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Mickleton is a small hamlet nearly one mile west from Clarksboro, on the old Salem turnpike, and named from William and Samuel Miekle, who owned the land upon which the hamlet is located. The place was known for many years as " Upper Greenwich."
William Mickle built the first store at this place in 1862 or 1863. It stood on the opposite side of the Jefferson road from the present store, and opposite the. Friends' meeting-house, and was destroyed by fire in 1875.
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Greenwich Hall, a large two-story frame building, was built in August, 1874, by a stock company.
S. Mickle Ogden, the present merchant at Mickle- ton, commenced business in the old store in 1559, and moved his stock of goods into the Greenwich Hall store in the fall of 1874.
The pioneer wheelwright at this place was Joseph Allen, who located here in 1876, and the first black- smith was Joseph Kircher, who also came in 1876. The present blacksmith is Joseph Ley, and the wheelwright is Alexander Dean. William P. Haines is the carpenter and builder, while George Irvin, who located here in 1880, is the village shoemaker.
A large portion of the land around the village of Mickleton is now owned by Job Carter, George Craft, and heirs of William Mickle. The Mickles came from Clonmell Creek, near the Delaware River. William was a great-grandfather of S. Mickle Ogden, and Samuel Mickle was Ogden's grandfather. There is none of the Mickle family at present in or around Mickieton. S. Mickle Ogden is the present post- master.
Berkeley, a small and ancient hamlet, situate about one mile from Clarksboro, on the turnpike to Wood- bury, and on the line of the Woodbury and Swedes- boro Railroad. It is also on the northeast border of the township, and left bank of the Mantua Creek, and four miles from Woodbury, the county-seat.
The town was named in honor of Lord John Berke- ley, one of the proprietors of West New Jersey. Just who the pioneer farmer, merchant, or mechanic was at this place seems to be a mystery to any now living. No doubt it was settled long prior to the be- ginning of the present century, but by whom, echo answers, Who ?
There is at this place an old Baptist meeting-house of small dimensions, a school-house, store by David Owen, Jr., hotel by William Kean, harness-shop by Charles Test, blacksmith-shop by Robert Eldridge, wheelwright-shop by Charles G. Higgins, and coal-
and lumber-yard by George Parker, who is doing quite an extensive business. The nearest post-office is Clark-boro.
RELIGIOUS.
Upper Greenwich Preparative Meeting of Friends .- The rise of the Society of Friends is regarded by an eminent historian as "one of the memorable event, in the history of man."} This conclusion, founded upon the love of civil and re- ligiou- liberty manifested by the early Friends, is abundantly confirmed when we consider the excel- lenee of their principles, the purity of their lives, and the patient endurance of severe persecution.
The doctrines and testimonies of the religious So- ciety of Friends, when faithfully maintained, con- stitute, in their view, a revival of primitive Chris- tianity.2
Many of the Friends who came with John Fenwick from England located a colony and early established a meeting at Salem, N. J., in the year 1675, and about 16$1, Friends settled at and near what is now Wood- bury City, where a meeting was established, and sub- sequently a branch of the Woodbury Meeting was established at Upper Greenwich, and in 1740 a small frame meeting-house was built on a lot of land granted for that purpose by Solomon Lippincott, an.I in 1798 the present large, two-story brick building at Mickle- ton was erected for meeting purposes, on lands do- nated by Samuel Tonkin and Samuel Mickle. This house is located one and a half miles east of the former one, and the first meeting-house lot is still held by the meeting and occupied as a burying- ground. Among the early or pioneer Friends ap- pear the names of Lippincott, Fisher, Hooten, Cozzens, Zane, Mickle, Wood, Bates, Haines, and others, whose de-cendants still occupy the pioneer possessions and form the better portion of the com- munity in which they live.
There is one peculiarity about the Friends' dis- cipline, viz., it enjoin- upon the members of the Society to provide for their own poor, consequently no Friend is found as a subject of charity within the walls of any charitable institution.
Another peculiarity of the Friends is their care for the youth and their educational advantages. Some- where in the vicinity of a Friends' meeting-house will be found a school-honse, or a place provided for the education of the children. Expense is not taken into the account, for education they must have, and they esteem it one of the essentials of life. Would that all others felt the same interest in the youth of our land.
