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Aaron, son of Samuel and Grace Wills, before mentioned as receiving the upper part of the home- stead, married, Nov. 16, 1820, Martha Jarrett. He died in his eighty-fifth year. Their children were Samuel, born in 1821; Chalkley J., born in 1823; Charles, born in 1826; Dilwin, born in 1828; Daniel, born in 1831; Susannah, wife of George B. Borton ; and Daniel, born in 1835. Of these children. Chalk- ley J. Wills married Ann, daughter of Benjamin Deaeon, of Eayerstown, N. J. ; accumulated a large es- tate in New York as a briek contraetor and builder, and died in May, 1881. His wife and seven ehildren survive him and reside at Raneoeas.
URIAH BORTON.
The progenitor of the family here, John Borton, was one of the early settlers in what is now Monnt Laurel township (formerly Evesham), Burlington Co., N. J. He was a large land-owner, and reared a large family of children. Portions of the original , "Borton traet" remain in possession of the family in 1882. Abram Borton, a near deseendant from John Borton, resided on the Borton property. His son, Uriah, grandfather of our subjeet, was born Dec. 1, 1776, and died Feb. 4, 1840, and resided on the Bor- ton homestead, a part of the " Borton tract," extend- ing from the Mount Holly and Moorestown turnpike to Rancocas Creek. His wife, born Aug. 19, 1780, was Mary, daughter of Job and Elizabeth Collins, and granddaughter of John Collins, who was born
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in 1749, and resided in Chester township. She died Oct. 12, 1869, and bore the following children,-Jo- seph, Elizabeth (born in 1803, wife of Charles Haines, of Moorestown), Rachel ( born in 1806, wife of William Jessup, of Mount Laurel), Lydia (born in 1809, nn- married), Mary N. (born in 1813, wife of Thomas Evans, of Marlton), Naomi (born in 1816, wife of Nathan Haines, of Evesham), and Amy (born in : 1818, unmarried). This family were members of the Evesham Monthly Meeting of the Friends' Society.
Of the above children. Joseph, eldest son, was born on the homestead of his aneestors, near Masonville, April 29, 1800. He was a farmer near the Easton meeting-house for many years, where he remained until March, 1835, when he purchased one hundred and twenty-seven aeres on the Raneoeas and Bur- lington road, on the Willingboro' line, in the town- ship of Westampton. The brick house then upon the premises was built by George and Sarah Elkinton in 1765, to which he made a briek addition in 1837. Here he spent the remainder of his life, and died April 9, 1868. He was a representative agrieulturist, and a man of honesty of purpose in all the relations of life. He was a member of the Friends' Meeting at Rancoeas and the Monthly Meeting at Bnrlingtou, where his family also worshiped. His wife, Sarah, daughter of John and Deborah Jessup, of Mount Laurel, was born Nov. 29, 1801, and died Dec. 1. 1861. Her father, son of John and Elizabeth Jessup, died Sept. 26, 1826, aged fifty-three years. Her mother died April 9, 1807, aged twenty-seven years. The Jessup family was among the early settlers of Bur- lington County. They can be traced back to John Jessup, who married Margaret Wittercer in 1737, and emigrated with his two brothers from England, settling in West New Jersey, between Woodbury and Mantua Creeks. Their children are Deborah ( wife of Riehard Euzby, of Franklin Park), Elizabeth C., Mary J. (widow of Chalkley Stokes, of Mount Laurel), Rachel (died in 1876, unmarried), Uriah (snbjeet of this sketeh), and Sarah J. Borton.
