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In him, with Grace and Eminence, did shine The Man, the Christian, Scholar and Divine.
Yale College conferred upon him the honorary degree of A. M., and Princeton in 1756 did the same .- Edwards's Hist. of Baptists in Penna., 17, 33, 50-52; in New Jersey, 47-50; Benedict's Hist. of the Baptists, I., 572.
ELLIS FAMILY.
Rowland Ellis was a schoolmaster at Burlington, by appointment of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, from September 29, 1711, to March 17, 1738. He drew his passage money, £20, Nov. 13, 1711, and doubtless sailed soon after for America. By the favor of the government for the time being he was able to add to his revenue as school teacher, the fees of Naval Officer for West Jersey, to which post he was appointed Nov. 30, 1731. On Feb. 5, 1733-4, he was commissioned Clerk of the Court of Chancery. His tombstone in St. Mary's Churchyard, Burlington, states the term of his service as schoolmaster as above, and adds this scriptural quo- tation: "They that be teachers shall shine as the brightness of the firmament." It fails to state the date of his death. He married Sarah Allison, April 17, 1715, in St. Mary's Church. She was buried in that Churchyard July 18, 1769. Issue:
i. Margaret2, b. Sept. 17, 1716; bap. Nov. 1, 1716; m. Fret- well Wright, of Burlington, mar. lic. Aug. 2, 1738. Children: 1. Peter, bap. Jan. - , 1742; also the fol- lowing, all bap. Sept. 11, 1754, with their father, in St. Mary's Church, Burlington: 2. Jonathan; 3. Ellis; 4. William: 5. Isaack.
ii. Richard, b. July 18, 1718; bap. Aug. 26, 1718.
iii. John, b. June 1, 1720; bap. June 19, 1720.
iv. William, b. Sept. 25, 1722; bap. October, 1722.
V. Joseph, b. Sept. 23, 1724; bap. Dec. 21, 1724; he d. intes- tate, and letters of administration were granted on his estate to John How, Oct. 29, 1785 .- N. J. Wills, Lib. 27, n. 14.
2. vi. Daniel, b. Feb. 5. 1727-8; bap. March, 1727-8.
vii. Rowland, b. Aug. 16, 1734; bap. May, 1735; he became insolvent in 1765; letters of administration were granted on his estate, Nov. 3, 1797, to Hannah and James Ellis .- N. J. Wills, Lib. 37, p. 68.
viii. John, b. Sept. 18, 1736; bap. Dec. 26, 1736.
ix. Thomas, b. January 13, 1738-9; bap. Feb. 1738-9; d. in- testate. and letters of administration were granted on his estate, Aug. 12, 1793, to Martha Ellis; Amos Sharp, bondsman, all of Burlington county .-- N. J. Wills, Lib. 33, p. 50.
2. Daniel" (Rowland1) Ellis, born February 5, 1727-8; m. Bathsheba ; d. September 1, 1794; she d. June S, 1795, in the 65th year of
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her age. He was appointed Deputy Surveyor of the Western Division, in 1753, and qualified as follows:
"Daniel Ellis-Being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God, Declared that he would well and truly Execute the Office of Deputy Surveyor of the Western Division of New Jersey & would observe and keep such Reasonable Instructions as should be by the Suyveyor Generall under his hand Given him to the best of his knowl- edge. DANIEL ELLIS.
"Sworn before me this Twenty-sixth day of February, 1753. "NATHL. THOMAS."
This oath of office is recorded in Book S, of Surveys, page 97. in the Surveyor General's Office at Burlington. In 1762 he was elected a member of the Council of Froprietors of West Jersey, according to the following entry in Book A of Minutes of the Council of Proprietors, page 264, in the Surveyor General's Office, at Burlington:
"May ye 5th, 1762.
"The Council of Proprietors met according to their usual custom & it appearing by the return from the County of Burlington that George Reading Esqr, Abraham Heulings, Jos. Hollinshead, Daniel Ellis and William Heulings was chosen for said County & that John Ladd, John Hinchman, Daniel Cox Esqr & Samuel Clements Junr. for the County of Gloucester.
"And the Persons appearing was
John Ladd Esqr.
Abraham Heulings
John Hinchman
Daniel Coxe Esqr.
