NEW JERSEY COLONIAL RECORDS, East Jersey Records: Part 9 - Volume 21 Calendar of Records 1664-1703 Contributed to the USGenWeb Archives by David Tourison and Liz Johnson Copyright. All Rights Reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nj/njfiles.htm ********************************************************* NEW JERSEY COLONIAL RECORDS Volume 21 Archives of the State of New Jersey, First Series; Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey, Volume XXI; Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703; edited by William Nelson; Paterson NJ 1899. This volume was prepared and edited by authority of the State of New Jersey, at the request of the New Jersey Historical Society, and under the direction of the following Committee of the Society: William Nelson, Garret D. W. Vroom, William S. Stryker, Austin Scott, Francis B. Lee. East Jersey Records Liber No. 1 (1650-1678) Liber No. 2 [a Book of Warrants and Surveys, is in the Office of the East Jersey Proprietors, at Perth Amboy.] Liber No. 3 (1665-1682) Liber No. 4 (1679-1682) Liber A (1676-1698) Liber B (1680-1688 Liber C (1670-1703) Liber D (1672-1694) Liber E (1672-1698) Liber F (1680-1698) Liber G (1683-1702) West Jersey Records Liber A, Town Grants, New Salem (1679-1699) Liber A, or Revel's Book of Survey's (1680-1704) Liber B, Part I (1677-1694) Liber B, Part II (1687-1703) Fenwick's Surveys, 1676-1706 Salem Surveys, No. I (1676-1679) Salem Surveys, No. II (1678-1688) Salem Surveys, 1676 Salem No. 1 (1664-1699) Salem Deeds, Liber B (1672-1702) Salem Deeds, No. 2 (1678-1686) Salem Deeds, No. 3 (1680-1687) Salem Deeds, No. 4 (1683-1689) Salem Deeds, No. 5 (1686-1695) Salem Deeds, No. 6 (1685-1699) Salem Deeds, No. 7 (1698-1703) Nevill's Book of Deeds, Liber A (1684-1692) Greenwich Town Lots (1686-1703) Volume C--Gloucester Deeds, No. 1 (1650-1665) Volume C--Gloucester Deeds, No. 2 (1652-1664; 1684-1700) Liber C--Gloucester Deeds, No. 3 (1681-1703) ********************************************************* PAGE 245 East Jersey Deeds, Etc., Liber E. 1695-6 Jan. 29. Power of attorney. Robert GORDON of Abberdeen, cardmaker, to his son Daniel, as agent in East Jersey. 530 1688-9 Feb. 20. Deed. Henry LYON of Elizabeth Town to his son Thomas LYON of Newark, for a homelot of 5 1/2 acres, where Thomas now lives; 40 a. of upland in Stout Buck Plain; 65 a. as described in grantor's patent; 6 a. of meadow by the Bound Brook; 4 a. of meadow, bo't of John CATLEN. 531 1693 Oct. 25. Do. George KEITH of Philadelphia to John HAMTON of Monmouth Co., for 500 acres in said Co., W. and S. Jedadiah ALLEN, S. E. Burlington Path, N. E. Robert BARCLAY; 20 a. of meadow, called the South Meadow, surrounded by unsurveyed barrens. 531 1696 July 3. Do. John REID to John HAMTON, for a lot in Mon- mouth Co., betw. Clement PLUMSTEAD, Manasquan R., and grantee. 533 1696 July 8. Do. Daniel ROBINS, senior, late of Woodbridge, now of Freehold, to Elisha PARKER, senior, late of Staten Island, for the West half of the 130 acres lot in Woodbridge, patented to him, of which he has conveyed the East half to his son Daniel; the present lot is bounded W. by John CONGER, E. by Daniel ROBINS junior. 534 1696 June 23. Patent to Mary CHAMBERS of Shrewsberry, widow, for 60 acres there, betw. a branch of Shrewsberry R., Portapeck Neck, Lewis MATTOCK, Sarah REAP, John WILLIAMS, Isaac ? and Mary BARNES; 5 a. of meadow on Goose Neck, N. E. John WORTHLIE, S. E. Abiah EDWARDS, S. W. a ditch to the river, N. W. South or Shrewsberry R. 536 1696 July 16. Deed. John STOUT of Midleton and wife Elizabeth to Richard ROBINS of Woodbridge, for 300 acres in the Croswicks Purchase, Monmouth Co., S. W. Philipp SMITH, S. E. the pines, N. E. Benjamin BURDEN, N. W. unsurveyed land, excepting 150 a. at the N. N. W. end. 538 1689-90 March 13. Do. William WHITE of Elizabeth Toune to Rev. John HARRIMAN of the same place, for the homelot there, 16 acres, former- ly belonging to grantor's father, E. John LITTLE, N. Aaron THOMPSON, W. Thomas LEE, S. James HINDES. 540 1694 Oct. 29. Pennsylvania. Letter. John RADLEY to John HARRIMAN: his wife and brother Cartar will pay money due and receive the deed. 541 1694 Nov. 19. Acknowledgement of Andrew WHITE, that the within deed (probably WHITE to HARRIMAN, supra. p. 540) is binding on him. 542 1696 July 15. Deed. John HARRIMAN to Elizabeth RADLEY of Eliza- beth Town for the 16 acres mentioned on p. 540. 542 1692 Nov. 15. Indenture of service. James, son of William FROST of PAGE 246 New Jersey Colonial Documents. Amboy Perth, carpenter, to James WALKER of Woodbridge,weaver, as ap- prentice for 13 years. 543 1692 Jan. 20. Patent to Francis LINDSLEY of Newark, for the follow- ing tracts there, vizt: 1, a homelot of 6 acres, N. a road, E. Robert DAGLISH, S. Joseph WALTERS and Richard FLETCHER, W. John CATLEN; 2, 4 a. in the Neck, E. John WAARD, turner, W. Richard HARRISON, N. Lieut. John WAARD, S. a road; 3, 4 a. in the Neck, N. Obadiah BRUIN, E. and S. roads, W. Ephraim PENNINGTON; 4, 8 a. at the bottom of the Neck, on all sides roads; 5, 20 a. on the hill, W. Abraham PEIRSON, S. Thomas LUDDINGTON and John TREAT, E. a road, N. unsurveyed land; 6, 50 a. on a small hill, in form of an L, N. a road, S. Mathew CAMFIELD and Samuel POTTER, E. said CAMFIELD and a waterhole, W. unsurveyed, 7, 40 a. on the branch of Elizabeth R., S. W. Samuel POTTER, on all other sides unsur- veyed; 8, a tract on the W. side of the swamp, N. Stonehouse Brook and unsurveyed land, E. the swamp, S. Zachariah BUWEL (BURREL ?) and a road, W. John TREAT; 9, a lot at the Woolfe Pitt Swamp, surrounded by unap- propriated land; 10, a lot on the Westside of Elizabeth R., S. William MOORE, on all other sides unsurveyed; 11, 4 a. of the great meadow, E. the Bay, W. a little neck of upland, S. Ephraim BUWELL, N. Robert LYMON; 12, 4 1/2 a. on the Bound Creek, W. Samuel HARRISON, N. said creek, N. and E. unsurveyed meadow; 13, 6 1/2 a. of boggy cranberry meadow, N. Samuel PLUM, W. the Parson's land, S. a boggy meadow, E. Zachariah and Eph- raim BUWELL; in all 287 acres. 544 EAST JERSEY DEEDS, etc., Liber F. 1696 April 4. Deed. Daniel ROBBINS, of Woodbridge, to his son Daniel, for the East half of his 120 acre lot (supra, Liber E 534) at Raha- way, Woodbridge; also 8 a. of Rahaway meadow. 1 1695 Oct. 3. Do. John CONGER, of Woodbridge, to Daniel ROBBINS jur. of the same place, for 3 acres of Rahaway meadows, E. and W. John CODDINGTON, S. Daniel STILLWEL, N. the first creek. 3 1695-6 Jan. 16. Do. Mathew, son and heir of Mathew BUNN of Woodbridge, dec'd, mariner, to Aurthur SIMSON of Perth Amboy, for 60 a., E. Robert ROGERS, formerly Samuel MOORE, W. brother Nathaniel BUNN, S. Rariton River, being one half of the 120 acres, patented to his father December 30, 1670; 12 1/2 a. of Rariton meadow, N. Samuel MOORE, S. John SMITH, E. Thomas AUGUR, being half of the 25 a. patented to his father as above, the other half being owned by his bro. Nathaniel. 4 1695-6 Jan. 4. Do. John REID of Hortencie, Freehold, to Archibald JANES of Freehold, for a lot there at M'hawaukaneck or Hochowayj, near Wichatunck, Monmouth Co., being two small lots, betw. William PENN, David MUDIE, Thomas BOEL and Dr. COXE, as per deeds from John BARCLAY of July 29, 1693, and from Robert WHARTON and George WILLOKS of Nov. 25 last. 6 PAGE 247 East Jersey Deeds, Etc., Liber F. 1695 Dec. 3. Deed. Richard ASHFIELD of N. Y., merchant, and wife Mary to William CLERK of Freehold, for 486 acres in Wickatunck, Mon- mouth Co., W. Peter SUNMANS, E. Walter BENTHALL, N. the road, S. un- appropriated land, being lot No. 15, patented to Thomas HART, one of the Proprietors, June 25, 1687, who conveyed it to present grantor April 25, 1692; also 32 a. in the same Township, W. Walter BENTHALL, E. Elizabeth GIBSON. 8 1696 Aug. 8. Letters of administration on the estate of William RICHESON of Elizabethtowne dec'd intestate, granted to his widow Sarah. 10 1696 July 20. Do. on the estate of Samuel WILLIS of Elizabethtowne, bellies maker, dec'd intestate, granted to his widow Marie. 11 1696 June 23. Patent to John REID of Hortencie, for the following lots: 1, a lot on Assandpinck River, Middlesex Co., adjoining grantee on the West; 2, a piece of meadow betw. Thomas GORDON and Cornelius LONGFIELD on South R., and Robert BARCLAY, in Monmouth Co.; 3, a lot on Manasquam River, betw. Clement PLUMSTEAD and John HAMPTON; 4, a lot, N. SPOTSWOOD's brook, S. W. his middle brook, S. E. Gawen LAWRIE, W. John CAMPBELL; 5, a tract, betw. grantee and James MILLER at Manalapan and Manalapan River; 6, the meadow on said river and Clear Brook, in all 300 acres. 12 1696 July 24. Deed. Isaac KINGSLAND of New Barbados, Essex Co., to Peter JONSON of the same place, for 300 acres, patented to him May 12, 1687. 14 1696 Aug. 8. Confirmation to Peter JONSON, in right of the preceding, for 500 acres at Hochaus [1] Brook, running into Sadle River. 15 1696 June 10. Do. to Anthony BROCKHOLLS and Arent SCHUYLER, both of N. Y. City, merchants, in right of Robert WHARTON and wife Anna, as owners of a share of said Ann's father, Thomas RUDYARD, of 240 acres in Essex Co., on Spring Brook or Singanck, [2] from Minisinks Path along the brook 120 chains on a straight line, 20 ch. wide. 17 1694-5 Jan. 10. Deed. Samuel MOORE to his brother Thomas MOORE, both of Woodbridge, for one-half of his 180 acres lot at Langstaff's Plain or Farm, adjoining Thomas BLUMFIELD senior; also 10 a. of Rariton meadows and the freehold, puchased by their father Samuel MOORE of Henry LESENBY of Woodbridge July 22, 1674. 18 1694-5 Jan. 10. Do. Same to his brother John MOORE of Woodbridge, for one half of the 180 acres lot at LANGSTAFF's Farm or Plain, Woodbridge, (ut supra), as per patent of December 20, 1669; also 10 a. of Rariton meadows. 20 ---------- [1] Hohokus. [2] Now Singack, Passaic County PAGE 248 New Jersey Colonial Documents. 1696 Aug. 8. Patent to Joseph JOHNSTON of Newark, for the following tracts there: 1, a homelot, 10 by 6 chains, N. John TREAT, E., S. and W. roads; 2, a lot, W. the mountain, N. Walter William BROOK, E. the Crooked Brook, N. unsurveyed land; 3, a lot at Scotland Hill, W. Elipha- let JOHNSTON, E. a swamp, N. and S. unsurveyed; 4, a lot, E. surveyed (sic) land, W. Great and Little Woolfe Harbour, N. unsurveyed; 5, a lot at the Millbrook, W. the road, N. Widow BOND, E. and S. Nathaniel WHEELER; 6, a lot on the Southside of Two Miles Brook, E. Eliphalet JOHNSTON, S. the Bound Creek, W. William CAMP, N. the road; 7, 6 a. of meadow on the Bound Cr., S. Widow BOND, N. Thomas PEIRSON Jun., W. the creek, E. unsurveyed meadow; 8, 4 3/4 a., E. Mapple Island Creek, S. Club Cr., W. and N. unsurveyed meadow; 9, 4 3/4 a., E. the Long Pond, W. John PRIDDEN, N. and S. unsurveyed meadow, in all 160 acres. 