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In 1867 (P. L. 514) the county was redis- tricted as follows :
ist Dist .. Chatham. Hanover, Morris and Passaic.
zd Dist., Pequannoc, Rockaway, Randolph and Jefferson. 3d Dist., Roxbury, Washington, Chester and Mendham.
92d Legislature. 1868. Jan. 14.
Senate.
George T. Cobb.
Assembly, Daniel Coghlan. 1st Dist.
George Gage. 2d Jesse M. Sharp. 3d
In 1868. (P. L. 1043) county again redis- tricted :
ist Dist., Passaic. Chatham, Hanover, Morris and Mendham.
2d Dist .. Jefferson, Rockaway and Boon- ton.
3d Dist., Roxbury, Washington; Chester and Randolph.
93d Legislature, 1869. Jan. 12.
Senate. George T. Cobb. Assembly. Theo. W. Phoenix. Ist Dist.
Columbus Beach, 2d .. Jesse M. Sharp. 3d
94th Legislature, 1870. Jan. 10. Senate, George T. Cobb.
Assembly, Theo. W. Phoenix, Ist Dist. Columbus Beach, 2d
Jesse M Sharp. 3d
95th Legislature, 1871, Jan. 10.
Senate, Columbus Beach.
Assembly, Nathaniel Niles, Ist Dist. Wm. B. Lefevre, 2d Aug. C. Canfield. 3d
In 1871, (P. L. 47) County again redis- tricted :
ist Dist., Chatham. Hanover, Montville and Morris.
2d Dist., Boonton, Pequannoc, Rockaway 105th Legislature, 1881, Jan. 12. and Jefferson.
3d Dist., Passaic, Mendham, Chester
Washington. Roxbury and Ran- dolph.
96th Legislature, 1872, Jan. 9. Senate. Aug. W. Cutler. Assembly, N. Niles, (Speaker.) ist Dist. Wm. B. Lefevre. 2d
Aug. C. Canfield. 3d
97th Legislature, 1873, Jan. 14. Senate. Aug. W. Cutler.
Assembly, William H. Howell, ist Dist. Jacob Z. Budd, 2d
Aug. C. Canfield. 3d
98th Legislature, 1874, Jan. 13.
Senate. Aug. W. Cutler. Assembly, William H. Howell, ist Dist. Jacob Z. Budd, 2d Elias M. Skellenger. 3d .
99th Legislature. 1875, Jan. 12. Senate, John Hill.
Assembly. J. C. Youngblood. Ist Dist. Edmund D. Halsey, 2d Elias M. Skellenger.3d
100th Legislature, 1876, Jan. IO. Senate, John Hill. Assembly, J. C. Youngblood, ist Dist. Edmund D. Halsey, 2d · Elias M. Skellenger. 3d
IoIst Legislature, 1877. Jan. 9.
Senate, John Hill.
Assembly, A. C. VanDuyne, Ist Dist.
C. O. Cooper. 2d C. P. Garrabrant, 3d
102d Legislature, 1878. Jan. 8.
Senate. Aug. C. Canfield.
Assembly, Francis J. Doremus, ist Dist. C. O. Cooper. 2d Joshua S. Salmon. C. P. Garrabrant. 3d
In 1878. (P. L. 542), the County was redis- tricted as follows :
Ist Dist.,Chathanı, Passaic, Morris. Mend- ham and Chester.
2d Dist., Boonton, Pequannoc, Rockaway. Montville and Hanover.
3d Dist., Washington, Mount Olive, Rox- bury, Randolph and Jefferson. 103d Legislature, 1879, Jan. 14. Senate, Aug. C. Canfield. Assembly, Charles F. Axtell, ist Dist. James H. Bruen, 2d H. W. Hunt.
In 1879, (P. L. 36) the act redistricting the county passed in 1878 was repealed and the districts were left as before that act was passed :
104th Legislature, 1880, Jan. 12.
Senate, Aug. C. Canfield. Assembly, Charles F. Axtell, Ist Dist. James H. Bruen, 2d Holloway W. Hunt. 3d
Senate, James C. Youngblood.
Assembly, Wm. C. Johnson,'
ist Dist.
