History of Union and Middlesex Counties, New Jersey with Biographical Sketches of many of their Pioneers and Prominent Men, Part 5

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

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+ E. J. Records, ii. 20, 35, E. T. Bill, p. 104. Himman, i. 742-51.

6 Savage, ii. 49. Thompson's L. I., i. 486. 4 Mass. His. Soc. Coll., i. 99.

ORIGINAL PATENTEES AND ASSOCIATES OF ELIZABETH TOWN.

branch, in Compensation for two highways made through his Land, one leading to Vincent's and the other to Woodbridge." His son Joseph had also 135 acres on "Raway" River, adjoining Dr. Robinson's land, and 15 acres of meadow between Rahway River and " Emet's Creek." The house-lot he sold to Wil- liam Looker, then of Woodbridge. Frazee bought, Sept. 21, 1678, of Luke Watson, 182 acres; and July 4, 1682, William Broadwell's town lands. His pos- sessions were mostly along the Rahway River, and the family settled eventually in Westfield and New Providence. A tract of land on the Passaic River has, in consequence of their locating upon it, been called " Frazey's Meadows." Mr. Frazey sold, Sept. 7, 1698, 39 acres E. of the Rahway to Samuel Pack. He died in January, 1714.1

John Gray was, as elsewhere said, the step-father of Luke Watson, having married, as early as 1644, Elizabeth, Watson's mother, and daughter of William Frost, of Uncowah ( Fairfield), Conn. He was one of the patentees of Newtown, L. I., being, with three exceptions, the largest contributor among many to the expense of the purchase. He incurred, in 1653, the wrath of the Dutch government (for what does not appear), and sentence of banishment was pro- nounced against him March 24th. Again, Aug. 10, 1654, he was on trial, "accused of divers crimes," of which " abusing the magistrates" of the town alone is specified. He confessed, was indicted, and sen- tenced. Jan. 26, 1656, he is spoken of as " a fugitive from justice." Yet in 1658 he was still residing at Newtown. His offense was probably political. He must have been well advanced in life when he accom- panied Watson to this town, and having lost his first wife had married Hannah -, to whom by deed, Sept. 10, 1675, he gave his estate. In April, 1673, when he sold his meadow land to William Pilles, he had removed to New Piscataway. He probably died soon after the gift to his wife. No record is found of his allotments.2

Daniel Harris was from Northampton, L. I., and a son of George, who was one of the neighbors of John Ogden. He came on with the first emigration (prob- ably unmarried), induced, it may be, by his early companions, Ogden's boys. He has left no memorial. Henry Harris, who was one of Mr. Harriman's parish- ioners in 1696, may have been his son, and George Harris, in 1725, a grandson.3

Leonard Headley has left no memorial of his origin. He had surveyed, Oct. 14, 1678, " in right of himself and his wife," 150 acres. His house-lot con- tained 4 acres, 10 by 4 chains, bounded northwest by John Ogden, Jr., and on the other sides by highways. He had 8 acres of upland " at Brackett's Spring," and

along the brook, adjoining Hur Thompson and a swamp; also 6 acres of upland, "lying in the way going to the point," bounded in part by John Ogden, Jr., and John Woodruff; also 20 acres on the Creek, bounded by Daniel Dehart and Robert Vauquellin ; also 33 acres, "in the plaine," bounded by George Morris and John Ogden, Jr .; also 65 acres of upland "at the North end of the plaine," "by the Mill brooke," and bounded by Margaret Baker, Jonathan Ogden, and Benjamin Parkis; also 14 acres in the Great Meadow. He died February, 1683, and Sarah Smith administered on his estate, which was valued at £99 3s. 6d.4

