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BIOGRAPHIES.
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Lawrence, Jaines S.
464
Slocum, W. H. 894
Leonard, James H. 571
Smith, James M. 663
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Leonard, Thomas
505
Smock, I. G. 676
Lewis, John P
333
Spader, Willia
850
Lock wood, Samuel.
4444
Sproul, Jno. S
725
Lloyd, Grandin
Statesir, Willi
466
Long, Isaac S 343
Stillwell, O. I
823
Longstreet, Aaron 848
Taylor, Edward
324
Longstreet, Jonatlıal 298
Taylor, James J
677
Longstreet, John S
824
Taylor, Michael
708
Maps, William R
769
Terhune, William L.
298
McClane, Sidney
561
Thomason, Thomas J
337
McLean, A. C.
304
Thompson, Joseph C.
331
Mead, Elias
722
Thompson, Joseph I
564
Meirs, Collen B
639
Thompson, Sidney
517
Metzgur, A. T.
902
Thorne, T. W.
847
Morford, Charles.
554
Throckmorton, Aaron A
294
Morford, George
568
Throckmorton, Edmund.
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Morford, John
329
Throckmorton, John B.
326
Murphy, Holmes W
308
Throckmorton, Joseph A
609
Neafie, John
462
Throckmorton, Tylee W
608 -
Nevius, Henry M.
313
Travers, Frank K
345
Nevius, James S.
286
Truax, Anthony 784
791 .
Patterson, Charles G
326
Van Derveer, Garret D.
783
Patterson, James HI.
348
Van Derveer, D. I
746
Parker, Charles.
105
Van Dorn, D. P. 751
Parker, Henry W
510
Van Mater, Joseph I
826
Parker, Joel
288
Vredenburgh, Peter
286
Paul, Mifflin
776
Vredenburgh, Peter, Jr.
252
Perkins, Henry
640
Vought, John. 345
Perrine, David C.
497
Wall, Garret D.
280
Perrine, John R
693
Walling, Alfred, Jr.
304
Perrine, Lewis ..
107
Walling, George W
709
Polhemus, Daniel
334
-Ward, William V.
501
Randolph, Joseph F
282
West, Edmond ..
893
Reynolds, William G
322
White, Isaac P.
606
Ripley, J. S.
874
White, Henry S.
315
Robbins, Chilion
303
Williams, Edmund T.
Roberts, Thomas.
566
Williams, T. T ..
896
Rue, Jacob B 467
Willis, John V. N 749
Ryall, Daniel B
281
Wilson, William V.
553
Ryall, Philip J.
305
Wikoff, Henry
515
Schanck, Daniel S
499
Woodhull, Gilbert S.
325
Schenck, Family The
672
Woodhull, John T. 325
Schenck, Daniel P. 826
Woolley, Eden 770
Schenck, G. C.
674
Woolley, Edwin 792
Schenck, Tunis V
514
Woolley, T. R .. 780
Seabrook, II. HI 721
Yard, James S.
456
Slocum, John 780 Yard, Joseph A 244
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Newell, William D
340, 644
Valentine, C. H.
608
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Leonard, Richard A 556
Smith, William M 562
ILLUSTRATIONS.
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Ackerson, H. E.
828
Forman, Samuel
323
Allen, Charles 664
607
Freeman, Otis R. 351
Antonides, Charles
898
Grant, William H. 560
Applegate, Asher T.
350
Applegate, John S.
307
Griggs, Benj.
570
Baird, David.
662
Griscom, Samuel W.
897
Bawden, John.
472
Hall, James D
6-14
Bedle, Joseph D
202
Hance, George 610
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Beekman, George C
300
Bennett, Charles A
297
Hendrickson, Charles J. 552
Bennett, Henry.
502
Hendrickson, George C. 560
Bray, Sidney
850
Hendrickson, S. W. 793
Brown, T. S. R.
720
Hendrickson, W. If.
840
Brown, William 829
568
Buchanon, N. E. ,
874
Herbert, John W.
748
Cafferty, Abel.
643
Hildreth, D. M.
