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JAMES THOMPSON.
James Thompson was a tutor in Princeton College, 1762-1770, and in 1767 occasionally supplied the pulpit of the Presbyterian church in Trenton.
WILLIAM THOMSON.
William Thomson was admitted as an attorney and counsellor of New Jersey, May 11, 1758. His will is dated September 14, 1765. In it he speaks of his wife Margaret, and children, whom he does not name. He devises real and personal estate, and names as executors his father. Benjamin Thomson, and his brother-in-law, Edmund Leslie, and Peter Schank. The will is witnessed by James Leslie, William Millan and Hugh Thomson. It was proved October 2, 1765 .- E. J. Wills, Liber H, page 551.
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CHARLES TOOKER.
1Charles Tooker d. Jan. 15, 1810, in his 66th year, and is buried in the old Presbyterian churchyard in Elizabeth. His widow, Mary, d. Oct. 14, 1814, aged 63 yrs. Their dau. Ann, wife of Benjamin Marsh, is also buried in the same ground, having d. April 8, 1789, in her 19th year.
SAMUEL TUTHILL.
Samuel Tuthill, son of John Tuthill, was born Sept. 22, 1724. He was graduated at Yale College, and appears to have studied medicine, as there are references to him as "Doctor" Tuthill. He is mentioned so often in the local annals of Morristown that he evidently was a lead- ing man in the community. Gov. Bernard appointed him a judge for Morris county, March 19, 1759, and he was again appointed April 21, 1768. In 1773 Lord Stirling complained that Samuel Tuthill and Colonel Samuel Ogden had acted in an unfair and partial manner in "taking the examinations and depositions of several witnesses of and concern- ing several criminal matters" inquired into by them as judges of the Morris county court of oyer and terminer; he also charged that they had "suppressed the testimony of some material witnesses for bring- ing certain criminals to justice." These charges being made to the Council of the Province, Col. Ogden in behalf of himself and Judge Tuthill demanded an inquiry. But Lord Stirling withdrew the charges, and the matter was dropped. When Princeton College appealed to the Morristown church (among others) for aid, in 1769, he subscribed £3. He was one of the trustees of the Morristown "Green" in 1771. He was among the first to take a decided stand on the American side in the Revolution, being appointed a member of the Morris County Com- mittee of Correspondence, June 27, 1774, and again on January 9, 1775. The Provincial Congress, on Oct. 27, 1775, appointed him Lieutenant Colonel of the Regiment of Light Horse in the eastern division of the Colony, which he resigned February 3, 1776. He was chairman of a meeting held Sept. 25, 1792, at which was organized the Morris County Society for the Promotion of Agricultural and Domestic Manufactures, which was merged in 1812 in the Morris Library Association, and he was the first President of that society. He was chosen first moderator of the Fire Association of Morristown, organized July 26, 1797. He married, November 3, 1751, Sarah Kenny, daughter of Jacob Ford, senior, and widow of John Kenny. He renewed his covenant with the Presbyterian church of Morristown, April 1, 1754. He died May 31, 1814, in his ninetieth year. His wife joined the church on confession, August 29, 1771. She died November 12, 1811, aged 80 years.
REV. JAMES TUTTLE.
James Tuttle was born May 7, 1742, the son of Col. Joseph Tuttle and his second wife, Abigail Nutman, sister of the Rev. John Nutman. Col. Tuttle was an Elder in the Hanover (Morris County) Presbyter- ian church for many years. Young Tuttle was fitted for College in the school of his pastor, the Rev. Jacob Green, and having graduated . at Nassau Hall in 1764 studied theology with Mr. Green. In 1767 he was licensed to preach, by the Presbytery of New York. On Feb. 2, 1767, he married Anna, daughter of the Rev. Jacob Green. In April he became pastor of the Rockaway Presbyterian church. Before the end of 1769 he became too ill to preach, and so continued until his death, at Hanover, Dec. 25, 1770. He had but one child, Benajah, who died a few weeks before him. Mr. Tuttle was also pastor of the Parsippany
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church. He lived at Rockaway, in a parsonage built expressly for him. His tombstone (at Hanover) says: "This man of God had a short race but swift, he ran far in littel time. Few exceeded him in sweetness of Temper, Tenderness of conscience and fidelity In his ministerial work and the End of this man was Peace."-Annals of Morris County, by the Rev. Joseph F. Tuttle, 1876, p. S0.
