History of Hunterdon and Somerset counties, New Jersey : with illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers, Part 200

Author: Snell, James P; Ellis, Franklin, 1828-1885
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Philadelphia : Everts & Peck
Number of Pages: 1170

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"' AMERICAN CAMP, NEW JERSEY, NOV., A.D. 1776.

"' To the good people of New Jersey, und all others whom it may concern :

"' It is hereby ordered that the wife and children of John lloneyman, of Griggstown, the notorious Tory, now within the British lines, and proba- bly neting the part of a spy, shall be and hereby are protected from all harm and annoyance from every quarter, until further orders. But this furnishes no protection to Honeyman himself.

"'GEO. WASHINGTON, "' Com .- in-Chief.'

" After the rending of this paper the wife invited Bnird and his asso- ciates to make such examination of the premises as they thought proper, but no one seemed anxious to proceed any further. A long silence en- sued. The assemblage was somewhat confused and confounded, and soon after gradually dispersed.

"This paper was not only signed by Washington, but was all written hy him, und remained in the family for many years afterwards. It was seen and read by the children as well as by many others."

When the war closed, John Honeyman, whose whereabouts from Jnnu- ary, 1777, to the close of the wer cannot be certainly determined, but who was not nt Griggstown, returned home the greatest hero of the honr. " The same neighbors who had once surrounded his humble dwelling and sought his life not only again surrounded it, but pressed vigorously for admittance,-not to harm but to thank and bless and honor him, and to congratulate and applaud his long suffering but heroic wife. Many American officers came to visit him, Washington himself being among the first."

Ile removed ten years later to noar Lemington, where ho did, in 1822, at the ripe old ago of ninety-five.

BARON STEUBEN.

In Bloomington, on the turnpike leading to New Brunswick, and be- tween it and the Raritan River, stood the old Abralinin Stants mansion, in its early days a building of some pretensions, but a few years since de- nolished. In this house Baron Steuben had his winter quarters in 1788 aud 1789. Ilere he slept, plnuned, wrote, und beld his councils.

TAVERNS.

In 1766, a few yards east of the present church of Six-Mile Run was a tavern kept by the Widow Wood. Her husband, William Wood, kept it in 1745. The old house was afterwards for a long time owned and resided in by Robert Priest. Their daughter Cathat-

rine, widow of Peter R. Suydam, now living in New Brunswick, is in the possession of the property. The house is doubtless the same one occupied by William Wood, and may be one hundred and fifty years old or more.

Where the new hotel of C. C. Beekman now stands, in 1766 was a tavern kept by Joseph Gifford. In 1796, Moore Baker began to keep this public-house, and continued for forty-four years. His son William kept it for twenty-eight years, and William William- son for six, when the old building, called the Franklin House, was taken down and the new hotel erected on its site.

In 1766 there were six taverns between New Bruns- wiek and Upper Ten-Mile Run; two at Three-Mile Run,-one kept by John Kent, about 150 yards east of the railroad, the other by Cornelins Waldron,* where Jacob Christopher now lives ; three at Six-Mile Run, kept by Wood, Gifford, and Manley; and one at Ten-Mile Run, by William Williamson, and after- wards for a time by Elias Baker.

LOSSES DURING THE REVOLUTION.

Partial list of persons damaged by the British in 1776 and 1777 in Franklin township, taken from Vol. XV., in the State Library at Trenton. Detailed lists of all goods, chattels, etc., taken or destroyed are given, with the affidavits of the parties. Here only the gross amounts are given :

Hendrick Fisher, near Bound Brook

145

Garret Voorhees, Middlebush

451 17

199 Philip Folkerson, Middlebuslı .. 19

John Stoethoff, Middlelmsh .... 15 29

l'eter Rappleyear, Middlebush. 393 7

John Specder, Middlebush ... 126

Samuel Garretson, Middlebush

John French, neur New Brunswick 151

John Bray, Raritan Landing .... 26

John Shank, Three-Mile Run 147 19

Benjamin Hegeman, Six-Mile Run ..

