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JOSEPH HART, who occupied the farm now Amos Furman's, had sons Joseph (the father of Aaron Hart, Sr., and grandfather of Jonathan Smith, Aaron, Jr., George H., and Ann, wife of James Burroughs). Besides Aaron, Sr., he had a son Israel, who married Mary Davison, and had several children, all now de- ceased. There were other sons of Joseph Hart, and a daughter Jane. Amos, the son of Joseph Hart, Sr., was the father of Mrs. Daniel Furman ; Rebecca, wife of Ezekiel Furman ; and Mary, second wife of Amos Laning, Sr. Mary, daughter of Joseph, Sr., becanie the wife of Jeremiah Woolsey.
JOHN HART'S farm was on the west side of Roger's
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road, leading to Trenton, lately in possession of his grandson, Asher R. Hart. He was of a family of Harts not related to the Harts previously mentioned. He had sons, Richard and John, and Mary, who married a Dean. Riehard had sons: (1) Joseph, (2) John R. (of Honey Hollow, who, by his wife, Mary Dean, had Richard. John Dean, Phoebe. and Mrs. Naomi Baldwin), (3) Asher R., the father of Samuel Stockton Hart, and several daughters. John, the son of John, settled on the farm long held by his grandson Abner. By his first wife had Elijah, father of Catharine Hunt, and grandfather of Charles, Elijah, and Theodore Hunt. 2 John, unmarried; and by his second wife, Phillips and Abner. Phillips took the homestead, and was father of John, Abner, Benjamin, Joseph, Palmer, and Israel, with Mrs. Clara Dunn, Elizabeth, wife of Elijah Atehley, and Susan.
There were two Ralph Hunts who were early land- holders, and for a time residents within the limits of Hopewell. One of these, "Stony Brook Ralph," owned the farm below Mount Rose, sinee in the pos- session of Abraham Terhune. He was the father of Charity, wife of Rev. John Guild, of Azariah, prom- inent in the publie affairs of the township, and of Nathan, Elijah, and Noah. Azariah's sons were Ephraim (who was killed by a horse), and Ralph (distinguished by his flaxen hair), who was father of William, Catharine, and Naney. Nathan's sons John and Enoch never married, but Noah married a Drake . and had John, who married a sister of Theophilus Quick; Enoch, who married a daughter of Smith Titus, and another who became the wife of Andrew Blackwell. The other Ralph Hunt, known as " Lon- don Ralph," is referred to in the history of Lawrenee.
JOHN HUNT, son of Edward, of Newtown, L. I., owned the farm where Stephen Hunt now lives. IIe had by Margaret, his wife, sons, Noah, Wilson. John, Jonathan, Enoch, Gershom, and Daniel, and daugh- ters, Johanah and Charity. He died in 1749. Noah settled on the homestead, and had Stephen and Aehsah, both of whom married and reared families. Wilson settled northwest of Marshall's Corners, and had ten children, the youngest of whom, John Price, was the father of Wilson P. Hunt, the hero of Irving's "As- toria," who was born in Hopewell, and served his time in the store of his unele, Abraham IIunt, of Trenton. His adventurous and enterprising spirit brought him to the notice of John Jacob Astor, who . intrusted him with the command of an expedition across the Rocky Mountains, the first of a commercial nature that ever reached the Pacific slope by that route. He died in St. Louis in 1842. John's chil- dren were John (inn-keeper at Pennington, who had one daughter, Eliza, Mrs. Welch, of Boston), Wilson, Margaret (wife of James Wilson, of Ainwell), Re- becca (wife of Gershom Lambert), and by a second wife had Lemuel, Isaac, and Eure, wife of Cornelius Larrison. Jonathan went South, had a son George.
