History of Sussex and Warren counties, New Jersey, with Illustration and Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men and Pioneers, Part 38

Author: Snell, James P; Clayton, W. W. (W. Woodford)
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Philadelphia : Everts & Peck
Number of Pages: 1140

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CO. E, THIRTY-FIRST REGIMENT (NINE MONTIIS).

Woodbury D. Holt, enpt. ; com. Sept. 10, 1862; must, out June 24, 1863. William L. Kodenbough, first Heut. ; com. Sept. 10, 1862; must. out June 24,1803.

Jolin MMpaugh, second lient. ; com. Sept. 10, 1862.

John Robbins, second lient .; com. Feb. 3, 1863; must. out June 24, 1863. W'm. D. Johnson, first sorgt. ; enl. Sept. 3, 1862; must, ont June 24, 1863. Jesso Teats, sorgt. ; enl. Sept. 3, 1862 ; must. out June 21, 1863. Stewart K. Heers, sergt. ; enl. Sept. 3, 1862 ; must, ont June 24, 1863. Alexander Altomus, sorgt .; enl. Sept. 3, 1862; must. out June 21, 1863. Jacob R. Wert, sorgt .; onl. Sept. 3, 1862; must. out June 24, 1863. Lorenzo D. Stevenson, corp. ; onl. Sept. 3, 1862; must. out June 24, 1863. Joseph C. Ren, corp. ; enl. Sept. 3, 1812; inst. ont June 24, 1863. Milton A. Gregory, corp. ; enl. Sept. 3, 1802; must. out June 24, 1863. W'm. S. Naughright, corp .; enl. Sept. 3, 1862; must. out June 24, 1863. Martin V. B. Sine, corp .; enl. Sept. 3, 1862; must. ont June 24, 1863. James Conly, corp .; oul, Sept. 3, 1862 ; must, ont June 24, 1863. Enoch Streeter, corp .; onl. Sept. 3, 1862 ; must. ont June 24, 1864. Sylvester Groff, corp .; enl. Sept. 3, IS62; must, out June 21, 1863. Thomas S. Gibbins, mus. ; enl. Sept. 3, 1862; must. out .Inne 24, 1863. David Hoper, mus. ; onl. Sept. 3, 1862; must. out June 24, 1863. David Hulshizer, wog. ; enl. Sept. 3, 1862; must. ont June 24, 1863.

Privates,

John L. Alliger, WIMam E. Alpaugh, Horman Altemus, Thomas Barras, Andrew Bartels, Stephen 11. Boers, Josoph B. Bird, William 3. Bird, Hloury Blackburn, Aaron Bowlby, Sylvestor Bowlby, Henry Bruner, Cornelins Buchanan, Isho Butler, John Butler, Thomas Butler, Lovi Cuse, Peter Y. Chandler, Enoch Crumor, Lyman B. Cramer, Victor Cramer, William E. Cramer, Goorgo Crengor, Henry L. Cummings, Hiruum Demott, Eliphalet W. Duffort, Samuel D. Edmonds (corp. Sept. 3, 1862), Isaac S. Ebridge, James A. Exton, Bonnett Gano, George Graham, William Graham, Eldriilgo Green, Henry A. Green, James C. Gullek, William B. Hardy, Samuel Hoppock, John Ind- dleson, Robert Unddleson, Peter Hulsizer, William Hulsizer, Allon King, Edwin G. Lowis, Elins Lowis, James MI. Lowla, Charles E. Madison (corp. Sope, 3, 1862), Emanuel Manning, John Manning, Sunmel Manning, Robert MeCush, George A. Mellek, Edward W. Merritt, Abraham Mount (corp, Sagt. 3, 1862), Alexander Mulligan, Alexander Probasco, Anrou Rocknfollow, James II. Hodonbough,

John II. Schomp, Ancien C. Sheppard, William W. Smith, George Snyder, Honry Soliday, Joseph E. Storr, Theodoro Stout, John Stryker (corp. Sept. 3. 1862), George W. Sutton, Jacob Swarrer, Watson F. Swarrer (corp. Sept. 3, 1862), Samuel Wagner, Richard Wilson, Levi S. Young.