Jacgnes Voorhees,

112

Jacobus Wickoff (Middlebush ?)

116

Peter T. Schenck, Raritan Landing

218

Juhn Stoothoff (Six-Mile Run ?).

Peter Runyea, Six-Mile Run.

Peter Jorks, Six-Mile Run.

Adrian Van Nostrand, Three-Mile Run ..

Cornelius Van Hengelen, Middlebush ..

John Stryker, Six-Mile Run ...

200

Johannes Van Liew, Three-Mile Run ....

519

Rev. John Light (Leydt)+

#: Waldron's tavern was afterwards owned und ocenpied for n time by Daniel Brunson, who conducted the tailoring business until 1806, when be soll it to Samnel King and removed about half a mile down the rond, where he kept the " Rising Sun," or what was for a long time called the " Brunson tavern," now the De Mott House. Samuel King lived on tho old tavern property, addedl a second story to a part of the old house, en- larged and remodeled it in other respects, and established and conducted the tanning und currying business, which has been continued there until tho present time. He died in 1835. IIe had a son, John, who married Jemima, a daughter of Col. Farrington Barcalow; he died early. IIis widow now lives at Spring Lako, Ill.

After King's donth, in 1836, Peter Mnhan purchased the property und resided on it. From Mahan the property went into the possession of John Christopher, from him to that of his son, Jacob, now residing thereon, and who has added to it the Leffert Waldron property, which was pur- clinsed of Daniel Hendrickson in 1732.

t This last Item was for daninges dono by British in 1782.

Abraham Van Doren, Middlebush. 67

Jano Patterson, Three-Mile Run. 39

Cornelius Van Liew, Three-Mile Run .. 18

10 0

HON. CHARLES B. MOORE is a grandson of Josiah Moore, who settled at Flemington, N. J., prior to the year 1800. His parents were Elnathan and Mary (Run- kle) Moore, the former of whom was a prominent hotel- keeper at Flemington for many years. Ifis father died at Ten-Mile Run, Franklin township, on May 3, 1857. in the seventy-third year of his nge, and his mother in New Brunswick, N. J., Oct. 26, 1871, in her ninety-third year. Both lie buried ut Kingston, N. . I.

Senator Moore was the youngest of a family of six children, and was born at Flemington on Jan. 6, 1822. Ilis brothers and sisters were William, who resides at Flemington ; Austin (deceased) ; Hannah, who married Isane Stout, of Rocky Ilill, and who is dead ; Hart, pro- prietor of the County Hotel at Somerville ; and John, residing at Kingston.

The earlier years of Mr. Moore's life were passed at home, and his educational training was completed at the Lawrenceville (N. J.) Academy. At the age of fifteen he left school, and began the active duties of life as a elerk in the store of T. J. Skillman, of Rocky Ilill. Ile then passed to the store of Farlee & Depue, of Flem- ington, where he clerked for a time, and at the age of seventeen he loented at Kingston, N. J., elerking for P. IT. Barker for two years. With what small capital he had gathered together he started, when nineteen years of age, a small grocery-store at Kingston, where he con- tinned in trade until 1864, in which year he removed his storo to its present location at that placo. Ilere he still remains in trade. He also operates n hny-press nt Kingston, and engages extensively in the lumber and coal business. He occupies and tills a fertile farm near Kingston, which he purchased in 1857.

While Mr. Moore is recognized as one of the purely self-made and successful business men of Somerset

County, it is in the bronder sphere of public life that ha has become best known. Politically he is a Democrat, and enjoys a controlling influence in the councils of his party. lle was a member of the town committee of Franklin township for three years, and in 1871 was de- fented for the office of sheriff by only n few votes. In 1875 he was elected to represent Somerset County in the State Sennte, and was one of the most popular and influ- ential members of that body, being chairman of the committee on railroads and canals, and a member of the judiciary committee. Upon his retirement from the Senate, in 1879, Mr. Moore was appointed to the office of supervisor of the New Jersey State prison by a board consisting of the Governor, chief-justice of the Supreme Court, the chancellor, and the attorney-general. This is a position of great importance and responsibility, con- trolling the contract system of the prison, its victualing and general supplies, and is still held by him.

