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265 line 26, July 17 shd. be July 27 & 8 da. shd be 18 da.
Bound Volumes. Bound Volumes. Samuel T. Wiley.
467
GENEALOGICAL NOTES.
266 line 24, William shd. be William B.
266 line 38, 18da. shd be 8 da.
268 line 36, Mr. shd. be Mrs.
269 line 3, 7 mos. shd be 7 da .
269 line 5, John shd. be John Dey.
269 line 9, June shd. be John.
270 line 2, Martha shd. be Martha F.
270 line 22, 40th shd. be 46th.
273 line 41, IS shd. be 8.
274 line 7, shd. be Sarah Vanhorn w. John.
274 line 29, add died Jan. 23, 1851 aged 3 mos.
275 line 29, Apr. 22 shd. be Apr. 28.
277 line 17, July 15 shd. be July 19.
279 line 8, S da shd. be 18 da.
281 line 5, John shd. be John P.
line 20, 36 yrs. shd. be 39 1'rs.
2SI 282 line 17, add died Mar. 26, 1831 aged 51 yrs. 7 mos. II da.
284 line 29, IS da. shd. be & da.
286 line 22, Apr. 28 shd. be Apr. 25.
286 line 34, after Abigail Perrine add w. Henry.
line 13, May 31 shd. be May 9.
287 288 line 5, w. shd. be s.
line 7, Mar. 12 shd. be Mar. 27.
288 288 line 18, 21 da. shd. be 20 da.
289 line 42, 9 yrs shd. be 9 vrs. 14 da.
292 line 32, Nov. S shd. be Nov. 18.
293 line 23, Rev. C. W. shd. be Rev. C. F.
295 line 27, Apr. Io shd. be Apr. 20.
312 line 24, 872 shd. be 1872.
line 31, Qauackenbush shd. be Quackenbush.
315
line 12, Brown shd. be Bowne.
321 328
line 31, Fliza shd. be Eliza.
338 line 12, IS22 shd. be 1825.
338
line 39, put 80 yrs. for her age.
339 line 10, put 78 yrs. for her age.
343 360 line 43, 1801 shd. be 1901.
line 20, 1858 shd. be 1758.
391 line 47, 1738 should be about 1800.
392 line 17, after "James" strike out d. about 1816 and then after Daniel put d. about 1816 md. Maria Van Lieu d. about 1819.
393 line 7, d. Feb. 4, 1862 should be d. Aug. 26, 1847.
393 line 44, strike out 1786 mnd. Miss Sara Jobs, and instead put Feb. 17, 1786 d. July 2, 1863 md. Lydia Jobs b. Nov. 20, 1790 d. Oct. 24, 1867 bur. in and. ch. yard Cranbury. N. J
393 line 50, strike out Margaret Voorhees b. 1819, and make the reading Margaret E. Voorhees b. Sep. 2, 1824
394 line IS, strike out 1823, and put 1893.
394 line 44, strike out 10, and put II.
394 line 45. after Wmn. Hankinson strike out the -, and put 5.
395 line 5, strike out 1862, and put 1882.
395 line 9, strike out one child, and put ; chidr.
395 line II, insert the record JAMES b. Feb. 3, 1819 d. March 2, 1825.
395 line 12, after Illinois add 5 children.
396 line 23, strike out 1828. and put 1827.
397 line 4, strike out 1712, and put 1722.
468
HISTORY OF OLD TENNENT.
399 line 5, Mch. 2 should be MIch. 3.
399 line 44, strike out 1789, and put 1689.
401 line 26, strike out Mary, and put Margaret.
403 line 19. Laid should be Laird.
405 line 5, Joseph should be Job.
409 line 20, Alfred Alexander should be Alfred Alexander Woodhull.
420 line 37, strike out 1905, and put 1904.
427 line 31, after David b. 1733 put md. Anna Denise b. 1736 d. 1798, then strike out the whole of line 32: compare statements about David p. 429.
443 In the paragraph about Samuel Mount Schanck his name should be spelled Schanck, with an a instead of an e.
REQUEST FOR GENEALOGICAL NOTES.
Rev. Frank R. Symmes, Tennent, N. J., the author of this book, will be very grateful to such persons as possess authentic information and ac- curate notes concerning any of the old families of Monmouth County, if they will send them to him; such notes as might be copied from records in family Bibles and from tombstones, or from registers, letters, deeds. wills, &c.
469
INDEX,
Page.
Page.