John F. Post,
2d
Oscar Lindsley.
3d
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( Continued from page 92.) MEMBERS.
[The third column on this page is the work of the RECORD. Information which will lead to the correction of any mistake, or the filling of any blank, will be thankfully re. ceived .- ED.]
Names.
When Received. When Dismissed or Died.
Jonathan Hathaway,
April 27, 1766
James Brookfield,
Mary Lindsly (Eliezer) .
Ruth Serren (James) of Middletown,
Susannah Halbart,
William Vergusen, Jonas Philips.
Sept. 5.
John Allen,
July 2 . 1767
Frederick King, .
.
July 5,
Mary Southard. (Solomon) .
Aug. 25. 1768
Sarah Loree (Sob)
.
Nov. 4, -
Ichabod Cooper,
May 4, 1770
Abigail Prudden (John)
Joseph Riggs,
Aug. 30,
Catharine Tichenor, (Dan.)
Nov. 2,
Phebe Arnold (Stephen)
May 3, 1771
George Phillips,
Aug. 29,
July 22, 1784, act. 52.
Dehorah Phillips (George)
Jan. 25, 1782, aet. 47.
Phebe Phillips (Jonas),
Aug. 2, 1819, aet. 91
Sarah Tuthill (Doc. Sam'l),
..
Nov. 12, 1811, aet. 80.
Rhoda Prudden (Peter)
Daniel Carmichael,
July 3. 1772
Aug. 24, 1804, aet. 64.
Miriam Wilkerson.
Enos, Serv. of Elder Ezra Halsey,
" Moved."
Mehitabel Smith (James),
Sept. 4,
Sept. 29, 1778, aet. 27.
Sarah Crane (Jonathan) Nov.
Hannah Norris (Peter)
July
I, 1773
Phebe Condict (Zenas),
Sarah Turner (Jarzel), Sept. 2,
..
Nov. 4, 1805, aet. 75.
Jonathan Raynor, .
Oct. IO,
Tripena Raynor, (Jonathan)
Phebe Budd (Doc. Bern),
Nov. 5.
Kezia Ball,
Dec. 31,
Aug. 24, 1774, aet. 27.
"These yt. follow the ingatherings of yt. Divine harvest A. D., 1774 ; sweet drops of ye morning dew."
Stephen Conklin, Junr.,
May 1, 1774 Aug. 31, 1788, aet. 38.
Jonathan Stiles, Junr.,
July I,
Jeduthan Day, .
..
" Moved."
Mabel Tuttle (Thomas),
Sept. I,
Lydia Seward.
. .
.,
William Hamilton,
" Moved."
Eunice Prudden,
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" Moved."
· Deborah Carter, Hannah Condict, . Hannah, wf. of Licu Hathaway.
(To be continued.)
Died Aug. 26, 1814 or Feb. 17, 1821. Feb. 27, 1777. aet. 35.
July 4, ..
" Moved." Dec. 26, 1813, born March 12, 1735. " Moved." Nov. 1, 1796, aet. 58.
" Moved away." Nov. 29, 1809, aet. 68. July 17, 1805. aet. 54. " Moved away." Jan. 8, 1776, aet. 40. " Moved."
..
Apr. 10, 1818, aet. 87,
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Feb. 3. 1787, aet. 63.
Samuel Seward
June 28.
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( Continued from page 93.) BAPTISMS.
1765.
Jan. 4. Joshua Winget, adult.
Garret Miller & wf., household ex- cept oldest son, Mary Elizabeth, Garret, Absolam, Phebe, Sarah. " 27 Joshua Ball on wf.'s account, ch. Joshua.
Alexander Kermichael & wf., ch. David.
.. Ebenezer Coe & wf., ch. Silas.
Feb. 10. Jacob Ford, Jun. & wf., ch. Gabriel. " Benj. Woodruff & wf .. ch. Joseph.
24. David Fairchild & wf., ch. Samuel. Marcino.Daniel Cermichael & wf., ch. John born Jan. 23, 1763.
" 31. Joseph Stiles & wf .. ch. Joseph. Apr. 14. Sam'l Allwood & wf., ch. Mary. =
" Benj. Lindsly & wf., ch. Hannah.
