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Gilman, Charles D., sergt., Aug. 30, 1862 ; died of typhoid fever near Fal- mouth, Va., Jan. 24, 1863.
Grace, Thomas K., private, Aug. 30, 1862; must. out with regt. July 6, 1863.
Haggerty, Willism, private, Sepf. 3, 1862; must, out with regt. July 6, 1863.
Hauxhurst, Richard F., private, Sept. 3, 1862; umust. out with regt. July 6, 1863.
Hone, Frederick, private, Aug. 30, 1862; must. out with regt. July 6, 1863.
Jackson, John T., private, Aug. 30, 1862; must. out with regt. July 6, 1863.
Jaques, Mortimore, private, Sept. 3, 1862; must. out with regt. July 6, 18G3.
Johnson, James H., private, Aug. 30, 1862; must. out with regt. July 6, 1863.
Keller, Christopher, private, Aug. 26, 1862; must, out with regt. July 6, 18G3.
Kervin, John, private, Aug. 26, 1862; must, out with regt. July 6, 1863. McElhaney, William, private, Aug. 29, 1862; must. out with regt. July 6, 1863.
McClay, John, private, Aug. 28, 1862; deserted Sept. 25, 1862, at Free- hold, N. J.
McGrail, Patrick, private, Aug. 28, 1862; died st Fredericksburg, Vs., Dec. 15, 1862, of wounds received in action there on the 13th.
Manning, Thomas, private, Aug. 30, 1862 ; disch. at Point Lookout, Md., April 10, 1863, dieability.
Mott, Samuel, private, Aug. 30, 1862; disch, at hospital, New York Har- bor, Feb. 14, 1863, wounds received in action at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862.
Moffett, George B., private, Aug. 3, 1862; must. out with regt. July 6, 1863.
Morris, George B., private, Aug. 30, 1862 ; must. out with regt. July 6, 1863.
Mulligan, William F., private, Aug. 26, 1862; must. out with regt. July 6, 1863.
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RECORD OF MIDDLESEX COUNTY MEN IN THE CIVIL WAR.
Munn, David C., privata, Ang. 30, 1862; must. out with regt. July 6, 1863.
Oliver, Thomas A., privata, Ang. 30, 1862; must. ont with regt. July 6, 1863.
Patterson, William H., private, Ang. 30, 1862.
Payna, Bethuna D., private, Ang. 30, 1862; must, out with ragt. July 6, 1863.
Pressler, Edward, private, Ang. 28, 1862; must, out with regt. July 6, 1863.
Roxbury, Andrew J., private, Aug. 28, 1862; must. out with regt. July 6, 1863.
Ruddy, Robert, private, Sept. 2, 1862; mnat. out with regt. July 6, 1863. Toma, Crowell M., private, Sept. 2, 1862; must. out with regt. July 6, 1863.
Tample, Alfred S., private, Aug. 28, 1862; deserted Sept. 25, 1862, at Freehold, N. J.
Tucker, Patrick, private, Ang. 28, 1862; deserted Sept. 25, 1862, at Free- hold, N. J.
Valentine, Mulford D., private, Sept. 2, 1862; must. out with regt. July 6, 1863.
Webber, John, private, Aug. 30, 1862 ; must. ont with regt. July 6, 1863. Welsh, John, privata, Aug. 30, 1862; must. out with regt. July 6, 1863. Wright, George A., privata, Sept. 2, 1862; mnat. ont with ragt. July 6, 1863.
Walsh, David G., wagoner, Sept. 2, 1862; died at Washington, D. C., of wouads received at Fredericksburg, Va.
Youog, Henry, private, Aug. 30, 1862 ; must. out with regt. July 6, 1863. Youog, lleary S., private, Sept. 2, 1862; must. ont with regt. July 6, 1863.
Young, Theodora, private, Sept. 2, 1862; must. out with regt. July 6, 1863.
COMPANY K.
Storer, George, capt., Sept. 20, 1862; must. out July 6, 1863.
