History of Essex and Hudson counties, New Jersey, Vol. I, Part 99

Author: Shaw, William H
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: [United States :]
Number of Pages: 840

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"5thly. Another triangle prece Motted for a watering place for cattle, Begining at John Plum's corner and running up the Brooke west messen chaines, thewee cast and by north seaven chaines to the highway, and at the east end one chuine three rodes ; bonded south by John Phus, and Rotu rt Daglish, North and East by highways.

" And lastly, the streets of the sayı towne of Newarke, as they are now Inyed omt, viz. . the high street to remaine atumt two chaines more or less in breadth, and in length from Hugh Roberts brooke to the mill linke thorow the Middle of the Towne , and the rest of the streetes to bee as they are now in breadth , ToGATHER with all and all manner of rivers, rivolets, springs, runes, streames, Dans, findings, Pastures, wennles, under wurdes, trees, waters, water courses, water falls, ponds, perolls, pitty, ments and Appartenances whatever to the shore belonging or any manner of ways appertaining ; To HAVE AND To Hulp the sail several tructu of upland, meadowes and premiers with theire and every of theire appur- tenances to them the maydl John Curtin, John Treat, Theophilus Petron and Hobert Yong their heures and Amigues forever ; to the only proper us, Intefit and bluf of the Dhl settkis of the towne of Newark afure- said, their heires and Amigues forever, In Com'un ; granted to bee and Remaine to and for the way ral the heroin particularly expressed, and to be appropriated for no other um or or uses whatever ; To be Holden in free and com'un avenge of us the sayı Proprietary, our heires al Asignes forever As of the selgiurie of East Greenwitch ; YEEinING and paying therefor unto us the Proprietors, sur heires and Asignes forever, sixpence sterling monie of England, for the aforesil weveral tracts of Land on every Are and twentieth day of March furover hereafter, in Loin and instead of all other services and demands whatever.

"IN WITNESS whereof WER HAVE enusedl the seule of our myd Province to be herennto affixed, and the same to be signed by our Governor and

the Major part of his Council for the time being this with day of December, Anno Dom. 16,0, url in the eight years of the Raigne of onr MIFraIgne Lord. William the Third, over England, ke., KiNg.

' AvD. HAMILTON, · J HV INIANA,

1 ..

"JOBS BISHOP.

" FROM PROPRIETORS RECORD OF WARRANTS AND SIRVE) S. Lib. 2, 601. 36,

'AILIn 1876. A WARRANT to lay out for Benefit & I'ne of the Town of \. wirkr So much Land us shall be Convehle it for handling plares within the sand Towne, Laml for a School House, for a Town house, x Miting homer, a Market Place or Market places ; and two hundred Aires of U pland and Meadlow in proportion for a parsonage, PROVIDED that home of the said Land bw Already Survived and Appropriated by any parti nias perron & to return &. Intel 31 metal.

" NEWARK & PIONEER TOWN PATENT OR CHARTER.

1 .. J. Rec inlu, Lib. A. A. A., fol. 143 ]

1. Newarkr,

County of ExAPx.

"A TOWN MEETING, hohl Apriell yo 12th 1714, by Virtueof A warrant Inven under Je hands of yo Trustees for ye Said Town for yo Time bring, the Inhabitants being mett, ye Town Pattent was Publistil, in full >w . :