Benj. Coe & wf., negro ch. Bath- sheba, born March 23, 1765.
21. Paul Fervour & wf., ch. Paul.
Increase Mather & wf .. ch. John.
Jno. Easton on wf.'s account, ch. Susanna.
28. James Keen & wf., ch. Hannah.
..
". Cap. Dan. Tuttle on wf.'s account, ch. Catura.
May 12. Henry Gardiner & wf., ch. Henry.
" " Garret Miller & wf., ch. Samuel.
June 9. Jeptha Byram & wf., ch. Eleazar.
" " James Chadwick & wf .. ch. Han- nah.
" 30. Joseph Person & wf., ch. Hepsiba.
" Jonathan Hathaway & wf., ch. Timothy.
July 5. Onesimus Whitehead, adult.
.. Jerusha Cade, adult.
Robin Indian, adult, name Oba- diah.
John Hathaway, ch. Sarah.
Onesimus Whitehead & wf .. ch. Ezekiel, born May 7, 1765.
7. Nat. Lhomedau & wf., ch. William.
21. John Ayrs & wf., ch. Elisha.
.. Abraham Campfield & wf., ch. Jacob.
Aug. 18. John Laporte on wf.'s account. ch. Cornelus.
Sept. 1. Dan. Freeman & wf., ch. John.
" 22. Moses Prudden & wf., ch. Abigail.
" 29. Stephen Conkling & wf., ch. Abra- ham.
Sept. 29 Eleazar Hathaway & wf., ch. Abi- gail.
Oct. 13. Eliphalet Clark on wf.'s account, ch. Eliphalet.
Nov.17. Jonathan Wood & wf., ch. Jona- than Baldwin.
" Joshua Guering & wf., ch. Penina.
Seth Crowell, Junr. & wf., ch. Han- nah.
21. Sol. Munson, Junr. & wf., ch. Josiah.
Dec. I. Job Lorain & wf .. ch. Charity.
Philip Lindsly & wf., ch. Jacob.
12. Gil. Ludlam & wf., ch. Daniel.
22. Timo. Day & wf., Israel. 1766.
Jan. 19. Docr. Sam'l Tuthill & wf .. ch. Mary.
Peter Norris on his acc., ch. Han- nah.
Feb. 2. Wilby Clark & wf., ch. Sarah.
8. Jarzel Turner & wf., ch. Naomi.
23. Frederick King & wf., ch. Henry.
Mar. 10. Jabish Bears & wf., ch. Elizabeth.
Nathaniel Cundict & wf., ch. David.
Zenas Cundict & wf., ch. David.
23. Jabez Campfield & wf., ch .William.
" Peter Prudden & wf., ch. Rhoda.
Apr. 6. Christopher Wood & wf., ch. Free- man, born Sept. 18, 1765.
.. Moses Johnson & wf., ch. Hannah.
.. John Mitchel & wf., ch. Sarah, born Jan. 4, 1766.
.. 13. Robard Hinds & wf., ch. Mary.
Robard McKalvey on wf.'s account, ch. Rebeccah.
20. Ichabod Carmichael & wf., ch. Mary.
= Stephen Norris & wf., ch. Rebecca, born March 15, 1766.
.. Robart Arnold & wf., ch. David, .. born March 18. 1766.
John Redman & wf., ch. Joseph.
May 18. Moses Munson & wf., ch. Eunice.
. Sol. Southard on wf.'s accouut, ch. Rhoda.
" Jedidiah Mills & wf., ch. Elizabeth. .. June 15. Gilbard Allen & wf., ch. Elizabeth.
Samuel Mills & wf., ch. Phebe.
Zophar Gildersleeve on wt.'s ac- count, ch. Patience.
" Stephen Hedges & wf., ch. John.
" James Chadwick on wf.'s account, ch. Rhoda.
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( Continued from page 94.) MARRIAGES.
1785.
Jan. 11. John Howell & Phebe Fairrand.
" 12. David Lindsly & Tapena Pierson.
" 13. Docr. Timothy Johnes & Abigail Juline, daughter of Mr. John Blanchard.
