WEST JERSEY RECORDS - Liber B, Part 2.


1687 Sept. 2. Deed. John PENFORD of Newark, near Leicester, Co. of
Leicester, gentleman, to Thomas WILKINS of West Jersey, labourer, and
John WILKINS of Cassington, Co. of Leicester, labourer, sons of John WILKINS,
late of Kegham, same Co., husbandman, for 1-15 of a share or 90th
of the Province. 379

1693 July 20. Do. Samuel ANDREWS of Burlington Co., yeoman, to
Joshua NEWBOLD of said Co., carpenter, for 300 acres in the same Co., on
Black's Creek betw. Wm. BARNES and Thomas ffARNSWORTH, bought of John
ffEKE of Metinicock, Oyester Bay, Long Island, N. Y. 380

1693-4 March 13. Do. Thomas PENFORD of Leicester, distiller, Jonah
PENFORD of the same place, grazier, both sons and executors of the last will
of their father John PENFORD, and Joshua PENFORD of London, watch
maker, their brother, by their attorney George HUTCHESON of Burlington,
merchant, to James MARSHALL of Burlington, merchant, for 1 1/2 acre on the
Island of Burlington, 102 f. front on High St., S. the Meeting House lot,
N. the same lot adjoining James WILLS, rear on the next street. 380

1693 3d d. 3d m. (May). Samuel and John BUNTING of Chesterfield,
Burlington, yeomen, to Robert MURFIN, John ABBOTT, Edward ROCKHILL and John
WILSFORD junior, all of said Co., yeomen, for 6 acres between
Thomas ffOLKE and the burying ground, for a Meeting house. 381

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1693 3d d. 3d m. (May). Acknowledgement by Robert MURFIN, John
ABBOTT, Edw. ROCKHILL and John WILSFORD junior, that they have received
the foregoing 6 a. only in trust for "ye People of God, called Quakers,
belonging unto ye monethly meeting of ffriends Commonly held at Chester-
field ffals." 382

1688 11th d. 8th m. (Oct.). Deed. Samuel JENINGS of Greenhill,
W. J., yeoman, to Elias and John BURLING, both of Burlington, wheel
wrights, for 200 acres to be laid out at Northampton River. 383

1694 April 21. Do. William BIDDLE of Mount Hope, Burlington Co.,
merchant, to Henry GRUBB of the same place, butcher, for a waterlot, to
be laid out at Burlington "according to the laws and methods of West Jersey." 383

1694 April 21. Do. Same to Samuel HARRIOT of Burlington Co., mar-
iner, for 100 acres to be surveyed in the townbounds, as 1/2 of a share, the
whole bo't by said BIDDLE, Tho. OLLIVE and Daniel WILLS of the Propri-
etors Jan. 23, 1676-7. 384

1694 April 13. Do. Gilbert WHEELER of the Falls of Delaware, Bucks
Co., Penna., yeoman, to Joseph ADAMS of Burlington, tailor, for all his
town, water and other lots in Burlington and the land in the town bounds,
belonging to 1/4 or 1/8 of a share, bought by Gilbert WHEELER of Saint Mar-
tins VINTREY, London, fruiterer, of William KENT of Bishopgate St., Lon-
don, cheesemonger, January 28, 1678-9. 384

1691 Oct. 2. Do. Daniel COXE of London, M. D., by his attorney,
John TATHAM of Burlington, Esqre, to Samuel DARK of Bucks Co., Penna.,
yeoman, for 300 acres, lately bought from the Indians, on the road from
Delaware Falls to York, next to Mary DAVIS. 385

1691-2 March 11. Do. Samuel DARKE of Bucks Co., Penna., yeo-
man, to Joseph ENGLISH of the same place, yeoman, for 200 a. of the pre-
ceding 300, adjoining Mary DAVIS. 385

1684 10th d. 3d m. (May). Do. William BIDDLE of Mount Hope to
Thomas WILLIAMS of Burlington, tanner, for 100 a. on the Northside of
Pemsoakin Creek, between two small runs, part of one half of a share,
bought by BIDDLE, OLLIVE and WILLS of Wm. PENN et al. January 23, 1676-7. 386

1693 Oct. 24. Deed of gift. Thomas HOOTON of Helperingham,
County of Lincolne, yeoman, to his brother Thomas LAMBERT of Delaware
Falls, W. J., and wife Elizabeth of his personal estate in the Falls or else-
where in West Jersey and all other real and personal property, derived
from his brother John HOOTON and son Oliver HOOTON, both dec'd, also
all the estate in Barbadoes, derived from brother Oliver HOOTON dec'd. 387

1694 May 9. Deed. Richard BASSNITT of Burlington, merchant, to
Peter RESNIERE of the same place, ship carpenter, for 2 acres, part of the
3 a. bo't of the PENFORDS (supra, p. 378). 387

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1692-3 10th d. 1st m. (March). Do. George HUTCHESON of Burling-
ton, distiller, to Richard STOCKTON, late of Flushing, Long Island, yeo-
man, for 1,640 acres Onianickon, Burlington Co. between Hananiah
GAUNT, Thomas SCHOLEY, John WARREN, the Indian purchase, John
TOMLINSON and Isaac LEET alias John CHADWICK, excepting 200 a.
sold to Robert HUTCHESON and 60 sold to John WARREN. 388

1692-3 Jan. 20. Power of attorney. Richard MATHEWS of London,
merchant, to Samuel STACY, also of London, merchant and now bound for
Pennsilvania, to collect debts due by the estate of Richard WHITPAINE,
late citizen and butcher of London, dec'd, by John WHITPAINE of Clift,
Sussex Co., mercer, now in Penna., and by Zachariah WHITPAIN of Phila-
delphia, merchant. 389

1692-3 Feb. 2. Do. Same to same, as general agent and for the sale
of his real property in Burlington. 389

1688-9 Feb. 19-20. Deed. George HUTCHESON of Burlington, dis-
tiller, to William WATSON of ffarnsfield, W. J., for 1-32 of a share of the
Province. 390

1685 April 21. Do. Thomas GRACE, of Mansfield, Nottingham Co.,
tailor, by his attorney, Thomas LAMBERT of Nottingham near the Falls of
Delaware, tanner, to William WATSON, late of ffarnsfield, Nottingham Co.,
England, husbandman, for 1-30 of a share. 391

1687-8 9th d. 11th m. (Jan.). Do. John SCHOLEY, late of Aughton,
Parish of Aston, Co. of York, England, husbandman, to William WATSON
(as above), for 103 acres, a plantation non occupied by him, on Doctor's
Creek, adjoining grantee. 392

1689 Nov. 29. Do. Samuel COLE of near Pennsawkin, W. J., yeo-
man, to Stephen Day, of the same place, labourer, for 200 a. on the N. E.
side of Pennsawkin Cr. betwen Thomas MOSSE and Samuel NICHOLS. 392

1694 May 19. Do. Daniel LEEDS of Springfield, Burlington Co.,
cooper, to Nathaniel WEST of Mansfield, same Co., planter, for 40 acres,
adjoining grantor's land bo't of John CORNISH May 11, 1694, and 40 a. are
on Delaware R. next to Thomas SINGLETON. 393

1692-3 Feb. 2. Power of attorney. John MARTIN of Wapping, Co. of
Middlesex, blockmaker, and Martha GREENHILL of the same place, widow,
both executors of the will of James MARTIN of Radcliffe, same Co., corn-
factor, to George HUTCHESON of West Jersey and John GOODSON of Penn-
silvania, as general agents. 393

1688 Dec. 12. Deed. Walter HUMPHRIES alias POWELL of Painswick,
County of Gloucester, England, by his son and surviving attorney Joshua
HUMPHRIES alias POWELL of Northampton R., Burlington Co., to Thomas
REVELL of Boythorp, Burlington Co., yeoman, for a plantation of 200 acres
at Northampton R. 394

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1690 May 10. Do. Thomas REVELL to Joshua HUMPHRIES for the pre-
ceding plantation of 200 a. 395

1693-4 Feb. 2. Sheriff's Sale. James HILL, Sheriff of Burlington Co.,
to Edward HUNLOKE, for 100 a. at Wingerworth Point, part of Thomas
BOWMAN's 200, sold to cover a debt to John CUTCHER of London, merchant,
as whose administrator said HUNLOKE acts. 395

1689 April 4. Deed. James READE of White Clay Creek, Newcastle
Co., Penna., yeoman, and wife Sarah, late the wife of John SMITH of the
same place, yeoman, dec'd, to Edward HUNLOKE of Lessa Point alias
Wingerworth, Burlington Co., merchant, fro 800 acres, to be surveyed out
of the share of W. J. left by said SMITH to his wife. 396

1690 March 26. Do. Thomas PERKINS to Thomas WILKINS, both of
Burlington, husbandmen, for 100 acres on Mason's Run, West side of
grantor, adjoining Jonas SMITH. 396

1691 Nov. 7. Do. John SCOTT to William HULINGS, both of Burling-
ton Co., yeomen, for 1-32 of a share of the Province, except the town
and town bounds lots and 150 acres of the first survey. 397

1693-4 Jan. 15. Do. James HILL, cordwainer, to Samuel OLDALE,
mason, both of Burlington, for a lot there, 33 f. 4 in. front on Delaware
R. and the same rear on River St., bought of William ffRYLEY December
24, 1692. 397

1690 Oct. 7. Do. Daniel COXE of London, by his attorney John
TATHAM of Burlington, to Richard RIDGEWAY, late of Bucks Co., Penna.,
tailor, now of West Jersey, for 600 acres near Stony Brook, W. J., along
the East Jersey line, next to John HOUGHTON, part of Tho: BUDD's Indian
purchase, conveyed to present grantor. 398

1690 April 2. Do. John WILLIS senior of Wantage, Co. of Berks,
England, yeoman, by his son and attorney John WILLIS junior of Cooper's
Creek, Gloucester Co., W. J., to Thomas MOSSE, of W. J., carpenter, for
100 acres on the N. E. side of Pimisaukin Creek, N. E. by E. Stephen
DAY, N. W. by Peter LONG. 399

1693 Nov. 17. Do. Thomas, Jonah and Joshua PENFORD, by their at-
torney George HUTCHESON, to William COOPER of Gloucester Co., W. J.,
yeoman, for 1 acre in Burlington townbounds, N. James Wills, E. High
St., where it fronts 71 f. 399

1694 Aug. 13. Do. Joseph ADAMS of Burlington, tailor, and wife
Mary, relict and administratrix of Bernard LITTLEJOHN, to Charles READE
of Philadelphia, tailor, for 300 acres between two branches of Pensaukin
Creek, part of the 650 a. bought by John CLARKE of Pennsilvania dec'd,
and John RUDEROW of James READE of White Clay Creek, Pa., and wife
Sarah and by said CLARKE bequeathed to Bernard LITTLEJOHN, the said
Mary (then CHAPMAN, now) ADAMS and her sister Christian, now the wife
of Michael BUFFIN, each to have 100 acres, of which said LITTLJOHN left
100 to his wife Mary, now wife of Joseph ADAMS, and the other second
100 was bought by Adams of Michael BUFFIN and wife. 400


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1689 Nov. 9. Do. George and Thomas HUTCHESON of Burlington,
proprietors, to Christopher WEATHERILL of said Co., yeoman, for 100 acres
in the Province, and yet surveyed, and 1 1/2 a. in Burlington, the half acre
fronting on High St. and on the South bounded by grantee, the acre run-
ning parallel with the East end of the half acre and bounded by Broad St.,
leading from the Market Place on the South, E. Second St. 401

1692 Nov. 20. Do. Thomas COLMAN of Bucks Co., Penna., tailor,
and wife Mary to Robert MURFIN of Burlington Co., yeoman, for 100 acres
on Crosswicks Creek, between grantee and a small run, bequeathed to said
Mary by her father John WOOD of Crookhorne, Bucks Co., Penna., dec'd. 402

1681 Sept. 29. Do. George HUTCHESON of Sheffield, England, dis
tiller, to John MURFIN of Crosswicks Creek, husbandman, for 1-32 of a
share of the Province. 402

1694 Sept. 8. Do. Edward HUNLOKE of Wingerworth, Burlington
Co., merchant, to Jeremiah BASSE of Burlington, merchant, for one-fourth
of one half of all the mines, minerals, &c., to be found on the plantation
late of Samuel OLDALE in Burlington townbounds, E. and S. widow Sarah
ffAR, W. Thomas WRIGHT, N. Assiscunck or Birch Creek. 403

1694 Aug. 18. Do. Thomas, Jonah and Joshua PENFORD, by their at-
torney George HUTCHESON of Burlington to Henry MORLEY of Pensawkin,
yeoman, for 250 acres, to be surveyed in said PENFORD's lands. 404

1694 May 30. Do. George PORTER of Burlington Co., batchelour, to
Joseph BIRCH of the same Co., husbandman, for 100 acres to be surveyed
out of grantor's lands. 405

1688 28th d. 4th m. (June). York. Letter. Edward NIGHTINGALE to
Thomas HUTCHINSON, asking for "Deeds for ye Tenne pounds pte of the
land in W. J., which my wife paid thy wife Dorothy for," to be delivered
to George HUTCHESON. 405

1694 Oct. 27. Deed. Robert POWELL of Northampton River, son and
heir fo Robert POWELL of Burlington dec'd, to Nathaniel CRIPPS of the
same place, yeoman, for 150 acres, surveyed for his father as part of his
1-32 of a share, on the Northside of Mill Creek, along th townbounds be-
tween Benjamin SCOTT and John CHAFFEN. 405

1694 Oct. 27. Do. Nathaniel CRIPPS, son and heir of John CRIPPS of
Burlington dec'd., to Robert POWELL of Northampton R., for 200 acres, to
be surveyed as part of 1-12 of a share, conveyed to said John by Anna
SALTER Feb. 6, 1681-2. 406

1680-1 March 16. Do. Anthony WOODHOUSE of Mansfield near Dela-
ware Falls, planter, to Robert MURFIN of Crosswicks Cr., planter, for 100
a. to be surveyed in the First or Yorkshire Tenth, a part of 1-32 of a share. 407

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1694 Oct. 20. Do. Thomas ffRENCH of Wellingborough, Burlington
Co., yeoman, to Thomas WALLIS of Pensawkin, yeoman, for 100 a. next to
grantee's former land, along the Northbranch of Pensawkin Cr. and a run,
adjoining Tho: ffRENCH junior, part of the land bought of John WOOLSTON
Nov. 20, 1680. 407

1693-4 Feb. 21. Do. The PENFORD brothers (supra, p. 380, 404), by
their attorney George HUTCHESON of Burlington, distiller, to Thomas ffRENCH
junior of Chester, Burlington Co., yeoman, for 100 acres to be surveyed. 408

1694 Sept. 19. Do. George HUTCHESON to Thomas WALLIS of Pensaw-
kin for 150 a. of the land, bought of Thomas HUTCHESON and Mahlon
STACY July 1, 1687. 408

1692 May 9. Do. Samuel OLDALE, mason, to John TATHAM, Esqre,
both of Burlington Co., for 1/8 of all the mines &c. to be found on his plan-
tation in Burlington town bounds, E. and S. widow Sarah ffARR, W. Thomas
WRIGHT, N. Assiscunck or Birch Cr. 409

1693 Sept. 1. Do. Thomas WRIGHT of Burlington Co., yeoman, to
John TATHAM of Burlington Town, Esqre, for 1/8 of all the mines, minerals,
&c., under his plantation in town bounds on both sides of Assiscunck R.,
E. Samuel OLDALE. 410