In 1808 the Friends erected a brick school-house on land donated for that purpose, adjoining the meet- ing property at Mickleton, for the use of members and the neighborhood. Suitable apparatus was sub-
1 Bancroft's United States, il. 337.
º Janney's History of Friends,
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sequently provided for illustrating the higher branches of science, and an extensive and well-selected library was established. one of the trustees of the University of Pennsylva- nia, of which the present rector of the same village church became secretary just one hundred year- In connection with Upper Greenwich is the Wood- bury Monthly Meeting, held alternately at that place and at Upper Greenwich, with Job S. Haines as elerk. later. For many years after the Revolution this and all its sister churches were in a most unsettled con- dition. There were seldom stated services. No ac- For the Upper Greenwich Preparative Meeting Rachel IFaine- and Joseph B. Livezey are the min- isters, with Edwin A. Holmes and Job S. Ilaines ap- pearing occasionally in that service. Of this meet- ing Benjamin Ileritage is elerk. curate records were kept of the occasional ministra- tion-, and there is great difficulty in securing even the outlines of parochial history. Not until 1824 do we find a regular minister in charge, the Rev. Richard D. Hall, who served this and St. Mary's, Cole-town, The trustees of the meeting property in 1883 were Charles Heritage, Amos J. Peaslee, Samuel Haine-, John Owen, and Job S. Haines. formed a mission at Mullica Hill, now St. Stephen's. and even added to his charge St. John's, at Chew's Landing. Mr. Hall was not only an indefatigable With this meeting is a flourishing First-day school. with Job S. Haines as superintendent, and Mary L. Haines, Debbie G. Haines, Rebecca V. Ogden, Han- nah Chatham. Ellen B. Haines, William M. Carter, Hannah A. Ileritage, Joseph B. Livezey, and Edwin A. Holmes as teachers. The librarians are William H. Borden and Mary Owen; Secretaries, Hannah Peaslee and Lizzie Borden. worker, but in his prime a most attractive preacher. He lived to a very advanced age, greatly respected by the whole community, after service in many and varied fields. After a short vacancy the Rev. Wil- liam Bryant became rector, but served only for one year. In the following year the Rev. Simon Wilmer, of Pennsylvania, was chosen. Some difficulty, the details of which are not now known, led to his being St. Peter's Church, Berkeley, at Clarksboro.1 -- The corporate name of this church is derived from its original location in Berkeley, a mile above Clarks- boro, on the Swedesboro turnpike. It was founded in the former place in 1771. When the building of a church was first proposed it was evidently entered upon without any distinet understanding as to the particular form of worship which was to be held in it. At that time it was no easy thing to secure a settled minister of auy denomination. and when a rural church was built it was for the general purpose of preaching by whoever could from time to time be obtained. At that time. too, the Methodist preachers who traveled through the country were quite gener- ally men ordained in the Church of England, and in no way formally separated from that communion by their connection with the Methodist society. But soon after the erection of the church the question of distinct ownership arose, and the first minute on the church records is of a congregational meeting, at which it was declared that the intention of the founders was silenced in 1834 by Bishop Doane, au action in which the vestry seem to have acquieseed, and his connec- tion with the parish terminated. The next rector was the Rev. John Jones, of whom great things were expected, but to the great regret of the parish he was removed by the bishop's influence to what seemed to be a more important field. But what seemed a misfortune proved to be most providential. The Rev. Hiram Harrold had been a Methodist minister stationed in the vicinity, but having become an Episcopalian he was ordained to the ministry aud became the rector of the parish in 1836. His minis- try was productive of most excellent and permanent results, His wife was a most earnest and faithful helper in his work. Through her energy the parson- age in Clarksboro was secured, in which it was her delight to exercise the widest and most generous hos- pitality. This important acquisition was made in the year 1838, and led finally to the erection of the pres- ent church building on the opposite side of the road. This was done in 1845, to meet the demand for a to erect a building for the Church of England, and a : more central location as to the congregation, and resolution passed authorizing Dr. Bodo Otto, after- while the old church was torn down the surrounding graveyard was carefully walled in, and has ever been guarded as a trust of the parish. Dec. 17, 1846, the new church was solemnly dedicated by Bishop Doane. wards conspicuous in the Revolutionary war, to re- turn their subscriptions to any who had contributed under a misapprehension on this point. Soon after- ward another resolution was adopted prohibiting the use of the building to any clergyman who had not Epi -- copal ordination. The first rector was Robert Black- well, D.D., a man of great energy and diligence, who faithfully >erved this and other missions in Gloucester County for about six years. He afterward, removed to Philadelphia, as a-sistant minister to the united parishes of Christ Church and St. Peter's, and fulfilled a long career of usefulness in that city. He became
After a rector-hip of nearly fourteen year-, Mr. Harrold resigned ( December, 1849), to the great re- gret of his parishioners. To this day the memory of this excellent couple is preserved, both in their bishop's recorded word, and in the hearts of sur- viving friends, as a most precious legacy of Christian zeal and Christian friendship. In 1850 the Rev. Samuel C. Stratton became rector. lle, too, was a good man and an effective minister. After six years' service failing health compelled his resignation, and he removed to Philadelphia, where he died in a few
