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i. Eliza, b. July 17, 1746; d. Sept. 10, 1747.
ii. Ebenezer, b. Feb. 20. 1747; d. July 12, 1750.
iii. William Peartree, b. Feb. 20, 1748; d. Aug. 14, 1748.
iv. Catharine, b. Dec. 16, 1749; m. Oct. 14, 1778, Elisha Boudi- not, of Newark; d. Aug. 30, 1797.
v. Mary, b. June 26, 1751; d. Aug. 18, 1751.
vi. William Peartree, b. July 25, 1752; d. Aug. 12, 1752.
vii. William Peartree, b. Sept. 23, 1755; d. July 17, 1756.
vlii. Belcher Peartree, b. Oct. 25, 1756; graduated at Princeton College, 1773; was taken prisoner at his father's house .. at Elizabethtown, by the British, Jan. 25, 1780; d. May 10, 1787.
1x. Ann Frances, b. May 10, 1758; d. March 10, 1759.
x. William Pitt, b. June 7, 1760; professor of Materia Medica in Columbia College, in 1792; m. Mary Holliday, June, 1781; d. Jan. - , 1796; she d. Nov. 26, 1805 .- N. Y. Gen.
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and Biog. Record. 9: 32. In the Centinel of Freedom, New-
ark, October 11. 1814, is this announcement: "In the late gale on Lake Ontario, Mr. William P. Smith, for- merly of this town, master's mate of the Schooner 'Con- quest,' was instantly precipitated to a watery grave, in the 24th year of his age." Was this a son of the above named Prof. William Pitt Smith?
3. William, b. January 3, 1730-31. After his father's death he min- istered to his mother's wants until her death. Studying medicine, he settled in New York, where he practised a few years, or until 1769, when he purchased a residence in Trenton, whither he doubtless re- moved about that time. By deed dated Oct. 28, 1769, Robert Lettis Hooper, of Kingsbury, Nottingham township, Burlington county, Esqr., conveyed to William Bryant, junr., of the city of New York, Doctor of Physick, for the consideration of £2,800, a plantation in Kingsbury: Beginning at a white oak tree on the south side of Assunpink creek, and from thence running south twenty-five degrees thirty minutes east twenty-nine chains and twenty-eight links to Dr. Cadwallader's corner in the line of said Robert Lettis Hooper's land, called the Ferry tract or Ruth Beaks's: thence along the same south seventy-five de- grees west forty-eight chains and fifty-five links to the centre or middle of Broad street; thence along the same north thirty-four de- grees and thirty minutes west two chains and sixty-eight links to the centre of the street that leads to the ferry; thence along the same south forty-nine degrees and fitty minutes west nine chains and eighty-one links to a stake in the centre of said street; thence north twenty-one degrees and fifteen minutes west two chains and fifty- eight links to a post; thnce south seventy-four degrees west thirteen chains and sixty-nine links, etc., etc .- N. J. Deeds, Liber AE, f. 291. By deed dated Feb. 5, 1771, Philip Kearny, of Perth Amboy, at- torney at law, quitclaimed to William Bryant, junior, all his right, title, claim, etc., to the lands and premises just described. Wit- nesses-Anthony White, Fras. Kearney,-N. J. Deeds, Liber AE, f. 295. (Dr. Bryant subsequently -- Oct. 28, 1778-conveyed said prem- ises to John Cox, of Burlington county, Esqr., his wife Mary joining in the deed .- N. J. Deeds, Liber AN, f. 457.) Samuel Tucker, of Hun- terdon county, and Elizabeth his wife, conveyed to William Bryant, of Kingsbury, esquire, May 4, 1773, for the consideration of £219, 1sh. 3d., a tract of 1753 acres in Nottingham township, "beginning at a black oak corner of land surveyed to Thomas Lambert in a line of lands of John Watson," adjoining Abraham Lobb's land, etc .- N. J. Deeds, Liber AF, f. 6. In Trenton he speedily acquired a reputation as a successful physician. He appears to have been recognized as a man of scholarly tastes, being elected a member of the American Philosoph- ical Society, January 21, 1774; and read a paper before that society, an "Account of an Electrical Eel or Torpedo from Surinam," which is published in the Transactions of the Society, Vol. II. 166 (Old Series). In September, 1778, he presented Peter du Simitiere with copies of the almanacs compiled by Daniel Leeds, and printed at New York by Will- iam Bradford, for the years 1694, 1695, 1696, 1697, 1698 and part of 1700. -Memorial Hlist. of N. Y., I., 592. What would not a modern collector be willing to give for those priceless bits of seventeenth century printing, now carefully preserved by the Library Company of Philadelphia! His residence was at Kingsbury-a suburb of Trenton, south of the Assun- pink creek-and at the time of the battle of Trenton he was tempo- rarily occupying a house on the Bloomsbury Farm, on the present South Broad street, south of that creek. On Dec. 23, 1776, he informed