Discharged.

Ball, William II., disability, Nov. 14, 1862.

Ely, Henry P., disability, Nov. 14, 1862.

lickerman, August, disability, Feb. 25, 1863.

Lanning, Aaron II , disability, Dec. 7, 1862; died at Annapolis, Md., Jao. 4, 1863.

Died,

Altemus, Charles, nt Washington, D. C., Nov. 13, 1862. Slack, Charles W., at Belle Pluins, Vn., Fob. 23, 1863. Smith, John W., at Belle Plains, Va., March 23, 1863.

Vanse, William, at Belle Plaine, Va., Feb. 19, 1563.

Wheat, Thompson II., at Tennallytown, D. C., Oct. 17, 1862.

CO. G, THIRTY-FIRST REGIMENT.

Benjamin F. Howey, capt. ; com. Sept. 10, 1862 ; must. out June 24, 1863. Willlum C. Larzelier, Arst lieut. ; com. Sept. 10, 1802; res. Feb. 14, 1863. William Bowers, first lient. ; com. Feb. 20, 1863; minst. ont June 21, 1863.

James F. Green, second lieul. ; com. Sept. 10, 1862; res. Feb. 11, 1863. Wesley W. Castner, second lient .; com. Feb. 20, 1863 ; must. ont June 24, 1803.

Sergeants,-William C. Bloom (orderly), Aaron W. Davis, Isaac L. Lau- terman, Elijah S. Snovor, William K. Evans (disch, disability Jan. 13, 1863), Theodore II. Andress (died of fever June 3, 1863).

Corporals .- John Suover, Amos Merrill, Daniel P. Matlock, John B. Corwin, Martin L. Chambers, Marshall II. Smith, Isaac Harris, George W. Dell.

Musicians,-Embla D. Mann, Robert L. Gibbs, Conrad Miller (died of cholera morbus Oct. 5, 1862).

Wagoner .- Elisha II. Christian.

Prirates,-Emolins Able, Jacob J. Angle, Alfred Aten, James L. Berry, Samuel Brittenheimer, William S. Burge, Samuel Babcock (tisch. disability Nov. 14, 1862), Peter Cary (disch, disability Sept. 24, 1862), John W. Caso, Jonas Case, Jabez G. Cowell, Lewis Creamer, Jacob Cruser, William Cyphers, Simon Peter Demberger (enl. Nov. 3, 1862), Peter Dennis, Austin Emmons, David MI. Emmons, William 11. Em- mons, John Flick, Edward Freer, David X. Gardner, Abraham Gil- hert, Ephraim Gilbert, Jacob Gundryman, George Harris, Ogden Harris, George Hayes, Alfred Henry, Charles E. Hartung (dischi. disability Jan. 13, 1×63), Charles A. Hall (died, fever, March ", 1863), Theodore Harris (died, consumption, Dec. 15, 1862), David MI. Kitchen, Jesse Kitchen. Marshall J. Koyt, David R Kunkle, Abra- ham F. Lance, Andrew D. Litts, Samuel Litts, William Lusk, Theo- dure Maines, Benjamin F. McCormick, John A. McCormick, George W. MeKnight, John W. Millburn, Thomas B. Matlock (disch, disa- bility Nov. 14, 1862), George D. Nixon (disch. disability Nov. 14, 1862), llenry Oberkrick (died, heart disease, May 2, 1863), William Parr, Owen Phillips, Aaron Pool, Charles W. Poyer, Daniel V. l'oyer, Henry R. Poyor, Abraham S. Price, George Quick, Abr. A. Rice, Nathan II. Rice, Cornelius S. Robbins, Daniel Shannon, Nelson It. Shotwell, Daniel Smith, John Smith, Oscar Smith, Manuel C. Snover, Nathaniel (. Snover, William K. Snyder, Austin Stiles, Trinh Stiles (disch. disability Nov. 14, 1862), Philo Story, Samuel Stout, Joseph C. Sutton, Henry Sutton (disch, disability Feb. 28, 1883), Andrew Wildrick, Jacob Winemaker, William B. Winemaker, Abraham Wintermute, George M. Wintermute, Johu B. Wulf.