Uriah, only son of Joseph and Sarah Borton, was born Feb. 5, 1836. He obtained his education in the school at Raneocas and at the Friends' boarding -; school at Westtown, Pa. He succeeded to the farm property of his father in Westampton township, before deseribed, partly by purchase and partly by inheritance, and has spent his life a farmer. Mr. Borton retains the common characteristics of the family, unostentation, industry, and self-reliance, is a progressive and intelligent farmer, and his sur- roundings show the careful work of a systematic farmer. He was united in marriage, May 10, 1876, to Rachel, daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Chap- man) Wiggins, of Wrightstown, Bucks Co., Pa. Her father was a farmer, a man well read, and an infin- ential member of the Pennsylvania State Historical Society. Her mother was a daughter of Dr. Thomas Chapman, of Wrightstown, who was descended from i
John Chapman, who came from Stanhope, England, to Pennsylvania in 1684. The children of Uriah Borton and wife are Mary and William J. Borfon.
CHAPTER XLIV.
WOODLAND TOWNSHIP.I .
Descriptive. - Woodland township was ereeted March 7, 1866, from Pemberton, Shamong, South- ampton, and Washington townships. It is bounded on the north by Pemberton and Southampton, on the south by Randolph and Bass River townships, on the east by Ocean County, on the west by Shamong town- ship. In dimensions it is eighteen miles in length by twelve miles in breadth. This township is the largest in extent and the smallest in population of any iu the county, having an area of seventy-three thousand four hundred and fifty-nine acres, and a population of about four hundred. It has several small hamlets within its limits. The New Jersey Southern Rail- road passes nearly through the eentre of the town- ship running from east to west, with stations at Woodmansie and Shamong.
Natural Features .- The surface of the township is undulating, exhibiting while traveling through the township frequent elevations and depressions, The soil is principally composed of sand with a mixture of gravel, especially in the northern part. Along the line of the railroad farms are all cleared up which produce an average erop. This township, together with the northern half of Bass River and Little Egg Harbor, and also the neighboring townships in Ocean Connty, is for miles on miles almost one unbroken stretch of pine and serub-oak barrens. In some of the ancient maps this whole section is put down for students of geography as " Barren Desert."
This township is noted for its prolifie crauberry bogs, which is the chief industry of the township; charcoal burning is also carried on to some extent. The prin- cipal streams running through the township are the West Branch of Wading River, School Branch, South Braneh, and minor other streams aud ponds are quite numerous in Woodland township.
Early Settlement .- Samuel and Thomas Richards appear to have been the first and only ones to utilize the valuable iron deposits that were in former times quite numerous throughout the entire township. The Speadwell furnace was established by Samuel and Thomas Richards prior to the Revolutionary war, and during the war they were kept busy casting cannon-ball and shell. This furnace was con- sidered by its operators as one of the best in the county. The iron was of superior quality, and the mines yielded an abundant supply to meet the de-
1 From: Leah Blackinn's History of Little Egg Harbor aud Vicinity.
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mand. These mines were worked for several years several years, but afterwards sold his property and with good success, but for the past half-century they returned to Ocean County. have not been operated, and nothing remains to mark the prosperity of this antique spot except the many iron scales which have been unearthed by the passers-by.
Abraham Jones settled in Woodland township prior to 1800. and purchased a tract of land in the south- ern part of the township, and erected a log cabin in which to dwell. He, like few other settlers, turned his attention to manufacturing enterprise, by which he became one of the leading men of Woodland. Soon after he built his eabin and settled his family he built a saw-mill, and in clearing up his lands he drew the oak and pine lumber to his mill. and during the stormy weather he sawed them up, and in two years he had not only eleared a farm which produced proli- fie erops, but had a well-stocked lumber-yard, and the most substantial dwelling in the township. As the settlement increased, likewise did Mr. Jones' lumber piles deerease. He supplied the surrounding neigh- borhood with building material from his mill; also shipped large quantities of lumber to various sections of the country, carrying on the business for several years, and then disposed of it to a man by the name of Haines, who operated the old mill for a few years, and then abandoned it.
Abraham Jones, the founder of this aneient saw- mill, remained in the township until his death. He lived to an advanced age and saw his numerous off- spring married and settled down. They, unlike their father, did not remain in the wilderness of Woodland township, but sought more thickly-settled localities in different parts of the State, and at present (1882) the name of "Jones" in Woodland township has beeome extinet.