George Reading Esqr.
Daniel Ellis
Saml. Clements Junr. &
William Heulings
"Who proceeded to the Choise of their Officers and chose
John Ladd President Abraham Heulings Vice Prest and William Heulings Clk."
He began to buy land at a very early date. John Childs and the rest of the West Jersey Society, by Lewis Johnson, their attorney, conveyed to Charles Read, Esquire, of the City of Burlington, for £48, eight hundred acres of unappropriated land to be taken up and sur- veyed in West Jersey, said conveyance being dated January 25, 1755. On February 3, 1755, Read, for the consideration of £40, assigned this deed to Joseph Holinshead and Daniel Ellis, both of the City of Bur- lington .- West Jersey Deeds, Liber M., pp. 440-442. By deed dated August 9, 1755, Thomas Gardiner, chairmaker, of the City of Burling- ton, conveyed to Daniel Ellis, of the same place, for £30, 1128 acres of land in Gloucester County, "beginning at a twin cedar standing by a creek called Attsionk, being the bounds between Burlington and Gloucester counties, and marked T. G .; thence south 41 degrees, W. 85 chains to a cedar marked T. G. E. standing by a branch of the Mullekeys river called Mechescatuckzing thence down sd branch to a Creek called Sleepy Creek," etc .- West Jersey Deeds, Liber M, p. 430. On September 10 following, Thomas Gardiner and Daniel Ellis re- conveyed said premises to Charles Read, for the nominal consideration of 5s., and a yearly rent of £4. 10s .- West JJersey Deeds, Liber Y., p. 113. By deed dated September 6, 1755, Daniel Ellis bought from Filo
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Leeds, of Burlington county, for the consideration of £2. 16s., 56 acres to be surveyed in any part of West Jersey, below the falls of the Dela- ware .- Ib., Liber P., page 336. On June 9, 1760, William Coxe, of the City of Philadelphia, Gent., conveyed to Daniel Ellis, John Munroe and Joseph Hollinshead, all of Burlington County, 1700 acres of unappro- priated land to be taken up and surveyed in West Jersey; considera- tion £95 .- Ib., Liber Q., page 318. Thomas Shaw appointed Daniel Ellis, of the City of Burlington, New Jersey, his attorney, the instru- ment being dated May 16, 1757 .- Ib., Liber N., page 397. By deed dated May 18, 1767, Joseph Hollinshead and Susannah, his wife; Abraham Heulings and Rachel, his wife; John Lawrence and Martha, his wife, and Thomas Rodman, all of the city of Burlington, conveyed to Daniel Eilis and others, Esquires, Justices of the Peace of Burling ton county, and Timonty Abbott and others, chosen freeholders of said county, for the consideration of £106 12s., "all that lot of land in the City of Burlington situate on Broad Street beginning at a corner to a street 25 ft wide, then runs along Broad Street N. 83 deg. E. 186 ft to land late of John Craige's, then S. 15 deg. E. 77 ft to the lot of land where the Secretary's Office stands," etc., for a goal .- Ib., Liber Z, p. 178. John Hoskins and Daniel Ellis were on July 13, 1767, appointed trustees for the insolvent estate of Levi Murrell, saddler, of the City of Burlington .- Ib., Liber X, p. 395. To complete this transaction, Sarah Murrell, wife of Levi Murrell, resigned her claim for 5s., on the same day .- Ib., Liber X, p. 397. Joseph Perkins, of Willingborougli, Burlington County, assigned all his real and personal estate, by deed dated July 14, 1767, to Daniel Ellis, William Smith and Joseph Fenni- more, as Trustees for his creditors .- Ib., Liber X, p. 328. John Shaw, an insolvent debtor, made an assignment of his estate on June 8, 1767, to Abraham Hewlings and Daniel Ellis, both of the City of Burling- ton, for the benefit of his creditors, his wife Elizabeth Shaw, releas- ing her claim to her husband's estate the same day .- Ib., Liber X. pp. 384-386. Joseph Hollinshead, of the City of Burlington, being about to "reside out of the Province for sometime," appointed Thomas Rodman and Daniel Ellis, his attorneys to sell lands, etc., said instrument be- ing dated September 24, 1767 .- Ib., Liber W, p. 496. On August 10, 1772, Daniel Ellis and his wife, Bathsheba, of the City of Burlington, for the consideration of £110, conveyed 100 acres of land in Chester township, Burlington county, to Joseph Worrington, of Chester township, Burlington county, and Daniel Walton and Thomas Wal- ton, of Philadelphia county, Pa., said tract bounding on lands of Darling Conaroe, Hudson Middleton, William Fennimore and William Ivins .-- Ib., Liber Y, p. 535. He was one of the managers of St. Mary's Church lottery, in 1762 .