Abbreviations, 256, 260, 263, 389
Charter, Royal,
16, 45, 370
Aberdeen, New, 12, 15, 458
Charter, Royal obtained 16
Acrostic, 374
Charter fac simile 18
Allentown Church, 16, 23, 24
Charter, State
118
Amalgamation of sects and races, 13
Choir,
145
Ammerman, Abraham, 167, 439
132
Claverhouse
9
Clock in church
137
Cobb, Rev. A. P., 58, 149
Coffin, Made his own 412
Cohansey, 62, 162
Communion Table, 43
Conventicles, 10
Baptisms under Wm. Tennent, 204-223
Baptisms under J. Woodhull 223-255
Barrs, Ch. built near 37
Battle of Monmouth,
93
Battle Monument, 94
Battlefield Map, 105
Bell, 48
Bible Society, Mon. Co.,
92, 115
Bier,
166
Black Hole, 10
Blood stains on Ch. seat,
104
Bottle Hill, N. J., 439
Boyd, Rev. John, 58
Boyd tombstone, 63, 67
Brainerd, David,
43, 56, 86-88
Brainerd, John, 56, 57, 86, 88
Brown, Rev. Allen H., 5, 21,189
Brown. Rezeau, 168
Burials in Topanemus, 256-259
Burials in Old Scots, 260-263
Burials in Old Tennent, 263-345
Burials in Middletown Pres. yard, 346
Burials in Mt. Pleasant, 347-359
Burials in Isolated Plots, 360-363
Caledonia, The 13. 458
Cameron, Prof. H. C., 64, 67
Campbell, Lord Neil, 13, 32, 462
Cannon balls, 55, 56, 106, 109
Carr farm, 399
Cemetery, Old Tennent, 164, 263-345
Chandler, Rev. Frank, 141, 182
Charlton ( Freehold ) Ch. N. Y., 92
Date 1692 14
D. A. R. gifts of Tablet & Valance, 110
Davies, John chief carpenter, 45 Davis, Mrs., in cellar during Battle, 106
Deacons, List of, 176
Declaration of Trust, 385
Deed for Old Scots, 367
Deed for White Hill, 369
Deer fast by their horns, 27
Dickinson, Rev. Jonathan, 77
Drawings of Ch. Building, 52
Dunottar Castle, 10
Edifice described, Present, 46
Elders, List of, 175
Elders' Square, 48
English, James, 42, 440, 446
Anderson, John Esq. 19, 175, 177, 179, 458
Andrews, Rev. Jedidiah, 60, 62, 66, 464 Authorities, 5, 6, 95, 389
Autographs, 380-384
Cooley, Rev. Eli F., 127, 130, 350, 440
Corn of Peper. 32, 368
Corner-stone, Story about, 41
Corporate name at present, 119
Corrections & Additions 466
Covenanters, 9
Craig, Archibald, 32, 367, 462
Craig, Charles, 412, 464
Craig, R. Perrine, 104, 155, 167, 168, 363, 464
Craig, Samuel, 48, 107, 464
Craig, Wm. R. built pulpit, 46
Cranbury Church, 23
Cumming, Robert,
44, 46, 134, 387
Clark, Rev. James
Anderson, Capt. John, 13, 33, 417, 458
470
HISTORY OF OLD TENNENT.
Page.
Page.
Englishtown, 42, 98, 107, 143, 403,
Gaston,
.119
447, 139
Gordon,
48, 108, 166, 400, 424
Englishtown church, 143, 156
Hagerman,
415
Episcopal church, St. Peter's 91, 108, 256, 427
Hankinson,
402, 428, 436
Henderson,
20, 439
Fairfield church,
162
Hendrickson,
428, 439, 444, 452
Farmers' church,
13
Finial on steeple,
125
Hicks,
417
Flag, gift of S. A. R.,
109
Holman,
450
Flatlands, 437, 442, 453
Hutchinson,
431
Floors of church sanded, 135
Jewell,
447
Forman, Gen. David,
109, 430
Johnson,
392, 401, 444, 445, 449
Forman, Jonathan,
19, 260, 427
Johnston,
32, 419, 446
Forman, Peter,
50, 144, 428
Ker,
29, 360, 390, 441, 464
Forman, Samuel,
128, 429
Laird,
107, 402, 404
Freehold town,
9.1
Lloyd,
418, 459
Freehold Village church,
8, 130
Magee,
457
Free Hill,
12, 29
Fresh Ponds,
84
Mc Knight,
439, 461
Miller,
432, 449
General Assembly,
115
Mount,
393, 443, 450, 451
Ghost story,
116
Newell,
428, 462
Good-by cousin meetin house,
124
Gordon, Ezekiel,
108, 426
Perrine,
106, 392, 429, 449
Gordon, Matthew Rue,
48, 166
Gordon, Peter,
386-388, 424
Grace before meat,
116
Great Awakening, 29, 45, 76
Redford,
462
Rhea,
41, 361, 399
Genealogical Notes, 389
Robinson,
19, 401, 416, 440
Corrections & Additions to 466
For further Study in
465
Request for
468
On families of:
Scudder, 417, 418 458, 459
416
Baird,
393, 436
Barclay,
459
Bowne,
409
Bruen,
439
Campbell,
412, 448
Clark,
460
Van Cleaf,
48, 107, 411
Clayton, 410, 430, 434, 435, 456
Van Derveer,