Matthias Heathfield (Hetfield, Hatfield) was a weaver, and came hither from New Haven, Conn., where he took the oath of fidelity May 1, 1660. In the Record of Surveys, Aug. 29, 1676, he is called " Hatfeild," and in his will, " Hattfield." He is sup- ; posed to have been a son of Thomas Hatfield, of Leyden, a member of John Robinson's church, and a native of Yorkshire, England. Mr. Thomas Hat- field, who settled about the same time at Mamaroneck, N. Y., was probably his brother. His house-lot con- tained 5 acres, 10 by 5 chains, bounded east by the highway and Thomas Moore, north and south by unsurveyed land, and west by Dennis White. He had also 22 acres of upland "in a triangle" bounded by William Letts, John Winans, Samuel Marsh, and a swamp; also 12 acres of upland, bounded by Na- thaniel Bonnel, Robert Vauquellin, and a way that parted him from Governor Carteret; also 112 acres of upland on " the two mile brook ;" also 40 acres of upland "towards the west branch of Elizabeth Town River," bounded by John Winans and an Indian path ; also 14 acres of meadow "at Rawack," and 3 acres of meadow on the north side of East Town Creek,-in all 208 acres. He was a boatman, as well as a weaver, and seems to have been a man of considerable means. "For twelve hundred gilders secured to him by bill" (a large sum in those days) he purchased, Dec. 5, 1673, of "Abraham Lubberson, of New Orania, in the New Netherlands, his dwelling-house and home- lott, with all other accommodations belonging to sª first Lott, within the bounds of Elizabeth, both upland and meadow."

It thus appears that Mr. Lubberson was among the early settlers of the town. He had been a citizen of New Amsterdam before the conquest, and resided in 1665 in De Hoogh Straat (High Street), now Pearl, east of Broad Street, having previously lived for several years on the west side of the Prince Graft (Broad Street). This latter residence he sold Sept. 5, 1671, and is spoken of in the deed as " Abram Lubberse of Elizabeth towne in New Jearsie." He was one of the skippers of the port, having command of a Hudson River sloop. He came here in 1666 or 1667, and built the stone house on the lower part of

+ E. J. Records, ii. 3, 98 ; A. 181.

1 E. J. Records, i. 87, 115, 137; ii. 10, 22 ; iv. 19; G. 137. E. T. Bill. p. | 107. Wills, No. 1.

2 E. J. Records, i. 51. Riker, p. 43. New Haven Col. Records, i. 465. Calendar of Dutch MSS., pp. 46, 131, 139, 159, 165, 198.

8 Howell's Southampton, pp. 234-35. Ilarriman's Ledger, p. 104.

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Pearl Street, at its junction with Hatfield Street, now in the possession of Abel S. Hatfield. It is, un- doubtedly, the oldest house in town, is in good repair, and has never been alienated from the family since its purchase in 1673. Mr. Lubberson had three children born here,-Abraham, Josias, and Andries. On the reconquest of New York by the Dutch, in 1673, he returned to his old home in New Orange, as the city was then called.

Mr. Hatfield was the original owner of the land on which the First Presbyterian Church stands, and is entitled to the credit of having given it to the town for a church and burial-place. When the church property was surveyed in 1766, the trustees affirmed " that the first Purchasers and Associates did give the afd Tract of land for the use of the Presbyterian Church, the Record of which on or about the year 1719 was either lost or destroyed." This statement was admitted by the Town Committee, and they al- lowed, Aug. 27, 1766, the above " Lot of Land to the sd Trustees their Heirs and Successors on the right of Matthias Hatfield, one of the sd Associates." A grandson of Mr. Hatfield had then been a trustee of the church for twelve years, and was the first president of the board. He must have known the exact state of the case. Mr. Hatfield died in December, 1687, his wife, Maria (of Dutch nativity), and three sons, Isaac, Abraham, and Cornelius, surviving him. It is not known, though it is quite probable, that he left daughters also. 1

John Hinds (Heynes, Haynes, Haines) and his brother James were "East Enders" from Long Island. They were sons of James Hinds, who came over from England to Salem, Mass., as early as 1637, when he was admitted a freeman. He married in 1638, and at an early day removed to Southold, L. I., where he died March, 1653, his estate being valued at £123 58. 4d. He had eight children,-John, James, Benjamin, Mary, James (2d), Jonathan, Sarah, and Thomas. His widow was married in June, 1656, to Ralph Dayton, of Southold. John was the oldest son, and was baptized Aug. 28, 1639. James was baptized Feb. 27, 1648. Benjamin Haines, who was at Southampton in 1639, and a resident of North Sea (Northampton) in 1657, was probably a brother of James, Sr. He was the grandfather of Stephen, who removed to this town as early as 1725, and was the ancestor of Governor Daniel Haines.

