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Some years ago, or in 1875, The Independent Hour, a weekly newspaper published in Woodbridge, endeavored to give a general history of the different manufacturing concerns en- gaged in the kaolin and clay business. Owing to the great trouble and lack of positive information necessary to their past history, they were compelled to omit the Salamander Works, but learned that they were established in 1825, and that the interest in the same was owned by two French gentlemen, Michel Lefoulon and Henry De Casse; that, in fact, all of the originators were Frenchmen, and that a large manufacturing business was carried on. The present management has been in existence since 1867.
The following epitaph appears on the monument ef Michel Lefoulon, located in the cemetery of Trinity Episcopal Church, Woodbridge, N. J .:
"ERECTED TO THE MEMURY OF
MICHIEL LEFOULON
HY HIS WIDOW, MARY LEFOULON, AS A TRIAL'TE OF RESPECT AND
AFFECTION.
" Michel Lefoulon was a native of France, and had located himself in business in this place, and was the senior partner of the Salamander Works, where, by the snavity of his manners, his generous disposition and integrity of character, he gained the confidence and esteem of the community, by whom his death was most deeply deplered, which hap- pened at sea, whither he had gone for the benefit of his health, on the 24th of September, 1842, in the Ist yr of his nge."
563
WOODBRIDGE.
Jonathan Harned.
Dr. Moses Bloomfield.
Francis Compton. Jacob Fitz Randolph. Joseph Harilan.
Joseph Thorne.
Samuel Jacques.
Rev. Wm. Nathaniel Whitaker.
Henry Freeman, 3 shillings and sixpence.
Isaac Freeman, 5 loads of stone.
Alexander Freeman.
John Freeman.
Esseck Fitz Randolph, 5 shillings.
John Barron (Barnes), 10 bushels of shells and 4 days' work.
Isaac Fitz Randolph. Reuben Fitz Randolph.
Thomas Thorp.
Henry Martin.
James Smith.
David Dunham.
James Brown.
George Brown.
Thomas Brown.
John Brown.
William Smith.
John Moore, 3 shillings and sixpence.
Joseph Moore, 8 shillings and eight pence. James Kelley, one load of stone if he can.
William Walker, 4 loads of stone.
Nathaniel Fitz Randolph, blacksmith, 40 Bushels of lime.
Samuel Fourd (Ford), 2 loads of stone. John Kent, 1 shilling and 9 pence.
Samuel Moore, shoemaker, 2 shillings and 11 pence. John Geddis.
Andrew Brown, 3 days' work.
Robert Fitz Randolph. Jacob Fitz Randolph.
Henry Freeman, Jr. John Kelley, Jr., 10 shillings.
The above appeared in one of the Perth Amboy journals,1 entitled " A Relie of the Past."
It was found by a gentleman of Philadelphia among the papers of one of the old Woodbridge families, the Fitz Randolphs, and appears to contain not only the names of those who did subscribe towards building the bridge, but also those in the neighborhood whom the promoters hoped would do so.
At the January meeting (3d), 1671, at Woodbridge, the following officers of the township court were elected :
President, John Pike, Sr. ; Assistants, John Smith, John Bishop, Sr., John Martin, and Samuel Moore ; Marshal, Samuel Hale; Jurymen, Jonathan Dunham, T. Bloomfield, Sr., Abraham Tappen, Isaac Tappen, of their local regulations they set a good example to John Bloomfield, Obadiah Ayers, John Adams, Sam-
1 Middlesex County Democrat, March, 1871.
uel Dennis, Benjamin Parkis (Parkhurst), Thomas Auger, Ephraim Andrews, and John Smith, "Scotch- man."
CHAPTER LXXVII.
WOODBRIDGE .- (Continued.)
Civil List .- The following list of deputies, whose names will be recognized as those borne at the present time by residents in this vicinity, and they were coupled with honorable distinction in the first years of its settlement :
DEPUTIES TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Robert Dennis, 1668-69, 1671-72.
Ezekiel Bloomfield, 1686-87.
Samnel Moore, 1668-69, 1671. Thomas Thorp, 1692-93.
John Smith, 1669, 1671-72.
Joho Pike, 1692-93, 1696-98, 1700.
Samnel Dennis, 1675, 1679, 1682, 1687-88, 1697-99.
Thomas Bloomfield, 1675.
Matthew Bunn, 1676.
Adam Ilude, 1700-1. Jonathan Dunham, 1701.
