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176 Records of Rahway and Plainfield, N. J. [Oct.,

RECORDS O F RAHWAY AND PLAINFIELD [N. J.], MONTHLY MEETING OF FRIENDS (FORMERLY H E L D A T AMBOY AND WOODBRIDGE), FROM 1687 T O 1825.

(The original Records are now in the possession of the “ Hicksite ” branch of that Meeting.)

(Communicated by HUGH D. VAILE, Esq.)

THE Rahway and Plainfield Monthly Meeting, from the Records of which the following Marriages, Births, and Deaths, have been taken, is one of the oldest in New Jersey. Exactly at what date the first Friends settled within its limits is not known. As early as 1669, there were several English Friends or Quakers living on the opposite side of the Raritan, at Middle- town and Shrewsbury. I n 1672 these were visited by George Fox, the founder of the Society, who came there, as he relates in his “Journal,”

from a Dutch town called New Castle, across that wilderness country since called West Jersey, not then inhabited by English,” where he travelled ‘‘a whole day together without seeing a man or woman, house or dwelling- place.” As neither George Fox nor William Edmundson, an Irish Friend, who visited Shrewsbury about three years later, make any mention of other members of their Society in New Jersey, it is hardly probable that there were any such at that time, though as early as 1679, Nathaniel Fitz Randolph, who in 1678 had been fined as a Quaker by the Plymouth magistrates, removed from Barnstable to Woodbridge.

ln 1683, after East Jersey had come under the control of the “ Pro- prietors,” Robert Barclay, the author of the “ Apology,” was appointed governor for life, and through his influence many of his friends and rela- tives, a number of whom were of the saying religious society as himself, emigrated from Scotland to New Jersey, and settled at or near Amboy. Among these were John Reid, George Keith, and John Barclay, the governor’s brother.

The precise date of the first meeting at Amboy we do not know ; but in 1686 a Monthly Meeting was set up there as a branch of Shrewsbury Quarter, of which John Reid was clerk.

The first entry in the “Minute Book” is the following: “ The 3d of the 8th .month 1686. Friends at Amboy agreed to have a

monthly meeting their, and that upon the second 4th day of each month, and the first to begin the second 4th day of the 9th month 1686.”

The next entry is : “At the Monthly Meeting held in Amboy the 10th day of the 9th month

1686. Agreed that all friends belonging to the Monthly Meeting bring Minuts of yr Births & Burials (since they first come into this place) that they may be recorded.”

Whether this was done or not, the minutes do not state ; but no such records of this date have been preserved. On a blank part of a page

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1877.] Records of Rahway and Plainfield, N. J. 177 among the minutes the following entry is made, in a different hand from that of the clerk’s:

“ Mary Forster Daughter of Miles Forster & Rebeckah Forster was born the 18th day of the 8th month 1687.”

The earliest regular registry of births and deaths begins in 1705, at which time the meeting, after having been suspended a number of years, was reestablished at Woodbridge.

The oldest date of a recorded certificate of marriage is 1712 ; and this must have been copied into the records long after that time.

Rut as all the members of the Society were then required, before marrying, to declare their intention publicly in the Monthly Meeting, the fact of the marriage, and the approximate date of it, can be obtained from the minutes of the Monthly Meeting.

The following is the first record of this kind, and will serve as a sample : “ At the monthly meeting held in Amboy the 12th of the I 1th month

1686/7, Miles Forster Sr Rebeca Laury proposed to the meeting there Inten- tion of Marriage

“ The Meeting apoynts John Mill Sr Wm. Bethel1 to Inquire into the Matter to see if all things be clear with these persons in order to there Mariage & to make Report thereof against the next Monthly Meeting.”

“ A t the Monthly Meeting held in Amboy the 9th of the 12th month 1686/7. Miles Forster & Rebeca Laury came the second tyme to the Meeting expecting friends answer. " The Meeting being satisfied had nothing to object against there Mariage

& yr fore allowed them to apoynt a meeting of friends wherein to Solemnize the same.”

These minutes are in the handwriting of John Reid, who remained clerk until December, 1687, when he makes the following minute :

“ A t a Monthly Meeting held at Amboy the 14th of the 10th Month 1687. John Reid who hitherto kept the book for this meeting being now removed with his family to another County, desired friends to order another in his stead. Whereupon the Meeting apoynt’d Ben : Griffith to keep the book & receave the contributions."

Soon after this the troubles caused by George Keith occurred in the Society, and we find no entry in the minutes from the 9th month, 1688, to the 8th month, 1689, and then only this single one:

“At a Monthly Meeting in Woodbridge the 17th day of the 8th month 1689. I t was agreed that the monthly meeting should be kept the third fifth day in every month at Benjamin Griffiths in Woodbridge.”

After this there is no further entry until 1704 ; when it is : “ A t a Monthly Preparative Meeting a t Nathaniel Fitz Randolphs in

Woodbridge ye 16th day of the 9th mo 1704 ; " with the following memo- randum on the opposite page, believed to be in the hand of Benjamin Griffith, who was still clerk :

“ T h e abovesaid Monthly Meeting fell from ye year 1689 to ye year 1704, by reason of George Keith’s Separation, which was 15 years : then was appointed to be kept at Woodbridge a Preparative Meeting, and about 2 year after kept a Monthly Meeting.”

I n a subsequent minute we are informed that the “Yearly Meeting held at Shrewsbury the 29th day of the 8th month 1706,” changed the Pre- parative Meeting of Woodbridge to a Monthly Meeting.

There appears to have been no early record of marriages.

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Records of Rahway and Plainfield, A? J [Oct., 178 The scattered residences of the members of this meeting, who were

mostly farmers, rendered it difficult for many of them to attend it in win- ter ; and, for the convenience of these, small meetings were allowed to be held, during part of the year, at the dwellings of some of the more prominent Friends. at the house of Wm Roberson at Rahway,” in 1707 ; and one at " John Shotwell’s on Staten Island,” in 1710 ; and another at the house of John Laing, near Plainfield, in 1721.

I n the course of a few years, the Rahway and Plainfield meetings were made permanent ones ; meeting-houses were built, and, about the middle of the century, the Monthly Meeting itself was transferred from Wood- bridge, and held alternately, as it now is, at Rahway and Plainfield.

Besides these two meetings, there was also, for a number of years, a small one at Mendham, in Morris County, that was a branch of the Wood- bridge meeting.

Although this Monthly Meeting was, until quite recently, wholly subordi- nate to the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, it is a singular fact, indicating a different origin of its members, that very few of their names are to be found among the Friends of West Jersey and Pennsylvania.

The most common names, in the following records, are LAING, SHOT- WELL, VAIL, FITZ RANDOLPH, MARSH, and POUND.

The Laings are all, or nearly all, descended from John Laing of Craig forth, Aberdeen County, Scotland, who came to New Jersey in 1665, and settled near Plainfield.

The ancestor of the Shotwells is believed to have been Abraham Shot- well, one of the original settlers of Elizabethtown, who, in consequence of too freely expressing his opinion of the ruling powers, was banished the province, and his land at Elizabeth confiscated. I n 1683, however, after his death, the property was restored to his son John, who married Elizabeth Burton in New York in 1679. For a number of years he was a prominent member of the Woodbridge meeting ; and under the name of John Shot- well, Sen., we find his death there, recorded as occurring in 1718. I t should have been 1719.

The Vails belonging to this meeting are from Westchester County, N. Y., and are the descendants of two brothers, Samuel and John Vail. John Vail, who became a minister, and his mother (Elizabeth Gauge or Gach, who married John Griffith), were both, for many years, residents in New Jersey. The latter died there in 1747, in her 91st year, and the former in 1774, in his 89th. H e left a large family; very few of whom, however, remained with Friends, or in that section of the State. The Vails of Morristown, and of the provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, are his descendants.

Samuel Vail, who lived and died at Westchester, owned land on Green Brook, west of Plainfield, which he bequeathed to two of his sons, John and Stephen. They settled upon it, married members of Woodbridge meeting, and became the progenitors of all the Vails now to be found in the vicinity of Plainfield.

The Fitz Randolphs, F. Randolphs, or Randolphs, as the name is variously written by themselves, are the descendants of Edward Fitz Ran- dolph of Barnstable, Mass., who, in 1637, married Elizabeth, the daughter of Thomas Blossom, one of the elders of the Plymouth Church.

Nathaniel, the eldest son of Edward, who was born at Barnstable in 1642, married Mary, the daughter of Joseph Holley, in 1662, and about

Among these was one


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1679 removed with his family to Woodbridge. At what date he joined the Quakers is not known ; but in 1678, while still in Barnstable, we find him joining others of the Society, in a remonstrance to the Governor and Magistrates of Plymouth, against paying for the maintenance of preachers ; and, after the establishment of the Monthly Meeting at Wood- bridge, he appears to have been one of its most prominent members. For a number of years prior to the completion of their meeting-house in 1713, the meeting was held at his house. As a citizen of the town, he repre- sented Woodbridge in the Assembly in 1695 ; was an " Assistant Justice " in 1688, and for several years after; and, on the death of James Bollen, the Secretary of the Province, in 1683, he was chosen a guardian of his children. I t is believed that he and his descendants are the only persons of the name who were Friends.

His four younger brothers, John, Joseph, Thomas, and Benjamin, settled in the adjoining township of Piscataway, and are the ancestors of the Bap- tists and Presbyterians of the name still to be found there.

The Marshes are probably descended from Samuel Marsh, Sen?., one of the original " Associates” in the settlement of Elizabethtown, who came there from New Haven, Conn. His grandson, Samuel, the son of Joseph, is the first of the name that we find mentioned in these Records.

The ancestor of the Pounds is John Pound, an early settler in Piscata- way. Elijah Pound, the son of John Pound (and probably a grandson of the original settler), who was born in 1712, is the first of the name found in these Records, and he is believed to be the ancestor of the rest.

MARRIAGES.

The marriages given here are either taken from the Marriage Records, or from the Minutes of the Monthly Meeting. I n the latter case, the date given is that at the meeting at which permission to marry is granted ; or, it is that of the Monthly Meeting following the marriage, at which the committee, appointed to attend the wedding, report the marriage as having been accomplished. As a general rule, the date of the marriage may be assumed as about one week after the permission is given, or three weeks prior to the report of the committee.

At the Monthly Meeting in Amboy, 9th of the 12th month, 1686/7. Per- mission was granted Miles Forster and Rebecca Laury.

At the Monthly meeting at Nathaniel Fitz Randolphs in Woodbridge, the 21st day of the 8th month, 1708. Permission was granted Edmond Kinsey and Sarah Ogborne (or Osborne. “Ye Monthly Meeting of New- ark in ye County of New Castle, Territories of Pensilvania ” having reported “ yt the young man was clear from all women in their parts upon ye account of marriage or otherways, and whilst among them did behave himselfe soberly.’’

At the same meeting permission was granted Benjamin Griffith and Mary Hooper. At the Monthly Meeting in Woodbridge, 20th of 8” month, 1709. Permission was granted. John Griffith and Elizabeth Gauge (or Gach). (She was a widow, as appears by the Records, and the mother of John Vail and of Thomas Gach. H e brought a certificate from Rucks County, Pa.)

Joseph Ashton and Mary Fitz Randolph. Marriage permitted by Wood- bridge Monthly Meeting, 7th month, 20th, 1711.


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John Vail, of Woodbridge, and Martha Fitz Randolph, spinster, were married at the house of Nathaniel Fitz Randolph in Woodbridge, 3d month, 15th, 1712.

Benjamin Smith and Sarah Shotwell. Marriage permitted by Wood- bridge Monthly Meeting, 4th month, 19th, 1712.