John Hinds, the son of James, Sr., of Southold, was bred a cooper. No record remains of his allot- ments of land. He married Mary, a daughter of Goodman Thompson, and their daughter had been married as early as 1700 to Isaac Whitehead, Jr. He was a constable of the town in 1710 and 1711. A curions record of him ocenrs in the ledger of Rev.

John Harriman : " 1695, ffeb. 28, pr acco' of teaching my son Samuel the mistery of a cooper, thon not pformed according to bargain-£4. 00.00."

James was also a cooper, and came here about ten years later than his brother John. He received, July 11, 1677, a warrant, "in Right of himself & bis wife," for 120 acres of land, on account of which he had a survey of 108 acres of upland, bounded by Richard Clark, James Emot, and the Westbrook; also 12 acres of "meadow in the great Meadows." He purchased Sept. 4, 1676, of William Looker, then of Jamaica, L. I., his house, garden, orchard, and house-lot, probably in the way of trade, as he con- tinued still to reside in this town, and was living in 1703.2

Benjamin Homan (Oman) was from the east end of Long Island. John Homan was at Setauket (Brookhaven) a few years later, and was, it may be, either his father or his son. He was one of the As- sociates of the town, and had the usual allotments of land, but no mention is made of them in the records. He lived a bachelor until his death, April 1, 1684. He gave, by will, six acres to Benjamin Meeker, and the remainder of his estate, valued at £63 58. 6d., to Martha Parkis (Parkhurst), of E. Town, widow. She may have been his sister.3

William Johnson was at New Haven, Conn., as early as the year 1648. Thomas and John, who came to Newark in 1666-67, the one from Milford, and the other from Branford, the sons of Robert, an emigrant to New Haven from Hull, England, were probably his cousins. They had a brother William, but he continued at Guilford, Conn., was a deacon of the church, and grandfather of Rev. Dr. Samuel John- son, of New York. William Johnson, of this town, bad a house-lot of four acres, 10 by 4 chains, bounded west by Humphry Spinage, south by Jacob Melyen, and north and east by highways; also 12 acres of upland on "the little Neck," bounded by George Ross, Humphry Spinage, and his own meadow; also 60 acres of upland on " Rawack" River, bounded by Symon Rous, the swamp, the river, and his meadow, -" a highway to pass through the said Land ;" also 60 acres of upland on " Rawack plaine," bounded by Luke Watson, Symon Rous, a swamp, and unsur- veyed land; also 100 acres of upland on "the W. branch of Rawack River ;" also 6 acres of meadow on Rawack River; also 6 acres of meadow on E. T. Creek, joining his 12 acre lot ; also 13 acres of meadow on the Rawack River,-in all 262 acres. He mort- gaged, Nov. 11, 1678, his whole estate in the town to Roger Lambert to secure the payment of £100, aud subsequently Lambert became the owner.4

1 New Haven C'ol. Recorits, i. 141. E. J. Records, il. 24, 106-7 ; 26. o. c .; B. 306. Valentine's N. Y. Manual for 1850, p. 452; 1951, p 440 ; 185 %, pp. 475. 478, 480; 1863, p. 792: 1865, pp. 661, 672, 706, 710. E. T. Book, B. 47, 170.

2 New llaven Col. Records, ii 158-59. Suvage's Gen. Dic., ii. 3-8-89. Howell, pp 31, 236. E. J. Records, il. 65; 0. 89. Macdonald s Jamaica, p. 61. E. T. Bill. p. 105.