" ANER, by the Grace if tod Queen of Great Britain, france und Irv- Inml, Defender of y faith $ .. To all to whome These Presents Shall Come or muy in any wise Concern Sendoth Greeting. Whereas, our Loveing Subjects John Treat, Joseph Harison, Eliphelet Johnson, John Cooper and John Morris, freel olders And Inhabitants of ye Town of Newark in je County of Essex in our Ir vine of New Jersey, on be half of themselves and the lost of yo freeholders of yo and Town and by their order, by their Humide Partition Presented to our Trusty und well Beloved Robert Hunter Faq's Captain General and Green our in Chiefe of our Said Province, have set forth, that their Ancestor and Prole- censors, treceholder of y mid Town, by Licence from yo Propriet Governour, in ye Month of July one Thousand Six Hundred Sixty Seven, had Purchased from ye Indians, all that Tract of Land now Known by ye Name of Newarke, Bounded Easterly by a Great Creek that Runs from Hackingsack Bay through ye Sult Meadow C'alled by the Indians Wegunhick, an I now known by y. Name of bound Creek . and i ontinu- ing from the head of yo Said freek to the head of a Core ton Markt Tree, from thence it Extended Westerly upon a Straight Line, by Com- putation Seven Mites be the Same more or la's bi the End or fost of the Great Mountain and to the Bulge thereof C'alhend by the Indians War- chung, Near where Ituns a branch of Raway River, from thence Extend- Ing on A Northerly Course along the Ridge of the Sud Mountain to a heap of Stones, Erected to Ascertain the Boundary latween the s'd Town of Newark and the Town of Arbquickatnuck, from thence Runing a South East Conroe by Schquickattack Bound Line, to where the break or Rivolet talbel by the Indians Yantohsh, but how Known by the Name of the Thinl River, Emptieth Hrelf inte Pasnyack River and frem thence Continuing Down along by the sil lusaluk River and Has kingsk Bay to the month of the said Be und Trock and that for want of a Charter ur P'attent of Incorporation they are under Sundry Inconviences and Disorders, which to prevent for ye future they have therefore Prayel our Charter or Pattent of Privilidges are rdingly which Request we being willing to Grant. KNow YER, that of our Especial Grauer, Ler- tan Knowledge, and Mear Mation. We have Given, Granted, Rattifol. and Confirmed, and Do by these Presents, for us, our heirs, wird sur- centers for Ever, Give, Grant, Ratifie, and Confirm nato John Treat, Joseph Harison, James Notman, Eliphelet Johnson, John Cooper, John Morris, Joseph Crane, Thomas Davis, Nathaniel Wheeler, and large Haris n, in Trust to and for themselves and je Best of yo freeholders an Inhabitants of ge mid Town and their success for Ever within the Liults and Boundenforumhl, the free Liberty amt Privillidge of being a Town Ship, and They and their Suerreurs for Ever hereafter are and shall be a Community or Township in Peed and in Name, m the mil County of Eaux, within our Said Province of Now Jersey, by the Namo of the Trustees of the freehold ~ and Inhabitants of the Township of Newark, AND that they and their success is for Ever hereafter Shall linvo a Perpetuali Succession of the Number of Ten, Principle freehoblers and Inhabitants of tho s'd Township of Newark, who shall be the Trustees of the Frochelders and Inhabitants of the Townabip ( Newark for Ever, (That is to any) that upon ). Death of nny