Bresnahan, James. Ist lieut., Sept. 20, 1862; dismissed by order War Dept. May 15, 1863.
Conk, Thomas, 2d lient., Sept. 20, 1862 ; disch. Jaa. 2, 1863.
Boltoo, John T., Ist sergt., Aug. 30, 1862; 2d lieut. vice Conk, disch., March 1, 1863.
Stilwell, Aaron, sergt., Ang. 30, 1862; Ist sergt. March 1, 1863; must. ont with regt. July 6, 1863.
Fowler, Charles S., sorgt., Aug. 30, 1862 ; must. ont with regt. July 6, 1863.
Thorn, William, Jr., corp., Aug. 30, 1862; sergt. March 1, 1863 ; must. out with regt. July 6, 1863.
Thomas, David, corp., Ang. 30, 1862; sorgt. March 1, 1863; must. out with regt. July 6, 1863.
Van Dusen, David, corp., Ang. 30, 1862 ; must. out with regt. July 6, 1863.
Thorn, Audrew C., corp., Aug. 30, 1862 ; minst. out with ragt. July 6, 1863. Hndnet, William, corp., Sept. 2, 1862 ; must. out with regt. July 6, 1863. Fowler, John C., corp., Ang. 30, 1862; must, out with regt. July 6, 1863. Hulsehart, Peter, corp., Ang. 30, 1862 ; must. out with regt. July 6, 1863. Barber, Peter, corp., Aug. 30, 1862; must. out with regt. July 6, 1863. Drake, Isaac, corp., March 1, 1863; must. out with regt. July 6, 1863.
Thorn, Timothy S., corp., March 1, 1863; amat. out with regt. July 6, 1863.
Buzzee, Aaron, musician, Aug. 29, 1862.
Laforge, John, wagoner, Ang. 30, 1862; must. out with regt. July 6, 1863. Applegate, Noah, private, Ang. 30, 1862; must. out with ragt. July 6, 1863.
Arosa, Elisha, private, Sept. 1, 1862; must. out with regt. July 6, 1863. Arose, Abraham, private, Aug. 30, 1862; died of typhoid fever near Fal- mouth, Va., March 14, 1863.
Bloodgood, Peter, private, Ang. 30, 1862 ; minst. out with regt. July 6, 1863.
Bloodgood, Michael, private, Sept. 2, 1862; must. out with regt. July 6, 1863.
Bogart, Abrahaor, privata, Aug. 30, 1862; must. out with ragt. July 6, 1863.
Bolton, Thomas O., privata, Aug. 30, 1862 ; must. out with regt. July 6, 1863.
Bray, George W., privata, Aug. 30, 1862; must. out with regt. July 6, 1863.
Brock, William, privata, Ang. 30, 1862 ; deserted Fab. 20, 1863, at Phila- delphia, Pa.
Compton, Henry, private, Ang. 29, 1862; must. out with regt. July 6, 1865
Culver, George, privata, Ang. 30, 1869; must. out with regt. July 6, 1863. Dayton, John D., private, Sept. 2. 1862 ; mnat. out with regt. July 6, 1863. Dawan, Michael, private, Aug. 30, 1862 ; deserted Jan. 14, 1863.
Diabrow, Cortlaadt, private, Aug. 30, 1862 ; must. ont with regt. July 6, 1863.
Duun, Thomas, private, Aug. 30, 1862 ; missing in action at Fradericka- burg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862; supposed dead.
Durham, Joha, private, Ang. 30, 1862; died at U. S. A. Hosp. at Wash- ington, D. C., of wounds recd. in action at Fredericksburg.
Ford, Charles P., private, Aug. 30, 1862; must. out with regt. July 6, 1863.
Furman, William H., private, Aug. 30, 1862 ; must, ont with regt. July 6, 1863.
Furness, William T., private, Aug. 30, 1862 ; mnat. out with regt. July 6, 1863.