Henry Brotherton, of Woodbridge, and Ann Shotwell, spinster, of Rich- mond Co., N. Y., were married a t Woodbridge, - month, 25th, 1713. (Probably 6th month, 25th, as permission was granted 6th month, 20th).

Shobal Smith and Prudence Fitz Randolph. Marriage permitted by Woodbridge Monthly Meeting, 3d month, I 7th, 1 7 1 6 .

Joseph Shotwell and Mary Manning. Marriage permitted by Wood- bridge Monthly Meeting, 6th month, 16th, 1716.

William Webster and Susanna Copperthwaite. Marriage permitted by Woodbridge Monthly Meeting, 3d month, 16th, 1 7 1 7 .

Abraham Thorne and Mary Shotwell. Marriage permitted by Wood- bridge Monthly Meeting, 7th month, 19th, 1717. ( H e brought a certificate from Flushing Monthly Meeting.)

Thomas Vail and Rachel Fitz Randolph. Marriage permitted by Wood- bridge Monthly Meeting, 7th month, 19th, 1717.

William Chambers and Sarah Webster. Marriage permitted by Wood- bridge Monthly Meeting, 8th month, 15th, 1 7 1 9 .

Thomas Gach and Elizabeth Bloodgood. Marriage permitted by Wood- bridge Monthly Meeting, 6th month, 17th, 1721.

Jacob Thorne and Susannah Shotwell. Marriage permitted by Wood- bridge Monthly Meeting, 4th month, 20th, 1 7 2 3 . (He brought a certificate from Flushing not long before.)

Ephraim Heady and Susannah Fitz Randolph. Marriage permitted by Woodbridge Monthly Meeting, 3d month, 2 1st 1724.

William Bloodgood and Mary Gach. Marriage permitted by Wood- bridge Monthly Meeting, 1st month, 16th, 1726/7.

Thomas Hadden and Margaret Fitz Randolph. Marriage permitted by Woodbridge Monthly Meeting,

John Atkinson and Susanna Hadden. Marriage permitted by Wood- bridge Monthly Meeting, 12th month, 15th, 1727.

Benjamin Moore and Elizabeth Shotwell. Marriage reported to Wood- bridge Monthly Meeting, 2d month, 18th, 1 7 2 8 , as having been accomplished in good order.

Peter Wren and Ann Brotherton. Marriage reported to Woodbridge Monthly Meeting, 12th month, 20th, 1728/9.

William Thorn and Mary Fitz Randolph Marriage reported to Wood- bridge Monthly Meeting, 2d month, I 7th, 1 7 2 9 .

Solomon Hunt and Catharine Bishop, both of Woodbridge, were married at Woodbridge, 2d month, 24th, 1729.

Samuel Fitz Randolph, Jun', and Joanna Kinsey. Marriage reported to Woodbridge Monthly Meeting, 10th month, 18th, 1 7 2 9 .

Joseph Fitz Randolph and Elizabeth Kinsey. Marriage reported to Wood- bridge Monthly Meeting, 4th month, I 7th, 1 7 3 1 .

John Vail, Jun', and Margaret Laing. Marriage reported to Woodbridge Monthly Meeting, 10th month, 16th, 1731.

Samuel Allen and Martha Shotwell. Marriage reported to Woodbridge Monthly Meeting, 3d month, 18th, 1732.

Joseph Webster and Elizabeth Shotwell. Marriage reported to Wood- bridge Monthly Meeting, 10th month, 20th, 1 7 3 3 .

month, 16th, 1726/7


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Stephen Vail and Esther Smith. Marriage permitted by Woodbridge Monthly Meeting, 11th month, 17th, 1733.

John Heborn and Sarah Laing. Marriage permitted by Woodbridge Monthly Meeting, month, 21st, 1734.

John Shotwell and Elizabeth Smith. Marriage reported to Woodbridge Monthly Meeting, 12th month, 20th, 1734.

George Parker and Elizabeth Laing. Marriage reported to Woodbridge Monthly meeting, month, 20th, 1734/5.

Enoch Moore and Grace Brotherton. Marriage reported to Woodbridge Monthly Meeting, 7th month, 18th, 1735.

James Willson and Martha Laing. Marriage reported to Woodbridge Monthly Meeting, I 2th month, I 7th, 1736/7.

Samuel Laing and Elizabeth Smith. Marriage reported to Woodbridge Monthly Meeting, 2d month, 20th, 1738.

Abraham Thorn and Ann Laing. Marriage reported to Woodbridge Monthly Meeting, 7th month, 20th, 1739.

Thomas Merriot and Sarah Smith. Marriage reported to Woodbridge Monthly Meeting, 8th month, 18th, 1739.

John Laing and Sarah Smith. Marriage reported to Woodbridge Monthly Meeting, 4th month, 18th, 1741.

David Laing and Mary Thorn. Marriage reported to Woodbridge Monthly Meeting, 10th month, I 7th, 1741.

Nathaniel Harned, of Woodbridge, and '' Annah Closson " were married at Woodbridge, 4th month, 24th, 174:.

Joseph Shotwell, ye 3d, of Woodbridge, and Elizabeth Jackson, of Morris Co., were married at Woodbridge, 8th month, 20th, 1743.

Michael Liken and Sarah Schooley, both of Morris Co., were married at Woodbridge, 8* month, 20th, 1743.

John Shotwell and Grace Webster. Marriage reported to Woodbridge Monthly Meeting, 10th month, I 1th, 1743.

Samuel Smith and Mercy Taylor. Marriage permitted by Woodbridge Monthly Meeting, I month, 19th, 1743/4.

(To be continued.)

WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N. Y., MARRIAGE RECORDS.

By REV. CHARLES W. BAIRD.

IN the regretable absence of any civil registration of marriages in this county, it might be supposed that the defect could be supplied in part from the records of the various religious bodies.

Several of the churches in Westchester County were founded in the latter part of the seventeenth century. A larger number date from the early part and the middle of the eighteenth century. The historical records of some of these congregations are tolerably complete. But, upon inquiry as to the records of marriages, I have been disappointed to find that in most cases scarcely a vestige of them remains.

So far as I can learn, there are but two religious bodies in the lower part of Westchester County that possess continuous records of marriages begin- ning at an early day in their history. The old '' Sleepy Hollow" (Re- formed Dutch) Church of Tarrytown has a register extending from 1698


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RECORDS O F RAHWAY AND PLAINFIELD [N. J.] MONTHLY MEETING OF FRIENDS (FORMERLY H E L D A T AMBOY AND WOODBRIDGE) FROM 1687 T O 182 j.

(Communicated by HUGH D. VAIL, Esq.)

(Continued from Vol. VIII., p. 181, of THE RECORD.)

JOHN WEBSTER, of Borough of Elizabeth," and Anna Taylor, of Wood- bridge, were married at Woodbridge, I

Samuel Marsh, of Woodbridge, and Mary Shotwell, of Borough of Eliza- beth, were married at Rahway, 12th month, 16th, 1743/4.

Abner Hampton and Rachel Webster, both of Borough of Elizabeth, were married in Borough of Elizabeth, 1st month, 16th, 1743/4.

Nathaniel Fitz Randolph and Mary Shotwell. Marriage reported to Woodbridge Monthly Meeting, 9th month, 21st, 1745. (The marriage certificate, which is unrecorded, describes them as both of Woodbridge, and gives the date of marriage "the 22d day of the 8th month, 1745.")

Adam Miller and Mary Young, both of Morris Co., were married at -, Morris Co., 9th month, 6th, 1746.

Ralph Smith and Elizabeth Williams. Marriage permitted by Wood- bridge Monthly Meeting, 8th month,

William Morris and Susanna Thorn. Marriage reported to Woodbridge Monthly Meeting, 11th month, 15th, 1746.

Robert Schooley and Elizabeth Young, both of Morris Co., were married at Woodbridge, 8th month, 14th, 1747.

William Webster, of Borough Elizabeth, and Sarah Thorn, of Wood- bridge, were married at Woodbridge, 5th month, 2 7th, 1749.

Thomas Lewis & Elizabeth Hedger, both of Woodbridge, were married at Woodbridge, 8th month, 2 7th, 1749.

Jacob Laing and Anna Copling (Copland). Marriage reported to Woodbridge Monthly Meeting, 1st month, I 5th, 1749/50.

Cowperthwaite Copland and Susanna Atkinson: both of Woodbridge, were married at Woodbridge, 2d month, 26th, 1750.

Joseph Marsh, of Woodbridge, and Martha Webster, of Borough of Eliza- beth, were married at Plainfield, 6th month, 22d, 1750.

Abraham Thorn, of Woodbridge, and Susanna Webster, of Borough of Elizabeth, were married at Plainfield, 6th month, 22d, 1750,

Abraham Shotwell, of Woodbridge, and Mary Jackson, were married at Woodbridge, 12th month, 28th, 1750/51.

Nathaniel Harned and Upheam Alwood, both of Woodbridge, were married at Woodbridge, 5th month, 1751.

Henry Brotherton, of Borough of Elizabeth, and Mercy Schooley, of Mor- ris Co., were married a t Woodbridge, 8th month, 21st, 1752.

month, 24th, 1743/4.

1746.

* Plainfield was a t that time in the Borough of Elizabeth, and most of those who are described in these records as of the Borough of Elizabeth lived in, or near, Plainfield, and were members of the meeting there.


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Daniel Shotwell, of Woodbridge, and Deborah Shotwell, of Piscataway, were married at Plainfield, month, 24th, 1753.

William Smith and Elizabeth Hedden. Marriage reported to Wood- bridge Monthly Meeting, 2d month, I 5th, 1753.

Stacy Kirkbride, of Bucks Co., Pa., and Frances Smith, of Woodbridge, were married at Woodbridge, 4th month, 26th, 1753.

William Marsh, of Woodbridge, and Sarah Webster, of Borough of Eliza- beth, were married a t Rahway, 11th month, 21st, 1753.

Hugh Webster, of Borough of Elizabeth, and Sarah Marsh, of Wood- bridge, were married a t Rahway, 11th month, 21st, 1753.

Richard Dell, of Morris Co.; and Elizabeth Schooley, of Mendham, were married at Mendham, 2d month, 28th, 1754.

James Brotherton and Alice Schooley, both of Mendham, were married at Mendham, 6th month, 27th, 1754

William Thorn and Margaret Smith. Marriage permitted by Woodbridge Monthly Meeting, 3d month, 18th, 1756.

James Haydock, of New York City, and Elizabeth Thorn, of Wood- bridge, were married at the house of Joseph Shotwell, in Rahway, 3d month, 24th, 1756.

John Smith Shotwell and Mary Webster, both of Borough of Elizabeth, were married a t Plainfield, 9th month, 22d, 1756.

Samuel Kesster, of Kingwood, and Susanna Webster, of Plainfield, were married at Plainfield, 9th month, 27th, 1758.

John Vail, of Somerset Co., and Catharine Fitz Randolph, of Wood- bridge, were married a t Plainfield, 4th month, 23d, 1760.

William Schooley and Elizabeth Dell, both of Mendham, were married at Woodbridge, I

Jacob Bonnel and Mary Schooley, both of Mendham, were married at Mendham, I

Zachariah Pound, of Piscataway, and Elizabeth Smith, were married at Plainfield, month, 21st, 1761.

Marmaduke Hunt, of New Rochelle, N. Y., and Elizabeth Marsh, of Woodbridge, were married at the home of Samuel Marsh, in Rahway, 7th month, 17th, 1761.

Stephen Veal (Vail), Junr, and Rebecca Jackson, both of Somerset Co., were married at Plainfield, 11th month, 25th, 1761.

Samuel Hedger, of Woodbridge, and Mary Veal (Vail), of Borough of Elizabeth, were married at Plainfield, 10th month,

Benjamin Pound and Elizabeth Laing, both of Piscataway, were married at Plainfield, 2d month,

Randal (Randolph) Dell and Anna Liken, both of Mendham, were married at Mendham, 2d month, 24th, 1763.