APPLEGATE .- Two brothers, Alexander and Ran- dolph Applegate, eamne from Ocean County in the year 1820, and settled in Woodland towuship. Alex- ander, the older of the two, purchased a tract of land situated in the eastern part of the township and en- gaged in farming. When he first settled in Wood- land it was a dense wilderuess, alive with bear, deer, wild-eats, wolves, and other species of wild animals. Here he sought a spot and built a log cabin, and cleared up a small farm, and commenced tilling the soil. Here Mr. Applegate remained for a half-cen- tury until his death. Soon after he came to the township he married Rachel Coleman, who, it is said, was a great help to her husband in a business manner.
REEVES FAMILY .- Daniel Reeves was the first one of this name to settle in Woodland township, although not among the earliest in the township. He was the first to settle in Woodmansie, a small hamlet, which is located on the eastern border of the township. Here he purchased a tract of land and established himself as a farmer. He married Jane Schenck, and reared a family of six children, as follows: Richard, Elizabeth, Hopewell, William. Jane, and Levi.
Richard married Eliza Hawkins, and located at Brown's Mill, and followed the oeeupation of ehar- eoal-burner.
Elizabeth married George Brewer, who resided at Woodmansie and followed charcoal burning. Their family consisted of Charles, Nancy, Daniel, Jane, George, and Hopewell.
Charles married a Miss Cramer, and resided in the township.
Nancy married Josiah Townsend, and removed to the West, where he engaged in farming.
Daniel married Rachel Ireland, and located at - Shamong.
Jane married Samuel Cramer, and moved to Ocean County, N. J.
George married a Miss Applegate, and lived at Halfway.
Hopewell married Charles Penn, and located in Ocean County, N. J., where he followed the pursuits of farming.
First Branch .- Hopewell, William, Jane, and Levi all removed from the township at au early date.
Civil Organization .- According to au act of As- sembly dated March 7, 1866, Woodland township is defined to be " all that part of Pemberton, Shamong. Southampton, and Washington townships, beginning at a point where the north branch of Misery mill- stream crosses the Ocean County line; thence along said Ocean County line in a southerly directiou to where the line of Bass River township meets said Ocean County line; thence in a southerly direction along the line of -aid Bass River township to Lawrie's bridge; theuce in a southerly direction to the forks of Shoal branch and the main west branch of Wading River; thence in a northerly direction to the corner of Shamong and Southampton townships, where Batsto Creek (so ealled) erosses the same; thence along the line of the two said townships of Shamong" and Southampton to a stone, corner to said two town- ships near Friendship saw-mill; thence in a north-
Randolph Applegate, like his brother Samuel, ex- perieneed no little difficulty in hewing down the ma- jestic oaks and perfecting a settlement, but being an . easterly direction to northwest corner of Misery mill- ambitious man, like many other men of his day, he dam ; thence up said mill-stream, following the several courses of its north branch, to place of beginning." shouldered his axe and felled the heavy timber which had swayed to and fro for the past eenturies, and in a ! Civil List. short time Mr. Applegate became master of the sith- ation, and ranked among the pioneer settlers of the CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS. locality in which he lived. He married Emeline : Victor Ritzendollar, 1879, 1880, Charles B. Rowland. 1>66. Robbins and remained in Woodland township for John Dellett, 1867-71. 1975-78. 1882.
James MeCambridge, 1973-75.
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TOWNSHIP CLERKS.
Henry O. McCoy, 1866.
Andrew D. Lull, 1867-71.
Daniel Simpkins, 1872. N. P. Todd, 1873.
John Scott, 1874, 1875. James Beid, 1876-79, 1881. Samuel G. Albertson, ISSO. Sammuel I. Perry, IS$2.
ASSESSORS.
Christopher Estlow, 1866-68.
Egbert Humphery, 1860 -- 71.
Fraucis R. Estlow, 1872.