PETER VALLEAU.
P. Valleau was a witness at the marriage, in the French Church in New York, September 29, 1689, of Susanne Valleau to Aman Bonin. He married Madelaine Fauconier, daughter of Peter Fauconier. They had children: 1. Peter Theodorus, born April 28, 1716, baptized in the Reformed Dutch Church at Hackensack; 2. Magdelaine, born August 21, 1718, baptized in the French Church in New York; 3. Susanne, born October 14, 1720, baptized in the French Church, "daughter of Pierre Valleau and of Mdlle Magdelaine his wife." She m. Dr. John Bard, of Philadelphia. in 1741. Magdelaine Valleau gave a deed, April 13. 1750, to the Paramus Church, for forty-five acres for a burying- ground, part of the consideration being "three places or seats in the Paramus church that is to say one womans place and two mens places." This burying-ground is known as the "Valleau Cemetery," and is still admirably kept, after a lapse of a century and a half. Theodorus Valleau doubtless lived at Paramus. He married Eliza- beth Anthony, and had children (baptized at Schraalenburgh or Hackensack): 1. Jan, bap. July 2, 1738; 2. Andries, bap. April 20, 1740; 3. Steven Cummins, b. September 22, 1742; 4. Samuel, bap. December 15, 1745; 5. Jacobus, bap. January 3, 1748; 6. Marytie, bap. August 20. 1749; 7. Magdalene, b. August 12, 1750; S. Theodorus, bap. January 19, 1751.
REV. JACOB VANARTSDALEN.
Jacob Vanartsdalen, a native of Somerset County, New Jersey, was b. Feb. 8, 1745, the sixth son of Philip Van Artsdalen, who was b. Feb. 12, 1701, and d. June 17, 1797, at Somerset. He was ordained by the Pres- bytery of New Brunswick, June 19, 1771; in which connection he re- mained until the latter part of 1774, when he was received by the Pres- bytery of New York and put in charge of the Church of Springfield, New Jersey. He continued in the orderly and faithful performance of the duties of the office, as far as his health permitted, for more than a quarter of a century. In the spring of 1797, and again three years later, he was, by reason of long continued illness, disqualified for preaching. He was at length compelled to relinquish the pastoral office, and was dismissed from the charge, May 6, 1801. From 1793 to 1802 Mr. Vanartsdalen was a Trustee of Princeton College. He died at Springfield, N. J., October 24, 1803. His wife was Mary Sutphen, of Somerset, who survived him. They had three daughters and one son, Elias Van Arsdale, a prominent lawyer, of Newark .- Hatfield's Elizabeth, 570.
LOURENS ANDRIESSEN VAN BOSKERCK.
Lourens Andriessen Van Boskerck came from Holstein, Denmark, in the summer of 1655, and with others bought, January 6th, 1676, a large tract of land at "New Hackensack," on which he resided as early as 1688. The family have been numerous in the English Neighborhood, Bergen county, ever since. John Jacobus Van Buskirk was probably the John (son of Jacobus, son of Peter, son of Lourens Andriessen)
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who was born November 28th, 1739. He was charged with holding com- munication with the enemy on Staten Island, July 8th, 1776, but on being tried was acquitted. Abraham, son of Laurence, was a Captain in the Rangers (Loyalists); at the close of the war he sailed for Nova Scotia, in 1783, but died on the voyage, at the age of thirtythree years. Dr. Abraham Van Buskirk was appointed Surgeon of the Bergen Regi- ment, February 17th, 1776, but did not serve long.
REV. ELIAS VAN BUNSCHOOTEN.