1 By Rev. Jesse Y Burk.
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years. In October, 1856, the Rev. Archibald Beatty of continued and increasing prosperity and useful- came. His rectorship lasted only about three years, ness, and of a future not unworthy of its venerable but they were fruitful in good work, and a goodly num- past. ber of useful members were gathered into the church. Methodist Episcopal .- Clarksboro was at an early day included in a large cireuit, and enjoyed only occasional preaching by the faithful oll itinerants who reached their appointments on a four or six weeks' circuit. He afterwards became a very prominent clergyman in Kansas, growing in usefulness and distinction with the growth of the young diocese. He was succeeded in 1859 by the Rev. Henry B. Barton, with whose ad- vent there seemed to come a revival of religious The pioneer ela-s was formed at this place in 1825, with Job Lawrence as leader. Among his members were Kesiah Lawrence, Daniel Green, Mary Green, Nathaniel P. Turner, and Mary Turner. interest. In the first year of his incumbency there were more baptisms and confirmations than in any other year of the history of the parish, but he re- mained only about a year. In 1860 the Rev. Isaac In 1831 the little band of worshipers had so in- creased in numbers that a meeting-house was built on the site occupied by the pre-ent one. For halt a century the little old frame building served the purpose of the Christian fold, where the little flock of faithful ones went in and out, and where they worshiped God without any to molest or make them afraid. For fifty years they were fed with the heavenly manna in the old church, and had grown, not as numer- ous as the children of Israel, but so numerous that a more commodious place of worship seemed to be a ne- cessity. Accordingly, early in the summer of 1883 a building committee was appointed, consisting of Rev. H. J. Zelly, David Owen, Jr., Capt. James D. Iloff- man, Faae C. Warner, and Fillmore Hughes, who took the work in hand and built a church edifice, with stone basement and superstructure of frame work. At the time of the publication of this work (November, 1883) the church is not completed. Esti- mated eo-t, four thousand dollars. W. Hallam, who had organized the first Episcopal Church in Chicago, assumed the rectorship, which he ably filled for nine years, removing then to his native New England, where he still lives, though unable to engage actively in church work. H He was succeeded by the Rev. Francis E. R. Chubbuck. Mr. Chub- buck was in feeble health when he took charge of the parish, and so endeared himself to the people that every indulgence was shown him, in the hope of a long and useful life among them. But this hope was disappointed, and he died, after a brief term of ser- vice, deeply regretted by the people of his charge. In 1872 the Rev. James Hart Lamb assumed this as his first parish. Winning at once the affection and esteem of liis people, he made excellent proof of his ministry, and in every department of church work awakened a new interest. Both in temporal and spiritual things the parish prospered greatly under his ministrations. In addition to the work at home . he inaugurated a mission at Paulsboro, and soon built : The pastors since 1863 have been as follows: Rev. Dr. George K. Morris, 1863; Jesse Stiles, J. II. Hutchinson, Diekinson Moore, 1870; W. P. C. Striek- land, 1872; J. B. Westcott, 1875; E. J. Lippincott, 1878; J. R. Thompson, 1880; E. MFessler, 1881, died in Clarksboro, Jan. 15, 1882; E. K. Brown, appointed to fill vacaney uutil Conference; T. C. Parker, 1882; Il. J. Zelly, 1883. Membership in 1883 was one hun- dred and ten. there the present St. James' Church, which, when fully organized, he transferred to other hands. But the qualities which endeared him to his people and secured the regard of his neighbors of all denomina- tions marked him as the man for larger spheres of usefulness, and to the deep regret of his flock he re- signed the parish in 1878, to take charge of Trinity Church, Moorestown, of which he is still the efficient rector.
