m. ; cap. in manufac. 836,800 ; 4 academies, 245 students ; 5 schools, 185 scholars. Pop. 2,138.
The Great or Morris Co. swamp, lying in the townships of Chatham and Morris, is about 7 miles long, and on an average 3 miles wide, extending from NE. to SW., its upper end 13 miles west of the village of Chatham, its lower, one mile east of Basking- ridge, where its waters enter the Passaic river, bounded east and south by a high ridge of land called Long hill, northerly by another high ridge near New Vernon. This swamp it appears was onee a pond or lake, the bed of which inclined or sloped from N. to S., and from E. to W., and was undulating. The whole was, until recently, covered by a heavy growth of timber. About one half of the tract is cleared, and drained by ditches, and near the upland is susceptible of tillage, the rest being excellent meadows, producing very large crops of good "foul-meadow" hay. In the upper or eastern sec- tion is a large traet of turf or peat, suitable for fuel, of various depths, in the midst of which are found limbs, knots, and trunks of trees, many feet below the surface : and under this a very thin coat of white sand, covering a hard blue, argillaecous substratum, nearly or quite impermeable to water. In the western part the soil is principally clay. In the midst, and throughout the whole swamp, there are numerous ridges of dry land rising like islands, of a sandy soil, and those uncleared covered with chestnut timber. The whole is susceptible of being drained, and made into productive meadow, there being 17 feet fall in the length of the swamp. The slope and undulating surface of the bed is shown by the difference in the thickness or depth of the superimposed eovering, which to the eye appears a perfect level, except the ridges or islands which rise a few feet above it. This covering is several feet deeper in the upper than in the lower part, where it empties into the river ; this difference being nearly or quite equal to the whole descent, showing that it may have been deposited from the highlands surrounding : in- deed much of it is alluvion. From these and other facts, we infer that this swamp was once a pond or lake. Of the time when, or how long it existed, or since it ceased to be, we have not facts, nor room for speculation.
Columbia, Green Village, and East Madison, contain each about 20 or 30 dwellings. At the latter place is an academy used by the Methodists for public worship.
The village of Madison, once called " Bottle Hill,"* is on the line
* In relation to the origin of the name Bottle hill, tradition is somewhat vague. The first, and perhaps the most probable, is, that in early days two or more Indians broke a bottle as they came to quench their thirst at the spring, then bubbling from the side of
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of the Morris and Essex railroad, 4 miles SE. of Morristown. The above view, taken near the railroad track, shows a part only of the village. The public building on the right is the academy, and that in the distance the Catholic church. There are also in the place
View in Madison.
about 100 dwellings, a handsome church belonging to the Presbyte- rian denomination, and a private boarding-school. This village was settled previous to the American revolution, principally by emigrants from Long Island. The following are the names of some of the early settlers, with the places where they located. Ananias Halsey lived and kept a public house on the place now owned by Robert Albright .* Ellis Cook resided where now stands the new dwelling of Mrs. Eliza Cook. He was a blacksmith, and had his shop where the academy now stands. John Harris resided on the place now occupied by Lilly Cook. Aaron Burnet settled on the place at present owned by John B. Miller,-the house now down. He died at the age of 100 years. He had four sons, James, Matthias, William, and Aaron ; the first of whom occupied the
the hill, where now stands the carriage-house of Mr. Joseph S. Sayre, at that time sur- rounded with trees. A second tradition is, that at a certain time now unknown, two men engaged in fighting broke a bottle. A third tradition is, that a suspended bottle was the sign of the first tavern in the place ; kept in a house then standing in the rear of the well in Mr. Sherrill's garden.
In this then the traditions agree, that the name Bottle hill originated in the use of the bottle, so common in those days of dram-drinking. And though the origin of this name adds little to the early fame of the village, yet the origin of her present name is recorded as her peculiar crown of glory. As the former originated in the use, the latter originated in the disuse of the bottle. Early in the progress of the grand temperance reformation, that has passed over the land as the angel of mercy to the lost, the worthy citizens in council assembled, decreed that the bottle was no longer deserving a place in their domestic circles, and hence that it should be broken, and the name effaced from the latter history of the village, and also unanimously that the name of the village should no more be Bottle Hill, but Madison, a name previously given to, and inscribed on the side wall of her fine two-story brick academy.
