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The preaching of Mr. Hallock was spirited and much liked by his people. His pastorate, thoughi quiet and short, was blessed with happy results ; between seventy and eighty persons united with the church during the four years of his ministry in it, and the church's gifts to Home and Foreign Missions increased. In 1888 Mr. Hallock received the well-earned degree of Doctor of Philosophy from the University of New York. He still lives, and is now pastor of the Presbyterian church at Clinton, N. Y., where he was installed Jan. 20, 1897.
HARVEST HOME.
Regularly for a number of years the congregation has annually held what is called a "Harvest Home." The first one held by the church was on June 23, 1868 ; and largely since that time they have been held every year. The first one was particularly a strawberry festival, but later they became of a more general character. It is a
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rural entertainment consisting of a bountiful supper, with ice cream and confectionery, and music throughout the evening by a cornet band. Large tents are spread on the church green, under the white oaks ; and there the supper tables, and refreshment stands, and car- riages with happy people coming in at the close of the afternoon, present a festive and attractive scene. Always an evening is selected that is near to full moonlight. The attendance on these occasions has lately been increasing every year, and friends meet on that even- ing from many surrounding towns. The effort generally results in a comfortable financial success. In 1902 the gross receipts were
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$984 and the net proceeds were $570, and on that evening 1162 per- sons were provided with supper. These figures are the highest that yet have been reached in the history of this festival thus far. The whole entertainment is conducted on a very simple plan which is steadily adhered to, and the gathering has been made a pleasant and sociable affair by the patronage of the many interested friends of Old Tennent.
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CHAPTER XIX.
REV. FRANK ROSEBROOK SYMMES. 1890-
The present and fifteenth pastor of the church was installed Feb. 18, 1890, by the Presbytery of Monmouth, and in this office he still continues. He was born in Madison, Indiana, Oct. 24, 1856 : grad- uated at Princeton College 1881, and at Princeton Theological Semi- nary in 1886 : ordained by the Presbytery of West Jersey May 13, 1886, and at the same time installed pastor of the old Fairfield church at Fairton, N. J. That church is one of the oldest Presbyterian organizations in the State, being established about 1690 mostly by people from Connecticut, Long Island, and East Jersey. It is
familiarly known as the "Old Stone Church" referring to the old building that is still standing, and it is known in the early records as the church of "Cohanzy." Its most famous pastor was Rev. Ethan Osborn, happily known as "Father Osborn," whose efficient service in the church continued from 1789 to 1844.
A Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor was formed in Old Tennent in 1890. On Oct. 17 of that year the organization was completed in the adoption of the Constitution and By-Laws which had been drawn up by a committee previously appointed. The officers of the Society had been elected Oct. 9, and these first officers were George I. DuBois, President ; Miss Mamie V. Rue, Vice-Presi- dent : Miss S. Jennie Reid, Recording Secretary ; W. Harvey Reid, Treasurer ; and Augustus Reid, Corresponding Secretary. The organization started in October with fifteen active members, and by the close of the following December this number had increased to thirty-three. The custom of this society has been to hold their prayer meeting in the church on every second Sunday evening.
During the autumn of 1892 a fire-proof safe was purchased from The Lytle Safe & Lock Co., of Cincinnati, Ohio. It was procured through a generous deal of Daniel S. Aumack. In this safe the records and papers of the church are preserved : and to this collection historical materials concerning Old Tennent, have continually been added, and more are earnestly solicited as they may be discovered from time to time in the old desks, closets, and attics of friends of the church.
Since 1890 repairs have been made on the old church : the steep angled roof has been covered with the permanent slate on both sides of the combing over the old shingles, making doubly sure against
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snow, and wind, and rain ; new Ostermoor cushions have been put into the pews ; and the edifice has been repainted within and without, and the pews grained in oak. Besides the recess on the north side of the church for the pipe organ, mentioned before, a vestibule portico has been placed before the middle front door.
For two hundred years a sturdy religion has been preached in Old Tennent, its people would have nothing else. Doctrines of strong meat and not of milk have been constantly set forth, molding the mind and establishing the heart. The Westminster system has been taught, and the youth grounded in its principles. But best of all, Jesus has been faithfully preached in his love and power to save sinful men, and give them a hope of the life that is everlasting.