1694 Nov. 24. Do. John TATHAM, Esqre, to Jeremiah BASSE, mer-
chant, both of Burlington, for 3/8 of the preceding 1/8 of all mines &c. 411

1694 Nov. 23. Acknowledgment of Jeremiah BASSE, that he owes Dr.
Daniel COXE of London £77. 412

1692 May 9. Deed. Edward HUNLOKE of Wingerworth, merchant, to
George HUTCHESON of Burlington, merchant, for 1/4 of 1/2 of all the mines,
minerals, &c., bought of Samuel OLDALE March 30 last (supra, p. 362). 412

1694 --------. Do. John TATHAM to Nathaniel WESTLAND, merchant,
both of Burlington, for 1/8 of all the mines &c. under the plantation of
Thomas WRIGHT (supra, p. 410). 413

1694 --------. Do. George HUTCHESON to Nathaniel WESTLAND,
for 1/8 of all the mines &c., under the plantation of Samuel OLDALE
(supra, pp. 362 and 412). 414

1694 Oct. 9. Do. Richard BASSNETT, gentleman, to Nathaniel WESTLAND,
merchant, both of Burlington, for 1/8 of all the mines &c, under the
plantation of Sameul OLDALE, also 1/8 under the plantation of Thomas
WRIGHT, bo't of Samuel OLDALE May 4, 1692, part of the 7/8 bought of John
TATHAM Sept. 29, 1694. 415

1694 Dec. 13. Do. Daniel LEEDS of Springfield, Burlington Co.,
gent: to Ralph HUNT, yeoman, and Theophilus PHILIPPS, husbandman,
both of Maidenhead, said Co., for 100 acres adjoining Joseph ENGLISH, near
the York Road, and Samuel DARK, part of the 200 a. in the purchase by
Daniel COXE from Tho: BUDD near Delaware Falls and conveyed to LEEDS
by John TATHAM, as attorney of COXE July 6, 1690. 416


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1694 Dec. 7. Do. George HUTCHESON of Burlington, distiller, to
Sarah ffARR of within the Precincts of Burlington, widow, for a plantation,
E. grantee, W. Thomas WRIGHT, 262 1/2 acres, formerly Samuel OLDALE's. 417

1694 Dec. 20. Do. Same to Isaac WATSON of ffarnsfield, Burlington
Co., planter, for 200 acres to be surveyed out of the share of
Tho: HUTCHESON and Mahlon STACY, bought July 1, 1687. 418

1692 May 10. Do. John CALOW of Burlington Co., wheelwright, to
John JOYNER of the same place, potter, for 192 acres between Samuel ANDREWS and
Daniel BACON, bought by grantor of Tho. ffARNSWORTH December 10, 1687. 418

1694 Dec. 24. Do. John JOYNER of Mansfield Township, Burlington
Co., yeoman, to Hugh HUTCHINS fo said Co., husbandman, for the preceding 192 a. 419

1689 Oct. 17. Do. Mathew ALLEN of Molton Berry, Burlington Co.,
carpenter, to John SHARP of Northampton R., said Co., yeoman, for 150
acres of "the first laying out of ye Province of W. J.," bought of Samuel
COLES December 12, 1682. 419

1690 June 7. Do. Thomas HARDING of Northampton R. near Burling-
ton, yeoman, to John PAINE, son of John PAINE, of the same place,
labourer, for 150 acres, part of the land bought by grantor of Daniel WILLS
February 26, 1676-7. 420

1691-2 Jan. 26. Do. Thomas OLLIVE of Wellingborrow, Burlington
Co., merchant, to John PAINE junior of said Co., yeoman, for 50 acres in W. J. 420

1692 July 18. Do. Barnard DEVONISH of Burlington, yeoman, to
Thomas PAINE, son of John PAINE, of Northampton R., labourer, for 100
acres, part of the land bought of Thomas HOOTON of London April 30, 1677. 421

1691 4th d. 6th m. (Aug.). Do. Helen SKENE of Peachfield, Burling-
ton Co., widow of John SKENE, to Alexander STEWART of Burlington, husbandman,
for 50 acres to be surveyed out of the lands inherited from her husband. 421

1691 4th d. 6th m. (Aug. 25). Do. Thomas GLADWIN, blacksmith, to
Alexander STEWART, husbandman, both of Burlington, for 300 acres of the
land formerly belonging to William GLADWIN, near Oneancikon, S. John
SHINN, N. Birch Creek W. and S. W. unsurveyed, E. John SHARP. 421

1690 Dec. 20. Do. Daniel COXE, by his attorney John TATHAM, to
Thomas GREENE of Maidenhead, Burlington Co., yeoman, for 150 acres
above Delaware Falls adjoining Richard RIDGEWARY, part of Tho: BUDD's
Indian purchase, conveyed to Daniel COXE. 422

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1692 Dec. 24. London. Letter. Robert HACKSHAW, by order of the
Committee of the W. J. Society, to Jeremiah BASSE, their agent (supra,
p. 301): complains of receiving no news; intend to purchase Dr. COXE's re-
maining third of land; have bo't of him 4,000 acres at Cohanzey or Salem
Tenth side; wine and brandy to be made; settlements at Cape May to be encouraged. 423

1687 July 1. Deed. Mahlon STACY of West Jersey and Thomas
HUTCHINSON of Maryland, both tanners, to George HUTCHESON, for 1/4 and 1-16 of a
share, all three being owners of one Tenth of the Province, by
virtue of deeds made to them by Thomas PEARSON and Joseph HELMSLEY,
both of Yorkshire Co., England; said PEARSON having fraudulently tried
to sell the land, &c. 423

1694-5 Jan. 7. Mortgage. Eliakin HIGGINS of Mansfield Township,
Burlington co., yeoman, to Peter RESNIERE of Burlington, ship builder, for
130 acres in Mansfield Township, "the boundaries whereof will appeare
by ye Records of a Deed for ye same in ye Registrs office for ye County of
Burlington." Marginal Note: "November 7, 1695. Eliakim HIGGINS
then cleared this mortgage & ye same become null and voyd." 424

1694-5 Jan. 16. Deed. Thomas REVELL of Boythorp, Burlington Co.,
gentleman, to Joseph WHITE of Burlington, cooper, and wife Anne, daugh-
ter of said REVELL, for a house and lot in Burlington with a wharf lot, 60 1/2
f. front on the river, rear on the next street. Marginial Note: "This Deed
is null and voyd & see the other in fol. 639." 424

1688 July 29. Do. Joseph HELMSLEY of Great Kelk, Co. of Yorke,
yeoman, in trust, to George HUTCHESON of W. J., for 1 1/2 shares of the
Province, except 1-16, as conveyed to him by Thomas LAMBERT of Hans-
worth, Co. of York. 425

1693-4 March 5. Do. Lawrence MORRIS of Burlington, sawyer, to
James VERIER of said Co., mason, for 1 3/4 and 1/8 of an acres in Burlington,
E. Fourth St., N. the river, S. Pearl St. 425

1694 June 9. Tripartie Indenture. Thomas WOODROOF of Salem,
yeoman, late of London, Francis RAWLE of Philadelphia, merchant, ad-
ministrator of the estate of Samuel BORDEN of Penna. dec'd, and James
ANTRAM of Mansfield, Burlington Co., yeoman, by which the first two sell
to ANTRAM 1-24 of a share of the Province, bought by WOODROOF of said BORDEN. 425

1692 Dec. 23. Deed. William EMLEY of Nottingham, Burlington
co., yeoman, to Eliakim HIGGINS of said Co., yeoman, for 40 acres adjoin-
ing grantee. 426

1693-4 March 22. Do. Joseph HELMSLEY of Great Kelk, by his at-
torney William BIDDLE of Mount Hope, Burlington Co., to George
HUTCHESON of Burlington, for 1-6 of a share of the Province. 427


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1694 Oct. 10. Do. William BIDDLE, senior, of Mount Hope, to Mary
MYERS of Burlington, widow, for 3/4 of an acre on Burlington Island, for a
houselot. 427

1685 May 1. Do. George HUTCHESON, distiller, to Samuel BUNTING,
mason, both of Burlington, for 120 acres in the Yorkshire Tenth, to be
taken up by grantee. 428

1684-5 Feb. 18. Do. Edward BYLLINGE, Chief Proprietor and Gover-
nour of West Jersey, to Meriam MOSSE, wife of ------ MOSSE of Tuksbury,
Co. of Glouster, husbandman, for 100 acres to be surveyed in W. J. 428

1688 Sept. 7. Power of attorney. Miriam MOSSE, late wife of Samuel
MOSSE of Tuksbury, Co. of Glouster, now of the same place widow, to
George HUTCHESON of Burlington, as agent for the sale of the preceding 100 acres. 428

1694-5 Feb. 7. Deed. Same, by her attorney George HUTCHESON, to
Lemuel OLDALE of Burlington, cooper, for her 100 acres. 429

1692 May 20. Do. Susanna ELTON of Burlington Co., widow of An-
thony ELTON, to her son Anthony ELTON for "that close of arrable land
and pasture, called North Leynes, in all 8 acres in Compton Bassett,
County of Wilts, England, conveyed to her by Robert ELTON, late of Scoley,
Parish of Chillton Follyat, Co. of Wilts." 429

1692-3 March 10. Royal Patent to the Most Noble Mainhardt, Duke
of Leinster in Ireland and Schoubery as owner of all wrecks, Jetsam
and Flotsm, Logan Goods, drelict riches, bullion, plate, gold, silver,
coyne, barres or piggs of silver, ingotts of gold, merchandize, &c., &c.,
left, cast away or lost on the shores of American between 12 degrees and
40 degrees North and within 20 leagues of Bermudas. 430

1694-5 Feb. 2. Deed. Thomas KENDALL of Burlington, bricklayer, to
John WILLS of Northampton R., yeoman, for 240 acres in Eversham Town-
ship, Burlington Co., S. grantee, W. Widow ELTON, N. John HOLLINSHEAD
junior, E. Northampton River. 431

1688 Dec. 24. Do. John ANTRAM of Birch Creek, cordwainer, to
Francis AUSTIN of the same place, carpenter, for 50 acres to be surveyed. 431

1689 3d d. 3d m. (May). Do. Percivall TOWLE, yeoman, to Francis
AUSTIN, carpenter, both of Burlington Co., for 50 acres to be surveyed. 432

1694 Nov. 1. Do. Francis AUSTIN to Thomas SCATTERGOOD junior,
both of Burlington Co., carpenters, for the preceding two lots of 50 acres each. 432

1694-5 Feb. 19. Do. Thomas ffRENCH, Senior, of Wellingborough,
Burlington Co., yeoman, to his son Thomas ffRENCH, Junior, husbandman,
for 300 acres on Pensawkin Creek, near the bridge, betw. Samuel BURROWS,
Tho: RODMAN and Tho: WALLIS; also 21 a. next to Tho: HOOTON. 433

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1689-90 March 17. Do. Anthony MORRIS of Philadelphia, merchant,
late of Burlington, to James MARSHALL of Burlington, merchant, for a
houselot on the Island of Burlington 65 f. front on high St. and 150 f. on
Second St., being a cornerlot, next to grantee on the South, bo't of Sam-
uel BUNTING August 6, 1684. 433

1687 Dec. 10. Do. George ELLIS of Higham, Parish of Shirland, Co.
of Derby, England, malster, by his attorney Thomas ffARNSWORTH of Mans-
field, cordwainer, to John CALOW of near Mount Pleasant, wheelwright, for
1-30 of a share of the Province, bought of Mahlon STACY January 29, 1677-8. 433

1689 May 30. Do. Mathew ALLEN of near Rancokus Creek, carpen-
ter, to John CALOW of near Mount Pleasant, wheelwright, for a house and
lot in Burlington, N. W. Broad St., S. W. Benjamin SCOTT, with recent
land of Thomas OLLIVE on both sides; also 12 acres in town bounds bought
of Thomas EVES May 3, 1683; and 6 a. on the Island of Burlington, bo't
with other land of John SMITH August 14, 1680. 434

1685-6 March 1. Do. William BIDDLE, yeoman, to John CALOW,
wheelwright, for 50 acres, to be surveyed in the First Tenth; also a water-
lot, to be laid out on Delaware R. in Burlington as part of 1/4 of a share,
bought of Thomas HUTCHINSON May 20, 1686. 435

1694-5 March 2. Release. Daniel COXE of London, by his attorney
Jeremiah BASSE, to George HUTCHESON and Mahlon STACY, from their
bond to the trustees of Edward BYLLING. 435

1692 Sept. 21. Deed. Thomas OLLIVE of Wellingborough, yeoman, and
wife Mary, to Restore LIPPINCOTT, late of Shrowsbury, East Jersey, now of
Northampton R., W. J., husbandman, for the plantation, now occupied by
grantee, 570 acres, in Northampton Township, along the line betwen the
two Tenths, adjoining Widow PARKER and John WOOLSTON. 436

1688 23d 5th m. (July). Do. William STAYNER of Springfield near
Burlington to Samuel OGBORNE of the same place, carpenter, for a planta-
tion of 90 acres, on Birch Creek, between Tho: BUDD and John PANCOAST,
50 a thereof bought of Daniel LEEDS Dec. ---, 1686, the other 40 of
Thomas CURTIS, date uncertain, "by reason of whose death not sufficient-
ly Confirmed." 436

1694-5 March 16. Do. William BIDDLE of Mount Hope, Burlington
Co., merchant, to Isaac MARRIOTT of Burlington, merchant, for a lot, 1 acre
1/2 rood, on the Island of Burlington, 9 perches 4 yards fron on Wood St.
and in the rear, 18 1/2 perches long (see Liber A, p. 113). 437

1686 Nov. 20. Do. Christopher SNODEN of Burlington, yeoman, to
Godfrey HANCOCK senior of Steetley, W. J., yeoman, for 78 1/2 acres in the
First Tenth, as 1-64 of a share, bought of Jonathan WOOD of Malthy Par-
ish, Co. of York November 2, 1684; in exchange for 78 1/2 a. in the next
division of land to be made by the Proprietors in the First Tenth. 437


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1693 Oct. 6. Commission. Committee of the W. J. Society to Jere-
miah BASSE and Nathaniel WESTLAND as Agents and Factors General in West Jersey. 437

1695 April 2. Deed. Mordecay ANDREWS of Mansfield Township,
Burlington Co., yeoman, son and heir of Samuel ANDREWS, late of the
same place, dec'd, to Obadiah HIERTON of said Co., husbandman, for 100
acres in said township between John UNDERHILL and William ELLIS, bought
by said Samuel of Wm. BIDDLE and left by him to his son Peter, but not
to his heirs, whereby the land descended upon Peter's death to grantor. 438

1690 10th d. 9th m. (Nov.). Do. Samuel TAYLOR of Chesterfield,
Burlington Co., to Marmaduke HORSMAN of said Co., both husbandmen,
for 53 acres between grantor and grantee. 438

1691 May 11. Do. Francis DAVENPORT of Chesterfield, yeoman, to
Marmaduke HORSMAN, for 50 acres, to be surveyed in the tract lately
bought of Cornelius EMPSON. 439

1694 March 30. Do. Abraham SENIOR of Burlington, dyer, to Na-
thaniel WESTLAND of the same place, merchant, for a house and lot in Bur-
lington, on Delaware R., built by grantor, 60 f. front, bo't of John CALOW
Oct. 7, 1692. 439

1692 Oct. 7. Do. John CALOW of Burlington Co., wheelwright, to
Abraham SENIOR (as above), for 2 waterlots on the Island of Burlington,
along Delaware R., one being the full waterlot, belonging to 1/4 of a
share, bought of Wm. BIDDLE March 1, 1685-6, the other belonging to 1-30
of a share bo't of Tho. ffARNSWORTH dec'd, in his lifetime attorney for
George ELLIS of Higham, England, December 10, 1687 (supra, p. 433). 439