George Parker, Jun', of Piscataway, and Martha Thorn, of Woodbridge, were married at Woodbridge, 4th month, 28th, 1763.

Thomas Hallet, of Queen's Co., I.. I., and Phebe Shotwell, of Borough of Elizabeth, were married at Rahway, 9th month, 22d, 1663.

Stephen Vail, Jun', of Somerset Co., and Sarah Smith, of Borough of Elizabeth, were married at Plainfield, 10th month, 26th, 1763.

Thomas Fitz Randolph, of Middlesex Co., and Abigail Vail, of Somerset Co., were married at Plainfield, 11th month,

Mootry Kinsey and Sarah Fitz Randolph, both of Middlesex Co., were married a t Woodbridge, 1st month, 26th, 1764.

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month, 27th, 1760.

month, 27th, 1760.

1762.

1763.

1763.


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John Hedger, of Somerset, and Mary Fitz Randolph, of Woodbridge, were married at Rahway, 2d month, 27th, 1765.

Israel Hallet, of Queen's Co., L. I., and Naomy Shotwell, of Borough of Elizabeth, were married at Rahway, 11th month, 21st, 1765.

David Vail, of Somerset, and Phebe Jackson, of Woodbridge, were married at Plainfield, 4th month,

John Haydock and Mary Shotwell, both of Rahway, were married at Rahway, 4th month, 1766.

Thomas Latham and Miriam Allen, of Woodbridge, were married at Rah- way, 4th month, 23d, 1766.

Abraham Vail, of Somerset, and Margaret F. Randolph, of Middlesex, were married at Woodbridge, 8th month, 28th, 1766.

Jonathan Harned and Sarah Laing, both of Middlesex, were married at Plainfield, 7th month, 1766.

Isaac Thorn, of Woodbridge, and Sarah Webster, of Essex Co., were married at Plainfield, 12th month, 24th, 1766.

John Laing, of Piscataway, and Susannah Webster, of Borough of Eliza- beth, were married at Plainfield, 10th month, 28th, 1767.

John Townsend, of Queen's Co., Long Island, and Susannah Shotwell, of Borough of Elizabeth, were married at Plainfield, 3d month, 17th, 1768.

Jonathan Harned, of Woodbridge, and Judith Bloodgood, of Amboy, were married at Woodbridge, 3d month, 24th, 1768.

William Hampton and Sarah Shotwell, both of Borough of Elizabeth, were married at Rahway, 9th month, 28th, 1768.

John Way, of Newtown, L. I., and Mary Marsh, of Woodbridge, were married at Rahway, 10th month, 20th, 1768.

Taylor Webster, of Essex, and Hannah Jackson, of Somerset, were married at Plainfield, 2d month, 22d, 1769.

Jacob Shotwell, of Borough of Elizabeth, and Bathsheba Pound, of Pisca- taway, were married at Plainfield, 3d month,

Samuel Smith, of Borough of Elizabeth, and Sarah Pound, of Piscataway, were married at Plainfield, 3d month, 22d, 1769.

John Shotwell and Margaret Haydock, both of Woodbridge, were married at Rahway, 6th month, 28th, 1769.

John Webster and Margaret Ford, both of Essex Co., were married at Plainfield, 9th month, 27th, 1769.

Joseph Marsh and Mary Copland, both of Woodbridge, were married at Rahway, 11th month, 28th, 1770.

Isaac Shotwell and Hannah Shotwell, both of Woodbridge, were married at Rahway, 11th month, 28th, 1770.

Thomas Burling, of New York City, and Sarah Shotwell, of Woodbridge, were married at Rahway, 5th month, 8th, 1771.

William Shotwell, of Borough of Elizabeth, and Elizabeth Pound, of Pisca- taway, were married at Plainfield, 3d month, 25th, 1772.

Cowperthwaite Copland and Margaret Flatt, both of Woodbridge, were married at Plainfield, 4th month, 1st, 1 7 7 2 .

James Shotwell and Ann Moore, both of Borough of Elizabeth, were married at Rahway, 5th month, 27th, 1772.

Samuel Pound, of Piscataway, and Catharine Webster, of Borough of Elizabeth, were married at Plainfield, 8th month, 26th, 1772.

Isaac Hance, of Middletown, Mon. Co., and Catharine Miller, of Morris Co., were married at Mendham, 11th month, 12th, 1772.

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Samuel Smith, of Borough of Elizabeth, and Elizabeth Shotwell, of

Joseph Wills and Sarah Liken, seamstress, both of Mendham, were

John Thorn and Mary Shotwell, both of Woodbridge, were married at

WilIiam Webster and Sarah Smith, of Borough of Elizabeth, were married

John Webster, Junr, and Christian Vail, both of Borough of Elizabeth,

John Hance and Elizabeth Miller, both of Morris Co., were married at

Robert Miller, of Morris, and Katharine Fitz Randolph, of Middlesex,

Isaac Thorn and Hannah Shotwell, both of Middlesex, were married at

Mordecai Marsh, of Rahway, and Mary Shotwell, of Borough of Eliza-

David Shotwell, of Borough of Elizabeth, and Elizabeth Fitz Randolph,

William Marsh, of Borough of Elizabeth, and Sarah Horton, of Wood-

Jacob Laing, of Piscataway, and Rachel Shotwell, of Borough of Eliza-

Samuel Marsh, of Borough of Elizabeth, and Zipporah Fitz Randolph,

Benjamin Shotwell and Bersheba Pound, both of Borough of Elizabeth, month, 24th, 1781.

Titus Shotwell and Sarah Marsh, both of Woodbridge, were married at

Thomas Laing, of Woodbridge, and Martha Webster, of Essex, were

William Webster, of Newtown, L. I., and Susanna Laing, of Piscataway,

Abraham Thorn, of Essex, and Elizabeth Smith, of Somerset, were

John Smith Shotwell, of Somerset, and Phebe Shotwell, of Middlesex, month, 23d, 1782.

Edward Fitz Randolph, of Woodbridge, and Mary Webster, of Borough

Jacob Lundy, Jun', of Hardwick, and Sarah Hampton, of Woodbridge,

Joseph Laing, of Middlesex, and Sarah Marsh, of Essex, were married

Richard Hartshorne, of Philadelphia, and lsabel Smith, of Elizabeth,

Hugh Webster, Jun', and Mercy Pound, both of Essex, were married at

David Laing and Sarah Shotwell, both of Piscataway, were married at

Benjamin Thorn and Mary Shotwell, both of Woodbridge, were married

Woodbridge, were married at Woodbridge, 5th month, 2 7th, 1773.

married at Mendham, 11th month, 25th, 1773.

Woodbridge, 12th month, 23d, 1773.

at Plainfield, 5th month, 24th, 1775. were married at Plainfield, 2d month, 28th, 1776.

Mendham, month, 1st, 1778.

were married at Plainfield, 5" month, 27th, 1778.

Rahway, 9th month, 23d, 1778.

beth were married at Rahway, 10th month, 29th, 1778.

of Morris, were married at Mendham, 6th month, 24th, 1779.

bridge, were married at Rahway, 2d month, 24th, 1780.

beth, were married at Plainfield, 5th month, 24th, 1780.

of Woodbridge, were married at Rahway, 6th month, 29th, 1780.

were married at Plainfield,

Rahway, 4th month, 26th, 1781.

married at Plainfield, 5'h month,

were married at Plainfield, 6th month, 21st, 1781.

married at Plainfield, 7th month, 25th, 1781.

were married at Rahway,

of Elizabeth, were married at Plainfield, 11th month, 27th, 1782.

were married at Rahway, 9th month, 25th, 1783.

at Rahway, 8th month, 26th, 1784.

were married at Rahway, 12th month, 22d, 1785.

Plainfield, 2d month, 22d, 1786.

Plainfield, 10th month, 25th, 1786.

at Rahway, 11th month, 23d, 1786.

1781.


32 Records of Rahway and Plainfield, A? J. [Jan.,

Joseph Lundy, of Hardwick, and Elizabeth Shotwell, of Elizabeth, were married at Rahway 4th month, 26th, 1787.

Benjamin Nichols, of Hardwick, and Mary Brotherton, of Mendham, were married at Mendham, 5th month, 24th, 1787.

Titus Shotwell and Deborah Moore, both of Woodbridge, were married at Rahway, 7th month, 26th, 1787.

Isaac Webster, of Borough of Elizabeth, and Mary Laing, of Piscata- way, were married at Plainfield, 10th month, 24th, 1787.

Daniel Shotwell and Margaret Ailston, both of Woodbridge, were married at Rahway, 1oth month, 25th, 1787.

Samuel Vail and Prudence Vail, both of Somerset, were married a t Plainfield, II"' month, 21st, 1787.

Isaac Laing and Grace Moore, both of Middlesex, were married a t Rahway, 2d month, 28th, 1788.

Samuel Shotwell and Hannah Lundy, both of Piscataway, were married at Plainfield, 5th month, 21st, 1788.

Isaac Laing, Junr, and Catharine Kinsey, both of Woodbridge, were married at Rahway, 5th month 22d, 1788.

Charles Brooke, of Woodbridge, and Ame Shotwell, of Borough of Elizabeth, were married at Rahway, 8th month, 28th, 1788.

John Marsh and Phebe Allen, both of Woodbridge, were married at Rah- way, 8'h month, 26th, 1790.

David Pound and Mary Shotwell, of Piscataway, were married at Plain- field, 10th month, 27th, 1790.

John Ross, of Chester Co., Pa., and Catharine Jelf, of Morris, were married at Mendham,

Gabriel Willson, of Hardwick, and Grace Brotherton, of Mendham, were married at Mendham, 5th month, 29th, 1788.

Jesse Willson, of Independence, Sussex Co., son of Gabriel and Eliza- beth, and Hannah Dell, dau. of Richard and Elizabeth, of Morris CO., were married a t Mendham, 5th month, 26th, 1791.

Richard Dell, Jun', of Hanover, and Rachel Shotwell, of Elizabeth, were married at Plainfield,

Isaac Shotwell and Catharine Moore, both of Borough of Elizabeth, were married at Rahway, I month, 1791.

Jesse Farrington and Mary Copleand, both of Bridgetown, were married at Rahway, 12th month, 29th, 1791.

Abel Gibbs and Elizabeth Haydock, both of Woodbridge, were married at Rahway, 3d month, 22d, 1792.

James Marsh, of Township of Elizabeth, and Margaret Elston, of Woodbridge, were married at Rahway, 5th month, 24th, 1792.

Jeremiah Wilson, of Independence, and Joanna Moore, of Woodbridge, were married (place not given), 9th month, 21st, 1792.

William Shotwell, of Township of Elizabeth, and Elizabeth Moore, of Woodbridge, were married at Rahway, 10th month, 25th, 1792.

Isaac Vail, of Somerset, and Sarah Thorn, of Rahway, were married at Rahway, 11th month, 22d, 1792.

Thomas Laing, of Woodbridge, and Mary Shotwell, of Essex, were married at Plainfield, month, 1793.

Webster Thorn and Elizabeth Martin, Jun', both of Woodbridge, were married at Rahway, 6th month, 27th, 1793.

1788.

month, 22, 1787.

month, 21st, 1792.


33 1878.] Records of Rahway and Plainfield, N. J

John Fitz Randolph, of Woodbridge, and Mary King, of Borough of Elizabeth, were married at Rahway, 7" month, 25th, 1793.

Abraham Shoemaker, of New York, and Margaret Laing, of Wood- bridge, were married at Rahway, 10th month, 3d, 1793.

Edward Vail, of Somerset, and Sarah Kinsey, of Woodbridge, were married at Rahway, 12th month, 26th, 1793.