Elias Van Bunschooten was born Oct. 26, 1738, at New Hackensack. Dutchess county, N. Y., son of Teunis Van Bunschoten. After gradu- ating from Princeton College in 1768 he studied for the ministry with the Rev. Dr. Myer, was licensed in 1773, and in the same year was settled over the Reformed Dutch church at Schaghticoke, on the Hud- son, where he labored until 1785, when he resignd. On the 29th of August of the same year he was installed over three churches-Mini- sink, Magaghamack (near the persent Port Jervis), and Walpack, cov- ering fifty miles of territory-in Orange county, New York. In 1792 he gathered an additional church at the Clove, now Port Jervis, where he resided until 1812, when, on account of the infirmities of age, he withdrew from active duties. He died Jan. 10, 1815. He was in person about six feet in height, erect and stately in his carriage, and was a man of great sternness of character. His manner in the pulpit was earnest and impressive, and his sermons highly evangelical. He preached both in Dutch and English. In his intercourse with his neigh- bors he seems to have displayed a parsimony that was harsh and miserly, dealing justice rather than mercy. That his object in accu- mulating money was not selfish was shown when he attended the General Synod in 1814, and emptied pocket after pocket on the Mod- erator's desk, until he had turned over $800 in cash, and $13,840 in securities, which he gave to Rutgers College, in trust, the income to be used to aid young men to prepare for the ministry. By his will he increased the fund to $17,000. It was allowed to accumulate to $20,000, at which it still stands. The interest has assisted nearly two hundred young men in their studies.
BENJAMIN VAN CLEVE.
Benjamin Van Cleve resided at Maidenhead (now Lawrenceville), near Princeton. He was a son of John Van Cleve, who took up his residence at Maidenhead, where he died in 1772, aged 72 years, and is buried there, in the old cemetery. Benjamin Van Cleve was elected chosen freeholder from Maidenhead in 1775, and a member of the township committee, 1774-76, and 1802. He was commissioned First Lieutenant, First Regiment, Hunterdon county militia, at the begin- ning of the Revolution; Captain of the same; Captain, Colonel John- son's battalion, Heard's brigade, June 14, 1776; Second Major, First Regiment, Hunterdon, March 15, 1777; resigned Nov. 13, 1777, on his election to the Assembly. He was again elected to that body in 1779, taking his seat Sept. 16. as the successor of John Hart, deceased. He was elected in the fall of 1779 for the full term of one year, and again in 1780, 1781, 1783. 1784, 1785, 1786 1787, 1788, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1795, 1796, 1797, 1798, 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803, 1804, 1805. He was elected Speaker of the Assembly, Nov. 19, 1784, to fill a vacancy, and was again chosen in 1785, 1786, and 1788. He was appointed a justice of
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the peace for Hunterdon county, Sept. 7, 1776, Sept. 29, 1781, Nov. 7, 1786, Nov. 9, 1791. Nov. 4, 1796, Jan. 28, 1797. On Dec. 18, 1782, he was appointed one of the judges of the Hunterdon county court of common pleas, which probably accounts for his non-election to the Assembly in that year. When "the Presbyterian Church in the township of Maidenhead" was incorporated, in 1787, Benjamin Van Cleve was one of the trustees named in the certificate of incorporation. The board of justices and freeholders of the county chose him to be clerk of that body in 1791. Benjamin Van Cleve m. 1st, Mary, dau. of Joseph Wright; she d. 1784, aged 38 yrs .; he m. 2d, Sept. 20, 1786, Anna, dau. of the Rev. Caleb Smith, of Orange, and wid. of George Green, of Maidenhead; she d. 1789, aged 40 yrs. Issue (by his first wife) :
i. John Wright, graduated at Princeton College, 1786; licensed as an attorney, September term, 1791; as a counsellor. November term, 1796; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Isaac Coates. of Philadelphia; d. 1802. Children: 1. Mary, m. Dr. Garbett, of Georgia; 2. Elizabeth; 3. Cornelia, m. Daniel Barnes, of New York.
ii. Phebe, m. John Stevens; d. s. p.
iji. Cornelia, m. Thomas Stevens.
iv. Elizabeth, m. Dr. Israel Clarke, of Clarkesville. Chil- dren: 1. Mary, m. Dr. Alexander Hart, of Phila- delphia: 2. Elizabeth.
v. Joseph W., b. 1777; m. Charity Fitney, of Morristown (prob. b. Mar. 31, 1782, dau. of James Pitney and Elizabeth Carmichael); d. 1864, aged 87 yrs. Chil- dren: 1. Mary, m. Stacy Paxon, of Trenton; she d. May 26, 1847, aged 49 yrs .; 2. Phebe; 3. Benjamin Franklin, m. Phebe, dau. of Joshua Anderson and Jemima Broadhurst, both of Trenton; 4. Elizabeth, d. young.