CO. HI, THIRTY-FIRST REGIMENT.

David MI. Trimmer, capt. ; com. Sept. 15, 1862; must. out June 24, 1863. Jolin N. Givene, first Hout. ; com. Sept. 15, 1862 ; must. out June 24, 1803. Henry Hanco, second Heut. ; com. Sopt. 15, 1862; must. out June 24, 1863. Sergeants,-Charles Frocman (orderly), Alpheus McCracken, Talmage 1 .. Bell, Sylvester Koyt, John O. Schomp.

Corporala .- P'hillp W. Emmons, Levl II. Newman, Marshall L .. Ward, Georgo T. Nunn, Tobias S. Van Horn, Frederick L. Crammer, Wil- Ham 11. Nunn, William IT. 11. Stirea.

Musicians,-Jacob N. Downs, Isaac S. Givens. Wagoner .- Cornelius Gullek.

P'rientes .- Elward HI. Albertson, Conrail P. Anderson, Daniel H. Ander- won, Julin S. Applegate, Jamos E. Ayres, David B3. Ball, Audrew Beam, George Best, Henry D. Billy, Nicholas S. Bilby, Henry J.

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SUSSEX AND WARREN COUNTIES, NEW JERSEY.

Bird, Thomas S. Bird, Samuel Cnrhart, William R. Carpenter, George B. Cole, William D. Coleman, John Connor, Aaron Grammer, Jr., Lawrence Culver, Andrew J. Dennis, Lawrence II. Dilley, Azel Edgarton, William Efner, Benjamin Felver, Mahlon Forco, Charles France, George W. Frazier, Moses Grny, John O. Griggs, Jolmn W. Gruver, John M. Gulick, Alexander Hardin, David Ilardin, David Hart, Samuel B. Hartpence, Edward B. Heid, And. H. Hibler, David Ilill, Edmond Hogan, John Hogan, William Holmes, Alfred Hum- ler, Charles H. Hayward (disch. disability Feb. 2, 1863), Thomas Karr, Daniel F. Kennedy, Isaac Lee, Henry Losey, Ezra Marlatt, William H. Marlatt, William H. Marlatt, Jr., Andrew J. Mnttison, William McClain, Amos McLean, John H. Mott, George Mowry, William Mowry (died, fevor, March 12, 1863), Charles Parson, Daniel S. Rice, Joseph C. Rupell, William L. Shipps, Jacob A. Smith, Wil- liam Sowers, James M .. Staples, John D. Staples, William Staples, William C. Staples, John C. Steifle, William R. Stewart, Adolphus Stillwell, Alexander Stine, Martin R. Thomas, William P. Turner, Michael Verden, Philip G. Vroom, Robert Wallace, Anron Wash- burn, Andrew M. White, Jacob Wiley, Isaac L. Willett, Roderick B. Willet (died nenr Fitz Hugh House, Va., June 3, 1863), Stewart Wire, Henry M. Zellers, Martin B. Zellers.

CO. I, THIRTY-FIRST REGIMENT.

Calvin T. James, capt .; com. Sept. 10, 1862; res. Feb. 9, 1863. Richard T. Drake, capt .; com. Feb. 16, 1863; must. out June 24, 1863. James Prall, first lient. ; com. Feb. 16, 1863; minst. out June 24, 1863. James Lukens, second lieut .; com. Feb. 16, 1863; must. out June 24, 1863. Sergeants .- George Fox (orderly), Israel Swnze, Matthew L. Van Scoten,

Simon Braider, George S. Osmun, Derrick Albertson, first sergt (died, typhoid fever, April 14, 1863).