Samuel Hicks, of Westbury, N. Y., son of Benjamin and Phebe, and Amy Brook, widow of Charles Brook, of Rahway, were married at Rah- way, 2d month, 20th, 1794.

Hugh Pound, of Piscataway, and Sarah King, of Borough of Elizabeth, were married at Rahway, 4th month, 24th, 1794.

David Vail, Junr, of 'Somerset, and Elizabeth Webster, of Essex, were married at Plainfield, 7th month, 23d, 1794.

Joseph Laing, Junr, of Piscataway, and Anna Webster, of Essex, were married at Plainfield, 7th month, 1794.

Marsh Webster, of Essex, and Rebecca Vail, of Somerset, were married at Plainfield, 11th month, 26th, 1794.

Amos Vail and Phebe Smith, both of Somerset, were married at Plain- field, month, 21st, 1795.

John Cornell, of Greenwich, Conn., and Miriam Latham, of Bridge- town, were married at Rahway, 3d month, 18th, 1796.

Jediah Shotwell, of Westfield Township, and Anna Pound, of Piscata- way, were married at Plainfield, 6th month, 22d, 1796.

Benjamin Nichols, of Mendham, and Margaret Vail, of Somerset, were married at Plainfield, 8" month, 24th, 1796.

Benjamin Corlies, of Woodbridge, son of George and Patience, and Phebe Ludlum, of Woodbridge, dau. of Henry and Elizabeth, were married at Rahway 12th month, 28th, 1797.

Henry Brotherton, of Mendham, and Esther Pound, of Piscataway, were married at Plainfield,

Hugh Townsend, of Middlesex, and Mary Dell, of Morris, were married at Mendham, 1st month, 26th, 1797.

John Haydock, Junr, and Mary Wright, both of Bridgetown, were married at Bridgetown, 3d month, 1st, 1798.

Nathan Shotwell, son of Jacob and Catharine, of Woodbridge, and Sarah Fitz Randolph, dau. of Jacob and Anna, of Woodbridge, were married at Rahway, 5th month, 24th, 1798.

William Smith, of Woodbridge, son of Samuel and Sarah, and Jane Shotwell, dau. of John and Margaret, were married at Rahway, 9th month,

John Brown, of Rahway, son of John and Jane, and Mary Marsh, dau. of Mordecai and Mary, of Rahway, were married at Rahway, 5th month,

John Jacobs, of Woodbridge, son of William and Catharine, and Catha- rine Willson, dau. of Josiah and Jennet, of. Woodbridge, were married at Rahway, 7th month, 25th, 1799.

John Laing Shotwell, of Essex, and Mercy Smith, of Somerset, were married at Plainfield, 9th month, 25th, 1799.

Elia Willson, of Independence, son of Gabriel and Keziah, and Mary Shotwell, of Borough of Elizabeth, dau, of James and Ann, were married at Rahway, 10th month, 16th, 1800.

Amos Brown, of Woodbridge, son of John and Jane, and Ann Moore,

month, 25th, 1797.

27th, 1798.

23d, 1799.

3


34 Records of Rahway and Plainfield, N. J. [Jan.,

dau. of Enoch and Elizabeth, of Borough of Elizabeth, were married a t Rahway, 11th month, 26th, 1800.

George Robinson, of New York, son of Stephen and Elizabeth, of Liv- erpool, Eng., and Catharine Pound, of Piscataway, dau. of Samuel and Catharine, were married at Plainfield, 4th month, 22d, 1801.

William Webster, of Kingwood, son of Samuel and Susanna, and Eliza- beth Smith, dau. of Samuel and Elizabeth, of Essex Co., were married at Plainfield, 5th month, 27th, 1801.

Nathan Vail, of Somerset, and Anna Webster, of Essex, were married a t Plainfield, 6th month, 24th, 1801.

William Webster, of Township of Westfield, and Rachel Pound, of Pis- cataway, were married at Plainfield, 11th month, 25th, 1801.

John Corlies, of Rahway, son of Peter and Margaret, and Phebe Hay- dock, dau. o f James and Phebe, of Rahway, were married at Rahway, 5th month, 27th, 1802.

Joseph Webster, of Westfield Township, son of Hugh, and Amy King, dau. of Nathan and Sarah, of Woodbridge, were married at Rahway, 9th month, 23d, 1802.

Jacob Lafetra, of Rahway, son of Edmond and Sarah, of Monmouth, and Phebe Hallet, of Rahway, dau. of Thomas and Phebe, were married at Rahway, 12th month, 2d, 1802.

Amos Line and Phebe Vail, both of Somerset, were married at Plain- field, 4th month, 27th, 1803.

John Laing, of Middlesex, and Anne Shotwell, of Essex, were married at Rahway, 4th month, 28th, 1803.

Peter Shotwell, of Essex, son of Isaiah and Constant, and Phebe Vail, dau. of Abraham and Margaret, of Somerset, were married at Plainfield, 8th month, 31st, 1803.

John A. Vail, of Somerset, and Rachel Webster, of Essex, were married at Plainfield, 6th month, 23d, 1803.

John Hartshorne, Junr, of Shrewsbury, son of John and Lucy, and Han- nah Hopkins, Jun', dau. of Samuel and Hannah, of Borough of Elizabeth, were married at Rahway, 6th month, 23d, 1803.

Henry Moore, of Westfield Township, son of Enoch and Grace, and Phebe Shotwell, of Woodbridge, were married at Rahway, 9th month, 22d, 1803.

Joseph D. Shotwell, son of Henry and Sarah, of Woodbridge, and Eliza- beth Fitz Randolph, dau, of Jacob and Anna, of Woodbridge, were married at Rahway, 3d month, 22d, 1804.

Nathaniel Harned, of Woodbridge, and Alida Cuyler Miller, of Somerset, were married at Plainfield, 4th month, 2 5th, 1804.

David Laing, son of Thomas and Martha, of Woodbridge, and Margaret Vail, dau. of Abraham and Margaret, of Bridgewater, Somerset Co., were married at Plainfield,, 5th month, 30th, 1804.

Jacob Laing, of Piscataway, and Mercy Fitz Randolph, of Somerset, were married at Plainfield, 6th month, 27th 1804.

Smith Webster, of Essex, and Mary Laing, of Piscataway, were married at Plainfield, 9" month, 26th, 1804.

Christopher Marshall, Junr, of Philadelphia, son of Benjamin and Sarah. and Phebe Shotwell, Jun', dau. of John and Margaret, of Rahway, were married at Rahway, 12th month, 27th, 1804.

Joseph King, son of Nathan and Sarah, of Woodbridge, and Catharine


1878.] Records of Rahway and Plainfield, N. J. 35 Laing, dau. of Thomas and Martha, of Woodbridge, were married at Rah- way, month, 24th, 1805.

Job Burdsall, of Woodbridge, son of Richard and Elizabeth, and Hannah Webster, dau. of John and Mary, of Woodbridge, were married at Rahway, 9th month, 26th, 1805.

James Willson, of Rahway, son of Josiah and Jennet, and Anna Moore, dau. of Henry and Eunice, of Rahway, were married at Rahway, 10th month, 24th, 1805.

Hugh Hartshorne, of City of New York, son of Richard and Jane, and Eliza Brown, dau. of George and Elizabeth, of Rahway, were married at Rahway, 6th month, 26th, 1806.

Joseph Hampton, of Bridgetown, son of Abner and Rachel, and Eliza- beth Cook, dau. of Jesse and Deborah, of Shrewsbury, were married at Rahway, 10th month, 23d, 1806.

Stephen Kester, son of Benjamin, of Kingwood, and Sarah Laing, dau. of John Laing, of Piscataway, were married at Plainfield, I 2th month, 24th, 1806.

William Laing, son of Thomas and Martha, of Middlesex, and Martha Freeman, dau. of John and Margaret, of Middlesex, were married at Rah- way, 5th month, 1807.

Samuel Pound, of Piscataway, son of Samuel, and Ann Laing, dau. of John and Susannah, were married at Plainfield, 6th month,

Philip Dorland, of Lenox Co., Upper Canada, son of Samuel and Ann, and Lydia Shotwell, of Elizabeth, dau. of Benjamin and Amy, were married at Rahway, 1st month, 28th, 1808.

Robert H. Bowne, of New York, son of Robert and Elizabeth, and Sarah Hartshorne, Jun', dau. of Richard and Jane, of Essex Co., were married at Rahway, 11th month, 26th, 1807.

Hugh Laing, of Bridgetown, son of Thomas and Martha, and Catharine G. Davids, dau. of Hugh and Sarah, were married at Rahway, 3d month, 24th, 1808.

Joseph Smith Shotwell, of New York, son of John S . and Phebe, and Deborah Fox, dau. of George and Esther, were married at Rahway, 9th month, 22d, 1808.

Morris Shipley, of City of New York, son of Morris and Ann, and Ann Eddy, dau. of Thomas and Hannah, of Essex, were married a! Rahway, 10th month, 27th, 1808.

John Thorn, of Bridgetown, son of Benjamin and Mary, and Elizabeth Linton, dau. of Jonathan and Susan, of Rahway, were married at Rahway, 6th month, 1st, 1809.

Joseph D. Everingham, of City of New York, son of Gilbert and Phebe, and Susanna Fitz Randolph, dau. of Jacob and Anna, of Woodbridge, were married at Rahway, 7th month, 6th, 1809.

Joseph Shotwell, of Westfield Township, son of Isaiah, and Christian Vail, of Somerset, were married at Plainfield, 10th month, 25th, 1809.

Mordecai Marsh and Hester Morgan, both of Rahway, were married a t Rahway, I 1th month, 30th, 1809.

Ephraim Vail, son of Abraham and Margaret, of Somerset, and Rebecca Vail, dau. of Samuel and Prudence, of Somerset, were married at Plain- field, month, 21st, 1810.

Samuel Thorn, of Somerset Co., and Rachel Laing, of Piscataway, were married at Plainfield, 5th month, 13th, 1810.

1807.


36 Records of Rahway and Plainfield, A? J. [Jan.,

Abel Shotwell, of Woodbridge, son of Isaiah and Constant, of Essex, and Elizabeth Vail, of Somerset, dau. of Abraham and Margaret, were married at Plainfield, 6th month, 6th, 1810.

Crowell Webster, of Greenbrook, Somerset Co., son of Hugh and Sarah, and Margaret Vail, dau. of David and Phebe, of the same place, were married at Plainfield, 11th month, 28th, 1810.

Isaac Vail, of Woodbridge, son of John and Catharine, of Somerset Co., and Sarah Shotwell, Jun’, dau. of Henry and Sarah, of Woodbridge, were married at Rahway, 11th month, 29th, 1810.

Isaac Laing, of Woodbridge, son of Thomas and Martha, and Mary Laing, dau. of Joseph and Sarah, of Middlesex, were married at Plainfield, 12th month, 5th, 1810.

Joseph Vail, of Somerset, son of David and Phebe and Mary Fitz Ran- dolph, dau. of Edward and Mary, of Somerset, were married at Plainfield, 1st month, 23rd, 1811.

John Harned, of Woodbridge, son of Jonathan and Sarah, and Phebe Laing, of Piscataway, dau. of Jacob and Rachel, were married at Plain- field, 3rd month, 27th, 1811.

James Laing, of Piscataway, son of Isaac and Grace, and Betsey Web- ster, dau. of Isaac and Mary, of Essex, were married at Plainfield, 7th month, 24th, 1811.

Timothy Rogers, of York Co., Canada, son of Timothy and Mercy, and Anna Harned, of Woodbridge, dau. of Jonathan and Sarah, were married at Rahway, 10th month, 28th, 1813.