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Col. Rall, commander of the Hessian regiment, that "he had just heard from a negro who had crossed the river (Delaware) that the rebels had drawn rations for several days, and were about to attack Trenton," but Rall regarded the information as "old women's talk."-Stryk r's Battles of Trenton and Princeton, 91, 110. Notwithstanding this apparent friendliness with the Hessian commander. Dr. Bryant continued to reside in Trenton, undisturbed by his neighbors, and from time to time rendered medical service to the American soldiers. Either on account of ill health, or because he wished to be relieved from the excessive burdens of his practice and enjoy a life of more leisure, he took Dr. Nicholas Belleville (b. in Metz, France, 1753) into partnership before he had himself rounded out half a century. On Oct. 7, 1780. the Legislature appropriated £4 1s. 3d. to Drs. Bryant and Belleville, "for medical attendance on Enoch Anderson, taken sick in the service, June, 1780."-Assembly Minutes. In a deed dated Oct. 24, 1780, from Dr. Wil- liam Bryant, of Trenton, Hunterdon county, to Rachel Stille, of the same place, it is recited that William Plaskett, of Trenton, deceased, was seized of several houses and lots of land in and about Trenton, and by his will, dated May 14, 1748, bequeathed to his son, William Plaskett, a certain house and lot in Trenton; said William Plaskett and wife Elizabeth conveyed the same, July 9, 1779, to Joseph Clunn, who on April 4. 1750. conveyed the same to William Bryant, and he, for £200. conveys it to Rachel Stille; said "house and lot are situated on the east side of Kings street in Trenton, beginning at the corner of the (St. Michael's) church lot, thence along said street northwest to a stone for a corner thirteen feet south from the corner of a brick build- ing belonging to John Flasket; thence square off from the street east- ward to the line of land late Enoch Anderson's; thence along said Anderson's line southward to the church lot aforesaid; thence along the church lot to the street and place of beginning, being one-eighth of an acre more or less. Witnesses-Isaac De Cow, Elizabeth Hooten. Instead of joining in the deed, Mary Bryant, his wife, executed a separate release, Feb. S, 1781, "of all my Right and Title of Dower of and in a certain house and lot near the Church sold by my hus- band William Bryant to Rachel Stille." Witnesses-Elizabeth Hooten, Mary Hooten, Isaac De Cow .- N. J. Deeds, Liber AT, f. 198. This separate instrument, executed more than three months after the deed of her husband, hints at a domestic disagreement, if not a separation. Three days after the date of the above deed, or on Oct. 27, 1780. Wil- liam Bryant, Esqr., of Trenton, practitioner of Physick, bought another tract of land in Trenton, from James Cummins, of Trenton, yeoman, and Margaret his wife, for the consideration of £336 in gold and silver, at the rate of 35 shillings to an English guinea, and 7sh. 6d. the Spanish dollar. The deed recites that Ralph Hunt, of Hopewell, and Elizabeth his wife, executors of the will of Mary Snow, for £100 sold a tract of one-eighth of an acre by deed dated Nov. 8, 1749, to James Cummins, of Trenton, peruke maker; said James Cumins by his will dated Feb. 27, 1769, bequeathed all his estate to his wife Jane for life, with remainder to be equally divided among James, William, Samuel and Joseph Cumins, sons of William Cumins, of Nottingham, Chester county, Pa .; it further recites that Jane Cumins, wife of testator, is deceased; also William, Samuel and Joseph, sons of William Cumins, without issue, whereby James Cumins became vested in the tract in question, which begins: at the corner of David Pinkerton's lot (late Joseph Paxton's), on the east side of King street, and from thence runs along the east side of said street north and by east two rods to
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George Ely's land (formerly the widow Pidgeons) and thence runs along said Ely's land east by south ten rods, and from thence south two rods to said Pinkerton's corner, and thence along said Pinkerton's line west and by north ten rods to the place of beginning, containing one-eighth of an acre .- N. J. Deeds, Liber AL, f. 336. Being still of Trenton he purchased of Lambert Cadwalader, of that place, for £70, a tract of five acres in Trenton: beginning at a corner of Abraham Hunt's lot, on the north side of a two-rod road and running from thence along said Hunt and in a line with his meadow fence north- west thirty-two degrees seven chains and eighty-seven links to Maidenhead road; then along same southwest fifty-two degrees seven chains fourteen links to a post on the south side of Maidenhead road, thence from said road in a line with the fence on the west of the Rev. Mr. Spencer's meadow southeast thirty-two degrees seven chains and twenty links to the above mentioned two-rod road; and thence to the place of beginning, containing five acres one quarter and four perclı, strict measure .