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Maxson, Maria, constituent of Navesink Baptist Church, 1853,
539
McChesney, Robert, bought Tennent Church pew, 1754,
684 688
Maxwell, General William, appointed Colonel New Jersey Western Battalion, 1775,
132
brigade of, recruited with facility, 1775,
133
petition concerning stand of arms furnished for, 1776,
137
Monmouth County men included under command of, 1776,
147
force of, included Monmouth County soldiers, 1776, 151
brigade of, at Valley Forge, 1778, 164
detachment of, at Battle of Monmouth, 1778, 168
commanded Monmouth County Militia, 1776, 227 mention of, as soldier, (footnote), 389
164
"Maxwell's Brigade" at Valley Forge, 1778, dispatched under Lafayette to Monmouth Court-
House, June, 1778; 166
put in motion by Lafayette, June 26, 1778, 167
under Lafayette at Monmouth Court-House, 172
formation of, 1776, 227
May, Moses, private, Continental Army, 1776,
237
Mayer, Samuel, private, Company E, Twnety-ninth Regiment, 1862, 264
372, 830
Matthews, Alma A., daughter of William Matthews, married John S. Sproul, born 1835, son of John and Sarah Ann (Stout) Sprout, 1874,
726
Matthews, Cornelius G., justice of the peace, 1870, 113 Matthews, David, private, Company D, Twenty-ninth Regiment, 1862, 263
Matthews, John H., corporal, Company D, Fourteenth Regiment, 1865, 257
Matthews, Mary, early Monmouth settler, 425
McBride, Edward, private, Company G, Fourteenth Regiment, 1862,
259
Matthews, William P., member of militia, 1814,
241
McBride, John, private, Continental Army,
237
Mattison, ----. , mentioned in 1709, road records,
375
Mattison, Aaron, manager, Freehold Scots Meeting- house, 1731, 681
Mattison, Auri, member of Scotch Presbyterian Church, Freehold and Middletown, 1709, 730
Mattux, Lewis, from Rhode Island, original settler of Monmouth County, 64
425
Maul, Rev. William, pastor, Freehold Baptist Church, 1838, 420
McCabe, Harriet, early Monmouth Methodist,
425
McCabe, H. J., member, Keyport Hook-and-Ladder Company, 1878, 717
McCauley, Mollie, "Molly Pitcher", account of, 187
McChesney, Emeline, early Monmouth Methodist,
425
Maxson, Jonathan, constituent of Navesink Baptist Church, 1853, 539
Maxson, Joseph, constituent of Navesink Baptist Church, 1853,
539
McChesney, John S., postmaster at Englishtown, 1818,
691
Maxson, Walter, constituent of Navesink Baptist Church, 1853, 539
soldier of the Revolution, buried at Old Tennent, McChesney, R. R., charter member of Odd Fellows, Matawan, 1847,
840
McChesney, Zilpha, married James Sproul, ensign in American Revolution,
725
McClain, David H., private, Company G, Fourteenth Regiment, 1862,
260
McClain, Jacob, in business at Red Bank, 665
McClain, William, in business at Red Bank, McClane family, genealogy of;
Jacob McClane, the founder of the McClane family in Monmouth County, was a soldier in the Rev- olution; married Martha Burdge; children of Jacob and Martha (Burdge) McClane were: Moses, David, Solomon, Jonathan, (see below), Martha;
561
Jonathan, McClane, son of Jacob and Martha (Burdge) McClane, married Eleanor Burdge, daughter of Benjamin Burdge; children of Jona- than and Eleanor (Burdge) Mc Clane were:
138
684
Mayers, Henry H., president Perseverance Fire Com- pany, Allentown, 1875, 622
665
McBirney, James, taught school Bethany, 701
Jacob, William, Theresa (married John S. Leonard), Sidney (see below), Warren, Eleanor (married S. B. Close), Benjamin B., Susan (married William M. Smith, son of Daniel and Anne Maxon Smith, 1856, see page 563); Sidney McClane, born 1820, son of Jonathan and Eleanor (Burdge) McClane; married Anne Smith, Daughter of Joseph M. Smith, 1858; biography and portrait of,