Reuben Leggett, of New York, son of Joseph and Mariam, and Mary Marsh, of Middlesex, dau. of Samuel and Ann, were married at Rahway, 6th month, 2nd, 1814.

Clarkson Vail, of Woodbridge, son of Benjamin and Margaret, and Sarah Laing, dau. of Isaac and Catharine, of Woodbridge, were married at Rah- way, 9th month, 22nd, 1814.

Samuel Moore, Jun‘, of Falmouth, Barnstable Co., Mass., son of Samuel and Rachel, and Elizabeth L. Shotwell, dau. of William and Elizabeth, of Rahway, were married at Rahway, 9th month, 28th, 1815.

Morris Webster, of Rahway, son of John and Mary, and Hannah Marsh, dau. of Samuel and Nancy, were married at Rahway, 9th month, 28th, 1815.

Stephen Vail, of Rahway, son of Samuel and Prudence, of Somerset, and Susan L. Webster, dau. of Hugh And Sarah, of Essex, were married at Rah- way, 11th month, 30th, 1815.

Moses Vail, of Somerset, son of Samuel and Prudence, and Mercy Pound, dau. of Samuel Pound, Junr, of Essex, were married at Plainfield, 9th month, 25th, 1816.

George Gilpin, of New York, and-Lucy Page, dau. of John and Rebecca, of Middlesex, were married at Plainfield, 10th month, 23rd, 1816.

Jonathan Harned, son of Jonathan, of Woodbridge, and Sarah M.. Web- ster, dau. of Hugh and Sarah, were married at Rahway, 10th month, 24th, 1816.

John A. Vail, of Piscataway, son of Abraham and Margaret, and De- borah Harned, dau. of Jonathan and Sarah, of Woodbridge, were married at Rahway, 3rd month, 27th, 1817.

Abel Marsh, of Woodbridge, son of James and Margaret, and Christiana Vail,. dau. of Benjamin and Margaret, of Woodbridge, were married at Plainfield, 11th month, 26th, 1817.


37 1878.] Records of Rahway ana' Plainfield, N. J

Andrew Marsh, of Woodbridge, son of James and Margaret, and Anna Jacobs, dau. of John and Catharine of Woodbridge, were married at Rah- way, 5th month, 28th, 1818.

William Laing, son of Thomas and Martha, of Woodbridge, and Catha- rine R. Moore, dau. of Henry and Unis, of Woodbridge, were married a t Rahway, 9th month, 24th, 1818.

Peter Cohu, of Rahway son of Nicholas and Judith, and Ann Shotwell, dau. of Henry and Sarah, of Woodbridge, were married at Rahway, 11th month, 26th, 1818.

Jonah Vail, of Somerset, son of Amos and Phebe, and Rachel Pound, dau. of Samuel and Susanna, of Essex, were married at Plainfield, 5th month, 5th, 1819.

Edmund Vail, of Somerset, son of Edward and Sarah, and Phebe S. Vail, dau. of Samuel and Prudence, of Somerset, were married at Plainfield, 9th month, 22nd, 1819.

Joseph Shotwell, of Bridge Town, son of John and Margaret, and Mar- garet Elston, dau. of Andrew and Sarah, of Rahway, were married at Rah- way, 3rd month, 23rd, 1820.

John Laing, son of Joseph and Anna, of Piscataway, and Mary R. Marsh, dau. of Samuel and Tipporah, of Essex, were married at Plainfield, 5th month, 31st, 1820.

Jotham Townsend, of Piscataway, son of Hugh and Mary, and Catha- rine Shotwell, dau. of Joseph and Sarah of Woodbridge, were married at Bridge Town, 9th month, 28th, 1820.

Abraham Vail, son of Amos and Phebe, of Somerset, and Rebecca Laing, dau. of Joseph and Anna, of Piscataway, were married at Plain- field, 11th month, 28th, 1821.

Eli Pound, son of Samuel and Susannah, of Essex Co., and Elizabeth D. Townsend, dau. of Hugh and Mary, of Piscataway, were married at Plain- field, 3rd month, 27th, 1822.

Joseph W. Allen, of New York, son of Joseph and Elizabeth, of Mon- mouth Co., and Harriet Shotwell, dau. of Peter and Phebe, of Middlesex, were married at Rahway, 12th month, 26th, 1822,

Peter W. Laing, son of Isaac and Catharine, of Middlesex, and Sarah W, Vail, dau. of Nathan and Anna, of Essex, were married at Plainfield, 5th month, 28th, 1823.

Harvey Shotwell, of New York, son of William and Elizabeth, of Essex Co., and Louisa Shotwell, of Middlesex, dau. of Nathan and Sarah, were married at Rahway, 12th month, 25th, 1823.

Nathan Webster, of Essex, son of Joseph and Amy, and Catharine R . Vail, dau. of Nathan and Anna, were married at Plainfield, 1st month, 21&,

1824. Aaron Bellangee, of Woodbridge, son of Thomas and Margaret, and

Margaret Shotwell, dau. of Henry and Sarah, of Woodbridge, were married at Rahway, 3rd 1825.

James Moore, of Poughkeepsie, son of John and Eleanor, and Hannah Murray Shotwell, dau. of Henry and Sarah, of Woodbridge, were married at Rahway, 5th month, 5th, 1825.

Alexander Shotwell, son of Nathan and Sarah, of Woodbridge, and Eliza Smith, dau. of William and Jane, of Woodbridge, were married at Rahway, 5th month, 5th, 1825.


64 Records of Rahway and Plainfield, N . J. [April,

7, Jannatje, born 1742, Aug. 2 ; sponsors, Theunis De Klerck and Elizabeth, wife of Renier Nack ; died 1744, Jan 1st.

8. Jannatje, born 1745, Sept. 7th; sponsors, Johannis Truex and Elizabeth, wife of Renier Nack; died 1770, July 17th.

9. Willem, born 1747, July 31st ; sponsors, Johannis and Angeni- etje Vreden Burgh ; died Aug. 10th.

IO. Cathrina, born 1749, May 15th ; sponsors, Johannis and An- genietje Vreden Burgh.

I I. Willem, born 1752, Jan. 29th ; sponsors, Johannis Esselstein and Maria Vreden Burgh, wife of Johannis Esselstein ; died 1775, Dec. 8th.

12. Cornelia, born 1754, May 14th; sponsors, Huybert Van Wagenen and Willemyntje Vreden Burgh.

13. Willemyntje born 1761, April 13th ; sponsors, William Vre- den Burgh and wife ; died April 18th.

Fourth Generation. IV.- JOHANNIS W. VREDEN BURGH, son of William Vreden Burgh and

Willemyntie Nack ; married 1755, March 12th, Marytje Van Wagenen, daughter of Gerrit Van Wagenen and Teuntje Vanden Burgh ; born 1734, May 12th.

I. Teuntje, born 1756, March 25th ; married Abraham Varick. (N. Y. G. & B. RECORD, vol. 8, p. 20.)

2. Willem, born 1758, May 31st; died July 13th. 3. Willem, born 1760, April 18th ; married Elizabeth Townsend ;

died 1813, May 9th. 4. Willemyntje, born, 1762, Oct. I 7th ; married Dr, Wm Wheeler,

of Red Hook, New York. (G. & B. RECORD, vol. 5, p.

H e died 1794, Sept. 30th. His wife died 1773, March 27". Children :

79.) 5. Johannis, born 1764, May 5th ; died August 30th. 6. Gerrit, born 1766, Sept. 23d; died 1767, Sept. 8th.

RECORDS OF RAHWAY AND PLAINFIELD [N. J.] M o n t h l y MEETING O F FRIENDS (FORMERLY H E L D AT AMBOY AND WOODBRIDGE).-BIRTHS.

(Communicated by HUGH D. VAIL, ESQ.)

(Continued from Vol, IX., p. 37, of THE RECORD.)

'THE Births, off the Children off Friends in And About Woodbridge, Registred : part transcrib'd from a Former book kept for this purpose.

Benjamin Loof bourrow, son of John Loof bourow and Day. Month. Year.

Hannah, his Wife, was Born the.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . , 31 1 1705 Present att his Birth, Hester Bun, Midwife.

Richard Fitz Randolph, Son of Edward Fitz Randolph & Katharine, his Wife, was born the., . . . . . . . . . , .

Present att his Birth, Grace Kinsey, Christian Clark- 16 4 1705


65 1878.] Records of Rahway and Plainfield, A? J. Day. Month. Year,

son, Lydia Tharp, May Tappin, and Hester Bun, Midwife.

Johanna Kinsey, daughter of John Kinsey and Grace, ‘his Wife, was born the.. ......................

Present att her birth, Hester Bun, Midwife, Christian Clarkson, Lydia Tharp & Hannah Williams.

Nathaniel Fitz Randolph, Son of Joseph Fitz Randolph & Isabel, his wife, was born ye.. ................

Present att his Birth, Ruth Cawood and Elizabeth Fitz Randolph.

Nathan Loof bourow, Son of John Loof bourrow and Hannah, his Wife, was born the. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Jacob Fitz Randolph, Son of Samuel Fitz Randolph and Mary, his Wife, was Born the. . ................

Present, Hester Bun, Midwife, Isabel Fitz Randolph & Ruth Cawood.

Edward Fitz Randolph, Son of Edward Fitz Randolph & Katharine, his Wife, was born the. . ..........

Present att his Birth, Margaret Hartshorne, Midwife. Sarah Laing, the daughter of John Laing & Elizabeth

his Wife, was born the . . ...................... James Kinsey, the Son of John Kinsey and Grace, his

Wife, was Born the.. ......................... Present, Hester Bun, Midwife, and Jane Fitz Ran-

dolph. Jacob Fitz Randolph, Son of Samuel Fitz Randolph &

Mary, his Wife, was born t h e , . ................ Present att his birth, Hephzibath Manning, Midwife,

Isabel fitz Randolph & Katharine fitz Randolph. Elizabeth Laing, daughter of John Laing & Eliz : his

Wife, was born att Plainfield the.. .............. Present att her birth, Anne Blacford, Midwife, Mar-

garet Laing (the Mother of John Laing), Mary Laing, his Brother’s Wife, and Elizabeth Shotwell, his wife’s Mother.

Benjamin Fitz Randolph, Son of Nathll Fitz Randolph and Jane, his wife, was born the.. .............. att Woodbridge. Present att his birth, Lydia Tharp, Midwife, Christian Clarkson and the Widow Singer.

Thomas Fitz Randolph, Son of Edward Fitz Randolph & Katharine, his wife, was born at Woodbridge, the .......................................

Present, Margaret Hartshorne, Midwife, Lydia Tharp & Mary Fitz Randolph.

Jeremiah Cranmer, Son of John Cranmer & Sarah, his

Present att his Birth, Sarah Looker, Midwife, Mar- garet Fraisee, Mary Fraisee & Elizabeth Pack.

Mary Willis, daughter of William Willis and Hannah,

wife, was born the.. ..........................

his wife, was born att Elizthtown the.. ........... 5

28 4 1705

2 7 I O 1705

5 7 1706

16 9 1706

22 I I 1706

23 I 1706

I I I O 1 7 0 7

23 IO 1707

24 I I 1707

13 I2 1707


66 Records of Rahway and Plainfield, A? J. [April,

Day. Month. Present att her Birth, Sarah Looker, Midwife, Ann

Elizabeth Kinsey, the daughter of John Kinsey & Grace,

Elizabeth Heburn, daughter of Edward Heburn & Bar-

Wade, Elizabeth Thompson and Tabitha Carter.

his wife, was born att Woodbridge the.. . . . . . . . . . 6 I

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . bera, his wife, was boin the.. 14 2 Present, none but himself and his wife's mother.

Margaret Shotwell, the daughter of Dan" Shotwell and Elizabeth, his wife, was born on Staten Island ye.