Githens, Joseph M., private, Aug. 30, 1862; omst. out with regt. July 6, 1863.
Gordon, Embly S., 'privata, Sept. 22, 1862; omat. out with regt. July 6, 1863.
Hagar, Abraham C., private, Ang. 30, 1862; minst. out with regt. July 6, 1863.
Hogar, David, private, Sept. 22, 1862; must. out with regt. July 6, 1863. Hansell, Cornelius, private, Aug. 30, 1862; deserted Jan. 14, 1863, at hosp., New York Harbor.
Hanzey, Charles, private, Sept. 2, 1862; must. ont with regt. July 6, 1863. Hoagland, John H., private, Ang. 30, 1862; must. out with ragt. July 6, 1863.
Hulsehart, Cornelius, Jr., private, Sept. 2, 1862; must. out with regt. July 6, 1863.
Hnat, Robert, private, Ang. 30, 1862 ; most. out with regt. July 6, 1863. Jacksoo, Robert, private, Ang. 30, 1862; amat. out with regt. July 6, 1863.
King, Robert, private, Aug. 28, 1862; must. ont with regt. July 6, 1863. Keough, Thomas, private, Aug. 30, 1862; deserted Sept. 23, 1862, at Camp Vredenburgh, Freehold, N. J.
Lester, Francis W., private, Sept. 2, 1862; must. out with regt. July 6, 1863.
Letts, George V., private, Aug. 30, 1862; must. out with regt. July 6, 1863.
Martin, Jamies, privata, Aug. 30, 1862 ; must. out with regt .. July 6, 1863. McGraw, Isaac, private, Ang. 30, 1862 ; killed in action at Fredericks- burg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862.
McGrath, John, private, Ang. 30, 1862; must. out with ragt. July 6, 1863.
McNally, James, private, Aug. 30, 1862; must. out with regt. July 6, 1863.
Miller, Charles, privata, Ang. 30, 1862; must. out with regt. July 6, 1863. Mollenfels, William, private, Ang. 30, 1862; must. out with regt. July 6, 1863.
O'Brieu, William, private, Aug. 30, 1862; must. out with regt. July 6, 1863.
Prink, Jacob, private, Sept. 1, 1862; must, out with regt. July 6, 1863. Rightmire, William 11., private, Sept. 2, 1862; must. out with regt. July 6, 1863.
Rogers, Henry A., private, Aug. 30, 1862; must, out with regt. July 6, 1863.
Seward, George H., private, Aug. 30, 1862; must. out with regt. July 6, 1863.
Seward, John A., Jr., private, Aug. 30, 1862; must. ont with regt. July 6, 1863.
Shaffer, Philip, private, Aug. 30, 1862 ; must. out with regt. July 6, 1863. Smith, Charles, private, Aug. 30, 1862 ; missing in action at Fredericks- burg, Dec. 13, 1862.
Soden, James, private, Ang. 30, 1862 ; must. out with regt. July 6, 1863. Stephens, Miller, private, Ang. 29, 1862; must. ont with regt. July 6, 1863.
Stolt, John. privata, Aug. 30, 1862; must. out with regt. July 6, 1863.
Van Nest, Jacob M., private, Aug. 30, 1862; amst. out with regt. July 6, 1863.
Voorhees, Peter P., private, Ang. 30, 1862 ; disch. at Convalescent Camp, Alexandria, Va., Feh. 17, 1863, dis.
Roberts, Jonathan R., private. Ang. 30, 1862; disch. for disability ia camp, Virginia, Nov. 10, 1862.
Robert, Isaac, private, Ang. 30, 1862; disch. for disability naar Washing- ton, D. C., Jao. 3, 1863.
Passell, John V., musician, Aug. 30, 1862; disch. at Portsmouth Grove, R. 1., March 8, 1863, dis.
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Heenan, Martin, private, Aug. 30, 1862; disch. at Baltimore, Md., March 3, 1863, dis.
