Descendants of Founders of New Jersey

241 Pages·2016·9.77 MB·English

FOUNDERS
OF
NEW JERSEY

First Settlements, Colonists and
Biographies by Descendants

Evelyn H. Ogden, Ed. D.
and
The Descendants of Founders
of New Jersey
Third Edition 2016
Acknowledgements 
We wish to thank Diana Robinson for editing the manuscript; Jennifer Carter for design,
technical assistance and layout throughout the writing process; Roseann Jessel for cover
design; Kurt Jessel Jennifer Johnson for technical support.

Descendants of Founders of New Jersey 

www.njfounders.org. 

FOUNDERS OF NEW JERSEY:
First Settlements, Colonists and Biographies by Descendants
First Edition 2006 (incorporating earlier published
Books I, II, and II of biographies)
Second Edition 2011
Third Edition 2016 (incorporating all previous editions)
Founders of New Jersey: First Settlements, Colonists and Biographies by
Descendants
Member Authors

Paul Woolman Adams, Jr. Steven Guy Brandon Rowley
Mary Ellen Ezzell Ahlstrom Craig Hamilton Helen L. Schanck
Annie Looper Alien William Hampton Deanna May Scherrer
Reba Baglio Robert J. Hardie, Sr. Marjorie Barber Schuster
Lucy Hazen Barnes James Paul Hess Judy Scovronsky
Michael T. Bates Steve Hollands Sara Frasier Sellgren
Kathryn Marie Marten Beck Mary Jamia Case Jacobsen James A Shepherd
Taylor Marie Beck Edsall Riley Johnston, Jr. Barbara Carver Smith
Patricia W. Blakely Elaine E. Johnston Marian L. Smith
Matthew Bowdish John Edward Lary Jr Martha Sullivan Smith
Margaret A. Brann Guy Franklin Leighton Myron Crenshaw Smith
Clifton Rowland Brooks, M.D. Marian L. LoPresti George E. Spaulding, Jr.
Richard Charles Budd Constan Trimmer Lucy Heather Elizabeth Welty Speas
Daniel Byram Bush Michael Sayre Maiden, Jr. Charlotte Van Horn Squarcy
James Reed Campbell Jr Donna Lee Wilkenson Malek Earl Gorden Stannard III
Esther Burdge Capestro Douglas W. McFarlane Marshall Jacqueline Frank Strickland
Michael Charles Alan Russell Matlack David Strungfellow
Warren R. Clayton Amy Adele Matlack Harriet Stryker‐Rodda
Eva Lomerson Collins Nancy Elise Matlack Kenn Stryker‐Rodda
Mirabah L. LeJambre Combs Dorothy J. Maxon Frank S.Sutherland‐Hall
Lynda and James Condon Robert D. McPherson Margaret Drody Thompson
Lynn D. Constan Teresa Carroll Medlinsky James L. Tichenor, Esq.
David Hand Coward Jeffrey A. Meyer James Tunison
Susan Bakley Coxe Mary McCall Middleton L. George Van Syckle
James L. Dennis Don Charles Nearpass Robert Vivian
Ronald DePue Beverly Nelson Kathleen Bastedo Walter
Margaret Dill Evelyn Hunt Ogden Robertson D. Ward
Theodore Matthew Duay III Sharon Patton Craig Hamilton Weaver
Julia VanRiper Dumdey Ross Gamble Perry Jay Pernell Wells
Lester Robert Dunham Evelyn Ogden from Petrov Janice Crowell Wheeler
Laura Carolina Jennings Fafeita Clarence Mott Pickard William Gammons White
David Richard Finch William Young Pryor Florence S. Whitehead
Timothy Christopher Finton Arthur D. Quackenbush, Jr. Kenneth Winans
Harol Douglas Ford David R. Reading Karen Hand Wolzanski
Michael Garey George L. Reeves Helen Grey Henning Wright
Sally Graham Dallas John Riedesel
David Lawrence Grinnell Byron David Rolfe
Introduction

The Descendants of Founders of New Jersey is pleased to make available the 2016 edition of
FOUNDERS OF NEW JERSEY: First Settlements, Colonists and Biograhies by
Descendants. This volume includes a timeline of early New Jersey history, sketches of the five earliest
English settlements and their colonists, 138 biographies of founders of New Jersey researched and
written by their descendants.
The Genealogical Index of Names includes, not only those of founders documented by society
members, but also over 2000 genealogical references in the biographies such as spouses, subsequent
generations, siblings of founders; individuals associated with significant events, grantors, grantees,
deed holders, ship passengers and Native American sellers of land.
We hope that this volume will make interesting reading, bringing new insights into otherwise hidden
relationships for current Descendants of Founders of New Jersey members, prospective members,
family historians, genealogists and historical researchers interested in the early history of New Jersey.
While this volume contains a list of over 300 previously “Qualified Founders” that have been
documented by the members as a basis for membership as of 2016; there are many many other
individuals and families who settled, encouraged and financed New Jersey prior to 1702. We hope
their descendants will be inspired to document and memorialized their New Jersey roots and join with
us as members of Descendants of Founders of New Jersey.