EDWARD HUST was of another family, and wa- po -. sibly the Edward to whom Ralph Hunt, of Maiden- head, in his will, made 1732, bequeathed one hundred and fifty aeres in Hopewell. He married Susanna. daughter of his neighbor, Timothy Titus, and had Timothy, John. Keziah (wife of Elijah Hart), Mary ( wife of Moore Seott), Phoebe ( wife of John Furman ., Hannah, and Sarah. Timothy married Fanny, a daughter of Richard Phillips, and had children .- Richard (who married Hannah, daughter of John Phillips, and had children,-Abner, Wilson, Elisha. Abigail, wife of Abner Hart ; Rhoda, wife of Richard Brewer ; and Frances, wife of Smith Titus), Timothy (by Catharine, daughter of Elijah Hart), and Theo- dore, Charles, Elijah HI., and Francina. John mar- ried Jane, daughter of Theophilus Phillips, and had children, -- Theophilus, who, by his first wife, a daughter of John Smith, Esq., had Philip Titus and John Smith; and by his second wife, Elizabeth Farley, had George and Jane, wife of Daniel Howell Phillips.
JOHN WELLING, from Jamaica, L. I., bought two handred and twenty-three acres, of which he wa- then in possession by a year's lease, July 18, 1728, of Terit Lester, who had bought of John Muirheid, and he of John Fiteh, to whom it had been conveyed by John Reading and James Trent. commissioners of the loan-otfice. He had a son, John Welling, Jr. (who married Esther, the oldest daughter of Rev. John Guild, and had children named Enoeh, John, Han- nah, Charles, Asa, and Isaac), and a daughter, Eliza- beth, who married Jacob Carle, of Ewing.
JOHN CARPENTER eame to Hopewell from Jamaica, L. I. He made his will Oct. 1, 1744, and it was ad- mitted to probate April 2, 1745. He married Capt. Ralph Hart's daughter Mary, and had sons Hezekiah and John, between whom his farm was to be divided according to the will, and daughters Mary, wife of John Hunt, inn-keeper at Pennington ; Sarah, wife of Augustine Moore ; Hannah, wife of Maj. Stephen Burrows; and Caroline, wife of Israel Moore. John married Ann Van Cleve, and died at an advanced age Sept. 15, 1831.
ENOCH ARMITAGE, son of John Armitage, was born in England in 1677. His wife died there in 1713. His children-Mary, John, Reuben, and Lydia-were born in England, and with the exception of John, are known to have settled with their father in this country. Mr. Armitage set sail from Liverpool March 14, 1719, arrived at New York May 30th, and soon took up his permanent residence on a farm a mile northeast from Pennington. His property has been owned and most of the time occupied by successive generations of the family. In about eighteen months after his arrival he was chosen elerk of the township.
Of the numerous descendants of Mr. Armitage may be mentioned Rev. Enoch Green, who died at Deerfield, N. J., Nov. 2, 1776, while pastor of the Presbyterian Church in that place; the late Enoch
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Green, of Easton ; Charles II. and Henry P. Mnir- head, of Philadelphia; Dr. W. W. L. Phillips, of Trenton; Daniel Christopher. of Freehold ; Lewis J. Titus, of Lambertville; Daniel G. Howell. Enoch A. Titus, of Pennington; and Daniel C. Titus, of Hopewell ; Elizabeth Moore, widow of the Rev. Wil- liam J. Blythe, and her brothers, Imlah, Charles, Ely, and Thomas. Reuben Armitage, his son, died iu 1783.
EPHRAIM TITUS married Mary, daughter of Enoch Armitage, and through his daughters, Martha and Lydia, has numerous descendants. Timothy Titus, grandfather of the late Capt. Timothy Titus, owned the lands of Aaron Stout and the late Pierson Bake. His daughter Susannah married Edward Hunt, Sr., who lived on the River road, aud through her and other female branches he-became the ancestor of many in Hopewell.
JOHN TITUS (of another family of Tituses) and his wife Rebecca had sons-Joseph, Andrew, Samuel, Benjamin, Philip, John, and Thomas-and daughters named Susannah and Mary. He owned the two farms since held by Joab and Noah Titus. His descendants bearing the name are numerous. Many of them have been prominent during successive generations an - township affairs, and by intermarriage John Titus has descendants in several of the old families.