White, Lewis A., sergt., Sept. 1, 1862 ; disch. ut Convalescent Camp, Alex- andria, Va , June 6, 1863, dis.
Warner, Benjamin, private, Aug. 30, 1862; must. out with regt. July 6, 1863.
FIRST REGIMENT OF CAVALRY.
COMPANY A.
Smith, John, private, March 11, 1864; trans. to Co. M.
Clifford, James, private.
COMPANY B.
Page, Charles W., sergt., Aug. 5, 1861 ; re-en1. Jan. 1, 1864; killed by acci- dent Nov. 3, 1864.
Pomeroy, Christopher F., private, Ang. 7, 1861 ; disch. at Washington, D. C., May 29, 1862, dis.
Van Derveer, Arnold II., private, Aug. 31, 1861 ; sergt. May 5, 1862 ; re- enl. Feb. 1, 1864; sergt. May 20, 1864; must. out July 24, 1865.
Wilson, William II., private, Aug. 26, 1861 ; re-enl. Jan. 1, 1864 ; sergt. Jun. 15, 1864; 2d lieut. Co. G Jan. 30, 1865.
COMPANY H.
Stewart, Alexander, Ist sergt., Aug. 22, 1861; 2d lieut. Co. E May 4, 1862; res. Dec. 22, 1862; paroled prisoner.
Marks, Charles W., private, Oct. 4, 1862; in hosp. at Washington May 31, 1865.
Lawrence, James, Jr., sergt., Aug. 21, 1861; disch. nt Convalescent Camp, Alexandria, Va., April 14, 1863.
Bailey, Cornelius.
Cause, Robert B., corp., Aug. 27, 1861 ; sergt. June 15, 1862; pro. sergt .- maj. Feb. 4, 1863 ; pro. 2d lient. Cu. G Ang. 12, 1863; 1st lieut. Co. E March 29, 1864 ; capt. vice Robins, pro. Nov. 1, 1864 ; must. out July 24, 1865.
Senker, lleury, private, Aug. 21, 18G1; corp. Ang. 22, 1861; trans. to Vet. Res. Corps Aug. 1, 1863; disch. therefrom Jan. 30, 1864.
Suydam, Peter H., saddler, Sept. 7, 1861 ; pro. saddler sergt., 3d Batt., Feb. 19, 1862.
Shulthise, Jacob.
Kelly, Walter.
Alston, William.
Kohler, John.
Andrews, Edward.
Labar, llenry B.
Anderson, Garret T.
Letts, George,
Applegate, George.
Letts, Johu.
Auld, James M.
Messroll, Jonathan.
Bobo, James.
Mcclellan, James.
Bush, John.
McLaughlin, James.
Collhip, John.
Norman, Benjamin.
Christ, Leonard.
Oaks, Joho. Oliver, John.
Corridao, James.
Cochran, Johu.
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Porter, William.
Ectil, John.
Pardunn, Charles A.
Foster, John.
Rappleyea, William.
Foller, Michael.
Reeder, George.
Gray, D. Eugene.
Suydam, Stephen.
Glenn, William.
Soyder, John.
Ilunt, Jonatlı&n.
Snyder, Stepheo.
Ilart, David.
Stevens, William.
Hinckly, Charles.
Telus, Charles.
Hinckle, Theodore.
Van Note, Peter.
Hudson, William.
Van Heise, Anthony.
Hardy, Pyatt.
Van Dervere, Arnold.
Jackson, William.
Voorhees, Christopher.
CHAPTER LXXV. WOODBRIDGE.1
General Description .- Woodbridge is one of the oldest townships in the county of Middlesex, and was chartered as such June 1, 1669. The original
tract was said to contain six miles square, and by a provision of the charter was not to comprise more than sixty families unless by special order of the town.
The extreme length of this township east and west is about ten miles, breadth north and south nearly nine miles. It is bounded by Rahway and Westfield, Union Co., on the north, and on the south by Raritan River, east by the Kill Van Kull or Staten Island Sound, and west by Raritan township.