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Table of Contents
Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 4 
DESCENDANTS OF FOUNDERS OF NEW JERSEY ................................................................................... 13 
1676 DIVISION OF NEW JERSEY – THE EAST WEST BOUNDARY ........................................................................... 14 
Qualifying New Jersey Ancestors – As of June 2016 ............................................................................ 15 
HISTORY AND FOUNDING OF NEW JERSEY ......................................................................................... 19 
HISTORICAL TIMELINE OF EARLY NEW JERSEY ................................................................................................... 20 
THE NATIVE NEW JERSEYANS ......................................................................................................................... 22 
EARLY EXPLORATION OF NEW JERSEY .............................................................................................................. 22 
PRE‐1664 ‐THE DUTCH PERIOD IN ALBANIA .................................................................................................... 23 
ENGLISH COLONIES OF CONNECTICUT AND LONG ISLAND – 1636 ........................................................................ 24 
1664 –NEW NETHERLANDS FALLS TO THE ENGLISH AND THE FOUNDING OF NEW JERSEY ........................................ 25 
LORD JOHN BERKELEY, SIR GEORGE CARTERET AND THE CONCESSIONS AND AGREEMENTS ...................................... 25 
THE FIRST ENGLISH SETTLEMENTS  IN NEW JERSEY ............................................................................ 27 
1664 – The Founding of Elizabethtown ............................................................................................... 28 
THE FIRST ENGLISH PURCHASE OF LAND IN NEW JERSEY ..................................................................................... 28 
ARRIVAL OF THE FIRST ENGLISH SETTLERS ‐ NOVEMBER 1664 ............................................................................. 30 
THE ELIZABETHTOWN ASSOCIATES .................................................................................................................. 31 
ELIZABETHTOWN ‐ THE FIRST CAPITAL OF NEW JERSEY ....................................................................................... 32 
ELIZABETHTOWN – THE FIRST ENGLISH CHURCH ............................................................................................... 33 
ELIZABETHTOWN – FIRST IN EDUCATION .......................................................................................................... 34 
ELIZABETHTOWN – THE FIRST ELECTED ASSEMBLY AND CODE OF LAWS ................................................................ 34 
1665 ‐ The Founding of Shrewsbury and Middletown ......................................................................... 36 
THE MONMOUTH PATENT AND PATENTEES ...................................................................................................... 37 
THE GROWTH OF THE SETTLEMENT ................................................................................................................. 38 
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1666 ‐ The Founding of Woodbridge .................................................................................................. 44 
THE GROWTH OF THE SETTLEMENT ................................................................................................................. 44 
EARLY SETTLERS OF WOODBRIDGE ........................................................................................................ 45 
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WOODBRIDGE AND CEMETERY OF WOODBRIDGE ................................ 47 
1666 – Founding of Piscataway .......................................................................................................... 48 
THE GROWTH OF THE SETTLEMENT ................................................................................................................. 48 
EARLY SETTLERS OF PISCATAWAY .................................................................................................................... 49 
1666 – The Founding of Newark ......................................................................................................... 51 
THE GROWTH OF THE SETTLEMENT ................................................................................................................. 53 
EARLY SETTLERS OF NEWARK ......................................................................................................................... 54 
THE FORTY-ONE GUILFORD, MILFORD AND NEW HAVEN MEN WHO SIGNED THE FUNDAMENTAL
AGREEMENTS: ......................................................................................................................................... 54 
1665 – The Founding of Salem – The Fenwick Colony ......................................................................... 57 
EARLY SETTLERS OF FENWICK’S COLONY .......................................................................................................... 58 
THE GROWTH OF THE SETTLEMENT ................................................................................................................. 59 
BIOGRAPHIES OF FOUNDERS  OF NEW JERSEY .................................................................................... 61 
ABRAHAM ACKERMAN (1656/59 ‐ AFT. 1723) .......................................................................................... 62 
DAVID ACKERMAN (1653 – 1710/24) ...................................................................................................... 63 
THOMAS ALGER (AB.1638 ‐ 1687) ............................................................................................................ 64 
JOHN ALLEN (C.1625 – 1702/3) ................................................................................................................ 65 
BARTHOLOMEW APPLEGATE (C 1625 – AFT 1674) ................................................................................... 66 
ELIZABETH AUSTIN (1669‐1753) .............................................................................................................. 67 
OBADIAH AYERS (1636 ‐ 1694)................................................................................................................. 68 
GUILIAM BERTHOLF (1656 ‐ ABT. 1726) .................................................................................................... 69 
WIILLIAM (1630‐1712) AND SARAH BIDDLE (1634‐1709) ........................................................................ 70 
JOHN BISHOP SR.  (1621‐1684) ................................................................................................................ 71 
THOMAS BLOOMFIELD SR.  (16XX ‐ 1685) ................................................................................................ 72 