In social and home life Mr. Moore is eminently popu- lar and agreeable, and is the ruling spirit of the section of country in which he resides. He is in netive sym- pathy with all movements tending to improve and elevate the community, and is looked upon as a man of integrity and a politician without guile. No corrupting hand has ever been laid on him. He has been for several years the president and treasurer of the board of trustees of the Presbyterian Church nt Kingston. lle is also the president of two loan associations nt that place, And a member of the board of trustees of the school district.

Senator Moore was married in June, 1817, to Margaret A., daughter of John and Margaret Van Tilberg, of Kingston, N. J. Ilis children are Sarah, wife of J. F. Johnston, of Princeton, N. J .; William, who is In the coal and lumber business at Kingston ; Charles E., who is in his father's store ; and Adeline, residing at home.

813

FRANKLIN.

ROADS AND BRIDGES.

It is impossible to arrive at entirely definite in- formation about the opening of the first roads, since they were mere bridle-paths through the forests.

The road from Inian's Ferry (afterwards New Bruns- wick), to the Falls of the Delaware (afterwards Tren- ton) was probably the first road opened through Franklin township. It at first followed the old In- dian path, and hence its many crooks. A road (or path) was certainly opened on the south side of the Raritan by 1700, if not before, as the Raritan lots were already then beginning to be settled. The 8- mile line through the middle of the twelve Middle- bush lots, which was first run about 1703, must have become a path or road soon after that date, as the houses were built along this line that the owners might be near the centres of their farms, which ran east and west. Then, from near the northern end of this Middlebush road, a road was needed to Inian's Ferry. This bore off to the south, and joined the Six-Mile Run rond about two miles east of the Raritan. But settlers were already locating along the Millstone, and the Harlingen tract was settled in 1710. These people needed a means of ingress and egress. A

road from Middlebush to Millstone and westward to Wood's tavern (the northern limit of the Harlingen tract), must have been opened soon after 1710. As necessity required it to be extended farther west into Hunterdon County, this was done ; and when Amwell township was set off, this important easterly and westerly road received the name of the Amwell road, by which it is yet known.

A branch was run from the Amwell road at Mid- dlebush to Weston, through the Cedar Grove District, at an early period, probably by 1715 or 1720, to ac- commodate the people who had settledl nt Weston and Ilarmony Plains. The latter place began to be set- tled in 1712. Then, again, a road was opened by 1717 from Six-Mile Run to Blackwell's Mills to necommo- date the people from the southern end of the Harlin- gen tract, who attended church at Six-Mile Run until 1727. Tho Millstone was at first forded nt Millstone and then at Blackwell's and Weston, and thus they continued to cross for several years. When mill- dams were erected at Weston and Blackwell's, about 17.10, the river continued to be forded below, but be- came impassable at Millstone, and a bridgo became then, if not before, n necessity. It is quite probable that a rude bridge was built at Millstone as early as 1715 or 1720.

There were six bridges across the Millstone, nlong the western border of Franklin township, long before the Revolution, the dates of which are approximately as follows: At Kingston, 1710; Millstone, 1720; Wes- ton, Blackwell's, and Griggstown, 1740-50; Rock- ing Hill, 1760 .*

See also general chapter on "Roads and Bridges," commencing at page 573 of this work, for much in- formation concerning roads of this township.

CIVIL HISTORY AND CIVIL LISTS.

