History of Union and Middlesex Counties, New Jersey with Biographical Sketches of many of their Pioneers and Prominent Men, Part 180

Author: W. Woodford Clayton, Ed.
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Philadelphia: Everts
Number of Pages: 1224

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A man named Runyan lived for many years oppo- site Peter Stevenson's, in a house which has long since disappeared, and had two sons, named Reuben and Walter. The former removed to New Brunswick and spent his days there, the latter lived on his father's homestead on George's road until 1849, when he died of cholera.

(1) Cornelius Tunison came about 1765, and though he was not a land-owuer was a farmer of repute, renting land. His family consisted of Cornelius, John, Caroline, and Mary Ann. (2) Cornelius married and had a large family. (3) John married a Miss Walker and removed to Ohio. (4) Caroline married William Brookfield, a stone-cutter, of New Brunswick. (5) Mary Ann became the wife of Jacob De Hart, of North Brunswick.

James Bennit was a settler in the southwestern part of the township considerably earlier than 1800, and reared a large family. His sons, John, James, and Daniel, are men of families residing in the vicinity.

At an early date (1) Capt. Jehu Dunham located in the township, and later removed to East Bruns- wick, where he remained until his death in 1841, past eighty. His wife was Eleanor Van Tine, born in 1767, who died in 1737. Their children were Elizabeth, David, James, Lewis, William, and Abraham, and all of the sons were useful citizens. (1) Elizabeth, born in 1792, married Nicholas Rappleyea and died in 1857. (2) David, born in 1794, married Jane Wilson and died in 1840. (3) James, born in 1796, married Eleanor Peterson and died in 1872. (4) Lewis, born in 1799, married Mary Perry and died in 1843. (5) William was born in 1801 and died in 1863. (6) Abra- ham was born in 1802. Rev. Dr. Ira Condict, fourth pastor of the First Reformed Dutch Church of New Brunswick, in 1798 removed to a farm of one hun- dred and thirteen acres near Milltown, late the prop- erty of Henry H. Booraem, but still known as the Condict farm.

Christian and Simeon Van Nortwick lived near

Lawrence's Brook early in the history of settlements and clearings thereabouts. The former had quite a family, including Christopher, Jr., John, and Cornelia. Christopher, Jr., married a daughter of Archibald Gordon, of Machaponix; John, a blacksmith, re- moved to Englishtown.

(1) Cornelins De Hart in 1720 settled at the upper forks of Six-Mile Run, in the present township of North Brunswick, purchasing two hundred and ten acres of land of the Indians, which he was afterward com- pelled to repurchase of the proprietors, paying there- for a second time. He had a number of children. Some of his sons died early. Those who survived were named Cornelius, Guisbert, and Abraham. After the death of the pioneer, (2) Cornelius, Jr., owned and lived on one-third of his late father's property, now in the possession of Charles Dunham (Guisbert and Abraham owning the remaining two-thirds), liv- ing in the house his father had erected, and which with additions which have been made to it from time to time is now the residence of the widow and family of the late John S. Voorhees. (3) Guisbert never married. (4) Abraham married Sarah, danghter of John Van Cleef, Sr., and died in 1832, his wife sur- viving till 1844. (5) Sarah, one of the daughters of Cornelius De Hart, Sr., married Roeloff Voorhees, grandfather of Abraham D. Voorhees, of Adams Sta- tion. (6) Another daughter married Jacobus De Hart.

The children of (4) Abraham were as follows: (1) John, who married Anna Ayers and died in 1819; (2) Cornelius, who died in 1805; (3) Moyca, who mar- ried Peter P. Van Doren, of Somerset County, and died in 1857. The children of the last mentioned were Margaret and Saralı Ann, the latter being the widow of John S. Voorhees, and now in possession of the old De Hart homestead.

The Indians were often attracted to the neighbor- hood of Cornelius De Hart, Sr.'s pioneer home by the various kinds of game with which the neighbor- hood abounded, including deer. Mr. De Hart was a successful deer-hunter. Behind his barn he kept a decoy doe, by whose presence susceptible bucks were lured within range of his monster shot-gun. This weapon has been preserved in the family as a relic. It is doubtless two hundred years old, and is nearly eight feet long, and weighs fifteen pounds.