794
Casler, John P 900
Holmes, C. S
825
Chadwick, Francis 606
Chandler, Frank. 436
Holmes, Daniel W
724
Holmes, Joseph
642
Conover, Arthur V 330
Holmes, Joseph II 825
Hooper, Edward 572
335
Conover, Lafayette. 7.49
Hull, John ... 284
Hulst, Peter D.
726
Hunt, Sylvester HI
347
Kinmonth, Hugh S
346
Laird, Joseph T
468
Lawrence, James S 465
Leonard, James II
571
Leonard, Richard A
557
Cooper, T. W.
782
Leonard, Thomas. 565
Lock wood, Samuel 445
Long, Isaac S.
344
Longstreet, Aaron.
249
Denise, David D
369
Denise, John S 500
Denise, William T 514
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Maps, William R. 769
Mef'lane, Sidney. 561
Meal, Elias. 722
Meirs, Collen B .
610
Metzgar, A. T.
Ellis, Daniel HI.
397
Monmonth Battle Monument. 1×9
Ely, Horatio .. 511
Monmouth County Court-House 108
Muiford, Charles.
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Field, Joseph 55 1
695
Du Bois, Livingston 696
Edwards, Aaron 783
Longstreet, Jonathan
298
Longstreet, Jolm S. 824
Disbrow, Stephen M. :340
Du Bois, Benjamin 697
513
Conover, William V
559
Cook, A. R. 873
Cooke, Henry G 342
Cooke, Robert W 328
Corlies, Henry
899
Crawford, W. S. 827
Curtis, Osborn 812
Holmes, Daniel.
829
Christ Church, Shrewsbury 583
- Conover, Azariah 553
Conover, Garret B 694
Hubbard, William II.
Conover, Robert R. 336
Conover, Stacy P
749
Conover, William E
Hendrickson, William B
Forman, William P. 661
Allen, Charles G.
Green, W. S. 787
Hartshorne, 1. C. 312
Du Bois, Henry
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ILLUSTRATIONS.
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Morford, George.
569
Tennent Church
685
Murphy, Holmes W
309
Tennent Parsonage
686
Neafie, Jobn.
462
Thomason, Thomas J 338
Nevius, Henry M
314
Thompson, Joseph I
564
Parker, Charles
Thompson, Joseph C ..
331
Parker, Henry W
510
Thompson, Sidney
518
Parker, Joel
288
Thorne, T. W.
848
Patterson, James H.
349
Throckmorton, Edmund
608
Paul, Mifflin
776
Throckmorton Joseph A
GO9
Perkins, Henry
641
Throckmorton, Tylee W
609
Perrine, David C
498
Truax, Anthony
785
Perrine, John R
693
Valentine, C. H.
791
Ripley, J. S.
875
Van Derveer, G. D
784
Roberts, Thomas
566
Van Derveer, D. I
747
Rue, Jacob B.
467
Van Dorn, D. P.
752
Ryall, Daniel B.
281
Van Mater, Joseph I
826
Ryall, Philip J
306
Vredenburgh, Peter.
286
Sehanck, Daniel S.
499
Vredenburgh, Peter, Jr.
25%
Schenk, Daniel P
826
Ward, William V
501
Schenck, G. C.
675
Walling, Alfred, Jr.
305
Schenck, Tunis V
515
Walling, George W
709
Seabrook, H. H
721
West, Edmond.
893
Slocum, John.
781
White, Isaac P.
606
Slocum, W. H
895
Wikoff, Henry
516
Smith, James M.
663
Williams, Edmund T
610
Smith, William M.
563
Williams, T. T
896
Smock, I. G ..
676
Willis, John V. N.
750
Spader, William
851
Wilson, William V
554
Sproul, Jno. S
725
Woolley, Eden.
771
Statesir, William
466
Woolley, Edwin. 792
Stillwell, O. I
823
Woolley, T. R.
780
Taylor, James J
677
Yard, James S 456
Taylor Michael
708
Yard, Joseph A
245
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Perrineville, n ..
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A Short History of Perrineville, a Village Settled in the Early Days of Monmouth County.
