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Mary Alleson, of Elizabethtown, made her will Oct. 24, 1770; proved April 13, 1772. She gives to her sister, Hephzibath Allisson, "one half of my Dwelling house lott &c. where I live, bought of Mr. John Halstead;" to sister Thankful, wife of Henry Spencer, the
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rents of the other half of said property; also mentions sister. Louisa Allison. and nephew. William Spencer. Executors-Rev. James Caldwell, Benj. Spinning, Oliver Spencer. Witnesses- Jacob Croes, Daniel Sayre, John Chetwood .- E. J. Wills, Lib. K, f. 416.
Mrs. Mary Ann Allison, widow of Richard Allison, died Aug. 8, 1829, aged 50 yrs., and is buried in St. Michael's churchyard, Trenton. She was perhaps the wid. of Richard, son of Burgess-Hall Allison.
ANDERSONS of Bergen County.
The progenitor of this family was John (styled Jan in the Dutch church records) Anderson, a native of Scotland, who came to this coun- try early in the eighteenth century, and settled at or near Hackensack, Bergen county. The family tradition, however, is that he was a native of Ireland, but came to America via Scotland. He m. Elizabeth De Marest, spinster, living in the precincts of the Hackensack church, January 23, 1736. Issue:
Second Generation.
i. Margrietjin2, bap. Nov. 14, 1736; d. in inf.
ii. Margrietje2, bap. Aug. 9, 1741; m. Samuel Peek, and with him joined the Schraalenburgh Dutch church on confession, Nov. 17, 1763. Children: 1. Jacobes, b. March 2, 1763; 2. Elesebeth, bap. April 28, 1765; 3. Sara, ban. March 12, 1771.
2. iii. Johannes2, bap. Oct. 30, 1743; m. Rebecca Demarest, spinster, b. and living on the Flats, Jan. 27, 1766; he was b. at Hackensack (i. e., in the bounds of the Hackensack church), but lived at Schraalenburgh (i. e., in the bounds of the Schraalenburgh church) at the time of his marriage.
3. iv. David2, m. Jane Stuart, m. 1. March 5, 1768.
v. Sara2, b. Jan. 19, 1747; m. David Peek. Children: 1. Elisabet, bap. Oct. 9, 1768; 2. Marya, b. Aug. 18, 1773; 3. Jacobes, b. Sept. 20, 1777; 4. Daniel, b. Aug. 3, 1782; 5. Sara, b. Jan. 10, 1785.
vi. Maria2, bap. Dec. 11, 1748; m. Christiaen Van Hoorn, widr., March 18, 1768. Children: 1. Cornelius, b. Sept. 5, 1769; m. Catharina Haring; 2. Johannes, b. Sept. 24, 1774; m. Jannetje Losier; 3. Altie, b. Feb. 19, 1776; m. John Lozier; 4. David, b. Jan. 7, 1779; 5. Maria, b. Sept. 4, 1781; 6. Liesabeth, bap. Jan. 9, 1785; 7. Marigrieta, b. May 24, 1787; 8. Jacobus, b. Oct. 16, 1791.
vil. Annaatje2, b. March 24. 1751; prob. m. Jan Quackenbos. Children: 1. Johannes, b. Oct. 16, 1776; 2. David, b. Oct. 6, 1781; 3. Elisabeth, b. Aug. 22, 1784; 4. Davidt, b. March 8, 1788; 5. Abraham, b. Sept. 13, 1791. viii. Jacobes^, b. April 15, 1753.
ix. Lidea2, b. March 6, 1756 ..
Third Generation.
2. Johannes2 Jan1 Anderson and Rebecca Demarest had children:
1. i. Johannes3, bap. Jan. 18, 1767; m. Maria (Polly) Bogert, Sept. 20, 1792. The family record says that he and his wife were active members in the Schraalenburgh church, until the True Reformed ("Seceder") church
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was organized. when they identified themselves with that movement. They were buried in the graveyard of the North Reformed Dutch church, at Schraalen- burgh.