23. John Prudden & Mary VanCort.
Feb. 13. Nathaniel Tingly & Sarah More. 14. Israel Lum & Patience Pierson.
9. William Johnes & Anne Brewster, ceremony by Rev. Mr. Roe.
" 24. John Oliver & Sarah Prudden. Mar. 6. William Stevenson & Lucy Mitchel. Apr. 7. Johnathan Lindsly & Jemima Stiles. " " Henry Huffman & Lidia Parker.
May 26. Henry Willm. DeSaussure & Eliza- beth Ford.
June 8. Benjn. Halsey. Esq. & Widow Sarah Lindsly.
Oct. 23. John Hayward & Widow Lydia Shipman, both of Rockaway.
" 25. Abraham Genung & Hannah John- son.
" 27. John Parriot & Salomy Goble. Dec. 14. Cornelius Loce & Anna Hill. 1786.
Jan. 19. Isaac Lindsly & Phebe Condict. Feb. 16. Ezekiel Howell & Susannah Hill.
Mar. 26. Joseph Lindsly & Phebe Rogers. Apr. 4. Cornelius Bald & Sarah Budd.
12. James Rogers & Massey Johnson. 13. Benjamin Marsh & Eunice Easton.
. 20. William Courtney & Mary Cham- berlain.
" 23. John Sprout & Mary Cermichael.
25. Rev. Alexander Miller & Elizabeth Ayres.
May 9. Benjamin Lamson Thankful Hathaway.
" 16. James Morrison & Sary Primrose. June16. John Devens & Eunice Wood. wid. Aug. 3. James Cook & Ruth Pierson.
" 15. John Allerton & Rhoda Carter. Sep. 24. Loaumi Casterling & Sharlotte Fairchild.
Oct. 31. Jacob Canfield & Eunice Munson.
Nov. 21. Amos Ward & Susanna Easton.
" " Bethuel Pierson & Anne Ogden. Dec. 24. John Cummins & Mary Crane, widow.
1787.
Jan. 1. Samuel Hill & Susanna Lyon.
..
3. Anthony Squire & Sarah Mills.
.. 8. Joseph Woodman & Anne Larkins.
Feb. 7. William Burnet & Hannah Lindsly 13. Benjamin Hathaway & Phebe Bald- win.
22. Joseph Still & Martha Gardner.
Mar. 2. Jacob Conger & Phebe Johnson.
12. Francis Phillips & Mary Briant.
14. Peter Fairchild & Savia Squire.
25. Moses Johnson, Jun. & Hulda Kenny.
Apr. ro. John Sheppard & Sibbel Gardiner. .. 15. Nathaniel Heady & Phebe Carmen. 26. David Halsey & Phebe Fairchild. May 24. John Dorcey & Phebe Johnes, my Grand-daughter.
July 5. Zena Mills & Phebe Headly.
18. Stephen Bunnel & Susanna Pier- son.
22. William Maniken & Catharine Tar- ney.
" 29. John House & Joanna Prudden.
Oct. 18. Jacob Lindsly & Abigail Prudden. Mitchel. Nov. 8. Alexander Kirkpatrick & Sarah 1788.
Jan. 3. Michael Mountz & Margaret Den- men.
.. 13. Joseph Godden & Eunice Fair- child.
16. Steven Lindsly & Hannah Crowell.
.. 27. Isaac Drake & Phebe Mills.
31. · Zenas Lindsly & Rachel Ogden.
Feb. 7. Abraham Core & Jane Guierin.
23. Zebedee Jones, Esq. & Abigail Cur- rey.
Mar. 3. Josiah Munson & Ruth Hathaway. .. 36. John Lyon & Jemima Smith.
Apr. 10. Ichabod Genung & Mary Pierson.
: 20. Jonathan Watkins & Susanna Lari- son.
May 14. Gabriel Pierson & Ruth Ward.
" 15. Daniel Stiles & Elizabeth Brook- field.
" 18. Coonrah Esler & Sarah Carns.
June 1. Will. Hardy, free negro, & Hannah, Jon. Dickerson's wench.
July 28. George Foster Tenney & Sarah Bayles.
Aug.31. Silas Howell & Sarah Potter. Sept.29. Daniel Smith & Sarah Pierson. (To be continued. )
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( Continued from page 95.) BILL OF MORTALITY.