393, 407, 424, 447
Covenhoven, 413, 432, 433, 437,
438, 440
Craig, 32, 167, 401, 445, 462
Davis, 400, 438
Denise, 411, 429
Dey, 414, 433, 443
Du Bois, 405, 455 414
Egbert,
Ely, 393, 394, 420, 434, 436, 444, 447
English, 42, 440, 446
Errickson, 456
Forman, 19, 50, 109, 128, 260, 361, 362, 427
Walker,
462
Willemsen,
428, 438
Woodhull, 112, 408
Wyckoff, 362, 408, 420, 427, 436
Hallock, Rev. Roht. C., 159
Halsey, Rev. Job F., 120, 157
Halsey letter about Walter Ker, 122
Harvest Home, 159
Harvest reaped, seed grain saved, 122
411
Rne, 392, 418, 445, 455
Sehenck,
411, 438, 441
Schureman,
413
Anderson, 13, 19, 33, 417, 418, 458
Smalley,
Sutphen,
415
Taylor,
430, 431, 436
Thompson,
413, 444 461
Truex,
Vanartsdalen,
419
Van Noostrandt, 447
Voorhees, 414, 442, 443
456
361, 417, 430 Quackenbush, Reid, 33, 363, 431, 435
Guides in the Battle, 98, 403
Riggs,
Okerson, 414, 434
Preston,
455
Mc Chesney,
403, 404, 407, 461, 465
Herbert,
Hampton,
42, 424
471
INDEX.
Page.
Henderson, John, 16-18, 20, 385, 440
Henderson, Dr. Thos., 91, 107, 440
Henry & Francis, The, 11, 462 Members, Communicant, 181-203
Henry, Rev. S. C., 125, 139
Hessian dead in woods, 107
Hill's grave-yard, 395
Hodge, Dr. A. A., 46, 143
Homes burned,
83, 107
Hortensia,
16, 34, 368
Hospitality rewarded, 423
Hospitals, Buildings used for, 107, 108, 109
Hospital, Old Ten. ch. used as, 103
Houses of historical interest, 48, 107,
108, 166
Howel church,
127
Hutton, John, 84,85
Imlay, Patrick,
20, 27, 31, 32, 367
Imlay, Robert, 20
Incorporation, Separate, 118
Indians,
25, 27, 43, 71, 86, 87, 116
Indian Mission, Letter about, 87
Jamesburg church, 139
Johnstone, Dr. John, 11, 12, 32, 367
Junk Dealer & records, 182
Killing Times, 10
Ker, Walter,
9, 15, 29, 31, 32, 42, 75,
122, 360, 367, 369, 390
Ker's sons, Walter, 43, 390
Laird, Moses, 107, 403
Laird, Moses, guide to Washington, 403
Le Conte, Dr. Peter, 50, 57, 353
Legacies, 170
Letter about Old Freehold settlement, 8
Lightning struck church, 153
Little, Arthur W., 21
Little, John, 16-18
Little, John Jr., 18
Log College,
74,80
Long Island, 134, 162, 409, 414, 420, 422, 427, 437, 442
Longstreet, Christopher, 19
Manalapan church, 139
Manalapan, Meaning of name, 140
Marl,
442
Marriage records, 131, 203, 228
Mattison, Aaron, 38, 42, 71, 390
McChesney, Hugh, 167, 168, 455
McCook, Dr. H. C., 21
McDowell, Gideon C., 64
McLaren, Dr. Donald, 134, 141
McLean, Dr. D. V., 14, 56, 62, 76, 129
McKemie, Rev. Francis,
60, 65, 66
MeKonky, Wm., Will of, 35
Middletown & church,
16, 22, 62, 70,
345, 451, 453
Missionary Society, Woman's 157
Molly Pitcher,
102
Monckton, Col. Henry, 56, 104
Money Table of U. S. adopted, 115
Monmonth Court House, 94, 431
Monument, Pres. Hist., 67
Morgan, Rev. Joseph, 70
Mt. Pleasant church, 347
Names of the church, 7, 8, 48, 118, 119
Nassau Island,
442
Neiper, Alexander, 32, 33, 368
Neshaminy,
74, 75, 122
Notice about disfiguring church, 155
Old Scots building, 27
Old Scots Map of lot, 33
Old Scots Legally recorded, 27
Old Scots, Deed for, 32, 367
Old Scots Services discontinued, 35
Old Scots, Sale of Part, 34
Old Scots Pilgrimage, 65
Oldest tombstone in Old Ten. 164
Old & New School,
135
Old Stone church,
162
Organs in church, 146
Organization, 7
Osborn, Father, 162
Page ol Minutes, First, 60
Pangburn, Stephen, 20
Panther shot, 25
Paper, Monthly & weekly, 159
Parsonage, The old,
53
Parsonage legally guarded, 385
Parsonage wood tract, 55
Parsonage sold, 56
Parsonage, Pictures of, 54, 147
Parsonage taken down, 147
Parsonage, The 2nd, 132
Parsonage, The Roy, 144
Parsonage, The present,
157
Pastors, List of,
175
Paxton, Dr. Wm. M.,
136
Permit from Crown,
37
Perrineville yard, Oldest tomb- stone in, 363
Perrineville church,
124
Perrine, Henry,
106
Pense's salve,
107
Pew Diagrams,
39, 49, 117
Pew lists compared, 50
Page.