Perrineville is situated in the north central part of Millstone township, Monmouth county, New Jersey.
In 1786 the First Presbyterian Church of Millstone was organized. In those days it was customary for Presbyterian ministers to have under their charge young men in prepara- tion for the ministry. Rev. John Woodhull, D. D., pastor of Tennent Church, employed Joseph Clark, a student of theology under him, to conduct regular religious services at Perrineville, and he continued there until 1788, when he was settled pastor over the Presbyterian Church of Allentown, from which time Perrine- ville was supplied with preaching by the pastors of Tennent, Cranbury and Allentown Presbyterian churches.
In 1796 a plat of ground was purchased and the erection of a house of worship was commenced, but inas- much as sufficient funds could not be raised, the church could not be finished! and stayed in an uncompleted state for some forty years. It was enclosed, a pulpit erected on the north side, and temporary seats arranged by boards being laid on blocks. Preaching was kept up for many years by Rev. John Woodhull. Later the church was remodeled and enlarged and a min- ister called.
Rev. William Henry Woodhull was the first pastor, being installed there September 6, 1826, and continued until 1832. A classical school was opened by Mr. Woodhull soon after he took charge. He erected a school building adjoining the parsonage, and in that building he taught the school until 1830. At that school, William A. Newell, since Governor of New Jersey; Nathaniel S. Rue and David Clark Perrine, or Freehold, were among the pupils. The session house, built in 1846, was used for a district school until 1884, and as a place of worship until the church was rebuilt, when it was moved from its present location.
The original church, the fourth oldest in the Presbytery, was first known as "The second Church of Upper Freehold" and was incor- porated in 1849 as "The First Presby- terian Church of Millstone." It was remodeled in 1857, and burned in 1884.
The following namedl ministers have served as pastors of this church:
Rev. William Henry Woodhull, in- stalled September 6, 1826, to May 7, 1832.
Rev. L. A. Beels, September 16, 1834, to November 8, 1836.
Rev. William S. Betts, June 13, 1838, to August 24, 1840. Rev. Charles Worrell, D. D., April 2, 1842, to March 9, 1867.
Rev. George W. McMillan, November 1, 1873, to May 16, 1888. Rev. William T. Finley, D. D., Octo- ber 1, 1889, to June 14, 1893.
Rev. M. G. Clayton, November 5, 1893, to December 27, 1898.
Rev. William Campbell, January to April, 1899.
Rev. H. K. Fulton, October 4, 1899, to November 23, 1908.
Rev. Joseph S. Van Dyke, December 13, 1908, to 1916.
From 1917 the church has been supplied for the most part by students from the Princeton Theological Semi- nary-J. Christy Willson, January 29, 1917, to May 7, 1918: John H. Mav, May 7, 1918, to September 29, 1918; Henry Bettman, November 3, 1918, to May 5, 1919; William Johnson, May 5, 1919, to April 23, 1922; Julian Park, May 14, 1922, to September 10, 1922; Edgar Crossland, November 26, 1922, to May 2, 1923; B. B. Shipman, May 2, 1923, to April 28, 1924; George Kerchner, April 28, 1924, to May 1, 1925; Edwin L. Willson, May 1, 1925, to October 1, 1926; J. Harold Grovne, October 1, 1926, to April 30, 1927; Joseph R. Harris, April 30, 1927, to April 28, 1928; L. Craig Long, April 28, 1928, to September 15, 1928; Joseph R. Harris, September 15, 1928, to May 16, 1929; John Lukens, June 23, 1929, to June 1, 1930; Rev. C. Ramson Comfort, October 1, 1930, to April 13, 1931: William J. Cartmell, April 20, 1931, to April 17, 1934; Lindley Cook, April 24, 1934, to June 16, 1935; John H. Strock, July 1, 1935.
The following named have served as sextons: Ezekiel Chamberlin, Edward Disbrow, Alfred Totten, Thomas Thompson, Albert Errickson, Frank Patterson.