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ii. Jacobus3, bap. Oct. 22, 1769; m. Merjery Wortendyke.
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iii. David3, bap. April 25, 1771; m. Geertje Nagel, spinster, of Tappan, Oct. 14, 1792. He removed to St. Louis, Mo.
iv. Daniel3, bap. Dec. 18, 1774.
V. Pieter3, bap. May 28, 1780.
vi. Safya3, ban. June 23, 1782.
3. David2 Jan1 Anderson and Antje Demarest (?) had children:
7. i. Johannes3, b. Nov. 30, 1769; m. Catherine, dau. of Chris- tian Zabriskie, of Param is. He built up an extensive mercantile and shipping business at Hackensack, which he carried on for many years.
ii. Elizabet3, b. July 7, 1774; m. Andries Zabriskie, July 21, 1793.
iii. David3, bap. Nov. 28, 1779.
Fourth Generation.
4. Johannes3 Johannes2 Jan1 Anderson and Maria Bogert had issue:
i. John4, b. Feb. 14, 1794.
ii. Sara4, b. April 23, 1797.
iii. Matthew4, b. Oct. 18, 1800; m. -. Children: 1. Ann
Maria; 2. Garret; 3. John; 4. Elizabeth; 5. James; 6. Cornelius.
iv. James4, b. Oct. 8, 1804.
v. Albert4, b. Aug. 21, 1811. vi. Eliza4, b. Aug. 8, 1824.
5. Jacobus3 Johannes2 Jan1 Anderson and Merjery Wortendyke had issue :
i. Johannes4, b. Dec. 11, 1791; d. in inf.
ii. Johannes4, b. June 25, 1795.
iii. Friedrikus4, bap. Aug. 20, 1797.
6. David3 Johannes2 Jan1 Anderson and Geertje Nagel had issue:
i. John4, b. Jan. 25, 1794.
ii. Gerritt4, b. Aug. 16, 1795.
7. Johannes3 David2 Jan1 Anderson and Catherine Zabriskie had issue:
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i. David4, b. Nov. - , 1792; m. Anna Strong, of New York; d. 1873. He was called David I. Anderson. He suc- ceeded to his father's business, which he greatly en- larged and extended. In 1848 he removed from Hack- ensack to Acquackanonk Landing (now Passaic), where he carried on the lumber business many years. John Christian Zabriskie4. He was a merchant at Hack- ensack in partnership with his brother David. He m. Harriet, dau. of Garret Myer; d. in 1836. She was b. June, 1803; she m. 2d, Sept. 2, 1841, Capt. Robert Col- fax Avery Ward, of Hackensack; she d. Oct. 23, 1873.
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iii. Maria4, m. Abram Berry.
iv. Jane4, m. Andrew Parsons, the first Cashier of the Pat- erson Bank.
Fifth Generation.
8. David* Johannes3 David2 Jan1 Anderson and Anne Strong had chil- dren:
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i. Helen5, m.
. Price.
ii. John5.
iii. Catherine5, m. John B. Aycrigg, of Passaic.
iv. William S.5, b. 1827, at Hackensack; m. 1st, Clarissa, dau. of John Adrian Post, of Acquackanonk; she d. in 1872; he m. 2d, Sarah, dau. of Richard Terhune, of Lodi. Children (by his first wife): 1. John; 2. William S .; 3. Kate; (by his second wife): 4. Rich- ard; 5. Sarah.
JAMES ANDERSON.