3 Thompson's L. 1, il. 399. E. J. Records, B. E. T. Bill, p 103.

4 E. J. Records, i. 108, 127; ji. 20, 130. Ct. Col. Records, i. 94. E. T. Bill, p. 105.

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Jeffry Jones was from Southold, L. [., where he was made a freeman May, 1664. He and Edward Jones, who was at Southampton as early as 1644, it is thought, were sons of the Rev. John Jones, who canie with the Rev. Mr. Shepard, of Cambridge, and the Rev. John Wilson, of Boston, Mass., from Eng- land, arriving Oct. 2, 1635; was a colleague of . Rev. Peter Bulkley, of Concord, Mass., from 1636 to 1644, when he came to Fairfield, Conn., and resided there until his death, 1664, being over seventy years of age. One of the sons, Rev. Eliphalet (born Jan. 9, 1640), was the first minister of Huntington, L. I. Jeffry Jones had a house-lot on the west side of Mill Creek, between David Ogden on the south, and William Cramer on the north. He had a warrant for 180 acres, but no return of the survey is on record. His house-lot he sold, Aug. 24, 1686, to Jonas Wood. He was associated, May 20, 1668, with Ogden, Bond, and Watson in running the boundary line between this town and Newark. He was also one of the Whaling Company, incorporated Feb. 15, 1669. An action of trespass and ejectment was brought against him by " the Proprietors," in the name of James Fullerton, in 1693, because of his refusal to take out a patent from them for his lands, and to pay them "Quit Rents." Judgment having been rendered against him, he appealed to the King in Council, by whom, Feb. 25, 1696, it was set aside. He outlived the most of the founders of the town, his death occurring in December, 1717.1

Thomas Leonards was doubtless of the South- ampton stock. He was admitted a freeman of Con- necticut in 1658. He probably died soon after his coming, as no subsequent trace of him has been found.2

Samuel Marsh was from New Haven, Conn., where he took the oath of fidelity, May 2, 1647. He came here, among the first settlers from Connecticut, with his wife and seven children. His house-lot contained seven acres, of irregular form, 6 chains broad, and in length 15 chains on the west side and 10 chains on the east side, bounded on the west by Jonas Wood, and on the other sides by highways. He had also 18 acres of upland "in the Neck," bounded by Jolin Winans, Matthias Hatfield, and William Letts, also 100 acres of upland "at R»wack," called by the name of Ragged Neck, bounded by Jeffry Jones, Simon Rouse, and his own meadow ; also 60 acres of upland adjoining the 100 acre lot, bounded by Jeffry Jones, a great swamp, and his own land; also 14 acres of meadow on the north side of his upland, and 6 acres of meadow, at Luke Watson's neck, on the north side of Thompson's Creek,-in all 205 acres. His eldest son, Samuel, Jr., was admitted among the 80 Associ- ates, and had an allotment of 80 acres of upland at

" Rahawack," bounded by Robert Vauquellin, Simon Rouse, Thomas Moore, Benjamin Wade, and a great swamp; also ten acres of upland on the two-mile brook, adjoining Matthias Hatfield and David Oliver : also 10 acres of meadow "lying at Rahawack in the Meadow of Samuel Marsh, Sen","-in all 100 acres. " Old Marsh," as the father was familiarly called, died in September, 1683.3

William Meeker was also from New Haven, Conn., where he took the oath of fidelity, July 1, 1644. He was propounded, Oct. 7, 1646, to " be loader to mill" " for a 12 month," " to goe in all seasons except vn- reasonable weather." Frequently he appears in the records as " Meaker" and " Mecar." His house-lot contained six acres, bounded north by Henry Norris, west by the highway, south by his son Joseph, and east by the swamp. He had also thirteen acres of upland, bounded by his son Benjamin, Robert Bond, and Joseph Osborne; also 45 acres of upland "by Ilenry Lyon," bounded by his son Benjamin and Robert Bond; also 75 acres of upland, bounded by Ilur Thompson, a small brook, and a swamp; also 12 aeres of meadow on the south side of Bound Creek, and 23 acres on E. Town Creek,-in all 152 acres. He was appointed, Oct. 13, 1671, constable of the town, and in performance of the duties of his office became obnoxious to the Governor and his party, and the property just described was forfeited in favor of Wil- liam Pardon, as related on a subsequent page. His sons, Joseph and Benjamin, were also numbered among the eighty Associates. Joseph had a house-lot containing six acres, bounded north by his father, south by his brother Benjamin, east by Robert Vau- quellin, and west by a highway. He had also 35 acres, bounded by Joseph Sayre, a small brook, a fresh meadow, and a highway that goes into the meadows; also 45 acres, " adjoining to Master Bond," bounded by Henry Lyon, Robert Bond, Henry Norris, and John Woodruff; also 12 acres "on the West Side of the plaine," bounded by Moses Thompson, Isaac Whitehead, Sr., Moses Hopkins, and the Mill Creek,-in all 98 acres. Benjamin had a house-lot, containing five acres, 9 by 5} chains, bounded west by a highway, east by George Morris and Henry Lyon, north by his brother Joseph, and south by unsurveyed land. He had also 24 acres of upland, bounded by Joseph Osborne, Robert Bond, and " a run;" also 60 acres of upland, bounded by Robert Bond, Henry Lyon, and Isaac Whitehead, Sr .; also 66 acres of upland, bounded by Hur Thompson, two small brooks, and a swamp,- in all 155 acres. He was one of the town constables in 1711. Joseph kept a country store, and Benjamin was a carpenter, while both were planters. The father died in December, 1690.4