1684 May 8. Do. Thomas OLLIVE, merchant, to Freedom LIPPINCOTT,
yeoman, both of Wellingborough, for 200 acres in W. J. 440

1695 May 7. Do. William BIDDLE of Mount Hope to Thomas WILLIAMS,
heretofore of Pensaukin Creek, now of Philadelphia, tanner, for
100 acres to be surveyed in West Jersey. 440

1695 May 18. Do. Thomas WILLIAMS (as before) to Stephen DAY of
Burlington Co., yeoman, for the preceding 100 acres. 441

1694 Nov. 2. Do. George HUTCHESON of Burlington, distiller, to
John APPLETON of Pensaukin Cr., Burlington Co., yeoman, for 100 acres of
the land bought of Thomas HUTCHINSON and Mahlon STACY July 1, 1687. 441

1687 20th d. 10th m. (Dec.). Do. William MYERS of Burlington, to
John DAY of said Cr., both yeomen, for 150 acres to be surveyed in the
First Tenth, part of the tract bought of John GRAY of Neshameny Creek,
Penna., who had it from Benj. ANTROBUS; also the reversion of 1-32 of a
share, bought of Edward SEARSON of South River, Arundell Co., Maryland, tanner. 441

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1690 Nov. 17. Do. Daniel HOWELL, late of Cooper's Creek, Glouces-
ter Co., W. J., now of Philadelphia, yeoman, to Josiah APPLETON of Ap-
pletown, W. J., yeoman, for 60 acres, N. E. John APPLETON, N. W. Rich-
ard Appleton, S. E. and S. W. grantor's vacant land, belonging to 1/8 of
a share bought of Mordecai HOWELL, executor of Thomas HOWELL dec'd,
July 1, 1688, said Thomas having purchased it from Benjamin BARTLETT
Sept. 1, 1677, to whom it had been sold by Edward BYLLING and Trustees
March 1-2, 1676-7. 442

1695 10th d. 3d m. (May). Do. Archiball SILVER of Northampton
Township, Burlington, planter, to James SMITH of said Co., planter, for
100 acres on the Southside of the Northbranch of Ancokus River, adjoin-
ing Robert DIMSDALE. 443

1695 June 11. Do. John SHINN of Springfield Lodge, Burlington Co.,
wheelwright, to John CROSBY of Springfield, millwright, for 150 acres, half
of the lot surveyed for said SHINN at or near Birch Creek. 444

1694 3d d. 2d m. (April). Do. Thomas, Jonah and James PENFORD,
by their attorney George HUTCHESON of Burlington, distiller, to John ROBERTS
of Pennsawkin Creek, Burlington Co., yeoman, for 130 acres to be
surveyed in W. J. 444

1695 June 8. Do. Jane OGBORNE of Burlington, widow and executrix
of Samuel OGBORNE, carpenter, to Lyonel BRITTON of Philadelphia, black-
smith, for a lot on the Island of Burlington, 46 f. front on High St., run-
ning back half way to the next street, part of the land bought by said Sam-
uel of Wm. ffRYLEY Aug. 9, 1693. 445

1695 April 20. Do. The West Jersey Society, by their agent Jere-
miah BASSE of Burlington, merchant, to Arthur CRESSY of Cape May, yeo-
man, for 350 acres at Cape May. Quitrent: two fat hens or capons, pay-
able to the Society as Lords of ye Mannr of Cox Hall. 445

1695 April 21. Mortgage. Arthur CRESSEY to Jeremiah BASSE for the
W. J. Society, on the preceding 350 a. 446

1695 April 20. Deed. The W. J. Society, by Jeremiah BASSE, to
Caesar HOTKINS (HODGKINS) of Cape May, whaleman, for 150 a. at Cape
May. Quitrent as above. 446

1695 April 21. Mortgage. Caesar HOSKINS (HODSKINS) to Jeremiah
BASSE for the Society, on the preceding 150 a. 446

1695 April 19. Deed. The W. J. Society, by Jeremiah BASSE, to
John RICHARDSON of Cape May, whaleman, for 124 a. at Cape May. Quit-
rent as above. 447

1695 April 20. Mortgage. John RICHARDSON to Jeremiah BASSE for
the Society, on the preceding 124 a. 447

1695 April 20. Do. The W. J. Society, by Jeremiah BASSE, to Jona-
than OSBORNE of Cape May, yeoman, for 110 a. at Cape May. Quitrent
one fat hen or capon. 447

1695 April 21. Mortgage. Jonathan OSBORNE to Jeremiah BASSE for
the Society, on the preceding 110 a. 448

1695 April 19. Deed. The W. J. Society, by Jeremiah BASSE, to
Nathll SHORT of Cape May, whaler, for 200 a. at Cape May. Quitrent 2
hens or capons. 448

1695 April 20. Mortgage. Nathanll SHORT to Jeremiah BASSE, for the
Society, on the preceding 200 acres. 449

1695 April 22. Deed. The W. J. Society, by Jeremiah BASSE, to
Cornelius STELINGER of Cape May, whaleman, for 134 a. there. 449

1695 April 23. Mortgage. Cornelius STELINGER to Jeremiah BASSE, for
the Society, on the preceding 134 a. Marginal Note: "This may Certifie
all whom it may Concern tht I have Long Since received Satisfaction for
the within Mortgage by a payment made by Cornelius STELINGER as
Witness my hand this 4th day of May 1724. Lewis MORRIS." 449

1695 June 9. Power of attorney. Jeremiah BASSE, agent of the W. J.
Society, to Joshua BARKSTEAD and John HOULDEN of Cape May,
gentlemen, as agents in Cape May Co. 449

1694 June 24. Deed. George HUTCHESON of Burlington, merchant, to
Thomas BRIDGE, gent: and John GREENE, blacksmith, both of Cohansie,
Salem Co., for 912 acres on Cohansie Creek betw. John BELLOWS and John SMITH. 450

CAPE MAY DEEDS.


Deeds from the West Jersey Society, by Jeremiah BASSE, to:

1695 April 22. 1. Henry STITES of Cape May, whaleman, for 200 a.
there and mortgage. 450

1695 April 22. 2. Samuel MATHEWS of Cape May, whaler, for 175 a. there. 451

1695 April 22. 3. William MASON of Cape May, yeoman, for 150 a.
there. Quitrent 2 fat chickens. 452

1695 April 26. 4. Humphrey HEWES of Cape May, whaler, for 206 a.
there. Quitrent, one ear of Indian corn. 452

1695 April 22. 5. Thomas HAND of Cape May, whaleman, for 400 a.
there. Quitrent, two fat capons or hens. 453

1695 April 22. 6. Abigael PINE of Cape May, spinster, for 200 a.
there. Quitrent, one ear of Indian corn. 453

1695 April 19. 7. William JOHNSTON of Cape May, yeoman, for 436 a.
there. Quitrent, 2 fat capons or hens. 453

1695 April 22. 8. Elizabeth CARMAN of Cape May, spinster, for 300 a.
there. Quitrent, one ear of Indian corn. 454

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1695 April 20. 9. Joseph HOULDING of Cape May, yeoman, for 200 a.
there. Quitrent, as before. 455

1695 April 22. 10. Joseph WHELDON of Cape May, yeoman, for 150 a.
there. Quitrent, two fat capons or hens. 455

1695 April 22. 11. William JACOCKS of Cape May, yeoman, for 340 a. there. 455

1695 April 23. Mortgage of the preceding. 456

1695 April 23. 12. John CANSON of Cape May, yeoman, for 300 a. there. 457

1695 April 23. 13. Peter CANSON of Cape May, weaver, for 400 a. there. 457

1695 April 23. 14. John TOWNSEND of Cape May, carpenter, for 600 a. there. 457

1695 April 23. 15. John TOWNSEND of Cape May, yeoman, for 260 a. there. 458

1695 April 21. 16. Dorothy HEWITT of Cape May, spinster, for 340 a. there. 458

1695 April 23. Mortgage of the preceding. 459

1691 June 30. Deed. Samuel JENINGS of Philadelphia, merchant, to
Peter LONG of Catar [1] Creek, Salem Co., husbandman, for 757 acres on
Cadar Cr. below Cohansie. 459

West Jersey Society Deeds, continued:

1695 April 22. 17. Shamgar HAND of Cape May, gent: for 700 a. there. 459

1695 April 22. 18. Same, for 15 a. there. 460

1695 April 22. 19. William WHITLOCK of Cape May, gent: for 500 a. there. 460

1695 April 22. 20. John DAYTON of Cape May, yeoman, for 200 a. there. 461

1695 April 22. 21. Jonathan ffOREMAN of Cape May, yeoman, for 250 a.
there. 461

1695 April 22. 22. John and Caleb CARMAN of Cape May, whalers,
for 255 a. there. 462

1695 April 22. 23. Samuel CROWELL of Cape May, gent: for 226 a. there. 462

1694 July 28. Deed. Thomas WILKINS of Burlington Co., yeoman, to
Robert WHEELER of Burlington, for one half of a wharf lot in Bur-
lington and half a town lot there, parts of 1-15 of a share bought by
Thomas and John WILKINS, sons of John WILKINS, late of Keyham, County
of Leicester, husbandman, September 2, 1687. 463

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1695 July 13. Do. Robert WHEELER of Burlington, merchant, to
John TATHAM of Burlington, Esqre, Edward HUNLOKE of Wingerworth,
merchant, and Nathaniel WESTLAND of Burlington, merchant, as feoffees in
trust, for a lot on the Island of Burlington belonging to the half of 1-15 of
a share, bought of Tho: WILKINS, 2 roods 16 perches, next to Jonathan
WEST, N. Wood Str., running S. along said street 5 perches 3 f. "and so
back ye same breadth being in Length 18 1/2 perches & bounded by ye Lott
of John STOKES South." 463

1695 July 13. Confirmation of deed (supra, p. 421). George HUTCHESON,
Robert WHEELER, Samuel ffURNIS and Joseph ADAMS of Burlington,
exexutors of the last will of Thomas GLADWIN of Burlington, blacksmeith,
dec'd, to Alexander STEWART, for the 300 acres conveyed by him ut supra. 464

1695 May 20. Assignment. David LILLIS (LILLYE) to Samuel NICHOLS
of Philadelphia, sawyer, of 100 acres "within menc'oned." 464

1686 12th d. 2 m. (April). Deed. Noell MEW of New Port, R. I.,
mariner, and wife Mary to William ALLEN of the same place, cordwainer,
for 500 acres in the London Tenth, on Rancocus Creek, next to John
WILLS. 464

1688 May 25. Do. Thomas OLIVE of Wellingsborough, merchant, to
Robert INGLE of near Burlington, yeoman, for 100 acres of the first survey
in the Second Tenth. 464

1695 June 25. Do. Thomas WILKINS of Eversham, Burlington Co.,
yeoman, to Robert INGLE of the same place, husbandman, for 50 acres, bo't
of John SKENE December 20, 1689. 465

1690-1 Jan. 1. Do. John MARSON of Burlington Co., yeoman, to
William HASKER of the same place, husbandman, for 20 acres, part of the
100 a. bought of Thomas OLLIVE. 465

1689 April 20. Do. Frederick KING of Synamensick, W. J., to Elias
TAY of the same place, for 139 acres there. 465

1691 Sept. 10. Do. Samuel COLES of Gloucester Co., W. J., yeoman,
to Mathias BAYLLIS of W. J., planter, for 82 acres on the North branch of
Pimsaquin Creek, between Samuel BORROUGHTS, Timothy HANCOCK and Tho. ROADMAN. 466

1685 Nov. 20. Do. Marmaduke HORSMAN of Chesterfield, planter, to
Samuel TAYLOR of Crosswicks Creek, planter, for 50 acres in the First
Tenth on the creek above Anthony WOODHOUSE, bought of Samuel OLDALE
of Assiscunck Cr., March 9, 1683-4. 466

1695 March 30. Do. The W. J. Socieity, by Jeremiah BASSE, to John
LEE of Burlington Co., yeoman, for 150 acres of the 15000 a. tract, above
the Falls. Marginal Note: "The Land hereby granted is by Deed dated
ye first April 1695 Mortgaged for paymt of ye consideration money." 467

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1695 May 16. Do. Same to Thomas REVELL of Baythorp, Burlington
Co., gentleman, for 24000 acres, in trust, Jeremiah BASSE intending to go
to England. 467

1695 April 1. Do. Joshua BARKSTEAD of Cohanzy, Salem Co., mer-
chant, to Nathaniel BACON of the same place, husbandman, and wife Kath-
arine, for 180 acres there next to Jonathan HOLMES, and 20 a. of meadow,
on Keeappe Creek, next to Obadiah HOLMES. 468

1695 March 30. Deed in trust. Joshua BARKSTEAD (as above) and Jere-
miah BASSE of the same place, brother of said Joshua, to their mother,
Madam Mary BASSE of London, widow, and brother Francis BARKSTEAD
of London, merchant, for 4984 acres in ffENWICK's Colony, on the
Eastside of a little creek, running into the River Caesarea (Cohanszy,
Cumberland Co.) and along said river; in trust for grantors and their
wives for life. 468

1695 Aug. 7. Deed. Thomas KENDALL of Burlington, bricklayer, to
Henry LOW of Burlington Co., planter, for 70 acres on Northampton R.,
between the former land of James SHERWIN and the lot the same now has
bought of John RUSH, formerly taken up by John CORNISH, and part of the
purchase of said CORNISH from John WILLIS Febry 15, 1689-90. 469

1689-90 Feb. 16. Bill of Sale. John DEWILDE of Burlington, potter,
to Michael NEWBOLD of said Co., yeoman, for 1/8 of the brigantine "Provi-
dence of Burlington." 469

1695 Sept. 13. Deed. Obadiah HYERTON, yeoman, to Edward BOULTON,
husbandman, both of Burlington Co., for 100 acres in said Co., bought
of Mordecay ANDREWS, son of Samuel ANDREWS, dec'd, April 2, 1695 (supra, p. 438). 469

1692 11th d. 4th m. (June). Do. Anna SALTER of Tackony, dec'd,
by her executor Robert STACY, John HART, Charles PICKERING, all of Phila-
delphia, Richard WHITFIELD of --------, and Thomas ffAIRMAN of Shacka-
mackson, to Samuel NICHOLS of Philadelphia, sawyer, for 100 acres on Pen-
soakin Creek alias Cropwell River, between grantee and Thomas WILLIAMS,
sold to said Nicholls by Anna SALTER during her life, and part of 500 a.
conveyed to the executors by Wm. BIDDLE, Nov. 9, 1691. 469

1695 March 30. Do. George HUTCHESON of Burlington, distiller, to
John BUNTING of Chesterfield, Burlington Co., carpenter, for 50 acres in
West Jersey. 470

1681-2 Jan. 5. Do. Jno HARRIS of Goat Acre, Co. of Wilts, yeoman,
to Walter HUMPHRIES alias POWELL of Painswick, Co. of Gloucester, broad-
weaver, for 1/3 of 1/8 of a share of the Province, the 8th having been sold by
Tho: HOOTON of Blackfryars, London, chandler, to Thomas GERRISH and
Henry GERRISH, both of Bromham, Co. of Wilts, yeomen, and John
HARRIS, June 1-2, 1677. 471


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1695 Oct. 5. Do. Walter HUMPHRIES to Henry BALLENGER, both of
Burlington, yeomen, for the preceeding 1/3 of 1/8 of a share. 471