332
McDermott, Frank P., counselor, admitted to the bar, 1878,
317
attorney, admitted to the bar, 1875, 318
lawyer, Freehold, 1884,
318
assistant commissioner, Freehold, 1881,
461
McDermott, Frank T., married Ann Elizabeth Thomp- son, born, 1856, daughter of Dr. Joseph C. and Elizabeth R. (Combs) Thompson, 332
McDermott, Joseph, attorney, admitted to the bar, 1879,
318
McClane, James, son of Jonathan McClane, lived near Hedden's Corner,
549
Senior Warden, Freehold Order of Freemasons, 1881, 477
McDermott, William, soldier of the Revolution, buried at Old Tennent, 688
McDermott, William, treasurer, Freehold Order of Odd Fellows, 1884,
479
McCleese (Maclise Creek), southwest of Navesink Village,
541
Mccluskey, John, wagoner, Company G, Fourteenth Regiment, 1862,
258
McCoert, Michael, private, Company L, Twenty-ninth Regiment, 1862,
266
McColm, Hugh, taxed in Upper Freehold Township, in 1758,
616 390
McDonald, W. L., manufactured carriages, Eatontown, 1875,
885
postmaster at Monmouth, 1795,
460
McDowell, Andrew, built first gristmill at Keyport, 1856,
706
McConnell, Frank, charter member; Tennent Lodge, Freehold Knights of Pythias, 1872,
480
McDowell, Gideon C., chosen freeholder, Marlborough Township, 1882-1884,
727
McConnelly, Neal, taxed in Upper Freehold Township, in 1758,
616
McDowell, John H., private, Company A, Twenty- ninth Regiment, 1862, 261
McCordal, Hugh, private, Company 1, Twenty-ninth Regiment, 1862,
266
McDowell, John I., built store, Black's Mills Corners, 1844,
692
McCormack, James, private, Company G, Twenty- ninth Regiment, 1862,
265
McDowell, Richard, commissioner for Freehold and 379 Jamesburg Agricultural Railroad Company, 1851, McDuffie, James, private, Continental Army, 1776, 234
McCormick, Jane, daughter of Hugh McCormick and Jane Welsh; married Rev. Garret Conover Schenck son of De Lafayette and Eleanor (Conover) Schenck, (second wife), 1846,
McDuffie, Robert, private, Continental Army, 1776, McDugal, William, private, Continental Army, 1776, McFarland, Isaac, corporator of Asbury Park, 1874,
237
McCormick, Jeremiah, private, Company D, Four- teenth Regiment, 1865, 257
McFarlane, Rev. James, Pastor; Presbyterian Church, Port Washington, 1868, 593
McCormick, Michael, private, Company F, Twenty- ninth Regiment, 1862, 265
McFarren, Hugh, bought Tennent Church pew, 1754, 684
McFaul, Rev. James A., priest, Church of Our Lady, Star of the Sea, Long Branch, 1883,
765
McGallard, Andrew, taxed in Upper Freehold Town- ship, in 1758, 615
McCoy, Jasper, corporal, Company C, Twenty-ninth Regiment, 1862,
262
McGill, Thomas, member of militia, 1814,
240
McCoy, Nathan, private, Company C, Twenty-ninth Regiment, 1862,
262
McCrea, Mr., visited Allentown in Presbyterian interest, 624
McCurdy, Rev. D., preacher, Imlay's Hill Methodist Episcopal Church, 1872,
637
McGovern, Father, priest of St. Joseph's Church, Keyport, 1876, 715
McGregor, Alexander, Freemason, Shrewsbury, Wash- ington Lodge, 1815, 476
691 237
helped establish first steamboat line running to Long Branch, 1828, (footnote), 756
McDaniel, Cornelius, private, Continental Army, 1776,
234
store of, at Branchburg, (Mechanicsburg) 1809, 760
owned store at Long Branch, 1826, 769
aided Masonic Lodge, Shrewsbury Township,
McDermott, Frank, son of Frank T. and Elizabeth Ann
562
McClane, Jacob, attended school at Heddens' Corner, 1816,
549
first postmaster, Red Bank, 1833, 598
McClane, Jonathan, related tradition of haunted swamp,
549
549