(1) Powe De Hart lived on Lawrence's Brook, and was identified with the earlier history of the township. His wife, Dinah Bodine, died in 1815. They had several children, among whom were Cornelius, Jacob, Henry, and Nicholas.

(2) Cornelius was a carpenter and died many years ago. His son William lives in East Brunswick. (3) Jacob died recently in the township. His son, Samuel B. How, is a resident of Long Island ; Jacob, another son, is living in Milltown. (4) Henry is a cabinet-maker of New Brunswick. (5) Nicholas, a railway conductor, was killed by the cars.

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HISTORY OF UNION AND MIDDLESEX COUNTIES, NEW JERSEY.

Harle Farmer, a native of the township, was the son of an early settler. He was for many years a prominent agriculturist and dealer in ship-timber, dying past eighty a few years since, and leaving nu- merous descendants. The names of Verdine E. and Arnold Farmer, Jr., are familiar as those of leading citizens.

In 1816, (1) Thomas Letson, from New Brunswick, purchased and located on the Letson farm. His chil- dren were John S., Warren, Lewis G., Johnson, Maria, and Henry. (2) John S. located in New Brunswick early in life and engaged in tanning. He married Letitia Brunson. Their children were Mary F., Ann, Sarah, William, Julia, Louisa, and Thomas W., the latter now living on the Letson homestead. (3) Warren was long in government employ. (4) Lewis G. became a farmer in North Brunswick. (5) John- son located in New Brunswick, was a merchant there, and is now president of the New Brunswick Rubber Company. (6) Maria married and has been dead many years.

Enos Ayres came from Metuchen about 1800 and bought land near the Black Horse Tavern. Later he removed to tbe Trenton turnpike, and lived there until his death in 1835.

Jacob I. Bergen was early at Milltown, and owned the old grist-mill there early in the century, and was for a time a prominent merchant and business man.

Peter Gordon was living in the vicinity of Milltown in 1800 or a little later. His sons were Jacques Van Lieu Gordon, deceased, once sheriff of Middlesex County, and Archibald, living near Milltown.

Nicholas Booraem was an early wheelwright and millwright at Milltown. He had sons,-Jonathan, Henry, and Nicholas. Jonathan was a millwright and ship-builder, and early established a ship-yard at Washington, in East Brunswick, which is now the property of his son Nicholas. Nicholas was county collector, 1825-68, and county clerk of Middlesex County, 1833-57. Theodore B. Booraem, the latter's son, was county collector in 1872 and I873.

James Counet was an early blacksmith at Bodine's Corners. Subsequently be removed to Washington, and for a time he lived there, and returned to North Brunswick, where he died. Some of his descendants are well known in North Brunswick and adjoining townships.

The names of Williamson, Buckalew, Vanderveer, Snedeker, and Messeroll have long been prominent among those of residents and office-holders in East Brunswick. Isaac J. Williamson is mentioned early in the records, and William A., Nelson S., Lucius, and John W. Williamson are referred to therein at a more recent date. The Buckalew family have long been both numerous and well known in North Brunswick and the country surrounding. The names of l'eter O. Buckalew and others are familiar to elderly citizens. Probably the most prominent present citizen of the name is Frederick S. Buckalew. Thomas Vanderveer

was a township officer in 1881. Richard Snedeker's name appears at a comparatively early date. Garret I. Snedeker, once a resident here, lives in East Bruns- wick. David P. Messeroll has figured more or less prominent in local affairs during recent years.

Civil History .- North Brunswick was among the first townships organized, immediately after the erec- tion of Middlesex County and the permanent establish- ment of the local government of the same. It was formerly embraced within the borders of the ancient township of Piscataway, and early in the present cen- tury was referred to in the township records of North Brunswick as the North Ward of New Brunswick, but since 1803 it has been uniformly mentioned therein by the name now so familiar.

