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early executions of Negroes at,
523
Baptist Church of, constituted 1668,
526
Miers, Theodore, private, Company I, Twenty- ninth Regiment, 1862, 266
Miers, William, corporal, Company I, Twenty-ninth Regiment, 1862, 266
Migration, from Eastern States to Miami County, Ohio, about 1814, 105
Militia, Monmouth County's contribution toward, 1775
126
Monmouth, composition of, 1775,
128
of New Jersey, ordinance for the regulation of, 1775,
130
when and how organized in New Jersey, 1775, 228
call for, Monmouth County's quota, 1776, 229
battalion of, from Monmouth County, 1776, 229
Incorporation of Minute Men, 1776,
229
warrant for Masonic Lodge at, granted, 1769,
881
Monmouth, instructed to provide beacon at High- lands, 1746, 536
426
Milledoler, Rev. Phillip E., lector of St. Peter's Church, Freehold, 1842, 417
"Middletown", sloop running from Keyport to New York, prior to 1839,
705
Middletown Heights, objective of Sir Henry Clinton before Battle of Monmouth,
"Middletown Men's Lots", in Upper Freehold Town- ship, 1690, 617
638
366 2
deputies from, summoned to appear before Council, 1673,
25
Methodist meeting place at, 1829,
lodge of Masons at, 1807,
476, 881
Presbyterian Church of, burned by British, 1777, roads and wharf at,
mentioned in Matawan Township boundary, 1857, mentioned by Freneau, 1794, Academy in Matawan, 1834,
843 846
Middletown Point and Keyport Gas Company, refer- ence to, 721
Middletown Point Landing, early name for Matawan, in use prior to 1768, 830
mentioned in road record, 1761, 846
Middletown Point Navigation Company, organized in 1837,
832
Middletown Point Steamboat Company, managed by Henry H. Seabrook, 722
Middletown Point Union, published by Edgar Hoyt, 1844, 839
Middletown, Rhode Island, homestead of Rev. Obadiah Holmes, whose sons settled Middletown, New Jersey,
816
Middletown Township erected, 1693,
103
original boundaries of, 1675,
103, 519
population of, 1870-1880, 384
Middletown and Shrewsbury, county courts held at un- til 1713, 272
Middletown and Shrewsbury Transportation Com- pany, incorporated, 1853, 597
Baptist Church of, Navesink church originally a member of,
538
Christ Church of, bequested land by William Leeds,
545
School District No. 62,
548
549
577
first English School in province of New Jersey at, Harbor, mentioned in George Fox's journal, 1672, condition of church at, described by Rev. Thomas Thompson, 1723,
581 732
destruction of Dutch Reformed Church at, 1764, Baptist Church of, history of the beginning of, by Rev. T. S. Griffiths,
815
considered as site for county-seat, 1714,
876
Middletown Circuit of Methodists, separation of, from Freehold Circuit, 1837, places included in, 1837, 428
Miller, Alfred A., Junior Deacon, Freehold Order of Freemasons, 1867, 477
143
Y
622 632
174
Middletown to Shrewsbury, 1677,
674 704 705 706 830
Middletown, elevation of,
Miller, Alfred H., private, Company G, Twenty-ninth Regiment, 1862,
Miller, Benjamin, elder, Baptist Church of Upper Freehold, 1766,
Miller, Charles, Masonic officer, Keyport Lodge, 1884, building of, burned, Keyport fire, 1877, 718
Miller, Dodson, private, Company G, Twenty-ninth Regiment, 1862, 265
Miller, Edwin, officer, Farmingdale Odd Fellows, 1884. 648
Miller, Everett, officer of the guard, Arrowsmith Post, Red Bank, 1885, 605
Miller, F., corresponding secretary, Asbury Park Young Men's Christian Association, 1884, 869
Miller, Frederick, first Methodist sermon at Allen- town, preached in residence of, 1790, 629
Miller, Frederick, private, Company G, Twenty-ninth Regiment, 1862, 265
Miller, George J., rebuilt woolen-factory near Smith- burg, Manalapan Township, about, 1846, 892
Miller, Jacob, taxed in Upper Freehold Township, in 1731 613
Miller, John, justice of the peace, 1883, 114
Miller, Robert, justice of the peace, 1855 - 1880, 112, 113, 114
103
part of county boundary line, 1847, 103
erected 1884,
population of, 1870-1880, see Chapter XXI.