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CHAPTER XX.
THE OLD TENNENT CEMETERY, 1731-
Soon after the first sanctuary was built on White Hill, a cemetery began to form around it. Even at the first there was abundant room for burials considering that the first lot of ground was one acre in extent, and even though the ground was doubtlessly covered with oaks. But long after the second and present church was built on this acre some of the most prominent families in the congregation continued to bury their dead in the Old Scots yard, though evidently they attended service at White Hill. This perhaps was owing to the fact that they early had family grave plots there, and that they cherished sacred memories of their fathers' rugged church in the wilderness. The date of death marking the earliest tomb-stone in Old Tennent yard is Oct. 27, 1744, over the grave of John Mattison who died in his 23rd year. Possibly there were burials in the yard previous to this, and like many others since, the graves have become obliterated or cannot be identified. In 1852 there were 164 graves unidentified, and 1091 that were known or marked by headstones. There are grave stones marking burials of the dead for almost every year from 1744 down to the present. The diagram given here of the early burial and church ground of Old Tennent on White Hill was taken from an old map. The figure on the north end of the first acre shows the church building ; that in the southwest corner is evidently meant for the log school house ; and that in the southeast corner indicates "the Meeting House Well" located on that spot. The letters at the corners obviously refer to the sort of oak that marked the line. The fact of this ground being covered with oak trees possibly explains the name "White Hill," perhaps meaning "White oak Hill." As time went on more land was added to the original lot. The trustees of Old Tennent, or those acting as trustees at that time, purchased from Wm. Ker one acre of land, the original site on which the church now stands. The deed for this plot of ground was dated May 1, 1731, and the price paid was "One Shilling Current Money of the province." Dec. 1, 1764, two and eighteen hundredths acres were purchased from Jonathan Rhea at 6,17 .. 8 .. 10.
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A Map of the Meeting House Lots
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Plan of the Early Lots of Old Tennent Cemetery.
John Anderson, Depty. Surveyor, protracted a map of the church ground at this time. (In the print here given it must be noticed that the scale of the drawing has been reduced when the picture plate was made). Again, Oct. 11, 1803, one and ten hundredths acres, in a wedged shape plot on the west side of the yard, were purchased from Lewis Perrine, for the sum of $29.34. The same year a map of the church yard as it then lay was drawn by John L. Anderson, Deputy Surveyor. On May 3, 1841, one and nine hundredthis acres were bought of John I. Conover for $43.60. Again, May 10, 1849, fifty-nine hundredths of an acre were purchased from William Mc
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Chesney for $38.35. On Oct. 25, 1867, the largest purchase of ground was made, bought of Miss Anna Mary Gordon for $1,600 containing 9.05 acres. Dec. 18, 1868, the trustees of the church bought of John M. Perrine 1.70 acres for $340. These probably embrace most if not all the purchases of land that were made. About one year subsequent to this 4. 13 acres on the north end of the yard were sold to Ellison E. Clinton for $400. This parcel of ground was sold out of that purchased from Miss Anna Mary Gordon who used to live with her brother, Matthew Rue Gordon, on the hill opposite to the church, where the flag pole now stands. Matthew was a shoe- maker, as was also his father John who lived in that house before him and who had leather vats down by the old cider house. Henry Perrine lived there before John Gordon and had the cider house down at the north end of his place where is now the road bridge over the Hartshorne brook.
The present church grounds are very ample, and offer wide room for desirable burial plots to those wishing to secure them. The trees in the burying ground proper have most all been cleared away, only one of the old white oaks is still standing up near the church, "the oak having the large limb." The well that used to stand about a hundred yards to the south of the church has been closed up and the ground over it occupied by the grave yard. The old school house that used to stand on the first acre is gone, and also the second one built near to it afterwards, and the horse shed which is said to have been on the ground near the school house. In April, 1859, the con- gregation resolved at their annual meeting that the Session House Public School District should be allowed a location on the ground of the church on which to build a new school house ; while the School District was to allow the congregation to use the new house from time to time as a sort of compensation for the occupancy of the ground. This school house was placed further from the church than the first one. It took fire and was burned to the ground on Thursday, Feb. 13, 1902 : school was in session at the time the fire started. The school house was rebuilt outside the bounds of the church yard. Roadways and paths have been marked out in the cemetery con- venient to all parts. In 1854 the congregation resolved "That a bier be provided for carrying the dead from the hearse at the gate to the grave." This is no longer needed, and is preserved simply as a relic.