* The first public house in the place was kept by David Brant, in a house then standing where now is Mr. Sherrill's garden, and as that went down, Ananias Halscy commenced where Mr. Robert Albright now lives.
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corner where Mr. Sherrill resides. Josiah Miller resided where his son Major Miller lives. Obadiah Lum settled where Mr. Jona- than Harris resides. David Bruen came from Newark and settled where Capt. Mallaby resides. The first Presbyterian church in this region was located at Whipany. The church in this village was formed from that about the time of the formation of the one at Hanover, and was denominated " the church of South Hanover." On the tombstone of the first pastor, in the old churchyard, is the following inscription : " In memory of the Rev. Azariah Horton, for 25 years pastor of this church. Died March 27, 1777, aged 62 years." This makes the organization of the church about the year 1752. The old church which stood in the graveyard, it is supposed, was erected some time previous, probably about 1748. The pre- sent handsome brick church, styled "the 1st Presbyterian church of Chatham," now ornamenting the S. part of the village, was dedicated in 1825. The Rev. Mr. Richards succeeded Mr. Horton. He left Rahway on account of the troubles incident to the war, remained but a short time, and then returned. He was succeeded by the Rev. Ebenezer Bradford, who left about 1781, and the Rev. Alexander Miller came and remained three or four years, who was in turn succeeded by the Rev. Asa Hillyer, D.D., pastor about ten years. He was succeeded by the Rev. Matthew La Rue Perrine, D.D., who was pastor between 9 and 10 years, and was then suc- ceeded by the Rev. J. G. Bergen, pastor about fifteen years. After a vacancy of about two years, he was succeeded by the Rev. Alex. G. Frazer, pastor about one and a half years. The present pastor, the Rev. Clifford S. Arms, was settled in the autumn of 1832. The old parsonage is the house now owned and occupied by Dr. H. P. Green. The village academy was erected in 1809; and the Ca- tholic church, a neat edifice, in 1838, by the descendants of some French families who emigrated from Guadaloupe about half a century since.
In the " hard winter of 1780," when Washington lay at Morris- town with his army, a party of British cavalry (says tradition) left New York with the design of taking him prisoner. They came by the way of Elizabethtown. During the night a violent storm came on, of hail, snow, and rain, forming a thick crust, which cut their horses' feet, and rendered the road so impassable, that, when daylight dawned, having got no further than this village, they deemed it prudent to return. Standing in fear of their guide, an American spy, they enclosed him in the centre of a hollow square, and thus rode with their swords drawn.
The following is extracted from an ancient newspaper :
Sept. 18, 1782 .- Last Thursday morning, a person in the neighborhood of Battle Hill, . near the Great Swamp, being early up, discovered two armed men pass by,-one of which he supposed to be Caleb Sweezy, jun., late an inhabitant of Black River, but who had joined the enemy, and, having many connections in this county who harbored him, was enabled. by their information and assistance, to commit several atrocious robberies, which induced the governor to offer $200 reward for apprehending him. This person who saw them pass gave information, when Capt. Carter and his officers, with 10 of their men,
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took the necessary steps for the apprehending them, and, knowing the propinquity be. tween Isaac Badgeley's wife and Sweezy. sent a person to lay in ambush near said Badgeley's house, to be a spy upon their conduct, and, if possible, find out their lurk- ing-place,-when he saw Badgeley's wife carry victuals into the swamp twice. Be- ing thus fully informed, the party entered the swamp some miles from Badgeley's house, to prevent the least alarm being given, and proceeded within a few rods of the house, (placing sentinels, as they passed, at the avenues it was supposed they would endeavor to make their escape through,) when they suddenly came upon them ; and being unpre- pared for defence, the flints being out of their pistols, they endeavored to make their escape by flight,-when Sweezy received the fire of one of the sentinels, which put a period to his existence in a few minutes. The other one, John Parr, who was concerned in the robbery of Mr. Stewart's house, at Hackettstown, was slightly wounded, and taken, and is now confined in Morristown jail.