No record has been found of the license of James Anderson as an attorney at law. He is mentioned in the records as early as April 19, 1763, when Altia Durlandt, widow of John Durlandt, of Mil .. stone, Somerset county, appoints James Anderson, of the same place, her attorney .- East Jersey Deeds, A 3, page 56. Two years later he ap- pears to have been of Sussex county. On September 11, 1765, James Anderson, attorney at law, of Sussex county, is appointed adminis- trator of Anna Reed, of Milstone .- East Jersey Wills, Liber H, page 530. By deed dated October 28, 1765, Samuel Ford, of Morris Town, Morris county, and his wife Grace, convey to James Anderson, of New- ton township, Sussex county, attorney at law, several tracts of land in Pequanack township, Morris county, about a mile and a half above John Johnson's iron works .- East Jersey Deeds, D 3, page 42. He seems to have returned to Somerset county soon after this, for on September 24, 1766, administration was granted on the estate of James Anderson, of Somerset county, to John Anderson and Kenneth Anderson, father and brother of the deceased .- East Jersey Wills, Liber I., page 5; N. J. Archives. XXV., 261. He was a son of Capt. John Anderson, of Free- hold, and Anna (Reid) Anderson. He was bap. July 6, 1740; d. Sept. 15, 1766, in his 27th year, and was buried in the Tennent Presbyterian church.
ANTILL FAMILY.
In 1899 the writer published a paper on "Edward Antill, a New York Merchant of the Seventeenth Century, and his Descendants," in Pro- ceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society, and also in a separate pamphlet. Since then he has received from Robert Henry Antill, Jar- visfield, Picton, New South Wales, Australia, the additional informa- tion that Edward Antill, 1st, was born in Richmond, Surrey, England, March 20, 1659, and bap. April 4, 1659, son of John Antill, of that place. Edward Antill, 1st, acquired large tracts of land at PIscataqua, near New Brunswick, Middlesex county, New Jersey, whereon his son, Ed- ward Antill, 2d, settled, whose second wife was Anne Morris, dau. of Gov. Lewis Morris, of New Jersey; he d. Aug. 16, 1770. A full account of him is given in the pamphlet referred to. The sketch given by the writer of Major John Antill, fourth child of Edward Antill, 2d, and of his descendants, is very fully and interestingly supplemented by his Australian offshoot.
John Edward3 Edward2 John1 Antill, b. 1744; m. 1st, Margaret Col- den, dau. of Alexander Colden, of Coldenham, Dutchess county, N. Y .: 2d, Jane, dau. of same. He was Major of the Second Battalion, New Jersey Volunteers (Loyalists); d. in Canada in 1816. Issue:
Fifth Generation.
By his first wife (Margaret) :
i. John Collins5; Major 76th Regiment of Foot; d. in Cey- lon, without issue
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2. ii. Henry Colden5, b. 1779; left America at an early age, and served in the army in India, receiving a medal for courage shown at the Battle of Seringapatun. He returned to England, where he spent a few months, and then went to New South Wales, as aide-de-camp to Governor John Macquarie, of that Colony. He eventually settled there, married Eliza Wills, in 1818, and d. in 1852 on his estate at Jarvisfield (so called by him after Gov. Macquarie's estate in Scotland), Picton, N. S. W. Part of this estate is called Colden- ham.
fil. Eliza Hope5, m. Cadwallader Colden, a cousin. Children: 1. Thomas, a physician, d. s. p .; 2. Margaret, m. J --- Trimble, and had a number of children; many of her descendants live at Newburgh, N. Y.
By his second wife (Jane) :
iv. Edwards, d. s. p., in America. He was an invalid, suf- fering from epileptic fits.
V. Alexander Colden5, d. s. p., in America.
Sixth Generation.
2. Henry Colden5 John+ Edward3 Edward? John1 Antill and Eliza Wills had issue:
3. i. John Macquarie®, b. Liverpool, N. S. W .; named after his father's friend, Governor Macquarie; m. Jessie Hassall Campbell: d. June 4, 1900.
ii. Alice®, m. Henry Moggridge. Children: 1. John Antill, Major South Lancashire Regiment (82d); 2. M. Mogg- ridge, m. Lieut. Keppel Foote, R. N.
iii. Henry Colden6 m. and had issue.
iv. William Redfern®, m. and had issue.