Woodbridge was one of the townships the creation of which was contemplated in an agreement entered into by Daniel Pierce and his associates with Philip Carteret, John Ogden, and Luke Watson, Dec. 11, 1666. This agreement was confirmed by a deed dated Dec. 3, 1667, and on the same day Pierce was com- missioned as deputy surveyor to run the boundary lines and lay out the lands to the different associates.
This township was named after Rev. John Wood- bridge, of Newbury, Mass. By reference to the history of the Elizabethtown Purchase in Union County the reader will find a copy of the original deed obtained from the Indians on the 28th of Octo- ber, 1664, which includes this township. John Bailey, Daniel Denton, and Luke Watson, under permission from Governor Nicolls, obtained from Mattano, Man- amowaone, and Cowescomen, Indians, for " 20 fathom of trayden cloth, 2 cotes, 2 Gunnes, 2 Kettles, 10 barres of Lead, 20 handful of Powder, 400 fathom of white Wampom or two hundred fathom of Black wampum," the whole valued at £36 148. The sur- vey is bounded on the south "by a river commonly called the Raritan River, and on the east by the River which parts Staten Island and the Maine, and to run Northward up After Cull Baye till we come to the first river which setts Westward out of the Bay aforesaid, and to runn Westward into the Country twice the length as it is Broad from the North to the South of the aforesaid bounds." This was the whole extent of the Elizabethtown Purchase. That part of it which was subsequently formed into the township of Woodbridge was sold by Carteret, Ogden, and Watson to Daniel Pierce and his associates. Wood- bridge included ten thousand acres for the town and twenty thousand for the adjoining plantations. This section of the new purchase appears to have been highly estimated by settlers. "Nature had furnished the country with all sorts of wild beasts and fowl, which gave them their food and much of their clothing. Fat venison, turkeys, geese, heath-hens, cranes, swans, ducks, pigeons, and the like. The streams abounded with fish, etc. Here you need not trouble the shambles for meat, nor bakers and brewers for beer and bread, nor run to a linen-draper for a supply, every one making their own linen and a great part of their woolen cloth for their ordinary wearing. Here one may lodge in the fields and woods, travel from one end of the country to another with as much security as if he were locked within his own chamber,
1 The histories of this township, Piscataway, Raritan, and City of Perth Amboy, have been compiled from data furnished by C. A. Lever- idge, of Cranford, N. J.
Plum, John.
Cone, Daniel.
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and if one chance to meet with an Indian town they shall give him the best entertainment they have, and npon his desire direct him on his way." 1
SYNOPSIS OF WOODBRIGDE CHARTER, JUNE 1, 1669.
ART. I. Specifies the metes and bounds which are particularly de- scribed, and the tract is said to be bonnded on the east by Arthur Cull Sound, north by Elizabethtown, west by New Piscataway, and south by the Raritan.
ART. 2. Stipulates that the corporation shall consist of at least sixty families, and as many more as shall be thought proper ; directs how the land shall be divided, surveyed, etc., each patentee to pay a half-penny per acre annually to the proprietors.
ART. 3. The freeholders to have power to choose their own magistrates, to be assistants to the president or judge of the court, and for ordering all public affairs within the township, to nominate their justices and military officers, to be approved of and commissioned by the Governor.
ART. 4. The majority of the freeholders and freemen to choose their own minister or ministers, towards whose support each inhabitant shall contribute according to his estate ; 200 acres of land to be laid out for the use of the minister, and 100 acres for The maintenance of a free school, " which said land shall not be abducted, but shall remain from one incouibent to another forever." The said lands, as well as those for building a church or school-house aud for a churchysrd and a market- place, to be exempted from the quit-rent ; any inhabitant " of a different judgment in matters of Religion" might maintain any other minister without molestation.