21 1696 Aug. 8. Do. to John TREAT of Newark, for 100 acres viz: 1, a lot of 2 a., N. Ephraim BURWELL, E. the road, S. Thomas BROWNE, W. Thomas LUDDINGTON; 2, 4 a., S. Joseph JOHNSTON, E. and W. roads, N. Henry LYON and Thomas LUDDINGTON; 3, a lot on the second hill, 4 a., S. Henry LYON, E. the middle swamp, N. Francis LINSLEY, W. unsurveyed land; 4, 1 1/2 a. at the Cove, E. the road, S. the creek, W. Azariah CRAINE, W. Samuel WAARD; 5, a lot in the branches of Elizabeth Town River, N. Raway R., N. Stonehouse Brook, W. said river, S. and E. unsurveyed; 7, a lot at Sweete Farne Plaine, N. a brook, W. the hill over Elizabeth River, E. and S. unsurveyed; 8, 6 a. of meadow at Beefe Point, N. the river, E. Samuel HUNTINGTON, W. grantee, S. upland; 9, 4 a., N. John BALDWINE jun., E. grantee, S. Morris Creek, W. John CURTISE; 10, 3 a., W. Camfield Creek, S. William CAMP, E. Oyster Cr., N. unsurveyed meadow. 24 1696 Aug. 8. Do. to James NEWMAN of Newark, cooper, for 15 acres there in: 1, a lot of 6 acres, N. Benjamin BALDWINE, S. E. Jasper CRAINE, John GARDNER and Caleb BAAL, W. the road; 2, 4 a. in the Great Neck, N. Jabes ROGERS, S. John CURTISE, E. Martha SEARGENT, W. the road; 3, part of a homelot, formerly Jonathan CAMFIELD's, W. Abraham PEIRSON, E. a road, S. Jonathan CAMFIELD, N. Thomas PEIRSON, weaver; 4, 5 a. of meadow by Maple Island Creek, E. a small creek, John BUWELL and Robert YONG, S. Maple Island Cr., W. Abraham BUKLIE, N. a small creek. 27 1696 Aug. 8. Do. to Jasper CRAINE of Newark, in right of his father Azariah CRAINE dec'd, for 120 acres in the branches of Elizabeth River, W. Joseph Johnston, S. Joseph WILSON, e. the TICHENALLS, N. Pawle DAY and unsurveyed land. 30 1696 Aug. 8. Do. to Samuel HARRISON of Newark, for 116 acres there (16 a. in right of John WAARD Senior dec'd, his father-in-law), W. the Third River, S. John MORRIS, E. and N. unsurveyed land. 32 1696 Aug. 8. Do. to Hance ALBERTS of Newark, for a lot in said Township, N. the line of Hachquickenuck Township, W. and S. a swamp and brook, E. Bastian [1] and John BRADBERRIE. 34 PAGE 249 East Jersey Deeds, Etc., Liber F. 1696 Aug. 1. Do. to Richard STOCKTON of Piscataway, for 400 acres in said Township, S. W. Thomas WARNER, N. W. William PENN, N. E. John HORNER, S. E. Stonie Brook. 35 1694 May 2. Deed. William CAMP of Newark and wife Mary to Daniel TICHENOR of the same place, for 4 1/2 acres in the Little or TICHENOR's Neck, E. and S. swamps, W. a road, N. grantee, formerly Martine TICHENOR. 38 1696 Sept. 25. Do. William BINGLY of Woodbridge to Peter LECONT of Staten Island, merchant, for 6 1/2 acres of meadow in Woodbridge, S. the Sound, E. and W. Daniel ROBBINS, N. grantee. 39 1695-6 March 2. Do. John MARSH of Elizabeth Towne to Stephanus VAN COURTLAND of N. Y. City, for a grist mill on Raway R. and 800 acres along said river. 41 1696 June 9. Nuncupative Will of Daniel BRYMSON fo Milston R., de- clared before Mary DAVIS, Sarah GANNETT, Jonathan DAVIS and Samuel DAVIS. Wife Francis BRYMSON dau. of Dr. GREENLAND, son Barefoot, eldest dau. Ruth and apparently other children. Real and personal prop- erty. Proved Sept. 15, 1696. 44 1696 Sept. 26. Letters testimonial with preceding will annexed, issued to the widow Frances BRYMSON. 45 1695-6 Jan. 21. Will of Thomas VICCARS of Shrewsberry. Sons-- John, Abraham, Thomas, Isaac. Real and personal estate. Executors-- brother Francis BURDEN, John WORTHLY and Thomas HILBURNE. Witnesses --Nicholas BROWNE, John WEST, Samuel DENNIS. Proved Sept. 23, 1696. 46 1696 Sept. 26. Letters testimonial with preceding will annexed, is- sued to the executors named. 47 1696 April 27. Patent to John BARCLAY of Perth Amboy, in right of George ALLEN of Elisabeth, carpenter, dec'd, for 70 acres in Elizabeth Township, S. W. the Two Miles or West Brook, S. E. John WYNES, N. W. Thomas TERRILL; 42 a., N. W. John WYNES, S. W. the same and Sawmill Brook, S. E. Thompsons Creek, N. E. Sam. WOOD. 48 1696 Sept. 15. Deed. John BARCLAY to William STRAYHERNE of Elizabeth Town, for the preceding land. 50 1695 May 23. Return. Isaac KINGSLAND, John CURTIS, Azariah CRAINE, Benjamin MEEKER, Benjamin OGDEN and John TREAT, surveyors of roads of Essex Co., the survey of a road from the Landing at the Millbrook [2] to Second River. 50 1695 May 24. Do. Do. Do. of the survey of two roads, from the main road at Theophelus PEIRSON's to the Mill and to the woods. 51 ---------- [1] Bastian VAN GIESEN. [2] Near Clary Street, Newark. PAGE 250 New Jersey Colonial Documents. 1695 Aug. 10. Deed. Richard BERRY and wife Nidemia to his father John Berry, for a piece of land, swamp and meadow, S. E. of the main creek, part of the father's deed of gift of June 13, 1682; consideration 220 acres on New Barbados Neck, adjoining Hendricus KEP [1] and sold by John BERRY to Garret LYDICKER; 64 a. adjoining Walleing JACOBSON; considera- tion 64 a. between Thadus MICHIELS and grantor. 51 1696 Aug. 31. Do. Thomas HART, of London, by his attorneyes Rip VAN DAM and James MILLS, of New York, to Daniel ROBBINS jun. of Wood- bridge, for 310 acres. S. Cattell Brook and John BAKER, E., N. and W. Thomas HART. 53 1696 Sept. 23. Do. Benjamin GRIFFITH of Perth Amboy, who has been imported into the Province in December, 1682, to George WILLOKS for the headland due him. 55 1695 Oct. 7. Do. George WILLOKS of Perth Amboy and wife Margratt to John JOHNSTON of Monmouth Co., for 1/4 or 1-24 of all the land conveyed by Thomas RUDYARD to Samuel WINDER and wife Margratt, dau. of said Rudyard and now wife of George WILLOKS, and another 1/4 of 1-24, given by Thomas RUDYARD to his daughter Margratt; also one half of all the lands in Woodbridge, purchased of Samuel BACON; one half of the plantation in Elizabeth Township, formerly belonging to William BROADWELL dec'd; one half of the land at Wichatunck, Monmouth Co., near the Roundabout, Middlesex Co., on Papiack Neck, Woodbridge; a farm at Cheesquaks; a tract in Sumerset Co., formerly belonging to Samuel WINDER, adjoining James GRAHAM; 1,000 acres on the Northbranch of Rariton R., and 500 a. adjoining to the farm on said river, formerly belonging to Samuel WINDER, both tracts lying in Sumerset Co.; 600 a. in Monmouth Co. 57 1695 Nov. 5. Do. John JOHNSTON to George WILLOKS for all the be- fore-mentioned tracts. 62 1696 Nov. 3. Confirmation to George WILLOKS, of: 1, 170 acres in Woodbridge Township, on Papiak Creek, E. the Sound and Bacon's Creek, W. the meadows, S. the same and Woodbridge Creek; 2, 600 a. at Barnegate, N. E. John WEST, S. E. the Bay, S. W. Anthony SHARP, N. W. unsurveyed land; 3, a lot in Sumerset Co., part of the WINDER, GRAHAM and Co. patent, adjoining John ROBESON and John WHITE; 4, 1,000 acres in said Co., on the Northbranch of Rariton R.; 5, 300 a. on Barne- gate beach, at the mouth of Baby Creek, ajdoining William LAWRENCE; 6, 1,500 a. at Tota on Pissaick R., Essex Co.; 7, 300 a. in Middlesex Co., on Rariton R.; 8, 100 a. in Piscataway, betw. Thomas FITZRENDOLPH, Ezi- kiah BONAM, and Samuel HULL; 9, 2 slips at Wickatunck, one S. of Thomas RUDYARD and Augustin GORDON, the other N. of Argebald INNESS and Thomas LAWRIE; all to stand for 4,470 acres. 68 ---------- [1] Kip. PAGE 251 East Jersey Deeds, Etc., Liber F. 1696 Sept. 18. Deed. Robert GORDON of Abberdeene, Scotland, citi- zen and cardmaker, by his son and attorney Daniel GORDON, to George WILLOKS for 1-32 or 1-24 share of the Province, bo't of Robert BURNETT Au- gust 12-13, 1688. 71 1696 Oct. 28. Do. Thomas WARNE of Middleton to Benjamin CLERK of Piscataway, for 1,200 acres in Middlesex Co., W. the partition line and John HAWGHTON, S. and S. E. Stony Brook and unsurveyed land, E. Rich- ard STOCKTON, N. the road from Rariton ton Delaware Falls. 76 1694 Aug. 2. Do. Capt. Thomas CODDINGTON of Rariton on Rariton River and wife Margaret to Michael Direcksen VAN VEGHTEN of Rariton R., both in Sumerset Co., for 836 acres there, S. said river, W. John WHITE, N. the Commons or hills, E. grantor; first patented to Capt. John PALMER February 28, 1683-4. 81 1690 June 20. Do. John PIKE to William STONE, both of Woodbridge, for 10 acres adjoining grantor's father on the N. W. 83 1696 Oct. 17. Do. Abraham ADAMS of Newberry, Essex Co., Mass., to William STONE, for 6 acres in Woodbridge, originally granted to grant- er's deceased brother John ADAMS of Woodbridge. 84 1696 June 25. Do. Robert GORDON of Aberdein, Scotland, by his son and attorney Daniel GORDON, to John IRELAND of Perth Amboy, for 250 acres in Monmouth Co., in the rear of Wickatunck, adjoining William LAYNG, patented to Robert GORDON September 3, 1694. 85 1696 June 26. Do. Same to same, for 20 acres of meadow, "within mentioned." 87 1695 May 8. Do. Thomas CAWOOD, weaver, to John ffITSRENDALL, both of Woodbridge, for 10 acres there, along the Mill creek and the Sound. 89 1696 Oct. 22. Do. John ffITSRANDOL of Woodbridge to Josua MUSSORUNE for the preceding 10 acres. 91 1696 Oct. 5. Do. George WILLOKS and wife Margaret of Perth Am- boy to James GREER of Woodbridge, for: 1, a houselot on Bacon Creek, 14 acres, W. Josuah PEIRSE, E. William BINGLEY, S. said creek; 2, 7 a. on the South side of the creek; 3, a small piece of meadow on the N. E. corner of the first lot; 4, 14 a. on the Eastside of Papiack Creek, W. a road, S. and N. land in common, E. John SMITH; 5, 13 a. in the sunken marsh, S. John DILLY, N. Cross Creek, W. the second lot. 92 1696 Oct. 5. Do. Same to William BINGLEY of Woodbridge, for 3 acres there, on the Eastside of Papiack Creek, N. a swamp, E. a road, S. and N. land in common. 95 1696 Oct. 26. Do. Abraham ADAMS of Newberry, Mass., to Charles SALLYER of Woodbridge, weaver, for: 1, a lot of 60 acres at the head of Craine Creek; 2, 16 a. of Rariton meadows, N. Obadiah AIRES, W. John DENNIS, S. Rariton R., E. Daniel GREASSIE. 97 PAGE 252 New Jersey Colonial Documents. 1696 Oct. 16. Do. Same to John ROBISON of Woodbridge, black- smith, for 6 acres there, formerly the houselot meadow of grantor's de- ceased brother John ADAMS, N. John Blumfield, E. and S. Papiack Cr., W. Samuel Moore. 