V. Thomas Willse, m. and had issue.
vi. Edward Spencer6, m. and had issue.
vii. James Alexander®, m. and had issue.
viii. Selina E., m. Capt. R. F. Pockley, and had issue.
Seventh Generation.
3. John Macquarie® Henry Colden5 John Edward3 Edward? John1 An- till and Jessie H. Campbell had issue:
i. Margaret Campbell7, m. N. Wade Brown, and has issue.
ii. Robert Henry7, b. 1849, unm. Resides on the estate, "Jarvisfield," acquired by his father, which he owns. So far as known he is the senior male descendant liv- ing of Edward Antill, 1st.
iii. Celia Farrington7.
iv. Selina Johnston7.
v. John Macquarie7, b. 1855; m. A. M. Wills Allen, and has issue. He fought in the British army in the war with the Boers, greatly distinguishing himself, winning seven medals, and on the recommendation of Lord Roberts was made a Companion of the Bath, and was enrolled in Burke's Peerage, being the only man with the low rank of Captain who up to that time had obtained such a distinction. He went to South Africa as an Australian soldier, and returned at the conclu- sion of the war. He is now Major John Macquarie Antill, C. B., and upholds the honor of the family of Edward Antill, 1st.
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vi. Edward Augustus7, m. I. M. Christian, and has issue. He also served in the Boer War, as Captain of the Royal Australian Artillery, which he commanded. (Three other Antills, first cousins, and two others and a brother-in-law-Pockley, Macpherson and Colonel Lansetter-served in the same war, indicating that the fighting instinct of the three sons of Edward An- till, 2d, persists even to the seventh generation.)
vii. Guy Forrest7.
viii. Elizabeth Ann7, m. Col. H. B. Lansetter, C. B., and has issue.
At the auction sale of the genealogical library of the late Dr. Samuel S. Purple, at Boston, in February, 1909, the writer purchased a family Bible published at Charlestown, Mass., in 1803. On the reverse of the last page of the Old Testament is a neatly-printed card, with the printed words: "This Bible is the property of," followed by this in- scription in manuscript: "Alice Antill the Gift of her Grandmother Elizabeth Colden." This entry, and all the other entries except the last, hereinafter given, are in the chirography apparently of Alice, daughter of Dr. Lewis Antill. Most of them were evidently copied from another Bible. The family record is at the end of the book of Revelation. From it the following entries are gleaned:
Cadwallader Colden, eldest son of Lieutenant-Governor Colden, b. June 6, 1724; m. Elizabeth Ellison in May, 1744; he d. Feb. 18, 1797; she was b. November 16, 1726; d. July 10, 1815.
Dr. Lewis' Edward Edward2 John1 Antill, b. Dec. 10, 1746 (this date of birth is taken from a note by Dr. Purple); m. in 1771, Alice, dau. of Cadwallader and Elizabeth Colden; she was b. Feb. 22, 1745; ("he died at sea" -- marginal note, date not given); she d. Feb. 22, 1776. about five weeks after giving birth to a daughter. Writing to a friend in Scotland, in 1796, giving a detailed account of the Colden family, Cad- wallader Colden 2d says of this match: "Our eldest daughter, Alice, married young, not much to our satisfaction. Both she and her hus- band, Dr. Antill, died soon after the commencement of the American war, leaving nothing behind them but two dear little infants, both girls, whom we took to our own bosom (one of them was but six weeks old), and they knew no other father or mother. One of them is married to a clergyman and has made us great grand parents. Her sister is a fine handsome girl of about twenty years of age."-Eager's Hist. Orange County, Newburgh, 1846-7, p. 247. Issue:
i. Edward, b. January 1, 1772; died in infancy.