ADAM EGE was oue of three brothers who came to America from Germany about 1731. He was then thirteen. In 1748 he married Margaret Hunt, and settled on a farm half a mile southeast of Woodside, near the road leading from Trenton to Flemington. He had seven children, and was the ancestor of the Eges of this section, through Samuel, Sarah, Hannah, Jacob, Elizabeth, Nathaniel, aud George.
Samuel Ege, born June 24, 1750, married Anna, daughter of John Titus, born in 1755. Their children were John, William, Sarah, Andrew, George, Mary, Titus, Mahala, and Nathaniel.
John married Mary Schenck, of Amwell, and lo- cated on the farm now owned by Ralph Ege. He had children named Ralph S., Anna, and Andrew. Ralph S. died unmarried. Anna married William Mershon, located near Woodville, and had children, three of whom (Benjamin, Ralph, and Margaret) died young, while John E. married Rebecca Hurlburt, settled on the homestead and had four children, and Mary A. lives in Hopewell, unmarried. Andrew married Sarah A. Voorhees, and lived on a part of . the homestead. His son Ralph married Mary E., daughter of Abraham Skillman, lives on the home- stead, and has children,-Albert A., Sarah, A. Howard, Ida S., and Mary. His daughter Marian married Martin N. Van Zandt, located in Hopewell, and has two children,-Charles M. and Dora V.
William married Amy Dunn and located at Wood- side. His children were named Titus, Elijah, Mel- ancthon, and Asa H. Titus married Susan Recd, lives at Pennington. His children are named Jo- Cornell Lewis, another descendant.
sephine and Atwood. Elijah married Abigail Up- dike and located at Woodville. Their children were Paul D. and Sarah M. Melanethon married Eliza- beth Parke, and had children,-Cornelia A. and Wel- lington. Asa H. married Ellen Riley, and after her death a Miss Hartman, and had children,-William, Andrew D., and Alonzo.
Sarah married Philip Pearson, located near Wood- ville, and had children, Samuel, Ege, Anna, and Eph- raim, none of whom, except Anna, the wife of Rev. John Moore, of Hunterdon County, live in New Jersey.
Audrew and Mahala died unmarried.
George married Elizabeth Murphy and located near Ralph Ege's farm. His children were Andrew S., Azariah, and Samuel. Andrew S. removed to Illinois. Azarialı married Elizabeth Slack, and later Elizabeth Van Buskirk, and had children, Elizabeth, George V., Sarah. F., Zilpha, Samuel S., Bayard V., John, Stephen, David, Abraham, and Matilda. Samuel married Eliza Labaw and located at Woodside. Their children were Ellen and Samuel L.
Mary married Amos Hunt and removed to Hunter- don County.
Titus married Mary Runkle and located at Wood- ville. His son, Augustus T., lives on the homestead. He married a Miss Wilson, and after her death Heleu Holcomb. His children are John M., Flora, and Estella.
Nathaniel married Mary Phillips and settled at Woodville. His children were Elias P., Horatio N., Samuel. and Asher. Elias P. married Lavinia Skid ; Horatio N. married Margaret Reed; Samuel married Catharine Larrison ; and Asher married Emma Lar- rison.