98 1682 Dec. 20. Discharge from slavery. Elizabeth, widow of Philipp CARTERET, to the negro slave BLACK JACK, according to her late husband's last will. 99 1696 Sept. 11. Deed. Rev. John HARRIMAN of Elizabeth Town and wife Hannah to John PLUM of Newark, for 2 acres in Newark, W. Robert DAGLISH, N. and E. roads, S. Mathew CAMFIELD; also 10 a. of woodland, near HUTINGTON's pasture, N. the road, E. Samuel POTTER, S. Francis LINDLEY, W. Ebenezer CAMFIELD; 3 a. of salt meadow, N. E. Maple Island Creek, S. W. a small creek, S. E. common meadow, W. Ebenezer CAMFIELD. 100 1686 June 29. Do. Edward RIGG of Newark to Enoch MACHEELSON of Bergen, for 60 acres on Pissaick R., Newark Township, N. John JOHNSTON, S. grantee, formerly Edward BAALL, and unsurveyed land, E. said river, W. unsurveyed; 8 a. of meadow on the Bay, W. John JOHNSTON, N. a small creek, E. the Bay, S. unsurveyed meadow. 101 1689-90 Jan. 31. Do. Nicholas MUNDIE of Piscataway, blacksmith, to his son Nicholas of the same place, for two lots at the Vineyard in said township, the first of 17 acres, S. John MARTINE Junior, W. a road, E. Mrs. ffITSRENCALPH, N. gratee; the second of 56 a., adjoining the first, S. Sam- uel HULL and the first lot, N. the Dismal Swamp, E. Mrs. ffITSRENDALPH, W. unsurveyed land and Samuel HULL, excepting therefrom land already cleared for use of grantor and his wife Elizabeth. 102 1696 Nov. 4. Do. George WILLOKS to John REID, for two slips of land in Freehold, the first 61 1/2 by 1 1/2 chains, bounded N. by Thomas RUDYARD and Augustin GORDON, the other, 54 by 1 1/2 ch., bounded S. by Archebald INNES and Thomas LAWRIE. 104 1696 Nov. 6. Do. Same to Samuel HULL of Piscataway, cooper, for 100 acres there betw. Thomas ffITSRENDALPH, Ezikiah BONAM, grantee and Dotie's Creek. 105 1696 Oct. 15. Do. John REID of Hortencie to Capt. George DRAKE of Piscataway, for a tract of meadow in Middlesex Co., betw. the South River, Cornelius LONGFIELD and Thomas GORDON, patented to grantor June 23, 1696. 106 1696 Oct. 14. Power of attorney. Mary, widow of William HAIGE, adughter of Gawen LAWRIE dec'd, and her sister Rebeccah, wife of Miles FORSTER of N. Y., to said FORSTER as general agent, Mary about to sail for England. 108 1696 Oct. 6. Deed. James MILLER of Carshorse, Scotland, for his at- torney John REID of Hortencie, to John HAUTON of Freehold, for a lot on Spotswood's middle brook, adjoining Robert RAY, James REID and along the road to Burlington. 110 PAGE 253 East Jersey Deeds, Etc., Liber F. 1696 June 13. Do. John CAMPION to Thomas WEBSTER, cordwainer, both of Woodbridge, for 20 acres there, S. grantor, E. and N. Samuel AIRES, W. land not laid out. 113 1696 July 16. Do. Thomas WEBSTER to Joseph AIRES for the preced- ing 20 acres. 115 1696 June 16. Do. Miles FORSTER and wife Rebecca, Mary HAIGE, widow, and Obadiah HAIGE, all of N. Y. City, to Thomas BOELL of Wicka- tunck, Monmouth Co., for 250 acres in Wickatunck, lot No. ---, S. Peter SUNMANS, W. Robert GORDON, N. unsurveyed land, E. John BAKER, as per patents to Miles FORSTER, in right of Gawen LAWRIE. 117 1695 July 23. Certificate of Highway Commissioners for Middlesex Co., Andrew HAMILTON, David MUDIE, John REID, Samuel DENNIS, John BISHOP, Edward SLATER, John PIKE, George DRAKE, William RIDFOORD, that the road between John INIANS and Claswick's bridge is well cleared and the first road to Burlington; also that they approve of the road from Piscataway to the ferry at John INIANs'. 120 1696 Nov. 7. Deed. Miles FORSTER and wife Rebeccah, widow Mary HAYGE, by her attorney Miles FORSTER, and Obadiah HAYG, all of N. Y., to John MELVINE of Perth Amboy, for a strip of 16 chains wide by 110 ch. long, beginning at Richard TOWNELLE's land on Cheesequaks Creek, Mid- dlesex Co., being part of a lot, patented to Gawen LAWRIE January 6, 1685-6, S. E. said creek, S. W. Miles FORSTER, N. W. unsurveyed land, N. E. said TOWNELLE. 121 1696 Nov. 25. Deed. Joannes D. BROYNE of N. Y. City, merchant, to George WILLOKS of Amboy Perth and wife Margaret, late widow of Samuel WINDER, for a plantation on both sides of Rariton R., then occupied by Ste- phen BARNARD and others, and a plantation at Cheesequacks, then tenanted by William RICHARDSON, both mortgaged by said WINDER to present grantor November 30, 1688. 125 1688-9 Jan. 7. Will of Samuel WINDER of Boston, New England. Wife Margaret, daughter Sarah. Real and personal estate. The wife sole executrix. With letters testimonial issued to the widow Margaret WINDER Feb. 14, 1688-9, at Boston. 127 1696 Nov. 26. Deed. George WILLOKS and wife Margaret, late widow and executrix of Samuel WINDER, to Dirreck BENSON of N. Y. City, for 426 acres on Rariton R. adjoining John ROBISON, W. John ROBINSON, E. James GRAHAM, S. Rariton R.; 74 1/2 a. of meadow, S. and S. W. John ROYSE, N. said river, E. James GRAHAM; 500 a. patented to said Margaret, then widow WINDER, May 24, 1690, S. the first tract and James GRAHAM, John White and Cornelius COURSEN. W. John ROBINSON, N. and E. unsurveyed land. 129 PAGE 254 New Jersey Colonial Documents. 1696 Dec. 2. Patent to Major Anthony BROCKHOLLS and Arent SCHUYLER, both of N. Y. City, for a lot of the Westside of Pequaneck R., from the mouth of Pompton R. to Pissaick R.; with a small strip at the great turn of Pequaneck R., 15 ch. wide, 1,500 acres. 134 1696 Nov. 21. Deed. John JOHNSTON of Monmouth Co. to Isaac WATSON of Nottingham, Burlington Co., West Jersey, for a lot on Doctor's Creek along the old path from Shrewsberrie. 136 1696 Aug. 14. Do. Joseph WILSON of Elizabeth Toune and wife Hanna to Miles FORSTER of N. Y. City, for one half of a water grist mill on Elizabeth Town Creek, now or late occupied by John HARRIMAN. 138 1695-6 March 14. Do. John HORNER of Middlesex Co. to Richard RIDGWAY of West Jersey, tailor, for 200 acres near Stony Brook, Middle- sex Co., East Jersey. Bounds given in marginal note, dated April 22, 1696, as between Richard STOCKTON and said brook. 141 1690 Sept. 23. Patent to John ROYSE, for a tract on Rariton R., betw. Rober VAUQUELLIN, now John ROBINSON, Thomas COOPER, the Peace Brook, Clement PLUMSTEAD and Milston River; this patent is given to set- tle disputes betw. the Proprietors and grantee concerning land, formerly granted by Govr CARTERETT to Anthony BROCKHOLLS, William PINHORN, John ROBINSON, Matthias NICHOLLS and Samuel EDSALL. 143 1695 Nov. 5. Deed. Thomas PARKER of Woodbridge and wife Marie to Stephen TUTTLE of the same place, cordwainer, for 1/4 acre there betw. two brooks N. of the present Prison house, bounding the lot E., S. and N., a fence along the highway on the W. 149 1696 July 18. Do. Samuel MOORE of Woodbridge to Stephen TUTTLE, for 1 1/2 acres, betw. a lot, formerly belonging to grantor's father Samuel MOORE, then to James CLERKSON and now to grantee, and Justice HALE's brook. 151 1695-6 Jan. 31. Do. Daniel ROBINS of Woodbridge and wife Hope to Adam HUDE of Staten Island, for 17 acres in Woodbridge, S. John DILLY, now grantor and Benjamin CROWELL, E. the road, W. grantee, N. land in common; 4 a. of meadow in two parcels, one is a cove of Papyack, 2 a., the other, also 2 a., N. John CONGER, now Michael WHITE, W. Papiack Cr., E. Mathew MOORE, formerly John CONGER; 5 a. of upland, bo't of John DILLY, W. the road, N. grantor, E. John DILLY, S. Isaac TAPPIN. 153 1696 Dec. 9. Confirmation to Adam HUDE of Woodbridge, of the preceding 26 acres. 155 1696 Dec. 8. Patent to Samuel WHITEHEAD of Elizabeth Towne, shoe- maker, for a lot there, S. of the creek, S. the road, W. grantor, formerly Thomas JOHNSTON, N. George JEWELL. 157 1696 Dec. 8. Confirmation to David DEMARIE of Hackinsack, Bergen Co., in right of his late father David DEMARIE Junior, of 230 acres in said Co., betw. Hackinsack R., David DEMARIE's 2,000 a. tract, John DEMARIE and Samuel DEMARIE. 159 PAGE 255 East Jersey Deeds, Etc., Liber F. 1696 Dec. 10. Patent to Theophelus PEIRSON of Newark, for: 1, a homelot of 6 acres, E. and W. roads, N. Azariah CRAINE, S. Ester DENDISON; 2, a lot on the road to Wheeler's Point, E. and N. Mathew CAMFIELD, S. Abraham PEIRSON, W. a road; 3, a lot on the Westside of Two Miles Brook, N. Abraham PEIRSON Jr., W. said brook, S. Ester DENNISON and the road, E. the road; 4, a lot near TICHENOR's, 19 by 10 1/2 chains, E. Widow TICHENOR, S. Abr. PEIRSON jun., W. and N. roads; 5, a lot at Beefe Point, 10 by 6 ch., W. Lieut. John WARD, N. a road, E. Abr. PEIRSON, S. Azariah CRAINE; 6, 2 a. at Wheelers Point, W. Mathew CAMFIELD, S. and N. E. Richard HARRISON, N. the commons; 7, a lot on the road to Wheel- er's Point, N. Joseph WILSON, W. Abr. PEIRSON, S. unsurveyed land, E. the swamp and the road; 8, a lot, N. Abr. PEIRSON, W. land in common, S. Marie BOND, E. Eliphalet JOHNSTON and Abr. PEIRSON; 9, 20 a. of meadow at Wheelers Point, N. upland, N. E. Richd HARRISON, E. Samuel KITCHELL and the pond, S. Widow BREWER, W. the creek and Abr. PEIRSON; in all 106 a. and all in Newark Township. 161 1696 Dec. 10. Do. to Robert YONG of Newark, for the following tracts in said township, containing 200 acres: 1, a lot at the mouth of Stonehouse Brook, S. Samuel PLUM, E. the Third River, W. and N. un- surveyed; 2, a lot near the mountain swamp, S. and W. the said river, N. Achquickenunck line, E. a small swamp; 3, a lot, S. and E. said river, W. unsurveyed, N. John BRODBERRIE; 4, a lot, W. and N. Raway River and branch, S. Samuel FREEMAN, E. unsurveyed; 5, a piece of the Millbrook swamp, S. Samuel PLUM, N. Widow CRAINE, W. unsurveyed, E. other lots; 6, a piece of meadow at the head of Fishing Creek, S. John BALDWINE junior, W. said creek, N. "a small worme" and other lots, E. another lot; 7, a piece of meadow, S. and W. unsurveyed, N. Morris Creek, E. John BRODBERRY. 