Central View in Chatham.
Chatham is a village containing 34 houses and 220 inhabitants, 31 miles E. of Madison, and on the line of Morris and Essex cos. From the hills in the vicinity, a fine view is had of the broad and fertile valley of the Passaic river, which stream passes through the village. The annexed view was taken near the academy, in the street on which the village is mainly built, and shows on the right the Methodist, and in the distance the Presbyterian church, a neat edifice of wood, erected in 1832. Immediately opposite this church is seen a frame dwelling, in which Washington for a time had his head-quarters. The "Short hills," in Essex co., appear in the dis- tance. The Morris and Essex railroad passes near the village. .
CHESTER.
Chester was formed from Roxbury in 1799. It is bounded N. by Roxbury and Randolph, E. by Mendham, S. by Bedminster, Som- erset co., and W. by Washington. It is 8 m. W. of Morristown. The surface is generally undulating, and the soil fertile. The Washington turnpike, which runs from Morristown to Easton. Pa., passes centrally through it. There are in the township 1 Presby- terian and 1 Congregational church, 2 public houses, 3 mercantile stores, 2 academies, 3 grain-m., 5 saw-m., and 3 clover-m .; cap. ir manufac. $23,250 ; 7 schools, 382 scholars. Pop. 1,321.
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The inhabitants are mostly farmers, and the soil has been much improved within the last few years, by the use of lime. Formerly much attention was paid to the culture of orchards of apple-trees ; but they are now neglected, and peach-orchards are rising in their places. The village of Chester, where the post-office is located, 12 m. W. of Morristown, contains two churches and about 50 dwell- ings. The first permanent settlement in the township was made by emigrants from Long Island, who founded the Presbyterian church.
HANOVER.
This township was first formed about the year 1700 by the name Whipponong, and was then included in the limits of Hunterdon county ; the name of Hanover was given about 1746. It is about 10 miles long, with an average width of 52 miles. It is bounded N. by Pequannock, E. by Livingston, Essex co., S. by Morris and Chatham, and W. by Randolph. The surface on the west is moun- tainous; elsewhere, generally hilly or undulating. The Rocka- way river flows on the N. and the Passaic on the E. boundary. It is also well watered by several smaller streams flowing into Rockaway river, among which are Whipany and the Parcipany, a small stream emptying into Whipany river. On these streams are probably more mill-seats and mills than in any other township of equal territory in the state, there being 21 mills, viz :- 4 cotton, 1 dyewood, 1 machine, 1 extensive rolling, 6 saw, 5 flouring, and 3 extensive paper-mills ; besides five forges. In prosperous times, these establishments give life and energy to the business of the country. The district of Troy, a very fertile tract, 2 miles long by one wide, in good seasons fattens from one to three hundred beeves of the largest kind, and sells about 500 tons of hay annually. The county poorhouse, containing about 120 paupers, is in this township. There are in Hanover 13 schools, 597 scholars. Popu- lation 3.909.
The township was first settled about 1685, soon after the settle- ment of Newark, and is supposed to have been the earliest settle- ment within the limits of what is now Morris and Sussex counties. The first settlers were principally from Newark, Elizabethtown, East Hampton, L. I., New England and England. They were pro- bably drawn thither by the abundance of iron ore in the country, as they erected several forges and entered extensively into the manu- facture ; hence the locality soon after, at that early day, was called " the Old Forges." The ore was brought on the backs of horses from a locality about 20 miles west ; here manufactured, and then conveyed in the same manner over the Orange mountains to New- ark. The following are names of some few of the early emigrants, whose descendants are living in this place and region : Timothy, Samuel, and Joseph Tuttle, three brothers, from the N. of England,
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