The church building is 50 x 70, with Sunday-schcol rooms attached. and finished in light wood. Thomas Per- rine's Sons, of Philadelphia, contrib- uted the Bible, hymn books and bell. David Clark Perrine, of Freehold,
contributed the pulpit, made from walnut, hand carved and polished.
The Perrineville church was de- stroyed by fire January 6, 1884, and rebuilt and dedicated free of debt December 18, 1884.
In the seventeenth century the people went to church in their farm wagons, and in stormy weather they put on a sheet top cover. They took their lunch and later in the afternoon returned to their homes. Fourteen pairs of bars and gates had to be opened and closed through the drift- way from Perrineville to Cranbury.
The oldest tombstone in Perrine- ville Cemetery is that of Joseph Holman, who died August 9, 1777.
OTHER OLD CEMETERIES.
The old Watson and Kear burial plot is located near Pine Hill, which is 295 feet above sea level, in a field on a farm, under a red cedar tree, at one time owned by John Ward, now owned by Henry Juelch. The field is now in cultivation. The brown tomb- stones were removed from this plot by him to his dwelling house and were used for walks. The two oldest tombstones were those of Peter Watson, who died March 15, 1761, and Watson Kear, born January 15, 1761; died February 7, 1811.
The old Cook burying-ground is south of Manalapan Church, in a field on a farm at one time owned by Howard Baird. The oldest tombstone is that of Benjamin Cook, who died in 1758. The old Cook burying-ground deed was recorded in 1912.
The old Preston burying-ground is one mile north of Smithburg, on the Sweetman's Lane road, in a field under eleven cedar trees that mark the Preston family burial plot, and the oldest tombstone is that of John Preston, who died April 9, 1750. The old Reid burial plot is in a field on a farm at one time owned by Frank Mount, about two miles west of Bergens Mill. The oldest tombstone is that of John Reid, who died Jan- uary 15, 1771.
The oldest tombstone at Tennent Cemetery is that of John Mattison, who died October 27, 1744.
The old Story burying-ground is one mile northwest of Englishtown, on the Jamesburg road. The oldest tombstone is that of John Perrine, born 1690; died 1779.
Michael Hendrickson, who died Octo- ber 10, 1722.
The old Topanemus burying-ground is located in a field on a farm owned by William C. Richardson, one mile west of Marlboro. The church was taken down about 1738 and removed to Freehold. The oldest tombstone is that of Elizabeth Clark, who died December 26, 1697.
The Forman family burial plot is located on a hill on the Conover farm about two miles east of Freehold, on the Colts Neck road. The oldest tombstone is that of Mary Forman, who died March 18, 1728.
The Wyckoff burying-ground is located in a field on a hill about 180 feet above sea level, one and one-half miles north of Freehold, on the road to Marlboro. The oldest tombstone is that of Aeltie Wyckoff, who died February 19, 1740.
The Covel Hill burying-ground is two and one-half miles west of Clarksburg, on the Allentown road. The oldest tombstone is that of Deborah Lincoln, who died May 15, 1720.
EARLY SETTLERS.
In 1725 Richard Mount bought one thousand acres of land on the north bank of Rocky Brook. He then built his home on part of this land. In 1845 the old house was torn down and a new one erected on this tract of five hundred acres. This tract was divided into four farms, later owned by Bergen Johns, Addi Mount, J. Monroe Smith and Joseph W. Dey.
In 1726 Richard Mount sold five hundred acres of land east of the Disbrow's Hill road to Joseph Holman, of Middletown. He then built a home on his tract of land. It was sold off in farms. Owners of these farms were Savillian Davison, Ezekiel Davison, John W. Davison, Austin Rue, Lewis Mount and Capt. David Baird.
Since then the above farms were owned by Richard Carr, Henry D. Mount, Tunis Conover, William R. Davison, Frank H. Perrine, John J. Davison, John Nelson Rue, William Parker and S. Perrine Dey. The farms were situated along the Perrine- ville and Hightstown turnpike except the Baird and Dey farms. The old Story School House stood on the farm of Savillian Davison.