McClane Swamp, naft a mile below Hedden's Corner, McCleese, Charles, married Sarah Leonard, daughter of Richard A. and Elizabeth (Roberts) Leonard,
557
McDermott, William, Sr., officer in Tennent Lodge, Freehold Knights of Pythias, 1884, 480
McDonald, Benjamin, private, Continental Army, 1776, 237
McDonald, Cornelius, member of Tom's River block- house garrison, 1782, 215
McDonald, Michael, taxed in Upper Freehold Town- ship, in 1758, 615
McConkey, Samuel, second postmaster at Monmouth, 1796,
237
McCowen, Rev. W. S., pastor of Embury Methodist Episcopal Church, Little Silver, 1874,
592
McCoy, Charles, lieutenant, Captain Bruen's Com- pany, 1776, 232
McGee, James, private, Continental Army, 1776,
237
McGinty, Anthony, private, Company A, Fourteenth Regiment, 1864, 256
McGlockin, Thomas, private, Company C, Twenty- ninth Regiment, 1862, 262
McCurdy, Rev. J. D., pastor, Englishtown Methodist Episcopal Church, 1870,
McDaniel, C., private, Continental Army, 1776,
McDermott, Charles V., private, Company D, Four- teenth Regiment, 1862, 257
(Thompson) McDermott,
674
865
139
lawyer, Freehold, 1884, 318
1816,
Masonic officer, Eatontown Lodge, 1820,
settled at Branchburg about 1807,
offered lot for Methodist Church, Branchburg, 1809,
donated lot for schoolhouse, Mechanicsville (Mech- anicsburg) District, about 1807,
McGregor, James, taught school at Freehold before 1820
438
McKonke, Samuel, bought Tennent Church pew, 1754, 683
McLafferty, Elder John, preached at Manasquan, prior to 1800, 799
McLane, Mary A., called the council, First Presby- terian Church, Shrewsbury, 1844, 600
McLane, William, constituent member, First Baptist Church, Shrewsbury, 1844, 600
called the council, First Baptist Church, Shrews- bury, 1844, 600
Mcintyre and William M. Gowtry, owners of Mansion House, Long Branch, 1872,
759
McLaren, Rev. Donald, attended meeting of Mon- mouth County Bible Society, 1866, 360
Mcintyre's Corners, also known as Siloam, Freehold Township,
507
pastor, Tennent Church; resigned 1862, 683
691
Mckean, David, original member Perserverance Fire Company, Allentown, 1818, 621
succeeded Robert Debow as Allentown store- keeper,
621 627
ruling elder, Allentown Presbyterian Church, 1810,
629
McLaurin, Rev. James, preacher Imlay's Hill Methodist Episcopal Church, 1827, 637
Mckean, Washington, corporator, Raritan and Dela- ware Bay Railroad Company, 1854,
380
"McLean", steamboat running to Fair Haven, 594
McLean, Judge Amzi C., prosecutor of the pleas, 1857, 112
married daughter of Judge John Hull, 285
appointed law judge of Monmouth County, 1874, 299
304
McKim, Rev. Dr., rector, All Saints Memorial Church Navesink, 1884,
541
Mckinney, Dr., had drug store, Keyport, 1883,
716
house and drug store burned, Keyport fire, 1877,
718
Mckinney, E. and Brother, bought Keyport Weekly, 1871, 710
Mckinstry, Samuel, first postmaster at Monmouth, 1795, 390, 460
McKnight, Rev. Charles, pastor, Presbyterian Church, Middletown, 532
became pastor of Shrewsbury Presbyterian Church, 1767, 585
called by Allentown Presbyterian congregation, 1744; account of, 624
pastor Allentown Presbyterian Church, 1744, 628
while at Shrewsbury, preached at Squan, (Mana- squan), 801
preached at Shark River Presbyterian Church, prior to 1800,
871
secretary, Monmouth County Bible Society, 1833, 356
elected treasurer, Monmouth County Bible Soci- ety, 1844, 358
addressed Monmouth County Bible Society, 1866, 362
landowner in Freehold, 1835, 398
aided in organizing First Presbyterian Church, Freehold, 1835, 435
first pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Freehold, 1838-1850, 436
pastor, Presbyterian Church, Red Bank, 1864, 602
882