104 384 655 580
Miln, Rev. John, preached at Shrewsbury, 1738,
413
Tiler and secretary, Freehold Order of Freemasons, 1864, 1867, 477
editor, Asbury Park Shore Press, 1880,
868
Miller, Robert W., justice of the peace, 1873, 1876, 1881,
113, 114
grandson of Frederick Miller, Allentown, 629
Miller, Rev. Samuel, pastor, Presbyterian Church of Port Washington, 1882, 593
descendant of Elihu Spencer and Joanna (Eaton) Spencer, 877
Miller, Thomas, taxed in Upper Freehold Township, in 1758,
616
Miller, Thomas, member of General Assembly, 1837, 109
sheriff of Monmouth County, 1834, 111
chosen freeholder, Upper Freehold Township, 1839-1846, in mercantile business, near Prospertown,
612
Miller, William, corporator of Asbury Park, 1874,
865
Miller, William E., officer, Odd Fellows, Allentown, 1870, 631
Millidge, Thomas, major, first batallion "Skinners Greens", Revolutionary period, 199
Mills, Henry I., attorney, admitted to the bar, 1843, 317
Mills, John T., married Sarah Ann Perrine, daughter of Major John Perrine (second), and Sarah (Ely) Perrine, 693
Mills, Rev. Nathaniel B., Methodist preacher, Trenton Circuit, 1787,
650
New Jersey Provincial Congress resolved to ap- point, 1775,
128
commissioned officers of,
130
Provincial, disbanded, Feb. 1776, 135
organization of, 1775, 228
Mispah Lodge, No. 61, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Eatontown, organized 1847,
891
Mispah's Kil, name given by the Dutch to a place on
144
Major John Perrine (second), and Sarah (Ely), Perrine,
Millspaugh, Rev. Alexander C., Marlborough, officer, Monmouth County Bible Society, 1874, 1876. 363, 364
teacher at Farmingdale, 448
pastor, Reformed Church, Middletown, 1841, 533
Middletown, began Dutch Reformed Church, Key- port, 1845, 713
Millspaugh, Charles H., married Jane Elizabeth Con- over, daughter of Lafayette and Elizabeth (Schenck) Conover, 749
Millspaugh, Ellen, daughter of Charles H., and Jane Elizabeth (Conover) Millspaugh, 749
Millspaugh, Josephine, daughter of Charles H., and Jane Elizabeth (Conover) Millspaugh, 749
Millspaugh, Lafayette, Son of Charles H., and Jane Elizabeth (Conover) Millspaugh, 749
Millspaugh, Laura, daughter of Charles H., and Jane Elizabeth (Conover) Millspaugh, 749
Millstone River, meeting at, in regard to boundary, held 1686,
32
tributaries of, in Freehold Township,
503
Miller, Robert J., private, Company G, Twenty-ninth Regiment, 1862, 265
Miller, Robert P., sergeant-major, Twenty-ninth Regi- ment, 1862, 261
second lieutenant, Company E, Twenty-ninth Regi- ment, 1862, 264
Milne, John, missionary in Monmouth County, 1738, Milnor, Charles E., gave religious instructions in Navesink, 1862, 541 543 645
Mine Run, tide-mill on,
Mingamahone Brook, account of,
Mingamahone Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Farmingdale, instituted, 1874, 648
Mingan, Joseph, taxed in Upper Freehold Township, in 1758, 615
Mingo, Negro executed for murder, Middletown, 1700,
400, 523 46
Mingoes, corruption of Mengwe,
Minisink Path, Indian Trail, description of, defined, 370 50
"Minnie Cornell", steamer ran from Keyport to New York, 1851, 705
Minor, Rev. John, pastor, Keyport Reformed (Dutch) Church, 1851, 714
Minsi, tribe of Lenni Lenape, 47
Minton, James F., private, Company D, Fourteenth Regiment, 1862,
257
Senior Vice-Commander, James B. Morris Post, No. 46, Grand Army of the Republic, Long Branch, 1880, 774
Minton, William H., private, Company D, Fourteenth Regiment, 1862, 257
Minute Men of Monmouth County. provision for, 1775,
128