About 1808 David Perrine kept the taverns at Hightstown, Upper Free- hold and "Old Willow Tree" at
The old Scots burying-ground is located about one mile south of the - Clarksburg. He was the father of Central Railroad depot at Wickatunk. David Clark Perrine, of Freehold. The first store at Perrineville was The oldest tombstone is that of
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established by a man from New England before 1825, on the site of the Thomas Morford Perrine store. In 1825 the father of Governor William A. Newell opened a store on the east side of Rocky Brook. The first grist mill at Perrineville was built by Mr. Newell and was owned and operated by David Perrine in 1830. The village of Perrineville was so named for him. In 1832 he was succeeded by William Snowhill, a son- in-law of David Perrine. After two or three years he abandoned the busi- ness and John D. Perrine opened a store on the west side in the old academy building and kept it a year or two. In 1835 the mill was sold to John M. Perrine, who operated it until 1850, when it was purchased by Nelson Silvers and later owned by Charles Allen. Since that time it has had various owners. The mill is still standing and in fairly good repair.
Soon after the building of the grist mill, a saw mill was built below it on the same stream by Thomas Morford Perrine. This was torn down in 1885. In 1836 William Mount built a store and occupied it for several years. It was destroyed by fire in 1918. A wheelwright and blacksmith shop was built and operated for several years by Uria Clark, David Ketcham, Robert Taylor and Charles Irwin. In 1852 Samuel S. Sutphin and Joseph P. Hampton operated a blacksmith and wheelwright shop on the west side of Rocky Brook. Later Joseph Clark opened up a blacksmith shop on the east side of Rocky Brook. Another blacksmith shop was built by Robert Taylor and operated for several years by him. This shop still remains. Edward Disbrow and son operated a harness shop for a number of years. James E. Allen was postmaster for several years.
In 1842 Ezekiel Davison opened the first distillery and hotel on his farm at Perrineville. It was called the "Union House." He owned and operated a wholesale and retail liquor business for several years. In those days apple whiskey and peach brandy sold for three cents per drink. Peach brandy sold for three shillings per quart. On town meeting day Mr. Davison served turkey dinners, and a social time was enjoyed by all. He was the proprietor of the Union House and a man highly respected.
In 1855 Thomas Morford Perrine had a stone house and store built on the west side of the road, and a frame dwelling house was also built on the east side. The store was operated by
David Watson, suceeded by Edward Allen, William Forsyth, John J. Davi- son, John Leming, William H. Thomas and Frank Cohn. It was destroyed by fire in 1905.
About 1880 Ezekiel Davison sold the distillery to John J. Davison, and it was operated by him. He purchased the frame dwelling house on the east side of the road from Matthew Per- rine, and in exchange legal tender and fifteen barrels of apple whiskey was accepted for the property. The still house was taken down in 1885 by John J. Davison. A graded school was built in 1925, and a concrete tumbling dam was built in 1935 at a cost of fourteen thousand dollars.
In 1882 Francis Rosteen Perrine purchased the Ezekiel Davison home- stead farm at Perrineville and moved there. His occupation was farming and fruit growing. William Davison Perrine lived at the homestead farm. Later he purchased a property in Trenton and moved there, being employed by the Pennsylvania Rail- road Company and the State for a number of years. He has in his possession a number of American and foreign coins that were found on the homestead farm, and the Union House sign, dated 1842, which has a heart painted red in the center, and also tumblers, whiskey glasses, carving knife and fork that were used by his grandfather, Ezekiel Davison, on town meeting day. The old homestead farm was in the possession of the Perrine family until 1935.
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MONMOUTH COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.
CHAPTER I.
LOCATION, BOUNDARIES AND NATURAL FEA- TURES OF MONMOUTH COUNTY.
MONMOUTH is the most northern of the sea- coast counties of New Jersey, its eastern border being the shore of the Atlantic Ocean, and its northern boundary being formed by Sandy Hook Bay and Raritan Bay. From the north- west corner of the county, on Raritan Bay, the boundary of Monmouth runs in a direction nearly southwest, adjoining the counties of Middlesex and Mercer. On the south, Mon- mouth is bounded by Ocean County, which was erected from the southern part of the original territory of Monmouth in 1850.