Corporals .- John Fallon, William Salmon, David C. Gardner, Charles Jolinson, Hfiram W. Allegar, James L. Pierson, George A. Bemler, Phineas K. Inzen.

Musicians .- Joseph N. Bogart, William Ripple. Wagoner .- James Pittenger (from Oct. 31, 1862).

Privates,-Elin W. Allegar, Edwin Ayres, John S. Bunghart, Samuel Bachman, John II. Bescherer, Robert M. Bishop, William Boofman, Elijah C. Burd, Daniel Butz, Christopher Cole, William Cramer, Jolin V. Crutz, Jolin M. Dalrymple, Jolin Deisel, John Deremer, David HI. Drake," John HI. Eilenberg, John Fngan, Charles Flatt, John Falkner, Peter A. Fry, James G. Galloway, George Ganoe, Reuben Glass (disch, disability Nov. 26, 1862), James Goodison, George Gray, Mathias P. Hart, William H. Hetfield, Morgan Hineline (disch. disability Nov. 18, 1862), Philip Hopkins, Michael Houseman, Anron V. Hulsizer, Seneca B. Kitchen, Stephen Lanning, Baltzer T. Lny- pock, Jesse V. Lomason, Marshall T. Lomason (disch. disability May 23, 1863), Charlee Lanning (died of typhoid fever Murch 9, 1863), Thomas Lomason. David Lomason, James G. Mace, Theodoro Med- dock, Elijah Melroy, John Melroy, Anron Mershon, Miller Mershon, Robert Miller (died, fever, March 17, 1863), George W. S. Norton, Burris Osburn, Willinn Pelta, John Person, Renben Phillips, Jr., Timothy Rake, Thomas L. Randall, Jolin Rasely, William S. Robe- son, Irvine 'Rodenbough, Jolin Rowe, George W. Rush, Isaac D. Rush (died March 27, 1863), Frank Sawyer, Thomas Shafer, James Slack, John Smith, John Sowders, Roderick B. Stephens, William E. Stiles, Angnetne Struble, Dennis Titns, Joseph C. Tunis, John G. Twining (died, diphtheria, Nov. 18, 1862), Wesley R. Van Gilder, Lafinie Wambold, Willinn H. H. Warman, Benjamin Warner, John T. Widener (wngoner Sept. 3, 1802; private Oct. 31, 1862), Alden Wilkinson, Thomas M. Williams, John M. Young.

# Died at home, June 25, 1863.

HISTORY OF SUSSEX COUNTY.

CHAPTER I. ORGANIZATION OF SUSSEX COUNTY.

I .- ORIGINAL BOUNDARIES.

Sussex was the thirteenth county of the State in the order of its erection. It was taken from the upper part of Morris County by an act of the General As- sembly passed June 8, 1753. The boundaries were set forth as follows :

"That all nnit singular the land and upper parts of Morris County northward of Musconetcong River, beginning at the north of said river where it empties into the Delaware River, aod running up sall Musco- netcong River to the head of the Great Bend; from theneo northeast to the line that divides the province of New Jersey ; thence along the said line to the Delaware River aforesahil; thence down the same to the mouth of the Musconotcong, the place of beginning ; and the sald Musconetceng Ifiver, so far as the County of Hunterdon bounds it, shall be the bound- ary line between that county and the county of Sussex."#

At the original formation of the county of Sussex, Warren County was included in it. The latter was set off' by an act of the Legislature passed Nov. 24, 1824, reducing Sussex to its present limits. It was named by Jonathan Belcher, Esq., Governor of New Jersey, in honor of the Duke of Newcastle, whose family seat was in the county of Sussex, England.

II .- CIVIL DIVISIONS.

