History of Union and Middlesex Counties, New Jersey with Biographical Sketches of many of their Pioneers and Prominent Men, Part 6

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

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Peter's house-lot contained six acres, bounded west by a highway, north by William Trotter, south by his father, and east by E. T. Creek. Ile had also 12 acres of upland, adjoining his father; also 40 acres of upland "near the Ash Swamp upon a hill," bounded by William Pardon, Stephen Crane, John Little, and the Common; also "a Neck of Land at Rawack," 140 acres along West Brook, Rawack Swamp, and the Common ; also 18 acres of meadow on Thompson's Creek, and 6 acres on Luke Watson's Point,-in all 224 acres, of which 20 acres were "in Right of Joachim Andrissen." The homestead was on "Thompson's Creek," hence more generally known of late as " Morse's Creek," long the boundary between Rahway and Elizabeth. Peter died in May, 1702.2

Nathaniel Norton was from the east end of Long Island, but, though admitted one of the eighty Associ- ates, was induced after a short sojourn to return to the island. He took up his abode at Brookhaven, where he was living in 1675, and in 1683 his East Town rights were transferred to Henry Norris.ª

William Oliver cannot now be traced with any cer- tainty. He was probably the son of John, who died in 1746, or of Thomas, who died in 1652, at Boston or its vicinity, each of them leaving a large family. Thomas was of Bristol, and came over in 1632 from

London. William had a house-lot containing eight acres, 20 by 4 chains, bounded west by Charles Tucker, south by Jonas Wood, and north and east by highways. He had also 12 acres of upland "at Luke Watson's Point," bounded by Jeffry Jones, Caleb Carwithy, the meadows, and a highway ; also 84 acres of upland "at Rawack," bounded by Peter Morse, Samuel Marsh, Sr., David Oliver, and William Pilles. He died about 1694.4

Joseph Osborn (Osbourne, Osburne) and Jeremy Osborn were from East Hampton, L. I. They were the sons of Goodman Thomas Osborne, one of the founders of that town in 1649 or 1650. He had been also one of the founders of New Haven, Conn., in 1639, where, in 1643, he was rated at £300, and had a family of six. Richard, then of New Haven, and afterwards of Fairfield, was his brother. Thomas was at Hingham, Mass., in 1635, and re- moved to Connecticut before the Pequot war of 1637, in which he served. Thomas, John, Jeremiah, Joseph, and Stephen were his sons. The first two settled in East Hampton, the others joined the company of emigrants to Achter Kull, and were founders of this town. Jeremiah was a witness, Aug. 18, 1665, to the payment of the money to the Indians for the pur- chase of the town. 'He probably died soon after, as his name does not appear among the original Associ- ates. His brother Stephen had taken his place be- fore 1673. Jeremiah Osborn, who was one of Mr. Harriman's parishioners from 1687 to 1705, and after- wards became a Quaker, was a son of Stephen, was born in 1661, removed to Morris County, and lived to an extreme old age. He made a long deposition, March 23, 1741, in the celebrated case of Daniel Cooper rs. John Crain and others, printed at length in the E. T. Bill in Chancery, Schedule X.

Joseph Osborn received a warrant for 150 acres of land, but the returns of the survey are not on record, consequently his several parcels of land cannot now be located. Stephen had two house-lots, " Lying and being in Elizabeth Towne Upon the Mill Creek,"

containing 12 acres, 12 by 10 chains, bounded W. by the creek, S. and E. by highways, and N. by an unsurveyed house-lot. One of these two lots probably was Jeremiah's. He sold them both, Oct. 13, 1689, to Joseph Wilson. He had also 12 acres of upland on " the little Neck," bounded by Jeremiah Peck, Joseph Sayre, John Woodruff, Moses Thomp- son, and a swamp; also 121 acres of upland on "the South branch of Elizabeth Towne Creek," bounded by Nathaniel Bonnel, Thomas Moore, George Ross, and the branch; also three acres of meadow on the E. T. Creek, and 12 acres " in the great Meadows at the upper end of Forkey Creek,"-in all 160 acres. He died July, 1698. Joseph was living in 1707.5

1 N. H. Col. Records, ii. 52, 66, 159, 230, 238, 358, 392, 406. Conn. Col. Records, i. 28, 112, 386, 3×8. Alb. Records, iii. 116. Savage, iii. 227, 231. E. J. Records, i 24, 46, 157 ; ii. 21, 31. E. T. Bill, p. 108.