Caleb L. Adams, 1873-75, 1880-82. George Elliott, 1876-78. James H. Todd, 1879.
COLLECTORS.
B. O. Wade, 1866-67. William Lull, 1868-72. Jolını Dellett, 1874.
Peter Cadwell, 1876, 1877. James McCambridge, 1878-82.
CONSTABLES.
James Anderson, 1866, 1867.
Edward W. Extle, 1877, 1878, 1881,
Victor Ritzendollar, 1868-72, 1875.
James Dellett, 1873-75.
1882. Samuel S. Lutts, 1879. A. J. Dellett, 1880.
JUDGES OF ELECTION.
Edward Buzby, 1866-68, 1872. Jolin Sloan, 1873.
William Lull, 1874.
Charles Estlow, 1875.
James D. Elberston, 1876.
James Burdsall, 1877, 187S, 1880, 1881. C. P. Elberston, 1879. N. Dellett, 1882.
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
Egbert Humphery, 1866, 1870. John Scott, 1866. B. O. Wade, 1869.
Samuel Webb, 1871. John Elliott, 1872, 1876.
C. L. Adams, 1874, 1877, 1878-82.
OVERSEERS OF TIIE POOR.
Josephi Anderson, 1866-6S.
Victor Ritzendollar, 1869-72. 2.
James Dulett, 1874-75. Ivirness Grant, 1876.
Edward W. Extle, 1877-78, 1880. Samuel P. Lutts, 1879. A. J. Duletts, 1880.
TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE.
John Scott, 1866-67, 1873.
David Reid, 1874-78, 1881.
James McCambridge, 1866-78.
Samuel Hunt, 1866-67, 1869-70.
George Sloan, 1868-72.
Jolın Burge, 1868-69.
Thomas Alloways, 1870, 1874.
George Pope, 1871-72. Edward Buzby, 1871.
Richard I. Bartlett, 1872.
Daniel Simpson, 1880. Frank Venable, 1881.
I. S. Sooy, 1873, 1876-77.
Victor Retzendollar, 1882.
Schools .- Owing to this township being sparsely settled it only contains two sehool distriets, respec- tively Jones' Mill District, No. 95, and Woodmansie, No. 96. The following will show the amount re- ceived, with expenditures, ete. : Amount of appor- tionment from State appropriations, $572.34; total amount received from all sources for public school purposes, $875; present value of school property, $2600; number of children of the school age residing in the township, 97; average number of months school has been kept open, 8.5; number of male teachers employed, 1 ; female, 2; average salary paid males per month, $30; paid females, $31.66.
Religious .- The religious interest of Woodland township is as yet in its infaney, there being but one church edifice in the township. In the year 1873, Rev. George W. Cothell came to Shamong and held religious services in the school-house for a period of | about six months, during which time he perfected a Presbyterian Church organization, which consisted of
the following individuals and their families: N. P. Todd and family, B. O. Wade and family, Jos. Brooks and family. Services were carried on in the school- house until the spring of 1874, at which time it was deemed expedient to erect a house of worship ; a com- mittee was appointed, and steps were at once taken to erect a eliurch editiee. A plot of land was given by Mr. N. P. Todd, and the erection of a church was commenced and completed the latter part of the year. It is of wood, twenty-eight feet by forty-two feet in size. It is substantially built, and with its neatly- furnished rooms, its durable outward appearance, with its tall, tapering spire, it stands before the people of Shamong as a monument of their Christian interest and enterprise. It was dedicated by its pastor, Rev. George W. Cothell. The first board of trustees eleeted consisted of N. P. Todd and B. O. Wade, who has acted in that capacity since. The church on its completion cost fourteen hundred dollars; value of church prop- erty, fifteen hundred dollars; present membership is about twenty- five.
Villages and Hamlets .- SHAMONG .- This small hamlet is located in the southern part of township, on the line of the New Jersey Southern Railroad, and contains one Presbyterian Church, two general stores, sehool-house, wheelwright- and blacksmith- shop, railroad station, and about twenty dwellings.
