NEW JERSEY COLONIAL RECORDS, East Jersey Records: Part 10 - 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 275 East Jersey Deeds, Etc., Liber F. 1694 April 2. Deed. John REID to Charles GORDON, both of Mon- mouth Co., for a tract at Topinemus, Freehold, adjoining Wm. CLERK, for- merly Alexr NAIPER. 478 1697 June 9. Deed. (Satisfaction of Mortgage?) Thomas TROWBRIDGE of New Haven, New England, to John WHITE of Rariton R., Sumersett Co., for 887 acres in said Co., mortgaged to him by WHITE July 25, 1691. 479 1697 Oct. 1. Do. Do. James GRAHAM to John WHITE, for 640 acres, called WHITE's Lot, mortgaged November 20, 1693. 480 1697 Oct. 1. Do. Do. Colonel Charles LODWICK of N. Y. City, merchant, to John WHITE, for 836 acres, S. Rariton R., W. Mr. GRAHAM and partners, N. the hills, E. John PALMER, mortgaged September 4, 1688. 482 1697 Oct. 14. Deed. John WHITE of Sumersett Co. and wife Eliza- beth to Cornelius TUNNESON of the same Co., for 877 acres on the North- side of Rariton R., S. said river, W. Graham and partners, now occupied by Peter VAN NESS, N. the Commons, E. John PALMER, now Macheele DIRRECKSON, as patented February 28, 1683-4. 485 1697 Dec. 9. Do. Col. Andrew HAMILTON, Governour, to Peter VANEST of Sumerset Co., for 500 acres in said Co., patented to grantor in right of Peter SUNMANS May 20, 1690, E. the Northbranch of Rariton R., S. Hendrick COURSEN, W. and N. unsurveyed. 491 1687 June 25. Do. John CLERK of Elizabeth Town and wife Mary to Benjamen GRIFFITH of Amboy Perth, merchant, for 106 acres, N. W. John and George ALEXANDER, W. Doctor ROBINSON, S. Richard CLERK, N. E. Raway R.; also 16 a. of meadow, S. William CRAMWELL, E. John SINKERS, N. Peter MORSE, W. upland. 493 1688 Nov. 10. Do. Jabes HENDRICKS of Piscataway and wife Hannah to Benjamen GRIFFITH, for two lots in Piscataway, vizt: 1, a houselot of 12 acres, E., W. and S. land not surveyed, N. a small swamp and beyond it John MARTINE Jun.; 2, 40 a. S. E. John MARTINE Senior, N. and E. Nicholas MUNDAY, W. and S. unsurveyed. 495 1690 Dec. 25. Do. George ALLEN to Benjamen GRIFFITH of Wood- bridge for "the within mentioned lot of land" Marginal Note: "This is an assignment on the backside of a patent from George ALLEN to Ben- jamin GRIFFITH." 498 1697 Dec. 11. Do. Col. Andrew HAMILTON to Tunis JOHNSON, alias ESPEERE, and Bastian VAN GEESSEN, both of Newark, for the behoof of the Proprietors, for 200 acres in Middleton, S. W. Mordecaij GIBBONS, N. E. John VAUGHAN, N. W. Samuel SPICER, S. E. Thurloe SWINIE. 498 1697 Oct. 29. Do. Richard RIDGEWAY of Piscataway and wife Abi- gall to Benjamen FITSRENDALPH of the same place, for 210 acres, bo't of John HORNER, betw. Richard STOCKTON and the Stony Brook; 160 a., bo't of PAGE 276 New Jersey Colonial Documents. Richard STOCKTON on Stony Brook; 3 a. of meadow, E. of Richard STOCKTON. 500 1697 Nov. 27. Do. Ezekiell BLUMFIELD of Woodbridge, carpenter, and wife Hope to Richard Powell of the same place, innholder, for 2 acres of saltmeadown there, S. E. John BLUMFIELD, now George BROWNE, S. Samuel MOORE, W. a small creek, N. Papiack Neck. 502 1695 June 24. Do. Mathew BUNN of Woodbridge and wife Sarah to his brother Nathaniel BUNN of the same place, potter, for one half of the 120 acre lot and of the 30 a. of meadow, as patented December 30, 1670, inherited from their father Mathew. 503 1697 Aug. 24. Do. Nathaniel BUNN to Ichabod SMITH of Woodbridge for the preceding. 504 1697 June 23. July 7. Returns of survey by the Highway Commis- sioners of Middlesex Co. 506, 516 1697 Sept. 29. Patent to Thomas LAWRENCE of Bergen Co., for 160 acres thre, S. W. Cornelius CHRISTIANCIE, N. W. Hackingsack R., N. E. Barat CHRISTIANCIE, S. E. Sybah EPKE. 508 1697 Nov. 2. Confirmation to Thomas HART, one of the Proprietors, of the following lots, in all 3,000 acres on Assandpink Creek: 1, a lot in Piscataway, Middlesex Co., W. of the Westbranch of South River, betw. David FALCONAR, Robert BARCLAY and Thomas COOPER; 2, a lot in Middletoune, W. of Gravell Brook, betw. Thomas WARNE and Peter WATSON. 509 1697 Dec. 24. Patent to Thomas BOELL of Freehold, for 124 acres there, as follows: 1, a lot near the upper end of Long Gully bog; 2, a piece above the bridge of the cart path betw. Wm. LAWRENCE's cornmill and Samuel LEONARD's sawmill; 3, a lot adjoining Sir John GORDON in Wickatunck; 4, a piece of bog, called the Mirie fly; 5, a lot, S. Thomas BARKER, W. Peter SUNMANS, S. E. John BAKER's Wickatunck town lot; 6, a lot, S. and N. Sir Eugenius CAMERON; 7, a piece of bog, adjoining Robert BARCLAY, S. Peter SUNMANS. 510 1697 Dec. 7. Deed. John LOOFBURROW of Woodbridge, miller, to Yelverton CROWELL of the same place, carpenter, for 60 acres there, E. Achebald RIDDELL, S. W. and N. unsurveyed. 512 1697-8 Jan. 8. Letters of administration on the estate of Thomas DARLING of Elizabeth Town dec'd, granted to his widow Mary. 513 1688 Aug. 6. Bond. William WHITE of Elizabeth Town to Andrew WHITE of the same place, batchelour, for the carrying out of an indenture. 514 1696 May 27. Deed. Andrew WHITE of Elizabeth Town to William DARBY of the same place, for: 1, 34 acres, N. E. Robert WHITE, S. W. Jonas WOOD, N. W. and S. E. two swamps; 2, 20 a. betw. the Millbrook and the road; 3, 6 a. adjoining William WHITE. 515 PAGE 277 East Jersey Deeds, Etc., Liber F. 1697-8 Jan. 6. Patent to Jasper CRAINE of Newark, for 140 acres there, as follows: 1, a lot in the branches of the Second River; E. John PRIDDEN, W. Francis LINDLEY, S. and N. unsurveyed; 2, a lot, S. said river and Joseph RIGGS, W. the Wigwam Brook, N. John GARDNER, John BALDWINE, unsurveyed land and Tonies Brook, E. other lots; 3, a piece of swamp on Roway River, 17 by 15 chains, W. Captain Samuel SWAINE, S. John CURTISE, No. Richard HARRISON and unsurveyed land, E. such land; 4, 9 acres of meadow, 14 by 7 ch., E. the Bay, S. Azariah CRAINE, W. other lots, N. Nathaniel WAARD; 5, 6 a., W. of and 26 chains along Wheelers Point Creek, 4 ch. wide, N. John BALDWINE, S. Henry LYONS, W. unsurveyed meadow. 517 1697-8 Jan. 6. Confirmation to Peter VANESS of Sumersett Co., for 600 acres, of which 500 are in right of Col. Andrew HAMILTON; E. the Northbranch of Rariton R., S. Hendrick COURSEN, W. and N. unsurveyed land. 518 1673 July 20. Deed. Stephen KENT junior of Woodbridge to Jona- than DUNHAM alias SINGLETERRY of the same place, for part of his homelot meadow on Papyack Creek, adjoining grantee, S. of the road to grantee's mill, 4 acres and on the Northside of said road 2 a. more. 519 1693 ------ 13. New York. Endorsement on Deed DUNHAM-ROSS (Liber d, p. 95), in which Mary ROSS conveys back to Jonathan DUNHAM the same property. 521 1697-8 Jan. 6. Patent to John MARTINE of Piscataway, for 170 acres there, as follows: 1, 110 a. in the Vineyard, N. Widow HIGGINS, Widow FITSRENDALPH, Nicholas MUNDY and grantee's father, MARTINE, W. Samuel HULL and a swamp, E. Woodbridge line, S. a small swamp; 2, 60 a. by Dismall, S. W. grantee, N. W. Daniel HENDRICKS, E. Dismall Brook, S. unsurveyed land; 3, 15 a. of Rariton meadows in Woodbridge, S. Samuel MORES, N. Joseph MARTINE, E. the pond, W. the common bog. 522 1697-8 Jan. 6. Do. to Hugh DUNN of Piscataway, for 336 acres there, as follows: 1, 120 a., S. W. Hopewell Hull, N. W. unsurveyed, N. E. a great swamp, S. E. a small one or a road; 2, 40 a. S. E. of the first, N. W. Widow MANNEN, E. John LANGSTAFF and John DRAKE, S. W. (sic) the first tract; 3, 160 a., E. Woodbridge line, S. unsurveyed, S. W. Dis- mall Brook, N. Wm. FROST; 4, 5 a. of meadow, N. Rehoboth GANNETT and Capt. DRAKE, S. Rariton R.; 5, 5 a. of the great meadow, N. Capt. Fran- cis DRAKE, S. E. Andrew WOODEN, N. E. John LANGSTAFFE, S. W. JOHN MARTINE Senior; 6, 5 a., W. Samuel DOTIE, S. Rariton R; E. John LANGSTAFFE, N. Andrew WOODEN; 7, 1 1/2 a. in the Bottle Meadow, N. upland, S. Rariton R., E. John GILLMAN, W. Benjamen HULL. 524 1697 Nov. 10. Receipt. William CUTTER to Joseph ROLFE, adminis- trator to his brother John ROLFE dec'd, for his share of the estate. 526 1697-8 Feb. 29. Deed. William BINGLAY of Woodbridge to Peter LECOUNT of Staten Island, merchant, for 6 acres of meadow in Woodbridge, S. the Sound, E. and W. grantee, formerly Daniel ROBINS, N. grantor. 526 PAGE 278 New Jersey Colonial Documents. 1697 Dec. 30. Do. Isaac KINGSLAND of New Barbados, Essex Co., and wife Elizabeth to his brother Gustavus KINGSLAND of the same place, for a plantation of 100 acres of upland and 15 a. of meadow there, the 100 a. being bounded by Curtise's Creek and pissaick R., the meadow by Ned's Creek and a branch thereof. 527 1697-8 Jan. 1. Will of Isaac KINGSLAND of New Barbados, nephew of Major Nathaniel KINGSLAND. Wife Elizabeth, children Edmund, John, Mary, Hester, Elizabeth, Frances, Isaac. Real and personal estate. Ex- ecutors, the wife and brother Gustavus KINGSLAND. Witnesses--Johannes VANEMBURGH, Richard BERRIE, John STAGE. Proved Feb. 27, 1697-8. 529 1697-8 March 4. Letters testimonial with preceding will annexed, is- sued to the executors named. 531 1697-8 Feb. 5. Confirmation to Col. Andrew HAMILTON, Governour, of 500 acres on the Westside of the South branch of Rariton R., E. said branch, S. grantee, N. Hendrick COURSEN dec'd., W. unsurveyed. 531 1697-8 Feb. 11. Patent ot Henry KEMBLE of Perth Amboy, black- smith, for a one acre lot there, E. John BROWNE, W. John POLLOCK, S. Cove St., N. North St. 533 1697-8 Feb. 11. Do. to John POLLOCK of Perth Amboy, shop keeper, for a one acres lot there, E. Henry KEMBLE, W. an unappropriated lot, S. Cove St., N. North or Back St. 533 1697 Sept. 12. Indian Deed. PAMA CORNE, HOAKEN and PAYHICKEN, for one barrel of cider, five poynts of rum and two shillings, to James REID of Freehold, for the use of the Proprietors, all the tract on Manas- quan River, adjoining Richard HARTSHORNE. 534 1693 Oct. 27. Lease. John Peterson MELET to Henry PONTONY alias LAFORTUNE, of a farm on Bound Brook (?). 535 1698-9 March 10. Letters of administration on the estate of Ephraim PHILIPS of Middletoune dec'd intestate, granted to his widow Mercy. 536 1697-8 Feb. 5. Deed. John REID of Hortencie, Freehold, to Alex- ander ADAM, late of Piscataway, now of Freehold, for a tract there, E. Clement PLUMSTEAD, W. Richard CLERK, formerly Walter BENTHILL, on Matchepone Path. (See Deed same to same of May 19, 1694, and Deed David MUDIE to John REID of August 17, 1693, D. p. 422.). 