Among the settlers were Jesse Atchley, from Cran- bury (Middlesex Couuty ), father of Edward, Thomas, Levi, Asher, Daniel, and Jesse Atchley; Jonathan Furman, ancestor of Theophilus Furman; Samuel Hunt ; Thomas Hoff; Charles Hoff; Francis Van- noy; John Phillips, from Lawrence, a resident at Pleasant Valley ; John Ketchaui, father of Levi, grandfather of Enoch, and great - grandfather of Joshua, Enoch, and William S. Ketcham ; Robert Blackwell, whose sons Francis and Thomas were the ancestors of the many of the name in the township; Crynance Vancleve, father of Col. John, and great- grandfather of John S. Vancleve; Robert Drake ; Andrew Morgan; Thomas Roberts; John Field; Joshua Bunn ; John Bainbridge, son of John Bain- bridge, of Lawrence; William Bryant; John Reed ; Edmund and Philip Palmer; Abraham Pittinger ; Josiah Beakes; John Davison; the Bakers; Robert Lanning; Joseph Burroughs, son of John B. Bnr- roughs, of Ewing; William Cornell, who had five sons, Smith, William, Jolm, Edward, and Benja- min. One of the latter's descendants was Samuel C. Cornell. His old homestead is occupied by William
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The following-named persons were subseribers of money in 1731 for the purchase of a parsonage for the pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Maidenhead and Hopewell :
Timothy Titus.
William Lawrence.
Ralph Hunt. Joseph Hart.
Thomas Burrowes, Jr.
Abraham Anderson.
John Barnes.
Barth. Anderson.
Cornelins Auderson.
Joseph Price.
Benjamin Severance.
Ephraim Titus.
Francis Vannoy.
Robert Blackwell.
Jonathan Moore.
Ralph Hunt, Jr.
Edmund Palmer.
Richard Bryant.
Alexander Scott.
Jonathan Stout.
Edward Hunt.
Jonas Wood.
Thomas Hendrick.
Thomas Read.
Robert Akers.
Jolin Hunt.
Peter LaRue.
Jonathan Furman.
Jobu Fidler.
Samuel Forman.
Andrew Milbourne.
John Carpenter.
Roger Woolverton.
Samuel Hunt.
Benjamin Wilcocks.
Nathaniel Moore.
Johannes Hendrickson.
George Woolsey.
Henry Oxley.
Jonathan Wright.
Roger Parke.
Caleb Carman.
John Parke.
Elnathan Baldwin.
The persons mentioned below were subscribers to the pastor's salary in 1769:
Ralph Hart.
Matthias Baker.
Joseph Moore.
Jacob Ashton.
David Adair.
Joseph Vankirk.
Amos Moore.
Reubeu Armitage.
John Moore.
John Hart.
Joseph Hart.
Richard Hart.
John Welling, Jr.
Martha Lanning.
Theo's Bainbridge.
John Temple.
Miss Ringoe.
Nathaniel Reed.
Nathaniel Moore.
Philip Roberts.
John Carpenter.
Timothy Hunt.
Gershom Moore.
Moore Scott.
Naomi Reed.
Foster Burrowes.
Noah Hunt.
Henry Mershon.
Samuel Titus.
Jeremiah Woolsey.
Nathan Hunt.
Edmund Herin.
Ralph Hart. Nathan Moore.
John Baker.
Stephen Burrowes.
Thomas Houghton.
Andrew Muirheid. Asa'h Hunt.
William Cornell.
Win. Bryant.
Josiah Hart.
William Burk.
Timothy Smith.
Andrew lloff.
Simeon Phillips.
Edward Cornell.
Seth Field.
Benjamin Titus.
Daniel Howell.
John Ketcham.
John Akers.
Edward Hunt, Sr.
Joseph Titus.
Ephraim Titus.
Edward Hunt.
Job Burrowes.
John Hunt.
Stephen Borrowes, Jr.
Robert Laning.
Wm. Campbell.
Ralph Laning.
George IInss.
John Titus.
Theophilus Moore.
Benjamin Cornell.
Joseph Baldwin.
Jeshua Bunn.
Thomas Baldwin.
James Hart.
Robert Combes.
Catharine Christopher.
Henry Baker.
Thomas Blackwell.
Noah Hart.
Joseph Burrowes.
Amos Hart.
Job Sayer.