ART. 5. Authorizes "a Court of Judicature" to consist of a president (who should be a justice of the peace) and at least two magistrates, a clerk, etc., having jurisdiction over all cases involving the sum of £5 sterling and under ; and also for the trial of all criminals and causes of misdemeanor, inflicting fines and punishments such as " stocking, whip- ping (not exceeding twenty stripes), pilloring, ducking, branding, Rud the like." No freeholder to be arrested and detained for debt until judg- meut and execution, unless it could be made to appear that he was about detrauding his creditors by leaving the country, etc. ; all fives to be dis- posed of for charitable or public uses
ART. 6. Guarantees liberty of conscience according to the terms of the concessions.
ART. 7. The inhabitants to have the privilege of a free trade, unbur- dened by any excise or tax, save such as may be imposed by the Gov- ernor and General Assembly for defraying public charges.
ART. 8. The inhabitants to join with those of other towns in repelling invasion or attacks of Indians, but not to make war unless by couseut of the Governor, Council, RDd Assembly.
ART. 9. The Ireeholders to choose two deputies to the General Assem- hly.
ART. 10. The freeholders to submit themselves to the laws and gov- ernment of the province, to swear allegiance to the proprietaries, and to have full liberty to remove and dispose of their lauds.
ART. 11. Provides for the general ordering of affairs for the good of the township by a majority of the freeholders.2
The document concludes with a proviso that as Amboy was to be reserved (not included in Wood- bridge) by the Lords Proprietors, "in lieu of the seventh part mentioned in the concessions," it was understood and agreed that the nine hundred acres of upland was to be on and about Amboy Point, as then surveyed by the surveyor-general, and for the hun- dred acres of meadow (one thousand acres being the quantity reserved). It was to be laid out in the most convenient place nearest thereto.
It was signed by Philip Carteret, Governor ; James Bollen, Nicolas Varlett, Sammel Edsall, Robert Vau- quellen, William Pardon, and Robert Bond, and con- firmed nnder date of 7th September, 1672, by Lord Berkley and Sir George Carteret themselves.
At this time (1672) Woodbridge contained thirty thousand acres, and one hundred and twenty fami- lies.
Natural Features .- The surface of the township presents a variety of topographical features. The soil in the northeasterly and southwesterly parts is of a clay loam, and it is a fine farming region, mostly in a high state of cultivation. In the extreme sontherly part and ranging easterly are the clay beds, which are of great commercial interest and value. The Woodbridge fire-clay beds belong to one of the most important members of the plastic clay formations. On account of the value of much of its material and the important uses to which it is put this clay has been excavated at many points and widely explored for additional workings. There are, in consequence of these openings and explorations, the best facilities for studying its geological relations, structure, and character. It has been named from its development and the many pits where it has been opened and worked in this township.
SANDY CLAY, INCLUDING LEAF BED .- In the clay reports of this township mention is made of this bed, that it is easily traced by its contact with the fire-clay and by the leaf-prints or impressions so nu- merons in it. This fossil-clay bed, as it may properly be called, has many distingnishing features, and care- ful explorations will in time no doubt result in the discovery of fossil remains. It is difficult to deter- mine accurately the thickness of this leaf-bearing sand-bed. Lignite and pyrite are also common in this bed.
PIPE-CLAY has been represented in the columnar section given in the report as ten feet thick, but, like the sand bed underneath, its thickness varies in dif- ferent localities. In Watson's bank there is eight feet of pipe-clay. Generally there is a thin and sandy stratnm interposed between two layers of pipe- clay, as if the middle of the bed had received a larger percentage of sand. There have been found a few shells and casts of shells, and one particular species, viz., Cucullea antrorsa. They were found in Valen- tine Brothers' bank, on the Raritan River. Addi- tional localities and specimens of this shell, as well as of other species, are anticipated as the results of fur- ther diligent search for such fossil remains.
LAMINATED CLAY AND SAND .- This member of the clay series is well developed in many of the banks abont Woodbridge, and also in those along the Rari- tan. This bed crops out at Florida Grove, in the north bank of the Raritan, and is also seen in the south bank, also near Kearney's dock. It furnishes nearly all the clay which is dng in this district for the manufacture of red or common brick, and the extent of these beds is quite equal to the largest de- mands.