There seems to be no record preserved of the for- mation of the present township of Franklin. In 1693 the township of Piscataway was extended to the south side of the Raritan, and the larger part of our present Franklin remained as a part of Pisentaway, Middlesex Co., until 1709. Only about three or four square miles in the northwestern corner of the town- ship were in Somerset, by the law of 1688.+ When, in 1709, the southern line of Somerset was fixed on Lawrence's Brook, the domain of Piscataway town- ship, on the south side of the Raritan, passed away. Franklin then became a part of the county and town of Somerset, which were identical. As early as 1746 the county began to be divided into towns, and Frank- lin was subsequently called the "Eastern Precinct." In 1760 an act was passed forming and making the county and township lines. The bounds of Frank- lin were fixed by the rivers on the northeast and west. The southern bound of the town fluctuated with the southern bound of the county. The town- ship no doubt received the name of Franklin during Governor Franklin's administration, which lasted from 1762 to 1776. In 1798 the general law for the incorporation of townships directed that the cor- porate name of this township should be "The In- habitants of the Township of Franklin, in the County of Somerset." In 1850 a triangle of land at the eastern point of the county, between the Mile Run brook on the west, Albany and Somerset Streets, in the city of New Brunswick, on the south, and the Raritan River on the east, was set off from Franklin to the city of New Brunswick. Except for this change, the literary and theological institutions in New Brunswick would belong to this township.

A volume? is in the county clerk's office entitled " Franklin Township Proceedings, commenced April 9, 1798 ; Clerk's Book." The following are the min- utes of the first meeting :

" The Freehullers and Inhabitants of the Township of Franklin, In the county of Somerset, met at the house of Mrs. Jane Spader widow ", in Middle Bush, on Monday, the ninth day of April, 1798, to choose offl. cers for said town, as follows : John Bayard, Moderator ; Ja. ob Tallon , Town Clerk ; Jacob H. Hardenbergh, Adrian V. Sistrand, Benjamin Smith, Hendrick Suydam, Pound Keepers; John Hry, Garret Voorhis. Hendrik Berrien, A committee to prepare regulations and by -laws to be

"Jane, 1778 .- Michael Vanderveer repaired the bridge at l'eter Schonck's Mill (now Blackwell's). Ho was allowed £+ 10s."

" Dec. 2, 1770 .- Lin wore directed to be raised by a tax on the luhalf- tanta of the county to repair the bridge at Griggstown."

"June 19, 1751 -Archibahl Mercer was authorized to repair the bridge ly hls mill (now Blackwell's), and to use the old planks from the court- house bridge for this purpose."

t Sco map.

: Svo Hillalwrough.

¿ The first volume of minuten extends from 1728 In 15;1; the second and present volume begins in 1572. The business is kept much more in detall since 19:2. The fint volumo is deposited in the county clark's office for safok coping.

* The following appears In the records of the Freeholders:

" 1774,-Allowed Abram Van Neste, Enq., Ga. light money, for planks for the bridge near bis house." [Westou.]

814

SOMERSET COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.

Jaid before the next town-meeting; Abraham Nevius, Assessor; Rulif Voorhis, Collector; David Nevius, Garret Voorhis, Chosen Freeholders ; Abram Nevius, Moses Scott, Rulif Voorhies, Adrian Van Nostrand, Over- seers of the Poor; Abram A. Voorhies, Peter Runyea, Garret Voorhies, Commissioners of Appeals; Abram Nevius, Fred. V. Liew, Surveyors of the Highways; Peter Montfort, Jonas Solomon, Constables; Jucob R. Hardenbergh, James V. Duyn, John Stryker, Garret Voorhies, Ab. Quick, Township Comosittee; James V. Duyn, Richard Fulkerson, Jolin De Grow, John Stryker, Israel Harris, Henry Disbro, Ephraim Yates, Hen- drick Gulick, Ab. Quick, Farrington Barcalow, Jac. V. Dike, Lucas Voor- hies, John F. V. Liew, Tunis Hoagland, Henry Van Nortwick, Jacobus Garretson, Isaac Silcox, Overseers of the Road; John Stryker, Judge of Aquual Election.

" Agreed that the sum of £230 be raised for the support of the poor for the present year.

" The next annual election for the purpose of choosing representatives will be opened in this place.

"The next annual meeting will be opened at Mr. Baker's, Six-Mile Run.

" JOHN BAYAND, Moderator,

" JACOB TALLMAN, Town Clerk."

The names of clerks, assessors, collectors, chosen freeholders, and township committees are given. These sufficiently indicate the leading men in the town, all of whose names pass in review sooner or later.

TOWN CLERKS.