-- N. J. Decds, Liber AL, f. 342. His final purchase of land, as far as the records show, was by deed dated Dec. 17, 1783, from John Dixon, of Trenton, and Mary his wife, to Dr. William Bryant of the same place, for the consideration of £1,100, for a certain house and lot in Trenton on the east side of King's street: beginning at a corner of a lot of land late Benjamin Robeson's now Dr. Bryant's, on the east side of King street, and thence runs along said Robeson's line east and by south 165 ft. to William Morris's line, now Benjamin Smith's; thence along said Morris's line south 60 ft. to the corner of land which said Morris bought of Joseph Green to lay out an alley from one street to another; thence along the line of said land west and north to King street; and from thence along said street north and east 60 feet to the beginning, containing one quarter of an acre .- N. J. Decds, Liber AN, f. 4. Dr. Bryant's will, without date, was proved June 2, 1786. In it he describes himself as of Trenton, "practitioner of Physic." He gives to his wife Mary the house where he lives and £900 of a bond for £1650 owing by the Hon. John Cox, Esqr., and other property, including "all my negro slaves except the boy William and the girl Peggy upon the express condition that none of them shall be sent off or sold in the West Indies contrary to their own will and consent;" to natural son, William Bryant, by Charity Murrow. £600, when 21, etc .; to sister. Rebecca Deane, £150. and the interest on £600 to be invested for her, during her life; to nephew Belcher P. Smith, "my gold watch and cases," etc .; to nephew William Pitt Smith, £100; his books to the foregoing two nephews; to William B. Duffield, eldest son of Dr. Samuel Duffield, of Philadelphia, £50; to nephew William Deane, second son of sister Rebecca Deane, £100 and one-half the value "of my house at my wife's death;" to Mary Deane, dau. of sister Rebecca Deane, £50 and half the £600 left to her mother, at the latter's death. He also gives to the children of Samuel and Mary Duffield, of Philadelphia; of Benjamin and Elizabeth Woodruff, of Westfield, N. J .; of Elisha and Catharine Boudinot, "now of Hanover;" and of William Pitt Smith, "now of Albany," the property left to his natural son, in case of his death. Executors-"my friend and brother- in-law," William P. Smith, and nephew Belcher P. Smith. Witnesses -John Singer, William Plasket, John Dixon .- N. J. Wills, Lib. 28, p. 232. 4. Joshua Bryant, b. February 7, 1732-3. was also a physician. He seems to have practiced in the West Indies, possibly having settled there on account of his health, and apparently had his residence in the Caronago, near the town of St. Georges, in the Island of Grenada. Apparently realizing that his end was near, he returned to New Jersey,
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probably taking up his abode with his sister, Mrs. Rebecca Deane, who was now a widow, residing in Elizabeth, and there he made his will, February 18, 1774, in which he describes himself as "Dr. Joshua Bryant now of Elizabethtown, Essex County, late of the Island of Grenada, West Indies, Doctor of Physic," and as being "weak in body." The will was proved just one week later, and on the same day letters of administration with will annexed · were granted to Mrs. Deane, her bondsman being William Peartree Smith. In this instrument he de- vises to his sister, Mrs. Rebecca Deane, of Elizabethtown, widow, all his estate, except what is hereafter excepted. to bring up her three children, "the rest of my relations being in good circumstances." He refers particularly to his house and lot in the Caronago, near the town of St. Georges, Island of Grenada; he leaves £100 to Penelope Parkin- son, alias Wilson, his housekeeper in Grenada; he refers to his brother. Dr. Willliam Bryant, of Kingsbury, near Trenton, and to his brother, Ebenezer Bryant, deceased, and provides that his brother-in-law, William Peartree Smith, the executor of Ebenezer's estate, shall be paid for any loss incurred in settling said estate. He states that "Mr. John Wharton, my old partner, owes me £100, which is to be collected by my executors. Philip Obin owes me £130. He used to sail from the Island." He refers to his friend, Dr. Samuel Duffield, of Philadel- phia. Executors- "my friends, Mr. James Cox and Mr. George Fitz- gerald, Merchant, at St. George, Island of Grenada." Witnesses- Elias Boudinot. Wiliiam Livingston, Belcher P. Smith .- N. J. Wills, Lib. K, p. 490.