ii. Elizabeth Colden, b. May 9, 1774; m. Rev. Frederick Van Horne, May 27, 1793; d. June 3, 1835; he d. May 31, 1835, only three days before her. (This marriage is announced in the New York Magazine, June, 1793, as having taken place at Coldenham, N. Y.) "Mr. Van Horne, a candidate for the ministry, was, on the recommendation of Bishop Moore, called to the ministry of St. Andrew's church, in the village of Wallkill. Ulster county, N. Y., which at the time was, or was about to be, vacant. He accepted the call, and on the receipt of holy orders, entered upon the duties of the Rectorship, Dec. 10, 1793." (The List of Deacons of the P. F. Church, published in 1875, states that Mr. Van Horne was ordained a Deacon by Bishop Provoost, in 1794.) "He continued Rector
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of the parish until 1805, when he removed to Balls- ton."-Eager's Hist. Orange County, Newburgh, 1846-7, p. 317. He was inducted into Christ's Church at Balltown, and into St. Paul's Church at Charlton, August 8-9, 1805, both churches in Saratoga county, N. Y. He retired from the active ministry a few ycars later, and took up his residence at Coldenham. He d. at Poughkeepsie, May 31, 1835, after a short illness, in his 64th year.
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Alice, b. January 17, 1776; m. William Davies, April 18, 1818. He was b. March 21, 1763, at New Milford, Conn., the only son of the Rev. Thomas Davies (rec- tor of the Episcopal church at New Milford, at the time) and Mary Hervey, his wife. At an early age William removed to Amenia, Dutchess county, New York, where he was engaged in mercantile business many years. He there m. 1st, Polly Leach, Jan. 23, 1787; she d. July 23, 1814. He removed about this time or earlier to Poughkeepsie, in the same county, where he lived for sixty years. He m. 2d, Mrs. Maria Foote, of Foughkeepsie, Dec. 31, 1814; she d. Nov. 18, 1815. He m. 3d, Alice Antill, as above stated. She d. June 25, 1870, without issue. He d. Feb. 7, 1857. By his first wife, Polly Leach, he had issue: 1. Thomas Leach; 2. William Augustus, b. at Pough- keepsie, May 10, 1808; 3. Charlotte Davies. Both sons, and perhaps the daughter, survived him. Wil- liam Augustus m. 1st, Sarah, dau. of Hubert Van Wagoner, June 15, 1842; she d. s. p. He m. 2d, Frances, dau. of Joseph Barrett, June 4, 1861, by whom he had one son, Augustus, b. August 15, 1867, and living in 1909 at Poughkeepsie, an architect by profession.
There is another entry, in a different hand:
"Augustus Davies was born Aug. 15/67-son of William A. & Frances Davies."
The following additional notes are gleaned from the records and files of the Supreme Court, at Trenton:
John Bell, of the city of New York, house carpenter, brought suit in the Supreme Court of New Jersey, against William Antill, of the city of New Brunswick, merchant, on a bond, dated Perth Amboy, October 23, 1740, conditioned for the payment of £106.8.8, current money of New York.
A summons was issued March 20, 1741, at the suit of Mary Bickley, on a note made by William Antill at Burlington, September 23, 1740. for £14.19.11, Joseph Ross being her attorney. An inquisition was taken at the order of Thomas Hunloke, High Sheriff of Burlington, at the Sign of the Angell, Bridge Town (Mount Holly), October 2, 1742. when the Sheriff and a jury of twelve men awarded her £16.11.6 dam- ages, and sixpence for costs and charges. She brought suit, also, November 2, 1742, against Edward Antill, for £28.3.1, proclamation money. The summons was returned "non est inventus," by the Sheriff of Middlesex, to whom it had been issued. On November 8, a ca. sa. was issued to the Sheriff of Somerset, "it being on the part of said Mary sufficiently testified that the said William lyes hid and skulketh in the old country."