2 Savage, ili. 241. E. J. Records, i. 148, 149, 150; ii. 19, 23 ; iii. 153, 159 ; B. 121, 132 ; L. 90. E. T. Bill, p. 104.

3 New York Doc. His., ii. 468, 533.

+ N. E. Ilis. and Gen. Register, xii. 53. E. J. Records, il. 19, 103; 25, o. e .; iii. 159. E. T. Bill, p. 108. Savage, iv. 101.

5 Savage, iii. 319. Barber's Conn., p. 160). Thompson's L. I., i. 295. E. J. Records, ii. 21, 24, 129. E. T. Bill, pp. 106, 108, 113-15.

HISTORY OF UNION AND MIDDLESEX COUNTIES, NEW JERSEY.

George Pack came with the first colonists, but whence cannot now be learned. He had a house-lot containing six acres, bounded N. W. by John Little, and on the other sides by highways. He had also 30 acres of upland, bounded by Barnabas Wines, John Little, Nicholas Carter, and unsurveyed land ; also 40 acres of upland, bounded by Joseph Sayre, Nich- olas Carter, two small brooks, and unsurveyed land ; also 4 acres of swamp and 12 acres of meadow on " the great River" (the Sound),-in all 118 acres. He died February, 1705.1

Richard Paynter (Painter) was a tailor, who came hither from New York, but originally from South- ampton. Carter's son was apprenticed to him March 25, 1669. His house-lot contained three acres, 10 by 3 chains, bounded S. by Capt. Philip Carteret, for- merly Abraham Shotwell, and N. E. and W. by high- ways. He had also 20 acres of upland, hounded by a round hill, the Mill Creek, and Mrs. Baker; also 96 acres of upland, bounded by Isaac Whitehead, Jr., Leonard Headley, Joseph Sayre, and the Mill Brook ; also 15} acres of meadow,-in all 1343 acres. His residence here was of short duration. In the winter of 1670-71 he removed to New York, and sold, April 3, 1671, his " Plantation with the Dwel- ling-House, etc.," to Balthazar De Hart, of New York, merchant. De Hart died in January, 1672, and his executors sold, July 4, 1672, to Richard Skinner, of E. T., "Joyner," the house and property bought of Richard Painter (" wherein the above named Richard Skinner now Liveth and was servant unto the said Richard Painter and also to the said Balthazer De Ilart") for £48; "£16 in Porke at Three Pounds the Barrell, Wheat at four Shillings the Bushell, Pease at three shillings the Bushell Beef in Life at three Pence the Pound." Skinner must have forfeited the property for want of fulfillment of the conditions of payment, and it was again sold, March 21, 1681, by Daniel De Hart, to George Jewell, then a recent comer from Piscataway. Painter was living in 1679 at Southampton, " on the west street running by the swamp."2

John Parker, it is thought, was from the east end of Long Island, probably of the Bridgehampton family. His house-lot contained six acres, bounded east and north by Governor Carteret, south by the highway, and west by Joseph Ogden. He had also six acres of upland on "the North Neck," bounded by Leonard Headley, John Ogden, Jr., and " the Common pas- ture;" also 60 acres of upland, bounded by John Woodruff, the meadow and the "Common Land ;" also 12 acres of upland on the west side of Mr. Woodruff, and between two swamps; also 123 acres of meadow in the same vicinity,-in all 96 acres. His house-lot he sold to Carteret, Aug. 15, 1675, for £8, probably without improvements. He died in Decem-

ber, 1702, leaving his property to Robert Smith, of Egg Harbor, Widow Sarah Browne, Thomas Headley, and "the Church of Christ in Elizabeth Town ;" to the latter £3.3