corporator, Orient Academy, Red Bank, 1867, 603
founder of Young Ladies Seminary, Freehold, 671
389
pastor of Tennent Church, 1831 683
innkeeper, Freehold, 1789,
458
McLeister, Mrs. Polly, granddaughter of Molly Pitcher, 187
756
McKnight, Mrs. Mary, attended school, Millstone Township, 1806, 659
McKnight, Richard, Captain, Continental Army, 1778, 231
McKnight, Robert, son of Rev. Charles McKnight, 533
McKnight, William, had residence at Squan (Mana- squan),
798
McGregor, Mrs. James, taught school, Masonic Hall, Eatontown prior to 1841, 891
McGregory, Mr., taught school in old Presbyterian Church, Shrewsbury, 1793,
McGuire, Edward, private, Company I, Twenty-ninth Regiment, 1862,
266
Mcllivaine, Dewitt, pastor, Robertsville Methodist Church, 1884,
745
stated supply at Englishtown Presbyterian Church, 1876,
McLaughlin, Rev., early minister, Bethany Methodist Church, 719
elder, Allentown Presbyterian Church, 1820,
Mclaughlin, Dan, private, Continental Army, 1776, 237
Mckenzie, Peter, private, Company 8, Twenty-ninth Regiment, 1862, 262 265
Mckeon, Arthur, private, Company F, Twenty-ninth Regiment, 1862,
biography and professional career of, father of Annie H. (McLean) White, counselor, admitted to the bar, 1850,
316 316
attorney, admitted to the bar, 1844, lawyer Freehold, 1884,
318
363 secretary, Monmouth County Bible Society, 1868, officer, Monmouth County Bible Society, 1871, 1880, 363, 364
corporator, Monmouth County Agricultural Rail- road, 1867, 382
sold land at Long Branch to Lewis B. Brown, prior to 1868, 761
owned Thomas Little House, Shrewsbury Town- ship, 1884, 882
McLean, Annie H., married Henry Simmons White, 1878, 316
McLean, Rev. Daniel V., a founder of Young Ladies' Seminary, Freehold, 1844, 285, 438, 671
McKnight, Dr. Charles, son of Rev. Charles Mcknight, Middletown Point, taken prisoner by British, 1777, McKnight, John, married Phebe, daughter of Joshua (first), and Ann (Chamberlain) Ely,
533
833
McKnight, Joseph, private, Continental Army, 1776, 237 buried at Old Tennent, 687
511
contributor to fund for school building, Long Branch, 1812,
767
aided Masonic Lodge, Shrewsbury Township, 1816,
Mcknight, Lewis, innkeeper at Monmouth Village, 1789,
882 884 887
888
892
595
residence of, used as Summer boarding house, Long Branch, 1790-1791,
317
140
McLelland, John, corporator, Monmouth County Agri- cultural Railroad, 1867,
382
McMahon, Patrick, corporal, Company I, Twenty- ninth Regiment, 1862, 266
McMillan, Rev. George W., opened a preparatory school, Perrineville, 1877, 656
pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Millstone, Per- rineville, 1873,
McMullen, John, private, Continental Army, 1776, 237
McNamee, Albert, married Harriet Casler, daughter of John P. and Elizabeth (Rue) Casler, 901
McNight, Rev. Charles, taxed in Upper Freehold Township, in 1758,
615
McNight, Lewis, Continental Army, 1776, 237
McNinney, Joseph, justice of the peace, 1864,
112
McNinny, James J., member of General Assembly, 1860, 110
McNulty, Mr., manager, Washington Hotel, Freehold, prior to 1885, 459
McNulty, Isaac, corporator Citizens' Gas-Light Com- pany, Freehold, 1860, 470
McQuade, William, private, Company 1, Twenty-ninth Regiment, 266
McQuin, Asher, taught school at Middletown, prior to 1830, 549
McShane, and Smith, graded Freehold and Jamesburg Agricultural Railroad Company, 1852, 380
McTeer, Thomas, member of militia, 1814,
240
McVickar, Horace, manager of Edwin Booth, owned cottage at highlands, 536
Mead, Rev., pastor, Granville Methodist Episcopal Church, prior to 1870, 702
Mead, Rev. A. H., pastor Matawan Methodist Church, 1 855,
838