1 11., pp. 44, 106, 120, 122. E J Records, i 89; il. 21; iii. >8, 119. Wills. A. &D. Savage, i1. 562. Newark Records, p. 10. Conn. Col. Records, i. 427. Shattuck's Concord, pp. 148-164.

2 Savage, ini. 80.

3 New Haven Col. Records, i. 140, 229, 233, 270,-71, 375. 474. F. J. Records, i. 139; ii. 20, 31, 36; A. 192, E. T. Bill, p. 105, 8. Savage, iii. 155.

4 New Haven Col. Records, j. 122, 139, 273, E. J. Records, ii. 1, 18, 24, 69, 146; tii. 47, 82; 0. 70, 71. E. T. Bill, p. 103.

HISTORY OF UNION AND MIDDLESEX COUNTIES, NEW JERSEY.

Jacob Melyen (Monllains, Murline, Melleyns, Melyn, Meleins) came here from New Haven, Conn., but was previously of New Amsterdam. He was the son of the patroon, Cornelius Melyn, whose name is familiar to every student of Dutch American history. The father was born, 1602, at Antwerp, Holland, and emigrated in 1639 to New Netherland. He returned in 1640 for his wife (Janneken) and children, and ob- tained a grant of Staten Island. There he planted a colony in 1641, which was broken up by the Indian war of 1643. Removing to New Amsterdam, he took up his residence in Broad, between Stone and Pearl Streets, on the east side. He espoused the popular side in politics, for which he was heavily fined by Governor Stuyvesant, and banished for seven years. He returned to Holland for redress, was wrecked Sept. 27, 1647, and lost one of his sons, barely escap- ing with his own life. The home government sus- tained his appeal, but Stuyvesant still persisted in his opposition. After another voyage to Holland, he re-established himself in 1650 on Staten Island, con- tinuing there until the colony was again dispersed by the Indians, in the massacre of 1655. He removed to New Haven, Conn., where he and his son Jacob took the oath of fidelity, April 7, 1657. In 1659 he re- paired again to Holland, effected a settlement of his difficulties, relinquished Staten Island to the West India Company, and soon after returned to New Netherland. He had died in 1674, leaving his wife, three sons,-Jacob, Cornelis, and Isaac,-and three daughters,-Marian (married, and residing at New Haven), Susanna, and Magdaleen, who were married subsequently to Jacob Schellinger and Jacob Soper, merchants of New York.

Jacob, the eldest son, was born at Antwerp, Hol- land, abont 1640, and came an infant to America. His boyhood was passed in the midst of the exciting scenes just referred to, by which he was educated in the love of liberty and hatred of oppression. He accompanied his father to Holland and back in 1659, returning to New Haven. He was reprimanded, May 1, 1660, by Governor Newman, as related in the " Blue Laws" of Connecticut, for kissing and taking other im- proper liberties with Miss Sarah Tuttle. He married, in 1662, Hannah, the daughter of George Hubbard, of Gnilford, Conn. Her sister Abigail, in 1657, had become the wife of Humphrey Spinning. He and Spinning attached themselves to the band of pil- grims who, in 1665, emigrated from New Haven to this town. He had been familiar, doubtless, with this particular locality from his childhood, by reason of his residence on Staten Island. His knowledge of the Dutch language, and possibly of the Indian tongue also, made him a valuable acquisition to the new colony of Achter Kull.