Until 1860 New Brunswick was within the township limits of North Brunswick, and the annual town- meetings were generally held there. By an act of Assembly, approved Feb. 28, 1860, New Brunswick was separated from North Brunswick, and a large sec- tion of the township set off to form a portion of East Brunswick, then erected. It was enacted that at ten o'clock A.M. on the first Tuesday in the ensuing May the town committees of North Brunswick, New Brunswick, and East Brunswick should meet at the public-house of Saxon M. Tice, in East Brunswick, to adjust all the mutual interests of the said town- ships, and effect an equitable division of the assets and liabilities of the former township of North Bruns- wick between North Brunswick, New Brunswick, and East Brunswick, on the basis of the proportion borne by the population and amount of taxable property of each of the parts of the townships set off to the whole population and amount of taxable property of North Brunswick as previously bounded.

The western boundary line of North Brunswick, formed by the Princeton and New Brunswick turn- pike, separating it from Franklin township, Somerset County, has at times been slightly changed in places by local alterations in the course of the road, which, as so altered, was subsequently declared the township and county boundary line.

THE TOWNSHIP RECORDS .- The earliest township records of North Brunswick are contained in a book devoted to the preservation of the minutes of the successive town-meetings, and date back to the year 1800. The first entry in the said book, on a page numbered " 1," is as follows:

" No of Votes given for Representatives in Congress for the State of New Jersey, in the North Ward of New Brunswick, at an Election held the 23rd and 24th of December, 1800, for the Seventh Congress :

Votes.

Franklin Davenport

343

Aaron Ogden ...

342

James II Imlay

339

Peter D. Vroom.

342

William Cox, Jun"

339

John Condit

William IIelms ..

Henry Southard

Ebenezer Elmer.

James Mott ..

" Whole Number of Votes given In Three Hundred and ninety-two.

(Signed) " JACOB DUNHAM. Clerk."

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NORTH BRUNSWICK.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUAL TOWN-MEETING, 1801 .- The earliest town-meeting recorded was that of 1801, the minutes of which begin on page "2" of the record, and read as follows:

"At a Town-meeting held at the Court-House on the 2d Monday in April, 1801, for the North Ward of New Brunswick, the following per- Bons were by plurality of votes chosen officers for the ensuing year, viz. :

" Abraham Schnylar, President ; Jacob Dunham, Town Clerk.

" The Town Committee report that they have examined the accounts and vouchers of the collector & Overseer of the Poor, do report the same to be accurate, and find by the same a balance a ballance of three hun- dred and ninety-two Dollars & 63 Cents due from the township to Wil- liam Teo Brook, the said collector and overseer, and that he has prose- cuted Elisha Cox, late constable, for the sum of £13 3 6, deficiency remaining iu bis hadde of the year 1799, and reports that there is no probability of recovering the sd eum.

" Ordered, that the eum of £500 be raised for the use of the Poor for the ensuing year, equal to $1333.23%.

"Ordered, that the sum of £500 be raised for the nee of the Roads, equal to $1333.78%.

" Ordered, that the above-mentioned sums be raised by the 15th of May, 1801.

" A communication from the towoship of Fraoklin, in the county of Somerset, requesting the sense of this Township on the subject of erect- ing a Poor-House for the joint benefit of the counties of Somerset and Middlesex, It was agreed that this Town will unite with the other towns in sd Counties to effect under such regulations & oo euch principles as may be deemed jnet & equitable.

"Elijah Phillips, Assessor; John Van Nuise, Isaac Williamson, Sur- veyors of the Highway ; John Neilson, Benjamin Taylor, Freeholders; John Dennis, Senr., David Voorhees, Nicholas Bodine, William Lawson, Commissioners of Appeal ; John Whitlock, Daniel Brinson, Samuel Carlile, Jephtha Cheeseman, Constables; William Teabrook, Overseer of the Poor and Collector; Abraham Schuylar, Judge of Election ; Nicholas Booranı, William Tenbrook, Abm Benoit, Pound-Keepers; Abraham Schuylar, James Schureman, James Benoit, Abraham Blan- valt, William Lawson, Town Committee.