trustee, Allentown Presbyterian Church, 1862, 629
Meirs, John G., had farm on Lahaway Creek, 1884, owned by Thomas Leonard during Revolution,
618
Meirs, Thomas, trustee, Baptist Church of Upper Freehold, prior to 1869, 636
Melag, Thomas, mentioned in 1714 road records, 376
Melven, James, grand juror, Court of Inquiry, held at Shrewsbury, 1700, 99
Melville, George H., married Margaret Ackerson, daughter of Captain Henry E. and Mary (Hyer) Ackerson, 828
Melvin, James, settler in Monmouth County prior to 1700, 83
Memorials of Methodism , by Rev. John Atkinson; account of Blue Ball (Adelphia), Church, quoted, 649
Memtokeameck, mentioned in Middletown Town- book, 1675, 519
Men, Minute, dissolution of, and incorporation with militia, 1776, 228
names of New Jersey men enlisted, in American Revolution, 229, 239
Mengache, Indian name for Smith's Field, 1678, 549
Mengwe, Indian name of the Iroquois, 46
Menhaden, fisheries, Port Monmouth, 1871, 545
Mensker, Oliver, private, Company I, Twenty-ninth Regiment, 1862, 266
639
(see below), Keturah (married Joel Cook), Elizabeth (married Anthony Emley);
Apollo Meirs, born 1765, son of David (first), and Martha (Swain) Meirs, married first_Unity Shinn; married second Ann Burtis; children of Apollo and Unity (Shinn) Meirs were: Thomas (first), born 1798, (see below), Martha (married Abraham Tilton), John (second, married Lucretia Gaskill), David (second); children of Apollo and Ann (Burtis) Meirs were. Unity (married John Bruere), Sarah (married Daniel Tilton), William (married Mary Stewart), Charles (married first Sarah Ann Cox, married second Anna E. Robbins);
Thomas Meirs (first), born 1798, son of Apollo and Unity (Shinn) Meirs; married Rebecca H. Con- over, born 1805; children of Thomas (first) and Rebecca H. (Conover) Meirs were: Collen B. (see below), Martha Ann (born 1824, married Joseph Holmes (third) son of Joseph (second), and Mary (Bruere) Meirs), John, Mary L. (married John R. Longstreet);
Collen B. Meirs, born 1833, son of Thomas (first), and Rebecca H. (Conover) Meirs, married Louise Butterworth, born 1800, daughter of John and Keturah (Stockton) Butterworth, 1855; children of Collen B. and Louisa (Butter- worth) Meirs were: Rebecca C. (married William H. Davis), Thomas (second), Helen; biography of, 640
Meirs, Charles, Upper Freehold, officer, Monmouth County Bible Society, 1875-76, 363, 364
committeeman, Monmouth County Agricultural Society, 1853,
366
Mead, Rev. Elias, pastor Reformed (Dutch) Church, of Keyport, 1873, 714
married the granddaughter of Captain Peter Hulst of Keyport, 1881,
biography and portrait of, 722
Meadows, provision for laying out of, 1667,
521
Meaker, Benjamin, witness against Richard Salter, 1708,
38
Meaker, Joseph, witness against Richard Salter, 1708, 38
Mecabe, John H., assistant superintendent, Freehold Methodist Church Sunday School, 1850,
428
Mechanicsburg, later Branchburg, 760
Mechanicsville, in southeast corner of Keyport; origin of name,
719
mentioned in Matawan boundary, 1857,
830
Eatontown Township, also called Hoppertown and Branchburg, 887
school district No. 86, in Eatontown Township, 892
Meghee, --ยทยทยท , (Magee), taxed in Upper Freehold Town- ship, in 1758, 616
Megill, John, postmaster at Seabright, 1872, 777
Mehelm, John, member, Committee of Correspon- dence and Inquiry, 1774, 116
Meirs family, genealogy of;
Christopher Meirs, great-great-grandfather of Col- len Meirs, born in 1700, was from Upper Free- hold; his children were: David (first), (see below), John (first), Job, and Joseph;