Jonathan Bishop, 1701.
Elisha Parker, 1702.
John Compton, 1702.
OFFICERS OF TOWNSHIP COURT.
President .- John Pike, 1669, 1671, 1674, 1681, 1685; Samuel Moore, 1672 ; John Bishop, 1688, 1693, 1700.
Assistants,-John Smith, 1671-72: John Bishop, Sr., 1669-75, 1681; John Martin, 1671 ; Samuel Moore, 1671, 1675, 1683, 1699-1700; Joho Pike, 1672 ; Thomas Bloomfield, Sr., 1674-75; Stephen Kent. Sr., 1669-70, 1674-75; Samuel Dennis, 1674; Ephraim Andrews, 1679, 1681, 1693; John Ilsley, 1679, 1681, 1688, 1693 ; Samnel Bacon, 1682; Nathaniel Fitz Randolph, 1688, 1692-93; Samuel Hale, 1687, 1692- 93; Samuel Dennis, 1683, 1693.
Marshals or Sergeunts,-Samuel Hale, 1672; Joshua Bradley, 1681 ; Thomas Collier, 1681; Daniel Robbins, 1692 ; John Bloomfield, 1693; Isaac Toppan, 1695; Abraham Toppan, 1696-97; William Stone, 1697.
Clerks of the Court,-Jonathan Dunham, 1672, 1675 ; Samuel Moore, 1676, 1681, 1687 ; Thomas Pike, 1692-93; Samuel Dennis, 1688, 1692.
" The affairs of the township 2 were managed, as in New England, generally at town-meetings, called at first by personal notice to every freeholder by the constable or some person specially authorized, and afterward by a written notice placed on the meeting- house door.
" There were committees or townsmen appointed to look after the interests of the community on ordinary occasions, but they do not appear to have been chosen at first at any regular times. The other officers of the township, however, were always elected annually (Jan. 1, 1687-88, was Sunday, but the usual meeting was held, but no business transacted save the election of deputies to the Assembly), and the administration of the public affairs generally conformed to the mode preseribed by the General Assembly or to the estab- lished customs of the other settlements. In several their neighbors, and in some they might be followed
2 Whitehead's East Jersey Hist.
Nathaniel Fitz Randolph, 1693-94 Jolın Worth, 1699. Thomas Pike, 1699. Elisha Parker, 1700-1.
Ephraim Andrews, 1676, 1685-87, 1692. John Ilsley, 1679, 1682-86, 1692-94, 1696. Samuel Moore, 16-2-83, 1687-88.
John Bishop, 1684-85.
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HISTORY OF UNION AND MIDDLESEX COUNTIES, NEW JERSEY.
even by the legislators of the present day. As an indication of the spirit which animated the com- munity the following document is given from the township records :
"CORPORATION OF WOODBRIDGE, April ye 17th, 1695.
"The engadgement of all freeholders by irigenall rites of all free men which have been are or shall be so admitted into this town and Cor- poration,
" Viz .: As a good and useful member of this entire body is gouer- ment and guidance I will be subject to all the lawfull and Reggular Motions thereof, And to ye utmost of my skill and ability I will move and act with it so as may most directly tend to its peace and prosperity. Its nakedness I will cover its secrets I will not discover, but its weak- Dess 1 will support and finally in word and deed according to ability and its occasions att all times, I will endeavor to prevent euill sud to pro- mote ye good and just interest of this body and each member thereof on penielty of corection or expulsion as default may require. In testimony herof wee under written have subscribed our names."
There are only thirty-four signatures appended to this document, from which it is presumed not to have been generally agreed to.
In this year it was found necessary to make it ob- Jigatory upon all to attend the town-meeting, and in January, 1699, the fine for non-attendance was fixed at nine pence for every omission, and upon refusal to pay "every delinquent to be turned out the Meet- ing-house until complies," which in some communi- ties would not have been considered a very grave punishment.
TOWN CLERKS.
Joshua Pierce, 1668.
Samuel Moore, 1669-88.
Sammel Dennis, 1688-92.
Thomas Pike, 1692-93, 1695, 1711. Moses Rolph, 1711-31.
Edward Crowell, 1732-56.
Nathaniel Fitz Randolph, 1757-69. Daniel Moores, 1769-73.
Robert Fitz Randolph, 1774-83. David Frazee, 1783-8-1.