Present, Susannah Merrill, Midwife, Eliz" Shottwell and Margarett Taylor.

John Fitz Randolph, son of Joseph Fitz Randolph & Isabell, his wife, was born att Woodbridge the. , . . being the second day of the week. Present, Lydia Tharp, Midwife, Katharine Fitz Randolph and Hope Broomfield.

John Laing, son of John Laing & Elizabeth, his wife, was born att Plainfield the. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 2

being the second day of the week. Present, Ann Blackford, Midwife, Elizabeth Shottwell & her daughter Sarah.

William Eastwood, son of John Eastwood and Lydia,

Present, Lydia Tharp, Midwife, Hester Bloomfield, & Mary Thridcraft.

Mary Fitz Randolph, the daughter of Samll Fitz Ran- dolph & Mary, his wife, was born att Woodbridge the ......................................... 30 I I

Present att her birth, Lydia Tharp, Midwife, Grace Kinsey, Sarah Wright & Katharine Taylor.

David Kinsey, son of John Kinsey & Grace, his wife,

Benjamin Webster, son of William Webster and Mary,

Present att his birth, Sarah Conger, Midwife, with other women.

William Heburn, son of Edward Heburn & Barbara, his wife, was born the. . ......................... 21 I

Present, Barbara Cole, Midwife, Elizabeth Laing & Sarah Shotwell.

Mary Fitz Randolph, daughter of Edward Fitz Randolph & Katharine, his wife, was born att Woodbridge

Joseph Shotwell, son of John Shottwell & Mary, his

Samuel Kinsey, son of Edmund Kinsey & Sarah, his

18 2

20 2

......... his wife, was born att Woodbridge the.. 3 12

................. was born att Woodbridge the.. 9 11

his wife, was born the . . ...................... 4 2

................. the 4th day of the week & y e . . 24 3

wife, was born the.. .......................... 20 6

wife, was born the ............................ 20 8 being the fourth day of the week about sunrising.

hi5 wife, was born att Woodbridge the., . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sarah Eastwood, daughter of John Eastwood & Lydia,

Year.

1708

1708

1708

1708

1709

1709

1709

1709

1709

1710

1710

1710

1710

1710


1878.] Records of Rahway and Plainfield, N; J. 67 Day. Month.

Margaret Laing, daughter of John Laing & Elizabeth,

William Willis, son of William Willis & Hannah, his

Grace Heburn, daughter of Edward Heburn & Barbara,

Mary Fitz Randolph, daughter of Samll Fitz Randolph I 3

John Eastwood, son of John Eastwood & Lydia, his wife, was born in Woodbridge.. ................ 26 I I

Robert Fitz Randolph, son of Edward Fitz Randolph and Katharine, his wife, was born att Woodbridge ye. 19 5

Jonathan Kinsey, son of John Kinsey & Grace, his

...................... his wife, was born the. .

wife, was born att Elizabethtown on the . . ....... 19 9

his wife, was born the 3 6

& Mary, his wife, was born att Woodbridge ye . . . .

9 9

........................

......................................... wife, was born in Woodbridge the . , ............ 22 7 Hora tertia Post Meridien.

his wife, was born the ........................ I 7 Ann Laing, the daughter of John Laing and Elizabeth

Robert Willis, son of William Willis and Hannah, his

Esther Smith, the daughter of Benja Smith and Sarah,

John Vail, son of John Vail and Martha, his wife, was

David Laing, son of David Laing and Elizabeth his wife, was born ..................................... 5 2

Nathaniel Fitz Randolph, son of Edward Fitz Randolph and Katharine his wife, was born att 'Woodbridge ye 3

John Smith, son of Benjamin Smith and Sarah, his wife,

John Shottwell, son of John Shottwell, Junr, and Mary,

Mary Fitz Randolph, daughter of Joseph fitz Randolph,

John Brotherton, son of Henry Brotherton and Ann, his

Elizabeth Eastwood, the daughter of John Eastwood

Mary Kinsey, the daughter of Edmund Kinsey and Sarah:

Samuel Vail, son of John Vail and Martha, his wife, was

Elizabeth Shottwell, daughter of John Shotwell, Junr, and Mary, his wife, was born att Raway, in Elizabeth-

Agnes Clarkson, the daughter of James Clarkson &

Margaret Clarkson, the Daughter of James Clarkson &

John Clarkson, son of James Clarkson & Abigail, his

wife, was born att Elizthtown the. . ............. 26 2

his wife, was born att Woodbridge on ye . . ....... born att Woodbridge the. . .................... 14 6

4 I

2 1

was born att Woodbridge the.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 7 5

his wife, was born att Raway, in Elizthtown the.. . . was born in Woodbridge the. . ................. 8 6

3 7

wife, was born att Woodbridge. ................. 17 IO

and Lydia, his wife, was born att Woodbridge the.. ......... his wife, was born att Woodbridge the. . . . . . . . . . . 20 12

born att Woodbridge the. . .................... 16 12

town bounds ye.. ............................. 9 2

Abigail, his wife, was born att Woodbridge the. ... Abigail, his wife, was born att Woodbridge the. .. wife, was born att Woodbridge the, . ............ 15 I I

5 4

3 2 I

Year.

17ro

1 7 1 1

1 7 1 1

1 7 1 1

1 7 1 1

1 7 1 2

1712

1 7 1 2 ,

1713

1713

1713

. 1714.

1714

1714

1 7 1 2

1 7 1 2

1 7 1 4

1715

1708

1 7 1 1

1713/14


68 Records of Rahway and Plainfield, N ; J [April,

John Smith, the second son of Benjamin Smith and Sarah, his wife, was born att Woodbridge the, . . . .

Benjamin Kinsey, the son of John Kinsey & Grace, his wife, was born at Woodbridge the. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Martha Laing, the daughter of John Laing & Elizabeth, his wife, was born at Plainfield the . . ............

Mary Brotherton, daughter of Henry Brotherton and Ann, his wife, was born att Woodbridge the , . . . . .

Margaret Fitz Randolph, daughter of Edward Fitz Ran- dolph Sr Katharine, his wife, was born, att Wood- bridge the ...................................

Eiizabeth Shottwell, daughter of Abraham Shottwell and Elizabeth, his wife, was born in Elizabeth Town- ship the . . .................................

Thomas Trenary, son of Thomas Trenary and Mary, his wife, was born att Woodbridge the. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Mary Smith, the daughter of Shobal Smith Sr Prudence,

Elizabeth Brotherton, daughter of Henry Brotherton and Ann, his wife, was born att Woodbridge the. .

Mary Laing, daughter of John Laing' & Elizabeth, his

Eseck fitz Randolph, the son of Edward fitz Randolph Katharine, his wife, was born att Woodbridge y e . .

Nathaniel Willis, son of William Willis and Hannah, his

Benjamin, the son of Benjamin Smith Sr Sarah, his wife,

Mary Shottwell, the daughter of John Shotwell, Jun', &

John Webster, son of William Webster, Jun', & Susan- nah, his wife, mas born att plainfield the.. . . . . . .

Israel Eastwood, son of John Eastwood Sr Lydia, his

Elizabeth Smith, daughter of Benjamin Smith & Sarah, his wife, was born att Woodbridge the. . .........

Abraham Shotwell, son of John Shottwell Sr Mary, his wife, was born att Raway, in Elizthtown the.. .....

Elizabeth Smith, daughter of Shoball Smith and Pru- dence, his wife, was born att Woodbridge the. ....

Grace Brotherton, daughter of Henry Brotherton and Ann, his wife, was born att Woodbridge the. .....

Abraham Laing, the son of John Laing & Elizabeth, his

Hugh Fitz Randolph, son of Edward fitz Randolph and Katharine, his wife, was born at Woodbridge

Thomas Vail, son of John Vail Sr Martha, his wife, was

Isaac Laing, son of John Laing Sr Elizabeth, his wife,

his wife, was born at Woodbridge ye.. ...........

wife, was born at plainfield the. . ...............

wife, was born att Elizabeth town the . , ........... was born att Woodbridge the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary, his wife, was born att Raway the.. .........

wife, was born in Elizthtown the. . ..............

wife, was born at plainfield the. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

y e ......................................... born att Woodbridge the. ..................... was born att plainfield the.. ...................

Day. Month.

2 2 8

IO I I

I IO

14 I I

9 2

IO I

14 I O

2 7 12

4 1

8 4

I2 I

... 8

2 5 7

9 2

2 2 2

I2 I I

11 4

8 3

15 6

2 6

8 I2

19 IO

29 6

IO IO


1 8 7 8 . ] Records of Rahway ana' Plainfield, N. J 69 Day.

IO

Ann Brotherton, Daughter of Henry Brotherton & Ann,

Jacob Shottwell, son of John Shottwell & Mary, his wife,

Sarah Smith, daughter of Shobal Smith and Prudence,

Sarah Shotwell, daughter of Abraham Shottwell & Eliza-

Henry Brotherton, son of Henry Brotherton & Ann,

Sarah Hewitt, Midwife, was present, & Grace Kinsey.

Joseph Shotwell, son of Joseph Shotwell & Mary, his

Nicholas Shottwell, son of Joseph Shottwell & Mary, his wife, was born on Staten Island the . . . . . . . . .

Elizabeth Shotwell, daughter of Joseph Shotwell & Mary his wife, was born on Staten Island the . . . . . . . . . .

Mary Webster, daughter of William Webster and Susanna, his wife, was born the. ...............

Sarah Smith, daughter of Benjamin Smith and Sarah, his wife, was born ...........................

Elizabeth Vail, daughter of John Vail and Martha, his wife, was born the.. ..........................

Mary Shotwell, daughter of Joseph Shotwell and Mary,

Elizabeth Gach, daughter of Thomas Gach & Elizabeth, his wife, was born the . . ......................

Mary Smith, daughter of Benjamin Smith & Sarah, his

Hartshorne Fitz Randolph, son of Edward Fitz Ran- dolph & Katharine, his wife, was born ye ....... 8

Jacob Laing, son of John Laing & Elizabeth, his wife, was born the. . .............................. 8

Hannah Shottwell, daughter of Abraham Shotwell & Elizth, his wife, was born the. . 23

William Webster, son of William Webster and Susanna, his wife, was born the.. ....................... 27 att Plainfield in Elizabeth town.

Samuel Smith, son of Shobal Smith and Prudence, his wife, was born the.. ..........................

Samuell Shotwell, son of John Shotwell & Mary, his wife, was born the. . .........................

Henry Brotherton, son of Henry Brotherton &Ann, his wife, was born the.. ........................

Mary Gach, daughter of 'Thomas Gach and Elizabeth, his wife, was born the.. .......................

Abraham Smith, the son of Benjamin Smith & Sarah,

Mary Thorn, daughter of Jacob Thorn & Susanna, his

his wife, was born att Woodbridge ye . . . . . . . . . . . . was born att Raway in Elizthtown ye .

his wife, was born att Woodbridge ye. . . . . . . . . . . . beth, his wife, was born the. .

his wife, was born att Woodbridge the.. ........

........... 14

2

.................. 5

17

Eliz : Shotwell, & Susanna Burwell.

wife, was born on Staten lsland the . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

29

16

26

5

16

30

I

.......... his wife, was born att Woodbridge ye..

.......................... wife, was born the.. 2 7

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2 I

20

16

I I

2 5 ...................... his wife, was born the. .

wife, was born the 9 ...........................

Month.

2

4

10

9

5

6

3

I I

6

2

1

I 2

I 2

7

I I

I O

3

2

I O

I O

Year.

1721

1721

1 7 2 0

1 7 2 0

1 7 2 2

1 7 1 7

1 7 1 8

1 7 2 0

1721

1721

1722

1 7 2 2

1722

1 7 2 3


Records of Rahway and Plainfield, N. J 7 0 Day.