- N. J. Archives, XXIV., 42. Complaint was made against him, Sept. 22, 1762, by Anthony Woodward, to the Governor and Council, probably for some act as justice or as sheriff, but that body, after hearing all the evidence produced, two days later unanimously decided that the charge, whatever it was, was not sup- ported .- 1b., XVII .. 319-320. In 1764 he was sheriff of Burlington county .- Ib., 379, 412. He was appointed in 1765 to be one of the managers and commissioners for a proposed road leading from Perth Amboy to Burlington .- /b., 590. In 1767 (August 21) Gov. Franklin appointed him one of the justices of the quorum of Burlington county. -Ib., XVII., 455. At the beginning of the Revolution, Mr. Ellis' sym- pathies with the American cause were a matter of question by his neighbors, and accordingly, at a meeting of the Council of Safety, on Tuesday, April 8, 1777, he "was summoned to appear before the Board
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& to take the oaths to Government, did accordingly appear, and refus- ing to take the Oaths, was indulged at his request until Friday next, in order to provide Sureties for his appearance at the next Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the County of Burlington." On Friday, April 11, he "entered into recognizance with Abraham Hewlings his surety, in £300 each &c., as above."-Minutes, pp. 16, 20. He held the office of township clerk from 1763 to 1779, and from 1782 to 1791 .- Hist. of Burlington and Mercer Counties, p. 126. His tombstone in St. Mary's churchyard, Burlington, has this elaborate tribute to his inemory:
Sacred | to the memory of | Daniel Ellis, Esq. | who departed this life j in full Assurance of Faith | in the great Atonement of | Jesus Christ | the 1st Day of September 1794 | in the 67 Year of his Age | Universally esteemed and as | Universally lamented.
Faithful to his God without ostentation Upright and just in all his dealings Benevolent and Compassionate his Liberality and Charity was Extended to all
We therefore piously hope he is now Enjoying the Happiness resserved for The pure in Heart with his Saviour In the Realms of unfading Bliss.
His wife's tombstone is more simply inscribed:
To the memory of | Bathsheba Ellis | Widow of Dan'l Ellis, dec'd. who departed this life | June 8th, 1795 in the 64th year of her age. Beneath this Stone the dust is plac'd
of her who living was possess'd
of cheerful sympathizing mind of love to God and all mankind.
The will of Daniel Ellis, dated January 8, 1793, proved September 10, 1794, gives to his wife Bathsheba, £1000 at her own disposal, and the use of the house where he then lived, with its furniture, and a meadow by London Bridge (Burlington), during her natural life. To his chil- dren, Samuel, Micajah, Charles and Rowland, each €1200, which they had respectively already received; to his son Daniel, the interest of £1200 for his lifetime, and then to the testator's surviving children; to his son Richard, £1200, on arriving at the age of twenty-one. He provides that his negro woman called Pender, shall be set free and receive £15 and articles in her room; also that his negro woman called Tenah shall be set free when twenty-three; he gives £15 to St. Mary's Church as a fund to pay an Orthodox minister. He provides that Maria Howe, wife of John Howe, shall have a deed made to her for household goods, lands, etc., to fulfil a trust. His executors were also directed to make deeds for lands surveyed by him in Gloucester county; they were also authorized to sell and convey all his lands, proprieties anl unlocated lands to any persons. He gave to the Council of Proprietors for their own use, his book that had the ac- count of the General Proprietors stated. Executors-Sons Micajah Ellis and Charles Ellis. Witnesses-Edward Collins, Israel Tonkin and George Sweetman .- V. J. Wills. Liber 33, p. 450. His widow did not long survive him. Her will, dated May 26. 1795, was proved June 15, 1795, at Burlington. She gives to her sons Rowland and Ellis ".£1,000 I am entitled to under the will of my late husband, Daniel Ellis, and all money due me from my late mother also deceased, which is £60. in hands of my son, Charles Ellis;" to three daughters in law, Nancy Bloomfield, Sarah Ellis and Mary Ellis, all her wearing apparel, to be equally shared; to Agnes Treat, wife of Dr. Samuel Treat, lier
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gold watch. Executors -- sons Rowland and Richard Ellis. Witnesses -William Orr, Thomas Adams .- N. J. Wills, Liber No. 35, p. 209. Daniel Ellis and Bathsheba his wife had issue:
i. Joseph3, bap. May, 1755; d. Oct. 7, 1785, "after a short illness;" he was buried Oct. 9, 1785.