Mills, Rev. William, preached in Methodist homes in locality of Red Bank, 1803, 601
sent to Blue Ball (Adelphia), Methodist Church, 1813, 651
Mills, Rev. William, succeeded Joseph Totten, First Methodist Church at Long Branch, 1812,
888
Mills, William T., married Eleanor Perrine, daughter of
265
693
635 716
665
Millstone Township, originally a part of Freehold Township,
Navesink River, 1643, murder at, 1643,
46
account of corner-stone ceremonies, by El Crozier, 1878,
483
Mitchell, Alexander, taxed in Upper Freehold Town- ship, in 1758, 616
errection of, appropriation for, voted by State Legislature, 1881,
486
488, 489 appropriation bill passed in Washington, 1881, description of, 489
unveiling of, 1884,
490, 494
249
Mitchell, Dr. Henry, president, Asbury Park Board of Health, 1884,
867
Monmouth Beach Association, formation of, 1871,
physician, Asbury Park, 1884,
870
Mitchell, James, member Toms River blockhouse garrison, 1782,
215
private, Continental Army, 1776,
234
Mitchell, John, private, Continental Army,
234
Monmouth County, location of,
1
surface of,
1
Mitten, Joel, member of militia, 1814,
241
streams of,
2, 3
fossils of,
3
geology of,
3
climate of ,
6
favorable for aboriginal life,
7
Moffat, Rev. W. W., participant in cornerstone laying, Ocean Grove, 1884,
860
arrow-smithies of,
8
Moffett, Craig, attorney, admitted to the bar, 1836,
317
mollusks of,
13
Moffett, Henry, admitted to the bar, 1864, 1867, 317
317
reptiles of, 13, 14, 15
glacial period, relics of, 15, 16
22
chaplain, Freehold Order of Freemasons, 1868,
477
pastor, Matawan Methodist Church, 1875,
839
Mohawks, buy guns and ammunition from Dutch, 1648,
46
reference to settlers, prior to 1682,
72
partial list of settlers in, prior to 1700,
82
temporarily erected, 1675,
101
Mohock, Indians destroy Dutch Farms on Long Island,
18
organization and subdivision of,
101
erected, 1683,
101
Molat, George, taxed in Upper Freehold Township, in 1731,
613
subdivided in townships, 1693,
103
Molatt, Gideon, private, Continental Army, 1776,
237
change of boundary of, 1822,
103
"Molly Pitcher", the heroine of Monmouth,
186
devided to form Ocean County, 1850,
104
Monckton, Hon. Henry, Lieutenant-Colonel of Royal Grenadiers, killed at Battle of Monmouth,
180
presidential votes of, 1836-1884,
114
buried in Old Tennent churchyard,
181
first local gathering in, to discuss freedom of Colonies, 1775,
117
Minute Men, commissioned officers of, 1775,
130
Money, proclamation, value of, (footnote),
131
Monmouth, first visited by a European, 1609,
44
Committee of, petition concerning disaffected persons, 1776,
136
"Monmouth", first reference to Freehold, as, 1785, attempt to change name of Freehold to,
391
Forman, 1776,
158
old name for Freehold,
422
base of operations for "Pine Woods Robbers", 195
richest county during Revolution, 195
228
first Freehold Bank, chartered in 1824,
463
artillery, commanded by Captain Joshua Huddy,
1777,
228
Monmouth, Battle of, June 28, 1778,
168
men in other commands, Civil War,
267
efficient service of Monmouth Militia at,
229
organization of courts of,
272
semi-centennial celebration of, 1828,
495
first lawyer of,
274
celebration commemorating seventy-sixth anniver- sary of, 1854,
495
internal improvements of,
369
Monmouth, Battle Monument, Freehold, location of,
480
court, last session of, at Middletown, 1714,
403
Association, organization of, 1877,
481
court, last session of, at Shrewsbury, 1715,
403
incorporation of Association, 1878,
482
settlement in, prior to granting of patent,
520
laying of cornerstone, 1878,
482
condition of Episcopal churches in, 1746,