"The above were appointed a Committee to Settle with the Several Towa officers and report Annually, stateing at the Towo-meeting in their report the amount of all moneys expended for the nas of the Town, aod specifying the purpose to which they were applyed.

" Resolved, That the several towo officere exhibit their accounts and Vouchers to said committee for settlement at least Ten days previone to the next annual town meeting.

"OVERSEERS OF THE ROADS.1

"1. John Van Ilarlingen, from John Messeroll'e to the end of the town lane, and from thence to Lyle's Bridge.

"2. Robert Boggs, from Matthew Sleight'e corner to the mouth of Georges, and from thence to Reuben Runyon'e bridge, as well as the Road from James Richmond's to Queen street, and also the road from the late Johannah Wilson's to the dutch church, together with that piece of road from the mouth of the drift (?) road to the Poet road that leads to the 3-mile Run, likewise including George and Prince Street, and from Prince Street to Henry Guest's.

" Nicol. Smith, from Joho Meseroll'e brook to Benjamin Taylor's Mille.

"4. Nicholas Bodine, from Nicholas Van Brint's Mille to Nicholas Van Harlingen'e brook, and also the lane that leads to the 3-mile rua, as far as Van Sicklee' fields.

" John Deunis, Senr., of the road from Van Harlingen's Brook to Cor- nell's brook.

"6. Abraham Benoit, from Cornell's Brook to Oakley's brook.

"7. John Denham, from Taylor's Milla to Runyon Buckilew's, and from thence to the landing formerly Robert Eastburn'e, and from thence to Stanlis's brook ; likewise that piece of road beginning on James Commelins'e lande and John Norman's, & from thence to the end of McKeel's lage.

" 8. Jacob Stults, from Runyon Buckelyew's to the old bridge, and from thencs to the post rosd to Jamee Haye'; also the new road from the end of McKeel'e lane to the post road.

1 Thie appeare to have been the first division of the township into " road districts."

" 9. Lewis Johnson, of the road beginning from Johnson Voorhees' Bars; thence to Sparling's Tavern ; then to Jonathan McKeil's lane, and from Sparling'a to the Post road ; then beginning on the rood laid out by Act of Assembly to McDowell's tavern, where it crosses the old Post road ; thence down the same to James Hay's road ; then beginning at the Post road near Pondwater's field, leading to Abrahamı Berkellew's landing, as far as James Hay's road.

" 10. Winant D. Hart, from Van Brunt's to Peter Sparling's Tavern, and the road from Archibald Thompson's blacksmith-sbop to Sanlie'e brook.

"11. Jacobus D. Hart, from George's road to Freeland'e brook.

"12. Jacob Dunham, of the Road called Great Post road, as far as the old corporation line; also Church Street Barrack and George Street too Prince Street.

" 13. Simon Addis, from the Corporation line to the Six-mile Run. (Sigoed) " JACOB DUNHAM, Clk."

The proceedings of the annual town-meetings of the years 1811-14 are not recorded, and the names of township officers chosen during that period cannot be ascertained.

Below is as complete a civil list as the records would aid the writer to make. The names of chosen freeholders elected previous to 1801 were obtained from the records of the board of freeholders of Middlesex County :

CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS.

Coert Voorhees, 1779-81.

John Voorbees, 1780, 1781, 1783.

James Voorhees, 1783.

Joho Runyoo, 1784.

Joseph Vickers, 1784-86.

Joseph Cheeseman, 1785, 1786-88.

James Douglass, 1787-89.

Minte T. Voorhees, 1789, 1791, 1792, 1794.

Moses Lyle, 1790.

James Schureman, 1793, 1794, 1803 -5, 1807-12.

John Dennie, 1793, 1795-98, 1813- 23.

John Neileon, 1796-1809.

Benjamio Taylor, 1799-1801, 1807. George Clark, 1810-15.

William Law, 1816.

James Crommelin, 1817-26.

Staats Van Deursen, 1824.

Arnold Farmer, Jr., 1872-77.

Peter Spader, 1825-30.