163 1696 Dec. 10. Do. to John CURTISE, John TREAT, Theophelos PEIRSON and Robert YONG, all of Newark, for the following tracts there: 1st, 1, a homelot, N. John JOHNSTON, S. Daniel BROWEN, E. and W. roads; 2, a lot, W. a branch of the Millbrook, N. the road, E. Hance ALBERTS, Samuel and Daniel DODE, S. other lots; 3, a lot, N. unsurveyed land, E. and S. other lots, W. the swamp; 4, a piece of meadow at the Lower Tide Pond, E. a creek running into said pond, S. Hugh ROBERTS and Thomas STAPLES, N. said pond, W. Oyster Creek; 5, a piece of swamp near the great swamp in the neck, S. the bridge, E. the bogs, W. other lots; 6, a piece at the head of the great meadow, E. Samuel POTTER, N. Aaron BLACKLIE [1] and John JOHNSTON, W. the swamp, S. Ebenezer LAMPSON and unsurveyed land; in all 200 acres allotted for the parsonage; 2d, a lot, 7 by 4 chains, W. John TREAT, S. John JOHNSTON, N. and E. roads, for a burying place; 3d, a tri- aingle peece surrounded by roads, for a market place; 4th, another trian- gle peece, surrounded by roads, for the training place; 5th, a triangle peece as watering place for the cattle, S. John PLUM and Robert DAGLISH, N. and E. roads; Lastly, all the streets of Newark, as they are now layd out, viz: the high street to remaine about two chains more or less in breadth, and in length from Hugh ROBERTS' brook to the Millbrook throw the middle of the Towne; and the rest of the streets to bee as they are now in breadth: in trust for the Old Settlers of Newark. 166 ---------- [1] BLACHLEY. PAGE 256 New Jersey Colonial Documents. 1696 Dec. 9. Do. to Thomas PEIRSON senior of Newark, for the fol- lowing tracts there, vizt: 1, a lot on the hill near Mrs. Craine, N. Benjamin BALDWINE, S. John CATLIN and unsurveyed land, E. and W. unsurveyed; 2, a lot at Wateson Hill, 16 by 15 chains, S. Daniel DODE, No. Benjamin BALDWINE, E. the plain, W. the brook; 3, a lot on Watsesons Plain, 15 by 12 ch., N. grantee, S. Samuel DODE, E. said plain, W. unsurveyed; 4, another lot there, N. W. grantee and Benjamin BALDWINE, N. E. George HARRISON, S. E. Samuel ROSE, S. W. unsurveyed; 5, a lot, W. the brook, N. grantee, E. Daniel and Samuel DODE, S. unsurveyed; 6, six acres of meadow, E. the Bay, S. Aaron BLACKLEY, W. common meadow, N. Thomas LUDDINGTON; 7, 4 a., W. Mrs. MORRIS' creek, N. Samuel PLUM, S. Samuel KITCHELL; 8, 4 a., E. grantee, S., W. and N. common meadow; 9, 10 a., N. E. Daniel DODE, S. E. the great island, S. W. common meadow, N. W. upland; in all 196 acres. 168 1696-7 Jan. 11. Deed. Thomas WARNE of Monmouth Co. to John HOUGHTON of Middlesex Co., for 200 acres in Middlesex Co., as surveyed for said grantee by Daniel LEEDES, along the line of partition. 171 1696 Dec. 8. Patent to Samuel DODE of Newark, for 181 acres there as follows: 1, a house lot on the hill, 12 by 6 chains, near Hance ALBERTS, W. unsurveyed land, N. Jabes RODGERS and Samuel Rose, E. a pond, S. a road; 2, a lot near WASTSESONs Hill, 20 by 13 ch., E. a small brook, N. Daniel DODE, W. unsurveyed, S. the plain; 3, a lot, 15 ch. long, N. E. Daniel DODE, S. W. Thomas RICHARDS, N. W. and S. E. unsurveyed; 4, a lot in the plain beyond the Millriver, 11 by 10 ch., S. Stephen DAVIS, E. a road, N. Obadiah BREWEN, W. the foot of the hill; 5, 11 a. on the North side of the foregoing, W. the long hill, E. a road, N. said BREWEN; 6, a lot in the branches of Second River, W. grantee, N., E. and S. unsurveyed; 7, 1 lot, at the Southend of his lot at WATSESONS Hill, S. the HARRISONS and grantee, E. unsurveyed; 8, a lot, N. and E. Daniel DODE, grantee and unsurveyed land, S. and W. unsurveyed, N. Thomas PEIRSON; 9, 10 a. of boggy meadow, N. E. Benjamin BALDWINE, S. W. Thomas RICHARDS, S. E. a road, N. W. upland. 173 1696 Dec. 8. Do. to Edward BAAL of Newark, for 24 acres there as follows: 1, a homelot of 6 acres, S. Richard HARRISON, E. and W. roads, N. Mrs. MORRIS; 2, 3 a. in the Great Neck near Beefe Point, W. Stephen FREEMAN and Mrs. CRAINE, S. the road, E. Bartholomeiu GOODRICH, N. the meadow; 3, 8 a. beyond the great swamp, S. Samuel Swaine, W. the swamp, N. the Commons, E. grantee; 4, 4 a. of meadow at Beefe Point, N. the river, E. Mrs. CRAINE, S. grantee, W. Joseph WALTERS; 5, 3 1/2 a., E. the Bay, W. grantee. 175 PAGE 257 East Jersey Deeds, Etc., Liber F. 1695-6 Jan. 27. Do. to Samuel, Joseph and Daniel HARRISON, all of Newark, for the following lots there: 1, a lot in the swamps of Elizabeth Town River, all around unsurveyed; 2, a lot on the branches of Second R., E. Thomas RICHARDS and Samuel DODE, S. John PRIDDEN and unsur- veyed land, W. and N. unsurveyed; in all 100 acres. 177 1695-6 Jan. 25. Do. to Samuel FREEMAN of Newark, for 100 acres there as follows: 1, a lot on Elizabeth Town River; 2, a lot, W. the moun- tain, N. grantee, E. Roway R., S. unsurveyed; 3, a lot, W. Roway R., all other sides unsurveyed; 4, a piece of meadow, E. Oyster Creek, N. Dan- iel BROWNE, W. Anthony OLIFE. 179 1695-6 Jan. 23. Do. to John BALDWINE junior of Newark, for 100 acres there, as follows: 1, S. Edward BAALL, W. the mountain, N. and E. unsurveyed; 2, a piece of meadow, W. Fishing Cr., N. other lots, S. Ed- ward BAALL. 181 1696 Dec. 7. Deed. Robert WHARTON, late of N. Y. City and wife Ann, late widow of John WEST, to Michael HARDIN, of the same place, vintner, for 1,212 acres as follows: 1, 912 a. in Middlesex Co., W. the Northbranch of Rariton R., betw. Sir John DALRUMPLE and widow Mar- garet WINDER, patented to said Ann, then widow WEST Sept. 3, 1693; 2, 300 a. at Barnegate at the mouth of Manohohaky Creek, N. E. Peter SUNMANS, S. E. and S. the Bay, S. W. Thomas Rudyard, N. W. unsurveyed. 183 1696 Dec. 22. Do. Same to same for 1/4 of 1-24 share of East Jersey, bought by John WEST, first husband of Ann, from Thomas RUDYARD, father of Ann. 190 1696-7 Jan. 14. Do. Aurthur SIMSON of Perth Amboy to Mathew BUN, late of Woodbridge, boatman, for the land, bo't from said BUN January 16, 1695-6 (supra p. 4). 205 1696 Dec. 25. Do. Charles SALLYER of Woodbridge, weaver, and his now wife Mary to John LOOFEBURROW of the same place, miller, for 60 acres there at the head of Craine Creek, betw. Ephraim ANDREWS on the W. and Woodbridge Commons. 206 1680 Dec. 7. Do. Capt. John BAKER to widow Mary POPE and her son John, all of Elizabeth Town, for 50 acres at Raway, called Capt. BAKER's Farm, with 5 a. of meadow belonging to it. 210 1680 Dec. 7. Do. Same to George PACK of the same place, for 50 acres at Raway, called Capt. BAKER's Farm, with 5 a. of meadow belonging to it. (See preceding.) 211 PAGE 258 New Jersey Colonial Documents. 1696 Dec. 10. Confirmation to Maryen, widow of John CAMPBLE of Perth Amboy, of 600 acres on Pissack River below the mouth of Wachra Brook, [1] 2 a. in Perth Amboy, E. Water St., N. Smith St., W. High St., S. Peter SUNMANS. 212 1696-7 Jan. 13. Deed. Benjamin CLARK of Stony Brook, Middlesex Co., to William OLDDEN of Rariton R., same Co., for 333 acres, betw. the Stony Brook, Richard STOCKTON and the road. 214 1685 Oct. 26. Do. Jediah HIGGINS of Piscataway to Peter ELSTON of Woodbridge, for a house in Piscataway with the lot thereto belonging, N. a road, E. the burial place, S. a swamp and beyond it Capt. DRAKE and the Widow BONHAM, W. the road to Piscataway upper landing. 216 1696-7 Jan. 1. Do. Peter ELSTON of Woodbridge to John Langstaffe of Piscataway, for the preceding. 217 1696-7 Feb. 19. Lease. Mary, widow of Thomas CARHART of Wood- bridge, to Thomas BILLS of Burlington, West Jersey, weaver, for a house and farm on Craine Cr., Woodbridge, 120 acres; lease ended by mutual agreement June 11, 1698. 219 1696-7 March 23. Deed. John DEMAREST Senior of New Barbados Neck, Essex Co., to his son John DEMAREST, for 250 acres in said town be- tween Jaque LAROU and grantor. 220 1696 April 4. Do. Hanse DEDRICKS of Bergen to Francis Post of Aquechenonge, Essex Co., for lot No. 2 in Aquechenong Bewteen Adrian POST and Jurian THOMAS. 222 1696 Sept. 19. Do. John BERRY of Bergen Co. to Charles MACKLEANE of the same Co., for 200 acres in Essex Co., betw. Sadle River and Johan- nes JOHNSON. 223 1691-2 Feb. 15. Do. John SMALLY of Piscataway to Joseph WORTH of the same place, cooper, for 20 acres, E. and W. roads, S. John SMALLY senior, N. George JEWELL. 226 1696-7 Jan. 12. Do. Benjamin CLERK of Stony Brook to Joseph WORTH of Piscataway, for 220 acres, in Middlesex Co., bo't of Thomas WARNE, betw. the Stony Brook, John HAUGHTON, the Yorke road and the partition line. 227 1696 April 22. Do. Abraham BOCKEE, late of Aquachonongue, Essex Co., now of the Fresh Water, N. Y., weaver, to Peter POWELSE, late of Bergen, now of Aquachonongue, for a lot in Aquachonongue, No. 11 of the new lots, between Johannes MACHEILSE and the common lane. 230 1688 May 16. Do. John MOLLESONE of Amboy Perth, merchant, to Andrew HAUTON of Elizabeth Town, tailor, for 1 acre in Amboy Perth, S. Swamp St., N. North St., E. and W. unappropriated lots. 232 1696 April 25. Do. Thomas JOHNSTON of Elizabeth Town and wife Sarah to Andrew HAUTON of the same place, tailor, for 3 acres thee, E. Samuel WHITEHEAD, S. a road and Capt. John BAKER, W. a road and John HAYNES, N. Elizabethtown Cr. and Colonel Richard TOWNELY. 234 ---------- [1] In the present Borough of Hawthorne, Passaic county. PAGE 259 East Jersey Deeds, Etc., Liber F. 1690 Nov. 6. Satisfaction of mortgage. Dennis MORRIS to John TOE and wife Lydia of Elizabeth Town for the mortgage of January 27, 1686, on two houselots of 5 acres each in said town, E. the Millcreek, N. one COXE, formerly William CRAMER, W. and S. roads. 237 1695 Aug. 1. Deed. Thomas JOHNSON of Elizabethtown and wife Sarah to Samuel WHITEHEAD of the same place, cordwainer, for 1 acre there, opposite to John HARRIMAN, E. town land, S. a street, opposite to John BAKER, W. grantor, N. the Elizabeth Town Creek. 240 1697 Jan. 2. Do. John WORTH of Woodbridge to Thomas SUTTEN of Piscataway, for 6 acres of Woodbridge meadow, at the Roundabout, E. the river, N. Samuel HALE, W. grantor, S. John BLUMFIELD. 242 1688 May 30. Do. Hugh DUN and wife Elizabeth of Piscataway to John MOLLESON of New Perth, for 30 acres in Piscataway, S. Benjamin DUNHAM, E. and N. roads, W. grantor. The same deed is also signed Nov. 15, 1684, according to entry. 244 1696 Dec. 21. Do. Tege alias Timothie CARTEE to John MOLLESON, both of Piscataway, for 5 acres of meadow there, W. John CHAMBERS, formerly Richard SMITH, N. woodland, E. a creek, S. Hezekiah BONUM. 245 1696 Dec. 6. Do. Robert WHARTON, late of N. Y. City, and his wife Ann, late widow of John WEST, to Joseph SMITH of the same place, for 1,500 acres in Essex Co., on Raway River, E. Symon ROUSE and Dr. ROBINSON, N. a branch of said river, W. and S. common land, sold to said John WEST by by Thomas RUDYARD November 5, 1685. [John WEST died August 6, 1691, and his widow Ann RUDYARD married Robert WHARTON January 28, 1693.] 247 1696 Dec. 22. Do. Same to same, for the Calfe Pasture in Elizabeth Town, 80 acres, W. a road, S. Lieut. Ross, E. the creek, N. Mathew HATFIELD. 