581
estuary of ancient sea,
13
Moffett, Rev. W. W., minister, Freehold Methodist Church, 1865,
434
settlement of, by John Bowne, 1664, (footnote), 23
erection of, 1682, 31
discovered by Henry Hudson, 1609,
57
Mohington Creek, mentioned in Matawan Township Boundary, 1857,
830
Mohwhings, mentioned in 1705 road records,
374
boundaries defined, 1683,
102
civil list of,
105
mention of, as soldier, (footnote), 389 grave of, 686, 689
people petition Congress regarding militia, 1776,
136
Monmouth Declaration of Independence, 1668,
90
390
insurrection in, suppressed by Colonel Samuel
first post office at, established 1795,
460
Monmouth Bank, Freehold, use of prison by, 1825,
408
quota of state troops, 1776,
cessation of, 1842, 464
60
Mitchell, Charles H., private, Company C, Twenty- ninth Regiment, 1862, 263
Mitchell, George H., first sergeant, Fifth Regiment, 1864,
Monmouth Beach, home of Eliakım Wardell on site of, 1670, 775,876 775
Monmouth Beach and Seabright Water Company consolidation of, with Long Branch Water Supply Company, 1882, 773
Monmouth Casino, remoldeling of, from Wardell House, Seabright, 1872, 775
Mitchel, Samuel, private, Company A, Fourteenth Regiment, 1864,
256
Model of Jerusalem, Ocean Grove; donation of, by Rev. W. W. Eythe, M.D., 860
Moffat, Rev. William M., committeeman, Monmouth County Bible Society, 1868,
363
Indian pottery of,
8
Moffett, Thomas, attorney, admitted to bar, 1846,
included in grant to Duke of York, 1664,
list of attorneys and counselors practicing in,
316
145
1
named by Colonel Lewis Morris of Monmouth- shire, Wales, 587
Monmouth County Agricultural Railroad, incorpor- ated 1867, 382
Monmouth County Agricultural Society, organized 1853,
incorporation of, 1857, fairs of, 1857-84, officers of, 1883-84, 368
365 367 367
Monmouth County Bible Society, organized 1817,
353
Monmouth County Mutual Fire Insurance Company, incorporated, 1858,
469
Monmout County Mutual Insurance Company,
664
Monmouth Court-House, (now Freehold), Knyp- hausen's division near, June 25, 1778,
165
reveling at, by British, June 26, 1778,
166
enemy seen moving towards, 166
168
77 opinion of concerning land titles, 1674, (footnote), Monmouth Republican, merger of with Asbury Park Journal, 1884, 868
Monmouth School, Freehold, opened 1844, 438
Monmouth Star, Freehold newspaper, 1819, 407, 450
Monmouth Steamboat Company, incorporated 1830, 535
124 Monmouth Tea Party, held in Sandy Hook Bay, 1775, Monroe, James, private, Company D, Fourteenth Regiment, 1865, 258
Monroe Township, becomes part of Monmouth County, 1847, 103
Montfoort, Jannetje, married William Van Coven- hoven, son of Garret and Altje Cornelipe (Cole) Van Covenhoven, 1665, 331, 748
Montgomerie, James, Jr., taxed in Upper Freehold Township, in 1758, 616
Montgomerie, John, appointed governor, 1728, 40
Montgomerie, Robert, taxed in Upper Freehold Town- ship, in 1758, 615
Montgomerie, William, taxed in Upper Freehold Township, In 1758, 615
Montgomery, Abraham, trustee, Allentown Presby- terian Church, 1793. 629
Montgomery, Captain Alexander, mention of, (foot- note), 389
Montgomery, James, taxed in Upper Freehold Town- ship, in 1758, 615
Montgomery, Robert, member of General Assembly, 1797-98-99, 109
Monmouth County delegate to Provincial Congress, 1775, 126, 127
chosen freeholder, 1788, 612
614
Monmouth House, Spring Lake, built 1876,
805
Monmouth Inquirer, Freehold, owned by Colonel
Edwin F. Applegate, 1862, 260
printed resolutions on temperance,
320
established 1829, 451
consolidation with Monmouth Herald, 1860, 451