He was succeeded, in the fall of the same year, by the Rev. Jesse Y. Burk, the present rector. The parish is in a fairly prosperous condition. It has a communicant membership of about fifty. The church edifice is plain, but comely and comfortable. It owns also a rectory and the old burial-ground at Berkeley, and is not only free from debt, but possesses a moderate invested fund from bequests made at different times by faithful parishioners. The last and largest of these (one thousand dollars) was recently left by Mrs. Mary Jessup, whose ancestors were among the founders of the church, and whose descendants are yet among its members and supporters. Its roll of membership ex- : hibits the names of many of the old families of the ' county, and attests to the happiness of its situation in a region which retains through so many generations the attractions of home. It has before it the prospect
The official board for 1883 was as follows : Stewards, J. D. Hoffman, Nathan P. lloffman, James L. Camp, Fillmore Hughes, Johu Green, Charles Hughes, Samuel Shute, and George Owen; Trustees, James L. Camp, Thomas Adams, John Green, J. D. Hoff- man, George Owen, Samuel Shute, and Joshua Cor- son ; Leaders, J. D. Hoffman and Thomas Adams; Sunday-school Superintendent, Joseph II. Smith.
The German Evangelical Church, located on Railroad Avenue, was built in 1880. Upon its front may be seen the following inscription :
" Zions Kirche Der Evangelische Germanschaft."
On the corner-stone is the following inscription :
"GM&JB April 1889"
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CEMETERIES.
Eglington Cemetery, located on the southeast side of the village of Clark-boro, has become the , most popular and best-arranged burial-place in Glou- cester County. A small portion of what is now the cemetery grounds was a burying-ground in the very early part of this century, and was set apart as such by John Eglington, in his last will and tes- tament, in 1776. When the little original plat of ground had become filled with the remains of the departed pioneers of Clarksboro, an effort was made, more land seeured, a company formed, a charter granted by the State Legislature, and the present beautiful cemetery grounds the result of efforts put forth by David B. Gill, Esq., who is the secretary and treasurer of the association. The association was chartered in 1869, and the cemetery laid out in 1872.
In this beautiful city of the dead may be found the following inscriptions :
Sammel Davis, died Jan. 30, 1883, aged 78 years. Samuel Coles, died May 26, 1879, aged 73.
John Lippincott, died July 22, 1866, aged 51. William Steward, born Dec. 28, 1820, died June 7, 1881.
Ann Ladd, died Feb. 5, 1857, aged 50.
Sammuel 11. Ladd, died March 6, 1866, aged 41.
William Waddell Ladd (soldier), born July 20, 1847, died Dec. 15, 1863. Lawrence Packer, born Nov. 30, 1799, died July 19. 1879.
Alice 1. Tucker, born July 13, Isno, died Oct. 22, 1577.
Isabella M. Packer, died Feb. 18, 1874, aged 62.
Edward Duffield, boru May 18, 1773, died Dec. 2, 1855.
Sarah Clark, born Nov. 24, 1783, died July 23, 1865. Sarah Cavis, died Feb. 7, 1860, aged 78.
John V. Clark, born April 3, 1779, diedl Oct. 22, 1827.
Ruth D Mellam, horn Aug. 21, 1794, died Aug. 26, 1866.
Mary Zane, wife of J. V. Clark, born Oct. 6, 1778, died Dec. 21, 1808. Jeffrey Clark, Esq., died April 2, 1821, agel 76. Zilla Clark, died Nov. 10, 1735, aged 48.
