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In these purposes they were greatly strengthened by the state of public affairs in the Province. The Proprietors, as has been said, relinquished their claim of jurisdiction in April, 1688, but reasserted it in 1690. Owing to the perils by which the Orange dynasty was then surrounded at home, but little notice was taken, by the ministry, of this colonial incident. As the government, however, gained strength and a firm foothold on British soil, the colonies were regarded with more interest. The pleadings in the Jones' case had .turned attention more particularly to the Jerseys. The authorities at New York, also, were perpetually pleading for the annexation of this inviting territory to their own.
The issue must have been clearly foreseen. It could not be averted. The Proprietary government was doomed. The ministry wisely withheld their assent from the appointments of the Board at London. Acceptable, personally, as their ap- · pointee, Gov. Hamilton, was, his authority was questioned, and the jurisdiction of the courts denied. When he was su- perseded in April, 1698, by Jeremiah Basse, in conformity to a law that required the Colonial Governors to be natives of England, the opposition party were greatly strengthened.
* E. J. Records, C. 264-7, 315, 323.
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The American Proprietors took ground against the English Proprietors, and opposed Basse ; while he, on the other hand, sided with the opposition, and so lent his influence to the subversion of the power to which he owed his advancement. The people soon learned to hold the government in contempt. Revolt ensued. The leaders were imprisoned, but speedily rescued by the populace.
In May, 1699, Basse left the government in the hands of Andrew Bowne, (President of the Council, and in sympathy with the opposition), and sailed for England. Bowne's exer- cise of authority was respected no more than his predeces- sor's ; but it stirred up less resistance, as he sided mainly with the people. The return of Gov. Hamilton, at the close of 1699, with a new Commission, served still more to com- plicate matters. In the course of the following spring and summer (1700), the opposition openly revolted; the Assem- bly, called to meet in May, 1700, demanded of Hamilton credentials from the King, and were dissolved the same day. A period of strife and violence followed ; courts were broken up; sheriffs and others were obstructed in serving processes ; and, as during Basse's rule, there were " mutual breaking of Goals, rescuing of Prisoners, and beating and abusing of officers."*
In this culmination of events, towards which they had long been rushing, the people of this town took a deeply- interested part. The Newark people openly refused, at a. town meeting, April 11, 1699, to be taxed for the raising of money, ordered by the Assembly, for redressing a force of the Province of N. York; and in this they were fully sec- onded by this town, at their meeting, on the 21st. At a meet- ing of the County Court in this town, March 12, 1699-1700, the Sheriff having been ordered to arrest Samuel Carter for contempt of Court, the " noise and howling of the people," were such that the Court was obliged to adjourn. A similar scene took place at the County Court in Sept. at Newark,
* E. J. Records, C., 273, 311, 328, 331, 4. E. T. Bill, pp. 45, 124. App. to Do., p. 33. Ans. to
Do., p. 32. Smith's N. J., pp. 209-11, 558-60, 568-9. Leaming and Spicer, pp. 592, 3, 605, Gordon's N. J., p. 53. Whitehead's E. J., pp. 138-41, 147-50, 219-20, 223-7. Mulford's N. J. pp. 257-64. Analytical Index of N. J. Col. Docmts. pp. 19-81.
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several of the inhabitants of this town taking part in the dis- turbance .*
In this terrible confusion of public affairs, it was deter- mined to make an appeal directly to the King. A Petition was prepared, purporting to be from "the Frecholders, In- habitants, and owners of the Land, of and belonging to Elizabeth-Town, or Township, and other Lands thereto adja- cent, in the Province of East New Jersey in America, in behalf of themselves and many others .. " After reciting their title, they say,-
The said Purchasers, and those claiming under them, still continue in the possession of the Lands by them Purchased, and peaceably enjoyed the same, until about September, 1693, being near Thirty Years, and during that Time, great Labour and Expence, built, planted, and improved the same; and they humbly conceive they ought according to Law, Reason and Justice, still to enjoy the same.
They then rehearse the troubles to which they had been put in defending their title, and their need of an impartial tribunal.