1798, Jacob Tallman ; 1799-1815, Fred. Van Liew ; 1816-21, Abram Voor- hees; 1822-23, Ralph Voorhees; 1824, Abram A. Voorhees ; 1825-30, Ralph Voorlees; 1831-32, Peter A. Voorhees ; 1833-37, Jolla G. Voor- lices ; 1838-40, Juhu De Mott; 1841, Peleg II. Barker; 1842-48, Simon Wyckoff ; 1849, Randolph Martin ; 1850-52, Jobn N. Hoagland; 1853 -55, Peter S. Brokaw ; 1856, William Williamson ; 1857-59, B. B. Vao Nuys; 1860-62, Alfred J. Voorhees; 1863, J. Boyd Van Doren ; 1864- 66, Alfred J. Voorhees; 1867-09, Cor. V. Oppie; 1870-71, George R. Suydam ; 1872-73, Dr. Jacob W. Voorhees; 1874-76, Alfred J. Voor- bees ; 1877-79, 1I. B. Skillman ; 1880, D. Webster Veghte.

ASSESSORS.

1798, Abraham Nevins; 1799-1800, Hendrick Cortelyou ; 1801-14, David Nevius; 1815, William Scott ; 1816, James Van Nuys; 1817-21, An- drew Brown; 1822, Simon Wycoff; 1823-25, Abraham A. Voorhees; 1826-30, Simon Wyckoff; 1831-32, Farrington Barcalow; 1833-38, Peter A. Voorlees; 1839-40, Abram Perlee; 1841-44, Jolin De Mott; 1845-48, Joseph Brokaw; 1849-51, Simon Wyckoff, Jr .; 1852-54, J. Vao Doren Hoagland; 1855-57, John II. Voorhees; 1858-60, Jacob Wyckoff; 1861-63, John J. Van Nostrand ; 1864, Simon Wyckoff; 1865 -67, Jacob W. Veglita; 1868-71, John J. Vau Nostrand; 1872-74, Ja- cob Wyckoff; 1875, Robert P. Nevius; 1876, P. V. W. Caonon; 1877- 78, Joseph Waker; 1879-80, David J. Voorhees.

COLLECTORS.

1798-1807, Rloff Voorhees; 1808-11, John P. Nevins; 1812-15, Andrew Brown; 1816-23, Jerome Rappleyea, Jr .; 1824-26, William Philips; 1827-33, l'eter S. Nevius : 1834-40, Abraot A. Voorhees ; 1841-44, John V. M. Wyckoff; 1845-49, John W. Brunson; 1850-52, Henry Hoag- land ; 1853-55, Ab. J. Suydam; 1856-58, Jantes J. Garretson; 1859-61, Ab. J. Cortelyou ; 1862-65, Jolin Veghte ; 1866-71, Isaac J. Van Nuys; 1872-74, Henry P. Cortelyou; 1875-78, Cor. G. Van Cleef; 1879-80, Isaac J. Van Nuys.

CHOSEN FREEIIOLDERS.

1798, Ab. Quick, Henry Berrian ; 1797-1800, Jacob Van Dyke, Henry Ber- rian; 1801-9, Jacob Van Dyke, Albert Stothoff; 1810, Ilenry Suydam, Albert Stothoff; 1811-12, Henry Suydam, Jerome Rappleyen; 1813- 16, John P. Nevius, Garret Schenck; 1817-20, Jacob Van Dyke, Gar- ret Schenck ; 1821-24, Aug. R. Taylor, Garret Schenck ; 1825-27, Aug. R. Taylor, Jacques J. Voorhees; 1828, Cornelius L. Ilarden- burgh, William T. Rodgers; 1829-30, Ferdinand S. Schenck, William T. Rodgers; 1831, Dr. Aug. R. Taylor, Daniel Polhems; 1832-33, Dr. Ang. R. Taylor, William 'T. Rodgers; 1834-35, Dr. Ang. R. Taylor, Daniel Polhemus; 1836-39, Dr. Aug. R. Taylor, J. V. M. Wyckoff; 1840, Dr. Ang. R. Taylor, Elijah Stout ; 1841-45, Miles C. Smith, Eli- jah Stout; 1846-49, Nicholas Van Wickle, Elijah Stout; 1850-52, Jo- siah Schenck, HI. V. De Mott; 1853-55, John W. Bruoson; 1856-60,

Josiah S. Schenck ; 1861-62, Ab. J. Suydam ; 1863-64, J. V. D. Hoag- land: 1865-67, Peter S. Brokaw; 1868-70, Jac. W. Veghte ; 1871-73, James Stothoff; 1874-75, Joseph Waker; 1876-78, Henry P. Cor- telyou ; 1879-80, Is. J. Voorhees.