John M. Bodine, 1874-76.

Jonah C. Ackrman, 1827-30.

Jacob V. D. Christopher, 1870, 1877.

James M. Parsone, 1880-81.

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.

Peter P. Runyou, 1845, 1850, 1855.

David F. Randolph, 1845.

Joho Hooker. 1853, 1855.

Martin Nevine, 1855. James H. Webb, 1860.

Jonathan Booraem, 1845.

Peter P. Messeroll, 1845, 1850.

John D. Servise, 1848, 1856.

Haley Fisk, 1850, 1855.

TOWN CLERKS.

Jacob Dunham, 1801-10, 1815-31. Josiah Ford, 1832-33.

Isaac G. Lillcocks, 1834-39.

Isaac M. Nevius, 1840-41.

Stephen Moore, 1842.

Nelson Dunbanı, 1843. John S. Voorheen, 1860-61.

Lewia Applegate, 1844-47.

Thomaa Pearce, 1862-76.

Jobu C. Evane, 1877-79.

Thomas J. Colline, 1880-81.

Henry Van Liew, 1832-37, 1843- 54, 1856, 1860-62.

Frederick Richmond, 1830-40.

Jacob Edmoods, 1838-40. Peter P. Runyon, 1841.

Abraham Bergen, 1841-42.

Abraham S. Neilson, 1842-59.

Elias Ross, 1855, 1858-59. John S. Voorhees, 1857, 1860-64, 1870-71.

Peter Stevenson, 1863, 1865.

James H. Webb, 1864.

William Dunham, 1865-67, 1871.

Philip Kuhltbam, 1878-79.

Hisory H. Booraen, 1878.

Dennis Vanderbilt, 1866-69, 1872- 73. Obadiah Buckalew, 1868-69.

Peter Dayton, 1831.

Jobn Aikia, 1831.

James Bishop, 1832-35.

Stephen Smith, Jr., 1850.

Andrew J. Dishrow, 1845, 1850, 1855.

Henry H. Booraem, 1860.

Thomas Pearce, 1870, 1880. Philip Kuhlthan, 1875.

W. H. Taylor, 1848. William H. Van Nortwick, 1849.

Israel H. Voorhees, 1850-52. Theodore H. Boorsem, 1853. Alexander M. Way, 1834-56. Charles P. Atkinson, 1857-58. David S. Blew, 1859.

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HISTORY OF UNION AND MIDDLESEX COUNTIES, NEW JERSEY.

TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE.

Abraham Schuyler, 1801-10. James Schureman, 1801-03, 1806- S.

James Bennit, 1801-5, 1810. Abraham Blauvalts, 1801-8. William Lawson, 1801, 1804-8, 1815-17.

William Dunham, 1802-10, 1815. Jasper Farmer, 1809-10, 1815. Isaac Williamson, 1809-10.

Nicholas Bodine, 1809. William Low, 1815.

Squire Martin, 1816-30. Cornelius Bodine, 1816-20, 1837- 39. Staats Van Deursen, 1816-24. John Van Nuis, 1816-21. James Crommelia, 1818-27. Peter Spader, 1821-24, 1826, 1828- 30.

Henry Van Liew, 1822-30, 1832, 1840-41, 1862.

Peter Dayton, 1825-30. Vincent Barkelew, 1827-30. James Bishop, 1831-34.

Jonathan Booraem, 1831, 1839-47. Richard Outcalt, 1831, 1833-36, 1842-44.

Isaac S. Brower, 1831. Henry De Hart, 1831. Stephen Voorhees, 1832.

Matthew Edgerton, 1832, 1836. Isaac G. Williamson, 1832, 1849, 1864-66.

William W. Conover, 1833. Jacoh Edmonds, 1833-35, 1854-56. Peter P. Messeroll, 1833, 1848-49. John R. Reid, 1834-35, 1851-53. Charles Duoham, 1834-35, 1857-58. David W. Vail, 1835.

Nicholas Boorsem, 1836. Isaac C. Voorhees, 1836-50. Asher Bissett, 1836. Peter Van Tine, 1837-43. Richard De Mott, 1837. John P. Voorlees, 1837-41. Isaac B. Van Dyke, 1838. Abraham Bodine, 1842-43.