They ask, therefore, either to be placed under the civil government of New York, or to have indifferent Judges af- pointed to whom 'all these matters might be referred; and that the usurpers be admonished no more to usurp the royal authority in "constituting courts" and "commissionating Judges." The paper was signed as follows :
John Lamb,
John Megic,
Joseph Woodroof,
John Osborn,
Daniel Dehart,
And. Hampton,
Abraham Hill,
Robert Marsh,
John Thomas,
Joseph Hallsy,
William Strayhearn,
Ephram Clarke,
John Woodroof,
Nathaniel Boinel,
Joseph Williams,
Robert Wooley,
Samuel Clark,
William Miller,
Joshuah Clarke,
John Willis,
Samuel Whitehead,
Henry Lyon, Daniel Crane,
Roger Lambert,
William Looker,
David Woodruff,
Benjamin Lyon,
Jeremiah Osborn,
Ebenezer Lyon,
Joseph Meeker,
Cornelius Hatfield,
Jonathan Ogden, jun., Ephraim Price,
Henry Norris,
Obadiah Sale,
Samuel Carter,
John Cory,
John Little,
Jonathan Ogden,
* Anal. Index, pp. 24, 5, 9, 81. Newark Town Records, pp. 113, 4. Whitehead's E. J p. 145
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Isaac Boinell,
Thomas Thompson.
Isaac Whitehead,
Benjamin Ogdin,
Joseph Lyon,
John Earsken,
Benjamin Wade, sen.,
William Brown,
Thomas Price,
Benjamin Price, jun.,
John Meeker,
Benjamin Hatter,
Benjamin Meeker,
John Thomson,
John Clarke,
John Looker,
Daniel Price,
John Miles,
Jeremiah Crane,
John Harriman, jun.,
Jacob Mitchel,
Daniel Sayre,
John Ross,
Samuel Williams .*
George Ross, jun.,
Abraham Hatfield,
A small proportion only of the large territory belonging to the town had hitherto been occupied. The new generation and the new comers were eager for more land. It was deter- mined, therefore, in town-meeting, in the autumn of 1699, to proceed to an orderly distribution of the back country lands, and the remaining meadows on the Town Creek, among the Associates, now 120 in number. For this purpose, John Harriman, Jr., the eldest son of the minister, was chosen Sur- veyor, and Messrs. Jonathan Ogden, Benjamin Lyon, John Clarke, Samuel Carter, and Cornelius Hatfield, his assistants, " to Lay out, Divide, and Equally assise all the Lands and meadows within the whole Bounds and purchase of Elizabeth Town, to every one Interested therein by Right of purchase under the honourable General Richard Nicholls, their Several and Respective parts and shares of the whole.t
They entered upon their work, Dec. 26, 1699, and com- pleted it, March 5, 1699. The ground surveyed was watered by the Rahway river in its southerly course, and extended from the Newark line on the North, to the Woodbridge line on the South, reaching to the foot of "the mountain " on the West. It included a considerable part of the present towns of Union, Westfield, and Plainfield, and a small part of the town of Rahway. It comprised about 17,000 acres, and was divided into 171 one-hundred acre lots, mostly 40 by 26 chains, the general direction of the length being from East to West, and of the breadth, from North to South. The first lot, assigned to Isaac Whitehead, Sen", deceased, bordered on "the North-west line between Elizth Town and Newark ; " the 107th, 111th, 112th, and 119th, bordered South on the
* Leaming and Spicer, pp. 688-92.
t E. Town Book, B., p. 37.
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Woodbridge Line ; the intervening lots, in the order of their enumeration filling up the interval ; and the remaining lots lying to the West of the others. The settlement of Connecti- cut Farms and Westfield dates from this allotment ; the staple of the population of these townships being the descend- ants of the old planters among whom these lands were ap- portioned .*
In these lists, and other documents of the period, several new names occur, not noticed in the schedule of 1666, and the Dutch Census of 1673. Of some of them but little is known; the origin of a few cannot now be discovered ; and of the remainder a brief account only can be given.