Thomas Pope was an associate in 1644 of Strick- land, Ogden, the Dentons, and Jonas Wood in settling Hempstead, L. I. He seems to have either accom- panied or followed John Ogden to the east end of the island, as in 1652 he had a house-lot of 3 acres " next to Mr. Stanbrough," granted him at Southampton. His son John also is named among the early settlers of that town. His house-lot here was on the south side of the creek, adjoining the Governor. He sold it February, 1669, to William Pilles. He died previous to 1677. Mary, his widow, and her son, John, sold, Feb. 25, 1677, their dwelling-house and lot with 60 acres of upland, for #39, to Benjamin Wade. John was one of the eighty Associates. He received March 28, 1676, a warrant for 100 acres, and July 9, 1686, another for 150 acres. Of this last 120 acres were located "on Raway River," bounded by the river, " Pope's brook" (in the township of Springfield, near Milltown), and unoccupied land. The other 30 acres were bounded by Jeffry Jones, William Johnstone, and "Common Land." Of the first grant, a plot of 80 acres was bounded by John Miles, Joseph Frazee, and unsurveyed land. He had died in 1713. He gave the name to " Pope's Corners."4

Benjamin Price was from East Hampton. He came to the island. it is thought, with Lion Gardiner, in 1639. He subscribed as a witness the deed given March 10, 1640, by James Farret, Lord Stirling's agent, to Gardiner for the island that has ever since borne his name. He settled first at Southampton, but in 1649 united with several of his neighbors in settling East Hampton. He resided on the east side of the main street, not far from Gardiner and the Rev. Mr. James, and next to " the Parsonage lot, in the hart of the Towne." He took a leading part in town affairs, was appointed Oct. 7, 1651, recorder or town clerk, and Aug. 1, 1660, was one of the paten- tees of Montauk Point. He took an active part in furthering the emigration of so many East Enders to this locality, and was held in honor by his townsmen here. In 1675 he represented the town in the House of Burgesses, and was appointed Dec. 13, 1682, one of Governor Rudyard's Council; Feb. 4, 1683, jus- tice of the peace ; March 28, 1683, one of Governor Lawrie's Council; and Jan. 29, 1693, one of the judges of small causes. He ontlived the most of the founders, his death occurring after Aug. 30, 1705, when his will was made, and not later than Oct. 7, 1712, when it was admitted to probate.

The locality of his house-lot is not on record. He had 24 acres of upland " along the Road Leading to the Point," adjoining his son Daniel; also 50 acres

1 E. T. Bill. p. 108. E. J. Recorda, ti. 19, 21, 96.

2 E J. Records, i. 7, 25, 36; ii. 15, 73; A. 113. E. T. Bill, pp. 102, 107. Iluwell, p. 158.

3 Howell, p. 260. E. T. Bill, p. 108. E. J. Records, i. 149; il. 3, 26.

4 E. J. Records, ii. 20: B. 370; L. 99, 197. E. T. Bill, p. 109. Thump- son's L. I., ii. 6. Howell, pp. 306, 7.

ORIGINAL PATENTEES AND ASSOCIATES OF ELIZABETH TOWN.

of upland adjoining "Henry Lyon's House," the Town Creek, "a Little Creeke on which Henry Bakers Tannfatt stands," Margaret Baker, Jolin Woodruff, Leonard Headley, Ephraim Price, and Peter Woolverton; also 20 acres of upland on the Point road, adjoining Margaret Baker; also 120 acres of upland near the Great Meadow ; also 9 acres of upland in the Great Meadow, north of Capt. Young; also 8 acres of upland " on the Long Meadow Island," on this side Rahway River ; also 25 acres of upland on the Point road adjoining Margaret Baker ; also 14 acres of meadow, -in all 270 acres.

Benjamin, Jr., his son, was also one of the eighty Associates, He was appointed, Aug. 22, 1695, one of the justices of the peace. His house lot contained six acres, bounded south and east by the highway, west by his brother Thomas, and north by Isaac Whitehead, Sr. He had also 41 acres of upland, bounded by Robert Bond. Joseph Bond, and unsur- veyed land ; also 19 acres of upland adjoining his father, and unsurveyed land ; also 14 acres of upland adjoining his father and Joseph Ogden ; also 88 acres of upland " near the Governor's point," bounded by his father and Daniel De Hart ; also 10 acres of upland, bounded by his father and Col. Richard Townley; also two acres on " ye way to ye meadows," adjoining his father; also ten acres "of Salt Marsh in the great Meadow ;" also 8 acres of meadow "by the Long pond & forked Creek ;" also six acres of meadow "on a creek called Long Creek or fforked creek,"-in all 200 acres.1