The first merchant in Shamong was B. O. Wade, who entered upon his mercantile career in 1864, and has carried on the business sinee.
John Scott ereeted a store-house here in 1866, and has since carried on the business.
The station agent is D. E. Todd.
H. R. Akers & Co. carry on the manufacture of tin toys on a limited scale.
WOODMANSIE .- Woodmansie is the name of a small hamlet which is located on the eastern border of the township, on the line of the New Jersey South- ern Railroad. It contains one hotel, post-office, saw- mill, school-house, and twelve dwellings. The hotel was erected by Richard Bartlett in 1865, who kept the hotel and store for several years, and in 1879 the property was purchased by Alfred Adams, present proprietor.
The post-office was established in 1860, with Chris- topher Estlow as postmaster. His successors have bcen R. S. Bartlett in 1865, Charles Burton, and in 1879 Alfred Adams, present incumbent, was ap- pointed.
The railroad station is under the supervision of Alfred Adams.
LEBANON is a small hamlet located in the north- east part of the township, and was founded by Thomas and Samuel Richards in 1851, who erceted a large factory for the manufacture of window-glass. These works were operated by Messrs. Richards with inarked suecess, owing to the superior quality of the clear crystal he manufactured. When in full oper- ation he gave employment to one hundred and fifty
William McCambridge, 1874-75, 1880.
N. P. Todd, 1875, 1879.
A. D. Lull, 1876-79. John Elliott, 1878. John Duletts, 1879, 1882.
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men. They also erected about sixty dwellings and saw-mill, which they ran in connection with their glass-works. They carried on the business until about 1866, at which time the timber became nearly | led to his acceptance in lieu of Admiral Penn's claim exhausted, and they abandoned the factory. In 1881 the property was purchased by Chetwood Giles & Co., of New York City, who leased the saw-mill to Samuel Lee, the present operator. The factory has not been worked to any extent since 1866.
PINE is a small hamlet located in the northwest part of the township, in a farming district, and con- tains merely a collection of a few farm-houses.
Industrial .- Woodland is especially noted for her superior cranberry bogs, which are situated in the southern portion of the township. Among the most extensive growers of these berries are John Berge, C. E. Dunham, and N. P. Todd. These gentlemen gather large quantities of cranberries from their pro- lific bogs each year, and large shipments are made to New York and Philadelphia.
The present saw-mill was built by Buckingham & Adams in 1877, at a cost of three thousand dollars. It is supplied with a thirty horse-power steam-engine, and employs seven men. The principal business car- ried on at this mill is the manufacture of shingles.
Union Forge was established by Thomas and Samuel Richard in about 1800. This forge was located about one mile from Shamong. They carried on the manu- facture of pig iron for a number of years and then abandoned it. At this date (1832) no trace of this forge is visible.
Charcoal is also one of the leading enterprises, which is at present carried on to quite an extent in the township.
CHAPTER XLV.
WILLINGBOROUGH TOWNSHIP.1
FOR names of ships and passengers that first came : to West Jersey, names of surveyor-generals, building of Camden and Amboy Railroad, etc., see general history.
Willingborough was settled between the years of 1681 and 1684, by a people mostly of the Society of Friends, who had fled from persecution in England for conscience' sake, who thought to establish an asy- lum beyond the ocean, and were willing to forego friends, plenty, and the civilized comforts to foster the spirit of religious liberty and constitutional rights in pioneer homes, which they thought would be a more precious legacy to bequeath to their children than the gold of England.
It was for this reason that William Penn, who was at first reluctant, acquiesced in the desire of Byllinge, a much persecuted Friend, to act with Gawen Lawrie
and Nicholas Lucas in planting a colony upon Billing's estate in America, and it is more than probable that Penn's connection with the settlement of West Jersey upon the crown of the territory of Pennsylvania, which from its adjoining situation made it desirable for many Friends who were then wishing for homes beyond the power and sore persecution of various sects and parties of England.