Stewart Crowell, 1857. Samuel R. Cutter, 1858-60.
Theodore H. Larrison, 1861-63. Lafayette Reed, 1864-66. Thomas I. Dally, 1867-68. William Edgar, 1869, 1871. Charles S. Demerest, 1870. Charles W. Anness, 1872. George W. Dally, 1873-75. Ephriam Cutter, 1876. Thomas H. Morris, Jr., 1877. George W. Clinch, 1878.
Albion R. Berry, 1879-80. John Lockwood, 1881.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
John Pike, 1670, 1712.
Ichabod Potter, 1845.
George F. Webb, 1846.
Isaac C. Thomal, 1846.
James Parker, 1764. Thomas Gach, 1757.
Elkanah Vanderhoven, 1847.
Edgar Freeman, 1847-48. James McKelvey. 1850.
Jeremiah Manning, 1769-95. John Moores, 1669.
Nathaniel Heard, 1669.
Moses Rolph, 1712-14.
Aslıer Martin, 1845.
Alanson Newton, 1845, 1850, 1859, 1864-67.
Cornelius Van Houten, 1845.
Solomon Il. Marsh, 1856.
Nathan Ayres, 1845, 1850.
Thomas Il. Morris, Sr., 1857.
1 First time voted or elected by ballot.
Alexander Ayres, 1857.
John De Grow, Jr., 1858. Noah Mundy, 1858. Augustus Blackford, 1860, 1865. David M. Demerest, 1867.
Hampton Cutter, 1861, 1866, 1871, 1876.
Henry Freeman, 1867.
Newman A. Wood, 1867.
Thomas H. Morris, Sr., 1870, 1875, 1880.
Chas. F. Newton, 1871, 1876, 1880. Edward J. Thompson, 1874.
Jeremiah Dally, 1875, 1880. Joshua Liddle, Jr., 1877. Dudley S. Anness, 1881.
TOWN COMMITTEE.
Capt. John Bishop, 1705.
Capt. Elisha Parker, 1705.
John Ilsley, 1705.
Nathaniel Fitz Randolph, 1705. John Pike. 1705. Joseph Rolph, 1705.
Thomas Pike, 1705,2
Richard Wright, 1799.
William Edgar, 1799.
Ralph Marsh, 1799.
Phineous Carman, 1799.
William F. Manning, 1799-1811, 1815-16, 1821-23.
Benjamin A. Brown, 1800-1.
John Heard, 1800-2.
Henry Mundy, 1800.
Henry Freeman, Jr., 1800-1, 1803, 1811.
Capt. Nathaniel Leanord, 1801-3. Jonathan Freeman, 1802, 1804-10. James Edgar, 1802-3.
Ezekiel Ayres, 1803.
William Baollus, 1804-5,
Jonathan Harned, 1804-5.
Joseph Crowell, 1804-16.
Lewia Kelly, 1806. William Flatt, 1806.
Isaac Laing, 1806, 1808-9, 1811, 1816.
Ezra Force, 1807-10.
Nathan Marsh, 1810.
Edward Moore, 1811.
John Brewater, 1812-14.
Thomas Edgar 3d, 1812-15. James Paton, 1812.
Henry Freeman, Esq. (3d), 1813, 1829-32.
Adam Lee, 1813-16.
Jarvis Brewster, 1814.
Samuel Edgar, 1815, 1821-24, 1827.
Henry Potter, 1816.
John F. Lufberry, 1854-55.
Nathan Thorp, 1821.
Moses Martin, 1821.
Jeremiah Campbell, 1821-24.
Robert Lee, 1821, 1823-31. Aaron Brockaw, 1822-24.
Washington Ford, 1824-25.
Jothan B. Marsh, 1825. Ralph M. Crowell, 1825-28, 1830-41.
Jolın F. Payne, 1825-29. Moses R. Martin, 1826-27. Frazve Ayres, 1826.
Simeon Mundy, 1828-37.
James M. Brewster, 1828-29. Nathan Stansbury, 1830-31. John M. Tufts, 1832-33. Harmanus Barkaloo, Jr., 1832-34. Angustna Coddington, 1833-34. Samuel Cutter, Sr., 1834-35. Thompson Edgar, 1835-37, 1845. Rene Pardessus, 1835-36.
Jeremiah Dally, 1867-88.
David-P. Carpenter, 1867-68.
Henry Force, 1836.
Randolph Steward, 1837.