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James Alexander wrote to Edward Antill, January 12, 1743-4, re- ferring to matters proposed between Mrs. Gordon and the representa- tive of Antill's father and mother, and encloses two copies of a docu- ment in pursuance thercof, each to be executed by Antill and his brother, "and then one sent to Mrs. Callender to be executed by her at Boston and returned to you, and the other to be executed by your sister Gallop and her husband and her daughter."-Alexander Papers, N. J. Hist. Society.
COLONEL JACOB ARNOLD.
Col. Jacob Arnold was a son of Samuel Arnold, who came from Con- necticut in 1730, and settled in Washington Valley, three miles north- west of Morristown, where he bought 300 acres of lands of William and Richard Penn. He m. Phebe Ford, Oct. 16, 1748. His son Jacob was born Dec. 14, 1749; he m. 1st, Elizabeth Tuthill, of Morris county, Oct. 1, 1770; she d. May 9, 1803; he m. 2d, Sarah H. Nixon, Dec. 26, 1807; she was b. Oct. 1, 1783; d. July 29, 1846. He d. March 1, 1827. He was associated in partnership with Thomas Kinney, at one time Sheriff of Morris county, a large land owner, and landlord of a tavern on the north side of the public Green in Morristown. Arnold, Kenney & Co. advertised in the New Jersey Gazette, on Feb. 10, 1779, that they had opened a store "next door to Col. Remsen's, in Morris-Town," for the sale of all sorts of merchandise, from broadcloth to frying-pans, "for cash or country produce, and by wholesale and retail." In the New Jersey Journal (Chatham), June 8, 1779. the partnership is advertised as dissolved and creditors and debtors are requested to settle .- N. J. Archives, 2d Series, 3: 59, 414. Arnold was captain of a troop of Light Horse at the beginning of the Revolution, and likewise succeeded Kinney in the proprietorship of the tavern mentioned, which for many years was known in local history as Arnold's tavern. A horse was advertised as "strayed or stolen from the house of Capt. Jacob Arnold in Morristown, August 9, 1778." The confiscated estates of Morris county tories were to be sold at his house March 30, 1779. In the same month he advertised to be let for one year "that valuable farm where- on the subscriber lately lived, lying on the road between Mendom and Morris-Town, three miles from the said town," having two dwelling houses and barn and two orchards on the premises .- Ibid., 2: 360; 3: 92, 133. It was in that building that Washington had his headquarters during the winter of 1776-7, after the battles of Trenton and Prince- ton. In 1886 it was about to be demolished, to make way for a modern building, but was bought by Mrs. Julia Keese Colles, who thought it a pity to sacrifice such a relic of the Revolution, and she had it removed to the Colles estate, on Mt. Kemble avenue, where it has been remodeled for All Souls Hospital. The rooms occupied by Washington are preserved intact. See "History of the Arnold Tavern, Morristown, N. J.," by Philip H. Hoffman, Morristown, 1903.
REV. THOMAS ARTHUR.
Thomas Arthur was graduated from Yale in 1743, and preached for a time at Stratfield, Conn. He was ordained and installed pastor at New Brunswick in 1746. He was one of the original Trustees of Princeton College. His sermon at the ordination of Thane, in August, 1750, was printed, and the trustees of the New York church requested for publication a copy of his sermon at the ordination of the Rev. Alexander Cumming as their pastor in October, 1750 .- Webster's Hist. Pres. Church, 504.
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WILLIAM AYNESLEY.