Issue hy his second wife, Anna (Smith) Green:
vi. A son, d. in inf.
DR. LAWRENCE VAN DERVEER.
Lawrence Van Derveer was from Somerset county. He was an original member of the New Jersey Medical Society, in 1766. Later he removed to Shepardstown, Va., but soon returned to Somerset county, and practiced at Roycefield. He exploited the value of the Scutellaria Lateriflora in the prevention and cure of hydrophobia, and claimed to have used it successfully in four hundred cases. His method was kept secret. He was highly regarded by his neighbors, as a generous friend of the poor. He died in 1815.
REV. PETER PETERSON VANHORN.
The Rev. Peter Peterson Vanhorn (son of Dr. Peter Vanhorn) was born August 24th, 1719, at Middletown, Bucks county, Pennsylvania. and was bred a Lutheran, but joined the Baptists, September 6th. 1741, and was ordained to the ministry June 18th, 1747, and installed pastor of the church at Pennepek, near Philadelphia. He resigned this charge in 1762, and removed to Newmills, in Northampton township. Burlington county, N. J., where a Baptist church was organized on June 23d, 1764, of which he was one of the constituent members. and became pastor. He resigned April 2d, 1768, and returned to Pennepek. Two years later (April 7th, 1770) he was called to the pastorate of the Baptist church at Cape May, which he resigned in 1775. He was also
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pastor of the Baptist churches at Dividing Creek and Salem at various times. One of his sons, William Vanhorn, was pastor of the Scotch Plains Baptist church, 1785-1807. See Morgan Edwards's History of the Baptists, passim; Johnson's History of Salem; Hatfield's Elizabeth, etc. Peter Vanhorne and Sarah Mode, both of Bucks county, Pa., were married Sept. 4. 1771. by the Rector of St. Mary's Church. Bur- lington. Was this the Rev. Peter Peterson Vanhorn, mentioned above? It seems improbable.
JACOBUS (or James) V'AN HORNE.
Jacobus (or James) Van Horne, baptized in New York, June 29, 1712, was a son of Johannes Cornelissen Van Hoorn, of New York, and Cath- arina Meyer, his wife, daughter of Andries Jansen Meyer and Vrouw:je Iden van der Vorst; Johannes Van Hoorn and Catharina Meyer were married March 20, 1693. Jacobus, or James, was their tenth child. He married, Dec. 16, 1742, Margareta, daughter of Samuel Bayard, of New York. His father was a New York merchant, who began buying land in New Jersey in 1706, adding steadily to his purchases during the next six- teen years, acquiring extensive tracts in Somerset and Middlesex coun- ties especially, as well as in Monmouth county. In his will, dated June 23, 1733, he devises to his sons James and Abraham the Rocky Hill tracts. James repeatedly offered for sale his place at Rocky Hill; in 1755 he was living on a farm of 1,668 acres at Dover, near Cheesequakes creek, Mid- dlesex county, and advertised that for sale, also. His will, dated Oct. 29, 1760, was proved April 20, 1761. He gives all his estate to his sons John and James, "James to be given the best education the Province of Pennsylvania affords, either at the Academy or Mr. Dove's English school, then to study physic or law and complete his studies in Scotland." He mentions his late wife Margaret. His brother, Cornelius Van Horne, was for several years a member of the Council of New Jersey.
THE VAN METERS.