Hopewell in the Revolution .- This township en . tered with patriotic and self-sacrificing spirit upon the work of maintaining the liberties of the country in 1776. Three companies of men were raised, of !
which the names of officers and men are here re- corded. They were Revolutionary soldiers worthy of a lasting record :
Ist Company .- Capt. Henry Phillips, of Hopewell. 1st Lieut. Nathaniel Hunt, 2d Lieut. Daniel How- ell, Ensign Timothy Titus; John Hunt, inn-keeper, Pennington ; Levi Hart, William Larrison, Roger Larrison, Daniel Campbell, Zebulon Burrowes, Elias Golden, John Field, Jacob Moore, John Muirheid. Jonathan Muirleid, George Muirheid, William Moore, Nathaniel Hart, Titus Hart, Godfrey Cham- berlain, Noah Chamberlain, Henry Burrowes, Joseph Smith (Tim's son), Andrew Smith (Tim's), John Cornell, Samuel Ege, Jacob Ege, Joseph Smith (Jona- than's), Jonathan Smith, Andrew Hoff. Jacob Hot, Abraham Golden, Jonathan Bunn, Col. John Van- cleve, Ezekiel Rose, Moore Scott, William Muirheid, Levi Atchley, Jonathan Stout, Andrew Stout, John Knowles, Anthony Burrowes, Uriel Titus (camp fever), Peter Lott, William Smith, Edmund Phillips, Andrew Phillips, Lott Phillips, Thomas Atchley.
2d Company .- Capt. Joab Houghton, Ist Lieut. Ralph Guild, 2d Lieut. William Parkes, Ensign Timothy Brush, Overbrook; John Herin, Gershom Herin, William Stout, Francis Vanney, John Van- ney, Samuel Stout (weaver), James Hunt, William Jewell, Jesse Stout, Andrew Morgan, Benjamin Mor- gan, Thomas Yates, Jacob Blackwell, Andrew Black- well, Benjamin Blackwell, William Golden, David Hunt, Johnson Titus, Solomon Titus, Enoch Armi- tage, John Vankirk, Josiah Vankirk, John Hunt (Nathan's son), Stephen Hunt.
3d Company .- Capt. John Hunt, Ist Lieut. Ralph Lanning, 2d Lieut. Henry Merson, Ensign Stephen Burrowes; William Bainbridge, John Bainbridge, Ralph Hunt (son of Edward, died in the prison- ship), Elijah Moore, Amos Lanning, William Moore, John Temple, Nathaniel Temple, Ephraim Woolsey, Joseph Inslee, Timothy Mershon, Philip Hart, Abner Hart, Edmund Roberts, Jesse Moore, Edward Atch- ley, Levi Ketchan, Ely Moore, Moses Moore, Samuel Beakes, William Baker, Joseph Burroughs (camp fever), James Burrowes (River road).
George Muirheid (aged seventeen), Uriel Titus, John Stevenson, and John Taylor went to Elizabeth- town during the war on services alone. Col. Seeley was in command, and refused them pay and rations, but finally attached them to Capt. Updike's company. They served out for their month in twenty days, and were lionorably discharged. Deacon James Hunt was a brave soldier, killed a Britishi soldier half a mile west of Pennington in 1776. Benjamin Mershon saw a British soldier enter Thomas Burrowes' house, and having laid his gun by the fence, followed him in and took the soldier's gun from him, and took him pris- oner. On the morning of Dec. 26, 1776, John Muir- heid, John Guild, and David Lanning escorted Cien. Washington and his army from the Eight-mile Ferry to the north end of Trenton.
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During a portion of the struggle the residents of with the army under Washington, and some to a the township were in constant fear, and at times they . place of safety. Pennington was occupied by the sought safety beyond its limits. Rev. Mr. Guild was obliged to escape with his children and take refuge for several weeks with a family named Slack, in Bucks County, Pa., while the enemy had possession of the church. His house was broken open by red-coat in- vaders, who destroyed his books and papers.
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The church was used by British soldiers as a bar- on them, and the sacrilege was completed by breaking the top of the communion-table by a heavy blow with an English firelock.