Abraham Van Liew, 1844-47. James S. Combs, 1844-45. Peter Walker, 1845-48.

Dennis Bodine, 1845-47. Garret I Snedeker, 1848-50. Jesse Ilayer, 1849-50. John Terhune, 1850.

John S. Voorhees, 1850, 1873-74. John Hatfield. 1851. Robert Miller, 1851. Ralph Stout, 1851-52. Peter O. Buckalew, 1851-53. George H. Stout, 1852-53. Abraham I. Van Liew, 1852-55, 1858-71.

Phineas Kent, 1853-56. Stephen Smith, Jr., 1854-56.

Nathaniel A. Wallace, 1854.

Clayton Kent, 1855-56. Edward Elkin, 1856-58.

Garret Van Sickle, 1857.

Aruold Farmer, Jr., 1862-63. John Van Nuis, 1857.

Stephen H. Barkelew, 1857, 1859. Richard Servisa, 1858.

Philip Kullthan, 1867-76.

Jamies H. Webb, 1859-61, 1863, 1867-71.

Israel H. Voorhees, 1859. William G. De llart, 1859. Verdine E. Farmer, 1860, 1874-76.

William Dunham, 1861-64.

James C Edmonds, 1860-61. Ellsworth Farmer, 1861, 1864. Abraham D. Voorhees, 1862-63. Dennis Vanderbilt, 1864-66. David P. Messeroll, 1865-66. William A. Van Sickle, 1865. Henry Hart, 1872.

Thomas Gibson, 1872-73.

William A. Williamson, 1875. Peter Williamson, 1876-77, 1881. Thomas Pearce, 1877.

William Voorhees, 1877-78.

Frederick Cox, 1877-78.

John N. Bodine, 1877, 1879. Thomas Letson, 1878. William A. Van Sickle, 1878-79. Edwin Allen, 1878.

Obediah Buckalew, 1879. Thomas Boyd, 1880-81. Isaac D. Cozzens, 1880. Nelson Williamson, 1880.

David Pearce, 1881.

COMMISSIONERS OF APPEAL.

John Dennis, 1801-3, 1805. David Voorhees, 1801-10, 1815-26. Nicholas Bodine, 1801-8. William Lawson, 1801-10, 1815-16. Isaac Williamson, 1804-10, 1815-29. William Ryder, 1806-10. John Ilendricks, 1810. Staats Van Daursen, 1815, 1817. James Ackerman, 1815. James Neilson, 1816-19. Daniel Perrine, 1816-19. Ephraim Van Tine, 1817. William Dow, 1817-1819. John Hutchings, 1820-25. Peter Spader, 1820.

Thomas Letsoo, 1820-29. Jacob I. Bergen, 1821-29. B. M. Voorhees, 1830-33. Isaac Brower, 1830, 1831, 1833. Thomas Hance, 1830-36.

Isaac L. Brown, 1832. James Hutchings, 1834-35.

John Branson, 1834-38.

James Fisher, 1836, 1842, 1843. George G. Nevius, 1837-41, 1845, 1847, 1851, 1855.

Jonathan Booraem, 1837-38. Henry Vao Liew, 1839, 1860. Ilenry Cock, 1839-49. Peter Gordon, 1840-41.

Henry II. Booraem, 1844-49.

John Bergen, 1850-54, 1856. Dennis llodine, 1850. Isaac G. Williamson, 1851-56, 1868. Samuel R. Marsh, 1855.

Thomas Hobart, 1857-59.

Clayton Kent, 1857.

Isaac Fisher, 1858-59.

John S. Voorhees, 1860, 1867, 1869, 1872.

James Edgarton, 1860.

Arnold Farmer, Jr., 1861.

John Beckman, 1861-65.

William Thompson, 1861, 1878.

Lucius Williamson, 1862-65. Obediah Buckalew, 1862-68, 1875- 77.

Gillitte Fredericks, 1866.