Charles A. Campbell, 1869-70. Bernard Dunigan, 1869.
2 Not obtained from 1705-99.
3 The years prior they voted rica voce, and in the year 1839 they voted i by ballot.
Warren Brown, 1842.
William H. Berry, 1842-45, 1874- 78, 1880. Charles J. Toms, 1843-4+.
Tompson Crowell, 1843-44, 1851.
William Tappen, 1844 45, 1850-52, 1854-55, 1861-66. John F. Badgly, 1845.
John E. Barron, 1846-47. William Edgar, 1846.
Timothy 1. Bloomfield, 1846-47. Francis Van Winkle, 1847-49.
James Bloodgood, 1848-49. Luther I. Tappen, 1848-49, 1859. Moses Jaques, M.D., 1850.
Christopher Marsh, 1850.
William P. Edgar, 1850, 1853, 1861-
64. Jotham Coddington, 1850-52, 1865, 1871.
Nathan Ayres, 1851-52, 1856. David Harriott, 1851-53.
llampton Cutter, 1852, 1856-57, 1861-71. Peter Melick, 1852, 1855. Benjamin B. Miller, 1853-56.
Edon Haydock, 1853. John M. Jackson, 1854. Joel B. Laing, 1854-55.
Silas P. Leonard, 1856. Ellis Freeman, 1856, John Woodruff, 1857-58.
Charles T. Inslee, 1857.
Isaac C. Thornal, 1857. Moses M. Craig, 1858-59. Samuel Ayres, 1858-60. Isaac S. Payne, 1858. William F. Brown, 1859. Henry W. Holton, 1859-60. Christopher M. Crowell, 1860. J. Mattison Melick, 1860.
Joho J. Clarkson, 1860. Nathan Robins, 1861-64. Nathan E. Mead, 1865, 1875-76.
Joseph A. Martin, 1865. Jerome B. Rosa, 1866-69. Walter Brewster, 1866.
Ilenry Hampton, 1850. Silas P. Leanord, 1851, 1857. Charles Jackson, Jr., 1852. David Bloomfield, 1852. Samnel E. Ensign, 1855. William Brown, 1855.
Augustus Coddington, 1831-36. Alanson Newton, 1837. William E. Fink, 1838.
' Alanson Newton, 1839.1 Henry M. Ayers, 1840-41. Dennis Mawbey, 1842-45.
Thomas 11. Morris, 1846-47. Joseph 11. Brewster, 1848-49, 1855- 1
56 Samuel E. Ensign, 1850-52.
Alexander R. Coddington, 1853-54.
· Charles Jackson, 1784. James Paton, 1788-94. Robert Ross, Jr., 1794-95. Ichabod Potter, 1795, 1800. Azel Freeman, 1801. Elias Thompson, 1802-06. Jobn Brewster, 1807-11. Asher Ayers, 1812-15. David P. Melick, 1816. James M. Brewster, 1821-30.
John Bishop, 1870, 17}2. Adam Hude, 1718.
Timothy Ross, 1837-40. Ezra Ayres. 1838-41, 1846-49. Robert C. Vail, 1838-41.
Jeremiah C. Force, 1838-40, 1846- 49.3 Joel Clarkson, 1841.
William F. Manning, Jr., 1841, 1857-58.
Abijah O. Houghten, 1842. Henry Acken, 1842-43, 1861-64.
Alauson Newton, 1842-45.
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WOODBRIDGE.
Warren Brown, 1870, 1873-74. Albert D. Brown, 1870-72.
Thomas B. Marsh, 1870.
William IT. Brown, 1871. Samuel A. Meeker, 1871.
C. W. Boynton. 1872.
Andrew R. Smith, 1877. Jeptha Runyon, 1877. Charles B. Smith, 1878-80. Edward Martin, 1878-81.
William H. Turner, 1878. William Edgar, 1879.
William H. Demerest, 1881.
ASSESSORS, OR RATE-MAKERS.
John Smith, 1672.
Robert Dennis, 1672, 1674-75.
Samuel Moore, 1672, 1674-75, 1679 -80, 1682, 1684-87. Jonathan Dunham, 1674, 1694. John Bishop, Sr., 1675, 1679-80, 1682, 1686-87, 1693.
Capt. Pike, 1679-82. Capt. Bishop, 1681, 1683, 1688, 1691. John Dennis, 1681. J. Pike, 1683-85, 1691. Nathaniel Fitz Randolph, 1683, 1688-89.