1695 Oct. 5. Do. Josiah PRICKETT of Burlington, baker, to Walter
HUMPHRIES of the same place, yeoman, for a house there, built by Jona-
than BEER, and the lot in the Second Tenth, the whole being 2/3 of 1-16 of a
share bought by said BEER of Tho: BUDD, February 8, 1683-4, and by him
sold to James BARRATT of Burlington, carpenter, May 19, 1685, who con-
veyed it to present grantor July 15, 1694. 472

1685 May 19. Do. Jonathan BEERE, merchant, to James BARRATT, car-
penter, both of Burlington, for a house and lot there (the preceding). 472

1694 July 15. Do. James BARRATT (as above) to Josiah PRICKETT, for
the preceding house and lot. 473

1695 Oct. 5. Do. Walter HUMPHRIES, yeoman, to George ELKINGTON,
blacksmith, and wife Mary, daughter of said Walter, all of Burlington, for
1-32 of a share bo't of Wm. PEACHEE March 27, 1677, part whereof in the
first and second division being already laid out for grantor, viz: 100 acres
at Crosswicks Creek (see Liber A, p. 118); and the house and wharf lots
on the Island of Burlington excepted. 473

1688 Nov. 10. Do. Samuel JENINGS of Greenhill, W. J., yeoman, to
John LANGSTAFFE of Yorkshire Edge, W. J., yeoman, for 50 acres in Burl-
ington Co., called Holme. 473

1690-1 Feb. 10. Do. Francis DAVENPORT of Chesterfield, Burlington
Co., to John LANGSTAFFE of said Co., husbandman, for threescore and 13
acres (73), part of the lot bought by grantor of Cornelius EMPSON. 473

1692-3 Feb. 4. Do. George HUTCHESON, distiller, to John LANGSTAFFE,
yeoman, both of Burlington, for 200 acres in West Jersey. 474

1694 Oct. 27. Do. Richard MATHEWS of London, merchant, by his
attorney Samuel STACY of Philadelphia, merchant, to Thomas BIBB of
Burlington, whitesmith, for a waterlot in Burlington, 25 f. front on Dela-
ware R., with the house thereon, now occupied by Samuel OGBORNE. 474

1690 Oct. 25. Do. Samuel STACY, son of Henry STACY, late of Peet-
ers Alley, Cornhill, London, dec'd, to John HOLLINSHEAD of Northampton
R. near Burlington, yeoman, for a wharflot there, part of 1-16 of a share,
bought of Thomas HOOTON. 475

1691 Nov. 9. Do. William and Abraham HULINGS to John HOLLINSHEAD,
all of Burlington Co., yeomen, for all the townlots in Burlington,
belonging to 1-32 of a share, except the "great Lott without ye Island of
Burlington, called ye Towne bounds of Burlington." 475

1682-3 Feb. 6. Do. John ANTRAM of Burlington, shoemaker, to John
HOLLINSHEAD, for a wharflot along the river in Burlington, part of 1-32 of a
share, bo't of Jonathan ELDRIDGE, shoemaker, May 3, 1680. 475

1691-2 Feb. 9. Do. William BIDDLE of near Burlington, merchant, to
John HOLLINSHEAD of Northampton River, yeoman, for a wharflot in Burl-
ington, 12 f. front on the river. 475

PAGE 464 New Jersey Colonial Documents.

1676 Feb. 26. Do. Thomas OLLIVE of Wellingborough, Co. of
Northampton, haberdasher, to Thomas EVES of London, packer, for 1-32
of a share of West Jersey, bought of Wm PENN et al. January 23, 1676 7
with Daniel WILLS, who releases to said EVES his right, etc., Oct. 12, 1695. 476

1687 Nov. 21. Do. Jno. RIDGES of London, citizen and skinner, by
his attorney, Samuel JENINGS of Greenhill, Burlington Co., yeoman, to
Samuel NICHOLS of Philadelphia, husbandman, for 100 acres in West Jersey. 476

1695 July 10. Do. Helena, widow of John SKENE, of Burlington, to
Edward HUNLOKE of Wingerworth, Burlington Co., merchant, for 100 acres
in town bounds, part of 1/4 of a share, bo't by John SKENE, late of Peach-
field, Burlington Co., of Thomas HUTCHINSON, then of Talbot Co., Mary-
land, Sept. 13, 1686, and by said SKENE divised to his widow Helena
by will of August 19, 1690. 476

1695 Oct. 18. Do. Edward HUNLOKE (as above) to John JOOSTEN and
John HAMMEL, both now or late of Sopus, N. Y., yeomen, for a plantation
with 500 acres at Lessa or Wingworth Point, Burlington Co., in town
bounds, of which 100 a. were bought of Thomas BOWMAN March 24, 1692,
100 a. of Sheriff James HILL Febry. 2, 1693-4, 145 1-2 a. of George HUTCHESON
Dec. 4, 1689, 35 a. of Helena SKENE July to last, 119 1/2 a. being part
of 800 a. bo't of James READE and wife Sarah April 4, 1689. 477

1695 Oct. 19. Do. Mortgage. John JOOSTEN and John HAMMEL, both
of Wingerworth Point, yeomen, to Edward HUNLOKE of the same place,
merchant, on the preceding 500 acres. 477

1690 April 2. Deed. Symon CHARLES of Burlington Co., tailor, to
Francis AUSTIN of said Co., carpenter, for 150 acres, part of the land
bought of Bernard DEVONISH, December 15, 1687; 6 a. of the said 150 ly-
ing next to Mount Pleasant between John WOOLSTON and Percivall TOWLE,
the other 144 on the creek at Nathaniel RICKETTS between John WOOLSTON
and Thomas REVELL, all in Burlington Co. 478

1694-5 Jan. 11. Do. Francis AUSTIN of Eversham, Burlington Co.,
carpenter, to George PORTER of Mansfield, same Co., broadweaver, for the
preceding 150 acres. 478

1694-5 March 5. Do. Eliakim HIGGINS of Mansfield Township,
Burlington Co., yeoman, to Joseph ENGLISH of Maidenhead, same Co., yeo-
man, for a plantation of 130 acres in said township, of which 100 a. were
bought of Daniel BACON, May 20, 1685, and 30 a. of Wm. EMLEY, Dec. 23, 1692. 479

1695 Nov. 1. Do. Daniel LEEDS of Springfield, Burlington Co., to
John Cluffe, of said Co., for 50 acres on Tomlinson's Brook, N. Wm. PETTY,
E. Samuel VAAS, W. "as now bounded and marked out;" also 12 a. ad-
joining Walter CLARKE. 479


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1695 Nov. 2. Do. Mathew ALLEN to James SHERWIN, both of Burling-
ton Co., yeomen, for 330 acres, surveyed out of the 3200 and odd a. "at
Rancocus Cr. upon Delaware R.", bought by grantor of John SMITH, then
of Christeene Creek, Penna., August 13-14, 1680; the said 330 a. are
bounded by Rancocus R. on the North, between grantor, John CORNISH
and William BUDDIN. 479

1693 4 3d d. 12th m. (Feb.). Thomas ANDERSON, of St. James Parish,
Clerkensell, Co. of Middlesex, chandler, by his attorney, George HUTCHESON
of Burlington, merchant, to Daniel LEEDS of Springfield, near Burling-
ton, yeoman, for 1-16 of a share of the Province, bo't of Tho: HOOTON
Oct. 10, 1678, and excepting 300 acres. 480

1693 Nov. 1. Do. George PORTER of Burlington, silkweaver, to
Daniel LEEDS (as above), for 300 acres in said Co., the remaining part of
his land in Burlington, belonging to his 1-6 of a share, bo't of Tho.
HUTCHINSON July 10, 1677, excepting the waterlot and 2 acres already disposed
of; and one half fo said 1-6, excepting the land in townbounds and in the
country, already sold to the number of 833 a. 480

1694 May 11. Do. John CORNISH, of Burlington, carpenter, to Dan-
iel LEEDS, for 130 of the 300 acres, bought of John WILLIS February 15,
1689-90 (supra, Part 1, p. 257). 481

1694 June 19. Do. James ANTRAM of Mansfield, Burlington Co.,
planter, to Daniel LEEDS, for all the land belonging to 1-24 of a share in
the First Tenth, except 200 a. already surveyed and 1/2 a. in Burlington,
said 1-24 having been bo't of Francis RAWLE of Philadelphia June 9, 1694,
who had it from Tho: WOODROOF of Salem. 481

1693-4 March 22. Do. Eleazer ffENTON of Springfield near Burling-
ton to Daniel LEEDS, for his right, title &c. in and to 2 acres, part of the
200 where he now dwells, adjoining grantee. 481

1694 10th d. 3d. m. (May). Permit. John DAY of Springfield to
Daniel LEEDS for cutting a drain through his meadow. 481

1695 March 28. Deed. Thomas LAMBERT of Nottingham, Burlington
Co., tanner, to John ABBAT of Crosswicks Creek, husbandman, for 40 acres
on said creek. 481

1692 Sept. 9. Do. Edward HUNLOKE of Wingerworth, Burlington Co.,
merchant, to Samuel TERRETT of Burlington, blacksmeith, for 2 wharf lots
on the Island of Burlington, one belonging to 1-15 of a share, the other to
1-16, both bought of Samuel BUNTING of Chesterfield, mason, July 20, 1688. 482

1688-9 Jan. 5. Do. Daniel BACON of Baconfield, Burlington Co.,
yeoman, to John SNAPE of said Co., husbandman, for 200 acres to be
taken out of his 1/8 of 1-32 of a share in said Co., bought of Wm. MATHEWS,
June 1, 1683. 482

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1690-1 Feb. 2. Do. William HUNT of Springfield, Burlington Co.,
planter, to John SNAPE of the same place, planter, for 10 acres at the N. E.
corner of grantor's land at Mount Over, part of the 100 acres bo't of Francis
BESWICK March 31, 1688. 483

1695 June 22. Do. Mahlon STACY of Ballifield, Burlington Co., yeo-
man, to John BRYERLEY of Hopewell, same Co., miller, for 200 acres above
St. Pincks Creek, in the forks of Shabbacunck C., adjoining grantor. 483

1685 April 14. Do. Anthony MORRIS of Burlington, baker, to Thomas
ffrench of near Burlington, yeoman, for a waterside lot in Burlington, 8 f.
front on the "great river," N. the river, S. the Back St., E. grantee, W.
Richard BASNETT. 483

1695 Oct. 19. Do. John PEARES of Burlington, carpenter, to Samuel
TERRETT of the same place, smith, for 100 acres, on the Southside and
along Northampton R. and a run, bounding Richard BOYES, on the South,
E. John WOOLMAN, bo't of John BAINBRIDGE Nov. 30, 1693. 483

1691 June 4. Do. John RODMAN of Block Island, Rhoad Island,
Providence Plantations, and wife Mary, to John ADAMS of Flushing,
Queens Co., Long Island, N. Y., in exchange for land and houses in
Flushing, fro 475 acres near Rancocus Cr., adjoining John HOLLINSHEAD,
and 25 a. of meadow, same distance from the house, the whole bought of
Wm. BIDDLE. 484

1692-3 Feb. 21. Do. Thomas BUDD, of Philadelphia, merchant, to
John ABBATT of Nottingham, Burlington Co., planter, for 1-32 of a share,
bo't of Wm. PENN et al. March 1-2, 1676-7, except the town lots of Bur-
lington Island and the land in town bounds, belonging to the 1-32. 484

1693 Aug. 8. Do. John HOLLINSHEAD senior of Burlington Co., yeo-
man, to Elias TAY of said Co., planter, for 75 acres, bought of Henry and
Mary GRUBB November 17, 1691. 484

1691 Nov. 17. Do. Henry GRUBB, of Burlington, innkeeper, and wife
Mary to John HOLLINSHEAD of Burlington Co., yeoman, for 1-32 of a share
of the Province, excepting the town and town bounds lots of Burlington,
inherited by said Mary from her father. 485

1695 Oct. 5. Do. Daniel LEEDS of Springfield Township, Burlington
Co., to John HOLLINSHEAD, for a lot in Burlington, 2 roods 20 perches, be-
tween Broad St. and the new burying ground, 11 perches wide on Broad
St. and in the rear. 485

1693 Aug. 8. Do. John HOLLINSHEAD senior of Burlington Co., yeo-
man, to Frederick KING of the same place, planter, for 75 acres of the
land bought of Henry and Mary GRUBB Nov. 17, 1691. 485

1694 Oct. 8. Do. George HUTCHESON of Burlington, distiller, to
Richard PITMAN of Pensawkin Creek, planter, for 80 acres to be surveyed
out of the share or shares bought by grantor of Tho. HUTCHESON and
Mahlon STACY July 1, 1687. 486


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1694 Nov. 1. Do. Henry GRUBB and wife Mary, Thomas RAPER and
wife Abigael, all of Burlington, to Thomas WILKINS of Eversham Town-
ship, for 50 acres in said township along the Indian line "derived from
Tho: PERKINS by Heirship to the aforesd Henry and Thomas by the said
Mary and Abigael." 486

1693 Aug. 18. Do. George HUTCHESON of Burlington, merchant, to
Henry BURR of Burlington Co., yeoman, for 100 acres in W. J. 486

1688 16th d. 6th m. (Aug.). Do. Dr Robert DIMSDALE of Burlington
Co., to Henry BURR, for the reversion of one half of 1-7 of a share of the
Province, bought of Hugh LAMB of the Parish of St. Martins in the
Field, Co. of Middlesex, hosier. 487

1676-7 Feb. 26. Do. Thomas OLLIVE of Wellingborough, Co. of
Northampton, haberdasher, to John ROBERTS of Overston, same Co., yeo-
man, for 1-16 of a share of W. J., bought of Wm. PENN et al. January 23, 1676-7. 487

1688 Aug. 21. Power of attorney. Robert DIMSDALE of Burlington
Co., physician, intending to sail for England, to John TATHAM of Tatham
House, Penna., Samuel JENINGS and Symon CHARLES, both of Burlington
Co., as general agents. 487

1692-3 Jan. 24. Do. Robert DIMSDALE, [1] of Bishop Stafford, Co. of
Hartford, chyrurgeon, to John TATHAM, George HUTCHINSON, both of
Burlinton, merchants, and Francis DAVENPORT of Crosswicks Creek,
planter, as general agents. 487

1689 8th d. 2d m. (April). Deed. Robert STACY of Philadelphia,
tanner, to William MYERS of Burlington, butcher, for 10 acres in Burling-
ton townbounds, near Yorkshire Bridge, on the N. E. side of the gate, on
the road to Thomas WRIGHT's and along Assiscunck Cr. to the boundary creek. 488

----------

[1] Robert DIMSDALE, one of the earliest physicians in West Jersey, bought
of William PENN, May 22, 1682, for £25, a tract of 5,000 acres in Pennsylvania.
He seems to have been then of Edmonton, Middlesex county England. He
came to America in 1683 with Penn. and located a large tract of land south of
Mt. Holly, on both sides of a stream known as Dimsdale Run, where he built
a large brick house and cleared a farm. Some time prior to 1686 he married
2d, Sarah, daughter of Francis COLLINS, who came from the parish of Stepney,
Middlesex county, England, and settled in Newton, Gloucester county, in
1682. In 1688 he returned to England and live for a while at Theydon Garnon,
near Epping, Essex, but in January 1692-3, he was at Bishop Stortford (a small
market town and parish on both sides of the river Stort, formerly crosse by a
ford at this place, and which was bestowed by William the Conqueror, soon
after th conquest, upon Maurice, Bishop of London, and his successors,
whence the name), in the county of Hertford, where he suffered imprison-
ment for a time, his practising without a license. While in America he publish-
ed in London, in 1684, a work advertising a number of specifies for the cure of
various diseases. He died in England in 1718. His widow soon after returned
to this country, and resided at Haddonfield until her death, in 1739.

