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New Jersey Biographical and Genealogical Notes from The COLLECTIONS OF THE NEW JERSEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY VOLUME IX NEWARK, N. J. PUBLISHED BY THE SOCIETY 1916 F/3/ hIC \/A OFFICERS NEW .JERSEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY 1915-' 16 President— Francis Joseph Swayze, of Newark. Vice-Presidents—Charles Mandred Lum, of Chatham; George Rowland Howe, of East Orange ; Charles Bradley, of Newark. Corresponding Secretary—A. Van Doren Honeyman, of Plainfield. Recording Secretary and Librarian—Joseph Fulford Folsom, of Newark. Treasurer—William Connet Morton, of Newark. of Elizabeth Bergen, of Trustees—Frank Bergen, ; James J. Somer- ville ; J. Lawrence Boggs, of Newark; Frederick A. Canheld, of DoYer ; Hiram E. Deats, of Flemington ; William S. Disbrow, of Newark ; Edwin S. Lines, of Newark ; William J. Magie, of Elizabeth; Charles W. Parker, of Jersey City; Joseph M. Riker, of Newark ; Austin Scott, of New Bruns- wick ; Wallace M. Scudder, of Newark; Edwin R. Walker, of Trenton. — 1916-' Woman's Branch Officers, i 7 President—Miss Altha E. Hatch, of Morris Plains. First Vice-President—Mrs. George Batten, of Montclair. Second Vice-President—Mrs. Charles W. Parker, of Jersey City. Third Vice-President—Mrs. Henry S. White, of Red Bank. Recording Secretary—Mrs. Washington Wilson, of Metuchen. Treasurer—Mrs. Arthur H. MacKie, of Newark. Historian—Miss Gincvra Freeman, of Orange. Corresponding Secretary— Mrs. Harrie Pennington Whitehead, of Elizabeth. Auditor — Mrs. Ruth E. Fairchild, of Parsippany. Call Printing and PUBLISHING Co., Paterson, N. J. NEW JERSEY From the Volumes of the NEW JERSEY ARCHIVES With Additions and Supplements BY THE LATE WILLIAM NELSON Corresponding Secretary New Jersey Historical Society NEWARK, N . J . 1916 Prefatory Note The Collection of "New Jersey Biographical and Genealogi- cal Notes" embraced in this volume consists of the more important biographical footnotes appearing in the various volumes of the "New Jersey Archives," with the corrections and extensive addi- tions made by the late Mr. William Nelson, Corresponding Secre- tary of the New Jersey Historical Society. The work of extending these notes was begun by Mr. Nelson about eighteen years ago, and much of it was then put in type. From time to time he added to it, and, at his death, August 10, 1914, the matter was nearly ready for publication. It is evident, from various marginal notes made by Mr. Nelson, that he had not fully completed some addi- tions to the proofs, but the work is now published by the New Jersey Historical Society just as prepared and left by him. No attempt has been made to verify the innumerable dates and refer- ences, as, indeed, that would be an almost insurmountable task. It is believed that this volume will prove extremely useful to those who are making biographical or genealogical researches. The work of seeing the matter through the press has devolved upon the present Corresponding Secretary. A. VAN DOREN HONEYMAN, Corresponding Secretary. Dated June, 1916. New Jersey biographical and genealogical notes. JOHN ADAMS, of Salem. John Adams was from. Reading, in Berkshire, England. He married Elizabeth, dau. of John Fenwick, and came out with him in the ship Griffin, Robert Griffith, master, which arrived off the present Salem, on the Delaware, probably about the first of October, 1675. He brought with him his wife, and three children—Elizabeth, eleven years old; Fenwick, a lad of nine, and Mary, aged four years. Adams is described in the records first as a "weaver" or "clothier," indicating his occupa- tion in England, but after his arrival here he is designated as "planter;" by 1686 he is on the border line, "yeoman alias gentleman," and in 1689 is a full-fledged "gentleman." On March 24, 1674-5, Fenwick gave him and his wife a patent for 2,000 acres of land in the proposed "Fenwick's Colony," afterwards "Salem Tenth," and ultimately Salem. He was among the signers, 25th of 4th mo. (June), 1676, of the agreement for apportioning and settling the town of New Salem, affixing his mark to that important instrument. On July 14, 1676, he received from Fen- wick a warrant for the survey of 500 acres, which tract was deeded to him Sept. 12, 1676. On Oct. 18, 1676, a tract of 1,468 acres was sur- veyed for him. He had a decided predilection for affixing his mark instead of signing his name to documents of all kinds. He and his wife incurred the displeasure of the local court on Sept. 13, 1680, but frankly acknowledged their fault and promised better behavior in the future. It is doubtful if they kept the promise. John Fenwick, in his will, dated Aug. 7, 1683, Indicates his lack of confidence in his son-in-law, Adams. The latter does not seem to have exerted much influence in the new community. He was a member of the West Jersey House of Representatives for several years, it is understood. He lived at Penn's