Evan Salsbury, of whose origin nothing certain can now be ascertained, was probably Carwithy's friend and associate, coming with him from the east end of Long Island. His house-lot adjoined Wil- liam Cramer on the southeast. He bought Cramer's house-lot and his second lot-right, but sold the two, Dec. 26, 1670, to John Little for £65. He is called a " brickmaker," but was bred a carpenter, and had previously, it is thought, followed the seas. Capt. John Young, of Southold, L. I., sold him, Oct. 4, 1671, his shallop of eight tons burden, "or thereabout," with all its appurtenances, the mast, sails, rigging, cable, anchor, etc., for "18,000 good Merchantable White-Oak pipe Staves," a bond being given for the payment, signed by Salsbury, Carwithy, and Cramer. The witnesses were Benjamin Price and Joseph Sayre. It is quite likely that he and Carwithy, who disap- pears from the records about this time, became " coasters," and of uncertain residence. Salsbury was here when the Dutch enrollment was made in 1673, but no further mention of him is made.2

Abraham Shotwell, whose original is not known, was certainly in sympathy with the popular party of the town. In the contentions between the people and

Carteret, described in succeeding pages, Shotwell was bold and outspoken against the Governor's usurpa- tions. He became the victim of Carteret's wrath, his house and grounds were confiscated, and he him- self driven into exile. His house-lot was " next east of the mill." In July, 1683, it was thus described : " Bounded on the North by Land now in possession of George Jewell and ruos along by his Fence three Chains and one-third of a Chaine from thence run- ning upon a South and by a West Line twelve Chains to the highway which Leads towards the mill or meeting house from thence it runs by the said high- way westward three chains and one third part of a chain and from thence it runs along by the highway that leads from the Mill towards Newark upon a North and by East Line Twelve chains Containing in all four acres. Also, a small peece more Containing Que Acre English measure running by the highway which Leads from the Mill or meeting house East- ward three Chains and one third part of a chain from thence it runs downward to the Creek upon a South and by a West Line Three Chains & from thence it runs away Westward as the Creek or highway runs, three Chains and one third part of a Chaine and from thence it runs by the highway which Leads from the Mill towards Newark upon a North and by East Line three Chains." It is easy to identify this prop- erty as including the whole east side of Broad Street from the stone bridge to a point 792 feet north of Elizabeth Avenue,-a most valuable piece of prop- erty. Shotwell retired to New York, and appealed to the Lords Proprietors. In the mean time he returned to his home sustained by his townsmen. His appeal was not sustained, and he was informed, by orders from the proprietary government, that he must de- part the town, and should he return that he would be subjected to severe indignities. His property was sold at public auction, Aug. 25, 1675, for £12, to Thomas Blumfield, carpenter, of Woodbridge, who resold it a fortnight later for £14 to Governor Car- teret. It was on Shotwell's one-acre lot that the Gov- ernor is thought to have built his new house, where he resided at the time of his decease. Shotwell ob- tained a grant of land from the New York govern- ment, and died in exile. Daniel, who settled on Staten Island, was probably his son. John, another soo, married, at New York, October, 1679, Elizabeth Burton. After Carteret's removal and death, John appealed to Governor Rudyard, who restored him by order, May 29, 1683, the property that had been ar- bitrarily wrested from his father. The Shotwell fam- ily settled mostly in the south and southwest parts of the town.3

Michael Simpkin was from Stamford, Conn. Nicho- las Simkins in 1634 was captain of the Castle at Boston. Vincent Simkins (Smiking), a son or brother,

1 E. J Records, ii. 21; A. 169 ; C. 5, 75, 171, 233; E. 119; L. 1, 19; 0. 40, 105, 106, 107. E. T. Bill, pp. 102, 109. Doc. His. of N. Y., i. 680, 686. Thompson's L. I., 295, 299. Hedges' E. Hampton, pp. 6. 82-84.

2 E. J. Records, i. 25-26, 59. E. T. Bill, p. 107.

3 E. J. Records, ii. 19; iii. 64 ; A. 51; L. 1. 4. E. T. Bill, p. 110. N. Y. Land Calendar, p. 309. N. Y. Marriages, p. 349.