BRYANT, BRAIANT, BRIANT, BRIAN, etc.
Aaron Bryan and wife narrowly escaped drowning, in December, 1765, by the upsetting of a shallop, on the way from Philadelphia to Mount Holly .- N. J. Archives. XXIV., 679.
Aaron Bryant, of Northampton township, Burlington county, was one of the borrowers from the New Jersey Loan Commissioners, Dec. 5, 1786.
Abraham Bryan, of Burlington county, advertises a runaway ser- vant man, June 14, 1739 .- N. J. Archives, XI., 570.
Alexander Bryant lived about fourteen miles from Reading Town (Hunterdon county ?), in 1766 .- N. J. Archives, XXV .. 192.
Anthony Braiant was witness to an Indian deed, July 20, 1666, for lands on the south side of the Delaware river, over against New Castle, and on West creek. Salem county .- N. J. Archires, XXI., 4. An Indian deed, October 4, 1665, conveys to Fop Jansen Outhout the Hoppemanse tract between two creeks, over against Anthony Breyant .- N. J. Ar- chives. XXI., 7. Anthony Bryant was witness to an Indian deed. Feb. 8, 1673-4, at Finns' creek, Salem county .- N. J. Archives, I., 111, 528-9. 538.
Cornelius Bryan, living on Raccoon Creek, in Greenwich township, Gloucester county, advertises a runaway Irish servant man, June 20. 1765 .- N. J. Archives, XXIV., 558.
Isaac Bryant is mentioned as a landowner in Monmouth county. ad- joining Gawen Lawrie's 1,000 acres, June 20, 1699 .- N. J. Archives, XXI., 309.
Jacob Brian was a landowner in Mt. Holly, in 1761 .- N. J. Archives. XX., 530. He advertised two plantations at Upper Freehold, and a tiact of woodland on South River, Middlesex county, in 1763 .- Ib., XXIV., 134.
Thomas Bryant bought 200 acres, apparently in Burlington county, Nov. 10, 1688 .- N. J. Archives, XXI., 471. He had a survey made for
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him for 300 acres along Ancokus creek, Salem county, 4th mo. 1689 .- Ib., XXI., 366. He is mentioned as a landowner in the same county in 1692 .- Ib., 389. He acquired 400 acres of land on Rancokus creek, by deed May 10, 1694; in the deed he is described as a planter, of North- ampton, Burlington county. This deed is from Thomas Raper, of Burlington, Smith, and Abigail his wife, and includes 300 acres being part of one-thirtieth part of a property given said Abigail by her father, William Perkins, by deed dated Oct. 27, 1677, recorded Aug. 11, 1682, near and adjoining Rancokus or Northampton river .- Ib., 470. By deed dated 5 mo. (July) 3, 1589, he bought from Samuel Jenings, cf Greenhill, Burlington county, yeoman, for £10, a tract of 100 acres to be taken up in West Jersey, as part of the property of said Jen- ings .- V. J. Deeds, Liber B, Part 2, f. 499.
Thomas Brian (Briant) was a witness before the Governor and Council, Feb. 24, 1713, in relation to certain surveys by Daniel Leeds .- N. J. Archives, XIII., 526. William Budd, of Northampton township, Burlington county, conveyed to Thomas Brian, of the same township, April i, 1698, for £40, a tract of 25 acres of meadow joining Restore Lippincott .- N. J. Deeds, Liber B. Part 2, f. 615.