In connection with Old Tennent cemetery some reference must be
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made to three men who especially have performed long and valuable service in its interest. Hugh McChesney was sexton for about forty- five years : William, his son, assisted him at the last. He was a blacksmith, and lived in the house near the present northeast corner of the cemetery, where Alexander Trotter now ( 1904) lives. Pre- viously a Mr. Freeman lived at that place and kept a hotel. Robert Perrine Craig was another sexton, who served for twenty-one years, in which time he performed in the cemetery about Soo burials. He was constantly active in every branch of church work, as well as in caring for the old burying ground. He was a farmer during most of his life. His father was Charles Craig, son of Samuel, and belonged to the family long known in the history of the church. His mother was Mary Perrine, a godly woman, who died in 1836 leaving a family of young children. Mr. Craig never married, but lived with his father until his father's death in 1882 when the home, a farm near by the church, was broken up. Mr. Craig was a constant companion of his pastors, and his memory and conversation were replete with reminis- cences of the history and families of the church. He supplied much for the writing of this book. He died Feb. 14, 1904, in his 80th year, and was buried at Old Tennent. Another man that has done valuable service for Old Tennent cemetery is Abraham Bogart Ammerman, born at Harlingen, Somerset Co., N. J., Oct. 22, 1802, son of John P. Ammerman and his wife Margaret Collings. On Nov. 25, 1826, he married Cornelia Ann Conover, daughter of Samuel and Eunice (née Jewell) Conover. They had nine children, only two of whom grew to adult years. Mr. Ammerman played the bass viol, and sometimes the violin in the choir in the gallery of Old Tennent. He was a tailor by trade, and also an excellent land surveyor. About middle life he entered the Baptist church and became a licentiate preacher in that denomination. He died July 5, 1867, of paralysis, at Freehold, N. J., and was buried there in Maplewood cemetery. Under the direction of the congregation in 1852 he began a map of the old part of the cemetery showing the location of all the graves at that time. Mr. Ammerman also made a list of the names, as far as known, of all persons buried in the old yard giving the age and date of death, when it could be stated, and indicating whether or not a stone marks the graves. He was assisted in this work by Hugh McChesney, the old sexton, who was most thoroughly acquainted with the facts, names, and locations of the graves. But, as mentioned
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above, some of the graves could not be identified, and evidently some were obliterated and therefore may never be known.
Of those who have served in the sextonship of Old Tennent ceme- tery it may here be said that Samuel Jaqush was appointed sexton 1813. Hugh McChesney was appointed 1816 and served probably continuously until 1863. His son Wm. McChesney was appointed sexton 1863. Matthew Rue Gordon was sexton from 1864 until 1867. C. Augustus Craig acted as sexton in 1867 to '68. R. Perrine Craig was sexton from 1868 to 1889 : John B. Snyder from 1889 to 1891 : E. Thompson Conover from 1891 to 1903 : and Ephraim Laird was appointed sexton 1903.
In former years a public highway (carriage road ) ran on the west and north of the church grounds, between what is now the old and the new parts of the cemetery. But in response to an application made by Robert E. Craig and others to the Court, it was ordered that this piece of road should be vacated and closed to the public in April 1867. The road, from which the vacated piece was cut off, was open- ed into the Manalapan and Patton's Corner turnpike further to the north dividing the Gordon property. The portion of the cemetery known as "The New Part" embraces the ground purchased from Miss Gordon, and covers between four and five acres lying between the line of the old highway and where the new highway now is. In 1868 the trustees were authorized by the congregation to move the horse-sheds to a more desirable location. These sheds at that tinie stood close along the public road on the west side of the church grounds. Accordingly they were removed to the opposite side of the church yard, on the low ground running along the east side, the work being done by Rezeau Brown. At the same time the grounds of the church were graded and improved. A carriage road was laid out in front of the sanctuary so that since that time, though not before, car- riages can be driven up to the very door of the church.