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one or more of the said Trustees, it shall and may be Lawful for the freeholder of the said Township for the Time being, being therunto Samoned or Warned by the Constable or Constables of the said Town for the Time being, by order of the surviving Trus- tres of the said Township of Newark for the time being, or the Major part of them, and by other Publick wayes and Meanes, to Assem- ble and meet together, at such time and lubdick Place within ye said Township as the a'd surviveing Trustees for the time being, or the Major part of them from tinw to tinwe as Need shall lw shall think fitt to Nomi- Hate and appoint, and there by Majority of votes of the said freeholders, to Fleet and those so many of yo Principle freeholders of the said Township Resideing within yo Bounds of the said Township as may till up the Number of the s'il Trustees to be Ten, which Trustees so l'howen and Elected as aforesaid, together with the Surviving Trustees for the time being, Shall be Trustees of the said Township to all Intents and Purposes as Much as if they had been particularly Nominated and Ex- pressed in this our Said Grant. Axn WE Do further Give and Grant unto the said Trustees and their Successors for Ever, that it shall and may he Lawful to and for se said Trustees and their successors for Ever, by ye Nuthe of the Trustres of the freeholders und Inhabitants of ye Township of Newark, In uny of our Courts within Said Province of New Jersey to Sue and be Sued, Answer and be Answered unto, Defend und be Defended. AND WE Do further Give and Grant unto the said Trus- ters and their Successors for Ever hereafter, and to the Major part of theni, full Power and Lawful Authority once in Every Year at their Discretion, to Summons and Call together the freeholders of the said Township, and for the said freeholders and their Successors so Summoned and Called together, to assemble and meet on Such Certain Day and at such plave as the sand Trustees for ye time being or the Major part of them shall appoint, to Elect and Choose by Plurality of Votes of the said freeholders and their Successors, Such Number of the Said free- holders and their Successors as they shall think fit, Not Exceeding five, to be Overseers for appointing whut Improvement Shall be Made for the Ensuing Year upon a Certain Neck of Land within the Bounds of the sud Township, which by Reason of its Situation and Natural advan- tages is or May be Easily Enclosed by a Generall fence, and for appor- tionateing to Each of the said frecholders Interested in the Said Neck, and their Successors for the time being, their share of ye Charge of the Said Generall fence for the Courson Good, which s'd appurtionateing So made as afores'd shall be of force against Each of y. Said freehohler and their Successors fou the time being for their Respective Shares or Portions of the said Charge their Executors, administrators or assigns, for so Long tim as the said Trustees and their Successors or ye Majority of them shall think Att an no Longer, and in Case of Refusall or Ne- glect to l'ay yo Same, it shall and may be Levied by ye Constables of the said Town or any one of them, by warrant from a Justice of the Peace within the said Township by Distress, and by the said Constables or t'onstable to be paid into the said overseers for yo time being, for the use aforesaid and no other use whatsoever. Asn WE Do further Give and Grant to the Said Trustees and their Successors for Ever, that it shall and may be Lawful for ye freeholders and Inhabitants of ye said Town, Annually aud once in Every Year, to Assemble and meet together and to t'hause Two Constables, one overwer of yo Poor, and one overseer of ye highwnies, by Majority of the Votes of the ffrecholders und Inhabit- auty of the skl town of Newark, which Constable and oversver so Chosen un nforesaid shall Serve in the said Respective Offices in the said Town until the Next Annuall Election, if they so Long Live, or Pay the Sum of five Pounds for the use of the poor of the Suid Towu, AND that in T'as of the Death or Refusall of any of the said Officers to serve in any of the said Offices as often as the Same Shall Happen out of the l'aeuall Anniversary tune of Election, that it shall and may be Lawful for the Mai frecholdere and Inhabitants to assemble, and meet together to Choose others in their Room and place, and it shall and may be Lawful for a Justice of the Peace within the said Township to administer an Oath to the Said omfrers of the sabl Town, for the faithfull Dischurge of their Respective Offices, AND WE Do further Give and Grant to the raid Trustees and their Successin all other Privillingen, Rights, Liberties and Imninnities that the Township of AMWELL or any other Township within our i'd Province of New Jersey Both or may of Right Enjoy, To HAVE, HOLD AND ENJOY All and Singular the Privilidges, Righta, Liberties and Immunities aforesaid, until the said John Trent, Joseph Harison, James Nutman, kliphelet Johnson, John Cooper, John Morris, Joseph Crane, Thomas Davis, Nathaniel Wheeler, and George Harison, Trustees of the freeholders and Inhabitants of the Township of Newark and their Suc- censura for Ever; they you'd Truntres and their Successors for Ever Yoild- ing, Rendering, and Paying unto ns, our heirs and Successors, Yearly and Every Year, on the feast Ihry of the ANNUNCIATION of the Blessed

Virgin Mary, us an acknowledgment for the Said Privillidges, the AN- NL'AL Rent of Five Shillings, In Leio un Stead of all other Renta, Ser- vices, and Demands whatsoever for the Same.

" In Testimony whereof, we have Caused these our Letters To be nuvde Pattent, and ye Seall of our Province of New Jersey to be athved. Witt- ness our said Right Trusty and well beloved Robert Hunter Eagr, Captain General and Governour In Cheiffe of the Provinces of New Jer- sey and New York, and the Territories and Tracts of Lund Depending thereon in America, and Vier Admirall of the Same &e, at fort ANNE In New York, this Twenty seventh Day of Apreill, in the Twelfth Year of our Reign, ANNOYE Dox, 1713.

"J. BssE, Secretury."

[L. s.]