252 1697 April 6. Appointment of Samuel MILLER of Elizabeth Town as guardian of Thomas and Aaron, minor sons of Aaron THOMSON of the same place dec'd. 258 1696 Aug. 1. Deed. John JACQUISH to Peter ELSTON, cordwainer, both of Woodbridge, for 2 acrees of Raway meadows there, N. the river, E. grantee, S. Miachael WHITE, W. Henry JAQUISH and Joseph ROLFE. 259 1696-7 March 19. Do. George MARCH of Newberry, Mass., by his attorney John BISHOP of Woodbridge, to Peter ELSTON, cordwainer, for 90 acres, in Woodbridge, S. E. Millbrook of Raway R., S. W. Robert WRIGHT, N. E. and N. W. unsurveyed land; patented to grantor May 6, 1693. 260 PAGE 260 New Jersey Colonial Documents. 1695-6 Jan. 2. Do. Thomas HIGGENS of Piscataway to John STEWART, late of Raway, for 73 acres near Shingle Hill in Piscataway, S. Hopewell HULL, W. Charles GILLMAN, N. Alexander ADAMS. 263 1696-7 March 17. Do. John STEWART of Raway to Thomas MARTINE of Woodbridge, for the preceding 73 acres. 265 1696 Oct. 16. Do. Abraham ADAMS of Newberrie, Mass., to Abra- ham DENSLEY of Woodbridge, weaver, for a freehold in Woodbridge, for- merly belonging to his brother John ADAMS, E. Strawberry Hill or the Sheep Common, S. Obadiah AIRES, W. a road, N. Mrs. Thomas CODDRINGTON. 267 1697 April 3. Do. Abraham DENSLEY of Woodbridge to John ffOREMAN of Nonesuch, Middlesex Co., for the preceding lot (15 acres). 269 1687-8 Jan. 9. Do. John ffITSRENDOLPH to his brother Benjamin ffITSRENDALPH, both of Piscataway, for 70 acres of land and 5 a. of meadow there, of which 30 a. are bounded S. by Israel ffAULSON, W. a small brook, West (query: N. ?) Nicholas BONHAM, E. a brook; 40 a. on Ambrose Brook, S. W., N. W. and N. E. unsurveyed land, S. E. Edmond DONHAM; the 5 a. of meadow, E. Woodbridge line, S. Rariton R., W. Richard SMITH, N. Joseph ffITSRENDALPH. 271 1696-7 Jan. 25. Do. Abraham BROWNE of Shrewsberry to his son Abraham BROWNE of Mansfield, Burlington Co., West Jersey, for a lot in Freehold, N. W. Burlington Path, E. and S. Passequenoque Brook, N. Peter WHITE, S. John HAMPTON, as per patent of March 25, 1687. 272 1696-7 Jan. 26. Do. Abraham BROWNE of Mansfield, W. J., and wife Lea to John PEARCE of Freehold, for the preceding lot, including a boggy fly, called the Woolfe Pitt meadow. 274 1696-7 Jan. 11. Do. John REID of Freehold to William RIDFORD of Amboy, for a lot near Wickatunck, E. Augustin GORDON, W. Alexander NAIPPER, S. Clem. PLUMSTEAD and Richard SALTER. 277 1697 April 20. Certificate of Quietus to Mary CARHART, widow and executrix of Thomas CARHART of Woodbridge dec'd. 279 1696-7 March 9. Power of attorney. Fredrick PHILLIPS of N. Y. City to James HAINES of Elizabeth Town, as general agent in E. J. 280 1697 April 1. Will of Richard CLERKE of Elizabeth Town. Wife Eliz- abeth, sons Richard, John Josua, Samuel, Ephraim, Thomas, Benjamin. Real and personal estate. Executors--the wife and son Richard. Wit- nesses--William JANEWAY, John GLASBROOKE, Mary BAKER. Proved in New York April 15. 281 1697 May 3. Letters testimonial with preceding will attached, issued to the executors named. 284 1690-1 Jan. 24. Mortgage. James JOHNSTON of Monmouth Co. to John TATHAM of Burlington, W. J., for 550 acres in said Co., now occupied PAGE 261 East Jersey Deeds, Etc., Liber F. by Walter KERR, S. and N. brooks, W. Walter KERRY, E. William DAVIDSON, as per patent of December 24, 1686; also half of the meadow, patented to present grantor May 7, last past. 285 1691 June 16. Declaration of James JOHNSTON that John TATHAM has liberty to sell the preceding mortgage. 287 1690 May 28. Deed. John JOHNSTON of Monmouth Co. to Jedediah ALLEN of Shrewsberry, for 1/2 of 1-10 of 1-48 share of East Jersey, bo't of Robert BARCLAY of Urie, Governour of East Jersey, April 22, 1684. 288 1690 June 3. Do. Same to same, for a lot in Monmouth Co., in the Passequenecqua Indian Purchase, on the Southside of Burlington Path, N. W. the path, E. John BURDEN, S. barrens and the great meadow, N. the pines; a piece of the great meadown, E. Francis BURDEN, W. Henry CHAMBERLAINE; a narrow strip of meadow, one mile S. of the great meadow, among the pines; in all 250 acres. 291 1697 April 6. Do. John WOODBRIDGE to John CHAPLIN, tailor, both of Woodbridge, for 60 acres at the Penny Ordinary adjoining Rehoboth GANNETT and along the path to LANGSTAFF's Farm or Plain. 293 1682 April 15. Deed of Partition betw. William PINHORNE of N. Y. and Edward EARLE of Cekakus of a plantation at Cekakus, PINHORNE to have the South end of the island, called Long Neck, divided from the Northend by the first great creek, N. of Snake Hill, EARL to have the North part, called Panepack Neck. 295 1696 Dec. 8. Confirmation to Thomas WARNE of Middleton, one of the Proprietors, of a lot in Perth Amboy, 10 by 1 chains, E. Water Street, S. the Scots Proprietors, W. High St., N. unappropriated lots. 296 1696-7 March 17. Deed. William DOUGLAS, late of Bergen Co., to Cornelius MACKEELSE of said Co., for a lot at Pemberpock, Bergen, betw. John Arise VAN DE BULT and Pawle DOWESE, the Hudson R. and Pissaick R. or Hackinsack Bay. 298 1696 Sept. 1. Deed of Partition. Hartman MACHEILSE, Johannes MACHEILSE, Cornelius MACHEILSE, dividing the real estate of Derick Claes BRAECK dec'd, with the consent of Maritie Derickse BRAEKE, Metie Derickse BRAEKE and Claese Derickse BRAEKE, daughters of said Derick Claes: HARTMAN takes a homelot at Comunipan, next to Fitie HARTMANS, a lot adjoining to it, a third homelot next to Johannes MACHEILSE, the Island of Reckpokus, a parcel called the Bush land. 300 1696 Nov. 6. Deed. Hans DEDRICKS of Bergen to his son-in-law [1] John Adrianse SIP, for a lot, No. 11, at Achquikenunck. 303 1696 Nov. 20. Do. Gerret VAN DEAN of New Barbados, Essex Co., to Johannis van EMBURGH, for a lot betw. Hackinsack R. and the fresh meadow, S. W. Lowrence ACKERMAN, S. E. said river, N. E. Anthony ROBERTSE, N. W. the fresh meadow; a piece of the fresh meadow on the North- side of the first lot. 304 ---------- [1] Stepson. PAGE 262 New Jersey Colonial Documents. 1697 May 4. Do. John BERRIE of Bergen Co. to Guilliam BERTHOLF of Essex Co., for 27 acres in Essex Co., S. E. Hackinsack R., N. E. ffolkert HANSON, N. W. the fresh meadow, S. W. Nicholas DEVAUX. 305 1696 Nov. 5 Do. Same to Johannes VAN EMBURGH and Cornelius CHRISTIANSEN, for 20 acres of meadow, formerly Nicholas DEVAUX's, No. 7. 307 1695-6 Feb. 20. Do. Samuel EDSELL of Queens Co., L. I., to Hans HARMANS of Constable's Hook, Bergen Co., N. J., for 500 acres at Consta- ble's Hook, patented by Govr Richard NICOLLS of N. Y. October 26, 1684, to present grantor and Nicholas JOHNSON, of whom the last sold his share to the first November 2, 1670. 308 1695 Oct. 7. Do. Johh BOWND of Middletowne to Gerret SCHENCK, Stephen Courte VOORHUYS, Cornelius COUWENHOVEN and Peter WYCKOFF of Flatlands, alias Amesfort, Kings Co., L. I., for 500 acres in Middletowne, as per patent of March 10, 1685, S. W. Wycketon's land (Wichatunck ?), N. W. Derrick TUNESON, N. E. Richard STOUT, S. E. Jonathan HOLMES. 312 1697 March 30. Do. Peter WYCKOFF to John SCHENCK, both of Kings Co., L. I., for his fourth of the preceding 500 acres. 314 1697 May 1. Confirmation to Peter TILTON of Middletoune, of 200 acres betw. Swiming and Hope Rivers, called Tilton's Little Farm, cor- recting boundaries, as described in patent of July 26, 1686. 316 1697 May 4. Deed. Peter TILTON of Middletoune to Jacob DU TRAUX of the same place, for 100 acres, one half of the preceding, N. W. and S. W. Lewis MORRIS, N. grantor's land, now occupied by Daniel APLEGATE, S. E. Sweeming R. 318 1697 May 1. Patent to Gershom MOATT [1] of Middletoune, for 50 acres there, S. E. a run, coming from James DORSETT's, N. Robert HOLEMAN, S. and W. unsurveyed land. 319 1697 May 1. Confirmation to James BROWNE of Middletoune, in right of his father James BROWNE dec'd, for: 1, a sedge island of 7 acres in the mouth of Shoale Harbour; 2, 150 acres on Pine Brook, near Croswicks, E. said brook, N. unsurveyed land, W. John BAKER, S. John STOWT and Job THROGMORTON. 321 1697 May 19. Deed. Derrick BECON [1][[sic]] of N. Y. City, boatman,to Barne Peitersie COWIEMAN of Albany Co., N. Y., sawyer, for 1,000 acres. (See deed WILLOKS to BENCON, supra p. 129, this deed being endorsed on it.) 323 1697 May 1. Confirmation to Col. Andrew HAMILTON, Governour, of a lot in Perth Amboy, E. Water St., N. Dock St., W. James MILLER, now George DOCKWRAY, S. John COWLIE. 324 ---------- [1] Gershom MOTT. [2] BENSON. PAGE 263 East Jersey Deeds, Etc., Liber F. 1697 May 1. Do. to John BARCLAY of Perth Amboy, for a lot there, E. low water mark, S. William DOCKWRA, W. High St., N. Peter SUNMANS. 325 1697 May 1. Patent to Jebez ROGER of Newark, for 250 acres there, as follows: 1, a homelot of 6 acres, E. the widow BRWEN, N. and W. roads, S. Samuel KITCHELL; 2, 6 a. in the Neck, S. E. John BALDWINE Junior, S. W. Thomas RICHARDS, N. W. and N. E. roads; 3, 10 a. at the bottom of the Neck, N. John BROWNE Junior, E. Samuel PLUM, S. Azariah CRAINE, W. a road; 4, a tract, E. Pissaick R., S. and W. unsurveyed, N. Second R.; 5, a tract on the Hill, W. of town, 7 ch. 6 f. on the S., 7 1/2 ch. on the W., 9 1/2 ch. on the N.; 6, a tract in the Great Neck, 10 by 7 ch., N. the road, E. Richard LAWRENCE, S. other lots, W. Stephen BOND; 7, another tract there, 10 by 2 3/4 ch., S. the road, E. Samuel ROSE, N. other lots, W. Benjamin BALDWINE; 8, a lot in the branches of Second River, S. John BALDWINE, W. Azariah CRAINE, N. and E. unsurveyed; 9, a lot, W. the Third R., N., E. and S. unsurveyed; 10, 7 acres of meadow at the river side, N. Martine TICHENALL, W. upland, S. Richard LAWRENCE; 10, [sic] 1 1/2 a., E. John COOPER, S. Daniel DODE, W. Joseph HARRISON, N. John BALDWINE Senior; 11 [sic], 12 a. on Jasper's Creek, S. John CATLIN, E. the Bay, N. Jasper CRAINE, W. the Pan (?). 326 1697 May 1. Confirmation to John, son and heir of Henrie CHAMBERLAINE of Shrewsberrie dec'd, of 50 acres in the Passequanequa Indian Pur- chase, as follows: 1, a lot, E. Pessequanecqua Creek, W. George KEITH, S. Richard STOUT, N. John HAVEN; 2, 2 acres of meadow at the head of Man- asquan R., S. and N. upland, W. Jacob LIPPENCOATE, E. unsurveyed meadow. 