Neck, Salem, his tract being known as Sapaney. His house, built at Ivy Point, near Market street, Salem, stood until about 1825. No record of any will by John Adams or by his wife has been found, nor is it certainly known when they died. They are not mentioned in the will of their son Fenwick, in 1689, and may have died before that. Issue: i. Elizabeth, b. in England in 1664. Her grandfather, John Fenwick, in his will, dated Aug. 7, 1683 (when she was only nineteen), proved April 16, 1684, provides: "I doe Except against Elizabeth Adams of haveing any the least pte of my Estate & her heirs for ever, Ex- 1 '1 ^^ — — — s ADAMS cept. the Lord open her eyes to See her abominable Transgression against him, & me her poore father by giveing her true repentance & fersakeing yt Black yt hath been the ruine of her and becoming penitent for her sins," etc. Col. R. G. Johnson, in his "His- torical Account of the First Settlement of Salem," says: "From that illicit connection hath sprung the families of the Goulds, at a little settlement called Gouldtown, in Cumberland county." n. Fenwick, b. in England in 1666. John Fenwick, in his will, appoints William Penn guardian of this grand- son. in. Mary, b. in England in 1671. iv. Walter, b. in Salem. vi. Ann, b. in Salem; m. Samuel Hedge. 2. Fenwick- John 1 Adams prob. m. Ann Watkin, Aug. 18, 1687. Salem Wills, 2:11, reversed side. The will of Fenwick Adams, of Fenwick' Grove. Salem county, gentleman, dated June 7, 1689, was recorded August 1:6, 1689. He makes his wife Ann sole heiress and executrix of his "worldly" estate. His personal estate was appraised at £75. 17. 10, including a tankard of 66 lbs. of pewter at twelvepence per lb. If he was in the habit of draining that huge tankard often it would account for his presumably untimely death. 1 Issue: Sarah, m. Robert Pickman. She and her husband, by deed Aug. 23, 1718, quit- claimed to John Champneys, grandson of John Fenwick, all her rights in the estate of her great-grandfather, John Fenwick, and in the estate of her father, Fenwick Adams, but not in the estate of her grandfather, John Adams.—Salem Deeds, 1715-1797, p. 64. There was another Fenwick Adams in Salem county about this time. In 1676, Sept. 4, he was appointed by John Fenwick to the office of Register of Salem Colony. Salem Surveys, 1676, p. 35. He signed four deeds as a witness in that same year. Salem No. 1, p. 148; Salem Deeds, Liber E., pp. 1, 2, 4. By 1680 he witnessed several more deeds. He is charged with assisting Fenwick actively in his resistance to the claims of the Governor of New York, on the trial of Fenwick, at New York, Jan. 12, 1676-7. No other mention of him has been found in the records. The writer was disposed to assume that he was the grandson of John Fenwick. but Mr. Edson Salisbury Jones, of Port Chester, New York, has called attention to the foregoing data, which appear to preclude that assumption. By an error in N. J. Archives, 23: 3, the account of the estate of Esther Adams immediately follows the will of Fenwick Adams, whereas it should precede it, following Esther's will. lHere is a fac-simile of part of the inventory (recorded in Salem Wills, Liber A, f. 33), including the pewter tankard in question. From the total valuation put on thee items it is evident that the tankard weighed hut 66 oz., instead of as many pounds. I ALLEN REV. JOHN ALLEN of Woodbridge. The people of Woodbridge, founded in 1665, made repeated efforts to secure a settled pastor, but during- the first fifteen years of the new town enjoyed only nine months of religious services, with the brief pastorate of the Rev. Ezekiel Fogg, in 1674. On July 15, 1679, they commissioned Captain Andrew Bound, on a voyage to England, to treat for a minister, at £50 per year, with the use of 200 acres of parsonage land, and probably a residence, and to bring him over at the expense of the town, in case he was unable to pay his own passage. They also sent by the Captain two letters, one to Dr. Ovin and one to the famous Richard Baxter, setting forth the needs of the Woodbridge congrega- tion. The results of this mission are not known, but in September, 1680, John Allen became the settled preacher in the town. On Novem- ber 16, 1680, the inhabitants agreed to a voluntary subscription toward his salary, instead of the usual custom of a town rate for the purpose. On January 1, 1681, it was resolved in town meeting: "We the freeholders and inhabitants of Woodbridge having sent to England to have an honest, able, godly minister to Come over to vs to preach the word of God sinserly and faithfully—and Mr John Alin by the providence of God being for that End Come amongst vs, and we having had Sum Experience of his good Abilities: are willing and doe hereby make Choise of him to be our Minister and desire to put our- selfe under his ministry According to the Rules of the gospel." In February it was voted in town meeting that if Mr.
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