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ROBERT BOND (1596 – 1677) .................................................................................................................. 73 
NATHANIEL BONNELL (1636‐1711) ......................................................................................................... 74 
RICHARD BORDEN (1595/6 – 1671) ......................................................................................................... 76 
JAMES BOWNE (1636 ‐ 1695) .................................................................................................................. 77 
ALEXANDER/SANDER BOYER (1618‐1661) .............................................................................................. 78 
JOHN BROCKETT (BEF. 1620 – 1689/90) ................................................................................................... 79 
TIMOTHY BROOKS SR. (1634‐1712) ......................................................................................................... 80 
GEORGE BROWN (16XX  ‐1717/8) ............................................................................................................ 81 
JAMES BROWN (1656‐1715/6) ................................................................................................................ 82 
OBADIAH BRUEN (1606 – BEF. 1690) ........................................................................................................ 83 
JAN CORNELIS BUYS (1629 ‐1689/90) ...................................................................................................... 85 
MATTHEW CAMFIELD (1604 ‐ 1673) ........................................................................................................ 86 
CALEB CARMAN (1644/5 – 1693) ............................................................................................................. 87 
ROBERT CARR (1614 ‐ 1681) .................................................................................................................... 88 
JOHN CHAMBERLIN (1687‐1739) ............................................................................................................. 89 
RICHARD CLARK (C. 1613 ‐ 1697) .............................................................................................................. 90 
WILLIAM CLAYTON (1632 ‐ 1689) ............................................................................................................ 91 
ROBERT CLEMENTS, JR (C 1634‐C 1714) ................................................................................................... 92 
SAMUEL CLIFT (ABT. 1610‐1683) .............................................................................................................. 93 
THOMAS CLIFTON (ABT. 1606‐1681) ........................................................................................................ 94 
FRANCIS COLLINS (1635 – 1720) .............................................................................................................. 95 
JOHN CONGER   (C 1645‐1712) ................................................................................................................. 96 
HENRY COOK (C. 1671‐1723) ................................................................................................................... 97 
CORNELIS WILLEMSE COUWENHOVEN (1672‐    ) .................................................................................... 98 
THOMAS COX (1620 ‐ 1681) ..................................................................................................................... 99 
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DR. DANIEL COXE (1640-1730) ......................................................................................................... 100 
JASPER CRANE (1605 ‐ 1681) ................................................................................................................. 101 
JAMES DAVIS (1675 – 1769) ................................................................................................................. 102 
DAVID DEMAREST (1620 – 1693) ...................................................................................................... 103 
ROBERT DENNIS (C. 1619 - 1683+) .................................................................................................... 104 
DANIEL DOD (1649-1701/1714) ......................................................................................................... 105 
CORNELIS DOREMUS C 1655-1715 ................................................................................................... 106 
GAVINE DRUMMOND (1659-1724) ................................................................................................... 108 
SARAH DUBOIS (1664-1726) ............................................................................................................... 109 
JONATHAN DUNHAM (1639/40 – 1702) ........................................................................................... 110 
NICHOLAS DUPUI (1634-1691) .......................................................................................................... 111 
JACOB DU TRIEUX (ABT. 1645-1709) ................................................................................................. 112 
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ARCHIVE) ............................................................................................................................................... 112 
JOHN ELLISON (ABT. 1695–ABT. 1775) ............................................................................................... 113 
JOSHUA ELY (16XX– 1702) .................................................................................................................. 114 
JOSEPH ENGLISH II (16XX -1725) ...................................................................................................... 115 
DAVID FALCONER (1630-1713) ......................................................................................................... 116 
EDWARD FITZ-RANDOLPH (C.1607 - 1675/6) ................................................................................. 117 
JOSEPH FRAZEE (1635–1713) ................................................................................................................ 118 
THOMAS FRENCH (1639 – 1699) ........................................................................................................ 119 
HANNAH FULLER (1636 - AFT.1686) .................................................................................................. 120 
HANANIAH GAUNTT (1647 – 1721) ................................................................................................ 121 
WILLIAM GIFFORD (1615-1687) ........................................................................................................ 122 
MATTHEW GRACEY (GRACIE) (16XX-1715) .................................................................................... 124 