JOHN ALLING [ALLEN] was in humble circumstances, labor- ing by the day, employed by Mr. Harriman in " bottoming chairs." The day after Mr. Harriman's death, his daughter, says the old Ledger, " Abigail Alling came to our service." His father, John, died, intestate, April, 1685. He himself was admitted an Associate in 1699-1700. What relation, if any, he bore to Samnel Alling, the founder of the Newark family, from New Haven, Ct. is not known, -- probably none.t
ANDREW ALEXANDER was one of Mr. Harriman's parishion- ers. He resided here as early as Jan., 1696. He was, doubtless, of the same family with George and John Alex- ander, who came over with the Scotch emigration about 1685, and had large allotments of land on the Rahway river, and at the Scotch Plains, on Green Brook. Andrew was a schoolmaster, and had among his pupils, in 1697-8, three of Mr. Harriman's children, who credits him, in his Ledger thus: "for schooling my 3 children at 58 3ª-15 9." He was living here in 1705.±
MARGARET BAKER Was here as early as 1676. She obtained, Feb. 1, 1674, a warrant for 200 acres, "in right of Peter Wolverson," who had returned to New York. She is recorded as Mrs. Margaret Baker, but her deceased husband's name is not given.
* E. Town Book, B., 12-37. IIarriman's Ledger, pp. 143-150.
t Newark Town Records, p. 116. Mr. Harrlinan's Ledger, p. 127.
# Ib., p. 108. E. J. Records, L., 50, 101, 170, 206.
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She was a sister of Gov. Peter Stuyvesant, and quite a noted character. Jacob Backer, her husband, was a pros- perous merchant in New York. He resided on the E. side . of Broad st. near Beaver st., and adjoining his store. He was Schepen for several years, and held in high esteem. He went over to Holland, in 1660, and left his business here in charge of his wife, Margaret, returning only occasionally. Their eldest child, Nicholas, was baptized in the Dutch Church, N. Y., Mar. 25, 1657 ; their 2d child, Hillegond, Sep. 7, 1759 ; Henricus, Sep. 26, 1660; and Abraham, Nov. 23, 1664. After the English conquest he returned once or twice more to Holland, and seems, after 1669, not to have come back. It was reported that he died in the East Indies. His property was heavily mortgaged, to Jean Cousseau, who foreclosed in 1670. Balthazar de Haert, a wealthy merchant, living in Pearl st. between Broad and William streets, pur- chased the property, in Oct. 1670, at public sale. As the sequel shows, he had become quite intimate with widow Baker. He died the next year but one, 1672, and, having never married, left the most of his estate to his three brothers, Daniel, Matthias and Jacob, having first made provision for his natural son, Matthias ; and bequeathed to his "Naturall son Daniel De Haert, procreated by Margarett Stuyvesant," the house and lot then occupied by him and Elias Provost Smith, and "two greate stilling kettles; " also 600 guilders wampum annually ; of all which the mother was to have the use until their son, Daniel (who had been baptized, Sep. 1, 1671), should come of age.
Among the Albany Records is a Petition, dated Ap. 29, 1676, of Margaret Stuyvesant "for an examination of her account against the estate of the late Balthazar de Haart, with whom she was engaged to be married, and who in his lifetime made use of her estate." Oct. 2, 1676, Daniel de Haart asks for a subpœna to be served " in the suit between Daniel de Haart, administrator, &c., and Margaret Stuy- vesant alias Bakers." In the following winter, Mrs. Margaret Baker has taken up her residence here, induced thereto, probably, by a settlement with Daniel de Haart, his brother
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Balthazar having acquired considerable land here before his deatlı. Not many years after, she found it convenient to change her condition once more. A very singular covenant of marriage is on record, dated March 11, 1673, between Hendrick Droogestradt and Mrs. Margarita Stuyvesant, both of Elizabeth Town, in which, Hendricus, Nicholas and Abra- ham Backer are mentioned as her children. The witnesses to the covenant are John Woodruff, George Jewell, and Rich- ard Pettinger. The identification is complete. (Mr. Drooge- stradt had been a resident of New York, and, Feb. 26, 1671, had obtained license to marry Mary Jansen. They were still living, in Jan., 1674, at New York, tenants of Rev. Jacob Fabritius.) According to the Dutch custom, Mrs. Baker retained her maiden name, Stuyvesant, after her marriage. The three children named above were born in wedlock. Mrs. Baker, having been a resident of New York, was doubtless well acquainted with Wolverson, and so be- came a purchaser of his rights here. The amount surveyed for her was 224 acres, already described in connection with the notice of Wolverson. The larger part of it adjoined Daniel de Hart's land on the West, which Daniel was, doubtless, her own son .*
SHAMGAR BARNES was one of Mr. Harriman's parishioners, in humble condition. He may have been a son of Thomas Barnes, of Shrewsbury, N. J .; but, more probably, he was from Southampton, L. I., the home of so many of the early settlers of this town. William Barnes was there as soon as 1644, and Joshua Barnes, in 1653 and onwards. Thomas Barnes was at New Haven, Ct., in 1643.+
SAMUEL BARNET was the founder of a large family, but his origin is not known. The Rev. Thomas Barnard, of New London, Ct., is called " Barnet," by Cotton Mather. Such a conversion of names is very common in the old records. He was admitted an Associate in 1695.4
JOHN BLANCHARD is called, by Mr. Harriman, " gallicus," i. e. a Frenchman. In one place, he writes the name,
-. * Alb. Records, XXV. 105, 156. N. Y. WIlIs, I. 353-392. E. J. Records, II. 50, 56 ; III. 140 N. Y. Marriages, p. 117.