The patriot, John Hart, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, has been previously re- ferred to. In the "New Jersey Historical Collec- tions" (1844) appeared the following concerning him, which is well worthy insertion :
" JOHN HART, EsQ., a signer of the Declaration of Independence, was a native of Hopewell ; he was a deputy from Hunterdon County in the Provincial Congress of 1775, and a member of the Committee of Safety, and in 1776 was a member of the Continental Congress. Soon after the declaration of independ- ence, New Jersey became the theatre of war. The - progress of the British troops was marked by rapine and wanton destruction of property. The children of Mr. Hart escaped from iusult. by retiring from the neighborhood of the troops, leaving the farm and stock to be pillaged and destroyed by the Hessians. Mrs. Hart, at this time, was afflicted with a disorder which prevented her removal, and which terminated in her death. Mr. Hart was driven from the bedside of his dying partner, and hunted through the woods and among the hills. ' While Washington's army was dwindling down to a mere handful, this old man was carrying his gray hairs and infirmities about from cot- tage to cottage, and from cave to eave, while his farm was pillaged, his property plundered, his family af- flicted and dispersed ; he was, through sorrow, hu- miliatiou, and suffering, wearing out his bodily strength, and hastening the approach of decrepitude and death. Yet he never despaired, never repented the course he had taken.' At one time, being sorely pressed for a safe night's lodging, and being unknown, lie was obliged to share the accommodations of a dog. He died . .. leaving a bright example of patriotism and devotion to his country."
From the same source is the following :
"Col. Joab Houghton, an active partisan officer of the Revolution, was a native of this township. He lived in the uortheastern part, in the house now (1844) occupied by Mr. William Suydam, and died in that occupied by Mr. Joseph Swain. While this part of New Jersey was overrun by the British and Hes- sians, there were but few hardy enough to oppose even the small marauding parties that were daily plundering for the British camp. Nearly the whole of the active population had left their homes, some
British troops, and the inhabitants who remained, being aged, were peaceable, and lay at the mercy of these plunderers. Col. Houghton being at that time at home, word was brought to him by night that the neighborhood of Moore's mill had been visited by the enemy, and that they would probably be out the next day. Early next morning, Col. Houghton col- the point of a neighboring mountain, which over- looked the. surrounding country. Presently he saw the party, who entered a house near by where Col. .Houghton and his men were stationed, after stacking their guns on the outside. The colonel and his men now rushed from their hiding-place, scized first the arms, and then their owners-a Hessian sergeant and twelve men-whom they found regaling themselves in the cellar with metheglin. Col. Houghton re- mained in the field during the war, after which he was a member of the Legislature from Hunterdon County. He was a member of the First Baptist Church, and died at an advanced age about the year 1795."
Abraham Golden, who lived ou the farm now of A. S. Holcombe, was taken out of bed by British sol- diers and conveyed to Long Island, and there con- fined in a prison ship, where he died.
Civil History .- In previous pages is presented everything of interest concerning the organization of Hopewell township that has been elicited as the result of diligent inquiry. Could they have been found, the earliest records of Hopewell would no doubt have yielded much valuable data. No minutes of the town- ship committee previous to 1817 are to be found, and those since that date are so iucomplete that the fol- lowing is as complete a civil list as can be compiled from their pages :
TOWNSHIP CLERKS.
David Stout, 1817-19, 1824-25.
John Carpenter, 1820-22.
George Corwin, 1858.
J. II. Titus, 1859.
Israel Hart, 1860-63, 1866.
Nathaniel Smith, 1829-30.
Charles J. Steele, 1864-65, 1867.
Joseph N. Conrad, 1868. Samuel II. Chatten, 1869-70.
Josiah Ilart, 1838.
F. A. Hart, 1871-78.
Lewis Stout, 1842.
Edgar Hart, 1879-80.
Frederick E. Black well, 1881.
TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE.
George Muirheid, 1817-19.
Joseph Phillips, 1817-20. Levi Atchley, 1817-19, 1823-25.