The Van Meters were among the early settlers of Ulster county. N. Y. About 1714 a number of the Reformed Dutch people of Esopus and vicinity removed to Pilesgrove, now Upper Pittsgrove, Salem county. Among the newcomers were John and Isaac Van Meter, who, in company with the Dubois family, bought from Daniel Coxe, of Bur- lington, a tract of 3,000 acres. The Van Meters subsequently added to their purchase, until they owned about 6,000 acres in Upper Pittsgrove. The new colony does not appear to have organized a church for many years, the people worshiping in the schoolhouse or in private resi- dences; but on April 30, 1741, they signed a covenant organizing the Presbyterian church of Pittsgrove, and built a log house of worship. Among those who signed the covenant were Isaac Van Meter and Henry Van Meter, the latter being the son of John, then deceased. Isaac had a son Garret, who married a daughter of Judge John Holme, in 1774. Henry Van Meter was married four times. In his will he names children Joseph, Ephraim. John, David, Elizabeth, Rebecca, Jacob (removed to the Genessee country, N. Y.), and Benjamin, who died 15th of 10th mo., 1826, aged 82 years .- Shourds's Fenwick Colony, 301-305.
DR. GEORGE ANDREIT VIERSELIUS.
George Andrew Vierselius emigrated from Germany about 1749, or earlier, and settled on the Old York Road, half a mile from Three
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Bridges, in Amwell township, Hunterdon county. He was natural- ized by act of the Legislature, Nov. 28, 1760. He was an energetic and successful physician, traversing a wide region of country. He died in 1767. His descendants generally write the name Vescelius.
REV. STEPHEN VOORHEES.
Stephen Voorhees was b. in 1740, being a son of Isaac Voorhees (b. March 16, 1716), whose father, Jan Lucasse Van Voorhis, was b. at Flatlands, L. I., but removed to Six Mile Run, Somerset county, with three of his brothers-all sons of Lucas Stevense Van Voorhees-and all four of them were among the founders of the Six Mile-Run Dutch church in 1717. After graduating at Princeton College in 1765, Stephen studied theology and taught a classical school at Hackensack, from 1766 until the fall of 1769, part of the time in association with Francis Barber. In November, 1769, he started a grammar school in New York city. He was licensed by the General Meeting of Ministers and Elders of the Reformed Dutch Church, in 1772, and was ordained and settled at Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1773. where he remained until 1776. From 1776 to 1784 he was pastor of the Reformed Dutch Church at Rhinebeck Flats, N. Y .; and from 1785 to 1788 at Philipsburg (Tarrytown) and Cortlandtown, New York. In 1792 he joined the Presbytery of New Brunswick, and preached as a supply at Kingston and Assunpink. New Jersey, until his death. November 23, 1796. He m. Elizabeth Clausen, b. 1749, d. Feb. 23, 1805. See The Tan Voorhees Family, 358; Corwin's Manuel of the Reformed Dutch Church; Our Home (Magazine), etc.
PETER WARD.
Peter Ward was the son of Thomas Ward, an Irishman who settled near Long Pond (now Greenwood Lake) in the early part of the eigh- teenth century, where he was probably connected with the Iron Works, perhaps as manager of the store of the American Company. Peter, born in 1756, having married Nancy Mead, of Pompton. removed thither .- Hist. Bergen and Passaie Counties, 1882, 190. During the Revolution he served as Captain of light horse, Bergen County .- Stryker's Records of Officers and MIen in the Revolutionary War, 1876, 416. Under an act of the Legislature, June 25, 1781, he was appointed recruiting officer for Bergen County .- Ib., 47. Under a call for troops, Dec. 29, 1781, he was appointed Captain for Bergen County .- Ib., 328. After the Revolution he bought, by deed dated July 2, 1784, from the Commissioners of Forfeited Estates, in Bergen County, a tract of one hundred acres of land, confiscated from Christian Pullisfelt, who had been adjudged guilty of treason. - Bergen County Deeds, F., 198. By deed dated July 16, 1784, he bought in the same manner the forfelted estate of Robert Drummond, of Acquackanonk, sixty-three acres in extent .- Bergen County Deeds, H., 43. These two farms lay at Campgaw, Franklin Township, Bergen County, and he occupied them thenceforth until his death .- History of Bergen and Pas- saie Counties, 190. He held many offices after the war: Chosen Free- holder from Franklin Township, 1788, 1792, 1793, 1796, 1797 .- 1b., 83. Judge of the Common Pleas, 1808 .- Ib., 83. He was a member of the Assem- bly from Bergen in 1792-3-4-6-7-8-9, 1800, 1801-2-4-5-9-10-11, and represented the county in the Council in 1807 .- Legislative Journals, passim. He died in 1812, aged fifty-six years. He left children: Peter (who was a Brigade-Major in the War of 1812), John, Jane, Catharine, Thomas. James, William al.d Mary .- Hist. Bergen and Passaic Counties, 190.