536 1697-8 Feb. 5. Do. Same to Alexander NEIPER (NEAPAIRE), for a tract in Freehold adjoining the preceding. 539 1697-8 Jan. 20. Confirmation to Joseph OGDEN, son and heir of Joseph OGDEN of Elizabeth Towne dec'd, in right of his late father, of 90 acres in said town, as follows: 1, a lot, S. E. Benjamin PRICE Senior, S. W. Benj. PRICE Junior, N. E. the great meadow, N. W. unsurveyed; 2, a peice of the great meadow, S. Issac WHITEHEAD and Jonathan OGDEN, E. Joseph BOND, N. and W. unsurveyed meadow; 3, another piece by Oyster Creek, E. Benjamin PRICE Senior, W. Isaac WHITEHEAD, N. said creek, S. unsurveyed. 541 PAGE 279 East Jersey Deeds, Etc., Liber F. 1697-8 Feb. 5. Confirmation to John INIANS of Piscataway and wife Marie for their lives, in return for building and providing boats for trav- ellers on the great road from Boosten etc. to the West, to Philadelphia, of the Ferry across Rariton River; with the obligation to ferry over free the Post and his horse and public messengers. 543 1697-8 March 22. Trust Deed. William PINHORNE of Bergen to John BARCLAY of Perth Amboy, for a plantation in the Kill van Cull, called Ceka- kus or Snake Hill, Bergen Co., as described in Deed of Edward EARLE to said PINHORNE of March 26, 1679, and in Confirmation of April 15, 1682, some slaves to be held in trust for the benefit of grantor's wife Mary and children Mary, John, Elizabeth and Martha. Marginal Note says that on May 10, 1717, Wm PINHORNE, his wife Mary and daughters Mary KINGSLAND and Martha MUMPESON cancelled the deed of trust, by breaking the seal and Elizabeth PINHORNE gave her consent on June 2, 1717. 544 1697 Nov. 30. Patent to Clause Vanzen ROMINE of New Barbados Neck, Essex Co., for 600 acres in said Co., S. W. Sadle River, on all sides unsurveyed, including 20 a. of meadow on the West side of Pescaek R., W. E. from the first tract and at the rear of Gawen LAWRIE on Hack- ingsack R. 545 1697 Oct. 23. Confirmation to Mrs. Marie MILBURNE, widow of Jacob MILBURNE, in right of Edward ANTILL of N. Y. as part of the share bo't by said Antill of David TOSHACK of Monivard, of 1,000 acres in Bergen Co. betw. Hudson's R., Overpeck Cr. and Samuel Edsall. 546 1697-8 Jan. 18. Do. to Eliphelet JOHNSTON of Newark, of 390 acres, 270 thereon in right of his father Thomas JOHNSTON of Newark dec'd and 20 a. in right of John WAARD of Newark dec'd; all in Newark Township as follows: 1, a houselot, 10 by 6 chains, N. Widow DENNISON, E., S. and W. roads; 2, a lot in the Great Neck, 10 by 6 ch., W. Thomas HUNTINGTON, E. Widow Elizabth WAARD, N. and S. roads; 3, a lot on the hill, 36 acres, N. Thomas STAPLES, S. Nathaniel WHEELER, W. the brook, E. the road; 4, 12 a. in the neck by the Two Miles Brook, E. John BROWNE Junior and a creek, W. the Commons, S. a road and the landing place, N. Na- thaniel WHEELER; 5, 16 a. at Fullsoms Milston, W. Abraham PEIRSON dec'd, S. and E. Samuel LYON, N. Thomas PEIRSON Junior; 6, 50 a. at the foot of the mountain, N. John WAARD Junior, S. John WAARD Senior, E. the plain, W. the top of the hill; 7, 4 a. by the fresh meadows, W. a road, E. said meadows on the Two Mile Brook, N. John BROWNE Senior, S. Jo- seph Riggs; 8, 2 a. at Beeffe Point, E. Theophelus PEIRSON, W. Nathaniel WAARD, N. Samuel HARRISON, S. other lots; 9, a lot at the mountain, S. E. of lot 6, W. other lots, N. George DAY, S. Nathaniel WHEELER, E. unsur- veyed; 10, a lot, N. Bastian VAN GEESEN, E. the Third R., S. Claes HENDRICKSEN, W. unsurveyed; 11, a lot at the Stonehouse Plain, S. Robert YONG, E. the Third River, N. Daniel DODE and Samuel KITCHELL, W. Sam- uel HUNTINGTON; 12, a lot, N. William CAMP, W. Roway River, S. Black Woolfe Hollow, E. Joseph JOHNSTON and other lots; 13, a lot on the East- side of Third R., W. Samuel ROSE, on other sides unsurveyed; 14, a piece of the great swamp, E. Samuel LYON, N. John TREAT, William CAMP and unsurveyed land, S. and W. unsurveyed; 15, 19 a. of meadow, S. the Bound Creek, W. the Two Mile Brook and John BROWNE Junior, E. Na- thaniel WHEELER and the creek, N. common lands and other lots; 16, 1 a., betw. the Two Mile Cr. and the common fence, S. the Bound Cr., N. grantee; 17, 8 a., N. Nathaniel WHEELER, S. Morrise's Creek, W. Mathew CAMFIELD; 18, 2 a., E. the Bay, W. the swamp, S. Nathaniel WAARD, N. Widow CRAINE; 19, 20 a. at the mouth of Maple Island Creek, E. said creek, N. Oyster Cr., S. Bound Cr., W. Thomas DAVIS, the tide pond and other lots; 20, 12 a. in Tomkers Cove, S. Ephraim BURRELL, E. Wheelers Point, N. William CAMP, W. the creek. 547 PAGE 280 New Jersey Colonial Documents. 1697-8 Jan. 18. Confirmation to Daniel DODE of New York (sic), Essex Co., of 289 acres in Newark, 114 of which, in right of Aaron BLACKLEY of Newark dec'd, as follows: 1, a house lot of 6 a., E. Joseph HARRISON, W. Stephen DAVIS, N. Pissaick R., S. a road; 2, 8 a., E. Hance ALBERTS, N. a road, S. Samuel HUNTINGTON, W. the Parsonage lot; 3, 2 a. at Beeffe Point, N. thye road, W. Theophilus PEIRSON, E. the meadow, S. the middle of the swamp; 4, 20 a. beyond the Second River, W. grantee, for- merly Thomas PEIRSON Senior, S. a brook, N. and E. unsurveyed; 5, 20 a. adjoining to the foregoing on the West, N. E. lot 4, S. E. said brook, S. W. and N. W. unsurveyed; 6, 12 a. of swampy land, S. W. Samuel DODE, other sides unsurveyed; 7, a lot on the Eastside of the Third River, N. said river and Samuel ROSE, E. Eliphelet JOHNSTON and Tunis and Bastian VAN GEESEN, S. Thomas DAVIS and unsurveyed land, W. John GARDNER; 8, a lot, W. grantee, S. Samuel DODE and unsurveyed, E. unsurveyed, N. grantee and Nathaniel WARD; 9, a triangle, S. grantee, W. Samuel DODE, E. Samuel ROSE and Nathaniel WAARD; 10, a lot, also a triangle, E. John GARDNER, S. grantee, W. Thomas DAVIS and Mathew CAMFIELD, N. the Third River; 11, a lot on Ratle Snake Plain, W. Jasper CRAINE, N. said CRAINE, Jonathen SEARS and Mathew CAMFIELD, S. Ebenezer LAMPSON, unsurveyed land and Samuel WILSON, E. Thomas PEIRSON and unsurveyed land; 12, 10 a. of meadow, N. E. Thomas RICHARDS, S. W. Thomas PEIRSON Senior, S. E. the island, N. W. upland; 13, 3 a., S. Morrisse's Creek, and a small almost around it; 14, 6 a ., E. the Bay, N. Thomas PEIRSON, S. and W. unsurveyed; 15, 3 a. of meadow, E. grantee, W. upland, N. Thomas PEIRSON and unsurveyed meadow, S. such meadow. 550 1698 March 25. Patent to William PINHORNE of Bergen Co., for 500 acres in Sumersett Co., on the Northside of Rariton R., betw. Robinson's Island and Lord Neile CAMBLE. 552 1698 March 28. Do. to John BRODBERRIE of Achquickenunck, Essex Co., miller, for 150 acres in Newark Township, as follows: 1, a lot, 40 by 37 1/2 chains, E. Bareskin Brook, W. a swamp, called Canoe Brook, N. a spring, S. unsurveyed; 2, a lot, 15 by 15 chains, S. the Dutch Men's land, W. the Third River and grantee, N. Achquickenunck line, E. Samuel PLUM and Samuel WAARD. 553 PAGE 281 East Jersey Deeds, Etc., Liber F. 1698 March 28. Confirmation to Mathew CAMFIELD of Newark, in right of his deceased father, of 100 acres in said township, as follows: 1, a lot in the Plain, W. the road, N. Benjamen BALDWINE, E. unsurveyed, S. Thomas DAVIS; 2, a lot by the mountain, S. the road, W. unsurveyed, N. Mrs. WAARD, E. other lots; 3, a lot on Second River, W. Jonathen SEERS, N. Thomas DAVIS, E. and S. unsurveyed; 4, a piece of meadow, E. Maple Island Creek, S. Joseph JOHNSTON, N. grantee, W. unsurveyed meadow; 5, 2 a., N. E. grantee, S. W. Morris Creek, W. Daniel DODE. 555 1698 March 25. Patent to Samuel HUNTINGTON of Newark, for 100 acers there, as follows: 1, a lot by the Stonehouse Plain, 25 by 40 ch., N. Stonehouse Brook, W. unsurveyed, S. and E. Eliphelet JOHNSTON and Robert YONG; 2, a lot on the hill, Westside of town, 11 acres, E. the road, N. John WAARD, S. Samuel KITCHELL, W. unsurveyed. 556 1698 March 28. Confirmation to Elizabeth, widow of David OGDEN of Newark, in right of her father, Capt. Samuel SWAINE of Newark dec'd, of 20 acres there on the side of the Long Hill, S. the road, W. Nathaniel WHEELER and John JOHNSTON, N. George DAY, E. John CURTISE, and a piece of meadow, N. E. Thomas PEIRSON, S. E. the great island, S. W. Samuel FREEMAN, N. W. the creek. 557 1697 Oct. 29. Deed. Richard STOCTON of Piscataway and wife Susanna to Richard RIDGEWAY of the same place, for one fourth of the 424 acres tract, bo't of Daniel BRIMSON and since confirmed to said STOCTON August 1, 1696 (supra p. 35). 558 1698 March 28. Patent to James DUNDAS of Perth Amboy, for a lot there, 9 by 1 chains, S. SMITH St., W. not patented, N. Dock Street, E. John BARCLAY, formerly John CARRINGTON. 560 1697 Oct. 9. Deed. Hezekiah BONHAM of Piscataway and wife Marie to Edward JONES of Woodbridge, weaver, for two lots in Piscataway, one bounded E. by John SMALLIE, S. W. George Drake, N. a small brook, S. Daniel LIPPENTOUNE, S. E. George JEWELL; the other, 30 acres, being the remainder of the land, held by BONHAM in right of Daniel LIPPENTOUNE and bo't of Zerah HIGGENS, N. Nicholas BONHAM, S. E. George Jewell, S. W. the remaining part of the land, N. W. a brook. 561 1698 April 6. Letters of administration on the estate of John HOGG of Piscataway, tailor, dec'd intestate, granted to Thomas HIGGENS of the same place. 562 1697-8 March 4. Deed. John REID to the Proprietors, for 100 acres, N. SPOTSWOOD, S. W. the middle brook, S. E. Gawen LAWRIE, W. John CAMBLE. 563 PAGE 282 New Jersey Colonial Documents. 1697-8 March 4. Do. Mary, widow of John CAMBLE of Amboy, to John REID of Freehold, for all her share of Barnegate, held as 1-10 of a share of the Province. 563 1697-8 March 4. Do. James DUNDAS of Amboy to John REID of Freehold, for his right, title, etc. in and to 100 acres granted by the Pro- prietors November 2, 1697. 564 1698 March 25. Confirmation to John REID of Hortencie of 880 acres in Monmouth and Middlesex Counties, 500 a. being in consideration of his attendance for more than 12 years at the meetings of Council, 100 a. in exchange for land sold to the Proprietors (supra, p. 563), 100 a. in right of James DUNDAS (supra. p. 564), 120 a. in right of Mary CAMPBLE (supra. p. 563) and 60 a. in right of Walter KERR, as follows: 1, 250 a. along the Province line and Doctor's Brook, adjoining Anthony WOODWARD, former- ly John BAKER, and along the old Shrewsberrie Path; 2, 200 a. betw. said brook, said path, said WOODWARD and Isaac WATSON; 3, 100 a. adjoining Daniel ROBINS; 4, 200 a. betw. Thomas HART and Thomas FULLERTON; 5, 50 a. of the land on Manasquan R., lately bo't of the Indians by James REID; 6, 120 a. at Barnegate, betw. Viscunck Creek and Doctor Coxe; 7, 60 a. adjoining James JOHNSTON. 