" BOUNDARIES OF YE TOWNSHIP OF NEWARKE. [E. J. Records, Lib, 1. A. A., fol. 155.]

" By Warrant from his Excelencie ye Goveruour, to me Directed, bearing Date ye 7th Day of November, 1713.

" sirveyed, Marked out, & Ascertained ye Lines and Boundaries of ye Township of Newarke, According to their Puttent or Charter. which benry Duto y. 27th Duy of Apreill 1713 : begining where Bound Creek Emtieth itself into Hackingsack Bay and Runing up ye s'd Creek to ye head thereof, where a black Cherry tree Markd with ye Letters & ou the one Side & E on the other Stands under a Steep Ilill, thence South Twenty one Degress West Twenty five Chaines forty Three Links to a Deud Black onk Tree, Standing in Joseph Lyons frild, thence North sixty Degress fifteen Minutes West four Hundred and five Chain er tive Mile & five Chains along Markd Trees, many of them being markd with ye Letters N & E as aforesaid (because tis ye Partition Line betwen Sd Newark and Elizabeth Town) to a Black oak tree & a Small Red ouk Tree by it, both Markd ou four Sides Standing on y. Riseing Ground of ye South End of ye Mountain Call'd Watchung, & about forty or fifty Rod North Easterly from ye Westmost of ye Two branches of Raway River which Comes Down on Each Side of yes'd Mountain, Thence Ex- tending on a Northerly Course along ye Ridge of yo s'il Mountain to a heap of Stones, Erected to Ascertain ye Boundaries between s'd Town of Newark & the Town of Acquackanong, fhence on a South East Course to ye brook or Rivollet Called ye Third River, Where it falls into Pusuyack River, Thence Continuing Down ye s'd Pasayack River & Hackingsack Bay to where it began.

" By Joux Rein, Sirvoyor. "A true Copy of ye Return of ye Sirvey of ye Township of Newark, Entered pr me.

" JOHN COOPER, Town Clerk."

CHAPTER XXXV.

CITY OF NEWARK. ( Continued. )

TOWN HISTORY FROM 1660 TO 1714.

THE following is a copy of the original township records of Newark as compiled by Mr. William A. Whitehead and Mr. Samuel H. Conger for the New Jersey Historical Society, by whose kindness we are permitted to reproduce them in this volume :

Imprimis, In the Province of New Jer- 1666. sey, near to Elizabeth Town, and the Town Plotts on Passaic River, made choice of by friends from Milford and other neighbor- ing plantations thereabouts from New England, on the twenty-first day of May, one thousand six hun- dred and sixty-six, the above-mentioned persons had a meeting, together with the agents sent from Guilford and Branford to ask on behalf of their undertakers and selves with reference to a township or allottments, to-

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gether with friends from Milford ; at this meeting it was agreed upon mutually that the aforesaid persons from Milford, Guilford and Branford, together with their associates, being now accepted of, do make one town- ship, provided they send word so to be any time be- tween this and the last of October next ensuing, and according to fundamentals mutually agreed upon, do desire to be of one heart and consent, through God's blessing with one hand they may endeavor the carry- ing on of spiritual concernments as also civil and town affairs according to God and a Godly govern- ment; there to be settled by them and their asso- ciates. They then mutually chose eleven empowered for a committee, viz. : Capt. Robert Treatt, Lieut. Samuel Swain, Mr. Samuel Kitchell, Michal Tomp- kins, Mr. Morris, Sergt. Richard Beckly, Richard Harrison, Thomas Blatchly, Edward Riggs, Stephen Freeman and Thomas Johnson, for the Speedier and better expedition of things then emergent to be done; then also six or more, at the least five of the com- mittee who might remain or be in the place, were mutually chosen and appointed to order and settle the concernments and people of the place, till an- other committee be chosen and settled ; all of the eleven above said, do in the name and behalf of the inhabitants there being, or to come, do mutually covenant and agree that the agents from Guilford and Branford do take up and hold till June in the year one thousand six hundred and sixty-seven, and fully to dispose of, provided it be possessed, built upon, and settled according to order, for their asso- ciates, for themselves, theirs and such as they shall send, provided that these last bring due testimonials to the committee there for the town, and they approve of them lots, allottments in every division equally privileged as far as may be with the rest of the plant- ers then being or to be ; as also the aforesaid agents, and their associates shall be respectively equalized in all privileges whatsoever ; the town or limits thereof according to their fundamentals agreed upon with the place may at any time afford or be capable for a mu- tual benefit. To the true intention and performance hercof we, whose names are underwritten, do sub- seribe or sign in the behalf of the persons above mentioned, in the year one thousand six hundred and sixty-six, the twenty-fourth of May.