The territory comprised in Sussex County, as orig- inally formed, was included, in nearly equal propor- tions, in East and West Jersey. By the act of 1709, which defined the boundaries of the several counties of the province, the soil of Sussex was comprehended within the limits of Burlington. When Hunterdon was erected into a county, in 1713, this territory formed a part of the same; and in 1738, when Morris County was set off, it was included in the latter until erected into a separate county called Sussex. While included in Morris County, between 1738 and 1753, something like municipal organization was extended over the scattered population of this northwestern portion of the State. Townships were formed, with metes and bounds very imperfectly defined, yet answering in some sort the wants of the people. These townships were Walpack, New Town, Hardwick, and Green- wich,-the original townships of what are now Sussex and Warren Counties. One of them-Hardwick- was erected by royal patent. Walpack and New Town, at the period of which we speak, comprised all the

territory constituting the present county of Sussex, except so much as is comprehended in Stillwater and Green, which two latter precinets, with all the present county of Warren, were covered by Hardwick and Greenwich. The settlements at this time were prin- cipally in Walpack and Greenwich and at certain points on the Wallkill, Papakating, Paulinskill, and Pequest. In 1738 the population of the whole prov- inee of New Jersey was only forty-seven thousand three hundred and sixty-nine, of which Sussex prob- ably did not contribute more than five or six hundred.

New divisions were made when the county, was set off from Morris, in 1753. During the fifteen years preceding rapid settlements had been made, and a spirit of enterprise and progress was manifest, not only in subduing the forest, building mills, and open- ing roads, but in the conveniences inaugurated for local municipal regulation. The people, no longer content with the out-of-the-way privileges which they had enjoyed under Morris County, went to work to set in order that portion of the territory which had been assigned to their jurisdiction. In 1753 the anx- iety to have the bounds of the old townships detined and new ones set off' was so great that the court had to authoritatively direct "That the townships of Wal- pack, Greenwich, Hardwick, and New Town shall re- main and continue in the county of Sussex as they formerly were in the county of Morris until further orders." In the term of May, 1754, Benjamin Smyth, William Schooley, John Depue, Johannes Cornelius Westbrook, Joseph Hull, Richard Gardiner, and Rich- and Lundy, Jr., who had been appointed a committee to divide the county into precinets, made a report, which was adopted, and which added three precincts to the original townships,-viz., Wantage, formed from parts of Newton, and Oxford and Mansfieldl-Wood- house, from parts of Greenwich, Hardwick and Wal- pack retaining their original limits. The townships thus defined remained unaltered for a few years, when the increase of population led to further divisions. In 1759, Montague was erected from Walpark by royal patent. In 1762 another portion was taken from Walpack and called Sandyston, and in the same year Hardyston was formed from the northern part of New- ton. Knowlton was set off from Oxford in 1764, In- dependence from Hardwick in 1782, Vernon from Ilardyston in 1792, Frankford from Newton in 1797, and Byram, also from Newton, in 1798. These divi-

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* Laws of Now Jersey (1821), pp. 21, 22.

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sions multiplied the four original townships to fifteen, and there was no further alteration of the original landmarks until the county of Warren was set off from Sussex, in 1824. Stillwater and Green town- ships were formed from Hardwick in 1824.

The present civil divisions of the county are fifteen, as follows : Andover, Byram, Frankford, Green, Hampton, Hardyston, Lafayette, Montague, Sandy- ston, Sparta, Stillwater, Vernon, Walpack, Wantage, borough of Newton.

III .- COUNTY COURTS OF SUSSEX.

Courts were established in this county by a royal ordinance, of which the following is a verbatim copy :