564 1697-8 March 10. Confirmation to John ROYSE, Thomas HIGGENS, Edward SLATER, John DRAKE, Edmund DUNHAM, John SMALLIE, Wm. SUTTON, Thomas SUTTEN, Judah SUTTEN, Capt. Geo. DRAKE, Benjamen CORLE, Justinian HALL, Benjamen HULL, Capt. Samuel WALKER, Hugh DUN, John MOLLESON, Walter ROBISON, Joseph RENDOLPH, Charles SALLIER, Isaac SMALLIE and Jedediah HIGGENS, all of Piscataway, for a small tract of meadow there, on the Northside of Rariton R., West of the lower landing. 565 1698 April 5. Deed. John REID of Hortencie to Walter KERR of the same place, for 60 acres (lot No. 7 of patent supra p. 564). 566 1696 May 15. Do. John BERRY of Bergen Co. to Claes Yansen ROMINE of Essex Co., for 150 morgens (300 acres), S. E. Hackingsack R., N. E. Albert Albertson TURHUNE, N. W. a branch, S. W. Urion LUBERTS; also 15 morgens of meadow, down Hackingsack R., lot No. 10. 567 1697 Sept. 10. Do. Same to same, for 360 acres in Essex Co., S. E. Folkert HANSON, N. W. fresh meadow and swamp adjoining, William BERTHOLFE, Nico. DEVO and Sadle River. 569 1696 Nov. 5. Do. Same to same, for lot No. 1 of Hackingsack meadows, formerly surveyed for Antony ANTONYSEEN. 571 1696 May 16. Do. Same to Albert Albertson TUERHUEN of Essex Co., for 210 acres, S. E. Hackingsack R., N. E. grantee, formerly Carre STEVENS, N. W. a brook, running into Sadle R., S. W. Claes Yansen ROMINE. 571 PAGE 283 East Jersey Deeds, Etc., Liber F. 1696 Sept. 2. Indian Deed. PYAHICKEN, MOCKHAUGHAN, QANALAM and WIKGAYLAS, East Jersey Indians, to John REID of Hortencie, for the land about Manalapan, from the mouth of Mount Brook up the Manalapan R. to Welch Brook, etc. 573 1695-6 March 3. Deed. Daniel ROBINS of Woodbridge to his son Joseph ROBINS of the same place, for 100 acres, lately bo't of John REID, at Chestnut Brook, Monmouth Co. 574 1690 May 26. Do. John LAMBERT to John FRENCH, for 10 acres on Slingtail Brook, N. Mathew GANETT, E. Stephen KENT. 575 1698 April 26. Do. Andrise LAWRENCIE of Bergen to Barnt CHRISTIANCIE of the same place, for 26 acres of meadow betw. Constable's Hook and Pembrepock adjoining grantee. 576 1698 April 26. Do. Barnt CHRISTIANCIE to Andriss LAWRENCIE for 30 acres of meadow on the Northside of the Kill van Cull. 576 1698 April 28. Letters of administration on the estate of Samuel WHITE of Shrewsberry dec'd intestate, granted to Thomas WHITE of the same place. 577 1698 April 28. Do. on the estate of Elizabeth JACKSON of Shrews- berry, widow, dec'd intestate, granted to Samuel LEONARD of the same place. 578 1698 April 3. Deed. Miles FORSTER and wife Rebeckah, Mary HAIGE, widow, by said FORSTER as her attorney, all heirs of Govr Gawen LAWRIE, to Benjamen HULL, late of Hempstead, L. I., turner, for 24 chains of the 250 acres lot in Middlesex Co., S. E. Cheesquaks Creek, S. W. Miles FORSTER, N. W. unsurveyed, N. E. Richard TOWNELIE, patented to Gawen LAWRIE January 6, 1685-6. 579 1698 May 10. Letters of administration on the estate of Walter WRIGHT of Middleton dec'd intestate, granted to Thomas COX of Freehold. 581 1695 Nov. 18. Will of Folkert HANSON of New Barbados. Children-- Hance, Jenecke; Jacob ZABRISCO and DAWE legatees. Real and personal property. Executors--brothers Sim HANSEN and Garret HANSIN, both of L. I., Albert ZABRISCO and Lawrence LAWRENCIE, both of Bergen Co. Wit- nesses--William LAWRENCE, Lawrence LAWRENCIE, Margrytie ------, Albert ZABRISCO. Proved May 27, 1698. 583 1698 May 28. Letters testimonial with preceding will annexed, issued to the executors named. 584 1696 April 23. Deed. Dirk HOGELAND of N. Y. City, mariner, son and heir of Christopher HOGLAND of the same place, merchant, dec'd, and his mother Catharina HOOGLAND, to Hartman MACHEELSON of Qumunepa, farmer, confirming conveyance by his father of February 16, 1679-80, un- der patent of July 15, 1678. [1] 585 ---------- [1] For what is now known as the Dundee tract, in the city of Passaic, N. J. PAGE 284 New Jersey Colonial Documents. 1696 April 29. Jan Dirksen STRAETMAKER and Dirk Jansen STRATEMAKER, both of Bergen Co., to Enoch MACHEELSON of the same Co., for 15 morgen of upland and 15 m. (30 acres) of meadow, at Nyacksick, S. W. Lawrence ANDRISSE, N. E. Cornelis Macheelsie VREELAND, N. W. the Com- mons, S. E. Hudsons R. and a creek. 586 1696 April 26. Do. Hartman MACHEELSIE of Bergen to Elias MACHEELSIE of Achquickenunck, Essex Co., for 1/4 of the land conveyed to him by Christopher HOOGLAND etc. (supra p. 585). 588 1693 Oct. 7. Endorsement on a deed Gawen LAWRIE to Hendrick Tunis ALBERT, whereby said Hendrick TUNIS conveys the within specified to Jan ALLEE farmer of Essex Co. 590 1697-8 March 20. Will of Peter WHITE of Shrewsberry. Wife Mary, sons Peter, Robert, Thomas, seven daughters, names not given. Real and personal property. The wife executrix with cousins Samuel WHITE and Thomas WHITE as supervisors and assistants "to their Aunt." Wit- nesses John LIPPENCOATE senior, Poncett STELLIE, Joseph PARKER, Samuel DENNIS. Proved June 10, 1698. 591 1698 June 14. Letters testimonial with preceding will annexed, issued to the widow Mary WHITE. 592 1698 June 8. Mortgage. John FITSRENDALPH of Woodbridge, carpen- ter, to Jacquo POILON of Staten Island, N. Y., for a messuage at Wood- bridge, adjoining his father Nathaniel FITSRENDALPH; 15 acres of meadow, W. and s. Hogg Hill, betw. two small creeks. 593 1698 June 23. Letters of administration on the estate of Eliakim HIGGENS of Woodbridge dec'd intestate, granted to Jedediah HIGGENS of Piscataway. 595 1697 Oct. 16. Power of attorney. John BROWNE of N. Y. City, mar- iner, to Anthony BROCKUS [1] of the same place, merchant, as general agent. 596 1698 April 15. Do. Col. Andrew HAMILTON of Perth Amboy to James DUNDAS of the same place, as general agent in America. 597 1698-9 Feb. 8. Deed. Jonathen BISHOP of Woodbridge, millwright, to Ephraime CUTTER, late of Water Towne, New England, glasier, for 14 acres in Woodbridge, on the Mill River, branch of Roway R., adjoining Robert WRIGHT, John BISHOP and Jonathan BISHOP. 598 1698 June 25. Do. Ephraime CUTTER, late of Water Towne, Middle- sex Co., Mass., now of Woodbridge, East Jersey, glasier, to John ROBESON of Roway, tailor, for the preceding 14 acres. 600 1698 April 28. Do. Hartman MACHEELSIE of Bergen to Cornelius MACHEELSIE of the same place, for one-fourth of the tract, bo't of Christo- pher HOOGLAND (supra. p. 585). 601 1698 April 28. Do. Same to Johannes MACHEELSIE, for one fourth of the same tract. 603 ---------- [1] BROCKHOLLS. PAGE 285 East Jersey Deeds, Etc., Liber F. 1698 June 16. Patent to John REID of Hortencie, for a one acre lot in Perth Amboy, E. John POLLOG, S. Cove St., W. William FROST, N. Back or North St. 605 1698 June 16. Do. to William FROST of Perth Amboy, carpenter, for a one acre lot there, 10 by 1 chains, E. John REID, S. Cove St., W. John MOLLESON, N. Back or North St. [1] 606 1698 June 16. Do. to John MATHEWS of Perth Amboy, joiner, for a lot there, 10 by 1 ch., E. John MOLLESON, S. Cove St., W. John PLUME, N. Back of North St. [1] 607 1698 June 16. Do. to John IRELAND of Perth Amboy, yeoman, for a lot there, 10 by 1 ch., E. High St., N. Augesten GORDON, W. Back St., S. Lord Neele CAMBLE. [1] 608 1698 June 16. Do. to John WHITE of Perth Amboy for a lot there, 9 by 1 ch., E. James DUNDAS, S. Smith St., W. John TONKERS, N. Dock St. [1] 609 1698 June 16. Do. Margratt THOMPSON of Perth Amboy, widow, for a lot there, 9 by 1 ch., E. her late husband's William THOMPSON, S. Smith St., W. Aurthor SIMSON, N. Dock St. [1] 610 1698 June 16. Do. to Aurthor SIMSON of Perth Amboy, yeoman, for a lot there, 9 by 1 ch., E. Margratt THOMSON, S. Smith St., W. Patrick MURDACH, N. Dock St. [1] 611 1698 June 16. Do. to Patrick MURDACH of Perth Amboy, tailor, for lot there, 9 by 1 ch., E. Aurthor SIMSON, S. Smith St., W. Thomas EDWARDS, N. Dock St. [1] 612 1698 June 16. Do. to Thomas EDWARDS of Woodbridge, hatmaker, for a lot in Perth Amboy, 9 by 1 ch., E. Patrick MURDACH, S. Smith St., W. John COLLENS, N. Dock St. [1] 613 1698 June 16. Do. to John COLLENS of Perth Amboy, shoemaker, for a lot there, 9 by 1 ch., E. Thomas EDWARDS, S. Smith St., W. an unap- propriated lot, N. Dock St. [1] 614 1696-7 Feb. 27. Deed. John COMPTON of Woodbridge to his brother Jonathen COMPTON of the same place, for two lots there, vizt: 1, 60 acres, W. Elisha PARKER, N. and E. land in common, S. the barren plain; 2, 60 a. at Peters Wigwam, along a brook, dividing it from Samuel HALE. 615 1697-8 Feb. 27. Will of John LAYNG of Piscataway. Wife Margaret, sons John and William. Real and personal estate. The wife executrix with John REID and John BARCLAY as assistants. Witnesses Nathaniel FIRSRANDOLPH, John BARCLAY. Proved July 25, 1698. 617 1698 July 27. Letters testimonial with preceding will annexed, issued to the widow Margaret LAYNG. 618 ---------- [1] Condition, that patentee shall build upon the lot within 12 months a mansion or dwelling house 80 f. long, 16, f. wide and 12 f. studd, or else lose the property. PAGE 286 New Jersey Colonial Documents. 1698 July 27. Power of attorney. Robert WOLLEY, of London, citizen and cloathworker, to his son Charles WOLLEY, servant to Jeremiah BASSE in West Jersey, as general agent; apparently executed at N. Y. 618 1686 Aug. 30. Will of Edward BARKER of London, citizen and mer- chant tailor: Children--Edward and Elizabeth. "Goods and chattels." Servants Robert BALL, Jeremy AWDREY, maid Jane SANNUM legatees. Ex- ecutors--father Henry BARKER and father-in-law John PENNYMAN, citizen and merchant tailor, both of London. Witnesses--Storie (?) BARKER, John TATHAM, James GIBSON. 619 1686 Oct. 9. (Latin.) Letters testimonial with preceding will an- nexed, issued to the executors named by the Archibishop of Canterbury. 620 1696-7 Feb. 5. Power of attorney. John PENNYMAN of London, citi- zen and merchant tailor, as surviving executor of the last will of Edward BARKER to Jeremiah BASSE, at present in London, but bound for Pennsilva- nia, merchant, to recover from John WHITE and Hannah, widow and ex- ecutrix of John DELAVALL, later partner of John WHYTE, and other persons in America debts due to the said estate of Edward BARKER. 