These burial grounds are being repaired and improved from time to time. A custom has long prevailed for the men of the congrega- tion once a year to gather in the yard, and mow and rake it. Besides this the sexton, with the trustees, is continually repairing it, and takes special care of such plots whose owners make a private arrange- ment with him. The grounds are increasing in beauty and value, and in historic interest and sacred memories. A large proportion of Old Tennent's members have been laid in this tranquil resting place;
OLD TENNENT CHURCH ; SHOWING GROUNDS, SCHOOL HOUSE, AND HORSE SHEDS, 1868.
I, R. CHEESEMAN, Photo.
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and many persons make journeys to this God's acre in memory of and in sorrow over departed friends. It is indeed a sacred spot, hal- lowed in many minds, and endeared to many hearts. From different and distant places the children of this church are being brought for burial among the scenes of their youth in this rural grave-yard. A large silent city of the dead is extending its white and gray stones over these peaceful acres. And we of the living are shortly expecting to come to the undisturbed repose in this sepulchre of our fathers.
Old Tennent has been the grateful recipient of a number of legacies, from time to time in her history, by her faithful and generous friends; and these funds have greatly assisted in her continued support and in maintaining her financial credit down to this very day. It would be a happy condition for the old church if it could receive a number of endowment legacies to form a sort of fund for the permanent pres- ervation of the building and support of its worship.
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LIST OF PASTORS.
FULL NAME.
ORDAINED.
INSTALLED.
DISMISSED.
DIED.
John Boyd
Dec. 29, 1706
Aug. 30, 1708
Joseph Morgan
- 1700
1710
1729
.
John Tennent
Nov. 19, 1730
Nov. 19, 1730
Apr. 23, 1732
William Tennent, Jr.,
Oct. 25, 1733
Oct. 25, 1733
Mar. 8. 1777
John Woodhull, D.D. .
Aug. 1, 1770
1779
Nov. 22, 1824
Job Foster Halsey, D.D.
June 14, 1826
June 14, 1826
Mar. 5, 1828
Robert Roy .
Feb. 18, 1829
Mar. 15, 1832
Daniel Veech McLean, D.D.
June 29, 1831
Nov. 16, IS32
Nov. 8, 1836
James Clark. D.D. .
Nov. 8, 1837
Nov. 8, 1837
Oct. 2, 1839
Luther Halsey Van Doren
1834
June 17, 1840
July
5. 1856
Donald McLaren, D. D. .
July 1, 1857
July 1, 1857
Nov. 5, 1862
Archibald Parritt Cobb .
Apr. 19, 1854
Aug. 8, 1863
Feb. 26, 1881
George Gardner Smith .
Aug. 19, 1868
June 27, 1881
Apr. 1, 1885
Robert Crawford Hallock. Ph.D., D.D.
Oct. 16, 1885
Oct. 16, 1885
Nov. 19, 1889
Frank Rosebrook Symmes .
May 13, 1886
Feb. 18, 1890
LIST OF ELDERS.
[This list is certainly not complete, aud probably not without some inaccuracies and omis- sions. It was made with laborious care and difficult study, and is about as accurate as can now be obtained. The dates show the time of entering into office, but in some instances they are only approximate.]
1710 Walter Ker.
1766
Nathaniel Scudder, M. D.
1722 Michael Henderson.
1768 Derrick Sutphin.
1727 John Hutton. 1768
Peter Forman.
1731 Charles Gordon.
1776 John Baird.
1734 Robert Cumming.
1779 David Forman.
I735 David Rhe.
1779
Kenneth Anderson.
1735 John Henderson.
1782 Kenneth Hankinson.
1745 Capt. John Anderson.
1785 Jacob Wikoff.
1745 Joseph Ker.
1786 Thomas Henderson, M. D.
1763 Aaron Mattison.
1790 Peter Johnston.
1764 William Cowenhoven.
1792 John Covenhoven.
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1795 Peter Wyckoff.