" George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain, France and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith, &c. To nll whom these presents may in anywise concern, Sendeth Greeting : Whereas by a late Act of our Governor, Council and General Assembly of our Province of New Jersey Made in the Twenty-sixth year of our Reigo, the upper parts of our Connty of Morris were separated from said County of Morris and erected into n distinct Connty and called the County of Sussex ; and whereas the several times for the holding of Court of General Sessions of the Peace and Inferior Court of Common Pleas for our said County of Sussex are not yet fixed, Wherefore, for Ascertaining the same, Now know ye that of our special Grace and mere motion, we have Constituted, Ordained and Appointed, and by these presents, Do Constitute, Ordain nud Appoint, that our Conrts of General Sessions of the Pence and Inferior Court of Con- mon Pleas, for onr said Connty of Sussex, be held on the days and times following, to wit: One of the times for holding said Courts to begin on the third Tuesday in November, another on the third Tuesday in Febru- ary, another on the fourth Tuesday in May, and the other on the fourth Tuesday in August, in every year; Each of which Courts shall continue and be held for any time not exceeding four days in each Term. We also Will, Ordain and Appoint, that our several Courts for our said County. of Sussex, shall be held and kept at the Dwelling-House of Jonathan Pettit, Esq., at the place now called Hardwick in said County of Sussex, nntil there shall be a new Court Honse built and erected in and for said County, pur- sunat to the Act of our Governor, Conncil and General Assembly made in the Twenty-sixth year of our Reign, and no longer; and when said Conrt Honse for our said County of Sussex shall be built and erected, then We Will, Ordain and Appoint that our snid several Courts of General Sessions of the Peace and Inferior Court of Common Pleas shall hereafter be held at the times bereinbefore appointed at said Court House to be built as aforesaid in and for the County of Sussex. We also Will, Give and Grant that the Justices of the Peace of our said County of Sussex, and the Judges of our said Inferior Court of Common Pleas for our said County of Sussex do exercise, nso and have all such Powers and Juris- dictions in the snid several Courts at the times herein Appointed ns by Law they may and ought to exercise, use and lich. In testimony whereof we have cansed the Great Seal of our said Province of New Jer- sey to be hereunto affixed. Witness our trusty and well Beloved Joun- than Belcher, Esq., our Captain-General and Commander-in-Cluef of our gaid Province of New Jersey and Territories thereunto dopending in America, Vice-Admirnl and Chancellor in the same, &c., at our Borough of Elizabeth, the thirteenth tlay of October, in the Twenty-seventh year of our Reign.

" 1753.

" READ." "Let the Orent Seal of the Province of New Jersey be affixed to the within Communication.

" To the Secretary of State of New Jersey.

" J. BELCHER."

This ordinance, and those of its class generally, although issued in the name of the king, really emanated from the Governor and council. The king or queen, according to the English constitution, is supposed to be the fountain of justice and general conservator of the peace. In the provinces this pre- rogative was liberally delegated to the Governor and Council, by virtue of which they granted patents es-

tablishing and altering the boundaries of townships, constituting municipal and other corporations, estab- lishing and regulating ferries, constituting courts of justice, defining their powers, appointing the times and places at which they should be held, and regu- lating the fees of judges and officers. The judicial system, as partially established under Lord Cornbury, -the first of the royal Governors of New Jersey,- gave to justices of the peace cognizance of all cases to the amount of forty shillings. In cach county there were established Courts of General Sessions of the Peace, each with quarterly terms, and Inferior Courts of Common Pleas, having power to try all actions at common law ; and these courts convened and held their sessions at the same time and place. The Court of General Sessions of the Peace was com- posed of all the justices of the peace in the county, while the Common Pleas was presided over by judges appointed from among that number. In 1724 the Common Pleas Court was so restricted as to except causes wherein the right or title to lands, tenements, or hereditaments were in any way concerned; other- wise, it remains the same as originally established.

The first Courts of General Sessions of the Peace and of Common Pleas for Sussex County were held on Nov. 20, 1753, at the house of Jonathan Pettit, in the township of Hardwick. The royal ordinance so ordaining and appointing was read, as also the com- missions of Jonathan Robeson, Abraham Van Cam- pen, John Anderson, Jonathan Pettit, and Thomas Woolverton, Esqs., judges of the Common Pleas. These men were likewise empowered to act as justices of the peace, in connection with Richard Gardner, Obadiah Ayres, Japhet Byram, and Peter Decker. Jeremiah Condy Russell was appointed clerk, and Joseph Brackenridge was qualified to act as high sheriff of the county. Joseph Perry, of Newton, was sworn as constable, and the organization of the courts was completed, with the exception of grand and petit jurors, who necessarily had not been summoned for lack of officers duly empowered to discharge that duty. Nothing was done at this term except to grant tavern licenses and affix the rates of entertainment. Licenses were granted to Thomas Woolverton, Joseph Carpenter, Jonathan Pettit, Joseph Bell, Abraham Carman, Henry Hairlocker, and Casper Shafer. In the records of the court for this year we find the fol- lowing :