621 1696-7 Feb. 5. Certificate of Sir Edward CLARKE, Knight, Lord Mayor, and the Alderman of London, that John PENNYMAN is the surviv- ing executor of the last will of Edward BARKER, that the copy of the will is correct and that the said John signed the preceding paper. 622 1697 July 5. Deed. Hance ALBERTS of Newark, cordwainer, to Wil- liam BRANT of the same place, for 20 acres, E. Passick R., S. Richard LAURENCE, W. Stephen DAVIS, N. the Commons. 622 1695 June 29. Do. John CONDICT of Newark, weaver, to William BRANT of the same place, cordwainer, for 10 acres, N. Hance ALBERTS, E. Passaick R., S. grantor, W. the road. 623 1698 Aug. 1. Do. Samuel ROSE to William BRANT, both of Newark, for 60 acres on Watseson Plain, N. W. Thomas PEIRSON, S. E. Nathl WARD and unsurveyed land, N. E. unsurveyed; also 5 a. of meadow, S. Morris Creek, W. Thomas JOHNSON, N. John WARD Senior and John BALDWINE, E. Stephen DAVIS. 624 1698 Aug. 1. Do. Same to John FRANCE of Newark, for two lots there: 1, 24 acres, N. the Third River, E., S. and W. unsurveyed; 2, 20 a. bounded as the first. 625 1698 May 31. Newark. Do. Same and wife Mary to Jasper CRAN Junior and his brother Daniel CRAN, both of Newark, for a homelot, bound- ed as per patent, excepting the part sold to cousin John CRAN; also a piece beyond the Millbrook, W. the Commons, S. the swamp, N. John Cran; 5 acres of meadow by the Little Island, N. Richard HARRISON, E. common meadow, S. the Elders' meadow, N. a creek. 626 PAGE 287 East Jersey Deeds, Etc., Liber F. 1698 Aug. 11. New York. Power of attorney. Stephen JEROME, master of the pink Dispatch, to Myles FORSTER of New York, merchant, to recover debts due by George WILLOKS of Amboy-Perth and others. 628 1692-3 March 24. Deed. Benjamin WADE of Elizabethtown and wife Ann to William MILLER of East Hampton, L. I., for 70 acres in Elizabeth- town, N. E. Thomas LEE, N. W. grantor, S. W. Roger LAMBERT, S. E. swamp; also 40 a. in the same town, W. Joseph SARES and a small brook, S. Nicklis CARTER, E. a small brook, N. unsurveyed; 12 a. of meadow at Rawha, S. W. William OLIVER, N. W. William CRAMER, E. a small creek, S. a great pond. 629 1694 July 12. Will of Stephen OSBORNE of Elizabethtown. Wife Sarah: sons--Jeremiah, Josiah; daughters--Mary, wife of Joseph FRASEY; Sarah, wife of John CRAMER; Martha, Rebecca and Abigall. Real and personal property. Son Jeremiah executor with brothers Joseph OSBORN and Josiah STANBROUGH as overseers. Witnesses--Elizabeth STANBROUGH, Jas. STANBROUGH Senior, Josiah STANBROUGH Junior. Proved July 20, 1698. 630 1698 Sept. 5. Letters testimonial with preceding will annexed, issued to Jeremiah OSBORNE. 632 1697-8 Feb. 3. Deed. Nicolas DEVONE and wife Mary, of Essex Co., to their son-in-law Thomas BRICKHOR (BRICKER) of said Co., now husband of daughter Susanna SHOEMAKER, [1] for a lot on the West side of Hackin- sack R., S. Garrit VAN DIENE, S. E. said river, N. E. grantor, N. W. the road, 10 acres. 632 1697-8 March 3. Power of attorney. Clement PLUMSTEAD of London, citizen and draper, to George WILLOKS of East Jersey, as general agent. 633 1698 Sept. 29. Letters of administration on the estate of James DUNDAS dec'd intestate, granted to his widow Jannet. 634 1695 Dec. 31. Deed. John REID of Hortencie to Thomas LAWRIE of the same place, tailor, for 32 acres at Wickatunck, half lots 17 and 19, W. Peter SONMANS, N. Walter BENTHALL and Clement PLUMSTED, E. ----- HART, S. Dr. COXE. 635 1696 June 20. Do. Richard CLARK of Freehold to Thomas LAWRIE, for 16 acres at Wickatunck, W. Clement PLUMSTED, N. the intended road, E. Thomas HART, S. grantee. 636 1696 Dec. 14. Do. William CLARK of Freehold to Thomas LAWRIE, for lot 15 at Wickatunck, 32 acres, formerly belonging to Thomas HART, W. grantee, N. the intended road, E. and S. Dr. COXE. 637 ---------- 1 The original record leaves it doubtful, whether the name of the dau. was Susannah SHOEMAKER or whether BRICKER was a shoemaker. The Hackensack Church Records note the marriage, July 17, 1697, of Thomas BRICKERS, bachelor, b. at Albany, to Susanna DE VOUW, spinster, b. at Ackinsack. PAGE 288 New Jersey Colonial Documents. 1698 Aug. 18. Do. Thomas LAWRIE of Freehold, tailor, to his only son James LAWRIE, for the following lots there, to wit all the the preceding, Thomas BOELL having become the neighbour in place of Peter SONMANS (p. 635), Richard SALTER in place of Dr. COX, (p. 637). 638 1698 May 20. New York. Do. Col. Andrew HAMILTON, late Gover- nour of East and West Jersey, to James MILLS of N. Y. City, merchant, for a lot in Perth Amboy, E. Water St., N. Dock St., W. George DUCKWRA, late James Miller, S. COWLY's house and lot. 639 1697-8 Feb. 7. Do. James BOWNE of Midlton to John ASHTON of the same place, for a lot at Crosaweeks, S. E. John THROCKMORTON, N. E. James ASHTON, N. W. grantor, S. W. Joseph THROCKMORTON; a lot at Bar- negate, E. the Bay, S. grantor, W. unappropriated land, N. John WHITLOCK; in all 270 acres, being one half of the lot granted by patent of Sept. 3, 1694. 640 1678 March 28. Articles of agreement. John LEWIN and Robert WOLLEY, merchants, with William PINHORNE, factor, all of London, engaging said PINHORNE as their agent in New York. 642 1678 March 28. (Latin.) Bond. William PINHORNE to John LEWIN and Robert WOLLEY for the faithful performance of his duties, subscribed before William SCOREY, Notary Public, of London. 645 1681 March 28. Renewal of the preceding agreement and bond. 646 1697-8 March 5. Deed. Edward SLATER of Piscataway and wife Elizabeth to John ROYSE and Thomas HIGGINS of the same place, for his right, title, etc. in and to a stream, running betw. their resp. properties with the priviledge of building a dam and erecting a grist mill. 650 1690 June 29. Do. Richard STOUT of Midltown to his son James STOUT of the same place, for a lot at Remainis or Hope River, Monmouth Co., N. E. ----- BOWNE, S. E. Hope R., S. W. Jonathan STOUT, N. W. unap- propriated land; 5 acres of meadow at Conescunk, adjoining Dan. STOUT. 651 1673 Sept. 5. Will of Robert VAUQUELLIN of Woodbridge leaves all his property, real and personal, to his wife Jeane. Witnesses--James BOLLEN and Saml Moore. 653 1698 Oct. 10. Letters testimonial with preceding will annexed, issued to the widow Jeane VAUQUELLIN. 653 1698 July 5. Probate of the will of Samuel WHYTE of Monmouth, with copy of the undated will, which devises real and personal property to wife Elizabeth, uncle John WORTHLY, cousin John CHESSEAR. Witnesses--Alice HODGSON, Joseph WARDELL, Benjamin RODGERS. 653 1698 Aug. 20. Letters testimonial with preceding will annexed, issued to the brother Thomas WHYTE, the two other executors named refusing to act. 654 PAGE 289 East Jersey Deeds, Etc., Liber F. 1698 April 11. Will of Mary SILVERWOOD of Freehold. Son Samuel HOPHMIRE and daughters, not named, son-in-law John WANGHAN. Real and personal property. Executor the son Samuel. Witnesses--Patrick IMLAY, James MELVINE, Patrick CANAANE. Proved Aug. 23, 1698. 655 1698 Sept. 22. Letters testimonial with preceding will annexed, is- sued to the son Samuel HOPHMIRE. 656 1698 Aug. 26. Will of Walter ROBINSON of Piscataway. Wife Abi- gall, daughter Sarah, four children of the wife by her first husband. Real and personal property. Executrix the wife with Thomas HIGGINS and Isaac SMALLY as overseers. Witnesses--Hepsibah MANNIN, Mary MACKDANIELL, Edward SLATER. Proved Sept. 3, 1698. 656 1698 Oct. 3. Letters testimonial with preceding will annexed, issued to the widow Abigall ROBINSON. 657 1698 June 10. Will of John DURY of Hackinsack, Bergen Co. Wife Rachel; children--Janeken, Pieter, margaret and John. Real and per- sonal estate (a gold ring, a silve bodkin, two silver ear royers, books). The wife executrix. Witnesses--Jan DEMAREST, John EDSALL, Edw. EARLE Junior. Proved Sept. 2, 1698. 658 1698 Oct. 2. Letters testimonial with preceding will annexed, issued to the widow Rachel DURY. 659 1678 July 11. Deed. Halick CODRIACK, late of Ipsige, [1] New England, now of Woodbridge, to John MORRILL, late of Topsfeild, New England, and George DARLING, late of Salem, New England, for all his right, title and interest in and to three scores acres, conveyed to present grantor as a gift by John SMITH January 1, 1673-4, and January 18, 1674-5. 659 1696-7 Jan. 15. Do. Patrick CANAAN of Freehold, carpenter, and wife Margaret to Mary SILVERWOOD, late of Middletown, now of Freehold, widow, for 160 acres in Freehold, E. Peter EMLEY and a cove of Tho. BOELL, N. a road, W. ---- MELVIN and said BOELL, S. ----- MELVIN and the cove, ex- cepting 1 1/2 a. at the Meeting House. 660 1693-4 March 1. Do. Miles FORSTER, late of Perth Amboy, now of N. Y. City, merchant, to Renne PEEAT, alias LE FLOUER, of Piscataway, husbandman, for 250 acres in Middlesex Co., S. Chesequacks Cr., E. Gawen LAWRIE, W. and N. unsurveyed. 661 1698 July 15. Lease. John ROYSE of Summersett Co. to Peter VANEST and Macheele DIRRECKSON, both of the same Co., for the tract called Roysefield in said Co., on Rariton R., betw. John ROBINSON, Thomas COOPER, the Peace Brook, Clement PLUMSTED and Milston R., excepting two lots, conveyed to James GRAHAM etc. 663 1698 Oct. 27. Deed. Hezekiah BONHAM of Piscataway and wife Mary to Edward SLATER of the same place, for a lot there, bo't of Susannah, widow of Thomas FARNSWORTH, S. Samuel DOTEY, other sides unsurveyed. 665 ---------- [1] Ipswich. PAGE 290 New Jersey Colonial Documents. 1695 May 9. Do. Garret LEYDECKER of Newark, cordwainer, and wife Neeltie to Cornelalis and Johannis TOMASON, late of Bergen, for a lot of 60 acres in Newark Township, patented to Samuel WARD junior in 1679, S. the Second River, W. unsurveyed, N. Hance Hendrickson SPEERE, E. Passaick R. and Jasper NESAPATE. 666 1697 Aug. 26. Do. Charles TOOKER of Elizabeth Town and wife Hannah (signs Anna TUCKER), to John THOMAS of N. Y. City, tailor, for 80 acres in Elizabeth, E. Joseph WILSON, S. and S. W. Peach Garden Brook, N. W. Charles TOOKER Senior. 667 1698 July 25. Do. Abraham DENSLEE of Woodbridge, weaver, to John FOREMAN of the same place, for a freehold, bo't of Abraham ADAMS, heir of his brother John ADAMS of Woodbridge dec'd, October 16, 1696. 669 1687-8 Feb. 4. Do. Hopewell HULL of Piscataway to Edmond DOUNHAM of the same place, for 20 acres there, E. Heugh DUN, S. a road, N. W. said DUN, N. E. a swamp. 