Nathaniel Vail, son of John Vail & Martha, his wife, was born the. ............................... 2 2

2 6 Prudence Smith, (laughter of Shobal Smith & Prudence,

his wife, was born ye., ........................ his wife, was born att Plainfield the . . ........... wife, was born att Woodbridge the . , . . . . . . . . . . .

Christiana Laing, daughter of John Laing & Elizabeth

Daniel Shotwell, son of Joseph Shotwell & Mary, his

Glace Webster, daughter of William Webster & Susan- na, his wife, was born att Plainfield in Eliz:town the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Abraham Shottwell, son of Joseph Shotwell & Mary, his wife, was born att Woodbridge the 13

Elizabeth Gach, daughter of Thomas Gach and Eliza- beth, his wife, was born the. 30

Sarah Kinsey, the daughter of John Kinsey, Jun', & Mary, his wife, was born in the City of Philadelphia, ye 1 7

Present, Sarah Powell, Midwife, Rebecca Kearny, her Mother, & her sister Susanna Kearny.

James Brotherton, son of Henry Brotherton & Ann his wife, was born the . . .......................... 24

William Chambers, son William Chambers & Sarah, his wife, was born the. . .......................... 26

Isaac Vail, son of John Vail & Martha, his wife, was

Present, Ruth Cawood, Midwife, Margaret Moores & others.

Ann Smith, daughter off Shobal Smith & Prudence, his wife, was born att Woodbridge y e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Rachell Webster, daughter of William Webster, Jun', & Susanna, his wife, was born att Woodbridge the ......................................... 2 2

John Kinsey, the son of off John Kinsey, Junr, and Mary, his wife, was born att Woodbridge y e . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 about Six a clock in the fforenoon. Present att his birth, Ruth Cawood, Midwife, Grace Kinsey, Ann Brotherton, &c.

Elizabeth Bloodgood, daughter of William Bloodgood & Mary, his wife, was born att Woodbridge on the. .

William Smith, son of Shobal Smith and Prudence, his

Elizabeth Hadden, the daughter of Thomas Hadden & Margaret, his wife, was born att Woodbridge the. .

Sarah Gach, daughter of Thomas Gach & Mary, his wife, was born att Woodbridge the . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Martha Gach, daughter of 'Thomas Gach & Mary, his

Mary Fitz Randolph, daughter of Samuel Fitz Ran- dolph, Junr, & Johanna, his wife, was born att

2

8

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

.........................................

...................... born att Woobridge the.. 31

I

12

4

16

25

29

. . . . . . . . . . . . wife, was born att Woodbridge t h e , .

. . . . . . . . . . . . wife, was born att Woodbridge the , .

Woodbridge, ................................ 2 5

[ April , Month, Year.

9 1 7 2 4

9 1724 I 1724/5

2 1 7 2 5

9 1725

2 1 7 2 6

3 1 7 2 9

8 1 7 2 6

7 1 7 2 6

I I 1726/7

2 1728

12 1 7 2 8

3 1728 12 1 7 2 7

I I 1 7 2 9


7 1 1878.] Records of Rahway and Plainfield, A? J.

Day.

2 2 James Kinsey, the son of John Kinsey, Jun', and Mary,

Present, Parr, Midwife, Susanna Owen, Sarah Pritchard, & others.

Annah Gach* was born att Woodridge being ye Dawgh- ter of Thomas Gach & Elizabeth his wife was born ye ..................................... 18

mary Bloodgood the daghter of william Bloodgood & 17

Gach Bloodgood Daughter of william Bloodgood and 4

martha Vail Daughter of John .and martha Vail was Born att woodbridge the.. ..................... 28

Sarah Vail Daughter of John & martha Vail was Born att Woodbridge the . . ......................... 12

Susana Smith daughter of Shobal and Prudence Smith was born.,. .................................. 6

mary Smith Daughter of Shobal Smith and Prudence 2 7

John Shotw son of Abraham Shotwel and Eliza- beth his wife was born the ...................... 23

Abraham Shotwell Son of Abraham Shotwell and Eliza- beth his wife was Born.. .......................

John Kinsey Fitz Randolph the son of Joseph Fitz Randolph & Elizabeth His Wife Was Born at Woodbridg the. . ........................... 2 2

his wife, was born att Philad" the. ..............

mary his wife was born att woodbridge the.. ...... mary his wife was born att Woodbridge the. .......

his wife was Born att woodbridge ye. ............

in ye township of pisgataway in Essex Co.

13 in ye township & County abovesaid.

Midwife, Elizth Codd'ton. ffrances Smith daughter of Shobal Smith & Prudence

Phebe Smith daughter of Shobal Smith & Prudence

Franses Fitz Randolph Daughter of Jos Fitz Randolph

his wife was born at Woodbridge.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . his wife was born att Woodbridge. .............. and Elizth his Wife Was Born at Woodbridge.. ....

5

31

I O

Midwife Elizth Coddinton. Joseph Randolph Son of Joseph Randolph and Eliza-

beth his Wife was Bourne at Woodbridge, mid-

Kinsey Fitz Randol Son of Samll Fitz Randol Jur

Samll Fitz Randol Son of Samll Fitz Randol Jur and Joanna his wife was Born att Woodbridg ye... .....

Isaac Fitz Randol Son of Samll Fitz Randol and Joan-

wife Elizth Codington.. ........................ 4

and Joanna his wife was Born att Woodbridg ...... I I

17

na his wife was Born a t Wood Bridg ............. I I

Month.

I

I 2

I

9

I I

I O

3

I 2

1

7

I

2

I I

7

7

9

2

I2

Year.

1731

1732

1737

1732

1734

1735/6

* All previous to this entry is in the same hand, and neatly written ; what follows is in various hands, and often very badly written.


174 Records of Rahway and Plainfield, A? J [Oct.,

RECORDS O F RAHWAY AND PLAINFIELD [N. J.] MONTHLY MEETING O F FRIENDS (FORMERLY H E L D AT A m b o y AND WOODBRIDGE). BIRTHS.

Communicated by HUGH D. VAIL, Esq.

(Continued from p. 71, of THE RECORD.)

Richd fitz Randolph Son of Ricrd fitz Randolph and Eliza- beth his wife was born att Shrowsbury .. ...........

George fitz Randolph Son of Ricrd fitz Randolph and Eliza- beth his wife was born att Amboy. Elizabeth Gilbert Midwife.. .....................................

Benjamin Fitz Randolph Son of Samule Fitz Randolph

Nathaniel Parker Son of Georg Parker and Elizabeth his wife was born the.. .............................

John Parker Son of Georg Parker and Elizabeth his wife was born the ..................................

Georg Parker Son of Georg Parker and Elizabeth his wife was born the ..................................

The Twins the children of Georg Parker and Elizabeth his wife was born .............................. and boath died soon after they was Born

Francis and Elizabeth Fitz Randolph Deafters of Joseph Fitz Randolph and Elizabeth his wife was borne in Woodbridg ....................................

Beverly Fitz Randolph Son of Samll Randolph Jur and

Isaac Shotwell Son of Joseph Shotwell & mary his wife was Born the. . ................................

Jacob Shotwell Son of Joseph Shotwell and mary his wife was Born the. . ................................

Elizabeth Shotwell ye Second Daughter of that naim who is ye Daughter of Joseph Shotwell & mary his wife was Born the ......................................

Edward Thorn Son of William Thorn and mary his wife was Born the. . .................................

Thomas Thorn Son of William Thorn and mary his wife was Born the.. ................................

William Thorn Son of William Thorn and mary his wife was Born the.. ................................

Katherian Thorn Daughter of William Thorn and mary his wife was Born the.. .........................

Joseph Thorn Son of William Thorn and mary his wife was born the ......................................

Deborah Shotwell Daughter of Abraham Shotwell & Eliza- beth his wife was born the.. .....................

Thomas Fitz Randolph Son of Richard Fitz Randolph & Elizabeth his wife was Born.. ....................

and Johana his wife was Born in Woodbridge ......

Johana his Wife was Bourne at Woodbridge. .......

Day. Month.

8 5

14 2

9 7

4 12

28 I O

7 3

10 5

IT I I

3 1 1

28 I

19 9

4 7

28 I O

1 2 3

21 TO

. Year.

1736

1738

1737

1735

1736

1739

1741

1731/2

1729

1731

1732

1734

1735

1735

1740


175 878.] Records of Rahway and Plainfield, A? J.

Day. Month. Year.

Katherian Fitz Randolph Daughter of Richard Fitz Ran-

Susanah Webster Daughter of William Webster & Susanah

Martha Webster Daughter of William Webster & Susanah

Mary Webster Daughter of William Webster & Susanah

Sarah Webster Daughter of William Webster & Susanah

Elizabeth Webster Daughter of William Webster & Susa-

Thomas Vail son of Stephen Vail & Esther his wife was

Benjamin Vail Son of Stephen Vail & Esther his wife was

Stephen Vail Son of Stephen Vail & Esther his wife was

Stephen Vail ye 2d Son of that name of Stephen Vail &

Abigil Vail Daughter of Stephen Vail and Esther his wife

Mary Laing Daughtur of John Laing and Sarah his wife

Elizabeth Shotwell Daughtur of John Shotwell & Elizth his

John Smith Shotwell Son of John Shotwell and Elizabeth

Sarah Randolph Daughtur of Robert Randolph & Ka-

Robert Randolph Son of Robert Randolph & Katherian

Margrit Randolph Daughtur of Robert Randolph & Ka-

John Shotwell Son of Joseph Shotwell and Sarah his wife was Born at Rahaway about 5 oclock in the morning, 7 I 1743/4 Preasent at his Birth Elizth Laing midwife & his fathers mother Elizth Moore & Divers others.

Mary Shotwell Daughtur of Joseph Shotwell & Sarah his wife was Born at Rahaway about 7 oclock in the morning ...................................... 2 8 3 1746

Elizabeth Marsh Daughtur of Samuel Marsh & Mary his wife was Born.. ............................... 18 9 1744

Jacob Marsh Son of Samuel Marsh and Mary his wife was Born ......................................... 25 6 1746

Abraham Vail Son of Stephen Vail and Esther his wife was

Sarah Vail Daughtur of Stephen Vail and Esther his wife

Joseph Fitz Randolph Son of Samuel Fitz Randolph &

dolph & Elizabeth his wife was Born . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 12 1742

his wife was Born .............................. I5 6 1732

his wife was Born ............................. 15 4 1734

his wife was Born.. ............................ 9 4 1736

his wife was Born .............................. 2 2 5 1738

nah his wife was Born .......................... 8 2 1741

Born .......................................... 9 1 1734/5

Born ......................................... 6 6 1736

Born ......................................... 23 6 1738

Esther Vail his wife was Born.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 10 1739

was Born ..................................... I 4 2 1742

w a s Born ..................................... 18 9 1742

wife was Born.. ............................... 2 7 12 1736/7

his wife was Horn .............................. 8 12 1738/9

therian his wife was Born.. ...................... 15 I 1739/40

his wife was Born .............................. 14 I O 1741

therian his wife was Born.. ...................... I 3 1744

Born ......................................... 12 3 1744

was Born.. .................................... 25 5 1746

Joanah his wife was Born.. ..................... 18 4 1742


Records of Rahway and Plainfield, N J [Oct., 176 Day. Month. Year.