TOWNSHIP COMMITTEES .*

1798-99, Jac. R. Hardenbergh, James Van Duyo, John Stryker, Garret Voorhees, Ab. Quick ; 1800, Jacob Van Dike, Elbert Stoothoff, Jolin Stryker, Jacques Voorhees; 1801-2, Jacob Van Dike, Elbert Stot- hoff, John Stryker, Peter Voorhees, Jacques Voorhees; 1803, Jacob Van Dike, Elbert Stothoff, John Stryker, Peter Voorhees, Ilendrick Berrian ; 1804-6, Jacob Van Dike, Elbert Stothoff, John Stryker, Peter Voorhees, Hendrick Berrian; 1807-9, Jacob Van Dike, Ellert Stothoff, John Stryker, Peter Voorhees, Jacob Quick ; 1810-11, Josiah Schenck, Elbert Stothoff, John Stryker, Peter Voorhees, Jacob Quick ; 1812-14, John P. Nevias, Elbert Stothoff, John Stryker, Peter Voor- hees, Jacob Quick ; 1815, Peter J. Nevius, Elbert Stoothoff, Jerome Rappleyea, Josiah Schenck, Jacob Quick; 1816, Andrew Browe, Jacques Voorhees, Cornelius Cowenhoven, Jerome Rappleyea, Sr., John R. Van Liew ; 1817-18, Daniel Polhemus, Joseph Patterson, Cor- nelius Cowenhoven, Jerome Rappleyea, Sr., John R. Van Liew ; 1819, Daniel Polhemus, Jacques A. Voorhees, Cornelius Cowenhoven, Ab. Van Doren, Jolın R. Van Liew; 1820-21, Daniel Polhemus, Jacques A. Voorhees, Cornelius Cowenhoven, Ab. Van Doren, Samuel Hol- comb; 1822, Daniel Polhemus, Jacques A. Voorhees, Jerome Rap- playea, Ab. Van Doren, William Philips; 1823, Daniel Polhemus, Jacques A. Voorhees, Jerome Rappleyea, Sr., Elijah Stout, William Philips ; 1824, Henry V. De Mott, Jacques A. Voorhees, Jerome Rap- pleyea, Sr., Elijah Stout, John Stoothoff; 1825, Henry V. De Mott, Jacques A. Voorhees, Jacob Wyckoff, Cornelius De Hart, Peter S. Nevins; 1826-27, Henry V. Da Mott, Jacques A. Voorhees, Jacob Wyckoff, Cornelius De Hart, Rutsen Hardenbergh; 1828, William T. Rodgers, John Stotthoff, Jacob Wyckoff, Ralph Voorhees, John S. Nevius; 1829, William T. Rodgers, William Crnser, Jacob Wyckoff, Ralph Voorhees, John S. Nevius; 1830, Ab. S. Clark, Stephen Garret- son, Jacob Wyckoff, Henry V. De Mott, John S. Nevius; 1831, James C. Van Dike, Stephen Gurretson, John Vau Tilburgh, Henry V. De Mott, Ab. Veghte; 1832, Nicholas Conover, James S. Nevins, John Van Til- burgh, Henry V. De Mott, John G. Voorhees ; 1833, Nicholas Conover, Ralph Voorhees, John Van Tilburgh, Henry V. De Mott, William H. Lupp; 1834, Nicholas Conover, Ralph Voorhees, Jolin Van Tilburgh, IJenry V. De Mott, William Packer ; 1835, Nicholas Conover, Ralph Voorhees, Nicholas Veghte, Henry V. De Mott, William Packer ; 1836, Simoa Wyckoff, Ralph Voorhees, Nicholas Veghte, Henry V. De Mott, William Packer; 1837, Simon Wyckoff, Ralph Voorhees, Jeremiah Garretson, Elijah Stout, William Packer; 1838, Simon Wyckoff, Jeremalı Voorhees, Jeremiah Garretson, Elijah Stout; 1839, Simon Wyckoff, Jeremiah Voorhees, Jeremiah Garretson, Lewis