669 1697 Dec. 6. Do. Benjamin FITZ-RANDOLPH of Piscataway and wife Sarah to Edmond DOUNHAM of the same place, for two lots there, one of 40 acres, S. grantee, E., N. and W. unsurveyed, the other 100 a., W. John FITZ-RANDOLPH, N., E. and S. unsurveyed. 670 1695 Oct. 17. Power of attorney. Vrbanas TOMPSON of Kent Co., an- nexed to Pennsylvania, carpenter, to his brother Gerrit HOLLARD of N. Y. City, mariner, to take possession of 90 acres on Passey Creek near JASPER's mill in New Worke [1] Town, East Jersey, N. Jabez ROGERS, S. John DAVIS, and to sell the land. 672 1697 May 14. Deed. Garrit HOLLARD (HOLLAER) of N. Y. City, mar- iner, to Linkes COOMAN of Newark, for 90 acres on Passaick R., Town of Newark, N. Jabez ROGERS, E. a road and said river, S. John DAVIES, W. unsurveyed. 673 1683 April 9. Do. Stephen KENT of Woodbridge to Samuel MOORE of the same place, for 8 acres there, granted to his dec'd father Stephen KENT, on the Westside of Papiack Cr., N. of the water-mill of Jonathan DUNHAM. 674 1687-8 Jan. 26. Marriage Contract. James DUNDAS of Amboy and Mrs. Jannet RIDDEL, eldest daughter of Rev. Archibald RIDDEL of Woodbridge. 675 1688 June 2. Confirmation to William AICKMAN of Scotland, advo- cate. holding by purchase from Robert BARCLAY 1-10 of 1-48 share of the Province, of 400 acres in Summersett Co., on Rariton R., W. the North- branch, S. Lord Neil CAMPBELL, N. Archibald RIDDELL, E. unappropriated. 677 ---------- [1] Newark. PAGE 291 East Jersey Deeds, Etc., Liber F. 1688 June 2. Do. to Rev. Archibald RIDDELL of Woodbridge, hold- ing by purchase from Wm. AICKMAN, who holds 1-10 of 1-48 share as above, of 300 acres in Summersett Co., W. the Northbranch of Rariton R., S. Wm. AICKMAN, E. and N. unappropriated. 678 1698 Dec. 12. Deed. John COOLEY of N. Y. City, blacksmith, and wife Jannetye to Grimston BOUDE of the Perth-Amboy, merchant, for a lot in Amboy-Perth, 3 by 2 chains, E. Water St., S. Thomas WARNE, W. James MILLER, N. unappropriated. 679 1699 May 5. Endorsement on a patent for 1500 acres betw. Hudsons R. and Overpeck Creek, granted by Govr CARTERET to John BERRY of Barba- dos, whereby John BERRY conveys the land to Thomas NOELL of N. Y. 681 1698-9 Feb. 4. Power of attorney. Tobias HANSON of Dover, N. H., to his uncle John HANCE of Shrewsberry as general agent in New Jersey. 681 -------- Mem., that Robert, son of James DUNDAS and wife Jannet, was born at Perth Amboy December 10, 1694. 682 1697-8 Feb. 14. Deed. George PACK of Elizabeth Town to his son Samuel PACK, for two lots, 35 acres, one lot on Roway R. joining John POPE, the other one a. of meadow, adjoining the upland at the elbow of the creek; also 18 a. of upland betw. grantor and John POPE. 682 1697-8 Feb. 21. Do. Samuel PACK of Elizabeth Town and wife Eliz- abeth to Benjamin THORP of Woodbridge, for the preceding 35 acres in two lots. 683 1698-9 Jan. 20. Do. Philipp DODDRIDGE of Elizabeth Town and wife Frances to John MAISH of the same place, for 5 acres, S. Roway R. and grantor, E. grantee, W. Jeffery JONES, N. grantee and Jeffery JONES. 685 1698 Dec. 7. Do. John REID of Hortencie to William HOG, of Monmouth Co., tailor, for a lot in said Co. betw. Peter SONMANS' lot No. 9, and the rich swamp. (Patent of April 7, 1695.) 686 1697 June 22. Do. Peter WHITE of Shrewsburry and wife Mary to John PEARCE of Freehold, for 50 acres in Monmouth Co., being two lots, patented to grantor Nov. 7, 1687, vizt: 1, 48 1/4 acres, S. grantee, formerly Abraham BROWNE, N. and W. Burlington Path, E. Passequenecqua Creek; 2, 1 3/4 a. of meadow, W. Restore LIPPENCOTT, E. unappropriated meadow, N. and S. upland. 686 1696 Nov. 5. Power of attorney. Obadiah HAIG of N. Y., merchant, to Miles FORSTER of the same place, as agent to dispose of 500 acres at Cooper's Neck, Monmouth Co. 688 1698 Dec. 20. Deed. Obadiah HAIG, late of N. Y. City, son and heir of William HAIG, late of Amboy-Perth, Surveyor General of East Jer- sey, by Miles FORSTER, his attorney, to John BOWNE of Monmouth Co., merchant, for 500 acres at Cooper's Neck, Monmouth Co., N. W. Govr LAWRIE, S. W. Isaac BRYAN, S. E. Samuel LEONARD, N. E. then unsurveyed, as per patent to William HAIG of August 24, 1688. 688 PAGE 292 New Jersey Colonial Documents. 1698 Dec. 20. Do. Peter SONMANS, late of Amboy-Perth, one of the Proprietors, by Miles FORSTER, his attorney, to John BOWNE of Monmouth Co., for lots No. 9 and 14 in Wickatunck, lot 14 being bounded W. by Gawen LAWRIE, E. grantor, S. the road, N. Thomas COX; lot 9, W. No. 14, E. Thomas BARKER, S. the road, N. Thomas COX, as per patent of April 1, 1686. 691 1683 Aug. 24. Do. Robert BARCLAY of Ury, Scotland, to Edward FLEATHAM of Yarm, County of York, for 1-10 of 1-24 share of the Province of East Jersey. 693 1696 Dec. 18. Do. Edward FLEATHAM, late of Yarm, County of York, merchant, to Gilbert MOLLESON of London, draper, for the preceding 1-10 of 1-24 share. 697 1696 Dec. 19. Do. Same to same for the same 1-10 of 1-24 share. 698 1695 July 30. Deed of Gift. John BERRY of Bergen Co. to his daugh- ter Hannah NOELL, for a lot, contents unknown, at New Barbados, Essex Co., betw. Isaac KINGSLAND on the S. W., Thomas STAG on the N. E., ad- joining Wallen JACOBS. 700 1695 July 31. Do. Same to Thomas NOELL of N. Y., merchant, for 50 acres on the N. W. side of Hudson's R., from where Peter FRANCISCO now lives to the high rock. 701 1682 Oct. 23-24. Do. Amrose RIGG of Gatton Place, County of Sur- rey, to Thomas ROBINSON of Brant BRAUGHTON, County of Lincoln, for 1/2 of 1-12 share of the Province of East Jersey. 702 1687 Sept. 9-10. Do. Thomas ROBINSON of Brant BRAUGHTON to An- drew HAMILTON of Edinburgh, Doctor in phisick, for 1/2 of 1-24 share. 711 1696-7 Jan. 21. Will of Andrew HAMILTON, of the Parish of St. Anne's, Westminster, Doctor in phisick. Wife Ann DUSANCIER, half brother of Charles MURRY, Lady Ann HAMILTON of Kister (?) holme, Parish of Kilbright, Clisdeall Shire, Scotland, Watkinson TAYLOR of said Parish of St. Anne's, William GRAHAM of London, Capt. James HAMILTON, John CATHCART of London, George CLERKE of the Parish of St. Martin's in the Fields, Middlesex Co., Elizabeth, daughter said George CLERKE. Real estate in the City and Republic of Geneva, in Scotland, personal property. Executor George CLERKE. Witnesses--Richard DUKE, George CADGE, Ed- mund BELL, N. P. in St. James Market St. 714 1696-7 Jan. 26. (Latin.) Letters testamentary with preceding will annexed, issued to George CLERKE. 715 1697 April 27-28. Deed. George CLARKE, executor of the last will of Andrew HAMILTON, to David LYELL of the Parish of St. Martin's in the Fields, Middlesex Co., goldsmith, for 1/2 of 1-24 share of the Province of East Jersey. 716 PAGE 293 East Jersey Deeds, Etc., Liber F. 1699 April 27. Do. John CODINGTON of Woodbridge to his son John CODINGTON for 30 acres, S. of grantor's 60 acre lot, bo't of Wm. BINGLA; also 4. of meadow, to be taken out of a 10 a. lot, bo't of Jonathan DENNES. 722 1692 June 4. Appointment. Sir Thomas LANE, Knt, Edmund HARRISON and the rest of the Committee of the West Jersey Society to Jere- miah BASS (BASSE) as their agent in West Jersey. 723 1698-9 March 10. Deed. John ROBISON of Woodbridge, blacksmith, and wife Jannet to John OKASON of Hemstead, L. I., carpenter, for 130 acres in Freehold, N. W. Burlington Path, S. John HAMTON, E. and S. Passequenoque Cr., N. John PEARCE; also the Woolf Pitt meadow, encir- cled by said PEARCE. 724 1699 July 22. Do. George THORP to Richard PARAM, both of Eliza- beth Town, for 16 acres in Woodbridge, E. John CONGER, N. the cove or sunken meadow. 725 1694 Sept. 1. Do. John PEARCE of Midlton, shoemaker, to Robert JOHNSTON of Uttrick (Utrecht), L. I., weaver, for the following lots: 1, 16 acres, bounded as in Walter WALL's patent of March 22, 1679, conveyed to Thomas SNOWSELL and by him to grantor Oct. 9, 1691; 2, 4 a. of meadow, bo't of Thomas WHITLOCK Sept. 24, 1693; 3, a town lot of 8 a., bo't of said Whitlock MARCH 10, 1687; 4, 50 a., as per patent of December 16, 1686; 5, 60 a., as per patent of May 11, 1690; 6, 243 a., less 60, bo't of Mary SILVERWOD March 11, 1685. 726 1689 Dec. 21. Do. Matthew GILES of Piscataway to his brother-in-law William OLDEN and sister Elizabeth Giles OLDEN of Middlesex Co., for 120 acres in Piscataway, N. W. the Bound Brook, S. E. Ambrose Brook and grantee's father, N. E. unsurveyed land, part of the estate of their father, Major James GILES. 728 1698 Oct. 12. Do. Jean, widow and executris of Robert VAUQUELLIN of Woodbridge, to Thomas HAWERDIN of N. Y. City, merchant, for the plantation at Woodbridge, now occupied by her and all other real and personal property there; she keeping possession until her death. 729 1697-8 Jan. 17. Do. David LYELL of the Parish of St. Martin's in the Fields, Middlesex Co., goldsmith, to Joseph ORMSTON of London, mer- chant, for 1-48 share of East Jersey. 730 1698 March 26. (London.) Power of attorney. William DOCKWRA of London, merchant, to John REID, Surveyor General of East Jersey, as gen- eral land agent. 732 1698 April 7. Deed. Joseph ROLPH of Woodbridge to his brother Benjamin ROLPH, for one third of 268 acres of upland on the Northside of Jonathan BISHOP's sawmill brook and one third of 32 a. of meadow in Rahawack meadows. 734 PAGE 294 New Jersey Colonial Documents. 1697 July 28. Do. Thomas COX of Midltown to his brother Joseph COX of the same place, for 160 acres there, patented to their father Thomas COX dec'd, December 1, 1676, E. brother James COX; also 9 a. of meadow, E. a small creek, W. upland, S. Edward FAST, N. John STOUT. 734 1698 Dec. 18. Do. Thomas POTTER of Freehold, husbandman, and wife Sarah to William BICKLEY Senior of N. Y., shopkeeper, and wife Susannah, for the lot in Shrewsberry, conveyed by said BICKLEY and wife to Abraham BICKLEY of Burlington August 20, 1696, who with his wife Elizabeth conveyed it to present grantor December 2, 1696, to wit 200 acres, of which one lot is bounded E. by John CLAYTON, N. Nawsinks R., W. a road, S. grantee and Abraham BROWN; 7 a. of meadow adjoining, W. said BROWN, S. and E. two creeks, N. upland. 735 1697 Nov. 18. Do. Nicholas WAINRIGHT of Shrewsburry to John COX of Midltown, for a lot in Midltown, W. John CLAYTON alias grantor, S. Mordicaia GIBBINS, E. and N. Joseph THROCKMORTON. 