"The Court affixed the several rates and prices of all liquors, ments, and entertainment for man and beast, and the several anma to be taken for the same :

For ench person, dinner, hot, of three dishes ... one shilling. For dinner, cold. „.nine pence. Wine per pint .. eighteen pence. Methegliu per ditto ..... .. seven pence.

Strong Beer por quart ... five peuce.

Ship ditto .... three pence.

Rum per gill .. four pence. Punch per quart, of lonf sugur .. .ono shilling. Ditto, of brown sugar ..... .. ten pence.

Php per quart ... ten pence.

Lodging euch person per night .three pence. Horses, onts per quart .... .Jenny-half-penny.

Stubling horses. sono shilling.

Pusturing ditto. six pence."

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" The business of tavernkeeping at this time, and for at least fifty years afterwards, was a stepping-stone to public distinction, as well as a source of pecuniary profit. Nearly all the early judges, justices, sheriff's, chosen frecholders, etc., were innkeepers. The num- ber of hostelries continually augmented in conse- quence of the repute and influence they gained for their proprietors; but what was little to the credit of the fraternity was the fact that some of them, in order to increase their profits, would use diminutive meas- ures in selling their liquors, oats, etc. The court felt itself scandalized by this mode of doing business, and, by way of suppressing it, took the precaution for several years to add to the annual rate bills which it made out an official notification in these words : ' Liquors and Oats, when called for, to be delivered in full measures.' Great inducements for wholesale lodg- ing were also held out in those days, the charges being for one man in a bed, five pence; for two in a bed, three pence each ; and for three in a bed, two pence each. Hence, when two men chose to bundle to- gether instead of sleeping singly, they saved two pence each by the operation,-just enough to buy a gill of New England rum for their respective stimu- lation, provided they had a partiality for that most pungent and odoriferous of all alcoholic liquids.

" During the brief time the courts were held in Hardwick the business mainly related to the collee- tion of debts; some cases of assault and a few offenses against chastity were reached and punished by indict- ment, but no crime of special magnitude required to be judicially investigated. The grand jurors appeared to be vigilant,-probably a little too much so; indeed, some of their presentments would be regarded at the present day as trifling and frivolons. In searching out small offenses upon one occasion they pounced upon a luckless wight named Richard Duddy, and formally presented him 'for damning ITis Grace the Duke of Cumberland.' This certainly was manifest- ing an excess of loyalty. The Duke of Cumberland never set his foot upon American soil; he was merely a leading general in the British army who was de- fented at Fontenoy by the French, but who had bal- anced his misfortune by defeating the forces of the Pretender in Scotland on the field of Culloden, where he infamously signalized himself by inflicting the most savage cruelties upon the poor Scots whom he had vanquished. Duddy was doubtless a Scotchman, and the cbullition was entirely natural. The duke will certainly have escaped well if, after "life's fitful fever,' he experienced no other damning, in righteous expiation of his crimes at l'uHoden, than that de- nounced against him by the irascible Richard Duddy."

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History of Sussex and Warren counties, New Jersey, with Illustration and Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men and Pioneers, Part 38

Author: Snell, James P; Clayton, W. W. (W. Woodford) Publication date: 1881 Publisher: Philadelphia : Everts & Peck Number of Pages: 1140

Author: Snell, James P; Clayton, W. W. (W. Woodford)
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Philadelphia : Everts & Peck
Number of Pages: 1140