1844
Abrahamı B. Ammerman.
1797 Jolın Craig, Merchant.
1844
Robert E. Craig.
1797 Thomas Cook.
1844
William L. Covenhoven.
1797 John Baird, Jr.
1846
George S. Woodhull.
1798 William Johnson.
1849
James Rue.
1798 Joseph Sutfin.
1850
John B. Johnson.
1798
Ruleff Vanderveer.
1851
Asher Tunis.
1798 John Dey.
1856
Joseph H. Sutphin.
ISO4
John Rne.
1859
R. Perrine Craig.
I 805
Samuel Forman, M. D.
1850
Cornelius E. Dey.
1 805 Woolsey Baldwin.
186-
Garret B. Conover.
1 805
Ruleff P. Schenck.
186 --
Joseph Combs.
1805
John I. Reid.
186-
Enoch Ely.
1806 Ezekiel Gordon.
1876
Daniel Davison.
1815 Denise Forman.
1876 George Spafford Reid.
IS22 William Davis.
1876
Aaron L. Reid.
IS22
Robert Conover.
1876
Taylor Mount.
IS22
John T. Woodhull, M. D.
ISS4
Luther D. Bugbee.
1822 Nathaniel S. Rne.
1 884
Spencer E. Gulick.
1822
William I. Thompson.
1887 Jacob M. Quackenbush.
IS22
William W. Dey.
1 887
William H. Reid.
1828
John English.
1896
James B. Rogers.
IS28
William J. Ely.
1896
George W. Stillwell.
1830 Joseph L. Conover.
1061
J. Van Mc Elwaine.
1830 David B. Dey.
1904 Lewis Craig.
1831 William G. Denise.
to61
John R. Hawkins.
1841
John I. Conover.
LIST OF DEACONS.
[Like that of the Elders this list can only be taken as approximate. ]
I734 William Ker.
1797
William Johnson.
1734 Samuel Ker.
1797
John Dey.
1745 Samuel Craig. 1803
Ezekiel Gordon.
1754 James Robinson.
1 803 John Rue.
1776 John Baird.
1805
Samuel Forman, M. D.
1786 John Craig.
1805 Woolsey Baldwin.
1786 Thomas Cook.
1805 Peter Johnston.
1786 John Baird, Jr.
1805 Ruleff P. Selienek.
1797 Joseph Sutphin.
1815 Denise Forman.
1797 Ruleph Vanderveer.
1815
John Reid.
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1840 Daniel Brewer.
1841 John T. Smith.
1870 James R. Magee.
1841 Daniel Polhemus, M. D. 1876 Jacob McElwaine.
1841 David I. Vanderveer.
1876 William Snyder.
1841 James Applegate.
1879 Luther D. Bugbee.
1841 Matthias Johnson.
1879 Spencer E. Gulick.
1859 George Spafford Reid.
1884 John P. English.
1859 William Duncan.
1884 Jacob M. Quackenbush.
1870 John R. Sutphen.
1884 Charles T. Clayton.
1870 Gilbert Marcellus.
1884 James L. Rue.
LIST OF TRUSTEES.
[This list is not entirely complete. but it is about the best that can now be made.]
ACTING TRUSTEES.
1750 Stephen Pangburn, Esq.
1750 Robert Imlay.
1727
Peter Watson.
1750
Tobias Polhemus.
1727
Walter Ker, Sr.
1727 Patrick Imlay, Sr.
1763 Peter Forman.
1727 Archibald Creige.
1769 Samuel Forman.
1727 Richard Watson.
I770 Robert Rhea.
1730 William Ker.
1773 Kenneth Anderson, Jr.
1731 Aaron Mattison.
1731 David Rhe.
I731 John Henderson.
1731 Samuel Ker.
1735 Jonathan Forman.
1787
Thomas Henderson, M. D.
1787
David Forman, son of Jonn.