t Howell, pp. 96, 151, 179, 206. : Savage, I. 123. Mather's Magnalla. E. T. Book, B. 45.
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"Blankshard ;" in another "Blankshaw," in accordance with the French pronunciation. The name first occurs in 1700. Several French families became residents of the town during the first few years of the 18th century. He opened, as early as 1700, a country store here, which was kept by him, or some member of his family, a great many years. The following debit appears against him in Mr. Harriman's Ledger : "1703. May 17th, p a house &c sold you this day at 801b is £80, 00, 00." In 1711, he was one of the Justices of the Peace, and, in 1720, one of the Town Committee. He was a man of much distinction and influence, and the founder of a numerous and respectable family .*
JOHN BOARDMAN first appears at the Town Meeting, Jan. 18, 1696, when he subscribed 6s. per annum to Mr. Harriman's support. He seems to have been a day-laborer, and may have been the sexton of the church, an entry made in Mr. Harriman's Ledger, by his son, John, being in these words : "1705 August 21 by Diging fathers grave-0, 4, 0." Mr. H. died on the 20th. Boardman died in 1707, his will bearing date, March 4, 1706. His wife, Sarah, to whom he left all his property, survived him.}
WILLIAM BOYELL [should, probably, be BOYLE] and Jane Jansen, both of E. Town, were married, Sep. 27, 1675, at E. Town, by Justice Bollen. Nothing further is known of them. He may have been the ancestor of Solomon Boyle, who owned 600 acres on the Upper Passaic, adjoining the Berk- ley tract, and was the father of a numerous family. Charles Boyle was at Oyster Bay, L. I., a few years later.}
WILLIAM BROADWELL was a cordwainer, who married, Aug. 25, 1677, Mary, a daughter of Robert Morse, tailor, all of this town. She was his second wife. He purchased, Oct. 30, 1678, 148 acres of land in E. Town, of Luke Watson, who had removed to Delaware; also, Sep. 26, 1681, 35 acres, a part of his father-in-law's lands, bordering East on Eliz. River. He obtained, Feb. 26, 1679-80, a warrant, " in Right of him & his wife." He sold a part of his lands, July 4,
* Old Ledger, pp. 128, 131, 145. Records Quarter Sessions, 1711, 12. E. T. Book, B. 1.
t Old Ledger, p. 114. # E. J. Records, III. 118. Alb. Land Papers, X. 161.