737 1690 Aug. 11. Do. John STOUT of Midltown to Job THROCKMORTON of the same place, for 15 acres in two lots, vizt: 1, 6 a. of meadow, N. Rich- ard SADLER, S. James GROVER Senior, E. a small island, W. upland; 2, 9 a. of upland, called Apopbrlote (?), W. William LAITON, E. Job THROCKMORTON, N. a road, S. unsurveyed. 738 1698 Nov. 26. Do. John CRAFORD of Midltown and wife Abigaill to Elisha LAWRENCE of the same place, for the following tracts at Weaksack, Middletown, containing 280 acres: 1, a lot, S. W. and W. a sinking marsh, Robert HAMILTON and WHITLOCK's meadow,, N. E. a swamp, N. W. Richard HARTSHORNE, S. unsurveyed; 2, 8 a. there, S. E. Stephen ARNOLD, N. W. the beach, S. W. a creek, S. unsurveyed. 739 1697 June 28. Do. Robert HAMILTON of Midltoun to John WILSON senior of the same place, for 52 acres, called Calcondras, Middletown, E. James GROVER, N. unsurveyed, W. a small brook, S. John RUCKMAN and unsurveyed land; 11 a. in a triangle, adjoining the first; 89 a., E. James GROVER, N. Walter WALLE, W. the preceding 11 a., S. unsurveyed. 740 1696 April 17. Do. Daniel ROBINS to Adam HUDE of Staten Island, for all his right, title, etc. in and to a freehold in Woodbridge. 741 1697 Sept. 15. Patent to George WILOK, late of East Jersey, one of the Proprietors, for a lot in Perth Amboy Town, E. S. E. of the village, as far as low water mark, betw. John JOHNSTON and the cove; also a lot E. S. E. of the village adjoining Robert Cole. 742 PAGE 295 East Jersey Deeds, Etc., Liber G. EAST JERSEY DEEDS, Etc., Liber G. 1698-9 Feb. 1. Will of Thomas APPELLGATE senior of Midlton. Wife Johanna, children Thomas, John, Daniel, Joseph, Elizabeth, Benjamin, Richard. Real estate, partly derived from father-in-law Richard GIBBONS, personal property. The wife executrix. Witnesses--Richard HARTSHORNE, John UAHHAN, Cornelis COMPTON, Mary GROVER. Proved March 29, 1699. 1 1699 May 19. Letters testimonial with preceding will annexed, issued to the widow Johanna APPELLGATE. 1 1698 Dec. 28. Will of William BROWNE of Woodbridge, John BROWNE of Staten Island, John MOORE, George BROWNE. Personal property. George BROWNE executor. Witnesses--Adam HUDE, George BROWNE. Proved February 23, 1698-9. 2 1699 May 18. Letters testimonial with preceding will annexed, issued to George BROWNE of Woodbridge. 2 1698 April 14. Will of Charles DENNIS of Shrewsberry. Wife Mary, sons--Philipp, John, Joseph. Real and personal estate. The wife execu- trix, with George CURLIS and Nathaniel SLOCUM guardians of "the father- less and motherless children" of Francis and Elizabeth JACKSON. Wit- nesses--Thomas HUITT, George CURLIS, Remembrance LIPPINCOTT. Proved February 9, 1698-9. 2 1699 May 18. Letters testimonial with preceding will annexed, issued to the widow Mary DENNIS. 3 1699 April 11. Will of Thomas HOLLAND of Piscataway. Wife Wine- fret; children--Margaret, Frances, Daniel, natural daughters Ann, Eliza- beth. Real and personal estate. The wife executrix with Thomas HIGGINS as assistant. Witnesses--Thomas LAWRENCE, Robt COLE. Proved April 21, 1699. 3 1699 May 18. Letters testimonial with preceding will annexed, issued to the widow Winefret HOLLAND. 4 1698 Sept. 30. Deed. James ASHTON of Midltown to his son James of Freehold, for 480 acres in the late purchase of Crosewicks, S. W. James BOWNE, S. E. Philipp SMITH, N. W. unsurveyed; also 60 a. of meadow at Brarnagate, S. W. LOCHELL's land, S. E. the Bay, N. E. John SMITH, N. W. unsurveyed. 4 1699 May 20. Do. John LEONARD of Shrewsberry to Benjamin COOK of Midltown, for 60 acres on the Northside of Manasquan R., S. W. John HANCE, N. E. Edmond LEFETTRA, S. E. the river, N. W. the road; also 60 a. on Barnagate Creek, E. the sea, W. the Bay, S. Nicholas BROWNE, N. unsurveyed; in all 120 a. bo't of Edward WOLLEY. 5 PAGE 296 New Jersey Colonial Documents. 1698-9 March 10. Do. Elisha LAWRENCE and wife Lucy of Midltown to Jeremiah STILLWELL, late of Gravesend, L. I., for the following lots in Middletown: 1, 120 acres on Hors Neck, E. Thomas MORFOOT, W. a creek, N. unsurveyed, S. Neversinks R.; 2, 3 a. of meadow, E. Thomas MORFOOT, S., W. and N. unsurveyed; the whole 123 a. granted to Thomas HARBERT by patent of June 4, 1677, by him sold to Robert HAMILTON, by him to William LAWRENCE, who conveyed it to present grantor; 3, a lot on Hog- pen Neck, bo't of John REID June 9, 1692. 6 1699 May 8. Do. John WILSON of Middletown to his son James, for 120 acres, being the remaining part of the tract, patented to grantor Janu- ary 10, 1676-7, S. John CRAFORD, W. son Peter WILSON, N. and E. son John WILSON; also one half of 9 a. of meadow, granted by the same pat- ent, E. John BOWNE, N. the beach, S. upland and 4 a. of meadow, ac- quired from Francis HE---(broken [1]), N. the beach, S. E. Edward SMITH, N. W. John RUCKMAN, S. son Peter. 6 [1] Francis HERBERT. See next entry. 1699 May 8. Do. Same to his son Petter, for 130 acres, part of the patent of January 10, 1676-7, S. John CRAFORD, E. son James WILSON, N. son John WILSON, W. Richard STOUT and Wm. MERRILL; also 5 a. of meadow S. E. (?) Edward SMITH, N. W. John RUCKMAN, S. upland, N. son James WILSON, formerly Francis HERBERT. 7 1691 Aug. 3. Do. John CRAFORD of Midltoun to his son John CRAFORD of the same place, for 280 acres at Weycock, Monmouth Co., S. W. and W. marsh or sinking meadow, Robert HAMILTON and ---- WHITLOCK, N. E. a swamp, N. W. Richard HARTSHORNE, S. unsurveyed; 6 a. there, S. E. Stephen ARNOLD, N. W. the beach, S. W. the creek, S. unsurveyed; one half of the 9 a. of meadow at Weycock. (See Liber F, p. 739). 8 1693 Aug. 28. Endorsement on a patent to John CRAFORD (see Liber B, p. 211) for 200 acres in Midltown, whereby John CRAFORD conveys the within lands to John WILSON Senior. 8 1690-1 March 7. Deed. James JOHNSTON of Monmouth Co. to Wil- liam LAWRENCE senior of Midleton, for 450 acres in Monmouth Co., S. Assandpinck, all other sides unsurveyed, as per patent of May 22, last. 9 1697 July 21. Do. John REID of Freehold to Thomas COX of Midl- towne, for a lot in the forks of Assanpinck Creek, as bo't of Alexander NEPAIR May 19, 1694. 9 1691 Sept. 8. Do. John JOHNSTON of Monmouth Co. to Richard HARTSHORN of Midltown, fro 1/4 of 1-24 share of the Province, excepting 5,000 acres, whereof 2,500 were sold by Robert TURNER of Philadelphia to James JOHNSTON, brother of present grantor, March 10, 1689-90, and 2,500 present grantor reserves for himself. 10 1692 Dec. 1. Do. John CRAFORD of Midltowne, sailor, to Richard HARTSHORN of the same place, yeoman, for 100 acres there, S. Robert HAMILTON, N. John SMITH, John ------? (broken) and grantee, E. a road and Sam. SPICER, W. unsurveyed land; to stand for 86 a. 11 PAGE 297 East Jersey Deeds, Etc., Liber G. 1693 Aug. 8. Do. John CRAFFORD senior of Midletowne to Richard HARTSHORNE of Portland, Monmouth Co., for 16 acres, formerly the home- lot of Richard GIBBONS (see deeds from said GIBBONS of --- 1678 and Rob- ert HAMILTON of May 6, 1691), N. and E. roads, S. formerly grantor, W. formerly Richard STOUT Senior. 11 1697-8 Feb. 15. Do. Thomas BOELL of Freehold to William LAWRANCE Junior of Midletoune, for the following tracts in Monmouth Co: 1, a lot, near the long gully bog; 2, a lot, 6 chains above the bridge of the cart road betw. Wm. LAWRANCE's cornmill and Sam. LEONARD's sawmill. 12 1695 March 26. Do. Thomas COX of Midltown to his brother James COX, for 80 acres, S. E. grantor's 240 a. lot, where he now lives, with one acre of meadow at Shoall Harbour, W. Richard GIBBONS, N. E. grantor, formerly George JOBE. (See patent to their father Thomas COX of Dec. 1, 167?). 13 1699 March 30. Do. Job THROCKMORTON of Shrewsberry to Benjamine BORDEN of Midletown, for 474 acres of land at Croswicks, purchased by grantor and neighbors, S. W. grantee, S. E. and N. E. the Pines, N. W. unsurveyed; 10 a. of meadow, S. and S. E. the Pines, E. and N. E. unsurveyed. 14 1696 Oct. 7. Do. John HAMTON of Freehold to Benjamine BORDEN, for "that tract on Burlington path and that meadow called the South meadow, purchased of George KEITH and all that tract adjoining to ye sd meadow, purchased by John REID," 500 acres betw. Jedidiah ALLEN and Robert BARCLAY on Manalapan Cr. and 60 a. of meadow at Manasquam R. 15 1697-8 Feb. 26. Satisfaction Piece. George MCKENZIE, late of N. Y. City, merchant, now of Bridgetown, Island of Barbados, to John BARCLAY of Plainfield, for the mortgage of November 7, 1688, on 700 acres, called Plainfield, Middlesex Co. 16 1699 Oct. 14. Letters of administration on the estate of Robert JAMES of Monmouth Co. dec'd intestate, granted to John STEWART of Shrewsberry. 17 1688 Nov. 14. Will of William JOHNSON Senior of Elizabeth Town. Sons--John, Daniel, Samuel, Benjamin, William, Henry; daughters-- Kathren, Hannah, Abigall. Real estate devised not to be sold from the name and generation of JOHNSON; personal property. Executors--Jeffry JONES and Nathaniel TUTLE. Witnesses--Thomas MULLINEX and Jeffry JONES. Proved October 12, 1699. 17 1697-8 Jan. 29. Cape May. Affidavit of Hannah, wife of Henry LEONARD of Cape May, daughter of William JOHNSON (above) and formerly wife of Joseph HOLDEN, concerning the preceding will and why it was not proved earlier, her father having died May 14, 1689; mentions Elizabeth as her mother's name, threats against the mother by son William, a neigh- bour Simon ROUSE in Elizabeth and Nicholas MARTINEAU of Burlington. 18 PAGE 298 New Jersey Colonial Documents. 1699 Nov. 22. Deed. Honble Sir Thomas LANE, Knt, Edmond HARRISON, John JURIM, Robert HACKSHAW, James SAINT JOHN, Robert MITCHELL and the rest of the Committee of the West Jersey Society by Honble Jere- miah BASSE, their agent, to George WILLOKS, of E. N. J., Gerret VEGHE [1] and Peter CURTELEW, both of N. Y., for 3,000 acres on the Eastside of and along Milston R. in Midlsex Co., adjoining Thomas BARKER half a mile above the mouth of Reverdie Brook. 19 1698 Dec. 12. Will of Thomas COOKE of Shrewsberry. Wife Eliza- beth; sons--Thomas (youngest, William (eldest), daughter Elizabeth. Real and personal property. The wife executrix. Witnesses--Thomas POTTER, Saml DENNIS, Abra. BICKLEY. Proved Sept. 26, 1699, and in Bur- lington Oct. 3, 1699. 20 1699 Nov. 7. Letters testimonial with preceding will annexed, issued to the widow Elizabeth COOKE. 