HISTORY OF UNION AND MIDDLESEX COUNTIES, NEW JERSEY.

probably, of the captain, accompanied the early Lynn, Mass., by way of New London, Conn. At colonists to Wethersfield, and was one of the com- East Hampton he resided on the west side of the pany that bought, Oct. 30, 1640, Rippowams (Stam- | street, near Robert Bond and the two Mulfords. ford) from the New Haven people, where he married, | 1641, Mary, a daughter of Henry Ackerly. He had at least two sons, Daniel and John, most likely Michael also. He had died in 1656. Daniel settled in Bedford, N. Y., and John, with his widowed mother, removed to this town, where the mother soon after became the wife of William Oliver. He had an allotment of 80 acres of upland on the West Brook, bounded by William Cramer and William Oliver, a swamp aud the two-mile brook; also 4 acres of meadow adjoining Aaron Thompson ; also 3 acres of meadow on " Rawack River ;" also 2 acres of meadow adjoining Jacob Melyen and George Pack,- in all 89 acres. John died unmarried before Septem- ber, 1679, and his mother administered on his estate. Michael must have died soon after his coming, as no further mention of him is found.1

Humphry Spinage (Spinning) was from New Haven, Conn. He was a nephew of Goodman Hum- phrey Spiuage, one of the original settlers of New Haven, and one of the party that attempted to plant a colony on the Delaware in 1651. The nephew took the oath of fidelity at New Haven, April 7, 1657 ; and Oct. 14, 1657, married Abigail, the third daughter of George and Mary Hubbard, of Guilford, and sister of Hannah, the wife of Jacob Melyen. George Hub- bard came from England abont 1635, and was one of the early settlers of Wethersfield, Conn. He re- moved in 1644 to Milford, and in 1648 to Guilford. The house-lot of Humphrey Spinning contained four .! acres, 12 by 4 chains, and was bounded northeast and east by the rear of the house-lots of his brother- in-law, Jacob Melyen, William Johnson, and John Winans, and on every other side by a highway. He had also twelve acres of upland "on the Neck," bonnded by Jeffry Joues, William Johnson, the meadows, and a highway; also 80 acres of npland " by Peach Garden Hill," bounded by Jacob Melyen, Charles Tucker, Peach Garden Brook, and his own meadow; also 40 acres of upland on the south side of the branch of Elizabeth River, bounded by Thomas Moore, John Winans, the plain, and Elizabeth Creek; also 60 acres on the north side of the branch, bounded by Benjamin Wade, Thomas Moore, the plain, and " the said River into Cranberry meadow ;" also 7 acres of meadow on Peach Garden Brook; also 6 acres of meadow on Elizabeth Creek ; also 9 acres on " the Point of Rawack Neck,"-in all 218 acres. He died September, 1689, leaving an estate valued at £223 88. 0d.2

Thomas Tomson (Thompson ) was one of the found- ers of East Hampton, L. I., in 1649, having come from

Goodman Thompson was one of the deputies of Eliz- abeth Town in the Legislature of 1672. He was active in opposing the arbitrary measures of Gov. Carteret, and was mulcted for his patriotism. His house-lot contained six acres, bounded north and south by Barnabas Wines, west by a highway, and east by the Mill Creek. He had also 18 acres of upland "on Luke Watson's Neck," bounded by Jacob Mel- yen, David Ogden, and a highway; also 52 acres of upland, bounded by Stephen Crane, Dennis White, George Pack, and his own land ; also 20 acres of up- land adjoining the last, bounded by his son Hur, Jo- seph Sayre, George Pack, and unsurveyed land; also 4 acres "in Rawack Meadow ;" also 18 acres of meadow on a creek, which was named for him " Thompson's Creek," and since "Moris Creek," -- in all 118 acres. His three sons also were among the original Associ- ates. Moses, who took the oath in February, 1666, had a warrant for 180 acres, but the survey is not on record. Aaron came into possession of the homestead at his father's death, September, 1676. and had a war- rant for 60 acres in his own right, of which no return was made. Hur had a house-lot containing four acres, bounded south and east by a highway, north by Thomas Osborn, and east by unsurveyed land. He had also 12 acres of upland, bounded by Leonard Headley, Joseph Osborn, John Wilson, and a highway ; also 45 acres of upland, bounded by Joseph Sayre, 2 small brooks, and unsurveyed land; also 40 acres of upland, bounded by Benjamin Meeker, a small brook, and the common ; also 45 acres of up- land, bounded by William Pardon, a small brook, the West Brook, and unsurveyed land; also 6 acres of meadow on the bay, 4 acres on Woodruff's Creek, and 10 acres more,-in all 161 acres. The father's estate at his death was valued at £152 158. 6d.3