Thomas Brian, of Northampton township, husbandman, conveyed to Thomas Hains 300 acres in the fork of Northampton river; the same day he received from Hains a tract of 200 acres in Springfield town- ship. By deed Feb. 5, 1697-8, he acquired 1-32 of a share in West Jer - sey .- N. J. Archives, XXI., 502. By deed April 1, 1698, Thomas Brian and William Budd, both of Northampton, Burlington county, yeomen, exchanged two small tracts (30 acres and 25 acres) in Burlington county .- Ib., 504. From a deed May 21, 1698, Thomas Bryan appears to have owned land (and probably resided) near Mt. Holly .- Ib., 507. He conveyed 150 acres by deed dated Feb. 7, 1697-8, being described as of Northampton township, husbandman .- Ib., 528. Thomas Bryant is mentioned in a deed of Jan. 13, 1699-1700 .- Ib., 529. Thomas Brian is one of the signers of a petition to Lord Cornbury, about 1707 .- N. J. Archives, III., 164. He was a member of the Assembly for the Western Division, in 1705 .- Smith's Hist. N. J., 284 n.
Valentine Bryant, of Hopewell, Hunterdon county, advertises a run away servant man, in 1761 .- N. J. Archives, XX., 550.
In 1722 Willlam Briant, of "Stone bruk," was assessed on three hun- dred acres of land.
REV. THOMAS BUDD.
Rev. Thomas Budd, rector of the parish of Martock, Somersetshire, England, became a minister among Friends about 1657. In 1661 he was called upon by the authorities to take the "oath of obedience" prescribed by the statute 1st James I., passed "for the better dis- covering of papist recusants." He declared that he was willing to affirm, but to take an oath was contrary to his religious principles. He was arrested, convicted, and receiving the sentence of praemu- nire, was sent to the ilchester jail. where he remained nine years. or until his death, June 22, 1670. In his last moments he "rejoiced and praised God that his children did walk in the way of the Lord."- Besse's Sufferings of the Quakers, 1: 580, 609. Issue:
2. i. Thomas", b. in England about 1640, probably.
3. ii. William, b. in England.
iii. John, b. in England. He was of Burlington, Feb. 8, 1692-3; d. in Philadelphia, in 1704, s. p.
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4. iv. James, b. in England.
V. Ann, m. -
Bingham.
vi. Susannah. m. Samuel Woolston. Child: John, bap. May 11, 1712. (Samuel Woolston and Elizabeth, his wife, had child Samuel ban. July 26, 1719.) Third Generation.
2. Thomas? Thomas1 Budd, b. in England, perhaps about 1640; m. in England, Susannah --: d. in Philadelphia, Feb. 15, 1697-8; she d. in Philadelphia, and was buried in that city Feb. 4, 1707-8 .- Penn. Mag. 10: 490. The records of Burlington Monthly Meeting of Friends fail to state when, if ever, Thomas Budd presented his letters and was admitted to the Meeting, but he is mentioned as a witness at several marriages. He certainly was one of the most prominent and influ- ential of the first settlers of Burlington, and for many years exercised a large influence in the Province. And yet information concerning his personal history and characteristics, his appearance and habits, is almost entirely lacking. In a paper read by Franklin W. Earl before the Surveyors' Association of West Jersey, August 13, 1867, it is stated that "Thomas Budd arrived at Burlington, N. J., in the year 1668, and after remaining in the country for a few years returned to London for his family, with which he came again to Burlington in 1678, and came also with him his brothers, William, John and James, with their families."-Proceedings West Jersey Surveyors' Association, 36-42. The statement that Budd arrived at Burlington in 1668 is evi- dently incorrect, careful and accurate as Mr. Earl usually is. There was no settlement at Burlington earlier than 1678, if then. Budd is first mentioned in the records as the grantee, by deed dated March 1-2, 1676-7, from William Penn, Gawen Laurie, Nicholas Lucas and Edward Billing, of one share or one ninetieth of the ninety equal and undivided parts of West Jersey .-- N. J. Archives, 21: 395-6. Having thus become one of the Proprietors of the Province, he signed with others the Concessions and Agreements for the government of \Vest Jersey, dated the same month .-- V. J. Archives, 1: 268; Leaming and Spicer, 410. The first mention of his coming to New Jersey is in a letter from John Crips, to his brother and sister, dated "Burlington, in New Jersey, upon the River Delaware, the 19th of the 4th Moneth. call'd June 1678." in which the writer says: "Thomas Budd, and his Family are arrived. The ship Lieth before this Town that brought them. I wish you have not cause to repent that you came not along with them. They had a very good Passage, and so had the London ship. They are both in the River at this time. I understand by Thomas Budd that he did satistio you as near as he could, of the Truth of things here, and you had as much reason to believe him, as that other person, and more too; for Thomas had far more Experi- ence of this Place, than he (I say) could have in the short time he was among us."