Bolsnot, William Packer; 1840, Ab. J. Suydam, Jeremiah Voorhees, Jer- emialı Garretson, Ralph Voorhees, Augustus F. Taylor; 1841, Au- gustus F. Taylor, Ralph Voorhees, Jobn W. Brunson, Lewis Bois- not, Ab. J. Suvdamn; 1842, Ab. J. Cortelyou, James J. Garretson, John W. Brunson, Lewis Boisnot, Ab. J. Suydam ; 1843-44, Ab. J. Cortelyou, John I'. Chamberlain, Jolin W. Brunson, Lewis Boisnot, Ab. J. Suydam; 1845, Ab. J. Cortelyon, John P. Chamborlain, John Nevius, Lewis Boisuot, William Polhemus; 1846, Ab. J. Cortelyon, John P. Chamberlain, Augustus F. Taylor, Lewis Boisnot, William Polhenius: 1847, Jac. R. Skillman, John P. Chamberlain, Augustus T. Taylor, Lewis Boisnot, William Polbenins; 1848, Jac. R. Skill- man, John P. Chamberlain, Augustus F. Taylor, Lewis Boisnot, John H. Voorlees; 1849, Henry V. De Mott, John P. Chamberlain, Cornelius S. Nevius, Lewis Boisnot, John II. Voorhees; 1850, Petor S. Brokaw, Michael R. Nevius, Cornelius S. Nevins, James S. Gar- retson, Jolin II. Voorhees ; 1851, Peter S. Brokaw, Michael R. Nevius, Cornelius S. Nevius, James J. Garretson, Dr. Lewis H. Moshier; 1852, Peter S. Brokaw, Michael R. Nevius, Curnelins Stout, James J. Garretson, Jos. Brokaw ; 1853-54, Ab. J. Cortelyon, Martiu S. Garretson, Cornelius Stout; 1855, Ab. J. Cortelyon, Martin S. Gar- retson, John V. D. Hoagland ; 1856-57, Jolin V. M. Wyckoff, Michael R. Nevina, John V. D. Hoagland; 1858, John V. M. Wyckoff, Isaac L. Van Cleef, Simon Wyckoff; 1850-60, Isnac W. Pomyea, Charles B. Moore, Simon Wyckoff; 1861, Isaac W. Pomyea, Charles B. Moore, Jacob Wyckoff; 1862, Ab. J. Cortelyon, Jacob W. Veghte, Jacob Wyckoff; 1863, Cornelius G. Hoagland, Jacob W. Veghte, Jacol

# We have not found any record of town committees prior to 1798. Such were no doubt verbally appointed from as early a date as 1740-50.

PETER STOOTHOFF.

Elbert, Johannes, Petrus, Cornelius, and Garret Stoothoff, who resided in the vicinity of the Raritans as early as 1717, were children of Garret Elbertse and Johanna Nevius, and grandchildren of Elbert Elbertse Stoothoff, who emigrated from Nieunkirken, Holland, in 1637, and finally settled in Flatlands, where he held large tracts of land. Elbert appears to have returned to Flatlands, and from him are descended the Long Island branch of the family.

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History of Hunterdon and Somerset counties, New Jersey : with illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers, Part 200

Author: Snell, James P; Ellis, Franklin, 1828-1885 Publication date: 1881 Publisher: Philadelphia : Everts & Peck Number of Pages: 1170

Author: Snell, James P; Ellis, Franklin, 1828-1885
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Philadelphia : Everts & Peck
Number of Pages: 1170