(graphic) account of Keyport fire in, 1877, 717
quoted regarding Freneau's death, 1833, 845
Monmouth Journal, Freehold, published 1826-28, 450
Monmouth Lodge, No. 20, I.O.O.F., Freehold, insti- tuted by Marshall C. Holmes, 1843, 478
Monmouth Lodge, No. 107, Knights of Pythias,
Asbury Park, instituted May 5, 1875, 870
Monmouth Manufacturing Company, Allentown; account of. 631
Monmouth Medical Society, organization of, 1816, 319
declares in favor of temperance, 1834, 320
detailed account of Dr. R.W. Cooke, (footnote), 815
Monmouth Militia, composition of, 1775, 129 229
Second Brigade of, 1778,
instructed to set up a beacon at Highlands, 1746, 536
"Monmouth Old Guard of 1812", list of troops,
240
Monmouth Park, Eatontown Township, history of,
892
Monmouth Park Association, owned site of Barclays' Corners, 1884, 878 incorporated 1878, 892
Monmouth Park Railroad Association, formed, 1878, 892
Monmouth Patent, territory embraced by, 63 73
dispute over validity of, 1667,
provision of, granting right to hold court,
270 399
rioting in, 1769, 279
first name for Freehold, 376
early inhabitants of, 386
growth of, during Revolution,
387
stages left Middletown Point for, 1837,
832
"Monmouth" packet sloop, ran to Washington Market from Middletown Point, 1837,
832
Monmouth Democrat, Freehold, contributions of
George C. Beekman in, 1877-78,
303
edited by Holmes W. Murphy, 310
printed resolutions on temperance, 320
account of a slave in, 1884,
393
founded by Bernard Connolly, Freehold, 1834, 454 463
advertised sale of Monmouth Bank property, 1836,
advertisment of Farmers' Bank, 1853, 464
account of unveiling of Battle Monument in, 1884,
491
denied report of mercenary behavior of farmers, 1854, 497
quoted, 1870, concerning escape of Thomas Leo- nard, Tory, 619
advertisement in, of sea bathing at Long Branch, 1844, 757
quoted, 1874, concerning Tory Refugees at Mid- dletown Point, 1778, 830
Monmouth Gazette and East Jersey Intelligencer, proposed by Philip Freneau, 1794,
843
Monmouth Herald, published Freehold, 1854, 450
consolidation of, with Monmouth Inquirer, 1860,
451
Monmouth Hotel, Freehold, formerly Craig House, 393
Monmouth House, Union City, built 1852,
702
Monmouth House, Long Branch, built 1848, 759
taxed in Upper Freehold Township, in 1731,
Montgomery, Robert Jr., taxed in Upper Freehold Township, in 1758, 615
Montgomery, Robert, trustee, Allentown Presbyterian Church, 1807, 629
Montgomery, William, taxed in Upper Freehold Town- ship, in 1731,
613
bought tract in Upper Freehold Township, 1706, 617
230 Montgomery, William, major, second regiment, 1777, Monthly Offering, published by Collegiate Institute of Middletown Point pupils, 1859, 847
Montrose, formerly called Barrentown, 377
Montrose School District, No. 5, Atlantic Township, 668
171 Monument Park Freehold, site of skirmish 1778, given to State by heirs of Daniel S. Schanck, 500
Moody, Lady Deborah, came to America, 1643, 335
146
Monmouth Patentees, account of, 65 - 70
situation of British army at, June 28, 1778,
Moody, James, lieutenant, First Battalion, "Skinners' Royal Greens""' 1776,
199 207
Moran, Rev. E. E., pastor, Cream Ridge, Presbyterian Church, 1877,
633
escape of,
208
pastor, Presbyterian Church, Asbury Park, 1884, 868
Moran, Rev. Thomas R., priest, Freehold Roman Catholic Church, 1867-71, 437
More, John, taxed in Upper Freehold Township, In 1758, 615
More, Peter, taxed in Upper Freehold Township, in 1758,
615
Mooney, William H., private, Company A, Fourteenth Regiment, 1862,
255