-"An Abstract or Abbreriation of some Few of the Many (Later & Former) Testimonys from the Inhabitants of New-Jersey And other Eminent Persons Who hare Wrote particularly conecrning that Place London, Printed by Thomas Milbourn, in the year 1681." This is one of the rarest tracts relating to New Jersey; it is a small quarto, or 32 pp .; the extract given appears on page 15. Appended to the letter is this note: "To the Truth of the Contents of these things we sub- scribe our Names-Daniel Wills, Thomas Olive, Thomas Harding, Thomas Budd, William Peachy" In the same pamphlet appears a Jetter from Thomas Budd, dated Weymouth, 28th 6th Month (August), 1678, to "Gawen Lawry in George-Yard, in Lombard Street, Mer-
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chant, ' in which he says: "I am safely come from New Jersey, where I left Friends in Health. . I suppose 1 have Travelled more in New Jersey than any other Person that came lately, which I did at my own proper Charge, that I might be able to satisfie my Self, and Acquaintance concerning the Country. I intend to be shortly in London." He gives some account of the country, and states that "Many houses are being built on Chygoe's Island." From these letters it would appear that Budd had been some time in New Jersey and had returned to England, before the date of the letter of John Crips; that he returned to Burlington, with his family, arriving in June, 1678, and that two months later he was again in England. How long he remained absent from West Jersey this time it is impossible to tell, but on September 24, 1680, a survey was returned for him of 109 acres along the Salem town line and adjoining Edni. Stuart, and on October 9-10, 1680, we have a memorandum of a deed from Rudd to John Long, for half an acre in Burlington. A survey was returned March 30, 1681, for 50 acres along the town bounds (Burlington), ad- joining John Cripps, in exchange with Thomas Budd, of 450 acres along the town bounds, the "old head" line of Rankokus lots and the partition line between the two Tenths. He bought of John Kinsey, Dec. 22-23, 1681. one-third of a share in West Jersey, which he sold a week later. A survey was returned to him Feb. 15, 1681-2, for 500 acres, in exchange with Samuel Jenings. On Aug. 4, 1682, a return was made of a survey for Hance Monsiur, of 500 acres, bought of Thomas Budd and Thomas Gardner on public account. John Yeo and wife of Maryland sold to Thomas Budd 500 acres, being part of one- sixth of a share, and 66 acres in Burlington township, with his wharf lot. On Nov. 10, 3682, a return was made to Thomas Budd of Bur- lington, of 500 acres in Salem Tenth. Under date of 29th 9th mo. (November), 1682, Elianor Huffe. widow. by her attorney in fact, sold to Thomas Budd, of Burlington, merchant, 500 acres in Salem Tenth. There is a memorandum of a deed of trust, dated April 5, 1683, Ed- ward Searson, late of the White Leay, Derbyshire, England, now of Maryland, to Samuel Jenings, Thomas Budd and Elias Farre, the consideration having been paid by Thomas Ellis, of Burlington, de- ceased, on behalf of his daughter, for one sixty-fourth of the First Tenth. In a letter from James Nevill to Governor Penn, dated Salem, ye 23d 3d mo. (May), 1683, he gives a list of lands sold, etc., by John Fenwick since his conveyance made to John Eldridge and Edmond Warner, among them being one to Thomas Budd, 500 acres, on Salem creek. Henry Stacy deeded, 15th Sth mo. (October) 1683, to John Gosling, 100 acres in the Yorkshire Tenth, to be equally divided be- tween the grantee and Thomas Budd. Martin Hoult conveyed to Thomas Budd, 25th 10th mo. (Des. ) 16$3, a house and lot in Burling- ton. He bought from George Forter, with the appointment of his guardians and feoffees, 300 acres in the First Tenth, with wharf lot and town lot in Burlington. A survey was returned to him for 216 acres, in March (1st mo.) 1684. On April S, 1684, George Hutcheson sold him 100 acres at Lessa Point. Burlington, and the same day George Hutcheson and Thomas Gardner, commissioners for the rais- ing of money towards the discharge of the public debt, sold Budd 600 acres, to be surveyed in the six Lower Tenths. Nov. 20, 1686, Godfrey Hancock, senior, conveyed to Thomas Budd, of Burlington, merchant, 50 acres or one-eighth of a share in the First Tenth. His next specu- lation was of a peculiarly interesting character; under date of May 25, 1637, Percifal Towle, Francis Collins and twenty-two others, Pro-
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