329 1697 May 1. Do. to Jasper and Daniel CRAINE, both of Newark, in right of their father John CRAINE, late of Newark, of 147 acres there as fol- lows: 1, a homelot of 4 acres, S. the road, W. John CRAINE, N. the river, E. Samuel PLUM; 2, 5 a. in the Great Neck, N. the road, W. and S. Sam- uel PLUM, E. Samuel WAARD; 3, 6 a. on the Long Hill, E. Robert LYMON, N. Jonathan SERJANT, W. unsurveyed, S. John CRAINE; 4, 3 a. adjoining the parsonage, N. and E. the parsonage, S. Thomas HUNTINGTON, W. a branch of the Millbrook; 5, 3 a., N. Hance ALBERTS, W. Thomas HUNTINGTON, S. the road, E. other lots; 6, a lot, 34 ch. along a branch of Sec- ond R., 20 ch. along Second R., N. said river, W. said branch, S. Nathan- iel WAARD, E. unsurveyed; 7, a lot betw. Second and Third Rivers, S. the widow BOWEN, W. and N. unsurveyed, E. Mathew CAMFIELD and unsur- veyed; 8, a tract of swampy land at the head of the Millbrook, S. Robert YONG, E. and W. unsurveyed, N. John CRAINE; 9, 4 a. of meadow at the mouth of the river, E. the river, S. John WAARD, W. the road, N. Joseph WILSON; 10, 4 3/4 a., W. Jonathan SERJANT, S. the Bound Creek, E. Richard LAWRENCE, N. unsurveyed meadow. 331 PAGE 264 New Jersey Colonial Documents. 1697 May 1. Do. to Pawll DAY of Newark, in right of his father George DAY, late of Newark, of 87 acres there as follows; 1, homelot of 3 acres, N. and W. roads, S. Nathaniel WHEELER, E. George DAY; 2, a lot on Lightning Hill, S. Jasper CRAINE, E. Daniel TICHENALL, N. other lots; 3, a lot in Tompkins Neck, W. and N. roads, N. Zachariah BURRELL, E. grantee, S. grantee and Jonathen TOMPKINS; 4, a lot on the Westside of Two Miles Brook, S. Jonathen TOMPKINS and the road, W. Joseph JOHNSTON, N. the RIGGS, E. John DENNISON and Theophilus PEIRSON; 5, a piece of boggy meadow by Maple Island, W. Mathew CAMFIELD, S. the widow BOWIN and Robert DAGLISH, E. a road, N grantee and Jonathen TOMPKINS; 6, 10 a. of meadow, S. Daniel TICHENALL, W. Henry LYON, N. grantee's brother, E. Camfield's Creek; 7, 3 a., E., Samuel LYON, S. and W. Jonathen TICHENALL and Widow RIGGS, N. unsurveyed meadow; 8, 3 a. at Beefe Point, N. the river, E. Joseph WALTERS, W. John BALDWINE, S. upland; 9, 2 a. at ffREEMAN's Point, S. Samuel FFREEMAN, E. the creek, N. John CRAINE, W. upland. 333 1697 May 1. Do. to John CRAINE of Newark, in right of his father John CRAINE, late of Newark, of 73 acres there, as follows: 1, a homelot of 2 acres, W. Jonathen SERJANT, N. the river, E. his brothers, S. the road; 2, a tract in the Neck, E. John MORRIS, S. Thomas RICHARDS, W. the bogs, N. John BALDWINE; 3, a tract in the branches of Second R., E. said branches, N. W. and S. Thomas DAVIS and unsurveyed land; 4, a lot on the Long Hill, E. other lots, S. John COCKBURNE, W. a road, N. unsur- veyed; 5, 5 a. on said hill, S. Samuel ROSE, E. Robert LYMON, N. his brothers, W. unsurveyed; 6, 5 a. in the Neck, E. Jonathan SERJANT, S. his brothers, W. Thomas LUDINGTON, N. a road; 7, a tract of swampy land at the head of the Millbrook swamp, N. other lots, e. and W. unsurveyed, S. his brothers; 8, 4 a. of meadow at ffREEMAN's Point, E. Thomas PEIRSON, S. the creek, N. and W. unsurveyed bogs; 9, 6 a. of meadow by the Great Island, W. the island, N. Samuel KITCHELL, E. the pond, S. Azariah CRAINE; 10, 3 1/3 a. by Maple Island Creek, E. Samuel KITCHELL, S. the creek, W. Samuel PLUM, N. the pond. 336 1697 May 1. Do. to Daniel and Jonathen TICHENALL of Newark, in right of Martine TICHENALL, late of Newark, of 106 acres there, as fol- lows: 1, a homelot of 6 a. N. William CAMP, E., S. and W. roads; 2, a slip by the house, 5 3/4 by 1/2 ch., S. Samuel LYON, E. Theophelus PEIRSON, N. the road, W. Widow TICHENALL; 3, 4 a. in TICHENALL's Neck, W. the road, N. Widow TICHENALL, E. Ephraim BURRELL, S. Wm. CAMP; 4, a lot on Long Hill, E. Elizabeth River, S. and N. unsurveyed, W. Pawll DAY; 5, a tract by Hogg Penn Swamp, S. John CURTISE, W. unsurveyed, N. Wm. Camp and Joseph JOHNSTON; 6, a lot by the side of Stout Buck Plain, S. Samuel LYON, W. Thomas LYON, N. unsurveyed, E. other lots; 7, 6 a. of meadow, E. Wm. CAMP, N. CAMFIELD's Creek, W. Pawll DAY, S. unsur- veyed meadow; 8, 4 a. at the mouth and W. of the river, N. Thomas RICHARDS, W. upland, S. Widow TICHENALL; 9, 4 a., S. the Bound Brook, E. Nathaniel LYON, N. Pawll DAY, W. the RIGGS; 10, 2 a., S. Oys- ter Cr., E. Samuel WAARD, N. Widow TICHENALL, W. John TREAT. 338 PAGE 265 East Jersey Deeds, Etc., Liber F. 1697 May 1. Do. to Martine TICHENAR of Newark, in right of his father John TICHENAR, late of Newark, of 54 acres there as follows: 1, a homelot of 2 a., S. Samuel LYON, W. and N. roads; 2, 6 a. in the Little Neck, E. and N. roads, W. Theophelus PEIRSON, S. grantee; 3, 1 1/2 a. ad- joining to No. 2, E. and W. roads, S. his brother Jonathen, N. Theophe- lus PEIRSON and grantee; 4, a lot on Stout Buck Plain, E. John CURTISE, S. the road, W. the swamp, N. unsurveyed; 5, a lot, E. Roway R., N. John BROWNE, W. the mountain, S. Thomas BROWNE; 6, 7 a. of meadow, N. Maple Island Creek, E. Samuel WARD, S. Jonathen TICHENALL, W. Cam- field's Creek; 7, 5 a. at the bottom of the Neck, E. the river, S. Jebes ROGERS, W. upland, N. Daniel TICHENALL. 341 1697 May 1. Do. to Ester, widow of John BROWIN, late of Newark, in right of her deceased husband, for 160 acres there, as follows: 1, a a homelot of 4 1/2 acres, N. other lots, E., S. and W. roads; 2, 1 1/2 a. of her homelot in the Neck, W. and N. the rear of other lots, E. and S. roads; 3, 4 1/2 a. by the Cove in the Neck, E. Stephen BOND and grantee, W., S. and N. roads; 4, 4 1/2 a. beyond the Millbrook, W. the road, N. other lots, E. the river, S. Richard LAWRENCE; 5, 5 1/2 a., N. Stephen BOND, E. Benjamen BALDWINE, W. and S. grantee; 6, a lot in the Neck, E. a road and John CURTICE, N. Stephen DAVIS, W. unsurveyed; 7, a lot in the Plain, E. a road, S. Samuel DODE, W. the hill, N. Samuel ROSE; 8, a lot in the Great Neck, N. and S. roads, E. Robert DAGLISH, W. Samuel HARRISON; 9, a lot beyond Second River, N. and N. E. a road, Widow CRAINE and un- surveyed land, W. Thomas DAVIS, S. Samuel Waard, E. unsurveyed; 10, 5 a. beyond the Millbrook, E. the river, S. Stephen BOND, W. a road, N. grantee; 11, 3 1/2a., E. and N. roads, S. Stephen Bond, W. Hance ALBERTS; 12, 4 1/2 a. of the salt meadow, W. the island, S. Mrs. KITCHELL, E. the pond, N. Jonathen TOMPKINS; 13, 3 1/2 a. at Beefe Point, N. the river, E. Stephen BOND, S. upland, W. Widow BOND; 14, 4 a., E. and S. the pond, W. Samuel PLUM and a creek, N. Theophelus PIERSON; 15, 2 a., E. the river, N. Jebes ROGERS, W. upland, S. Stephen BOND. 343 1697 May 1. Do. to Jonathen SEERS of Newark, in right of Joseph WATTERS, of 160 acres there, as follows: 1, a homelot of 6 a., E. and S. raods, W. Wm. MOORE, N. CAMFIELD, DAGLISH and LINSLIE; 2, 3 1/2 a. in the Little Neck, N. the road, E. John BALDWINE Senior, S. Samuel HARRISON and KITCHELL, W. John BALDWINE Junior; 3, 3 a. in the same Neck, S. the road, E. Samuel HARRISON and John BALDWINE junior, N. Jebes ROGERS, W. other lots; 4, a lot at Crab Orchard, E. Mathew CAMFIELD and Thomas DAVIS, N. Samuel WARD, W. and S. unsurveyed; 5 a lot on the hill, S. Samuel POTTER, W. the HARRISONS and Thephelus PEIRSON, N. John JOHNSTON, E. Eliezer LAMPSON and unsurveyed land; 6, a lot on the hill be- yond the head of the Millbrook, E. Mathew WILLIAMS and Nathaniel WAARD, S. John TREATE, W. Francis LINSLEY, N. the road; 7, 4 3/4 a. of meadow at Beefe Point, N. the river, E. Edward BAAL, S. upland, W. George DAY; 8, 3 1/2 a. on Maple Island Creek, W. the creek, N. Mathew CAMFIELD, E. Ebenezer CAMFIELD, S. John COCKBURNE. 345 PAGE 266 New Jersey Colonial Documents. 1697 May 1. Do. to Joseph and Hannah BOND, in right of their father Stephen BOND of Newark, blacksmith, dec'd, of 160 acres there, as follows: 1, a homelot of 4 acres, S. Zachariah BURRELL, on all other sides roads; 2, 9 a. in the Great Neck, N. the road, W. and S. Widow BRWIN, E. Hance ALBERTS; 3, 11 a. in the same Neck, E. Mr. Waard, S. Richard HARRISON and Samuel ROSE, W. Benjamin BALDWINE, N. a road; 4, a lot, W. the road, S. Henry LYON, E. the Bound Cr., N John BALDWINE Junior; 5, a lot beyond the Millbrook, 5 a., E. the river, S. Stephen DAVIS, W. a road, N. Widow BRWIN; 6, a lot, E. Roway R., N. Samuel FREEMAN, W. the top of the mountain, S. unsurveyed; 7, 4 a. of bog in Tompkins Cove, S. Edward RIGGS, E. and W. upland, N. Nathaniel WHEELER; 8, 4 3/4 a. of meadow, W. the Bound Cr., N. and E. unsurveyed meadow, S. Michael TOMPKINS; 9, 3 a., N. William CAMP, W. the creek, S. the RIGGS, E. un- surveyed; 10, 3 a. by Maple Island, W. John DENISON, N. upland, E. Wm. CAMP, S. unsurveyed; 11, 3 a. Beefe Point, N. the river, E. Azariah CRAINE, S. upland, W. Widow BRWIN; 12, 3 a. by the side and W. of the river, S. Samuel HARRISON, W. upland, N. Widow BRWIN; 13, 2 1/2 a. of upland, S. Josiah WAARD, E. a road, N. Widow BRWIN, W. Hance ALBERTS. 347 1697 May 1. Patent to Cornelius LONGFIELD of Piscataway, for 310 acres on the Southside of Rariton R., as follows: 1, a tract, 160 ch. by 18 ch. 50 links, betw. John INIANS, Robert BARCLAY and said river; 2, 30 a. of meadow at the Round About, betw. the Rariton and South Rivers; 3, a slip, 40 by 2 ch., betw. Peter SUMANS and Thomas RUDYARD, N. the Rariton R. 349 1696 April 25. Do. to John STEWARD of Elizabeth Town, as headland for himself, wife and two children, for 125 acres in Middlesex Co., on the Southside of the Bound Brook of Piscataqua, S. unsurveyed, W. Samuel DOTIE and Benjamin HULL, N. said brook. 351 1696-7 Jan. 22. Deed. John STEWARD and wife Agnus to Samuel DOTIE of Piscataway, for the preceding 125 acres. 353 1696-7 March 15. Will of Robert CURTICE of Woodbridge. Marie GUNTER, "which I brought up from a Childe," a legatee; Edward JONES "who lives with me," heir and executor. Witnesses--Jonathan BISHOP, Noah BISHOP, Sarah FORCE, John BISHOPE. Proved May 12, 1697. 354 1697 May 25. Letters testimonial with preceding will annexed, issued to Edward Jones. 355 1697 May 25. Letters of administration on the estate of Francis JACKSON of Shrewsberrie, dec'd intestate, granted to his widow Elizabeth. 356 PAGE 267 East Jersey Deeds, Etc., Liber F. 1697 June 3. Do. Do. on the estate of John VAN DER LINDE of Bergen, dec'd intestate, granted Abraham DE PEYSTER of N. Y. City. 357 1697 June 3. Do. Do. on the estate of Capt. Thomas SWASWELL of Middleton dec'd intestate, granted to Edward ANTILL of N. Y. City. 357 1689 May 2. Deed. Samuel GIBSON, late of Perth Amboy Inholder and wife Lideah to Humphrey HULL, of N. Y., vintner, for one acre in Perth Amboy, E. the intended wharf, N. William BROOKEFIELD, W. and S. unappropriated, as per patent of April 28, 1688. 