1781.
Jan. - Andrew Wade, det 41, consump- tion.
" 29. William, son of William Cherry, aet. 2, convulsion-fits.
.. 31. Widow of Samuel Baldwin, aet. 64. " Caroline, wife of Michael Mounts, aet. 26, consumption.
Feb. 27. Wife of Charles Allen, aet. 90, old age.
.. Letitia. wife of Amariah Sutten, aet. 47.
.. Wife of Enos Limas, black woman. .
Mar. 8. Ezekiel Gildersleves, aet. 28, con- sumption.
" 11. Huldah, daughter of John Mills, aet. I, worms.
..
12. John Primrose, aet. 46, atrophy.
Apr. - A child of Ralph Bridge.
" - Sarah, daughter of Henry Dow Trip, aet. 10, tapeworm,
May 4. A child of Capt. Joseph Beach.
" 27. Mary, wife of Samuel Morrison, aet. 26, child-bed.
" - A child of Samuel Morrison.
June 24. Mary, wife of Joseph Williams, aet. 39, consumption.
July 10. A child of Capt. John Lindsley.
" 21. David, son of Daniel Smith, aet. 2, scald.
Aug.11. Letitia. wife of Benjamin Bayles .* aet. 78, consumption.
Sept. 13. Charles Allen, aet. 106, old-age.
" 17. Joanna, wife of Jonathan Stiles, Esq .. aet. 53, fever.
.. .. Abigail, daughter of Ezekiel Day. aet. 9. worms.
" 18. Phæbe, daughter of Joseph Tuttle, aet. I.
21. Asher Fairchild, aet. 32, quinsey. " 30. Child of George Phillips.
(Oct. 1. Samuel, son of Nathan Reeve, aet. 2, intermittent fever.
.. 8. Asa, son of Uzal Coe, aet. 6,worms.
· 9. A child of Hubert Duburk, aet. 6, consumption.
.. 23. Wife of Evan Bevan, aet. 24, fever.
.. Elizabeth, wife of Capt. Jonas Sim- mons.
1782.
Jan. 13. Mrs. Robertson, of New York, aet. 40, consumption.
" 14. Child of Captain Jacob Arnold, small pox.
" 18. Samuel, son of William Cherry. consumption.
... 20. Ann Margaret, wife of Peter Hill .* aet. 52, putrid fever.
.. 25. Deborah, wife of George Phillips,* aet. 47, small pox.
.. 28. Jane, wife of Silas Goble,taet. 30, consumption.
.. 29. Betsey.daughter of George Phillips, aet. 20, small pox.
30. Mary, widow of Joseph Howard,* aet. 79. consumption.
Feb. 1. Elizabeth, widow of Henry Wick, jun., aet. 36, consumption.
.. 8. Jonathan, son of Simeon Broad- well, aet. 3. small pox.
15. Bethiah, daughter of Abijah Cutler, aet. 3, small pox.
.. 22. Son of Nathaniel Armstrong, aet. 16, small pox.
". Capt. Agustine Bayles, act. 46, ulcered leg.
Mar. 4. A child of Thomas Kane, aet. 8 scald.
.. 11. A child of Amariah Casterline,
" 12. Shubal Trowbridge,t aet. 42, small pox.
15. Widow of Francis Casterline, aet. 65, fever.
" 20. A black man, aet. 28,man-slaughter.
.. 25. Gershom, son of Capt. Daniel Gard,t small pox.
= 30. Nathaniel Peck,* aet. 39, fever.
Apr. 10. Mary, daughter of Aaron Pierson, aet. I, quinsey.
.. 11. Wite of George Badgley, aet. 53. small pox.
24. Mary, wife of Joseph Gardner, aet. 42, consumption.
" 27. Philip Price, aet .. 70, small pox.
" 30. A child of David Gardner, fits.
May 1. Jonas Goble,t aet. 37, small pox.
.. 6. John, a foreigner, aet. 50, sudden.
. 10. John W. Smith, Esq., aet. 42, gout.
" 16. Thomas Pierson, aet. 45, found dead.