Samuel Titus, 1817-22. David Stout, 1817-25. Daniel G. Howell, 1820-23.
John Carpenter, 1820-22.
Ephraim Roberts, 1x21-26.
Benjamin Van Cleve, 1823-25, 1827 -30, 1833-42.
Isaac Welling, 1824-27. John West, 1820-28.
Andrew Titus, 1826, 1834-38.
Nathaniel Smith, 1927-30.
Aaron Hart, 1828-30.
Jonathan Blackwell, 1:28-32.
John Weart, 1829-30, 1832-42
John Dilts, 1831-32.
| Jeremiah Vandyke, 1831-37, 1843 51. Benjamin Lewis, 1821. Ira Jewell, 1831-32. Benjamin Ilill, 1533. Amos Hart, 1833.
Daniel G. Howell, 1823.
Isaac Walling, 1826-27.
Joseph Burroughs, 1834-35, 1837, 1839-41.
Stephen B. Smith, 1843-44. D. N. Wiley, 1845-53.
Ephriam Wooley, 1854-57.
racks, the seats were lacked in pieces in cutting meat . lected a few of his neighbors, and placed himself on
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Joseph Burroughs, 1834-41.
Anthony Reed, 1860-61.
Henry Blackwell, 1838-40.
Elias Reed, 1860-63. Elias Farley, 1862-63.
Josiah Bart, 1838-42.
Lewis Stout, 1841-42. Joho Savage, 1842. Reuben Golden, 1843-51. Westley A. Hunt, 1843-46. Stephen B. Smith, 1843-5).
William L. Titus, 1804-68. Jaques W. Voorhees, 1864-69. Alexander Nelson, 1864. Levi C. Voorlees, 1865-67. Joseph Abbott, 1865. Horatio N. Burroughs, 1865-68. Augustus T. Ege, 1866-69. William P. Mannor, 1868-69.
George Woolsey, 1843-44. Theodore Hoff, 1845-49, 1851-52. Aaron S. Vandike, 1847-51. Levi T. Atchley, 1852-54. Charles Fish, 1852-54. George R. Cook, 1852-54.
Philemon Waters, 1852-56. Wilson Atchley, 1853-56.
John S. Atchley, 1871-76.
Samuel B. Ketchum, 1874.
Hezekiah Anderson, 1874-76.
Benjamin F. Holcombe, 1856-58. Alfred W. Smith, 1857.
Peter V. Drake, 1837-59.
John V. Terlinne, 1857-63.
AbDer B. Tomlinson, 1877.
Charles Drake, 1858-59.
A. L. Holines, 1877-81.
Joseph Abbott, 1859.
Ruben Titus, 1877.
Patrick Riley, 1859.
Ira J. Black well, 1878-81.
John Conrad, 1860-64, 1870-73.
Joseph Scott, 1878.
William Fleming, 1860-64.
COLLECTORS.
James Stevenson, 1817-24, 1829- C. T. Black well, 1853-54, 1856-57. 30.
Enoch H. Drake, 1858-59, 1872-73.
George W. Smith, 1825-28, 1830- 31.
IForatio N. Burroughs, 1860-63.
George T. Hart, 1866-71.
William Rasco, 1837, 1843.
Israel P. Lane, 1874-76.
Charles Hoff, 1838-42.
Ira Stout, 1878-80.
C. W. Stout, 1845-47.
J. Britton Hill, 1881.
George Cowine, 1849-51.
Villages and Hamlets .- PENNINGTON .- July 12, 1797, thirteen hundred acres of land were sold to Jo- hannes Lawrenson, of Maidenhead, by Thomas Revell, agent of the West Jersey Society. Lawrenson con- veyed his title to Riehbell Mott, May 14, 1700, and Mott sold out his claim Nov. 11, 1708, to John Corn- wall, John Mott, Nathaniel Moore, and Thomas Read. It is on this section of land that the village of Pen- nington was built, measuring about a mile and three- eighths north and south, and from east to west em- bracing about two square miles.
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