The "Grants and Concessions" framed by William Penn and the proprietors in England in 1676 for the government of New West Jersey, and which were subscribed to by the freeholders and inhabitants thereof, so alarmed the stringent and unrelenting Pur- itans of New England, who had preceded the Friends to the New World. that the General Court took action to check the further progress of Penn and his follow- ers, as will be seen by the following letter, lately dis- covered in Boston, dated "September ye 15, 1682, to ye aged and beloved Mr. John Higginson :"
"There bee now at sea a shippee (for our friend Mr. Esaias Halcraft, of Lond., did advise me by the last packet that it would sail sometime in August), called je . Welcome,' R. Greenway, master, which has aboard an hundred or more of ye heretics and malignants called Quakers, with W'm. Penne who is ye chief scamp, at the hedde of them.
"Ye General Court has accordingly given secret orders to Master Malachi Hnxett, (f'ye brig ' Porpoise,' to way lay ye said ' Welcome." as near the coast of Caddee as may be, and make captive of ve said Penn and his ungodly crew, so that ye Lord may be glorified and not mocked on ye soil of this rew countre with ye heathen worship of these people.
" Much spoil can be made by selling ye lotte to Barbadoes, these slives fetch good prices in rum and sugar, and we shall not only do thye Lord great service by punishing thye wicked, but shall make great gayne for his ministers and people.
"Master Huxett feels hopeful, and I will set down the news he brings when his shippee comes back.
" Yours in ye bowels of Christ, "COTTON MATHER."
The ship " Welcome" escaped the kidnappers, or brig "Porpoise." and arrived safely in Delaware Bay, reached New Castle, where Penn landed Oct. 24, 1682.
Near this time, 1682, a large ship of five hundred and fifty tons burden arrived at West Jersey, which ran aground in Delaware Bay. After staying there eight days a favorable wind and tide carried it off, it sailed up the river, and the passengers landed on the Jersey shore between Philadelphia and Burlington. Their provisions were nearly exhausted, and they >ent ten miles to an Indian town, near Rancocas River, for Indian corn and peas; the king of this tribe treated them kindly and directed such Indians as had pro- visions to bring them in next morning, which they did. This was the character of the New Jersey In- dians. They welcomed the early settlers to their shore, fed them when short of food, and in many in- stances kept starvation from their doors, and be- friended them in many other ways. The early set- thers appreciatel this feeling of friendship; they always treated the limians kindly, honorably, and justly, and they labores to improve his condition and contri- bute to his comforts.
" By Charles Stokes, of Rancocas.
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The New Jersey Indians never had cause to sus- pect treachery or deception on the part of their pale- faced brethren. They lived together in peace and harmony. The settlers were permitted to occupy their locations unmolested. They were never dis- turbed by midnight attacks or Indian massacres. They pursued a different course from most other col- | America descend. onies, whose history is full of Indian wars and blood- shed.
As will be shown by a map accompanying the present sketch, the earliest and first locations in Willingbor- ongh were made upon the Rancocas River as follows : Beginning first against the line between the town- ships of Northampton and Willingborough, adjoin- ing Daniel Wills' location in Northampton, John Paine, on the 21st of December, 1681, located for the use of Thomas Green two hundred acres of land next adjoining Paine's survey. In December, 1681, in two different surveys, Thomas Harding located two hun- dred and fifty acres; next adjoining, on Oct. 13, 1682, William Evans located three hundred and twenty- three aeres ; next adjoining, Robert Hudson located two hundred and ten acres; next adjoining, in Feb- ruary, 1684, Thomas French located six hundred aeres ; next adjoining, in 1682. John Roberts located sixty-eight acres; next adjoining, on Jan. 12, 1681, Thomas Eves located one hundred acres; next ad- joining, in July, 1682, Thomas Olive located one hundred and thirty-six acres; next adjoining, on
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