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JOHN WARDELL.
John Wardell, of Shrewsbury, was a Coroner of Monmouth County in 1762, and in the same year was appointed one of the Common Pleas Judges of that county. At the beginning of the Revolution he arrayed himself on the British side, and was sent to New York. His lands were confiscated, and were advertised to be sold on March 29, 1779.
JOSEPH WARRELL.
Josephi Warrell was recommended, December 18, 1732, by Governor William Cosby, for a seat in the Council of New Jersey. "He was so well recommended to me by Lord Malpas, before I left England, that there is little more for me to say in his behalf that since my acquaint- ance with him his behaviour has in every particular confirmed the character given by his Lordship. and one that I can answer for."- N. J. Archives, V., 324; N. Y. Col. Docs .. V., 939-40. This appointment was not made, but he received the office of Attorney General of New Jer- sey, which was probably more to his liking, August 28. 1733 .- Book AAA of Commissions. The Lords of Trade again. Aug. 28 and Sept. 5, 1735, recommended Warrell's appointment to the Council in place of James Alexander, he having been reported as "every way qualified to serve His Majesty in that station."-N. J. Archires, V., 410; N. Y. Col. Docs., VI., 35-36. He was actually appointed, it seems, but apparently did not care enough for the unremunerative honor to go to the expense of taking out the warrant, which elicited an expression of annoyance from the authorities a year later .- N. J. Archives, XI., 441; V., 454. On December 17, 1733, the Council of New York wrote to the Duke of New- castle that Lewis Morris had sent to represent him, "Joseph Warrell, Esq., a gentleman of the law and of very fair character."-N. Y. Col. Docs., V., 981. He and William Cosby, of Amboy, and a number of oth- ers, petitioned the New York authorities, July 13, 1734, for 20,000 acres of land in the Mohawk country, and on October 4, 1734, a tract of 22,000 acres was surveyed to them, known as "Cosby's Manor," in Herkimer and Oneida Counties .- Cal. N. Y. Land Papers, 210, 212, 1003. No record has been found of his origin, nor of his admission to the New Jersey bar, but in 1737 he was residing at Trenton .- V. J. Archives, XI., 518. He was appointed, August 13, 1746, one of the quorum Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County .- Ib., XIV., 464. In 1751 he was living at Bellville, near Trenton, and stated that he had lived there many years, and consequently could give a good character of Samuel Tucker, his neigh- bor, having known him since Tucker was a boy .- Ib., VII., 613. He asked leave to resign, July 5, 1754, in order "to make his declining part of life comfortable." "The long Fatigue of upwards of twenty Years Service without any just Imputation of Failure in my Duty under the Disadvantage of too small a Support from the Assembly (& no likely hood of its increase) will plead for the Reasonableness of my Request to Your Excellency for a Quietus at my age."-Ib., VIII., Part I., 293. As an officer of the Crown the Assembly was naturally averse to in- creasing his compensation, which stood at the not extravagant figure of £30 a year, payable quarterly. Besides, he prosecuted the pleas in the various counties, as far as practicable, for which he was paid the usual fees. His resignation was promptly accepted by Governor Bel- cher, and Courtlandt Skinner, whom he had recommended as his suc- cessor, was appointed ten days later. Joseph Warrell died in the sum- mer of 1758. Nevertheless. when George III. ascended the throne, a warrant was ordered, by the King in Council, for continuing in office the appointees of the late King, including Joseph Warrell as Attorney General. This warrant was dated, appropriately enough, March 17 (St. Patrick's day), 1761. The fact had been overlooked that Skinner
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was still in the office, which he retained until the Revolution. Mr. Warrell's wife was of the Bradshaw family, in England. He left two children :
i. Joseph, who was manager of a lottery for the Trenton English and Grammar School, in 1753; was licensed as an attorney, May 13, 1758; was Clerk of the Circuits, 1765-S, and died at Trenton, March 6. 1775. His tombstone, in the First Presbyterian churchyard, is thus inscribed :
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