David Meirs (first), born 1740, son of Christopher Meirs, married Martha Swain; children of David (first) and Martha (Swain) Meirs were: Apollo
Mercer, Gen. Hugh, commander "Flying Camp", 1776, 143
"Merchant," sloop running from Oceanport, 1854, 891
Merchant, Larza, teacher, Pleasant Hill Academy near Eatontown, prior to 1840, 891
Merchants', Steamboat Company, wharf of, at Red
141
T
1
657
Bank, 596
Meridian Hill, Washington, New Jersey troops en- camped at, 1861, 243. 249
Merling, James, settler in Monmouth County prior to 1 700, 83
Merrick, Rev. John, Methodist preacher, Trenton Circuit, 1788, 650
Merrick, Rev. William, Methodist presiding elder, 1793, 836
Merrill Rev. J. Dayton, pastor, Manasquan Baptist Church, 1857,
800
Merrill, William, settler in Monmouth prior to 1700, 83
Merrit, Charles, constituent of the Navesink Baptist Church, 1853, 539
Merry, John taxed in Upper Freehold Township, in 1 758, 615
Meserole, Sarah, married Anthony Hulst; parents of Peter D. Hulst, 726
Messler, Rev. Abraham, quoted on Indians, 49
Messler, Charles W., private, Company E, Twenty- ninth Regiment, 1862,
264
Messler, Holmes, kept tavern at Tinton Falls,
590
Messler, Vincent, circuit preacher, Freehold Circuit, 1840, 428
Mestoa, sold Indian right to Swimming River property to William Leeds, 1680, 545
Metedeconk, mentioned in 1714 road records, 376
Metedeconk Creek, account of, 645
Metedeconk River, description of, 2
head streams of, in Freehold Township, 503
Methodism in New Jersey , by Atkinson, quoted,
422
Mew, Richard, purchased proprietary interest in East Jersey, 1682,
31
Mexican War, account of, 239
troops from New Jersey, 1846-48, 241
Meyer, Frederick, private in Mexican War, 1846-48,
241
Meyer, Peter, ensign, "Skinner's Greens", American Revolution , 200
Michael, Philip, private, Fifth Regiment, 1861, 251
Michaus, Edward, kept store, Nut Swamp, 1841, 549
Michaus, John, kept store, Nut Swamp, 1841, 549
Michener, Elizabeth, member, Freehold Baptist Church, 1841, 418
Middle Bridge, Manasquan, formerly New Squan Bridge, 798
Middleditch, Rev. Robert, T., vice-president council of Navesink Baptist Church, 1853, 539
Red Bank residence site used for hotel, 1870,
598
of Allentown, organized, 1810, 629
of Englishtown, organized, 1842, account of, 691
of Manasquan, dedicated 1858,
801 836
of Eatontown, built, 1852,
879
of Oceanport, built, 1868,
891
Methodist Protestant Church, erected at Ocean Beach, 1884
806
Methodist Protestansts, organized in 1858 at Fair Haven,
594
Methodists, persecution of, in New Jersey, in early days,
422
member of, in New Jersey, 1779,
423
change in boundary of, 1844, 103
Middleton, Amos, taxed in Upper Freehold Township, 1758, 616
Middleton, George, member of Congress, 1865-66, 107
member of General Assembly, 1858-59, 110
Metopeek, sold Indian right to Swimming River
property to William Leeds, 1680, 545
Metropolitan Hotel, Long Branch, destroyed by fire and replaced by Hotel Brighton, 759
built and managed by Thomas Cooper, prior to 1869, 782 49
Metuchen, Indian abode,
Metzgar family, genealogy of;
Abraham Metzgar and Dorothea, his wife emigrated from Germany, 1801, and settled in Philadel- phia; their children were: John, Christian, Jacob, Abram, Elizabeth (wife of John Faunch), and Henry (see below);
Henry Metzgar, son of Abram and Dorothea Metzgar, born in Germany, emigrated with his parents, 1801, settled in Polpar, Monmouth County, 1843; married Elizabeth Bennett, daughter of Jacob Bennett; children of Henry and Elizabeth (Bennett) Metzgar were: John B., Lydia A., Catherine E., Margaret 8. and Abram T. (see below);