472
HISTORY OF OLD TENNENT.
Page.
Page.
Pews put in, New, 128
Pew, Titles to, 50, 373
Pilgrimage, Boyd-Tennent, 65
Pitch pipe,
145
Polhemus, Dr.
143
Polhemus, Tobias,
20, 45
Preface, Anthor's,
5
Presbytery of Monmouth,
134, 143
Presbytery of New Brunswick,
23,
Sproule, Moses, 128
Steen, James, 5, 12, 18, 21, 459
Stoves in the church, 127
St. Peter's P. E. ch. 256, 427
Subscribers' Autographs, 381-383
Subscribers to building, 178
Sunday Schools, 123
Sutphin, Wm. T., 56
Symmes, Rev. F. R., 16:2
Symmes, Rev. Joseph G., 23, 141, 151
Tablets, 31, 68, 69, 77, 86, 110
Tennent, Rev. John, 8, 74, 122, 346
Tennent, Rev. Wm. Jr., 8, 55, 79, 122, 156, 346
Texts, Sermon, 374
Thompson, Wm. I., 56, 135, 413
Topanemus, 15, 29, 58, 256, 442
Trance of Wmn. Tennent, 80
Trustees, List of, 177
Trustees' meeting places, 23
Unveiling Pres. Monument, 67
Valance, 48, 110
Van Cleve, Benjamin,
48, 107
Rhea, Janet, & corner stone,
41
Road in eh. yard changed,
168
Robinson, James.
19, 24
Rockey Hill Bridge,
37
Ronnol, Wm.,
28, 31
Roy, Rev. Robert, 56, 126
Rue's drawings, Louis, 522
Safe, Fire-proof, for records, 162
Sanded floors,
135
School houses,
166
Scot, George,
10-12
Scotch origin,
8, 12
White oaks,
51, 164
Services, Two preaching,
123
Sextons,
168
Sheds moved,
168
Woodhull, Dr. John T.,
145, 408
Shrewsbury church,
108
Singing,
144, 153
Slaves, 183, 185, 216, 224, 465
Smith, Rev. George G.,
Smith, Rev. Henry G., 361
5, 27, 58, 62,
Soldiers' graves, 104, 363-367
Spade-full of earth, First, 42
Spencer, Rev. Elihn, 57
53, 54, 105, 386,
Spring. Medicinal, 57
111. 115, 120, 124, 126, 130, 132, 134, 139, 142
Presbytery of Philadelphia, 62, 134
14, 60,
Presbyterial Connections, 133
Princeton College, 35, 74, 84, 111
Princeton Sem .. Gifts to endow, 138
Prisoners, Kindness to, 423
Pulpit picture, 47
Qualifying explained, 70
Records destroyed by fire, 14, 37, 151, 194, 203
Recordsobtained from Henry Shaw, 189
Red, The church painetd, 48, 131
Redfield, Edward, 145
Redford, Wm., 35, 36, 462
Reid, John,
33
Reid. James,
33
Relies, 13, 109, 148, 166
Remodel ch., Propositions to, 138
Repairs of church building, 155, 162
Revivals, 76, 136, 153
Rhe, David, 38, 40, 42, 53
Rhe, Robert, 111
Van Doren, Rev. L. H., 136
Vicinity, Map of, 4
Washington, Gen. Geo., 95, 99, 103,
104, 403
Watson, Gawen, 12, 360
Watson, Peter,
12, 65. 367
Watson, Richard, 32,367
Well, 104, 108, 164, 166
70
Wequalia,
71
White, Hartshorne,
24
White Hill,
38, 164, 369
Seals, 21, 22, 34, 119
Wig, hat, and pegs,
46
Williams, Elihu,
21
Woodhull, Rev. John, 111, 408
Silver hidden in well,
Woodhull's army letter, Rev. John, 113 Wyckoff Hill, 362, 120
157 Y. P. S. C. E. formed, 162
94, 105, 108,
Spotswood brooks, 387
Wells, Rev. T. W.
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