Signed,

Copy enrolled per me, ROBERT TREATT, SAMUEL SWAIN.

OCTOBER 30th, 1666.

At a meeting Touching the Intended design of many of the inhabitants of Branford, the following was subscribed :

Deut. 1-25. Exod 18-31. Deut. 17-15.

Ist. That none shall he admitted freemen or free Burgesses within our Town upon Pas- saick River in the Province of New Jersey but such Planters as are men- bers of some or other of the Congrega-

tional Churches, nor shall any but such be chosen to Magistraey or to Carry on any part of Civil Judi- cature, or as deputies or assistants, to have power to Vote In establishing Laws, and making

or Repealing them or to any Chief Mili- Jer m. 86-21 tary Trust or Office. Nor shall any But

such Church Members have any Vote in any such elections ; The' all others admitted to Be planters have Right to their proper Inheritance, and do and shall enjoy all other Civil Liberties and Privileges, According to all Laws, Orders, Grants which are, or hereafter shall be made for this Town.

2nd. We shall with Care and Diligence provide for the maintenance of the purity of Religion professed in the Congregational Churches. Whereunto sub- scribed the Inhabitants from Branford.

Janju.r C'rane.

Abra Peirson.

John Ward, seu

Nam'l swaine.

Milward Ball.

Lauratice Want,

John HATTIson.

Thomas Blacthly.

John Crane.

Samuel Plum.

Thelivered t'rane

Josiah Ward.

Aaron Blarthly

Richard Lanrance

Thomas I'citron.

John Johnsan.

John Ward.

John Catling

Thoum.w L Ison.

Richard Harrison

mark

Thomas Huntington

And upon the reception of their Letters and Sub- scriptions, the present inhabitants, in November fol- lowing, declared their consent and readiness to do likewise ; and at a meeting the twenty-fourth of the next June following, in 1667, they also subscribed, with their own hands unto the two fundamental agree- ments Expressed on the other side their names, as follows :

Rubert Treatt.

Juha Tomkins

Obadiah Bruen.

Gev. Day.

Matthew Camfeld.

Thomas Johnson

Samuel hitchell.

John l'urtie.

Jeremialı Perke

Ephraim Horwell

Michael Tompkins.

Stephen Freeman.

llenry Lyon.

mark.

John Browne.

Nathaniel Wheeler

John Ragers.

Zachariah Hurwell

Stephen Davis.

William Campe.

Milward Rigs. Joseph Walter.

Robert Kitehar11

Robert Daglesh.

his

Hauns, Alber.

J x 1l. Brooks.

Thom Morris.

mark.

Hugh Roberta,

Eph'ın Pennington.

Holart V Lymens.

Martin Tichenor

mark.

John Browne, Je

Francis F. Liule. mark

Azanab C'rane

Daniel Tirtionor

Jumph Ittgg».

John Baldwin, Sen. John Bauldwin, Jour.

Stephen Bond,

Item, it is fully agreed upon that every Man that comes Fundamental Agreement. to beadmitted an Inhabitant with us shall first produce and bring a certificate from the Chief of the place from whence he

Juba. Smargrant

Naamurl Lyon.

ROBERT TREATT, Recorder. S

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comes unless the Town be upon their Knowledge satis- fied in and about the Good Carriage and Behaviour of them otherwise: then it is agreed upon by a full Vote of the Town assembled that all and every Man that comes to be received . . . an Inhabitant in our Town on Passaic River, shall first subscribe his Name and declare his assent, with the rest of the Town, to all and every one of our fundamental agreements on the other side recorded and here following agreed upon, viz. : That it is fully and unanimously agreed upon, as a ('ondition upon the which every one doth reckon and hold his Lands and accommodations in the Town, viz. : that they will from Time to Time pay

or cause to be paid yearly in their full Proportions equally, to the Maintainance & allowance agreed upon for the upholding of the settled Ministry and preaching of the word in our Town, and that was agreed upon before any Division of Land was laid out except Home Lotts-and Eighty Pounds per the year was agreed on and allowed for the present Minister.