1787 Kenneth Anderson, Jr.
1787 Gen. David Forman.
1787 Col. John Covenhoven.
1787 John A. Scudder, M. D.
FIRST TRUSTEES UNDER THE
1797
Thomas Cook.
GENERAL CHARTER.
1797 John Craig.
1750 John Little, Jun.
ISO3 Joseph Scudder.
1803 James R. English, M. D.
ISO6 Samuel Forman, M. D.
1810 John P. Covenhoven.
1810 Woolsey Baldwin.
1750 John Henderson.
ISIO
John Sutfin.
1727
John Johnston, Sr. Esq.
FIRST TRUSTEES UNDER THE SEPARATE CHARTER.
1787
Jacob Wikoff.
1735 Robert Cumming.
1736 John Anderson.
1736 Peter Gordon.
1745 Peter Forman.
1745 Robert Rhe.
1750 Christopher Longstreet.
1750 Jonathan Forman, Esq.
1750 John Anderson, Esq.
1750 James Robinson.
1870 Elijah Reid.
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1813 Tunis Forman.
1860
William D. Herbert.
1815 Wn. I. Covenhoven.
1870
William Perrine.
1816 John McChesney. 1870
Elijah Reid.
1818 Robert Conover.
IS71
John R. Sutphen.
1818 John I. Reed.
1871
George Quackenbush.
1818 John J. Ely.
I872
R. Perrine Craig.
1818
John T. Woodhull, M. D.
1876
Charles Quackenbush.
1819
James English, M. D.
1878
James F. Herbert.
1826
James Bowne.
1882
W. Denise Herbert.
IS26
John I. Conover.
1SS2
Redford J. Gulick.
IS29
David R. Vanderveer.
ISS1
Charles T. Clayton.
1829 John B. Forman.
ISS4
William H. Reid.
1835 John Suydam.
1 884
Jacob M. Quackenbush.
1835
Cyrus Bruen.
IS85
Spencer E. Gulick.
1839
Daniel Polhemus, M. D.
ISS5
John A. Okerson.
IS39
Robert E. Craig.
IS85
James L. Rue.
IS11
Arthur V. Conover, M. D.
1891
George W. Stillwell.
1843
David I. Vanderveer.
1894
Ephraim Laird.
1844
James Applegate.
1897
John W. Craig.
1846
Joseph Combs.
1897
George L. Du Bois.
1846 Enoch Cowart.
1898
James B. Rogers.
1853 Joseph C. Thompson, M. D.
1900
William H. Woodward.
1858
Peter P. Clayton.
LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS TO THE BUILDING OF THE PRESENT OLD TENNENT MEETING HOUSE, WITH AMOUNTS.
[Compare this list with the photographs of this subscription paper, to mark the spelling of the autographs, and for further study of the paper.]
"We the Subscribers Do Promise & Bind Onr Selves Our Heirs Execu- tors and Administrators To Pay unto The Trustees of the Presbyterian Church of Monmouth County or their Successors the Sum Subscribed with Our Names for and towards the Building a House for Publick Wor- ship near the Meeting House on White Hill near William Kers which Sum We Promise to pay the one half of it when the frame of Said House is Raised and the other half Six Months After Witness Our Hands each Man for himself this Sixteenth Day of March 1749-50."
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£ sd
Robert Cumming CI 0 0 William Wikoff . 7 00
James Robinson . IO 0 0 William McGalliard 1 10 0 Jonn. Forman 10 00 Peter Covenhoven 2
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£ sd
£ sd
William Ker
7
00
John Bennem
4 00
John Anderson
I3 0 0 Sarah Reed .
IO 0
Aaron Mattison
5 0 0 Jacob Cumten
10 0
David Rhe
IO 0 0 Elizabeth Cumten
8 0
Peter Gordon
I4 0 O Thomas Cragg 3
5
Joseph Ker 5 0 0
Dr. Le Conte .
IO
0 0
William Laird
5 0 0
David Gordon
4
0 0
William Norcross
3 0 0
John Reed
I 0 0
Thomas Davies
4 00
Timothy Lloyd . 3 00
John Craig
4 00 Rebeca Van Scihoc . IO 0
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