Jacob Fitz Randolph Son of Samuel Fitz Randolph Sr

Joseph Shotwell Son of Joseph Shotwell Sr Sarah his wife

Mary Marsh Daughtur of Samuel Marsh Sr Mary his wife

Hugh Haniton Son of Abner Hamton Sr Rachel his wife

William Haniton Son of Abner Hamton Sr Rachel his wife

Sarah Haniton Daughtur of Abner Haniton Sr Rachel his

Samuel Marsh Son of Samuel Marsh and Mary his wife

Joseph Marsh Son of Samuel Marsh Sr Mary his wife was

William Marsh Son of Samuel Marsh Sr Mary his wife was

Sarah Marsh Daughtur of Samuel Marsh Sr Mary his wife

Peter Marsh Son of Samuel Marsh and Mary his wife was

Isaac Marsh Son of Samuel Marsh and Mary his wife mas

Elizabeth Smith Daughter of Samll Sr Macy Smith was

Sara Smith Daughter of Samll Smith & Macy his wife was

Samll Smith Son of Samll Smith and Macy his wife was

Hannah Shootwell daughter of Jacob Shootwell Sr Elliner

Susanah Shootwell daughter of John Shootwell Sr Grace

Jacob Son of John Shootwell Sr Grace his wife was born

William Son of John Shootwell & Grace his wife was born

Joanah his wife was Born.. ...................... 8 I I 1743

was Horn ..................................... 2 6 1747

was Born ...................................... 2 2 7 1748

was Born ..................................... 14 2 1745

was Born.. .................................... 4 I 2 1746/7

wife was born ................................. 7 1 0 1748

was Born ..................................... 2 2 1 2 1728/9

Born ......................................... 7 8 1730

Born .. ........................................ 9 12 1734

was Born ..................................... 21 I 1737

Born ......................................... I I 1738/9

Born ......................................... 2 4 I I 1740/1 Born ......................................... 18 9 1744

Born ........................................ I O 6 1746

Born ......................................... 28 12 1748

his wife mas born.. ............................ 20 I 1749

his wife was horn the. . ......................... 2 I 1744

the .......................................... 25, 8 1746

Isaiah Son of John & Grace Shootwell was born ........ 24 I I 1749

mas born att Woodbridge .. ...................... 16 3 1738

was borne.. ................................... 1 3 1746

his wife was bore.. ............................. 16 IO 1748 His Wife was Born.. ........................... 13 1 1747

Wife Was Horn.. .............................. 12 I 1745

the ........................................... 11 6 1748

Margrett Smith Daughter of Shobal & prudence his wife

Richard Fitz Randolph Son of Ricrd Sr Elizabeth his wife

Elizabeth Fitz Randolph Daughter of Ricrd Sr Elizabeth

Phebe Jacson daughter of William Jacson and Prudence

Jeams Jacson Son of William Jacson and Prudence his

Sarah Shootwell Daughter of Joseph Shootwell and Sarah his wife was born.. ............................. 6 5 1750


1878. ] Records of Rahway and Plainfield, N. J . 177

Anna Marsh Daughter of Samll Marsh and Mary his wife was born ......................................

Sarah Shotwell Daughter of Benjamin Shotwell and Ame his wife born.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Ame Shotwell Daughter of Benjamin Shotwell and Ame his wife born.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Mary Shotwell Daughter of Benjamin Shotwell and Ame his wife born., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Peter Vail Son of John and Martha Vail was Born . . . . . . Mary Copland Daughter of Cowperthwaite Copland and

Susanah his wife was born.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Fitz Randolph Daughter of Richard and Elizabeth

was Borne y e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charls Jacson Son of James Jacson & Mary his wife was

born att Woodbridge the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sarah Jacson Daughter of James Jacson and mary his

wife was born att Woodbridge the.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Jacson Son of James Jacson and mary his wife was

born att Woodbridge the.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Benj : Jacson Son of James Jacson and Mary his wife was

born at Woodbridge.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Margrett Jacson daaughter of James Jacson and Mary his

wife was born at Woodbridge the.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Experience Donham daughter of Jonath Donham and

Mary his wife was born att Woodbridge the . . . . . . . . Jos : Donham Son of Jonath Donham and mary his wife was

born att Woodbridge the. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Benj : Donham Son of Jonath Donham and mary his wife

was born att Woodbridge the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elizabeth Donham daughter of Jonath Donham and mary

his wife was born att Woodbridge the . . . . . . . . . . . . . Samll Donham Son of Jonath Donham and mary his wife

was born att Woodbridge the.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Asher Donham Son of Jonath Donham and mary his wife

was born att Woodbridge the. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . William Donham Son of Jonath Donham and mary his wife

was born att Woodbridge the. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Hana Donham daughter of Jonath Donham and mary his

wife was born att Woodbridge the.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jonath Donham Son of Benjamin Donham and mary his

wife was born att Woodbridge the. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James Marsh Son of Samll Marsh and Mary his wife was

born att Woodbridge.. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daniel Veail Son of John Vail and Margit his wife was

born the ...................................... Isaac Vail Son of John Veail and Margret his wife was

born .......................................... David Veail Son of John Vail and Margret his wife was

born . . . . . . . . . . . . ............................. Jacob Vail Son of John Vail and Margret his wife was

born the.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . .

Day.

5

3

2 2

15 9

6

2 5

I

I I

3

15

2 4

8

4

I

2 7

I I

15

2 4

5

7

I I

7

2 7

6

3

Month.

8

3

2

4 I 2

4

2

I

I I

3

I

IO

6

I 2

I

I 2

5

7

5

8

I I

9

I

I I

4

7

Year.


Records of Rahway ana' Plainfield, N. J.

Day

Abram Vail Son of John Veail and Margret his wife was born .........................................

Benjamin Vail Son of John Veail and Margret his wife was born ..........................................

John Hamton Son of Abner Hamton and Rachel his wife was born.. ...................................

Mary Hamton Daughter of Abner Hamton and Rachel his wife was born, ........ .. ....................

Eden Shotwell Son of Jacob Shotwell and Elliner his wife was born at Woodbridge.. .......................

Sarah Laing Daughter of Jacob Laing and Sarah his wife was born the.. .................................

John Laing the Son of Jacob Laing and ann his wife was born the ......................................

Deborah Laing Daughter of Jacob Laing and ann his wife wasbornthe ..................................

Elisabeth Laing Daughter of Jacob Laing and ann his wife was born the ..................................

Mary Hamton Daughter of abner Haniton and Rachel his wife was born att plainfield.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Rachel Hamton Daughter of abner Hamton and Rachel his wife was born, ..............................

John Marsh Son of Samll Marsh and mary his wife was born at Rawway.. ..............................

Caleb Shotwell Son of Samuel Shotwell and ame his wife

thomas Shotwell Son of Samuel Shotwell and ame his wife

Sarah Shotwell daughter of Samuel Shotwell and ame his wife was born at raway in Elizabethtownd ..........

mary Shotwell daughter of Samuel Shotwell and ame his wife was born at raway in Elizabethtownd.. ........

Abraham thorn Son of Abraham Thorn and mary his wife

hannah thorn dafter of Abraham thorn & mary his wife was born at woodbridg.. ........................

Isaac thorn Son of Abraham thorn & ann his wife was born

Elizabeth thorn daufter of Abraham thorn & ann his wife was born at woodbridg ..........................

John thorn Son of Abraham thorn & ann his wife was born

benjamin thorn Son of Abraham thorn & ann his wife was

ann thorn the daufter of Abraham thorn & ann his wife

Phebe Shotwell daufter of Abraham Shotwell and mary his wife was born a t Elizabethtownd.. ............

Elizabeth Shotwell daufter of Abraham Shotwell & mary his wife was born at Elizabethtownd.. .............

was born at raway in Elizabethtownd. ............. was born at raway in Elizabethtownd. .............

was born at woodbridg.. ........................

a t woodbridg.. ................................

at woodbridg.. ................................ born at woodbridg.. ............................ was born at woodbridg ..........................

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naomi Shotwell daufter of Abraham Shotwell & mary his wife was born at Elizabethtownd.. ................

mary Shotwell daufter of Abraham Shotwell & mary his wife was born at Elizabeth town, .................

hester Shotwell daufter of Abraham Shotwell & mary his wife was born at Elizabeth townd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Ambrose Copland Son of Cowperthwaite Copland and Susanah h i s wife was born the ....................

Samuel Copland Son of Cowperthwaite Copland and Susanah his wife was born the.. ...................

Richard Shotwell Son of Benjamin Shotwell and anie his wife was born in Elizabethtown.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Jeremiah Shotwell son of Abraham Shotwell & mary his wife was born in Elizabeth townd.. ...............

John Lain Son of david lain and mary his wife was born at Plainfield.. ..................................

Elizabeth lain daufter of david lain and mary his wife was born at Plainfield.. ............................

Jacob lain Son of david lain and mary his wife was born at Plainfield.. ................................

Susannah lain Son* of david lain & mary his wife was born a t Plainfield.. ..................................

david lain Son of david lain & mary his wife was born at Plainfield.. ........................... .new Stile

mary lain daufter of david lain and mary his wife was born at Plainfield. ..................................

Sarah lain daufter of david lain and mary his wife was born at Plainfield. ...................................

Samuel Willis Son of Robert Willis & Jane his wife was born the 11th day of the mo. 1 7 4 9 . . ...........

Joseph Willis Son of Robert Willis and Jane his wife was born ..........................................

Mary Willis daughter of Robert Willis and Jane his wife was b o r n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Joseph Vail Son of John Vail and Mary his wife was born .........................................

Christian Vail daughtuer of John Vail and Mary his wife was born .....................................

Henry Shotwell Son of Joseph Shotwell and Sarah his wife mas Born., ................................

James Shotwell Son of Joseph Shotwell and Sarah his wife was Born,. ....................................

Thomas Shotwell Son of Joseph Shotwell and Sarah his wife was born.. ................................

John Laing the Son of Jacob Laing and Ann his wife was born ..........................................

Susanah Marsh daughter of Samuel Marsh and Mary his wife was born.. ................................

Enoch Moore the Son of John Moore was born ........

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Ann Moore the daughter of Enoch Moore and Grace his wife was Born.. ................................

Francis Moore daughter of Enoch Moore and Grace his wife was Horn.. ................................

Grace Moore daughter of Enoch Moore and Grace his wife was born .....................................

Enoch Moore Son of Enoch Moore and Grace his wife was born ......................................

John Moore Son of Enoch Moore and Grace his wife was’ born. ..........................................

James Moore Son of Enoch Moore and Grace his wife was born.. ....................................

James Moore the 2d Son of that name of Enoch Moore and Grace his wife was born.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Samuel Moore Son of Enoch Moore and Grace his wife was born ......................................

Hope Moore daughter of Enoch Moore and Grace his wife was born.. ................................

Henry Moore Son of Enoch Moore and Grace his wife was born ......................................

Isable Smith daughter of William Smith and Elizabeth his wife was born. .................................

Shobell Smith Son of William Smith and Elizabeth his wife was born.. ................................

Joseph Smith Son of William Smith and Elizabeth his wife was born ......................................

Nathaniel Smith Son of William Smith and Elizabeth his wife was born.. ................................

T H E V E G H T E F A M I L Y .

BY GERRIT H. VAN Wagenen. -

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THE following record of the Veghte family has been prepared from the original wills of Hendrick Veghte, dated July 31st, 1716, and of his grandson, Hendrick Veghte, Sept. 14, 1767, and the family record in Dutch, of which I have made a literal translation. The wills and the record are in the possession of Reynier H. Veghte, of Somerville, New Jersey :

Claes Arensen, as he is called in the list of emigrants, or Klaes Arents Vecht as written by himself, with his wife Lammetie, 3 children and a boy, emigrated from the province of Drenthe in Holland in the ship Bonticou, or Spotted Cow, April, 1660, and settled in Brooklyn. His children were Hendrick Klaessen Veghten, mho married Oct. 10th 1680, Grietje Reiniers Wizzelpenning, and purchased land near Millstone, New Jersey, about 1702. And Gerrit Claessen, who settled on Staten Island. (The Bergen family, p. 543 and 544.)


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