PAGE 468 New Jersey Colonial Documents.


1691-2 March 10. Do. Mary, widow and executrix of Wm. MYERS of
Burlington, butcher, Tho: GILBERTHORPE, Francis DAVENPORT and John
BUNTING, trustees under said Wm. MYERS' will, to Charles READE of Bur-
lington Co., tailor, for 5 acres, the half of the preceding 10, on the road
to Tho. WRIGHT and the boundary creek, near Yorkshire Bridge. 488

1691-2 March 10. Do. Same to George HUTCHESON of Burlington,
merchant, for 5 a., the other half for the preceding 10. 489

1694 Sept. 26. Do. George HUTCHESON to Charles Reade for the
preceding 5 acres. 489

1693 Nov. 2. Do. Charles READE of Philadelphia, tailor, to Bernard
Lane of Burlington, labourer, for the foregoing 10 acres. 489

1694 June 25. Do. Benjamin WHEATE of Burlington, cordwainer, to
Bernard LANE of the same place, butcher, for a lot in Burlington, a corner
lot, W. Wood St., N. River St., S. Richard LOVE, E. grantor, 6 perches
7 f. on River St., 13 perches on Wood St. 490

1691 7th d. 10th m. (Dec.). Do. Thomas WOOD of Burlington Co.,
husbandman, to John BAINBRIDGE, for a house lot on the Island of Burling-
ton and 13 1/2 acres in townbounds, part of 1-30 of a share, bo't of Tho:
ffARNSWORTH Dec. 10, 1687; also a lot on said island, N. W. Broad St., S.
W. Benjamin SCOTT, E. and W. Tho: OLLIVE and partners, in quantity 1-32
of 9 acres, bo't with other land of Mathew ALLEN May 30, 1689. 490

1694-5 10th d. 11th m. (Jan.). Do. John BAINBRIDGE of Burlington
Co., joiner, to Thomas CLARKE of Burlington, for 4 shares of land there,
vizt: 1-32 of share bo't of Thomas WOOD (supra), 1-32 bo't of Wm.
WOOD March 19, 1691-2, 1-30 of a share in Burlington and the lots in
town bounds, bo't of John CALOW (supra); also 1-32 of 9 acres bo't of
said Calow in said towns, all East of Sara ffARNE on the Eastside of York
St., and 1 acre 2 roods 1 perch betw. Tho: LAMBERT and Daniel LEEDS,
fronting the street from Dan. SUTTON's to John TATHAM's. 491

1694-5 Feb. 20. Do. Thomas GILBERTHORPE of Nottingham, Burling-
ton Co., yeoman, to Thomas CLARKE of Burlington, carpenter, for all the
land in the Town Burlington, belonging to 1-32 of a share. 491

1687 28th d. 7th m. (Sept.). Do. William LASSWELL to William HIXSON
for 1-32 of a share of the Province, except the plantation on Cross-
wicks Creek, 150 acres, and the lots in town bounds. 491

1687 29th d. 7th m. (Sept.). Do. William LASSWELL of Colchester,
Co. of Essex, England, fell monger, to William HIXSON of Crosswicks
Creek, W. J., husbandman, the preceding in extenso. 491

1689-90 March 13. Do. Samuel JENINGS of Greenhill, Burlington
Co., yeoman, to William HIXSON of Crosswicks Creek, husbandman, for 100
acres to be taken up in W. J., in exchange for 250 acres in ffENWICKs Col-
ony, sold by John ffENWICK, late of Salem, to Abraham BROWNE of New
Shrewsberry, East Jersey, Sept. 19, 1679, and since conveyed by said
Browne to Wm. HIXSON Nov. 2, 1687. 492

PAGE 469 West Jersey Records, Liber B, Part 2.


1695 Dec. 9. Do. Thomas ffOLKE junior, to John BUNTING, both of
Chesterfield, Burlington Co., yeomen, for 6 acres of meadow at the S. E.
corner of John THAKE, part of 320 a. surveyed to Tho: ffOLKE Senior in
Chesterfiedl Township. 492

1690 Nov. 3. Do. George HUTCHESON of Burlington, distiller, to
Hananiah GAUNT of Burlington Co., yeoman, for 1-24 of a share of W. J.,
bo't of Godfrey NEWBOLD of Hansworth, Co. of York, England, yeoman,
August 22, 1684, excepting 200 acres "in the country, which was the pro-
portion of land allowed to be taken up as the first choyce, belonging
in 1-24." 493

1690 May 1. Do. Thomas LAMBERT of Nottingham, W. J., tanner, to
Wm. HIXSON of Crosswicks, husbandman, for 50 acres to be surveryed in
the Yorkshire Tenth. 493

1691 Sept. 3. Do. George HUTCHESON of Burlington, merchant, to
Thomas WILSON of Oneanickon, Burlington co., husbandman, for 200
acres at Oneanickon. 493

1682 May 3. Do. John MADDOCKS of New Salem, W. J., yeoman, to
John BOARTON of Ancokus, W. J., yeoman, for 1-16 of a share of the
Province, bo't of John HEWSON of Long Lane, London, trunkmaker,
July 18, 1678, to whom it had been sold by Tho: HOOTON of Black Fryars,
London, chandler, June 1, 1677, by virtue of a deed from Wm. PENN et al.
Nov. 6, 1676. 494

1695 Dec. 21. Do. William BOARTON, son of John Boarton of Bur-
lington Co., dec'd, to John HOLLINSHEAD of Burlington, chandler, for all
the lots on the Island of Burlington, belonging to 1-16 of a share, inher-
ited by the father's will of July 28, 1687. 494

1695 Dec. 21. Release of the foregoing by John BOARTON, son and heir
of John Boarton dec'd. 495

1690 Nov. 11. Deed. William BIDDLE of W. J., merchant, to Thomas
HARDING of Burlington Co., yeoman, for 100 acres "of ye first laying out
in ye prvince of W. J." 495

1693-4 March 3. Do. Lawrence MORRIS of Burlington, sawyer, and
wife Virgin, to Robert WHEELER of said town, merchant, for two waterlots
in Burlington, of which the Westernmost is 23 f. front on Delaware R.,
and runs back, along John HOLLINSHEAD, on the West to the lot of Francis
DAVENPORT, formerly sold by Mary HANCOCK, of Steetley, Burlington Co.,
widow and executrix of Godfrey HANCOCK dec'd, to Benjamin HOLT of Bur-
lington, glazier, May 20, 1689, who sold it to present grantor Sept. 16, 1689. 495

PAGE 470 New Jersey Colonial Documents.


1691 3d d. 5th m. (July). Do. Thomas GLADWIN of Burlington,
blacksmith, to John SNAPE of Burlington Co., husbandman, for 100 acres
at Oneanickon, on Birch Creek, between Samuel BARKER, John SHINN and
grantor, part of the land surveyed to William GLADWIN. 496

1695 Dec. 28. Release of the foregoing by George HUTCHESON, Robert
WHEELER, Samuel ffURNIS and Joseph ADAMS, all of Burlington, executors
of the last will of Thomas GLADWIN, blacksmith, dec'd.; the preceding
deed being defective, because Tho: GLADWIN did not prove Wm. GLADWIN's will. 496

1694-5 March 16. Deed. Thomas LAMBERT of Nottingham, Burling-
ton Co., tanner, to John MURFEN of Crosswicks, same Co., batchellor, for
50 acres. 497

1686 Aug. 14. Do. Percivall TOWLE of Sutton Lodge, W. J., yeoman,
to Thomas SCATTERGOOD of near Sutton Lodge, husbandman, for 100 acres
in the First Tenth. 497

1695 Dec. 26. Deed. Thomas RAPER of Burlington, smith, and wife
Abigael to Thomas BRYANT of Northampton, Burlington Co., planter, for
400 acres, whereof 300 are part of 1-30 of a share, given to said Abigael
by her father William PERKINS Sept. 27, 1677, and lying on Rancokus R.,
N. Francis Collins; the remaining 100 a. were bo't by said RAPER of
Thomas WILKINS May 16, 1690, to be surveyed. 498

1693 Nov. 20. Do. Peter BOSSE of Burlington, merchant, to Daniel
Smith of the same place, butcher, for a lot on the Island of Burlington,
3 roods S. Benjamin SCOTT, N. Broad St., W. Thomas EVES, E. Robert POWELL. 498

1694-5 Feb. 22. Do. William BIDDLE of Mount Hope, yeoman, to
Daniel Smith, for 1 1/2 acres on the Island of Burlington. 498

1695-6 Jan. 7. Do. Charles WOOLVERTON, yeoman, to Mathew ffORSYTH,
carpenter, both of Burlington Co., for 100 acres there, bought of
Wm. BIDDLE August 20, 1693, adjoining Anne PHARO; incl. 20 a. remote
with a swamp. 499

1694 Nov. 16. Do. George HUTCHESON of Burlington, distiller, to
John SCHOLEY of Oneanickon, Burlington Co., planter, for 125 acres to be
surveyed out of the land bought of Tho: HUTCHESON and Mahlon STACY
July 1, 1687. 499

1689 July 3. Do. Samuel JENINGS of Greenhill, Burlington Co., yeo-
man, to Thomas BRYANT, of the same place, husbandman, for 100 acres, to
be surveyed. 499

1688 Nov. 10. Do. John RIDGES of London, citizen and skinner, by
his attorney Samuel JENINGS, to Thomas BRYANT, for 200 acres to be surveyed. 500


PAGE 471 West Jersey Records, Liber B, Part 2.


1695 2d d. 10th m. (Dec.). Deed of gift. William COOPER of Coop-
er's Point, Gloucester Co., W. J., to his son-in-law John WOOLSTON and
daughter Hannah, wife of said WOOLSTON, for a house in Burlington with
1/2 acre belonging to it and 50 a. in town bounds, also the town lot bought
of Edward TAYLOR. 500

1693 Oct. 10. Deed. Thomas LAMBERT senior of Nottingham Town-
ship, tanner, to Barnard LANE of Burlington, butcher, for 40 acres in Bur-
lington town bounds, between Henry STACY, Nathaniel CRIPPS and Samuel
ffURNIS. 500

1695 April 24. Do. Barnard LANE of Burlington, yeoman, to Thomas
RAPER of the same place, smith, for the preceding 40 acres. 500

1690 May 16. Do. Thomas WILKINS of W. J., labourer, to Thomas
RAPER, for 100 acres to be surveyed within the limits of the first Indian
purchase of the Province. 501

1694-5 March 9. Do. Jane, widow and executrix of Samuel OGBORNE
of Burlington, carpenter, to Joseph PANCOAST of Burlington Co., carpenter,
for 40 feet of land fronting on High St. and being the Northerly part of
the lot bought by said Samuel of Wm. FRYLEY Aug. 9, 1693. 501

1683-4 March 20. Do. Thomas BUDD, merchant, to Thomas GARDNER,
tailor, both of Burlington, for 100 acres in the Second Tenth. 501

1693-4 March 10. Do. Thomas GARDNER, tailor, to Lawrence MORRIS,
sawyer, both of Burlington, for 192 acres in Northampton Township,
N. the townline, W. Symon CHARLES, S. James SILVER, E. grantee; also 8 a.
of meadow in GRUBB's meadow, S. Henry GRUBB; 100 a. being part of 1-16
of a share bo't of Anthony ELTON senior March 11, 1678-9, the other 100
a. bo't of Tho: BUDD March 20, 1683-4. 502

1682-3 March 22. Do. John CRIPPS to Lawrence MORRIS, both of
Burlington, yeomen, for 200 acres to be taken up as part of 1-12 of a share
in the Second Tenth, bought of Anna SALTER February 5-6, 1681-2. 502

1694-5 March 3. Letter of attorney. Samuel BARKER of Barllborough,
Co. of Derby, England, to George HUTCHESON of Burlington, merchant,
to give title of a house in Burlington to Lawrence MORRIS. 503

1691-2 30th d. 11th m. (Jan.). Deed of gift. Robert, son and heir of
Robert POWELL of Burlington dec'd, to his brother John POWELL for 150
acres, part of the land bought by their father of Thomas OLLIVE March
20, 1676-7 (see supra, Part 1, p. 194). 503

1695-6 Jan. 11. Deed. John WOOLSTON of Mansfield Township, yeo-
man, and wife Hannah, to Edward HUNLOKE, merchant, John PETTY, wooll
comber, and Thomas ATKINSON, bricklayer, all of Burlington, for 50 acres
within Burlington townbounds, part of 1/8 of a share bought by Wm.
COOPER of Edward Taylor Sept. 6, 1680, and given to grantors Dec. 2,
1695 (supra, p. 500). 503

PAGE 472 New Jersey Colonial Documents.


1695-6 Jan. 13. Do. John GREY alias TATHAM of Burlington, Esqre,
to Francis DAVENPORT, of Chestefield, merchant, for 300 acres in the
Province, part of 1/4 of a share bought of Benjamin ANTROBUS of London,
linendraper, March 9-10, 1684-5. 503

1695-6 Feb. 14. Do. Henry MARGEROM of Bucks Co., Penna., and
wife Jane, late the wife of Robert RIGG of Burlington, cordwainer, dec'd,
to Joseph SCATTERGOOD of Burlington Co., batchelour, for a lot on High
St., Burlington, 40 f. front on said High St. and rear on the next street,
next to Josiah PRICKETT, part of the town lot, belonging to 1/8 and 1-32 of a
share bought by Robert RIGG of Daniel Bacon January 21, 1687-8 and left
to his wife Jane by will of March 29, 1692. 504

1694 March 29. Do. Lawrence MORRIS, sawyer, to John MEREDITH,
schoolmaster, both of Burlington, for a house and lot (wharf lot), 25 f.
front on Delaware R., in length halfway to the next street, 71 f. square,
W. Dr. COXE, E. John HOLLINSHEAD. 504

1693 Nov. 29. Do. Samuel HOUGHTON, bricklayer, to Thomas CLARKE,
carpenter, both of Burlington, for 150 acres in Burlington Co., along the
line of the old Indian purchase, between Mathew CHAMPION and John
CHADWICK, bought of George HUTCHESON July 5, 1687. 504

1695-6 16th d. 11th m. (Jan.). Do. George HUTCHESON to Thomas
CLARK, for 50 acres in West Jersey. 505

1683-4 Jan. 22. Do. Mahlon STACY of Nottingham at the Falls of
Delaware R., W. J., yeoman, to Robert PEARSON of Crosswicks Creek,
planter, for 100 acres to be surveyed in the First or Yorkshire Tenth on
said creek. 505

1685-6 March 13. Do. Thomas LAMBERT of Nottingham, tanner, to
Robert PEARSON, for 100 acres in the First or Yorkshire Tenth. 505

1690 Dec. 28. Do. Mathew WATSON of Crosswicks Creek, yeoman,
to Robert PEARSON, for 100 acres to be surveyed in the First Tenth. 506

1693 May 16. Do. Isaac SMALLEY of Piscataway, East Jersey, yeoman,
and wife Hester to Robert PEARSON, for 240 acres in the First Tenth, of
which 40 a. were conveyed to grantors by Godfrey HANCOCK of Assiscunck
and 200 a. bequeathed by John WOOD of Bucks Co., Penna., dec'd. 506

1685 April 2. Do. Anthony MORRIS, tailor, to Isaac SMITH, wheel-
wright, both of Burlington, for a lot in Burlington, 45 f. front on High St.,
160 f. deep. 506

1688 Nov. 24. Do. William and Edward SMITH, sawyers, to Thomas
RAPER, blacksmith, all of Burlington, for a house and lot there on High
St., South Wm. EMLEY, N. James MARSHALL. 507

1691-2 March 19. Do. George HUTCHESON, merchant, to Thomas
RAPER, blacksmith, both of Burlington, for a lot thee 8 f. front on High
St., 160 f. deep, S. Wm. EMLEY, N. grantee. 507


PAGE 473 West Jersey Records, Liber B, Part 2.