Abrahamı L. Van Liew, 1866, 1873. Henry Outcalt, 1867.

Pliny F. Park, 1868, 1870, 1872- 74. Van Liew Booraem, 1869. Thomas Pearce, 1869. Ross Drake, 1870. H. P. Hart, 1870.

Willianı Voorhees, 1870-76, 1880. 1881.

William A. Williamson, 1874, 1876, 1878.

Dennis Vanderbilt, 1875. N. D. Baird. 1877-78.

Fredarick S. Buckalew, 1877. B. Wagner, Jr., 1879.

Arnold V. Farmer, Jr., 1879.

John H. Garretson, 1879.

Thomas Letson, 1880-81.

A. D. Voorhees, 1880-81.

ASSESSORS.

Elijah Phillips, 1801. John Voorhees, 1802-4, 1807.

Garret I. Snedeker, 1851-53, 1857.

Stephen H. Buckelew, 1854-56, 1858.

Jonathan Conibs, 1806, 1808-10, 1815-16.

Nicholas Booraem, 1817-32.

David Mercerean, 1833-36.

Peter P. Runyon, 1837. Henry B. Pool, 1838-42, 1844.

Frederick O. Low, 1870-71. Nelson S. Williamson, 1872-76.

B. Stevenson, 1877, 1878, 1880, 1881.

J. B. Waiaright. 1879.

COLLECTORS.

William Tenbrook, 1801.

Elisha Suowdoo, 1846-47.

John Van Nuis, 1802-10.

Moses Guest, 1815.

Thomas Hance, 1816.

John W. Kempton, Sr., 1857.

Abraham Van Arsdalen, 1817-24.

Lawrence Fisher, 1858-59.

Staats Van Deursen, 1825-33. Josiah Ford, 1834, 1835.

Henry H. Booraem, 1860-76.

Phillip Kullthan, 1877-78.

Samuel C. Cook, 1836-41, 1853-56.

Edwin Allen, 1879-80.

Jacob Edmonde, 1842-44. David F. Randolph, 1845.

Nelson S. Williamson, 1881.

The Care of the Poor .- The first formal provision for the poor in North Brunswick of which there is any mention in the records was made in 1802. At the annual town-meeting held on the second Monday in April that year the following resolution was passed :

" Resolved, that for the ensuing year a committee be appointed to rent a house in behalf of this town- ship, and that the poor of the town be collected and maintained in said house at the expense of the town and under the superintendence of the said committee, who are further authorized to employ them in such use- ful labor as in their discretion they may think advan- tageous, and provide such attendance and supplies as may tend to their comfort and support." William Lawson, John Baker, John Plum, Robert Eastburn, and John Neil were appointed to carry the above resolution into effect. It was ordered that $1200 be raised " for the use of the poor." Also that the above- mentioned committee should " be allowed the same compensation as the township committee." At the annual town-meeting of 1803 it was ordered "that the overscer of the poor be permitted to call one per- son to his assistance to superintend the business of the poor-house, and that a compensation be allowed hini for his services by the township committee, and for advice he shall call on the said committee from time to time."

At the annnal town-meeting of 1804, iu the annual financial report of the township committee, appeared

Dennis Vanderbilt, 1860-63.

Matthew Suydam, 1864-65. William Hammell, 1866-69.

Samuel Gordoo, 1843. Stephen Smith, Jr., 1845-47, 1859. Thomas Booraem, 1848-50.

Lewis Applegate, 1848-51. Robert Miller, 1852.

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NORTH BRUNSWICK.

the following charges on account of the maintenance of the poor :

For the maintenance of 12 poor in the poor-house ......... ... .... $506.30 For maintaining 8 poor out of the poor-house .. 482.93

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History of Union and Middlesex Counties, New Jersey with Biographical Sketches of many of their Pioneers and Prominent Men, Part 180

Author: W. Woodford Clayton, Ed. Publication date: 1882 Publisher: Philadelphia: Everts Number of Pages: 1224

Author: W. Woodford Clayton, Ed.
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Philadelphia: Everts
Number of Pages: 1224