The surface of the county exhibits almost every variety of contour, from hilly (as in the northeastern, northern and western parts) to nearly level (as in the southeastern part, ex- tending far back from the ocean shore). The boldest elevations are the Navesink Highlands, on which stand the Navesink light-houses. These are the first lands seen by mariners coming from the ocean into the harbor of New York, and are between three and four hundred feet in height above sea-level. From these High- lands, a series of hills (some of which are nearly as lofty as those of Navesink) extend across to the west side of the county, and along that side to its southwestern extremity, where . (for the reason that the elevations are less ab-
rupt, though about as high as in the northeast- ern part) the country may more properly be de- scribed as one of high rolling uplands. Extend- ing southwardly from the northwest part of the county is a range of hills and high lands, ter- minating at Hominy Hill, which is a little south and east of the centre of the county. Here the elevations disappear, marking the beginning of the "Pines" region, which is a vast area of barren land, nearly level, and ex- tending in one direction nearly to the sea- shore, and southwardly across the boundary, into Ocean County.
At various points in the elevated parts of the county are isolated and distinctly defined hills rising prominently above the high lands sur- rounding them. The heights of a number of these-as also of several other points in the county-above mean tide, are here given, viz. : Telegraph Hill (Holmdel township), 336 feet ; Beacon Hill (Marlboro' township), 372 feet; Sugar Loaf Hill (Atlantic township), 199 feet ; Crawford's Hill (east of Holmdel and Keyport road), 392 feet ; North Hill at Monmouth battle-ground, 159 feet; South Hill at battle- ground, 152 feet; Disbrow's Hill (Millstone township, near Middlesex County line), 281 feet ; Pine Hill (Millstone township), 295 feet ; Garrett's, or Pigeon Hill, 208 feet ; Red Hill, 205 feet ; Perrine's Hill, 165 feet ; Brisbane's Hill (Atlantic township), 141 feet; North Hill (Red Bank,) 178 feet ; South Hill (RedBank), 168 feet ; Main Street of Freehold, at court-
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HISTORY OF MONMOUTH COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.
house, 173 feet ; street at Holmdel, 100 feet ; street at Middletown, 127 feet; Colt's Neck, 92 feet ; Tinton Falls (road), 73 feet; Marl- boro' village (street), 170 feet ; Englishtown, 70 feet ; Matawan (street), 70 feet ; Keyport (street), 30 feet ; Tennent Church, 127 feet.
The two principal streams of Monmouth are the Navesink (often called the North Shrews- bury) River and the South Shrewsbury River, both of which are in the northeastern part of the county and flow in that general direction to within a short distance of the ocean ; then, turning northward in a course parallel to the beach, their united waters flow in a single stream, past the foot of the Navesink High- lands, into the Bay of Sandy Hook.
The headwaters of the Navesink, or North Shrewsbury, River take their rise in the cen- tral and northwestern parts of the county. ' Hop Brook from the northwest, and Big Brook, Yellow Brook and Hockhockson Brook from the west and southwest, with a number of smaller brooks and creeks from the same directions, unite their waters to form Swim- ming River, which is the principal tributary of the Navesink, or, more properly, is the upper and narrower part of the main stream. Be- low the mouth of Swimming River the Nave- sink becomes a broad and lake-like sheet of .navigable water, with attractive shores stretch- ing away to the northeast, where the lofty High- lands stand like sentinels guarding its outlet.
The South Shrewsbury River is, in its gen- eral appearance and features, similar to the Navesink, though a much shorter stream. The tides of the bay ebb and flow in this, as in the Navesink ; and the South Shrewsbury, like the other stream, is so much broadened as to ap- pear more like a lagoon than a river, except in its lower part, just above its junction with the Navesink. It has a number of short pond- like tributaries, or arms, among which are Lit- tle Silver, Town Neck, and Parker's Creeks on the northern side, and Blackberry Creek, Long Branch Brook and Pleasure Bay on the south. There are a number of marsh-islands in the river, and a large proportion of its shores (more particularly the southern) are of marsh-land. · The length of the river to its junction with the
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