1693 Aug. 25. Do. John GARDNER, carpenter, to Thomas RAPER,
blacksmith, both of Burlington, for a lot there, 60 f. front on High St., 322
f. deep, S. grantor, N. grantee, bo't of Wm. EMLEY 22d day 12th month
(February), 1692-3. 507

1690-1 15th d. 12th m. (Feb.). Do. Samuel JENINGS of Philadelphia,
yeoman, to John BUTCHER of near Burlington, yeoman, whose house was
lately destroyed by fire, a duplicate of a former conveyance for 1/8 of a
share of the Province, each share representing one hundredth part. 507

1689 Nov. 20. Do. George HUTCHESON of Burlington, proprietor, to
William BLANCH and John ABBETT of Burlington Co., wheelwrights, for 100
acres to be taken up in the Indian purchase. 508

1688 10th d. 10th m. (Dec.). Do. Thomas WRIGHT, proprietor and
inhabitant of West Jersey, to Peter HARVEY of the same place, husband-
man, for 50 acres in the First Tenth. 508

1695 June 10. Do. Helena, widow and executrix of John SKENE of
Peachfield, gent: dec'd, to Henry BURR of Burlington Co., yeoman, for
300 acres at Peachfield. 508

1687 July 6. Do. George HUTCHESON of Burlington, yeoman, to
Samuel SYKES of the North Wigwams, W. J., husbandman, for 200 acres
of upland and meadow, the upland, 188 a., being at the North Wigwams,
the 12 a. of meadow in the Wigwam meadow, both near Hony-Honickon,
in the First Tenth. 509

1679 May 23-24. Mem. of lease and release. Thomas HUTCHINSON of
Beverlye, Co. of Yorke, tanner, to Benjamin ANTROBUS of London, lining
draper, for 1/4 of a share. 509

1684 May 9-10. Do. Do. Benjamin ANTROBUS of London, draper,
to John GRAY, alias John TATHAM, of London, gent: for the preceding 1/4
of a share. 509

1688-9 Feb. 22. Do. Thomas HUTCHINSON of Burlington Co., mer-
chant, to John TATHAM of Tatham House, Penna., Esqre, for "all that
divided share, quantity & prportion of Land in ye Towne of Burlington,
belong to 1/4 of a share." 510

1688-9 Jan. 22. Do. George HUTCHESON of Burlington, merchant, to
John TATHAM, for 6 acres of his town lots, dividends in B. 510

1694 Nov. 13. Do. Thomas WRIGHT of Burlington Co., planter, to
John TATHAM of Burlington, Esqre, for the remainder of 1/4 of share in
the said town, being 1 1/2 acres, at the rate of 18 a. to the share. 510

1695 April 10. Do. Christopher WEATHERILL of Burlington, tailor, to
John TATHAM, for 10 acres in Burlington townbounds, along the creek on
the S. E. side of London Bridge, next to John WOOLSTON. 511

1681 Sept. 2. Do. Edward BYLLINGE of London, gentleman, Gawen
LAWRIE of London, merchant, and Nicholas LUCAS of Hertforth, Co. of
Hertford, malster, to William WELCH of London, merchant, for 1 1/2 shares
of the Province of West Jersey. 511

PAGE 474 New Jersey Colonial Documents.


1691 April 14. Do. Edward HUNLOKE of Wingerworth, Burlington
Co., merchant, to Michael NEWBOLD of said Co., yeoman, for one third of
the land on Assiscunck or Birch Creek, bo't by Godfrey HANCOCK, Tho:
REVELL and John HEESON of Tho: Wright April 20, 1687; also 1/3 of the
corn mill on the said land, which thirds grantor bought of said John
HEESON March 21 last past. 512

1691 June 2. Do. Charles READE of Burlington, tailor, to John
OGBORNE of Burlington Co., yeoman, for 150 acres in the First Tenth, in
Burlington Co., W. and S. Samuel BARKER, bo't of Wm. BIDDLE of Mount
Hope August 2, 1687. 512

1688-9 Feb. 15. Do. William BIDDLE of Mount Hope, Burlington
Co., yeoman, to Anthony WOODWARD of Chesterfield, same Co., husband-
man, for 100 acres, to be taken up in the tract in said Co., bought of Tho:
PEARSON and Joseph HELMSLEY April 1, 1677. 512

1690 10th d. 9th m. (Nov.). Do. Francis DAVENPORT of Chesterfield,
yeoman, to Anthony WOODWARD, for 100 acres, to be surveyed in the tract
bought of Cornelius EMPSON. 513

1695 Sept. 10. Do. John HANCOCK of Springfield Township, Burling-
ton Co., yeoman, to Michael BUFFIN of Mansfield Township, said Co., yeo-
man, for 4 acres of meadow at Mount Pleasant, between grantor and Per-
civall TOWLE. 513

1694-5 20th d. 12th m. (Feb.). Do. Joseph ADAMS of Burlington,
tailor, to Michael BUFFIN, for 500 acres, adjoining grantee's plantation and
John CURTIS, along Percivall TOWLE's boundary brook, bought of Wm. BIDDLE
of Mount Hope as executor of Wm. ELLIS (supra, Liber B, part 1, p. 377). 513

1695 Aug. 10. Do. James MOUNE of Penna., yeoman, Peter ffRETWELL
of Burlington, tanner, John ANTRAM of Burlington Co., cordwainer, and
Samuel ffURNIS of Burlington, sadler, executors of the last will of James
HILL of Burlington, cordwainer, dec'd, to Robert WHEELER of the same
place, baker, for a house and lot in Burlington, 40 f. front on High St.,
between Tho: GARDNER and Tho: GLADWIN, running back to Wood Street,
halfway 40 f. wide, the other half 50 f., bought of Wm. BIDDLE by James
HILL August 4, 1685, and confirmed to his executors July 19, 1695. 514

1695-6 Jan. 23. Do. Rachell, widow of James MARSHALL of Burling-
ton, merchant, to Robert WHEELER, for a dwelling house, bakery and lot,
Burlington, from the corner of Tho. RAPER's shop along High St. 87 f. to
grantor's brickhouse, then along said brickhouse East 16 1/2 ft. to a lean-
to, by said lean-to South 4 1/2 f. and East 10 f. to the outside thereof and
continuing East across the middle of the well 23 1/2 f. to the pales, then by
the pales South 7 1/4 f. to the post, then E. 109 1/2 f. to George HUTCHESON's
orchard, along the orchard 75 1/2 f. South to Tho: RAPER's fence, 160 f. West
along the fence to the place of the beginning; bought by her late husband of
Wm. BIDDLE July 4, -----, and bequeathed to her by his will of November 10, 1694. 514


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1695-6 Feb. 7. Release. Thomas RAPER of Burlington, locl smith,
and wife Abigael to Henry GRUBB, of the same place, innholder, and wife
Mary, for all their right, title, etc. in and to a waterlot in Burlington, be-
longing to 1/8 of share, heretofore the property of Wm. PERKINS, father of
said Abigael and Mary. 515

1695-6 Feb. 8. Deed. Henry GRUBB, butcher, and wife Mary to
Mary OLLIVE of Burlington Co., widow, for a waterlot in Burlington, be-
longing to 1/8 of a share, to be taken up for grantee, in exchange for a house
and lot in Burlington, conveyed to him by said Mary OLLIVE, Daniel WILLS
and John WILLS, executors of the last will of Tho. OLLIVE, pursuant to an
award of June 29 last by Mahlon STACY, Wm. BIDDLE, John WOOLSTON,
Peter ffRETWELL, Isaac MARRIOTT and Samuel JENINGS. 515

1695-6 Feb. 8. Do. Mary OLLIVE of Wellingborough, Burlington Co.,
widow, Daniel WILLS of Northampton, said Co., gent: and John WILLS of
the same place, yeoman, executors of the last will of Tho: OLLIVE, to Henry
GRUBB of Burlington, butcher, for a lot there, on which his house stands,
N. Samuel STACY, S. the street between said house and Samuel JENINGS, E.
High St., W. Bartholomew MINDERMAN. (See preceding deed.) 515

1688 29th d. 10th m. (Dec.). Do. John SKENE of Peachfield, Bur-
lington Co., Esqre, to William EVANS junior of Northamton R., said Co.,
son of William EVANS, yeoman, dec'd, for 300 acres in the first division of
West Jersey, bought of grantor by the father, as part of 1/4 of a share which
said SKENE bought of Tho: HUTCHESON September 13, 1686, and for which
he gave no conveyance. 516

1689 18th d. 4th m. (June). Do. Same to same, for 100 acres, to be
taken up as part of 1/4 of a share bought of Tho: HUTCHESON. 516

1691 March 26. Do. William HICKSON of Crosswick Creek to Chris-
topher WEATHERILL of Burlington, tailor, for all the lots in Burlington, be-
longing to 1-32 of a share. 516

1689 April 8. Do. William MYERS, of Burlington, butcher, to Chris-
topher WEATHERILL, for 9 acres on the Westside of the Tannhouse Brook,
E. said brook, N. the town creek, W. and S. grantee. 517

1687 June 10. Do. Mathew ALLEN of near Burlington, carpenter, to
John ANTRAM of Assiscunck Creek near Burlington, cordwainer, for 100
acres, part of the tract in Burlington town bounds, bought of John SMITH
of Christeene Creek August 14, 1680. 517

1695-6 Jan. 6. Do. James SHERWIN of Northampton River, tailor, to
John SHARP of Eversham, tailor, for 100 acres to be taken up in W. J.,
bought of John WILLIS February 15, 1689-90. 517

1695 May 4. Do. James SMITH of Easom, Burlington Co., labourer,
to Nathaniel PAINE of Wellingborrow, husbandman, for 100 acres at
Easom on the Eastside of the South branch of Ancocus Creek, next Tho:
Paine, with 10 a. remote of a pond. 517

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1682 Nov. 14. Do. Thomas OLLIVE of Wellingborrow near Burling-
ton, haberdasher, to John HOLLINSHEAD of Burlington, merchant, for a
wharf lot in Burlington, belonging to 1-16 of a share, bought of Wm. PENN
et al. January 23, 1676-7. 518

1682 Nov. 14. Do. John ROBERTS, inhabitant upon Rancokus Creek,
yeoman, to John HOLLINSHEAD, for a wharf lot in Burlington, belonging to
1-16 of a share, bought of Thomas OLLIVE February 26, 1676-7. 518

1682-3 Feb. 6. Do. Robert POWELL of Burlington, yeoman, to John
HOLLINSHEAD, for a wharf lot in Burlington, belonging to 1-32 of a share,
bought of Thomas OLLIVE February 26, 1676-7. 518

1682-3 Feb. 6. Do. Thomas EVES of Rancokus Cr., yeoman, to John
HOLLINSHEAD, for a wharf lot in Burlington, belonging to 1-32 of a hsare,
bought of Thomas OLLIVE February 26, 1676-7. 518

1677 (29th year of Charles II.) July 7. Deed. Richard MEW of Rat-
cliff, Co. of Middlesex, merchant, to William SNOWDEN of Edwinsboro,
Co. of Nottingham, yeoman, and John HOOTON of Skegby, same Co., hus-
bandman, for 1-6 of a share of West Jersey. 519

1681-2 Feb. 6. Do. Hannah SALTER of Tawcony, Penna., widow,
John HOOTON of Mansfield, W. J., yeoman, and John SNOWDEN of Mans-
field, yeoman, son of Wm. SNOWDEN of Edwinsboro, dec'd, to John CRIPPS
of Burlington, yeoman, for 1-12 of a share or half of the preceding 1-6. 519

1681-2 (29th Charles II.) Jan. 29. Do. George HUTCHESON of Shef-
field, Co. of Yorke, distiller, to Francis GILBERTHORP of Hasland, Parish of
Chesterfield, Co. of Derby, fell monger, for 1-32 of a share of W. J. 519

1681-2 (30th Charles II.) July 18. Do. Francis GILBERTHORP of Ches-
terfield, Co. of Derby, fell monger, to Richard GREENE of the City of
Gloucester, woolcomber, for 1-32 of a share. Transferred to Anna SALTER. 520

1681 June 19. Do. Anna SALTER of Korkannney, N. Y., widow, to
John CRIPPS for the preceding 1-32 of a share. 520

1680 Nov. 25. Do. John SMYTH of Christeene Creek, yeoman, to
John CRIPPS of Burlington, yeoman, for 1 1/2 acres in Burlington, E. High
St., N. Matthew ALLEN, S. John WOOLSTON, W. another street. 521

1687-8 Feb. 18. Do. Thomas BUDD, merchant, to Nathaniel CRIPPS,
yeoman, both of Burlington, for 100 acres in Burlington Co., part of the
land bought of Edward BYLLINGE and Trustees March 2, 1676-7. 521

1695 Aug. 8. Do. William BIDDLE of Mount Hope, Burlington Co.,
merchant, to Nathaniel CRIPPS, for 2 acres on the Island of Burlington. 521


PAGE 477 West Jersey Records, Liber B, Part 2.