21 -----------. Will of John INIANS. "My due debts being paid I will all my whole Estate to my Loving Wife Mary INIANS wth all debts due unto me & make her my whole & Sole Executor. Witness my hand being in per- fect memorie witness by hand and seale. John INIANS." Witnesses--J. BILLOPP, Mary COLE. Proved Nov. 8, 1699. 22 1699 Nov. 10. Letters testimonial with preceding will annexed, issued to the widow Mary INIANS. 22 1699 Nov. 30. Patent to Joseph BILLOPP, merchant, for a lot of one acre in Perth Amboy, 10 by 1 chains, E. High St., W. Back St., S. Benja- min GRIFFITH, N. John IRELAND. 22 1697-8 March 10. Deed. Joseph WORTH of Piscataway, cooper, to his brother-in-law John SHIPPEY of Woodbridge, for threescore acres in Woodbridge, derived from father Richard WORTH, being one half of the 120 a. lot, patented to him, W. John AIRES, N. land in common, E. brother John WORTH, S. a road running past the rear of Sam. MORE. 23 1699 Sept. 25. Do. John SHIPPEY of Woodbridge, carpenter, to Jo- seph CROWELL of the same place, weaver, for 60 acres at Matuching, Wood- bridge Corporation, bo't of Joseph WORTH March 10, 1697-8. (See preceding). 24 1699 July 24. Do. James GRIER of Woodbridge, tanner, to Petter MASSE of N. Y. City, house carpenter, for 14 acres on Bacon's Cr., Wood- bridge, betw. Joshua PEIRCE on the West and William BINGLE on the S. E.; also a piece, laid out for grantor by order of the Freeholders as compensa- tion for land taken for a road, quantity not exactly known; 7 a. of meadow in the sunken marsh, S. E. of said creek; 13 a. of meadow, E. William BINGLE, S. John DILLY, N. Cross Creek, W. the preceding lot. 24 ---------- [1] VEHTE. PAGE 299 East Jersey Deeds, Etc., Liber G. 1698 Aug. 9. Lease. Jefry JONES to Richard PANGBURN, both of Raway, for houses and barn, half of the orchard betw. lessor and Dennis, half of the ground, excepting 2 acres, occupied by Edward CAND, two thirds of the great pasture, 13 a. of meadow near John MARSH's Creek. 26 1699 Aug. 31. Deed. John MARTINE of Piscataway and wife Anne to Ralph RANSFORD of N. Y., butcher, for the following tracts: 1, two house- lots, 20 acres, N. the road betw. them and Smally's town lot, E. grantor's 5 a. lot, S. Nicholas BONHAM, W. John MARTIN Senior; 2, 25 a., N. a road and Daniel LIPPINGTON, W. Vincent RUGNION or a byway, S. Michael SYMONS and grantee, E. grantee and John MARTIN Juinor; 3, 14 a., adjoining the preceding 25, S. Rariton R., E. and W. two small springs, N. John MARTIN Senior; 4, 5 a. of meadow, W. said river, E. Hugh DUNN, N. Capt. DRAKE, S. Hopewell HULL. 26 1699 Aug. 31. Mortgage and Lease. Ralph RANSFORD of N. Y., butcher, to Samuel WALKER and Benjamin HULL, both of Piscataway, for the preceding four lots, bo't of J. MARTIN. 28 1698-9 Feb. 7. Deed. William DOCKWRA of London, by John REID his attorney, to Anthony WOODWARD of East Jersey, for 2,500 acres in Monmouth Co., W. the partition line, on all other sides Crasswicks Creek. 29 1699 Sept. 22. Do. James BOWNE of Monmouth Co. to his brother Andrew BOWNE of the same Co., for all his right, title, claim or interest in and to 150 acres near Crosswicks, said Co., E. the Pine Brook, N. un- surveyed, W. John BAKER, S. John STOUT and Job THROCKMORTON; also one half of 60 a. at Barnagate, W. John WHITLOCK, E. the Bay, s. Phillip SMITH, W. (sic ? N.) unappropriated. 30 1699 Sept. 22. Do. Same to brother William BOUNE of Monmouth Co. for all his right, title, etc. in and to 480 acres, at Crosswicks, said Co., on Northside of Burlington Path, S. E. John THROCKMORTON, N. W. un- surveyed, S. W. Joseph THROCKMORTON, N. E. James ASHTON; also one half of 60 a. at Barnagate, bounded as in preceding deed. 31 1699 Sept. 22. Do. Same to brother John BOWNE of Monmouth Co., cordwainer, for all his right, title, etc. in and to the land to be taken up in right of the part of a share of Province, bo't by their father James BOWNE dec'd of Robert TURNER. 32 1696 Aug. 27. Do. Same to same, for all his right, title, etc., in and to the land in Midletown bounds, bo't by their father James BOWNE dec'd of Richard HARTSHORNE at the head of Mery Mindes Spring, S. the hills, W. John JOBE, N. Benjamin DIVELL, E. unsurveyed, 80 acres. 32 1699 Nov. 22. Do. Hannah BARTON, only daughter and sole heiress of Humphry HULL of N. Y. dec'd and widow of William BARTON, to John ELLISON of N. Y. merchant, for a lot of one acre in Perth-Amboy, 10 by 1 ch., E. the intended wharf, N. Wm. BROOKFIELD, W. and S. unappropriated lots; the lot having been patented to Samuel GIBSON, of Perth Amboy, In- holder, April 28, 1688, by him and his wife Lidiah sold to Humphry HULL aforesaid May 2, 1689, and confirmed to present grantor's father June 4, 1697. 33 PAGE 300 New Jersey Colonial Documents. 1699 March 28. Do. Peter TILTON Senior of Midletown to his son Peter TILTON Junior, for 100 acres, E. and S. Peter TILTON, N. and W. Jumping R. and Hogneck Creek. 34 1699 June 15. Mortgage. Peter TILTON Junior of Midltown, Innholder, to John ELLISON, for the preceding 100 acres. 35 1699 May 12. Deed. Samuel WEBB of the Island of Barbados, joiner, and wife Lucia to Jedidiah ALLEN of Shrewsberry, for 240 acres along the road to Tinton Falls, N. W. Col. Morris, N. E. several lots, S. E. Eliakim WARDELL, S. W. barren land; also 7 a. of meadow at Pottytuck, S. Sam. SPICER, N. John BURDIN, E. Shrewsburry Bay, W. a small island of upland. 36 1699 Nov. 4. Do. Benjamin JONES to John HESLEY Senior, both of Woodbridge, for 3 acres of saltmarsh there, E. Gavin LOCKYER, W. Rich- ard DOWEL, S. upland in common, S. (? N.) the Houselot Creek. 37 1698 Nov. 22. Do. Mary, widow of John CAMPBELL of Perth Amboy, to Michael HAWDEN of N. Y. City, vintner, for a lot of one acre in Am- boy Perth, E. Water St., W. High St., N. Smith St., S. grantor. 38 1699 Oct. 25. Do. John STOUT of Midltown to William PURDINE of the same place, for 150 acres at Crosswicks, Monmouth Co., N. E. Benja- min BORDEN, S. W. Phil. SMITH; half of the patent for 300 a. of June 25, 1688. 39 1699 Nov. 2. Do. Robert HAMILTON of Midltown to Richard STOUT junior of the same place cordwainer, for three lots at Poplar Fields, Mid- dletown, of 9 acres each, the third of 6 a., W. and N. Richard SADLER, E. Stephen ARNOLD, S. a road. 40 1696 Sept. 18. Do. Richard ROBINS of Woodbridge and wife Hannah to Thomas PARKER of the same place, for 100 acres at Crosswicks, part of the 350 a. lot of John STOUT of Middleton and wife Elizabeth, bo't July 26, 1696, N. W. John SMITH, N. E. Benjamin BURDEN, S. E. the Pines, S. W. grantee. 40 1699 May 10. Confirmation to John JOHNSTON of Monmouth Co., in right of his brother James JOHNSTON dec'd, of the following tracts in Monmouth Co.: 1, 30 acres betw. Thomas COOPER on Manasquam Brook and Cattail Brook; 2, 60 a. on Brown's Neck, betw. Winsunk and Rapa- tacok Creeks; 3, 15 a., adjoining grantee and William LAWRENCE Junior; 4, 6 a., being two small islands in Sweeming River, opposite Wm. SCOTT and Lewis MORRIS; 5, 100 a. in the rear of Wickatunck lots, adjoining Al- exander ADAMS and PLUMSTED; 6, 30 a. about half a mile above Wm. WEST on Shark R.; 7, 30 a. of pine meadow, formerly used by Daniel HERCUT, surrounded by barren land; 8, 70 a., S. Judah ALLEN, all other sides unsurveyed; with 115 a. sold by grantee to Robert RAY and 50 a. to Isaac WATSON to be called 500 acres; 9, 50 a. on the Northbranch of Rariton R. near Archibald RIDLE's. 42 PAGE 301 East Jersey Deeds, Etc., Liber G. 1699 Nov. 24. Patent to John WHITE of Perth Amboy, for a lot there, W. High St., N. the bank lot, E. low water mark, S. the bank lot. 44 1699 Nov. 24. Deed. Honble Jeremiah BASSE, Governour of the Jer- seys, to Charles GOODMAN of Perth Amboy, for a lot there, 1 chain wide and in length running from Hight St. to low water mark, adjoining John JOHNSTON. 44 1699 Nov. 30. Confirmation to Charles GOODMAN of Perth Amboy, of the preceding lot. 44 1699 Nov. 6. Patent to Capt. George DRAKE of Piscataway, for 200 acres there, S. W. Ambrose Brook and unsurveyed land, S. E. said brook, Wm. SUTTON and unsurveyed land. 45 1699 May 22. Deed. John JOHNSON of Hope River, Monmouth Co., to John HAVENS of Manasquan, same Co., for lot No. 8 of the patent of May 10 (supra p. 42). 46 1698-9 Jan. 30. Do. Gerret GERRETSE VAN WAGENINGE senior of Ber- gen to Crostoffe SYNMETS of Essex Co., for lot No. 6 at Aquehoneque with one half of the privileges belonging to the 14th part of the common- age there. 46 1698 April 7. Do. Peter JOHNSON (JANSON) of Hackinsack and wife Jackamintie to David PROVOOST of N. Y. City and Johannis VAN INBURGH of Hackinsack, surgeon, for one half of a tract of 500 acres on Hochaos Brook, bo't of Isaac KINGSLAND May 12, 1687, and confirmed to present grantor July 24, 1696. 47 1683 Oct. 24. Do. Randall HEWITT of Middletown and wife Dorithy to James ASHTON of the same place, for 5 acres of meadow, on the East- side of Shoall Harbour, W. Samuel COLVER (?), E. Direck TUNISEN. 49 1688-9 Jan. 26. Do. Richard DAVIS of Midletowne and wife Eliza- beth to James ASHTON of the same place, for 5 acres of meadow there, N. the sea, E. unsurveyed meadow, S. upland, W. grantee. 49 1697 Sept. 2. Deed. John REID of Freehold, to Joseph ALLEN of Dartsmouth, Plymouth Colony, New England, for a lot in Freehold, betw. Clear Brook, Manalapan Brook, Wm. DAVISON and Thomas EDWARDS; also the meadow on said Clear Brook and its branches and the meadow on Manalapan River, in all 500 acres. 50 1698 May 13. Do. Joseph WILSON of Elizabeth to Jonathan SERJANT of Newark, for 3 acres of meadow at the bottom of the Neck, E. Thomas STEAPLES, S. the Bay, E. (sic ? N.) John CRAIN, W. upland. 51 PAGE 302 New Jersey Colonial Documents. 1697 July 2. Do. Thomas STAPLES of Fairfield, Connt, to Jonathan SERJANT of Newark, for 2 acres of meadow at the bottom of the Neck, W. upland, S. Jeremiah PECK, E. the Bay, N. John WOOD, tanner. 52 1696 Oct. 22. Do. Benjamin CLARKE of Piscataway and wife Ann to William LOVERIDGE of Perth Amboy, felt maker, for 18 acres in Perth- Amboy, E. town lots, N. and W. land not laid out, S. the road to Piscat- away; also two lots in said town, the Northernmost 8 1/2 chains long, the Southern 10 chains, both together 2 ch. wide, E. Water St., N. Market St., W. Market Place and High St., S. Robert BRIDGMAN. 52 1699 July 20. Power of attorney. John CARTHEW of Boston, Mass., shopkeeper, to John BISHOP of Woodbridge, to collect debts in N. Y., Penna. and the Jerseys. Attested by Lord Richard BELLOMONT. 