His house-lot contained four acres, 10 by 4 chains, and was bounded west by his brother-in-law, Ilum- phrey Spinning south by John Winans, north by William Johnston, and east by a highway. This lot,

with his honse, barn, orchard, etc., he sold, Feb. 8, 1678. to John Winans. He had 100 acres on the South Neck of Elizabeth township, which he sold, March 9, 1677, to Nicholas Carter. For himself, wife, and two servants he was allowed 360 acres. His patent gave him 450 acres. He was a partner in the Whaling Company of 1669. During the Dutch rule, 1673-74, he was in high favor, being appointed one of the schepens of the town, and captain of the militia company. He removed to New York in 1674, and resided in the Mill Street Lane (South William Street). Two of his children, Susanna and Jacob, were baptized in the Dutch Church, New York, Oct. 3, 1674, and three others, Daniel, Samnel, and Abi- gail, Aug. 7, 1677. Subsequently to 1683 he removed to Boston, probably for the convenience of educating his son Samuel (afterwards a minister of this town), who graduated in 1696 at Harvard College. At Bos- ton he traded in leather, and served several years as constable. His decease occurred in December, 1706, his wife surviving until 1717. His daughter Abigail married (1) William Tilley and (2) Chief Justice Samuel Sewall. His daughter Joanna, born in 1683, about the time that he removed to Boston became the wife of the Rev. Jonathan Dickinson, of this town. In bis will he affirms that he had spent £300 on Samnel's education. In the Boston News Letter, Oct. 1, 1705, is an advertisement in these words: "A House and Land in the High-Fore-Street at the Sign of the Buck, in the South End of Boston, now in the Occupancy of Mr. Jacob Melyen, to be Sold."I

Thomas More (Moor, Moore) was from Southold, L. I. He was the son of Thomas, who came over in 1630, in the "Mary and John," to Dorchester, Mass. ; joined the church at Salem, was admitted a freeman, May 18, 1631, and removed with his brother, Deacon John Moore, first to Windsor, Conn., then to Southampton, and then to Sonthold, L. I. The father was a man of influence, and represented Southold in the General Court at New Haven in 1658, and at Hartford in 1664. Thomas, Jr., was at Newton in 1664, whence the following year he came to this town. His house-lot, " formerly belonging to Joachin Andrissen," he sold to William Pyles previous to 1672, and purchased, June 22, 1675, the house-lot, containing four acres, bounded north and east by a highway, south by Matthias Hatfield, and west by Denis White. He had also 60 acres of upland, "to- warde Rahawack," adjoining Benjamin Wade; also 42 acres "on the South side of Elizabeth River," bounded by Benjamin Wade, Humphrey Spinage, the river, and the plain ; also 60 acres of upland, " on the North side of the said River," bounded by Humphrey Spinage, Stephen Osborne, and "the branch of the said Elizabeth River;" also 20 acres

1 E. T. Bill, p. 108. E. J. Records, i. 101, 8, 163; il. 46; iii. 25. N. Y. Col. Docmts, if. 571, 582, 608, 706. Calendar of N. Y. His. Mis., 28, 40. 46, 124, 181. Savage, iii. 195. Valentine's N. Y., 1863, p. 795. Bos- tou News Letter, No. 76.

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of meadow, adjoining William Pilles' upland, -in all 187 acres. Thomas Moore in 1676 had 80 acres sur- veyed for him on the south side of Staten Island. He survived until June, 1708.1

Robert Mosse (Morss, Morse) and his son Peter were from Massachusetts. They were at Boston in 1644, at Newbury in 1654, and still later at Rowley, whence, in 1665, they came hither. The father was a tailor, and had a large family. His house-lot con- tained six acres, bounded north by his son Peter, south by William Pardon, west by the highway, and east by Elizabeth River and a highway. He had also 12 acres of upland, bounded by William Trotter, bis son Peter, and Crane's Brook; also 44 acres of upland, bounded by the river, William Pardon, Wil- liam Trotter, Daniel Tuttle, his son Peter, and the Common ; also " a Neck of Land Lying between two brooks," 66 acres, bounded by West Brook, Peach Gar- den Brook, and Thompson's Creek ; also another plot of 66 acres, adjoining on the west, lying on Peach Gar- den Brook ; also 6 acres of meadow on Thompson's Creek, 9 acres on the Sound, and 7 acres on Peach Garden and West Brooks,-in all 202 acres. The tract on the E. T. Creek he disposed of, Sept. 26, 1681, to his son-in-law, William Broadwell, and several other tracts, June 24, 1686, to Jonas Wood. The next day he obtained a warrant for 150 acres more.

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History of Union and Middlesex Counties, New Jersey with Biographical Sketches of many of their Pioneers and Prominent Men, Part 5

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