Abram T. Metzgar, born June 20, 1840, son of Henry and Elizabeth (Bennett); settled at Branchburg; married Susan C. Reynolds, daughter of James Reynolds, 1869; biography of, 902
Metzgar, Abram T., corporal, Company G, Fourteenth Regiment, 1862, 259
Metzgar, John, postmaster at Oceanville, 1884, 774
Metzgar, John 8., private, Company A, Twenty-ninth Regiment, 1862, 261
Methodism, Freehold Circuit, early meetinghouses of, (footnote), 426
at Freehold, seating of congregation promiscuosly discussed, 1856, 431
American centenary of, celebrated in Freehold Methodist Church, 1866, 434
in old Monmouth, account of, by Major James S. Yard, 1879, 650
beginnings of, at Bethany, 1807
836
Methodist Church of Monmouth, located at Blue Ball, (Adelphia); account of,
649
Methodist Church at Navesink, organizad 1866, 541
of Farmingdale, organized 1844; account of, 647
Methodist Episcopal Church of Port Monmouth, or- ganized 1864,
544
of Chapel Hill, organized, 1828,
546
First Baptist Church of Shrewsbury, enlarged
during pastorate of, 1851-1867,
601
ordained pastor, First Baptist Church of Shrews- bury, 1851, 601
corporator, Orient Academy, Red Bank, 1867, 603
proprietor New Jersey Standard, Red Bank, 1860, 603
member of council on recognition of Matawan Baptist Church, 1850, 835
Red Bank, succeeded Rev. T. S. Griffiths, at Shrewsbury, 1850, 879
Middle Hop Brook, mentioned in Atlantic Township boundaries, 1849, 665
Middlesex County, boundaries defined, 1683, 102
account of first meeting or, at West Freehold, 1831,
424
The Independent, of the vicinity of Branchburg, also called Congerites, 1809,
889
of Matawan, beginning of, 1826,
142
came from Allentown,
established a tannery, Allentown, 1839,
Middleton, Jedediah, built a tannery, New Sharon, 1820,
Middleton, Thomas, private, Continental Army, 1776, Middleton, William, Freehold, furnished ground for agricultural fair, 1854,
234
taken by Middletown men between 1688 and 1695, 618
Middletown Point, (Matawan), sailing vessels, from to New York, 1808,
313
large number of settlers in, 1668,
23
stage line to Freehold from, 1837, early Methodist organization at,
396 423 427
residents of, take oath of allegiance to Dutch, 1673,
26
Rev. Mr. Cooke's opinions regarding, 1764,
506 532
Town Book, quoted on liquor traffic with Indians, 1670,
52
dock rivalry at, 1829,
blockhouse at, built 1675, 53
settling of, restrictions against further, 63
shipping at, declined, 1836, public house of Tunis J. Ten Eyck at,
location of on Newasunk Neck, 66
John Smith, first schoolmaster of, 70
meeting place of General Assembly, (footnote), 75
Town Book quoted, 87, 92, 519
town meeting, resolutions on receiving notice of levy by Proprietors, 1668, 88
planned resistance of, by force against tax, 1668, 88
Sessions Court at, broken up by armed men, 1701, 100
provisions for attendance of deputies from, 1676, 101
in line of General Clinton's march to the sea, June 28, 1778, 169
appointed as meeting place of County Courts, 1683, 271
Episcopal Church farm of, located on road from
371
prison at, mentioned in road survey, 1687,
372
meeting house, court sessions held in, 384
first county jail at, 1684, 398
jail at, later site of Episcopal Church,
399
blockhouse at, built 1670,
399, 522 399
insecurity of first county jail at,
prayed that the form of government might not be changed, 1776,
136
plans for building second jail at, abandoned,
401
preaching at, by Rev. Thomas Thompson, 1745, 413
see Chapter XVII, 518
warrant issued, 1779, for lodge of Freemasons to be held in, 474
Village of, laid out, 1677,
520
blockhouse, built as protection against Indians, 522
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