Samuel Dennis, 1684-85, 1687-88, 1691, 1693, 1696, 1698.
Israel Thornell, 1685.
Ezekiel Bloomfield, 1686. J. Pike, Jr., 1689. John Rolf, 1689.
Thomas Pike, 1691, 1693, 1695-96, 1697, 1700. E. Andrews, 1694. Jonathan Bishop, 1694.
Benjamin Cromwell, 1695-98.
Elisha Parker, 1700.
Clarkson Edgar, 1799, 1800. William F. Maoping, 1801-11. Capt. John Brewster, 1812-14. Richard Cutter, 1815-16.
Thomas Edgar, 1821. James Coddington, 1822-29. James M. Brewster, 1830-34.
Stewart Crowell, 1835-36, 1842, 1851 -52. Gaga Inalee, 1837. Simaon Mundy, 1838. Col. Lewis Leslie, 1839.
Timothy J. Bloomfield, 1840-41.
Augustus Coddington, 1842.
Jotham Cuddington, 1844-45, 1854- 59, 1861-64, 1866, 1870, 1872-76. Charles Laforge, 1846-47. Joal Clarkson, 1848-49.
Alexander A. Edgar, 1850, 1878-80. William Ross, 1853. Luther J. Tappan, 1860, 1867-69. Robert B. Crowell, 1865.
James M. Brown, 1871.
Lewis D. Kelly, 1877. Charles P. Smith, 1881.
TAX COLLECTORS, OR RATE-GATHERERS.
John Bishop, Sr., 1670-71.
Samuel Moore, 1675-79, 1683. Isaac Thornell, 1680, 1685, 1687.
Isaac Tappen, 1680. John Pike, Jr., 1681.
Samuel Hale, 1684. Ezekiel Bloomfield, 1685-86, 1689, 1693-94.
John Ilslav, 1687.
Daniel Robbins, 1688. Samuel Dennis, 1691.
Henry Marsh, Esq., 1799. Abraham Tappan, 1799.
Hanry Marsh, 1800-3. Phineas Manning, 1800-2. Israel Thornell, 1803-4. Lewis Kelly, 1804-11. Nathan Bloomfield, 1805-16.
Richard Marsh, 1812-16.
John Harriott, 1821-25.
Joseph Crowell, 1821-24, 1826, 1828. Aaron Brokaw, 1825, 1827, 1829-30, 1841.
Gage Inalee, 1826. Lewis Campbell, 1827-31.
Stewart Crowell, 1831-34. William Coddington, 1832. Nathan Ayres, 1833-34.
Samnel W. Ford, 1835-36. Jotham Coddington, 1835-36.
William F. Manning, Jr., 1837-40, 1848. Thomaa Fitz Randolph, 1837-38.
James Covenhoven, 1839.
Allison Newton, 1840. William E. Fink, 1841. William B: Thompson, 1842-44. George B. Stella, 1842-45. Crowell Martin, 1845. Reuben Harned, 1846-47. Nathan Bunn, 1846-47. Charles C. Iloff, 1848-49. Charles E. Bloomfield, 1849, 1851. Charles I. Toms, 1850, 1852.
John C. Coddington, 1350. William Cutter, 1851-53, 1858. George M. Gage, 1853. Joel Clarkson, 1854-56. Thomas Van Sicklin, 1854. Charles M. Dally, 1855.
Alexander R. Coddington, 1856-57. Peter B. Sharp, 1857-59. Jeremiah Dally, 1859. Albert D. Brown, 1860. Alexander A. Edger, 1861-62. George G. Hancock, 1863-68.
Charles C. Dally, 1869, 1877-81. Elijah Hewitt, 1870.
Charles S. Demerest, 1871-72. James E. Berry, 1873-76.
OVERSEERS OF THE HIGHWAYS TO 1700.
Robert Dennia, 1699-70. Thomas Bloomfield, Sr., 1699-70.
Joshua Pearce, 1699.
Samuel Moore, 1699-70.
J. Martin, 1670.
Jonathan Dunham, 1671. Thomas Bloomfield, Jr., 1671. Samuel Dennis, 1680, 1690.
Daniel Robbins, 1680, 1690.
Joseph Bloomfield, 1692.
Isaac Thornell, 1682, 1684. Ezekiel Bloomfield, 1682, 1689.
Isaac Tappen, 1682, 1692.