Moor, Richard, from Long Island, original settler of Monmouth County,
64
Moore, Rev. Caleb, early minister, Bethany Methodist Church,
719
Moore, Caleb, private, Continental Army, 1776 237
Moore, Captain Charles, company of militia, stationed at Sandy Hook, 1812,
240
Moore, C. L., officer Loyal Ladies' League Manasquan, 1882,
803
Moore, Edward, private, Continental Army, 1776,
237
Moore, Elizabeth, taught school, Marl Ridge, Upper Freehold Township, 1840,
639
Moore, Rev. J., pastor, St. Luke's Methodist Episcopal Church, Long Branch, 1880, 766
Moore, Rev. Jacob H., pastor, St. James' Episcopal Church, Long Branch, 1860-1873,
765
Moore, James, supernumerary preacher on Freehold Methodist Circuit, 1833,
426
Methodist preacher in 1794,
427
supernumerary preacher on Long Branch Circuit; death of, 1842,
428
preached at Harmony to Methodists about 1829,
547
pastor, Methodist Episcopal Church at Tinton Falls,
590
preacher, Imlay's Hill Methodist Episcopal Church, 637 pastor, First Methodist Church of Long Branch, prior to 1831 889
Moore, Rev. J. D., rector, St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Keyport,
715
supplied Trinity Episcopal Church of Matawan, 839
Moore, John, private, Continental Army, 1776,
237
Moore, John, private, Company D, Twenty-ninth Regiment, 1862, 263
Moore, Joseph, private, Continental Army, 1776, 237
Moore, Mary, taught school, Long Branch, 1866-71, 768
Moore, Matthias, private, Continental Army, 1776, 237
Moore, Richmond F., private, Company A, Four- teenth Regiment, 1862, 255
Moore, Samuel, sent by Assembly to collect taxes on towns, 1668, 88
Moore, Samuel T., Methodist preacher, Freehold Circuit, 1851, 429
Moore, Stephen, lieutenant-colonel, Third Regiment, 1861, 242
Moore, Stewart and James, Methodist revival meeting conducted by, 1832,
425
Moore, Thomas, private, Continental Army, 1776, 237
Moore, Rev. T. S., pastor, Eatontown Methodist Church, 1854,
879
Morford, Elizabeth, headstone of, in graveyard of Christ Church, Shrewsbury, 584
Moore, William S., private, Company D, Fourteenth Regiment, 1865,
257
postmaster, Manasquan, 1871,
officer, Grand Army of the Republic, Manasquan,
1880
803
narrative of,
led troops that burned church at Middletown Point, 532
Mooney, Charles C., private, Company A, Fourteenth Regiment, 1862, 255
Mooney, Walter C., sergeant, Company K, Twenty- ninth Regiment, 1862,
266
Morford family, genealogy of;
William Morford, (first), born 1764, married Lydia Stout, born 1768; children of William and Lydia (Stout) Morford were: William (second, see below), Thomas, Charles (see below) Elias, Lydia (married John Taylor), Sarah (married Grover Taylor), Mary (married Walter Parsons), Lucy (married James J. Taylor);
William Morford (second), born 1796, on home- stead at New Monmouth, son of William (first) and Lydia (Stout) Morford; married first, Elizabeth Willett, born 1794; married second, Joanna Johnson, daughter of Nicholas and Mary Johnson; the children of William (second) and Elizabeth (Willett) Morford were: James (born 1819), Henry (born 1823), Elizabeth (born 1830, married Benjamin Frost), Margaret (born 1832); the children of William (second) and Joanna (Johnson) Morford were: Margaret (born 1840) and George (born 1844, see below);
Charles Morford, born 1807, son of William (first) and Lydia (Stout) Morford, married Susan Herbert, daughter of Daniel and Margaret Her- bert, 1832; the children of Charles and Susan (Herbert) Morford were: John (married Z. Maria Brown), Caroline, Almira (married David S. Wyckoff), Lydia (married S. T. Hendrick- son), Margaret H., Charles H. (married Laura M. Worthley); biography and portrait of,