.. 20. Hannah, widow of Elijah Holloway, aet. 42, fever. ( To be continued. )
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( Continued from page 96.) TRUSTEES' BOOK.
Jan. 25, 1790 .- At a meeting of the P.r- ish on the 25th of Jan .. 1790, for the pur- pose of giving Rev. Mr. Collins a call to serve the congregation as an assistant to Rev. Dr. Johnes in the Ministry. .
Voted, That Deacon Allen serve as Mod- erator ; That Joseph Lewis serve as Clerk.
Voted, Unanimously that the Rev. Mr. Collins be requested to serve the congrega- tion as an Assistant to the Rev. Dr. Johnes in the Ministry, and that he shall receive beside the use of the House and Parsonage and fire Wood a Salary of one hundred and thirty pounds for the first year and one hundred and forty pounds for the second and one hundred and fifty pounds annually thereafter so long as he shall officiate in the said congregation.
Voted, That the said Salary be raised as the Law directs State Taxes to be raised ex- cepting that three assistants or supervisors should be annually appointed by said parish whose duty it should be to make such abate- ments and alterations from the strict rules of Law as to them shall seem just and equit- able in consideration of the distance of resi- dence of some of the Parishioners from the place of worship, or for particular mis- fortune or embarrassment of circumstances. And voted that Silas Condict, Esq., Jona- than Stiles, Esq., and Jonathan Ford be ap- pointed for the above purpose for the first year.
The Moderator presented a paper from the Rev. Dr. Johnes in the words following, viz :
" Whereas, God in his Providence lias been pleased to disenable me in a great measure for performing the duties incum- bent on a minister for so large a congrega- tion as the one now in my charge, and it appearing necessary for the accommodation and benefit of the congregation that some other person should be employed in the Ministry as an assistant or otherwise, and Providence at present apparently having opened a door for such supply, and it being my desire that peace and harmony with which we have been so long been blessed should continue, and least it should appear burden- some to my people to support more than
one Minister, I do freely relinquish the obli- gation now subsisting between my people and myself from the time that another minister shall be settled here and his salary commence. Notwithstanding this resigna -. tion I am content to assist in the, sacred work of the ministry so far as God shall enable me, and it shall be acceptable to the people, and shall entirely submit to the dis- cretion and generosity of my people to make me such compensation for the same as to them shall seem meet."
Voted, That an address containing the thanks of the Society be presented him in the words following, viz :
The congregation sensible of the long and faithful services which the Rev. Dr. Johnes has rendered this congregation by his care and prudence as a minister and the blessings they have been favoured with by means of his administration. Voted, That the thanks of the congregation be presented to the Dr. for such his services and for the friendly and benevolent manner in which he hath been pleased to relinquish the obligation subsisting between him and his people and for his kind offer of future assistance-and that Silas Condict, Esq., and Deacon Allen wait on him and inform him of this Vote. That the members of the congregation now present will endeavor that a generous com- pensation shall be annually contributed so long as his assistance and direction shall by a kind providence be continued.
Voted, That the same persons wait on Rev. Mr. Collins, inform him of the deter- mination of the congregation and request his answer.
Voted, That the Trustees hire a house for Rev. Mr. Collins, and that the same be levied on the people in the same tax with the salary.
(To be continued.) ---: 0:
Erratum-Page 86, fourth line from bot- tom of page, omit "Miller " and read " Phebe Freeman (Zophar.")
The list of members in this number begins with Jonathan Hathaway. One Jonathan Hathaway died Aug. 26, 1814, aet. 76 years, 7 mos. and 7 days ; another of the same name died Feb. 17, 1821, no age being given. Who can tell which was the church member !
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HISTORICAL SERMON,
No. I. BY THE REV. DAVID IRVING, D.D., Pastor of the Church, 1855-1865. PREACHED THANKSGIVING DAY, 1861.
Walk about Zion and go round about her : tell the towers thereof. Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generations following.
-Psalm xlviii. : 12-13.