Mary Clark, died Nov. 26, 1785, aged 30. Elizabeth Clark, died Sept. 5, 1798.
Matthew Gill, Jr., Esq., died Aug. 11, 1822, aged 48.
Phebe Gill, born Aug. 23, 1777, died Dec. 11, 1864. Joseph C. GIN, boru Sept. 9, 1800, died Jan. 20, 1869.
Desire Gill, died April 20, 1887, aged 32. Maria Paul, died Oct. 18, 1816, aged 30. Thomas Clark, Esg., died Oct. 29, 1809, aged 52.
Christian Clark, died Jan. 17, 1- 17. aged 75.
Nancy Paul, died Oct. 3, 1845, aged 82. Christian Gill, boin July 12, 1774, died Jan. 15, 1946.
Mary Batten, bory Dec. 12, 1808, died Feb. 11, 1879.
Moses Hatten, born March 22, 1-02, died May 1, 1858. Rebecca Weatherby, died Feb. 17, 1811, aged 61. Edmund Weatherby, died Sept. 25, 1826, aged 62.
Joseph W. Platt, died June 8, Iscs, aged 58.
Adalaide B. Heyl, wife of Capt. A. T. Bacon, born Nov. 15, 1845, died Jan. 8, ISSO.
Elizabeth C. Clement, born 9th mo. 25, 1811, died 11th mio. 10, 1881. Christiana String, born: March 25, 1820, died Ang. 10, Iss2.
Sammuel String, died Feb. 11, 1:53, aged 85.
Ezekiel C. Mount, born Ang. 12, 1>21, died Jan. 21, 1879.
Deland P. Atkinson, died Oct. 21, Jeal, aged 53.
Samuel G. Ifaines, died 3d mo. 12, 1as1, aged 54.
DaviJ Owen, lied 9th mo. 9, 1879, aged 64.
Michael Allen, born Nov. 12, 1613, died Feb. 6, 1873.
Sarah D. Osgood, born May 25, 1808, died Sept. 11, 1872. Thomas L. Ogden, IN24-1-80.
Joseph E. Erwin, born May n, 1291, died Ang. 20, 1558.
Honora Erwin, died July 28, 1-56, aged 68.
Deboral, Holderatt, Loro Feb. 2, 1514, died June 24, 1873. . Oram Adamson, died April 10, 1975, aged 49.
Andrew V. Locke, died Dec. 4, 1870, aged 70.
Lewis Curts, børn Feb. 6, 1816, died Feb, 21, 1874.
Dr. Charles 1'. Clark, died Det, 16, 1875, aged 75.
Zebulon Locke, born Apul 10, 1sos, died Aug. 1. 1876. Harriet Locke, born Feb. 11, 1509, died Oct. 12. 1876.
James Jessup, died Feb. 23, 1850, aged 52.
William G. Murray, bagn Feb. 17, 1818, died Oct. 5, Iss2. (Soldier.) Thomas Schuuro, Loin Feb. 6, 1803, died Nov 9, 1559.
Selty Murray, boin May 20, 1805, died Feb. 16, 1883.
Sarah Stetzer, boro Nov. 19. 1596, died July 2, 18>2.
Hiram Abbott, Jied May 12, Isso, aged 51 Joseph Dayton, die.l May 27, 1880, aged 80.
Sarah Dayton, died Feb. 20. 1878, aged 7%. John simmermon, died Jan. 20, 1850, aged 72.
Kesiah Simmermon, died March 21, 1857, aged 75.
John Estell. Esq., died Oct 10, 1839, aged 59.
Naome Estell, died March 51, 1852, aged 64. Benjamin C. Packer, born Sept. 13, 1840, died Sept. 18, 18SI.
James Bradshaw, died Jan. Is, 1878, aged 63.
Rebecca French, born Jan. 1. 1790, died July 19. 1879.
Lydia B. Gitthe, born March 28, 1822, died Dec. 16, 1879.
Christopher Morgan, died May 2, 18:1, aged 52. James Garrison, died Aug. 21, 1872, aged $9.
William Harvey, died Nov. 20, 1861, aged 22. (Co. B. 53d P. V.)