ii. Micajah, m. Sarah - -; d. March 20, 1813, in his 43th yr .; she d. Dec. 2, 1836, aged 72 yrs. Children-1. Micajah S., d. Sept. 2, 1819, in his 24th yr .; 2. Bertha S., m. Dr. Davidson, and survived him, dying April 5, 1878, aged $4 yrs.
iii. Charles, b. Feb. 12. 1767; m. Mary ; d. June 17, 1842; she d. May 27, 1830, aged fix yrs. Child: Daniel C., d. January 8, 1862, in his 70th year.
iv. Martha, b. May 27, 1769; bap. July 2, 1769; buried Nov. 13, 1772.
v. Rowland, "5th child." buried Aug. 15, 1770.
vi. Rowland, b. July 8, 1771, bap. at Burlington, Aug. 21, 1771.
vii Richard, b. Aug. 13, 1773; bap. Aug. 22, 1773; twin with Sarah.
viii. Sarah, b. Aug. 13, 1773; bap. Aug. 22, 1773; buried Aug. 25, 1773.
ix. Rowland, b. Nov. 5, 1774, at Burlington; m. Hannah -; d. Feb. 6, 1845.
x. Daniel, d. Dec. 22, 1859, in his 80th yr. xi. Samuel.
There was another Rowland Ellis among Friends in Philadelphia or vicinity. He was from Bryn Mawr, near Dolgelly, North Wales .- l'a. Mag., 4: 324-5. Ellis Ellis, of Haverford, Pa., in his will, dated 1705, names Rowland Ellis as executor .- Philadelphia Wills, Book C, p. 28.
There was still another Rowland Ellis, of Boston, in New England, 1776-1807, a descendant of John Ellis, Jr., who came to Plymouth in the Mayflower.
JACOB EOFF.
Jacob Eoff, senior, was one of the German Palatine emigrants who arrived at New York in 1710, when he was aged 32 years. In 1742 he bought from Dr. Lewis and Mary Johnston a tract of 432 acres, at Pluckamin, and built a substantial house, where he kept tavern. He gave the site for the erection of St. Paul's Lutheran church at Pluck- amin, in 1756, and £20 in money. He was a member of the vestry of Zion Lutheran church of New Germantown in 1767. The Provincial Council of Safety ordered, July 22, 1777, that he and other citizens of Somerset County should be apprehended and brought before that body to take the oath of allegiance to the State. His will, dated Aug. 12, 1772, was proved Sept. 10, 1780, which would seem to indicate that he was more than 100 years old at the time of his death. His children were: 1. John; 2. Peter, innholder; 3. Garret; 4. Jacob, bap. Jan. 19, 1728; 5. Abraham, bap. Oct. 25, 1730; 6. Robert, bap. May 24, 1741; d. 1814: 7. Cornelis, bap. Dec. 18, 1743; S. Christian, tavern keeper; 9. Mary Magdalen; 10. Mary; 11. Catharine .- The Early Germans of New Jersey, by Theodore Frelinghuysen Chambers, Dover, N. J., 1895, 351; Story of an Old Farm; Hist. Hunterdon and Somerset Counties; Minutes Council of Safety.
CAPTAIN ROBERT ERSKINE.