We appear here to-day at the call of our Governor as citizens, We come at the call of Jehovah as subjects and enter the church as Christians to give thanks for past bles- sings and present enjoyments. As mem- bers of a great confederacy we have much to awaken and perpetuate gratitude. As citi- zens of this State, in her laws, government and judiciary, we have much to establish confidence, and banish fears. As inhabi-
tants of a place, rich in moral influence and a noble religious ancestry, we have much to foster gratitude and induce us to be con- formed to divine precepts that we may shew forth the praise of our God. With hearts touched with the varied marks of divine beneficence the past year in continu- ing national and civil rights, and in causing the earth to yield her richest stores we turn to consider our own past as a church, that we may adore that superintending Provi- dence, that has preserved and enlarged her, that has been with her in trials, and that has made her the nursery for heaven and for many churches in this and other communities. Let us like the grateful He- brew walk about our Zion, go around about her and tell the towers thereof. Mark well her bulwarks. consider her palaces that we may tell it to the generation following.
Long before this region became instinct with a civilized and religious life it was the hunting ground of the Indians and the home of the wild beast. * When these wholly dis- appeared is as difficult to tell as when the white man first reared his cabin and where. Upward the tide of civilization rolled from Long Island, Elizabeth Town, Newark, un- til it reached this section in the early part of last century. Prior to this, Hanover, then called Whippany, and embracing the territory now included in the townships of Morris, Chatham and Hanover was settled. In 1685, says the author of the Historical Collections of New Jersey, but on the re- cords of the church book of Hanover we have the following entry by Rev. Jacob Green, its third pastor settled 1746. " About the year 1710, a few friends removed from Newark and Elizabeth Town and settled on
*The Whippanongs from whom the river received its name, now called Whippany. All kinds of game were abundant in Morris County. Geese, wild duck, pigeons, etc., were partic- ularly abundant along the streams : bears, wolves. panthers, wild cats, etc., wert also numerous and destructive.
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the West side of Passaic River in that which is now Morris County."
This region then called West Hanover, was surveyed in 1715 to a number of pro- prietors, and the land on which Morristown is built surveyed in the same year' to Joseph Helby, Thomas Stephenson and John Keys, Keys having 2,000 acres and the others 1,250 each. The land now occu- pied by the park and church belonged to the claim of Keys ; that of Helby ran from George W. Johnes' toward Speedwell and southwest to the residence of Mr. Lovell, whilst Stephens' included the farms now owned by Revere, Cooper, etc. These tracts of the first purchasers were not settled by them but were divided and subdivided by smaller purchasers until the thrifty farmer and the hardy mechanic were prosecuting their appropriate vocations on the desig- nated and adjoining lands.
When, where and by whom the first house was reared in Morristown, tradition is silent. It was no doubt soon after the first survey, and was near to the stream of water which still flows in its accustomed channel. There the grist mill, the saw mill and the forge were erected ; the two former of vast impor- tance to the wants of a young colony ; the latter, owing to the peculiar state of the iron trade in England at that time and the grow- ing necessities of this country, called forth throughout a certain section of the country the resources and capital of many so that this region was known for a long time as the "Old Forges," the ore being brought on horseback from the mines and when con- verted into iron carried in the same way to market at Newark and Elizabeth Town. Gen. Washington in 1777 remonstrates against the exemption of men engaged in iron manufactories from military duty, ex- cept those establishments employed for the public. He says that there are in Morris County alone between 80 and 100 iron works, large and small .- Sparks V. 4, p. 397.
Whilst the improvement of their temporal condition was no doubt a leading motive of the early pioneers to this region, religion was not sacrificed but had a controlling voice in their movements. It was the re- ligious element that led the New England- ers and the Scotch and Irish to this prov- ince, whose fundamental condition guar-
anteed the largest liberty of conscience to all settlers ; it was here that many came to be freed from spiritual despotism which galled them at home, and to certain locali- ties some repaired to test their favorite schenre of a pure church and a godly gov- ernment in which power was to be exercised only by those who were members of the church, and where everything in active an- tagonism with this principle was to be re- moved. On this basis Newark and a few other towns were founded. Those who came into this region from older settlements where religion was deemed vital to the best interests of the people brought with them the sacred love of liberty and of truth, and the highest regard for religious institutions which was operative here as elsewhere, in honoring the Sabbath and the sanctuary and in regulating social and domestic life.
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