Edward W. Harvey, Co. K, 198th P. V .; killed at battle of Louisa Court-House, Va., March 29, 1865, aged 17 years.
Sarah MeGhan, died Oct. 26, 1880. aged 48. Mary Longstreth, born May 24, 1:20, died July 18, Iss1.
Rebecca Beal, born July S, 1543, died Sept. 7, 1881. Catharine Blinsinger, born May 5, 1831, died April 22, 1882.
Joseph M. l'aul, died Ang. 13, 1:78, aged 61.
Joseph M. Stout, born Feb. 12, 1$18. died Nov. 7, 1:59. Samuel E. Newton, died Dec. 5, 1882, aged 79.
Elizabeth Newton, died Sept 5, 1879, aged 69.
William G. Fletcher, died Feb. 26, 1ss2, aged 71.
Eliza Ann Fletcher, died March 10, 1882, aged 64.
Charles small, born March 2, 1805, died Jan. 3, 1874. Samuel Hudson, died Oct. 9, 1865, aged 50.
Joseph D. Green, born July 5, 1793, dird April 12, 1850,
William Builey, died March 26, 1865, aged 58.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
WILLIAM HAINES.
Jolin, the grandfather of William Haines, was born Sept. 22, 1753, and married Hepsekiah, daughter of James H. Hinchinan. Among their children was a son William, whose birth occurred Dee. 7, 1779, and who married Ann White, to whom were born children, -Joshua, Ann, William, Sarah, and Samuel. All of these children resided in Gloucester County, where ! the sons were farmers. William was born March 8, 1810, in the above county, and spent his youth at his father's home in Greenwich township. Having em- braced such opportunities of education as the neigh- borhood afforded, he bore a leading part in school exercises and debates, and eagerly sought such ad- vantages as were attainable. Mr. Haines was, how- ever, a man of self-culture, and owed less to instruc- tion than to his own perseverance and zeal in the pursuit of knowledge. At an early day he fitted himself as a teacher, and taught at Swedesboro, Bat- tintown, Eldridge Hill, and Upper Greenwich, and at nineteen had fitted himself for surveying and con- veyaneing, and very speedily established a lucrative
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business. He frequently engaged in the settlement of estates and served as the guardian of important trust«. His judgment was sound, his mind logical, and his abilities exceptional. ITis business rela- tions were marked by the strictest integrity and ex- actne-s. These qualities made his services eagerly sought, and afforded him little leisure from his daily avocations.
Mr. Haines possessed a scientific mind, and attained some reputation as an investigator of faets pertaining to the magnetic needle.
Hle was, in religion, a member of the Society of Friends, and connected with the Upper Greenwich Meeting, of which he was a minister. In politics he was a Whig, and joined the ranks of the Republi- ean party on its organization. He was, as a member of the Board of Freeholders, especially zealous for the interests of the county, and as township superin- tendent of schools for several years greatly promoted the cause of education.
Mr. Haines possessed strong convictions, and wielded a decided influenee in the county, thongh of unobtrusive manners and of simple tastes. His hab- its were frugal. though liberal and charitable where such qualities could be properly exercised, and ever mindful of the interests of the poor. He was married March 6, 1834, to Rachel, daughter of John and Han- nah Lippincott, of Salem County. Their children are Job S., Elma (Mrs. Joseph B. Livezy), William Penn, and Hannah A. (Mrs. John Heritage). After his marriage Mr. Haines purchased "Cedar Lawn Farm," now the residence of his son Job S., and continued both professional and farming employments until his death, which occurred April 23, 1876, in his sixty- seventh year. Job S. married Miss Ellen B., daughter of Samuel and Anna Holmes, of Salem County. Their children are Jacob C. and William C. (deceased ), Stacy L., Idella, and Jesse B. Mr. Haines succeeded to his father's profession and business, and also vindi- cates the principle- of the Republican party in poli- ties. He in 1882 represented his constituents in the State Legislature, and served on committees on Elec- tions, Bribery, Federal Relations, Deaf and Dumb Asylums, etc. Both he and Mrs. Haines are mem- bers of the Society of Friends.
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