William Trotter came from Newbury, Mass. It may have been at his suggestion that so many of his former townsmen came on in the course of 1666-67 and settled the town of Woodbridge. His house-lot contained four acres, bounded east and west by a highway, south by Peter Morse, and north by Ste- phen Crane; also an addition of two acres, bounded east by the river, and on the other sides as the house- lot; also 13 acres of upland, bounded north and west by Robert Morse, south and east by "Elizabeth Town brook ;" also 138 acres of upland, bounded by William Broadwell, a swamp, and unsurveyed land; also 23 acres of meadow in " the Common Meadow,"-in all 180 acres. In 1676 he had died. His name was given to a bridge in the northern part of the town plot.4

Charles Tucker (Tooker) was also a New Eng-

1 Ilinman's P. S. Conn., i. 232. Savage, iv. 10I. E. J. Records, ii. 41, 102; 24, o. e .; iii. 159. E. T. Bill, p. 109.

' N. H. Col. Records, i. 36, 140, 202, 411. Savage, iv. 150. Chapin's Glastonbury, p. 172. E. J. Records, il. 19, 36, E. T. Bill, pp. 105, 118.

3 Hedge's E. Ilamptou, pp. 4, 44. E. J. Records, ii. 21, 24, 29, 104; 26 o. e. E. T. Hill, pp. 104, 105.

+ Savage, iv. 332. Coffin's Newlmry, pp. 62, 116. E. J. Records, ii. 50; L. 85.

ORIGINAL PATENTEES AND ASSOCIATES OF ELIZABETH TOWN.

lander, coming hither with the East Enders of Long Island. His parentage has not been determined. He was probably the son (or may have been the brother) of John Tooker, of Southold, residing as early as 1655 in that part of the town that was called River- head, originally from the vicinity of Boston, Mass., and made a freeman at Southold Oet. 9, 1662. Charles had a house-lot containing eight acres, bounded north by the highway, east by William Oliver, west by Caleb Carwithy, and south hy "the Swamp in Common ;" also 21 acres of meadow on Thompson's Creek, and adjoining " the great island." He had at first a plot of upland containing 86 acres; but as this was found by survey to be included in Jacob Melyen's allot- ment, he obtained in lieu 69 acres of upland on the two-mile brook. He had also a pareel of land called " Peach Garden Hill," containing 86 aeres, bounded by Capt. John Baker, Humphrey Spinage, Peach Garden Brook, and the Common,-in all 184 acres.1

Nathaniel Tuttle (Tuthill) was from Southold, L. I. | He had a house-lot containing 12 acres, 30 by +

His father, John Tuthill, and uncle, William, were from Norfolkshire, England. The latter eame over in 1635 in the "Planter," landing at Boston. The two brothers settled at New Haven in 1639-40. John came to Southold in 1641 with the Rev. John Youngs. In 1647 he was one of the four patentees of Oyster Ponds, L. I. Nathaniel came here with the first emigration, probably a young and unmarried man. His house-lot contained six acres, bounded north by William Pardon, east by the Mill Creek, southeast by Aaron Thompson and Barnabas Wines (a small hol- low and a highway lying between), west and south another highway. He had also 12 aeres of upland on the south side of Crane's Brook, adjoining Rich- ard Beach ; also 34 acres of upland adjoining George Pack and William Pardon ; also 75 acres, bounded by Richard Beach, William Pardon, Stephen Crane, Robert Morse, and the Mill Creek; also 6 aeres on " the great river" (the Sound), near "the Points of Rawack;" also 20 acres of meadow on the west of Thompson's Creek,-in all 153 acres. At his death, February, 1696, his estate was valued at £107 38. 0d.2

Robert Vauquellin and his wife came over with Governor Carteret in the ship "Philip," landing

July 29, 1665, at New York. He was a native of the ciate were anything but congenial company, he

city of Caen, Lower Normandy, France, and a grand- son, doubtless, of Jean Vauquellin de la Fresnaye, lieutenant-general of the bailiwick of Caen, and chief justice of that country, whose decease occurred 1606, in his seventy-first year. Robert is styled in the East Jersey Records "Sieur des Prairies [des la Prairie], of the city of Caen, France," whence he is commonly called in the records and other documents of the day "Laprairie."3 In modern histories he is

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History of Union and Middlesex Counties, New Jersey with Biographical Sketches of many of their Pioneers and Prominent Men, Part 6

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