358 1683 Sept. 4. Burlington. Do. John CHAMMIS of Shrewsberrie to Richard HARTSHORNE of Middleton, for the use of Job ALMY of Rod Island, for his right, title, etc., in and to a share of land and meadow, formerly ownen in Shrewsberry Township, adjoining William WEST and his brother. 360 1696 Dec. 28. Confirmation to John ROBINSON of Woodbridge, black- smith, in right of William COTTER of the same place, dec'd, of the follow- ing lots: 1, a homelot of 11 acres, N. John Taylor, E. the road, S. John GILLMAN, W. Thomas BLUMFIELD Jun.; 2, 60 a. on the Northside of John SMITH Scotsman; 3, 16 1/2 a. of meadow on the Rariton, N. Stephen KENT Junior, S. Henry LESSENBIE, W. Benjamin PARKIS and Robert RODGERS, E. the meadow, left for the ministry and free school; also in right of John ADAMS of Woodbridge, dec'd, 6 a. of meadow, N. John BLUMFIELD, E. Papiack Creek, S. William COMPTON, W. Craine Neck upland; in all 94 a. 362 1696-7 Feb. 23. Deed. Alexander SCOTT of Elizabeth Town and wife Helen (Ellener) to Richard SPENCE of Woodbridge, for 14 acres in Eliza- beth, conveyed to present grantor by George ROSS and Samuel WOODS, N. the Two Miles Brook, W. a small run, S. unsurveyed swamp, E. grantor. 364 1696 Dec. 18. Do. John JAQUISH of Woodbridge to John ROBINSON and Richard SPENCER of the same place, Scotchmen, for a houselot of 10 acres there, at Hanses Hill, E. the road, S. Jonathan HAINES, W. John DILLIE. 365 1697 May 14. Do. Thomas Warne of Midleton to the Proprietors, for one acre in Perth Amboy, fronting the Governour's house, E. Water Street, W. High St., N. Robert BRIDGEMAN, S. an unappropriated lot; the lot to be used as a street in the Governour's house. 366 1696-7 Feb. 23. Do. Thomas CAWOOD of Woodbridge and wife Ruth to Josuah MASHERUNE of the same place, mariner, for 15 acres in Wood- bridge, on the Mill cree, adjoining the 10 a. lot, bo't by grantee of John FITSRENDALPH. 367 1697 June 4. Confirmation to William BARTON and wife Hannah, only daughter of Humphrey HULL, of the lot, bo't by said HULL of Samuel GIBSON (supra p. 358). 370 PAGE 268 New Jersey Colonial Documents. 1695 April 7. Patent to John REID of Hortencie, Monmouth Co., for the following tracts in said Co.: 1, a lot at the head of the first branch of Deepe Brook, between Alexr NEPAIR, David MUDIE and Thomas HART; 2, a lot adjoining Peter SUNMANS' Wichatunck lot No. 9; 3, a lot on Shark R. along John and William WEST. 371 1696 April 27. Confirmation to Cornelius MACHELSIE of Bergen, in right of Gerret PETERSON, John Cornelius SCHOENMAKER and John Gerret- sie VAN INNE, of 150 acres betw. Hackinsack Bay, Pissaick and Hudson R., S. Pawll DUWESSEE, N. John VAN DE BILLI (?BILT), W. said bay, E. Hudson R. 372 1697 May 1. Do. to Ezekiah BONHAM of Piscataway, in right of his late father Ezekiah BONHAM, Thomas ffARNEWOORTH and Daniel LIPPENTON, of 182 acres in Piscataway, as follows: 1, a houselot of 12 a., S. Benjamine ffITSRENDALPH, N. John MARTINE Senior, E. a small spring, W. a small gully; 2, a lot, E. John SMALLIE Senior, W. George DRAKE, N. a small brook, S. Daniel LIPENTON, S. E. George JEWELL; 3, a tract, S. Samuel DOTIE, W., N. and E. unsurveyed; 4, a lot on Rariton R., N. Nicholas BONHAM, S. E. George JEWELL, S. W. said river, N. W. a brook; 5, 5 acres of meadow, S. and E. a small creek, N. Timothy CARTIE, W. the two SMALLIEs, Senior and Junior. 374 1697 May 22. Deed. Hezekiah BONHAM of Piscataway to Benjamin FITSRENDALPH of the same place, for 12 acres, No. 1 of preceding confirma- tory patent, S. grantee, W. and N. John MARTINE and town land, E. a small run. 377 1685 July 15. Do. Samuel WAARD of Newark, turner, to Tunis JOHNSON of Oughvickenon, [1] husbandman, for threescore acres, N. Hanse Hendrickson ASPEERE, [2] E. Pissaick R., S. Second R., as the patent de- scribes it: 4 a. of meadow on Mapple Island Cr. as per patent. 378 1688 Dec. 27. Do. Same with consent of his mother Elizabeth WAARD alias Elizabeth OGDEN to Tunis ASPEERE of Ouchquikenunk, for 22 acres in Newark, N. Widow MORRIS, S. John WARD Senior, turner, E. Second River. 379 1690 Nov. 22. Do. John MORRIS of Newark to Tunis ASPEERE, for 20 acres in Newark, S. Elizabeth WAARD, N. Samuel HARRISON, W. unsur- veyed, E. Pissaick R. 380 1692 April 18. Do. John GARDNER of Newark and wife Abigail to Tunis JOHNSTON alias PEARE, for 85 acres of upland and 7 a. of meadow on Pissaick R., vizt: 45 a., N. grantee, E. the river, S. Hance HENDRICKSON alias SPEERE, W. Hendrick HENDRICKSON VAN ARIE (in the record: VANREARIE) and grantee; 31 a. N. Hendrick HENDRICKSON VANREARIE, W. unsurveyed land, E. the first lot, S. Hance HENDRICKSON alias SPEERE and unsurveyed land; 14 a., N. Edward RIGGS, S. Hance HENDRICKSON, W. unsurveyed land, E. common land, 7 a. meadow, E. small creek, W. Hance HENDRICKSON, S. Mapple Island Creek, N. a small creek. 380 ---------- [1] Tunis Janse PIER. of Acquackenonk. [2] SPIER. PAGE 269 East Jersey Deeds, Etc., Liber F. 1696 Aug. 22. Do. Samuel HARRISON of Newark and wife Mary to Tunis JOHNSTON alias SPEARE or PEIRE, for 20 acres, N. Edward BAALL, W. the Commons, S. the swamp, E. the river; in Newark Township. 382 1697 June 22. Certificate of Quietus, granted to Samuel LEONARD of Shrewsberry as administrator of the estate of Bryan BLACKMAN of the same place, dec'd. 383 1697 June 16. Patent to Jedidiah ALLEN of Shrewsberry, for 83 acres there, as follows: 1, a lot, N. W. Thomas EATTON, S. W. and S. unsur- veyed, E. and N. E. Jacob COLE; 2, a lot, N. Judah ALLEN, W. John HAVENS, S. Hannah JOY, E. grantee; 3, alot, W. Eatton's Mill brook, N. and E. barren hills, S. barren land; 4, a lot and some boggy meadow, a tri- angel surrounded by unsurveyed barren land; 5, a piece of meadow, bounded as the last. 384 1697 May 1. Do. to Joseph WEST of Shrewsberry, for 100 acres there, S. the path in Long Branch, E. Edmond LAFETRA and John NEWMAN, N. the North River, W. a road. 386 1694 Dec. 28. Newport, R. I. Deed. Peter PARKER of James Town or Cononicote Island, R. I., husbandman, to Caleb ALLIN of Sandwich, Barnstable Co., Mass, for his right, title etc. in and to 156 acres, to be called 123 a., N. meadow and Neversinks R., W. John SLOCUM, E. and S. roads; 5 a. of meadow, N. W. the Nawawatacunk branch of Shrewsberry River, S. W. Ephraim ALLEN, S. E. a road, N. E. Hannah JOY; 4 a. of meadow in the Long Neck, S. E. a small island, N. E. John CHAMBERS, N. W. Shrewsberry R., S. W. Remembrance LIPPENCOATE, the whole to stand for 130 a. 388 1688-9 Feb. 23. Do. John GILLMAN of Chohansy River, West Jersey, to Jediah HIGGENS of Piscataway, for 33 1/2 acres in Piscataway, W. Edward Slater, S. the meadow, E. Hopewell HULL, N. Thomas HIGGENS; 1 1/2 a. of meadow betw. Hopewell HULL and Hugh DUN. 391 1697 April 8. Articles of Agreement. Timothy CARTEE of Piscataway agrees to sell to Thomas WEBSTER of the same place his land there, 60 acres, bounded by Thos. HIGGENS, Benjamin CEVELL, Thomas SUTTON and Hugh DUN. 392 1697 May 1. Confirmation to Thomas WEBSTER of Piscataway, cord- wainer, in right of Timothy CARTEE of the same place, of 60 acres there, N. a small brook, E. a road, W. William SUTTON, S. a small spring. 393 1689 July 16. Will of John SMALLY of Piscataway and wife Ann, Sons--Isaac, John; sons of son John vizt, John and Jonathen; daughters --Hannah BANGES, Mary SNOW (who has three daughters). Real and personal property. Executor, the survivor. Witnesses--Edward SLATER, Samuel BLACKFOORD. Proved June 23, 1697. 395 270 New Jersey Colonial Documents. 1697 May 29. Deed. Miles FORSTER of N. Y. City and wife Rebeckah to John IRELAND of Perth Amboy, for 60 acres in Middlesex Co., N. e. Rariton Bay, S. E. Thomas LAWRIE, W. and N. W. Govr LAWRIE, patented to Thomas BARLETT, late of Cheesequaks November 1, 1687, and by him will to present grantor April 11, 1688, to whom it was confirmed by the Proprietors January 15, 1695-6. 397 1697 Aug. 31. Do. John IRELAND and wife Jannett to Aurther SIMSON of Perth Amboy for the preceding tract, which after allowance for barrens etc., is to be 50 acres. 399 1689 Aug. 26. New York. Will of David DESMARRETT of Essex Co., yeoman and miller. Sons--John, David and Samuel; maid Anna COUNK, legatee of 100 acres. Real and personal property. Executors the sons. Witnesses--Paull RICHARDS, Giles GRANDINEAU, Peter LEGRANT, Peter D'LATTOY. Proved July 30, 1697. 400 1697 Aug. 18. Letters testimonial with preceding will annexed issued to the executors named. 401 1697 June 28. Will of Abigall, widow of Richard LIPPENCOTT of Shrewsberry. Grandson John, son of son John LIPPENCOTT; widow and children of son Freedom, whose eldest son Samuel is excepted; grand- daughters--Abigail, Sybiah and Rachell, daughters of daughter Increase and her husband Samuel DENNIS; sons--Restore LIPPENCOTT, Remem- brance LIPPENCOTT; Friends' Meeting at Shrewsberry. Real and personal estate (slaves.) Executors--John HANCE, William WORTH and William SHATTOCK. Witnesses--George CURTIS, William SHATTOCK, Ann LIPPENCOTT, Margaret LIPPENCOTT. Proved Aug. 24, 1697. 401 1697 Aug. 28. Letters testimonial with preceding will annexed issued to the executors named. 403 1697 Aug. 31. Certificate of Quietus Est., issued to Sarah MITCHELL, formerly widow of William RICHARDSON of Elizabeth Town, as administra- trix of her late husband's estate. 404 1688-9 March 6. Deed. William COMPTON of Woodbridge and wife Mary to Nicolas MUNDIE, of Piscataway, for 7 acres of meadow at the Roundabout or Torneabout, N. grantor, E. Josuah BRODLEY, S. Mathew MOORE, W. the Rariton R. 405 1697 April 15. Do. John BOWNE to his brother Obadiah BOWNE, both of Monmouth Co., for all his right, title, use, etc. in and to 769 acres at Mencokameke or Westfield, in Midleton Township, formerly belonging to their father John BOWNE. 406 1696 Sept. 1. Deed of Partition. Parties same as supra p. 300, shares of Johannes MACHIELSIE and Cornelius MACHEILSIE. 407 PAGE 271 East Jersey Deeds, Etc., Liber F. 1693 Sept. 27. Deed. John BERRY of Bergen Co. to John CHRISTINSON of Essex Co., for 60 acres at New Barbados Neck, N. E. Hartman BRATS, N. W. a fresh meadow, S. W. Nicholas KIP, S. E. Hackinsack R. 409 1696 Aug. 10. Do. Miles FORSTER of N. Y. City, merchant, and wife Rebeccah, Mary, widow of William HAYGE and Obadiah, eldest son and heir of said William and Marie HAYGE, to Rooliph VAN DER LINDA of Hak- ensack, husbandman, for 230 acres, part of a tract inherited from Govr Gawen LAWRIE, S. DEMARIE's land, W. Tapan Path and Peter SUNMANS, N. grantors, E. the Chesthe Brook, lot No. 1 on a certain map. 411 1696 Aug. 10. Do. Same to Cornelius CHRISTIANSE of Hakensack, husbandman, for 400 acres, lots No. 3 and 4 on a certain map, part of the tract of 700 acres, inherited from Govr Gawen LAWRIE, to whom it was patented August 17, 1686, bounded S. and W. by Peter SUNMANS and David DEMARIE, E. and N. Hakensack River. 