Robert Erskine, son of the Rev. Ralph Erskine, of Dunfermline, Scotland (who is buried in Dryburgh Abbey), was born September 7th,
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1735. In 1771 or 1772 he came to America, to act as manager for the London Company's extensive iron mines at Ringwood, Charlottes- burgh, &c., in the upper part of the present Passaic county, in which position he proved to be a man of excellent capacity, and thoroughly devoted to the interests of his employers. But as early as 1774 he was in active sympathy with the colonists in their opposition to the op- pressive measures of the British ministry. In the summer of 1775 he organized a military company, composed of men employed at the iron works. This was done, primarily, to keep the men together, and at work, but he tendered their services to the province, whereupon the Provincial Congress commissioned him Captain, and enacted that his men should be exempt from compulsory service in any other company. Subsequently, when Washington passed through the Ringwood valley, on his way from the Hudson river. he made the acquaintance of Ers- kine, and finding him an accomplished civil engineer, and, moreover, thoroughly acquainted with the country west of the Hudson, he caused him to be commissioned, July 27th, 1777, Geographer and Surveyor- General to the American Army, in which position he made a series of maps, still preserved, showing the topography of the country, and every stream, road and house from the Hudson river, westerly, to Ringwood, and from Jersey City to Cornwall. Erskine died October 2d, 1780, and is buried at Ringwood, his grave being marked by a slab of gray marble, suitably inscribed. In communicating the fact of his death to Congress, Washington spoke of him as "that useful and val- uable officer."-Sparks. VII., 107. The Marquis de Chastellux. in pass- ing through the Ringwood valley, stopped at Mrs. Erskine's. December 19th, 1780, and found "a very handsome house, where everybody was in mourning .- Mrs. Erskine, his widow, is about forty and does not appear the less fresh or tranquil for her misfortune."-Travels in North America, I., 347. Erskine's grave and monument were restored a few years ago by Abram S. Hewitt, they being near his country house at Ringwood. Erskine's letter-books and accounts with the London Com- pany are in the library of the N. J. Historical Society .- Proceedings N. J. Historical Society, for May, 1869; Historical Sketch of Passaic County, 1877; 2 N. J. Archires. I., 114.
REV. NATHANIEL EVANS.
The best sketch of the Rev. Nathaniel Evans is that by the Rev. William Smith, afterwards Provost of the University of Pennsylvania, and which is prefixed to the talented young missionary's poems:
"The author of the following poems was born in the city of Phila- delphia, June 8th, 1742; and was sent to the Academy there, soon after it was first opened, and before the Collegiate part of the Institution was begun. Having spent about six years in Grammar Learning, his parents, who were reputable citizens, designing him for Merchandize, put him Apprentice; but not finding either his genius or inclination leading him much to that profession, he devoted more of his time to the service of the Muses, than to the business of the Counting-House. Soon after the expiration of his apprenticeship, he accordingly re- turned to the College, and applied himself, with great diligence, to the study of Philosophy and the Sciences, till the Commencement, May 30th, 1765: when, on account of his great merit and promising genius, he was, by special Mandate of the Trustees, upon the recommendation of the Provost and Faculty of Professors, complimented with a Diploma for the degree of Master of Arts; although he had not taken the previous degree of Bachelor of Arts, on account of the interrup- tion in his course of studies, during the term of his apprenticeship.
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Immediately after the Commencement he embarked for England, carrying with him recommendations to the Society for propagating the Gospel in foreign parts, as a fit person to supply the new Mission, then proposed to be opened for Gloucester county, in New-Jersey. Upon the Society's nomination, he was admitted into holy orders by the present Lord Bishop of London, Dr. Terrick, who expressed great satisfaction in his examination, and particularly in the perusal of an elegant English piece which he composed in a few minutes, upon a Theological question, which he was desired to give his sentiments upon. He returned from England, and landed at Philadelphia, De- cember 26th, 1765; having had for his fellow-passenger (among others) the worthy and ingenious Lady, to whom many of his pieces are addressed. Upon his arrival, he entered immediately upon the busi- ness of his Mission; and alas! but just lived long enough to shew, by the goodness of his temper, the purity of his morals, the cheerfulness and affability of his conversation, the sublimity and soundness of his doctrines, and the warmth of his Pulpit Compositions, how well he was qualified for the sacred office, to which he had now wholly de- voted himself. He died October 29th, 1767, lamented by all that knew him; and by none more earnestly and affectionately, than by his own Congregations, whom he had not yet served two years."