George Morford, born 1844, son of William (second) and Joanna (Johnson) Morford, mar- ried Emmeline Masker, daughter of Jacob H. and Hannah Masker, 1867; the children of George and Emmeline (Masker) Morford were: William (born 1869), George (born 1874), Alice (born 1877), Harry (born 1881); biography and portrait of, 569
Morford, Anna, daughter of Jarret Morford of Red Bank, married William H. Grant, born 1820, son of John and Ann (Hance) Grant, 1854,
560
Morford, Charles, corporator of plank road,1854, director Port Monmouth Transportation Company, 1855,
544
opened store at Chanceville, 1840,
545
Morford, Eleanor, married Conover T. Taylor, born 1837, son of James J. and Lucy Ann (Morford) Taylor, 677
Morford, Elias, director, Port Monmouth Transpor- tation Company, 1855, 544
Morford, Garret, owned house in early Red Bank settlement, 596
802
Morford, George, taught first school in locality of Red
554
378
147
Bank, 1816, 602
Morford, Hannah, headstone of, in graveyard of Christ Church, Shrewsbury, 584
Morford, Henry, Raritan Township member, and committeeman, Monmouth County Agricultural Society, 1853-54, 366
postmaster at Chanceville about 1840, 545
established New Jersey Standard, Matawan, 1852,
603, 839
Morford, J., private, Continental Army, 1776,
237
Morford, Jarett, headstone of, in graveyard of Christ Church, Shrewsbury, 584
Morford, John, settler in Monmouth prior to 1700, 83
private, Continental Army, 1776, 234
Morford, Dr. John, member, Medical Society of Monmouth, 1826, 320
Morgan, James, private, Continental Army, 1776, 234
Morgan J. C. Corporator of Asbury Park, 1874, 866
Morgan, Rev. John, supply at Baptist Church of Upper Freehold, 1802, 635
Morgan, Jonathan, house of, near School District No. 2, Freehold Township, 1839, 509
gave land for school purposes, Morganville, about 1830 744
Morgan, Rev. Joseph, pastor, Scotch Presbyterian Church, Freehold, 1709,
505
described mechanical oars, invented 1712, 506
married Sarah Ann Conover, born 1814, daughter
532
of Tylee and Sarah (Schenck) Conover,
558
pastor, Presbyterian Church, Middletown, 1710, succeeded the Rev. John Boyd in "Scots Meeting" prior to 1730,
585, 680
postmaster at Long Branch, 1854-60,
763
preaching of, met cold reception at Allentown, 1709, 623
pastor, Reformed Congregation, Middletown and Freehold, 1709, 729
contributor to St. Peter's Episcopal Church, 1763, Morford, Maria, headstone of, in graveyard of Christ Church, Shrewsbury,
584
Morford, Noah, private, Continental Army, 1776,
237
Morford, Rebecca, headstone in graveyard of Christ Church, Shrewsbury,
584
farewell sermon of, 1731, 732
Morgan, Joseph, private, Company 1, Twenty-ninth Regiment, 1862,
266
Morford, Stephen, private, Continental Army, 1776,
237
Morgan Lake, reservoir of Shumar's Mills, 168
Morford, T. Con., in business at Long Branch, 1885, 50 years after John A. Morford began,
760
cashier, Long Branch Banking Company, 1874-83, 769 Morford, Thomas, settled in Monmouth prior to 1700, 83
burial of, near Holmdel, 1794, 818
Morgan, Susannah, daughter of General Morgan, mar- ried John Disbrow, 340
Morganville, School District, No. 39, Marlborough Township, 744
Marlborough Township, account of, 745
Methodist Church, erection of, 1869, 746, 839
Mormon Church, erected at Hornerstown, after 1830,
633
Mormons, missionaires in Upper Freehold Township, 1842, 628
Mormons, attempt of to gain foothold at Long Branch, 1842, 766
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