414 1697 Aug. 25. Do. Henry JAQUES of Woodbridge to Colonel Stevanus CORTLAND of N. Y. City, for 40 acres adjoining grantee's mill on Rawack River, betw. Jonathan JAQUES, John JAQUES and Elizabeth Town bounds. 417 1696-7 Jan. 27. Do. Joseph FRAIZEE of Elizabeth Town and wife Mary to their son William FRAIZIE of the same place, for 45 acres at Ro- way, W. Dr. William ROBERTSON dec'd., S. W. Edward FRAIZIE, E. and N. W. grantor, S. E. Eliphalet FRAIZIE; also 18 a. of meadow, at Raway, S. W. the river, N. a small creek, E. Edward FRAIZIE and the Oyster Creek, S. E. the Sound. 418 1696-7 Jan. 27. Do. Same to son Eliphalet FRAIZEE, for 30 acres at Raway, S. William FRAIZIE, W., N. and E. grantor; also 16 a. of meadow there, N. E. Zerah HIGGENS dec'd and the great creek, S. E. a small creek, S. W. the great pond, N. W. Spinage's Creek. 420 1697 July 20. Do. Benjamin FITSRENDOLPH of Piscataway, carpenter, and wife Sarah to John ROYSE of Roysefield, Sumersett Co., for 72 acres in Piscataway as follows: 1, 12 acres, called BONHAM's lot, S. grantors, W. MARTINE, N. MARTINE and the Commons, E. a small run; 2, 30 a., E. a small brook, N. Nicolas BONEHAM, S. John GILLMAN, formerly Isreall FOULSHAM, W. a small spring coming from John MARTINE's Junior; 3, 30 a. near the townlanding on the Rariton R., S. said river, E. and W. two brooks, N. grantor, formerly his brother John. 422 1697 Aug. 28. Do. Margarett, widow of John CARRINGTON of Perth Amboy, to Michael HAWDEN of N. Y. City, vintner, for 12 acres, E. the Sound, N. and W. land not laid out, S. CAMBLE's Creek, as patented to John CAMBLE, late of Perth Amboy dec'd, November 3, 1687, by him be- queathed (Will of December 25, 1689) to his wife Marie, who sold the land to said John CARRINGTON June 7, 1695, from whom present grantor re- ceived it by will of October 15, 1695. 425 272 New Jersey Colonial Documents. 1697 Sept. 6. Do. Samuel DENNIS of Woodbridge and wife Mary to Richard POWELL of the same place, innholder, for 3 acres of meadow there, S. Peter LACOUNT of Staten Island, formerly Robert DENNIS dec'd, W. cer- tain small creeks and coves, N. and E. a greater creek. 427 1697 July 23. Patent to William WEST of Shrewsberry, for 148 acres there as follows: 1, a houselot at Norwattacunck, 34 chains by 13 rods, E. Joseph PARKER, N. and W. roads, S. a branch of Shrewsberry R.; 2, 14 a. at the same place, S. a small creek, W. Stephen WEST, E. Francis BURDEN, N. a creek going to John HAVENS; 3, 3 acres of meadow on Long Neck, E. Stephen WEST, S. and E. Sarah REAPE, N. Shrewsberry R.; 4, a tract on Ramson's Neck, N. and E. roads, S. John CHAMPNESS, W. George ALLEN. 429 1697 July 23. Do. to Anthony WOODWARD of Nottingham, Burling= ton Co., West Jersey, for 300 acres in Monmouth Co., on the South side of Doctor's Creek, below the Post Road bridge, betw. the old Shrewsberry Path, Isaac WATSON and John JOHNSTON. 431 1693 Aug. 17. John REID of Hortencie to Govr Andrew HAMILTON for 500 acres in Monmouth Co. as follows: 1, 300 a., N. Sweeming River, W. Thomas LEONARD, S. W. and S. E. the Pines, E. Lewis MORRIS; 2, 170 a. betw. Mordicai GIBBONS and John CRAWFORD; 3, 30 a., S. W. said GIBBONS, N. E. John VAUGHAN, N. E. (sic: N. W.?) Samuel SPICER, S. E. Thurloe SWINIE. 433 1695-6 Jan. 20. Patent to John COCKBURN of Newark, mason, for 205 acres there, of which 55 are paid for, 30 are given in right of Benjamin GRIFFITH and 120 are for the headland of Robert ANDERSON, Mathew GRACIE, John and George SHARP: 1, 25 a., E. Pissaick R., S. the Mill Creek, N. Stephen DAVIS, W. a road; 2, 5 1/2 a. of meadow, W. Joseph WALKER, S. Maple Creek Island, E. Thomas RICHARDS, N. common meadow; 3, 12 a. of upland on the South side of the Mill pond adjoining Jabes ROGERS; 4, 7 a. in the Long Hill; 5, 150 a. on Second River adjoining Gerret DYKENS; 8, 10 a. betw. said DYKENS and John GARDNER. 434 1697 Oct. 2. Deed. Col. Andrew HAMILTON of Perth Amboy to the Proprietors, for 300 acres on Sweeming R., Monmouth Co., N. said river, W. Thomas LEONARD, S. W. and S. E. the Pines, E. Lewis MORRIS. (Supra, lot 1, p. 433). 437 1696-7 Jan. 5. Do. John BAKER of Elizabeth Town to his son Dir- reck BAKER of the same place, for 4 acres there, S. grantor on the Long Ridge, E. James HINDS, N. Roger LAMBERT, W. the country road. 439 1696-7 Jan. 5. Do. Derick BAKER to Marie JOHNSTON of Elizabeth Town for the preceding lot for life. 440 1697 April 10. Do. John FITSRENDALPH of Piscataway and wife Sarah to his brother Benjamen FITSRENDALPH of the same place, for 70 acres of land and 5 a. of meadow there, same as supra p. 271. 440 1696 Aug. 21. Do. Stephen KENT of Woodbridge and wife Mary to Josias MERLETT and Abraham LEUTINE, late of Staten Island, for his right, title, etc. in and to the West half of the upland, swampland, meadow and marshland adjoining his farm on Rariton R., one half of his freehold in Woodbridge, and all of his other land there. 443 PAGE 273 East Jersey Deeds, Etc., Liber F. 1696-7 Jan. 26. Do. Abraham BROWNE Junior of Mansfield, Burling- ton Co., W. J., to John ROBISON of Woodbridge, smith, for a tract in Freehold, S. John HAMPTON, N. W. Burlington Path, E. and S. Pasaque- noque Creek, N. John PEIRCE; also the Woolfe Pitt meadow, surrounded by said PEARCE. 446 1694 June 27. Do. Benjamen HULL of Piscataway to John CHAMBERS of Rariton, Sumersett Co., for 14 acres in Piscataway, N. and S. two brooks, W. John SMALLY, E. a road; 20 acres, S. W., N. W. and N. E. small brooks, S. E. Mrs. FITSRENDALPH; 2 1/2 a. of meadow, N. WINKFIELD's meadow, S. John SMALLY, E. Tege Cartee; 2 1/2 a. of meadow, N. John FITSRENDOLPH, S. Rariton R., W. grantor, E. Mrs. FITSRENDALPH; the whole first patented to Richard SMITH, by him conveyed to Jabez HENDRICKS and Benjamen MARTINE, who sold it to present grantor. 448 1695 June 10. Do. John BLUMFIELD of Woodbridge and wife Alice to George BROWNE of the same place, tailor, for 4 acres of meadow there, S. E. Robert VAUQUELLIN and Samuel MOORE, S. W. Ezekiall BLUMFIELD, N. E. Papiack Neck, N. W. Obadiah AIRES dec'd. 450 1695-6 Jan. 11. Do. Daniel ROBINS of Woodbridge to George BROWNE of the same place, tailor, for 12 acres there, bo't of Abraham TAPPEN, S. Isaak TAPPEN, N. the Commons, E. Bingley's swamp, W. the Commons, the house standing thereon being occupied by grantor's son Joseph. 452 1697 Sept. 6. James GREER of Woodbridge, joiner, to GEORGE BROWNE of the same place, tailor, for 14 acres there, W. a road, S. and N. common land, E. John SMITH; formerly belonging to Samuel BACON, then to George WILLOKS and wife Margaret, who sold it to present grantor October 5, 1696. 454 1696-7 Jan. 27. Do. Joseph FRAIZEE of Elizabeth Town and wife Mary to their son Edward FRAIZEE of the same place, for 60 acres at Raha- way, S. Woodbridge Line, W. William ROBISON dec'd, N. grantor and William FRAIZEE, E. Raway R.; 15 a. of meadow, S. the Oyster Creek and William FRAIZEE, E. the Sound, N. John WOODROOFFE, W. the Great Creek; condition, to allow a road crossing the land. 456 1696 Dec. ---. Do. Isaac TAPPEN of Woodbridge to his son Isaac, for one half of his 120 acres lot at Matuching, said half to be bounded N. by Richard SMITH, W. Abraham TAPPEN, S. the Commons, E. the other half; 10 a. of meadow of the tract bo't of Benjamen HULL, the whole bounded E. by Thomas BLUMFIELD Sen., N. John MARTINE and the great pond, W. Samuel MORES, S. the Rariton R. 459 1697 Sept. 18. Will of Margaret CARRINGTON of Perth Amboy, gentle- woman. John BARCLAY, of Perth Amboy, heir of all real estate and execu- tor; brother John SOWLBIE and his wife Medrad, Sarah and Rebeccah, daughters of William DOCKWRA, William DOCKWRA, son of the same, Kath- erine MUDIE, legatees. Witnesses--James DUNDAS, James SIMPSON, Grim- ston BOWDE. Proved Oct. 11, 1697. 460 PAGE 274 New Jersey Colonial Document. 1697 Oct. 12. Letters testimonial with preceding will annexed, issued to John BARCLAY of Perth Amboy. 461 1697 Sept. 29. Patent to Edward SLATER of Piscataway, for 156 acres in Middlesex Co. as follows: 1, 34 a., N. Mrs. HIGGENS, S. the Bottle Marsh, W. the old Mill brook, E. John GILLMAN; 2, 22 a. of meadow, S. Rariton R., N. grantee, E. unsurveyed meadow, W. the old Mill creek; 3, 50 a., S. W. Isaac SMALLY, N. W. William SUTTEN, N. E. Edmund DUNHAM, S. E. Andrews WOODDEN; 4, 7 a., a triangle, E. Thomas HIGGENS, S. and N. W. two runs; 6, 40 a., W. Samuel BLACKFOORD, N. the brook, S. and E. unsurveyed. 462 1697 Sept. 29. Confirmation to Isaac WATSON of Nottingham, Bur- lington Co., N. J., in right of John JOHNSTON of Monmouth Co., brother and heir-at-law of James JOHNSTON dec'd, of 30 acres in Monmouth Co., a mile above the bridge over Doctor's Creek, along the old path from Shrewsberry. 464 1697 Sept. 29. Patent to Peter LAWRENCE of Bergen Co., for 356 acres there, N. W. Hakingsack R., N. the DEMARIEs, S. E. Overpeck Creek, S. W. Lawrence LAWRENCE. 466 1697 Sept. 29. Do. to Lawrence LAWRENCE of Bergen Co., for 240 acres there, S. W. Charles LAZEERE, N. E. Pieter Lawrence. 467 1697 Sept. 29. to Barnt CHRISTINCIE of Bergen Co., for 160 acres there, S. W. Thomas LAWRENCE and Sybah EPKE, N. Johannies CHRISTIANCIE son. 469 1697 Sept. 29. Do. to Christiancie JOHANNES, son and heir of Johan- nes CHRISTIANCIE, late of Bergen dec'd, for 160 acres, N. E. Charles LAZEERE, S. W. Barnt CHRISTIANCIE. 471 1697 Oct. 27. Certificate of Quietus to Joseph ROLPH of Woodbridge as administrator of the estate of John ROLPH dec'd. 472 1697 Oct. 22. Patent to Tunis JOHNSON alias ESPEERE and Bastian VAN GEESEN, both of Newark, for 200 acres there at the rear of the Dutch men's lots on Pissaick R., W. the Third River, Eliphalet JOHNSTON and a small brook, E. the Dutch men's lots, N. and S. unsurveyed. 473 1697 Dec. 3. Letters of administration of the estate of George WARREN of Elizabeth Town, dec'd intestate, granted to his widow Tidey. 475 1697 Sept. 29. Patent to Nicholas LAZEERE of Bergen Co., for 80 acres there, N. E. Lawrence LAWRENCE, S. W. Johannes CHRISTIANCIE's son. 476