Marmaduke Potter, 1682.
Capt. Bishop,1 1684-96. Samuel Smith, 1684, 1688.
Eph. Andrews, 1684, 1689-90.
John Dennis, 1688, 1696.
William Ellison, 1700.
John Ilsley, Jr., 1700.
Nathaniel Fitz Randolph, 1690, 1698.
CHIOSEN FREEHOLDERS.
James Paton, 1799, 1800.
Phineas Manning, 1799, 1800.
James Edgar, 1801-4.
Henry Marsh, ISOL-3.
Lewis Kelly, 1804.
Christopher Marsh, 1805-10.
llanry Freeman, 1811-15.
William T. Manning, 1805-16, 1846 -47, 1849, 1851, 1853-54. Joseph Crowell, 1816. Samuel Edgar, 1821-24. Robert Lee, 1822-23, 1825-31.
John M. Tufts, 1832-33.
William Coddington, 1834-35.
Henry Forca, 1836.
James M. Brewster, 1837-39.
Simeon Mundy, 1821.
Gage Inslee, 1824-27, 1830-34, 1838 -40. Rolph M. Crowell, 1828, 1846-49, 1853-55.
Jonathan B. Marsh, 1829.
Thompson Edgar, 1835-37, 1842- 45. Jackson Freeman, 1840-41.
Hampton Cutter, 1878-79. William Edgar, 1878-81.
Simeon W. Phillips, 1841, 1855-56, I861-62.
Warren Brown, 1842-45, 1850, 1852.
Edward J. Jaques, 1848.
George W. Brown, 1850, 1852.
Samuel Barron, 1851.
Juhn 11. Lufberry, 1856-59.
John H. Campbell, 1857, 1863-65, 1867. Charles M. Dally, 1858. 1868. Henry W. Holton, 1859-60.
Lebbens Ayres, 1860. Ilenry Acken, 1861-64. La Fayette Reed, 1865. Joseph Shann, 1866-67. Robert Coddington, 1866. David P. Carpenter, 1868. George P. Hancock, 1869-70.
Richard Ryan, 1869. Isaac Inslee, 1870-72. Dainel C. Turnar, 1871-72, 1877. Ellis B. Freeman, M.D., 1873-76. Charles A. Campbell, 1873-74. Charles W. Anness, 1875.
Randolph Coddington, 1876-77.
James P. Prall, 1881.
CHAPTER LXXVIII.
WOODBRIDGE .- (Continued.)
Town Schools .- The following is the patent of George III., incorporating the trustees of the free school of Woodbridge :
CHARTER .- " George the Third by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King defender of the faith &c. To all to whom thesa presents shall come Greeting. Whereas in and by a charter hearing date the first day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred and sixty-nine, Grauted by Philip Carteret then Governor of the Prov- inca of New Jersey under the Right Honorable John Lord Berkeley Bar- ron of Stratton and sir George Carteret Knight and Barronet the then proprietors of the Province of New Jersey to the Town and Freeholders of Woodbridge among other things it is therain directed that one hun- dred acres of land in the said Town should be laid out for the mainta- mance of a free school. And whereas tha Freeholders of the town of Woodbridge by their humble petition presented to our trusty and wall beloved William Franklin Esq Captain General Governor and comman- der in chief in and over our province of New Jersey have set forth that in pursuance of the charter granted as aforesaid by tha said Philip Car- terett Esqr one hundred acres of land hath been laid out for the use of a free achool and the rents thereof received by such persons as the Free- holders of the said Town at their yearly meetings have from time to time appointed with intention to make a capital for the building a School house or honsea and the maintainance of proper and able teachers! But that from the want of a proper charter of incorporation the said Free-
1 His first name was John, but in recorda not mentioned.
L. M. Perkins, 1872. James Valentine, 1872.
Joel Melick, Jr., 1872-74, 1877.
Charles H. Weidner, 1873. William E. Fink, Sr., 1873-80.
Charles F. Nawton, 1873.
Daniel D. Wiley, 1874. William Van Sicklin, 1875. Josiah C. Cutter, 1875-76.
Isaac Inalee, Jr., 1876-77.
Garren Lockhart, 1694, 1696, 1698. Thomas l'ike, 1694. M. Moore, 1696.
Noah Bishop, 1698. John Compton, 1698, 1700. Jonathan Bishop, 1700.
Isaac Tappen, 1700.
Matthew Moore, 1688.