Item, it is agreed upon that in case any shall come into us or arise up amongst us that shall willingly or wilfully disturb us iu our Peace and Settlements, and especially that would subvert us from the true Reli- gion and worship of God, and cannot or will not keep their opinions to themselves or be reclaimed after due Time and means of Conviction and reclaiming hath been used ; it is unanimously agreed upon and Con- sented unto as a fundamental Agreement and Order, that all and Persons so ill disposed and affected shall after Notice given them from the Town quietly depart the Place Seasonably, the Town allowing them valu- able Considerations for their Lands or Houses as Indifferent Men shall price them, or else leave them to make the best of them to any Man the Town shall approve of.

Item-it was ordered and agreed upon, in Case of changes of Lands or any kind of obligation whatso- ever by Gift, Sale, Exchange, or otherwise, that any new Inhabitant shall arrive or come into Town to in- habit with us; it is agreed and ordered that he or they from Time to Time shall in all Respects sub- scribe and enter into the same engagements as his Predecessors or the rest of the Town have done, be- fore he or they can or shall be accounted Legal In- habitants in our Town, or have Title to their Lands or Possession therein.

Item-it is solemnly consented unto and agreed by all the Planters & Inhabitants of the submit to law Town of Newark from their settling to- ourselves. gether at first, and again publicly re- newed as their joint Covenant one with another, that they will from Time to Time all submit one to another to be led, ruled and governed by such Magistrates and Rulers in the Town as shall be annually chosen by the Friends from among themselves, with such orders and Law whilst they are settled

LAW Mttied in the Province. here by themselves as they had in the l'lace from whenee they came, under

such Penalties as the Magistrates upon the Nature of the offence shall determine.

Item-the present Inhabitants of the Place for their better security & Neighbourhood, desired Liberty to set down and take up their Lotts in a Quarter to- gether, which Motion of theirs was consented unto ; and after the Line was run in the Center or Middle Street of the Town by the Surveyor-General, and the several Ranges of Lotts agreed upon, and the Middle Highways both in the Length and Breadth of the Town to be eight Rods wide and the Rest four, with a full Highways. Power and Liberty to appoint and agree upon and set out High ways in the most convenient Places necessary for the publiek uses and Benefits of the Town, with the like Liberty for Passages for Drains, Gripes, or Water Courses Water where they were needful; yea, though Pasanges, it should fall out to be across or within any Man's Landsor Meadows what and wheresoever for the pres- ent untill the Town shall see Canse to repeal this order : the Intent whereof was not but that every Particular Person or Persons should have full satisfac- tion otherwise for every such High way or Water Pas- sage that shall be taken from him ; which was consented unto by the Inhabitants then present that had full Power to order matters for the Good of the Town.

Item-it was by a full consent agreed upon, that the Neighbourhood of Milford and New Haven should take up their Home Lotts Home Lots.

and Quarters in that Part of the Town

where now they are, and the Neighbours from Bran- ford and Guilford then present, in Places where uow they are; and the Neighbours from Milford and New Haven freely gave way that Captain Robert Treat should chuse his Lotts, and they agreed amongst themselves to go over and fix the Lotts, which was before by the whole Committee agreed upon to be Six acres, according to their Pattent [patent] of the Sur- veyors Line, for the General . . . the Town : only Captain Robert Treat was allowed to have Eight Acres to his Home Lott; which being done, they belonging to Milford Quarter Milford Quarter. cast Lotts for the Places where they

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History of Essex and Hudson counties, New Jersey, Vol. I, Part 99

Author: Shaw, William H Publication date: 1884 Publisher: [United States :] Number of Pages: 840

Author: Shaw, William H
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: [United States :]
Number of Pages: 840