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1682, to Joseph Frazee ; he bought, Oct. 20, 1684, of Joseph Kerr, another tract, and on the 24th, sold to Capt. Andrew Bown, of Middletown, N. J., (Deputy Gov., in 1699), 27 acres adjoining Leonard Headley. He applied, June 11, 1685, for 500 acres in E. T., and obtained "250 at 2d. per Acre." He had surveyed, Nov. 6, 1685, a tract of 267 acres, at E. side of Ash Swamp, adjoining Wm. Pardon, Robert Morse, Wm. Trotter, and George Pack; also 16 acres more on the E. of the above; and 38 acres of meadow on the S. side of Bound Creek : in all, 320 acres. His saw-mill was one of the landmarks of the day. He died early in April, 16:9. His estate was valued at £67, 9, 1 .*
WILLIAM BROWNE was a wheelwright and carpenter. Hc was one of the early settlers of Southampton, L. I., and Oct. 7, 1648, was chosen one of the freemen of the town. He came to E. Town, probably, about 1680. He was commis- sioned Lieutenant of Capt. Daniel Price's Company of Foot, May 3, 1697. In March, 1699-1700, he was chosen one of the Associates of the Town. He was a .brother-in-law of Capt. Isaac Whitehead. Joseph and Isaac Ogden were his sons-in-law. He died in Dec., 1702.+
MORDECAI BURNET was, also, from Southampton, L. I. His father, Thomas, came thither from Lynn, Mass., as early as 1643. He had 7 sons : John, Aaron, Lot, Joel, Dan, Mor- decai, and Matthias. Mordecai was the son of his second wife, Mary Pierson, whom he married in 1663, at Lynn. He was admitted one of the Associates in March 1699-1700. No record of his residence here at an earlier date has been found. He was born, probably, about 1670, and may have come here about 1690. Dr. Ichabod Burnet, who came here later, and was one of the Associates in 1729, was the son of his brother Dan, and the father of the Burnet family of this town.
RICHARD CLARKE, shipwright, also, was from the East End of Long Island. In a deposition made, March 22, 1741, his son, Richard, then "aged about fourscore Years," states
* E. J. Records, 114; o. e. 150; II. 128; o. e. 330 ; 1V. 19, 20; A. 182, 3, 335; L. S4.
t Ilowell, pp. 29, 90. E. J. Records, C. 264. O'd Ledger, p. 7.
# Howell, pp. 92, 203, 9. E. T. Book, B., p. 3.
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" that he was born, as he hath heard, at South-Hampton on Long Island ; and that he was brought to Eliz. Town by his Father, named Richard Clarke, when he was between six- teen and seventeen years of Age." The father's name is not found among the early inhabitants of Southampton. He was living at Southold in 1675. Mr. Clarke, with his wife, Eliza- beth, daughter, Elizabeth, and five sons, Richard, John, Joshua, Samuel and Ephraim, came here, about 1678. Two sons, Thomas and Benjamin, were born to him after his arri- val. The first five were all admitted as Associates in 1699- 1700. He obtained, Feb. 25, 1679-80, a warrant for 300 acres " in Right of himself his Wife his Sons Richard, John and his Daughter Elizabeth Clarke." These three were of sufficient age [14 years] at the time to have an allotment of land granted their father for them. The survey of this land, located near Rahway, is not on record. He had purchased, in 1678, Caleb Carwithy's land, at Luke Watson's Point. He was admitted an Associate, in 1695. His Will is dated, New York, April 1, 1697, where he may have been taken ill, and where, probably, he died, a day or two later. His son, Thomas, was the grandfather of Abraham Clark, the "Signer." His estate was valued at £159, 5, 11 .*
JONATHAN CLEMENT was one of Mr. Harriman's parishion- ers from 1694 (and probably earlier) to 1705. But little is known of him. The Clement family were numerous at Hav- erhill, Mass., and Jonathan may have originated there. One of the entries in the old Ledger, against Mr. Clement, is in these words : " 1705 May 26 your negro came to board." +
JOHN COREY first appears here as one of the Memorialists of 1700. He came from Southold, L. I. Abraham was a resident of that town, as early as 1662, where he married Margaret, a daughter of Jeffry Christophers. John Cory, in 1675, was assessed, at Southold, for £44; and Jacob Cory, for £93. It is likely that the three were brothers. He died, in Dec. 1722, and his widow, Priscilla, in Dec. 1723. ±
ANDREW CRAIG [CRAIGE, CRAGE, CRAG, CRAGG], it is
* E. T. Bill, p. 115. E. J. Records, II. 103, 127.
t Ledger, p. 67. Savage, I. 407, 8. # Savage, I. 459, 60. N. Y. Doc. His., IL. 449-52.