JOHN GREGORY (1612/15 – 1689) ..................................................................................................... 125 
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JAMES GROVER (16XX - 1686) ............................................................................................................ 126 
SAMUEL HALE (1639/40-1709) ........................................................................................................... 127 
JOHN HAMPTON (1640 – 1702) .......................................................................................................... 128 
THOMAS HAND (C. 1646-1714)........................................................................................................... 129 
THOMAS HARDING (C 1635-1708) .................................................................................................... 130 
RICHARD HARTSHORNE (1641 – 1722) ............................................................................................ 131 
MATTHIAS HATFIELD (16XX - 1687) ................................................................................................ 132 
JOHN HAVENS (C. 1635 - C. 1687) ....................................................................................................... 133 
RICHARD HIGGINS (ABT. 1609– AFT. 1674) ....................................................................................... 134 
REV. OBADIAH HOLMES (1606/7 – 1682) ........................................................................................ 135 
THOMAS HOWELL (ABT. 1659–1687) ................................................................................................. 136 
HENRY JAQUES (C. 1618-1687) ........................................................................................................... 137 
JEFFERY JONES (C.1643 - 1717) .......................................................................................................... 139 
ISAAC KINGSLAND (1648 – 1698) ..................................................................................................... 140 
JOHN LIMING (16XX-AFT. 1697) ......................................................................................................... 141 
FRANCIS LINLE (LINDSLEY/LINDLEY) (16XX – 1704) .................................................................. 142 
HENRY LYON (16XX - 1703) ............................................................................................................... 143 
SAMUEL MARSH (C.1620 - 1683) ......................................................................................................... 144 
WILLIAM MATLACK (1648-1738) ....................................................................................................... 145 
WILLIAM MEEKER (16XX - 1690) ....................................................................................................... 146 
JEAN PIERRE MELLOT (1658–1704) ....................................................................................................... 147 
SAMUEL MOORE (C.1630 ‐ 1688) ........................................................................................................... 148 
LEWIS MORRIS (C.1660-1696) ............................................................................................................. 149 
THOMAS MORRIS (16XX -1673) .......................................................................................................... 150 
SAMUEL NICHOLSON [1634 – 1685] ................................................................................................. 151 
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JOHN OGDEN (1609 – 1682) .................................................................................................................. 153 
GEORGE PACK (C. 1634-1704) ........................................................................................................... 156 
JOHN PANCOAST (PANCKHURST) (C. 1630 – 1694) ........................................................................ 157 
REV. ABRAHAM PIERSON (1611-1678) ............................................................................................. 159 
JOHN PIKE (1613 - 1689/90) ................................................................................................................ 160 
RICHARD PITTENGER (PEWTINGER) (ABT 1645 - 17XX) .............................................................. 161 
ELIZABETH POWELL (1677 – 1714) .................................................................................................. 162 
BENJAMIN PRICE (1621-1712) ........................................................................................................... 163 
JOHN PRIDMORE (PREDMORE) (1661-1702) .................................................................................. 164 
JOHN READING (1657-1717) .............................................................................................................. 165 
WALTER REEVE (1650/57 - 1698) ...................................................................................................... 166 
EDWARD RIGGS (C. 1614 - 1668) ........................................................................................................ 167 
JOSEPH ROBINS (1670/71- 1709) ....................................................................................................... 168 
MOSES ROLFE (1681-1746) ................................................................................................................. 169 
RICHARD ROUNSAVELL (1658 – 1703) ............................................................................................. 170 
THOMAS SCATTERGOOD (16XX – 1697) ......................................................................................... 171 
JOHN SCHENCK (1670-1753) ............................................................................................................. 172 
THOMAS SCHOOLEY (1650 – 1724) ................................................................................................... 173 
ANDERS SINNICKSON (C. 1651 -1699) .............................................................................................. 174 
GILES SLOCUM (C. 1623 – 1681) ......................................................................................................... 176 
JOHN SMALLEY (1613‒1692) .............................................................................................................. 177 
JOHN SOMERS (1623/24-1723) ........................................................................................................... 178 
JAMES STEELMAN (JONS MANSSON) (1660/70 - 1734/35) ............................................................ 179 
ROBERT STILES (1655-1728) .............................................................................................................. 180 
RICHARD STOUT (C. 1615 - C. 1705) ................................................................................................... 181 
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