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HISTORY OF UNION AND MIDDLESEX COUNTIES, NEW JERSEY.
helders find themselves unable and without anthority properly to settle the accounts with ench persoos as heve from time to time been appointed to receive the rente and issues of the Said one hundred acres of laad or te prosecute such persons as frem time to time have committed waste end trespass on the same or to build a School house er to make provision for the maintainance of Proper masters and Teachers and to make and or- daio proper laws and instructions for the good governing of the said Schools and have therefore prayed our Lettere Patent under aur Great seal of our svid province of New Jersey to incorporate the said freehold- ers of the Town of Woodbridge with such Powere immunities privileges and jurisdictions ax may be thought requisite and necessary for the more effectual promoting and the better ordering and Governiog the said schoel or schools in the said Town of Woodbridge. Know ye therefore the We willing and desirous to encourage our dutiful and loyal subjects the freeholders of the said Town of Woodbridge in their good intentions of our special grace certain knowlege and mere metien have named con- stituted and appointed and by these presents do name constitute and sp- point John Moores and Nathaniel Heard Esqrs Moses Bloomfield, Benja- min Thornhill, Ebenezer Foster, Joseph Shotwell, and Robert Clarkson, the present Trustece of the free school in the said Town of Woodbridge which eaid Trustees and their successors now are and at all tipies here- after shall be one body politic and corporate and shall and may have perpetual succession in deed fact aod name to be known aad distin- guished in all deeds, grants bargains sales evidences writings muniments or otherwise whatsoever by the name of 'The Trustees of the Free Schools of the Town of Woodbridge' and that they end their successors by the same name of the Trustees of the Free Schools of the Towa ef Woodbridge be and forever hereafter shall be persons capable and able in the law to purchase take acquire hold receive enjoy have and possess any Dianors, messuages, houses, buildings, lands, rents Tenements posses- sions and other hereditadients and real Estate whatsoever within our said province of New Jersey in fee simple or for term of life er lives or years, or in any other manual whatsoever to the Value of five hundred pounds sterling by the year in the clear and also goods and chattles and all other things of what nature and kind soever not exceeding the sum of ten thousands pounds sterling in the gress and also by name aforesaid shall and may grant bargain demise assiga sell and convey or otherwise dispose of all or any of the mannors, Messages, houses, buildings lands, tenedients, reot possessions and other hereditaments, and real Estate and all their Goods and Chattles and other things aforesaid in such manuer and form as to them shall seem meet and also that they and their successors by the same name of the trustees of the free schools of the Town of Woodbridge be aad forever hereafter Shall be persoas capa- ble and able in Law to Sue and be sned implead and be impleaded ap- pear answer and be answered unto defend and be defended io any of our Courts of Judicature either ia Law or Equity in our said province of New Jersey or elsewhere before ue our heirs and Successors and before all and every the Judges Justices officers and Ministers of us our heirs and successors ia all manner of actions Suits complaints plese matters and demands whatsoever and of what nature or kind soever and alse that they and their successors by the name aforesaid shall and may demand receive and take of and from the persoas heretofore ap- pointed by the freeholders of the Town of Woodbridge all such sum and eums of Money by them received and arisiag and issning out of the one hundred acres of land aforesaid and upon non payment thereof by the name aferesaid to Sue for and recover the same for the use of the schools aforesaid. And also that they the Said Trustees of the free Schools of the Town of Woodbridge aforesaid and their successors shall And may make aad forever hereafter use ene common seal with such device and devices as to them shall seem proper for the sealing all and singular Deeds, Grants, conveyancee contracts and all and singular other instruments affairs and business any way touching concerning and relating to the said free schools and also that they the said Trustees of the free schools of the Town of Woodbridge and the majority of them shall and may from time to time make constitute ordain and confirm by such name er names as to them shall seem Good and likewise to re- voke discharge change and alter as well all and eingular Governors, Masters, Teachers or other officers which shall be by them or the ma- jority of them thought fitt and needful to be made or used for the gov- ernment of the said free schools and also to make ordain and establish all such orders laws directions instructions and forms fit and necessary for and concerning the government of the said schools and the same at all times hereafter to execute abrogate revoke or change as they or the Majority of them shall think fittest for the benefit and advantage of the said schools and wee have given and granted and by these presents do give and grant for us our heire nnd successore to the free holdere of the Town of Woodbridge full power and authority to assemble und meet
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