Very little is known of Chief Justice William Aynesley. William Smith, the historian of New York, who hesitated not to say what he Jersey had been mortified by the arrival of one Ainsley, who was raised to be chief justice from the low station of treasurer to a turn- pike in the North of Ireland"-which is improbable .- History of New York, 1830, Vol. II., 347. This statement, however, was made in a letter written from Perth Amboy, December 16, 1761, and published in the Pennsylvania Journal of January 7, 1762. The writer, after referring to Robert Hunter Morris the former Chief Justice, says: "What glori- ous Successors; the Treasurer of a Turnpike, and a Norgate Solicitor!" -N. J. Archives, XXIV., 2. He was said to have been recommended to the Earl of Halifax by Lord Ravensworth .- Ib., 348, note. His appoint- ment was ordered by the King in Council, Feb. 16, 1757 .- N. J. Archives, IX., 232; XVII., 136; N. J. Hist. Soe. Coll., V., 338-9. He seems to have been very deliberate about coming to America to enter upon his new duties, for it was not until the March Term, 1758, that he took his seat on the bench of the Supreme Court. He went on Circuit in April .- N. J. Arehires. IX., 214, 217, 232. By his order, notice was published in the New York Mercury of April 3, 1758, that the Circuit Courts would be held for Cumberland and Cape May Counties on Friday, April 21, 1758; in Salem, April 25, in Hunterdon on the first Tuesday of May, and for Gloucester on the third Tuesday in May, 1758 .- N. J. Archives, XX., 186. On May 22, 1758, the Governor signed a warrant "To William Aynsley Esqr Chief Justice of the Province of New Jersey for Holding of Four Courts of Over & Terminer and General Goal Delivery in the following Counties Viz: In the County of Cumberland on the 21st day of April Last In the County of Salem on the 25th day of the same Month In the County of Hunterdon on the 2d Instant And for the County of Gloucester on the 16th day of this Instant £40."-N. J. Archives, XVII., 172. His death at New Brunswick, on July 6, 1758, after so short a sojourn in New Jersey, was a shock to the community. Gov. Bernard wrote that his sudden demise "was occasioned by his drink- ing milk and water when he was Very hot on Wednesday last & he died the next day."-N. J. Archives, IX., 124. His widow, Mrs. Eliza- beth Aynsley, was appointed administratrix of his estate, July 11, 1758 .- E. J. Wills, F, 531. On August 12, 1758, the Governor signed a warrant: "To Mrs. Elizabeth Aynsley Widow of the Honble William Aynsley Esqr late Chief Justice of this Province deceased for Services done by the late Chief Justice, £70."-N. J. Archives, XVII., 199. A correspondent (perhaps the Rev. Robert Mckean), writing over the pseudonym "Philaretes," from New Brunswick, under date of July 10, 1758, to Mr. Bradford, the Philadelphia printer, gives the following handsome panegyric on the deceased Chief Justice, which was pub- lished in the Pennsylvania Journal of July 20, 1758, and is reproduced in N. J. Archives, XX., 230:
"Thursday last in the Afternoon died here, of a sudden Indisposi- tion, supposed to be occasioned by the Intense heat, the Honourable WILLIAM AYNESLEY, Esq; late Chief-Justice of this Province. His Lady had been arrived only a month from England, when they were thus fatally Parted.
"An Eulogium of him to those that had the happiness of his Ac- quaintance, would be impertinent-His virtues were too conspicu- ous to escape the Notice of the slightest Observer-But a Char- acter so well supported in the important Post he filled, and in every
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branch of social Life, certainly claim a public Tribute-His ready discernments of the Merits of a cause, the wise Regulations he was about to introduce in the Courts, over which he presided, his earnest- ness in Expediting, and his Justice in determining Suits, all which he shewed even in his short Administration, were too sufficient Testi- monies of his Knowledge in the Law, and his capacity for Executing the high Trust committed in him .-
"As a Man, he appeared to be a perfect lover of the human Race; Friendly, Affable, and good Natured; a Temper universally Serene, and Unruffled, and a certain Complacency ever dwelling on his Counte- nance, shewed a Mind of ease, at the same Time that it secured the Affection of every Beholder .-- In his Family, he was loved, re- spected, and happy: Proofs of his amiable Conduct there .-- In short his good sense and agreeable Conversation was such as rendered him the delight of all his Acquaintance .- For he was not only Loved, but Esteemed .-
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