1695-6 Jan. 2. Do. William HIXSON of Nottingham Township, Bur-
lington Co., yeoman, to Job BUNTING of Newtown, Bucks Co., Penna.,
yeoman, for a plantation of 240 acres in Nottingham Township, W. Sam-
uel OVERTON, N. Doctor's Creek, E. Tho: GILBERTHORP, S. Crosswicks Creek. 521

1688-9 Feb. 7. Do. Matthew ALLEN of Burlington Co., carpenter, to
Henry GRUBB of Burlington, innholder, for 1/2 fo 1-16 of a share, which
1-16 was bo't of Samuel COLES of Arawmasse, W. J., December 12, 1682. 522

1685 July 1. Do. William EMLEY of Nottingham near the Falls of
Dellaware, yeoman, to Thomas SCHOLEY, late of Mansfield Woodhouse, W. J.,
husbandman, for 100 acres, to be surveyed in the First of Yorkshire Tenth. 522

1689 11th d. 4th m. (June). Do. William BLACK, late of Mansfield,
Burlington Co., stuff weaver, to Roger HAWKINS of Crook horne, Bucks Co.,
Penna., husbandman, for 1/2 of 1-15 of a share, except 60 acres, the former
conveyance having been burned with Hawkins' house. 523

1690 4th d. 7th m. (Sept.). Do. Thomas LAMBERT of Nottingham,
tanner, to Thomas SCHOLEY, for 100 acres to be surveyr in the First or
Yorkshire Tenth. 523

1695-6 Feb. 22. Do. Jacob CONAROE, labourer, to Anthony ffRYER,
husbandman, both of Burlington Co., for 100 acres on Northampton River,
between grantor, grantee and Mathew ALLEN. 523

1687 Nov. 15. Do. William LASSWELL of Crosswicks Creek, fell-
monger, to Samuel OVERTON of Bucks Co., Penna., husbandman, and wife
Hannah, for a plantation of 162 acres on Crosswicks Cr. with houses, barns &c. 524

1691 2d d. 2d. m. (April). Do. William QUICKSALL to Samuel OVERTON,
both of Burlington Co., for 40 acres on Crosswicks Cr., late in the
possession of Richard HARRISON. 524

1689 Dec. 4. Do. Edward HUNLOKE of Wingerworth near Burling-
ton, mercht, to George HUTCHESON of Burlington, merchant, for 254 1/2 acres
to be taken up in W. J. 524

1691 Sept. 2. Do. John SCOTT of Burlington Co., yeoman, to George
HUTCHESON, for 3 acres in Burlington, part of house lot. 525

1695 13th d. 2d. m. (April). Do. Helena SKENE of Burlington,
widow, to George HUTCHESON, for 1/4 of a share, excepting 1,200 acres al-
lowed for the first taking up, and 100 a. in Burlington town bounds; also a
town lot of 1 a., bo't of Thomas HUTCHINSON and a water lot of 12 1/2 f., bo't
of John SHINN. 525

1695-6 Feb. 21. Do. George HUTCHESON of Burlington, merchant,
Mahlon STACY of Baylifield, W. J., yeoman, and Jno HUTCHINSON of Bur-
lington Co., son and heir of Tho: HUTCHINSON of said Co., tanner, dec'd,
to John TATHAM of Burlington, Esqre, for the house and water lots in Bur-
lington, belonging to 1/2 of a share, to be taken up of the land formerly
owned by Joseph HELMSLEY and Tho: PEARSON, from whom grantor
bought it. 525

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1690-1 Jan. 21. Do. Freedome LIPPINCOTT of Burlington Co., plant-
er, to John TATHAM, for 1-18 of a share in Burlington, the waterlot excepted. 525

1693 May 12. Do. Thomas GILBERTHORP of Nottingham, Burlington
Co., yeoman, and Thomasin, widow and executrix of Percivall TOWLE of
Burlington, baker, dec'd, to Benjamin ffIELD of Newtowne, Queens Co.,
Long Island, N. Y., husbandman, for 100 acres to be surveyed in the Province. 526

1693 May 12. Do. John BAINBRIDGE of Assunpinck, Middlesex Co.,
East Jersey, joiner, to Benjamin fFIELD, for 250 acres, lately occupied by
John CALOW and bought of George HUTCHESON January 20, 1685-6. 526

1695 17th d. 3d m. (May). Do. George HUTCHESON of Burlington,
distiller, to Benjamin ffIELD of Chesterfield, yeoman, for 150 acres in Ches-
terfield Township, W. grantee, E. Anne NICHOLSON, S. Samuel TAYLOR. 527

1695 June 29. Do. Benjamin ffIELD of Chesterfield and wife Experi-
ence to John MOORE, late of Newtone, Queens Co., N. Y., for 150 acres
in Chesterfield, adjoining Marmaduke HORSMAN. 527

1693-4 Jan. 2. Do. Lawrence MORRIS, sawyer, to John BUDD, uphol-
sterer, both of Burlington, for a wharf lot there, E. Second or Wood St., 14 1/2
f. whereof were bought of Anthony ELTON May 12, 1690, 12 1/2 f. of Joshua
HUMPHRIES Sept. 3, 1689; 14 f. were sold by Mary, the widow and execu-
trix of Godfrey HANCOCK, to Benjamin HOLT May 27, 1689, and by him as-
signed to present grantor September 16, 1689. 527

1693-4 Jan. 27. Do. John ADAMS of Burlington co., yeoman, to his
son James ADAMS, for 237 1/2 acres of land and 12 1/2 a. of meadow, the half
of 500 a. bought of John RODMAN June 4, 1691. 528

1693 Sept. 16. Do. John HOLLINSHEAD of Burlington Co., yeoman, to
his son William HOLLINSHEAD and wife Elizabeth, for 450 acres, called the
Beargarden, W. John ADAMS and Thomas HOOTON; also a strip on the
Southside of it. 528

1682 April 8. Do. Richard PARKS of Hook Norton, Co. of Oxen,
iron monger, to William EVANS of South Newenton, said Co., carpenter,
for 1/2 of 1-15 of a share, bought of Daniel WILLS of Northamton, Co. of
Northampton, practitioner in chemistry, and Thomas OLLIVE of Welling-
borrow, same Co., haberdasher. 528

1684 Nov. 1. Do. William BIDDLE of near Burlington, merchant, to
William EVANS of Northampton R., W. J., carpenter, for 150 acres of the
first laying out in the Second Tenth. 528

PAGE 479 West Jersey Records, Liber B, Part 2.


1691 June 27. Do. Thomas OLLIVE to Thomas RIVER (site for EVANS),
both of Northampton R., yeoman, for 400 acres to be surveyed in
W. J. 528

1676-7 Feb. 26. Do. Daniel WILLS of Northampton, Co. of North-
ampton, practicition in chemisty, to Thomas HARDING of London, box
maker, for 1-32 of a share of West Jersey, bo't of Wm. PENN, Gawen LAWRIE,
Nicholas LUCAS and Edward BYLINGE Jan. 23 last. 529

1695-6 March 14. Release to Mary OLLIVE, widow of Thomas, of her
rights to the foregoing 1-32. 529

1690 1st d. 3d m. (May). Deed. Daniel WILLS of Northampton River,
Burlington Co., yeoman, to Timothy HANCOCK on Cropwell Creek said Co.,
and wife Susannah, formerly Susannah IVES, for 80 acres to be taken up in W. J. 529

1690 1st d. 3d m. (May). Do. Walter HUMPHRIES alias Powell of
Painewick, Co. of Gloucester, England, by his attorney and son Joshua
HUMPHRIES alias Powell, of Northampton River, to Timothy HANCOCK on
Cropwell Cr. and his daughter Elizabeth by his former wife Rachell Sur-
man, for 40 acres of the land bought of Joan CAMES, Mary Parker and
Ellenor BASTON July 31, 1682. 529

1693-4 Feb. 20. Do. Thomas and Jonah PENFORD of Leicester, Eng-
land, by their attorney George HUTCHESON, to Timothy HANCOCK of Pemi-
sawkin Creek, Burlington Co., yeoman, for 250 acres to be surveyed in W. J. 529

1687-8 Jan. 30. Do. John Ridges of London, citizen and skinner, by
his attorney Sameul JENINGS of Greenhill, Burlington Co., yeoman, to
John WOOLMAN of said Co., yeoman, for 200 acres to be surveyed in W. J. 530

1691 July 25. Do. Isaac MARRIOTT of Burlington, yeoman, to John
WOOLMAN of Northampton River, weaver, for 50 acres, part of the land
bo't of Thomas BUDD January 11, 1681-2. 530

1688-9 23d d. 11 m. (Jan.). Do. Thomas HUTCHINSON of Hutchin-
son's Manor, Burlington Co., yeoman, to Jonathan ELDRIDGE of Burlington,
cordwainer, for 100 acres, upon which said Jonathan's dwelling house now
stands, in said County. "Sold to Moses PETITT." 530

1695-6 Feb. 21. Do. Jonathan ELDRIDGE of Burlington Co., cord-
wainer, to Moses PETITT of Hopewell, Township of Nottingham, said Co.,
weaver, for 100 acres near the Falls of Delaware R. (the preceding). 531

1693 May 10. Do. Elias BURLING of Burlington and John BURLING
of Bucks Co., Penna., both wheelwrights, to William HAINES of Burling-
ton Co., husbandman, for 100 acres, part of the land bo't of Samuel JENINGS
at Northampton R. Oct. 11, 1688. 531

1693 May 11. Do. William SALWAY of Philadelphia Co., merchant,
to Henry BURR of Burlington Co., planter, for 200 acres, bought of God-
frey HANCOCK March 1, 1685-6, at the head of one of the branches of Birch Creek. 531

PAGE 480 New Jersey Colonial Documents.


1694 Oct. 9. Do. Henry BURR of Northampton, Burlington Co., yeo-
man, to Thomas HAINES of said Co., for the preceding 200 acres. 532

1688 Dec. 26. Do. George HUTCHESON of Burlington Co., yeoman, to
Elias ffARR of ffaresfield, said Co., yeoman, for 1-12 of a share in the First
or Yorkshire Tenth. 532

1695 Sept. 12. Do. Same to Walter REEVES of Northampton, Bur-
lington Co., planter, for 220 acres of the land bought of Helen SKENE. 532

1691-2 Feb. 5. Do. Same to John BURLING of Burlington, wheel-
wright, for a house and lot, 1 acre 1 rood, in Burlington. 532

1692 Nov. 26. Do. John BURLING to Daniel SMITH of Burlington, for
the preceding house and lot. 533

1683 July 21. Do. Thomas HUTCHINSON, late of Beverly, Co. of
York, England, yeoman, to Mathew WATSON, late of Scarbrough, said Co.,
chemist, for 1-12 of a share. 533

1688-9 Feb. 9. Do. John SNAPE of Burlington Co., husbandman, to
Daniel BACON of Baconfield, said Co., yeoman, for 100 acres, bought of
John SKENE, to be taken up of the land belonging to 1/4 of a share bought
of Tho: HUTCHINSON September 13, 1686. 533

1695 December 23. Do. Daniel BACON of Baconfield, Burlington
Co., yeoman, to Mathew ffORSYTH of said Co., carpenter, for 200 acres, N.
grantor, W. William SATTERTHWAIT. 534

1694-5 Jan. 22. Do. Thomas ANDERSON of the Parish of St. James,
Clarkenwell, Co. of Middlesex, chandler, by his attorney, George HUTCHESON,
of Burlington, merchant, to John OGBORNE junior of Springfield
near Burlington, planter, for 300 acres in West Jersey, part of 1-16 of
a share bought by said Anderson of Thomas HOOTON October 10, 1678. 534

1687 Dec. 15. Do. Barnard DEVONISH to Symon CHARLES, both of
Burlington Co., yeomen, for 110 acres on Tho: OLLIVE's millbrook, W.
Walter HUMPHRIES, E. John STOKES; 10 a. on said brook, between Walter
HUMPHRIES and grantor; also the reversion of 1/4 of 1/8 of a share. 534

1687 24th d. 9th m. (Nov.). Do. John RIDGES, by his attorney,
Samuel JENINGS of Greenhill, Burlington co., yeoman, to Symon CHARLES
of said Co., tailor, for 7 acres to be surveyed in W. J. 535

1690 10th d. 9th m. (Nov.). Do. Barnard DEVONISH to Symon
CHARLES, for 46 acres in Burlington Co., on the Southside of and along
Thomas OLLIVE's millbrook, between grantee, Joshua HUMPHREY, grantor
and John HILLYARD. 535

1691 Sept. 19. Do. Thomas PENFORD of Leicester, England, eldest
son of John PENFORD of Leicester, gentleman, dec'd, Jonah PENFORD of the
same place, grasier, second son, and both executors of their father's will,
and Joshua PENFORD of London, watchmaker, third son of said John, by
their attorney George HUTCHESON, of Burlington, distiller, to Jonathan
ELDRIDGE of Northampton River, Burlington Co., cordwainer, for 150 acres
to be surveyed in W. J. 535


PAGE 481 West Jersey Records, Liber B, Part 2.


1688-9 Jan. 24. Do. Mathew ALLEN, yeoman, to Henry BECK, hus-
bandman, both of Burlington Co., for 1/2 of 1-16 share of the Province,
bought of Samuel COLE December 12, 1682, except 150 acres of the first dividend. 536

1677 March 27. Do. William PEACHEE of Martins Le Grand, Lon-
don, haberdasher, to John CRIPPS of the Parish of St. Martin, White
Chappel, Co. of Middlesex, woollcomber, for 1/8 of a share of W. J. 536

1684-5 March 19. Do. Mathew ALLEN of near Burlington, carpenter,
to John CRIPPS of Burlington, merchant, for 1 1/2 acres in Burlington, E.
High St., W. Wood St., N. and S. grantee. 536

1695-6 Jan. 15. Do. The PENFORDS (supra), by their attornye George
HUTCHESON, to Joseph ADAMS of Burlington, tailor, for a lot in Burlington,
34 to 35 feet front on High St. and rear on the next street, S. the Meeting
house ground, N. James MARSHALL. 536

1695-6 Jan. 15. Incomplete Deed. Martha MARTIN alias GRINNELL and
John MARTIN, both of London, sole executors of the will of James MARTIN,
by their attorney George HUTCHESON, to Joseph ADAMS for ---------. 537

1694 Oct. 30. Deed. Same to same by Benjamin WHEAT of Burling-
ton, cordwainer, for 1 acre on the Island of Burlington, in the London
Tenth, whereon a cottage, lately demolished, stood, occupied by Wm.
BRIGHTWEN, E. Wood St., 37 perches along Bread St. on the West, N. John
BEERE, S. John Long. 537

1686 Nov. 10. Do. Mary STACY of the Parish of Stebonheath alias
Stepney, Co. of Middlesex, widow and executrix of Henry STACY, by her
attorney Elias ffARR of Assiscunck Creek, W. J., yeoman, to Widow Sarah
PARKER of near a branch of Anokus or Northampton River, for 500 acres
near said Rancokus Cr., surveyed for said Henry STACY, then of Burling-
ton, late in the tenure of Michael BUFFIN and George SHINN. 537

1692 May 14. Do. Thomas GARDINER junior of Red Bank, Co. of
Gloucester, W. J., yeoman, to Isaac MARRIOTT of Burlington, joiner, for
a corner wharf lot, part of a corner, fronting on Second St., N. Benjamin
WHEAT, E. grantor. 538

1680 May 3. Do. Jonathan EDLRIDGE, to John ANTRAM, both of Bur-
lington at Delaware R., shoemakers, for 1/4 of 1/2 of a share, bo't of
Wm. KENT of Bishopsgate St., London, May 1, 1678, who had it from
Wm. PEACHEE of Martins Le Grand, London, haberdasher, March 24, 1676-7. 538

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1683-4 March 14. Thomas BUDD, merchant, to John ANTRAM, shoe-
maker, both of Burlington, for 100 acres in the First of Yorkshire Tenth,
in exchange for 50 a. in Burlington townbounds. 538

1689 Aug. 15. Do. Thomas HUTCHINSON, proprietor and inhabitant
of West Jersey to John ANTRAM, shoemaker, for 70 acres in W. J. 539

1688 Sept. 22. Do. John ANTRAM of near Birch Creek, cordwainer,
to James ANTRAM of the same place, carpenter, for 50 acres, part of 1-32
of a share, bought of Wm. MYERS Nov. 29, 1684. 539

1691 Oct. 3. Do. George HUTCHESON, merchant, to Henry BURCHIN,
weaver, both of Burlington, for 50 f. of a waterlot there. 539

1689 7th d. 4th m. (June). Do. Percivall TOWLE to Thomas SCATTERGOOD,
singleman, both of Burlington Co., for 100 acres to be surveyed in W. J. 539

1695 Aug. 31. Do. William BIDDLE of Mount Hope, Burlington Co.,
merchant, to James VERIER of Burlington, mason, for 1 acre to be taken up
on the Island of Burlington. 540

1695 22d d. 9th m. (Nov.). Do. George HUTCHESON of Burlington,
distiller, to Marmaduke HORSMAN of Chesterfield, planter, for 100 acres to
be surveyed in the tract bought of Tho: HUTCHINSON and Mahlon STACY
1st day 5th month (July) 1687. 540

1685 April 20. Do. Mahlon STACY of Ballyfield, W. J., yeoman, to
Joshua ELEY, late of Dunham, Co. of Nottingham, England, yeoman, for
400 acres above St. Pinck between Peter ffRETWELL on the South and John
ffullwood on the North, W. the Delaware R. 540

1695-6 Feb. 22. Do. John HUTCHINSON of Hutchinson's Manor, Bur-
lington Co., tanner, to George HUTCHESON of Burlington, merchant, for all
the town and waterlots in Burlington, belonging to 1/4 and 1/8, wanting
1-64, of a share. 541