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thought, came with the Scotch emigration, in Gov. Lawrie's time. John and James Craige came with Lord Campbell in 1685. As related, on a subsequent page, the Rev. George Keith, Episcopal Missionary, was entertained at his house, in Nov. 1703, preached there the first Episcopal sermon ever delivered in the town, and baptized Mr. Craig's four children. He was admitted an Associate in March, 1699-1700, and drew No. 162 of the 100-acre lots, on the S. W. side of the Rahway river, and on the lower side of the "Noramahegon branch," in the bounds of the present township of Westfield, being its easternmost point. A part of the family became at- tached, subsequently, to the Westfield Church. Ilis auto- graph appears among the Associates, Nov. 28, 1729, in the Town Book. He died, about Oct. 1, 1738 .*
JAMES CRIGHTON is known only as one of Mr. Harriman's parishioners. A John Crichton was one of the banished Scots who arrived in Dec. 1685.+
WILLIAM DARBIE was a resident of the town in 16SS. Ap. 16, of that year, the widow Agatha White sells all the lands of Richard Beach in E. Town, bought of him, March 31, 1688, to William Darbie of E. Town. Nothing further is known of him. A William Darby was one of the respond- ents in 1752, to the E. Town Bill in Chancery.+
THOMAS DARLING was admitted one of the Associates in 1699-1700, and drew No. 150 of the 100-acre lots, near the Rahway river and N. E. of it, between Joseph. Woodruff and Hurr Thompson. A Thomas Darling was at Salem, Mass., in 1690 ; George, at Lynn, 1650 ; and John Darling, who married Eliza, daughter of James Beers, was one of the early settlers of Fairfield, Ct. §
DANIEL DE HART Was erroneously numbered by Jeremiah Osborn, in his affidavit, as one of the original 80 associates. He is not included in the Town list, as recorded in their book. He was a physician and a resident of New York. Four brothers, Balthazar, Daniel, Matthias, and Jacobus,
* P. Ep. His. Soc. Coll., p. 44. Clark's St. John's Chh. of E. T., p. 15. E. T. Book, B. 3, 85. Whitehead's P. Amboy, p. 22.
+ Ledger, p. 77. Whitehead's P. Amboy, p. 25.
+ E. J. Records, B. 333, 4. E. T. Bill, pp. 106, ". Ans. to do.
§ Savage, II. 10. E. T. Book, B. 8, 88.
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De Haerdt were early citizens of New Amsterdam, the former having engaged in the shipping business, about 1658, and having been greatly prospered. Balthazar resided, at the English Conquest, on the S. side of Wall st. He purchased, Ap. 3, 1671, of Richard Painter, one of the original Asso- ciates of this town, who had removed to N. York, his house and plantation here. At his death, early the next year, his executors sold, for £48, July 4, 1672, the property to Richard Skinner, "Joyner" of this town, who had been a servant both to Painter and to De Hart. Skinner, however, being unable, probably, to comply with the terms of purchase, relin- quished the possession. Whereupon Daniel De Haert, as " Executor of Baltaz De Haert," obtained, March 30, 1675, a warrant for 120 acres, " in Right of Richard Painter," and, Ap. 1, 1678, obtained a survey of 134} acres, including a house-lot of 3 acres, already described in the notice of Painter on a previous page. Two years later, Mar. 28, 1680, he sold, in behalf of the heirs of his brother, all their estate in the town, to George Jewell of Piscataway.
After his brother's death, Daniel succeeded to his business, and died without issue, late in 1689, or early in 1690. His brother, Jacob, married Cornelia Beeck, and resided on the W. side of Pearl, below Wall st. Their children were-Wil- liam, Peter, Elizabeth, and Balthus, 1673-80, and another, 1684, not named. Matthias married, in 1670, Jannetie, the widow of Joannes De Witt, a wealthy flour-merchant of New York, and had a daughter, Catalina, bap. Jan. 21, 1673. He had died in 1675. Since Dr. Daniel De Hart died as early as 1690, he could not have been the Daniel, who was admit- ted one of the Associates in 1695, and who signed the memo- rial to the King in 1700. This Daniel was, undoubtedly, the son of Mrs. Margaret Baker and Balthazar De Hart-the . first one of the name who took up his residence here. Capt. Matthias De Hart, born 1667, must have been the son, Mat- thias, mentioned in the will of Balthazar. He was the an- cestor of the E. Town family .*
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