MICACEOUS SAND BEDS .- In this section twenty feet has been assigned as the thickness of this bed. Micaceous sand and sandy clay, dark-colored to
1 Denton's " Brief Description."
2 Dally's Hist, Woodbridge.
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black, make up the mass of this bed, not uniformly mixed, but more or less in layers of varying thick- ness, but the sand predominates over the clay and gives character to it, distinguishing it from the more clayey beds under it. Mica also appears more abund- ant here than in some of the lower strata of this formation. It occurs in the form of very minute flakes or scales. No organic remains other than those of plants occur in it.
FELDSPAR AND KAOLIN BEDS .- The columnar section represents these as distinct beds. They are, however, so intimately connected that for the pur- poses of description these layers and the thin sandy clay stratum which is found generally accompanying them are here included under one head, one subdi- vision, as it were, of this formation.
This township is rich in these clays, which are in constant demand for making earthenware for the common purposes of daily life. The source from whence these clays was derived is not plainly appa- rent as yet. They join on their northwestern edge the red sandstone and shell formation from Woodbridge almost to Trenton.
The surface is nearly level, and contains fourteen thousand five hundred and fifty acres, and is well watered by streams running throughout the town- ship, and the Kill von Kull on the southeasterly boundary of the township, being facilities for con- veying the rich clays and the produce of the agricul- turists to different parts of the country, finding ready markets.
CLAY MINERS AND MANUFACTURERS .- The fol- lowing are those who are at the present engaged ex- tensively in this business :
Woodbridge "Fire - Brick Works" (established 1845), Messrs. William M. Berry & Co., manufac- turers of fire-brick of all shapes and sizes, and dealers in fire-clays, sand, kaolin, and fire mortar.
Messrs. M. D. Valentine & Brother, manufacturers of fire-brick, glazed drain-pipe, and sand tile. 556
The Salamander Works, established 1825, incorpo- rated 1871. This company are engaged in the manu- facture of fire-brick, furnace blocks, slabs, etc., of all shapes, bakers' ovens, tile and circles, greenhouse tile- and heat-pipe, sewer- and drain-pipe; also dealers in clay, sand, and kaolin.
C. W. Boynton, manufacturer and wholesale dealer in vitrified sewer-pipe and farm drain-tile.
of ball stoneware, kaolin, fire- and alum-clays; also moulding- and fire-sand.
Woodbridge Clay-Mining and Refining Company is just on the line of this township and Perth Am- boy; S. G. Phillips, president.
Birkett & Paterson, dealers in ball-clay No. 1, fire- | brick clay, sager clay, stoneware clay, pipe-clay, etc. Peter B. Melick, miner of superior clays.
Messrs. Warren Drummond, David A. Flood, and Joel Melick, Jr., are clay merchants in the township.
The New Jersey Railroad runs through the north- west corner; the Perth Amboy and Woodbridge Rail- | road traverses it centrally, connecting Rahway and the town of Woodbridge with its hamlets, making it convenient for those doing business in the near cities. The branch of the New Jersey Central Rail-
The names feldspar and kaolin as used everywhere 'road runs through the easterly portion of the town- in this clay district to designate these strata and ship, and has a depot called Sewaren. The township is drained on the north by a branch of the Rahway River, on the east by Achter Kull or Staten Island Sound, and on the south by the Raritan River. Taken all in all, Woodbridge is not only the most ancient but also one of the most prosperous townships in Middle- sex County. their materials are applied incorrectly. The feldspar is more properly a kaolin, although not answering fully to all the characters implied in that well-known term. It is a mixture of a rich clay with white quartzose sand and fragments of quartz, nearly all of which are slightly rounded. The upper layer of sandy clay is not seen everywhere accompanying the · feldspar and kaolin. It is quite often wanting.
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