1695-6 Feb. 24. Do. Samuel BARKER of Barlbrough, Co. of Derby,
England, gent: by his attorney George HUTCHESON, to Lawrence MORRIS of
Burlington, sawyer, for a house and waterlot in Burlington, 40 f. front at
low water mark and rear on Second St. 541

1696 March 25. Do. Thomas BIBB of Burlington, smith, to Edward
HUNLOKE of the same place, merchant, for a house, shop and water lot
there, 25 f. front on Delaware R., bought of Samuel STACY, agent for
Richard MATHEWS of London, merchant, Oct. 27, 1694. 541

1696 March 25. Bond. Edward HUNLOKE to Thomas BIBB, for the
reconveyance of the preceding under certain conditions. 542

1696 April 6. Deed. George HUTCHESON, merchant, to Richard ffRANCIS,
carpenter, both of Burlington, for a stable or a building intended for
a stable there with a lot fronting on Second St. 24 f., rear on the line of
Daniel ENGLAND's lot 58 f. 3 in. 542


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1696 April 7. Do. Richard ffRANCIS, carpenter, to Edward HUNLOKE,
merchant, both of Burlington, for the preceding lot, N. E. Widow TOWLE
lately dec'd, S. W. Goerge HUTCHESON, N. W. Daniel ENGLAND, S. E. Second St. 542

1695 June 16. Do. Joseph ADAMS, tailor, to George HUTCHESON, dis-
tiller, both of Burlington, for part of a town lot there, 34 to 35 f. front on
High St. and rear on the next street, S. the Meetinghouse ground, N.
James MARSHALL (supra, p. 536). 542

1686-7 Feb. 20. Do. George NICHOLSON, formerly of Barton Stather,
Co. of Lincoln, England, now of near Chesterfield, W. J., yeoman, to
John TOMLINSON of Oneanickon, now to be called Carmel, W. J., yeoman,
for 100 acres in the First Tenth. "Sold to Tho: GREENE." 543

1688 April 5. Do. Francis DAVENPORT of Chesterfield, to John
TOMLINSON of Oneanickon, both yeomen, for 1-64 of a share in the First Tenth,
excepting the water lot and the town lot in Burlington. 543

1696 April 14. Do. John TOMLINSON of Oneanickon alias Carmel,
Burlington Co., to Thomas GREENE of Maidenhead, said Co., both yeomen,
for a plantation of 256 acres at Oneanickon (see survey thereof, Liber A,
pp. 77 and 120). 543

1694 Dec. 10. Henry GRUBB with wife Mary and Thomas RAPER
with wife Abigael, all of Burlington, to Francis AUSTIN of Eversham
Township, Burlington Co., carpenter, for 350 acres in two lots, vizt: 1, 200
a., N. Thomas WILKINS; 2, 150 a. along the Indian line adjoining another
lot of said WILKINS, inherited by said Mary and Abigael from their brother
Thomas PERKINS dec'd, who inherited it from their father William PERKINS. 544

1695 Dec. 30. Do. Thomas WILKINS of Eversham, Burlington Co.,
to Francis AUSTIN, for 3 acres, S. grantee. 544

1696 March 25. Do. George HUTCHESON, merchant, to Barnard LANE,
carter, both of Burlington, for 67 acres in townbounds there, along the
Kings road to Salem between grantee and Nathaniel CRIPPS. 544

1696 April 10. Do. John HUTCHINSON of Hopewell, Burlington Co.,
son and heir of Thomas HUTCHINSON dec'd, to John BRYERLEY of the same
place, miller, for 600 acres in said township, along Delaware R., 86 chains
down the river from the Northside of the mouth of Shoomack Creek. 544

1695-6 Jan. 4. Do. George HUTCHESON to Mathew ffORSYTH of Bur-
lington Co., carpenter, for 50 acres in West Jersey. 545

1694-5 Jan. 10. Do. Daniel WILLS senior (signed Daniel LEEDS) of
Northampton R. to George ELKINTON of Burlington Co., blacksmith, for
130 acres, on the Southside of Tho: OLLIVE's millbrook, between grantor
and John PETTY. 545

PAGE 484 West Jersey Colonial Documents.

1696 April 20. Do. Helena SKENE of Philadelphia, widow, to John
ANTRAM of Springfield, Burlington Co., cordwainer, for 250 acres, W.
William BIDDLE, S. Hananiah GAUNT, E. John BUTCHER, N. grantee. 545

1696 April 22. Articles of agreement of sale. Widow Sara ffARRE of
Springfield Township, Burlington Co., with William ffISHER of Ulster Co.,
N. Y., yeoman, to sell her plantation of 1,660 acres, now in fence, near
Burlington. 546

1696 April 22. Inventory of the winter Corne upon ye ground, when
John REEVES and John POWELL entred upon Doctor DIMSDALES Plantation
& of ye Cattle, Horses & other goods &c., made by George Deacon and
Henry GRUBB. 546

1690-1 Feb. 9. Deed. George HUTCHESON of Burlington, distiller, to
Mathew CHAMPION of Oneanickon, husbandman, for 150 acres to be sur-
veyed in the Province. 546

1683-4 March 15. Do. William EMLEY of Nottingham, near the
Falls of Delaware, yeoman, to John ffULLWOOD, late of Mansfield, Co. of
Nottingham, England, malster, for 1-32 of a share. 546

1677 28th d. 17th m. (Dec.). [sic] Do. Thomas HUTCHINSON of Beverly,
yeoman, Thomas PEARSON of Bonwick, yeoman, Joseph HELMSLEY of
Kelk, yeoman, George HUTCHESON of Sheffield, distiller, Mahlon STACY of
Dorehouse, tanner, all of Co. of York, England, to Stephe KEDEY of
Stainton Dale, same Co., yeoman, for 1-24 of a share of the
Province. 546

1695 Dec. 20. Do. George HUTCHESON, merchant, to Josiah PRICKETT,
butcher, both of Burlington, for a house and lot on the Eastside of High
St. there, formerly Seth SMITH's and late occupied by Joseph ADAMS, 27 f.
on High St. and in the rear against grantor. 548

1682 April 21. Do. Edward BYLLING, late of Wesminster, gent: to
Richard HAINES of Anve of ye Hill, Co. of Ozon, husbandman, for 100
acres in W. J. 548

1693 May 10. Do. Percivall TOWLE of Sutton Lodge near Burling-
ton, to John HAINES of Rancocus R., both yeomen, for 100 acres in the
Second Tenth. 548

1694 Nov. 3. Do. Thomas HAINES of Eversham Township, Burling-
ton Co., to his brother John HAINES of the same place, for 85 acres on the
Southside of the Southbranch of Ancokus or Northampton R., S. E.
grantee, bought of Samuel JENINGS December ---, 1693. 549

1695 May 30. Do. The West Jersey Society, by their agent, Jere-
miah BASSE, to Jacob SPICER of West Jersey, yeoman, for 400 acres at
Cape May, between Wills Creek and Eyers Creek, fronting on the Bay. 549

1693 Nov. 21. Samuel JENINGS of Philadelphia, merchant, to
John HAINES of Eversham Township, yeoman, for 200 acres to be taken
up in W. J. 549

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1696 June 6. Do. Thomas SCATTERGOOD junior of Burlington, carpen-
ter, to Nathaniel PAINE of Northampton River, yeoman, for 100 acres on
the Southside of Rancocus or Northampton Rier, S. E. of a small run. 550

1696 June 20. Do. Thomas CLARKE of Burlington, carpenter, to
Thomas SCHOLEY of Burlington Co., yeoman, for 200 acres at Oneanickon
(see boundaries, Liber A, p. 121). 550

1696 May 12. Do. Hugh HUTCHINS to Jacob DECOW, both of Bur-
lington Co., for 192 acres, bought of John JOYNER (supra, pp. 418 and 419);
also 3 acres of meadow and 9 of upland, bought of Mordecay ANDREWS
May 11, 1696. 550

1696 May 12. Do. William PANCOAST of Mansfield Township, Bur-
lington Co., yeoman, son and heir of John PANCOAST dec'd, also execu-
tor of his father's will, to Charles WOOLVERTON of said Co., husbandman,
for 150 acres along the line of the Indian purchase, adjoining Thomas
WRIGHT, from whom said John bought the land as the second dividend of
1-32 of a share October 28, 1680. 551

1696 June 1. Do. James ANTRAM of Mansfield Township to Oba-
diah HIERTON of Burlington, for half an acre in Burlington, N. Thomas
LAMBERT, on Bonick or York St., 3 perches 4 f., 24 perches 13 f. long to
the land of Robert RIGG; said 1/2 a. being part of 1-24 of a share bought of
Francis RAWLE of Philadelphia June 9, 1694. 551

1696 June 6. Do. Thomas LAMBERT of Nottingham, tanner, to Oba-
diah HIERTON, for a cottage (log house) and lot in Burlington, on York St.,
N. Percivall TOWLE, S. John ANTRAM, 2 1/2 perches front on York St., 23 p.
10 f. long. 551

1695-6 Jan. 25. Do. Edward ROCKHILL, yeoman, to Francis DAVENPORT,
gent: both of Chesterfield Township, Burlington Co., for the lots in
the town and townbounds of Burlington, belonging to 1-16 of a share, of
which 1-16 grantor bought one half of Joseph RICHARDSON of Glamford
Briggs, Co. of Lincoln, England, woollen draper, August 18, 1691, to
whom the whole 1-16 was conveyed by Edward MARKWELL of Redford, Co.
of Nottingham, who had bought it of Edward SEARSON, holding it in trust
for William MARKWELL, brother of Edward. 552

1689 20th d. 7th m. (Sept.). Do. William BLACK of Chesterfield,
stuffmaker, to Mathew CHAMPION, late of the Falls of Delaware, husband-
man, for 100 acres. 552

1689 Aug. 22. Do. Mahlon STACY of Bayfield, Burlington Co., yeo-
man, to Mathew CHAMPION, late of the same place, for 150 acres, to be
surveyed in West Jersey. 553

1691 10th d. 5th m. (July). Do. John SCHOLEY, husbandman, to
Widow Katharine BEARD, both of Burlington Co., for 50 acres between
grantor, grantee and John SCHOLEY. 553

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1695 Dec. 9. Do. Thomas and William YARDLEY, sons of William
YARDLEY of Bucks Co., Penna: Yeoman, dec'd, to Mathew GRANGE of Bur-
lington Co., yeoman, for 100 acres in W. J., sold to the father by Percivall
TOLE 26th day 8th month (October) 1691. 553

1695-6 March 21. Do. John HUTCHINSON of Hopewell, Burlington
Co., yeoman, son and heir of Tho: HUTCHINSON of the same place, tanner,
dec'd, to Mahlon STACY of Ballifield, same Co., tanner, for 1-12 of a share. 554

1695-6 Feb. 6. Do. John CHAWKLEY, carpenter, to Joseph BIRCH,
husbandman, both of Burlington Co., for 50 acres to be surveyed, inher-
ted from Percivall TOWLE (will of Oct. 26, 1691, proved Dec. 12, 1691). 554

1694 Oct. 6. Do. Walter HUMPHRIS alias POWELL, late of Pains-
wick, Co. of Gloucester, England, now of Burlington Co., broad weaver,
to his son Joshua HUMPHRIS alias POWELL of Burlington Co., weaver, for
100 acres of land and 3 of meadows, the 100 a. bounded E. by Bernard
DEVONISH, W. John WOOLLMAN, along Rancokus R.; also 1-32 of a share,
bought of Joan CAMES then of Starney, Co. of Gloucester, England,
widow, and Mary PARKER and Ellinor BASTIN alias RANDLE, both of said
Co., spinsters, July 31, 1682. 554

1696 May 25. George HUTCHESON of Burlington, merchant, to Samuel
TAYLOR of Burlington Co., yeoman, for 1-32 of a share, the papers for
which were made out by William TAYLOR of Dore, Co. of Derby, Eng-
land, brother of grantee, and committed to Benjamin PHAROE in England,
who has since not been heard of. 555

1693 May 18. Power of attorney. John BUTLER of Stratford, Conn.,
to Daniel BREUSON and John HOUGH, both of West Jersey, yeomen, to col-
lect his horses and sell them. 555

1690 Dec. 28. Do. Robert CHAPMAN, late of Nottingham, Burling-
ton Co., carpenter, to William Quicksall of Boulsover, said Co., linnen
weaver, for 300 acres on Crosswicks Creek, in the First or Yorkshire
Tenth, called Bolsover. 556

1696 May 11. Do. Joshua NEWBOLD of Burlington Co., millwright, to
Moses Petitt of Newtowne, L. I., blacksmith, for 50 acres, near Black's
Creek, Burlington Co., on Lawrell Run, adjoining Benjamin ffiELD and
Widow ffARNSWORTH, part of the 300 acre lot bought of Sameul ANDREWS,
late of Springhill, Burlington Co., dec'd, July 20, 1693. 556

1696 May 12. Do. Isaac DECOW of Mattacopeny, Burlington Co.,
yeoman, to John HOLLINSHEAD (HOLLINSON) junior of Northampton R., said
Co., yeoman, for 600 acres at Mattacopeny, bo't of his brother Jacob DECOW
December 16, 1693 (supra, p. 365). 556

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1696 April 23. Do. Peter GREENE of Burlington Co., yeoman, to
Thomas DUGGLES of Mansfield Township, said Co., yeoman, for 1 3/4 acres,
part of Eliam HIGGINS' plantation in said township, bought August 2,
1693. 557

1688 May 26. Do. John PENFORD "of ye Newarke near Leicester,"
gentleman, to Thomas MARSHALL of Syleby, Co. of Leicester, butcher, for
1-16 of a share of West Jersey. 557

1696 June 30. Do. Mathew ALLEN of Burlington Co., yeoman, to
Thomas BIBB of Burlington, smith, for a lot in Burlington, E. Elisabeth
BASSNETT, W. grantor's wharf lot, 30 f. front at low water mark, 120 f. deep. 557

1684 July 4. Do. John LAMBERT of Nottingham, W. J., joiner, to
William BARNES of Mansfield, W. J., turner, for 100 acres to be surveyed
in the First Tenth. 558

1689 May 17. Do. Anthony ELTON of Northampton R., yeoman, son
and heir of Anthony ELTON dec'd, to his mother Susanna ELTON, for 150
acres in the second dividend of W. J. 558

1696 July 25. Susanna ELTON of Philadelphia, widow, to Thur-
las SULAVAN of New Castle Co., Penna: planter, for a dwelling house and
plantation of 178 acres near Northampton River, Burlington Co., of which
she bought 118 a. of her son Anthony ELTON April 1687, 50 a. of John
RIDGES June 18, 1687, and 10 a. of Thomas KENDALL March 29, 1689; also
the preceding 150 acres, bought of her son. 559

1688 May 1. Do. John LAMBERT of Nottingham, yeoman, to Daniel
BARTHLEMEW of the same place, for 50 acres in the Yorkshire Tenth. 559

1688 May 22. Do. Daniel BARTHLEMEW, late of Nottingham, planter,
to William BARNES of Mansfield, carpenter, for 50 acres, adjoining grantee. 559

1689 Oct. 16. Do. William EMLEY of Nottingham, yeoman, to
Widow Martha BARNES of the same place, for 40 acres, to be taken up in
the Yorkshire Tenth. 560

1688 16th d. 3d m. (May). Agreement. John ffEAKE with William
BARNES to exchange a lot on the Southside of his land on the creek for a
marsh on the Northside of BARNES' on the creek. 560

1694 Aug. 5. Deed. George HUTCHESON