54 1699 Nov. 27. Deed. Honble Jeremiah BASSE, Governour of ye Jer- seyes, to George WILLOKS of Monmouth Co., merchant, for 375 acres any- where in the Province, not yet appropriated, being part of the 5,000 acres allotted to grantor by the Proprietors February 22 last past. 55 1699 Oct. 31. Do. Thomas GORDON of Perth Amboy, holding by purchase from Robert BARCLAY at Ury dec'd and George HENRIE, late of East Jersey, merchant, 2-20 of 1-24 share of the Province, to George WILLOKS of Rudyard, Monmouth Co., for 350 acres out of the 5,000 allotted to grantor as a second dividend on his share. 56 1699 Nov. 25. Do. Sir Thomas LANE, Knight, Edmond HARRISON and the rest of the West Jersey Society, by Jeremiah BASSE, their agent, to Thomas GORDON of Perth Amboy, for 62 1/2 acres in Perth Amboy to be laid out as dividend of their 2 1/2 shares. 57 1699 Nov. 25. Do. Honble Jeremiah BASSE, Govr etc., to John REID of Monmouth Co., for 1,000 acres, anywhere in East Jersey, not yet pat- ented, as part of 7/8 of 1-24 share of the Province, bo't of George WILLOKS and wife Margaret February 20 last past. 57 1699 Nov. 25. Confirmation to John REID of Freehold, in right of Jeremiah Basse, of the following tracts in Monmouth and Middlesex Counties: 1, a lot adjoining Mordicay GIBBONS and ---- CRAFORD; 2, a lot, adjoining said GIBBONS, Wm. JONES and Thomas APLEGATE; 3, a lot, S. Wm. LEEDS, formerly Richard STOUT Junior, W. James GROVER Junior, grandson of the patentee James GROVER, N. and E. unappropriated; 4, a lot adjoining John WILSON Junior, Thomas WHITELOCK, Richard HARTSHORNE, John WILSON Senior and Wm. WHITELOCK; 5, 6 acres of meadow, E. the creek, S. a creek, dividing them from Richard HARTSHORNE, W. up- land; 6, a lot, beginning where Milston Brook parts above the Indian path, adjoining Abraham BROWN; 7, a lot at the head of Chestnut Brook, W. grantee, N. Wm. DOCKWRA, E. and S. barrens; 8, a lot adjoining Wm. DOCKWRA on a branch of Milston R. and grantee; 9, a lot along the great road from Peter SONMANS to Jeremiah BASSE's; in all 1,000 acres. 58 PAGE 303 East Jersey Deeds, Etc., Liber G. 1699 Nov. 28. Do. to George WILLOKS of Rudyard, Monmouth Co., holding by purchase from Jeremiah BASSE 375 acres and from Thomas GORDON, Secretary of the Province, 350 a., --- of 725 a. as follows: 1, a lot in Monmouth Co., on the Westside of Chinquaroras, adjoining the land surveyed for Thomas RUDYARD July 3, 1684, and Wm. DOCKWRA; 2, a lot in the same Co., betw. grantee, Wm. DOCKWRA, John HAMPTON, Thomas WARNE, the road from Amboy Ferry to Wickatunck, Wm. RIDFOORD, Gawen LAWRIE and Phil. CARTERET; 3, a lot in Middlesex Co., between Thomas WARNE, above Amboy Ferry, Gawen LAWRIE, Phil. CARTERET, John LAMBERT and Wm. LETTS; 4, a lot in Perth Amboy, 1 ch. wide on High St., N. Robert Barclay, E. High St., S. grantee, W. Col. HAMILTON. 59 1699 May 1. Patent to Thomas GORDON of Perth Amboy, for two lots there, 2 ch. wide in front, on the S. E. side of Water St., running down to low water mark, parallel to the two lots, granted to said GORDON April 20, 1696; also another lot on the S. E. side of Water St., parallel and fronting the lot of grantee patented April 10, 1688. 61 1699 Nov. 29. Deed. John GORDON of Montross, Scotland, M. D., by his attorney Thomas GORDON, to George WILLOKS of Rudyard, Monmouth Co., for 250 acres, belonging to grantor for his second division of his 1-20 of 1-24 share of the Province. 62 1699 Nov. 30. Confirmation to Thomas GORDON of Perth Amboy as part of his second division, of 1,250 acres in Middlesex Co., between David FALCONER on Manalapan R. and Jeremiah BASSE. 62 1699 Nov. 30. Do. to same, as part of his second division, of a lot in Essex Co., S. John COCKBURNE, E. Hanse SPEER and Tunis JOHNSTON, W. Thomas DAVIS, N. Bastian VAN GEESEN and said JOHNSTON; 10 acres of swamp in the same Co., W. Thomas RICHARDS, S. John CRAINE and Parle DAY, E. Thomas PEARSON, Daniel and Samuel DUDE and Benjamin BALDWINE, N. John MORRIS and John CRAINE. 63 1699-1700 Jan. 20. Power of attorney. Gilbert MOLLESON, draper, and Francis PALMER, factor, both of London, to Robert BURNET of East Jersey, Rip VAN DAM of N. Y. and John FALCONAR of Maryland, to collect debts due by George WILLOKS. 64 1700 May 9. Receipt. Margaret ROBINSON, formerly called Margaret ALLEN, then widow of James CARLILE of Scotland, Eliphelet ffRAZIE and wife Margaret, daught of said James CARLILE, to David FALCONER for property, left to said Margarets by their husband and father James CARLILE, who had, by his last will, made his wife executrix with his father-in-law Hec- tor ALLEN, his brother John CARLILE and David FALCONER of Edinburgh, merchant, as overseers; Hector ALLEN and John CARLILE being dead. 65 PAGE 304 New Jersey Colonial Documents. 1699 July 27. Power of attorney. David FALCONAR, late of Scotland, owner of a share in East Jersey, to his son John FALCONAR of London, merchant, as land agent in East Jersey. 65 1699-1700 March 5. Award of arbitrators Adam HUDE, Wm. STONE and John BISHOP of Woodbridge, settling the differences between John PIKE and Abraham TAPIN, tailor, of the same place concerning 20 acres of upland and 4 a. of meadow, given to said TAPIN by PIKE June 1, 1680. 66 1696 Oct. 6. Deed. George WILLOKS of Perth Amboy to Richard HARTSHORNE of Midletown, for a lot in Monmouth Co., adjoining Joseph GROVER and Benjamin BURDEN, as patented to grantor May 1, 1690. 67 1697 Sept. 30. Confirmation to George WILLOKS, as husband of Mar- garet, formerly widow of Samuel WINDER, of the tract called Rudyard in Monmouth Co. between Cheesquacks or Willoks' and Margarett's Creeks, first patented to Gawen LAWRIE May 28, 1685, conveyed by him and wife Mary to John PALMER, Sept. 13, 1685, who with his wife Sarah sold it to Samuel WINDER April 16, 1680, from whom by his last will of January 7, 1688-9, his wife Margaret derived it, James WINDER of London, brother of Samuel, relinquishing his title March 23, 1694; said WILLOKS and wife sold the tract to John JOHNSTON --------? 7, 1695, and bo't it from said JOHNSTON November 1, 1695, for 1,000 acres, while is only 300. 68 1698 Aug. 26. Do. to the same, of a lot in Monmouth Co. betw. Chesquacks or Willoks Creek, Margaret's Creek and the Bay; lots in Perth Amboy, E. S. E. from the front lots, betw. the Cove and Robert BARCLAY; a lot, adjoining Robert BURNETT; a lot betw. John JOHNSTON and low water mark. 70 1698-9 Feb. 20. Deed. George WILLOKS of Perth Amboy and wife Margaret to Jeremiah BASSE, for 3/4 of 1-24 share of the Province, formerly belonging to Thomas RUDYARD, excepting all the land already released or patented in right thereof; also 1/8 of 1-24 share, formerly belonging to James WILLOKS and Robert GORDON by conveyance from Robert BURNET of Lethanty, Scotland, except the parts already patented in right thereof. 71 1699 Nov. 25. Confirmation to Jeremiah BASSE, as part of his share, of a tract in Middlesex Co., betw. David FALCONER, Peter SUNMANS and the Manalapan River, 1,000 acres on the great road and Cranberry Brook, adjoining Walter BENTHALL, a lot in Amboy, 10 by 1 chains, N. Gully St.; E. low water mark, W. High St., S. Sir Even CAMERON. 73 1699 Aug. 17. 11th William 3d. Deed. Cornelius TUNISSON of Summersett Co. and wife Neiltie to John Tunisson MIDLE SWAERT [1] of the same Co., for all his right, title and interest in and to one undivided third of the land bought by grantor, grantee and Jeromus RAPLEY, all of Breuck- land, L. I., of John ROBINSON, of N. Y., vizt: 1, 300 acres at Roysfeild, said Co., on the Rariton River; 2, a lot, S. said river, W. Wm. PINHORNE and John ROBINSON, N. and E. unsurveyed; 3, an island in Rariton R., 60 a., opposite the preceding tract; in all 660 a. 74 ---------- [1] Now usually written Middlesworth. PAGE 305 East Jersey Deeds, Etc., Liber G. 1698-9 Feb. 22. Do. Sir Thomas LAINE, Knt, Sir John MORE, Knt, Paul DOCKMANIQUE, Robert MITCHELL, Obadiah BURNETT and others of the West Jersey Society, by their agent Jeremiah BASSE, to George WILLOKS of Perth Amboy, for 1,000 acres in Middlesex Co., N. E. John INIANS, all other sides unappropriated. 75 1698-9 Feb. 24. Patent to George WILLOKS for the following tracts in Monmouth Co.: 1, 2,100 acres, W. Robert BURNETT, N. Thomas HART and Wm. DOCKWRA, E. James BROWNE, S. the mIdltown men; 2, 40 a. at the head of a branch of Doctor's Creek, surrounded by the Pines; 3, 60 a., where Anthony WODARD's parth crosses the partition line, W. said line, all other sides unsurveyed; 4, 40 a., S. and E. Jas. DORSETT, N. and W. Rob- ert HOLMAN; 5, 10 a., E. Gershom WALLIE, S. Widow BOWNE, W. Jas. DORSETT, N. Jeremiah BENNETT; 6, a town lot in Perth Amboy, N. John Barclay, E. High St., S. unpatented, W. Col. HAMILTON. 78 1699 April 5. Confirmation to Clement PLUMSTEAD of London, draper, one of the Proprietors, of 2,700 acres on Crosswicks Creek in Monmouth Co., 2,500 being in full of his second division and 200 in right of John ROYSE, the whole along the partition line and George WILLOKS. 79 1699 Aug. 2. Do. to William DOCKWRA of London, one of the Pro- prietors, of: 1, a lot in Perth Amboy, E. S. E. of town, betw. the intend- ed street and low water mark; 2, a lot, bounded as before N. N. E. from Robert BURNETT; 3, a lot betw. John JOHNSTON and low water mark. 80 1699 Aug. 23. Do. to the Honble Archibald CAMPBELL, son and heir of Lord Neill CAMPBELL dec'd, for a lot of one acre in Perth Amboy, N. Gawen LAWRIE, E. Water St., S. Lord Neil CAMPBELL and Robert BLACKWOOD, W. High St. 81 1696-7 March 2-3. Deed. George HENRIE of Edinburgh, merchant, to Thomas GORDON of East Jersey, for 1-10 of 1-48 share of the Province, sold by Robert BARCLAY to Charles GORDON, who conveyed it to present grantor. 82 1696-7 March 3. Do. Same to same, for 775 acres on the South River, Middlesex Co., patented to Charles GORDON May 18, 1686, and by him sold to present grantor Oct. 18, 1687. 84 1696 Oct. 15. Assignment. George HENRIE, late of East Jersey, to Thomas GORDON, of all debts, goods, bills, etc., assigned to him by Charles GORDON October 18, 1687; making said Thomas also his attorney in America. 85 1698-9 March 22. Letters of administration on the estate of Charles GORDON dec'd intestate, granted to his brother Thomas GORDON. 86 1698 March 26. Power of attorney. William DOCKWRA of London to Jeremiah BASSE, Govr etc., as general agent in East Jersey, N. Y. and neighborhood. 86