Mr. Evans is said to have attended a Moravian boarding school at Germantown, which was opened in 1746. While in London he seems to have formed a lasting friendship with William Strahan, the book- seller, who, writing April 7, 1766, to David Hall, the Philadelphia printer, sends his "best compliments to Mr. N. Evans." "Tell him 1 received his letter from Dr. F. for which I thank him, and shall take his advice."-Penn. Mag. of Hist. and Biog., X., 99; XIX., 110. The present writer has found no record of Mr. Evans's baptism or parentage. His poems were published with this title and imprint: Poems | on | several occasions, with | some other compositions. | By Nathaniel Evans, A. M. | Late Missionary (appointed by the Society for Pro- | pagating the Gospel) for Gloucester County, | in New- Jersey; and Chaplain to the Lord Vis- | count Kilmorey, of the King- dom of Ireland. | Philadelphia: | Printed by John Dunlap, in Market- street. | M.DCC.LXLII. | Svo. Pp. xxviii, 160, 24. Size of type-page, 314×6 inches. Title, 1 leaf. Prefatory sketch, [iii]-x. List of Sub- scribers, [xi]-xxviii. Poems, 1-160. The Love of the World incom- patible with the Love of God: a Discourse on 1 John II., 15, 16, 17. Title, 1 leaf; To the Members of the Congregation of Gloucester, dated Haddonfield, April 18, 1766, pp. 5-6; Discourse, 7-24. It was probably printed separately, with a half title (pp. 1-2). The list of subscribers foots up 970 copies subscribed for, of which 461 were taken by booksellers, 150 going to two dealers in Charleston, S. C., indi- cating some special influence thereabouts, to secure so large a sale in advance of publication. The list of individual subscribers includes a very large number of prominent people in New York. New Jersey and Pennsylvania, as well as many in the remoter Colonies, so far north as Quebec and Nova Scotia, and south to Barbadoes, and a goodly number abroad, among the latter being Oliver Goldsmith, Esq; London.
It may be added that his father was Edward Evans, who d. near Gloucester, Oct. 21, 1771; "a Gentleman of exemplary Piety and Virtue," says the Pennsylvania Chronicle, Oct. 14, 1771. His remains were taken to Philadelphia "and decently interred in Friends' Burying Ground," indicating his religious affiliations during his life.
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EWING FAMILY.
The Ewing family of New Jersey is descended from Finlay Ewing, a Scotch Presbyterian, who left Scotland, with his wife Jane, during the religious oppressions, and settled in Londonderry, Ireland. For his bravery at the battle of Boyne Water, in 1690, he was presented with a sword by King William III. His son, Thomas Ewing, born in Londonderry, came to America, in 1718, on account of the troubles in Ireland, and settled at Greenwich, now in Cumberland County, N. J. He there married, in 1720, a granddaughter of Thomas Maskell, of England, who had married Bythia Parsons, in Connecticut, in 1658. (Thomas Maskell, 2d, their son, was one of the grantees, in April, 1717, of the site for the Presbyterian Church at Greenwich.) Thomas Ew- ing's oldest child was Maskell Ewing, born in 1721; he married Mary Paget, of English descent, in 1743. She proved herself a thorough housekeeper, and a helpmeet in every sense of the word. Maskell at- tained to much prominence in his neighborhood, being appointed to various local offices, and in 1757 was appointed Sheriff of Cumberland County, from which he retired in 1760. He was commissioned, March 12, 1762, one of the Surrogates for West Jersey, holding that office until 1776. He is said to have been County Clerk also, and Judge of the Com- mon Pleas. He died in 1796. He had ten children, among them
1. Maskell, 2d, born January 30, 1758. He was elected Clerk of the Assembly before he was twenty-one, and removed to Trenton for the greater convenience of attending to the duties of the office, which he retained for twenty years. He was Recorder of Trenton for some time. In 1803 he removed to Philadelphia, and in 1805 to Delaware County, Penn., representing the latter county in the State Senate of Pennsylvania for six years. He died August 26, 1825.
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