New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-06-28
THE BATTLE OF MONMOUTH
A COMMEMORATIVE MONUMENT.

lions have been made to render the occasion
one Of great interest 0rations will be delivered
by Ex-Governor Horatio Seymour, the Hon. S. S.
Cox. b. w. ThrockmOrtOn, and Henry ATmitt
Brown.
HEROES OF ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
EARLY SETTLEMENT OF MONMOUTH CoUNTY-A
MOTHER OF COLONIES WITH DISTINGUISHED
soNs-sCGNE OF THE INTERPRETATIONS
FOR LAYING Tng CORNERSTONE OF A BATTLE
MONUMENT.
fFRoM Az OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE
FREEHOLD, N. j., June 27.-So long as New
Jersey territorial dependency Of New-Amsterdam
there were scarcely any settlements in what is now
Monmouth County but after 1864, when New-Am-
sterdam became New-York under the Nichols patent,
certain QuakeIs and Baptiss whose deprayed theology
yeEed the righteous souls OF orthodox heW-Ehs-
land Puritnnism, began 20 find their way to
Shrewsbury and Mddletown. where they could
worship the woods they liked The Obadiah
Holmes who was publicly whipped for his faith in Bos
became Of patentees Of the County and his
son John was among the pioneers. In 1858 George
Keith who had been appointed Surveyor-General ny
Barclay OF Ury-:he author of the famous Apology
and Hrs; Proprietary Governor OF Sew-Jersey-seteaa at
Tupanrmus miles from the present site OF Freehold
In tho direction OF Kcyport This Keith was the
engineer wac ran the fir5t boundary-ine between
East and Yves. Jersey, the line which still bounds
Monmouth County on the southwest Keith af,crward
moved 20 Philadelphia, where he was voryfnergetlc IN
stirring mp 5cHisms among the smpie-minded Friends
He then England. abandoned bis faith and
missionary by the So@iety for propa-
.atug tae Gospel in Foreign Parts" He next
returned 20 Monmouth County, induced many
QtqsrrB 20 Join him, and in 1888 the old Quaker
churcn at Topanemus was broken mp ana many
~ lis timJurs were used 20 buid ST. Peters Episcopal
ChuIrh Ia Frcchol!the church which Is standing to-day
and which was Just Ay years old when its floors were
stained with tie blood OF wounded who were car
ned there hundred years ago from the field OF Mon
mouth COlrt House
In 1899 there came 70 Monmouth certain Scotch Gov
cnaneis who had been imprisoned during the persecu'
tons Of Clayerh0use. Tney were released probably
Elrough The influence Of Barclay with the Earl OF
perth after whom Perth Ambny IL named, and who
was also one OF the proprstors. They built meeting
house two miles from Topanemus wncre The Elder Zen
urut now lies buried, and In 1874 the church
vas moved to It's present SITE Where II Is
TN known a. the Teunent Chdrch, after ITS
PASTOR the marvellous story whose nance has been
s., often told It's two miles and half northeast OF
Freehold and by II washinson's forces marched on the
morning OF the battle TIE CrIiGs, CrawfOrds kers'
Andrrsons aud RhcIs descended from this sturdy
Pfesy teran sock From Long Island and Ncw-Iork be-
tween the year, 1890 and 1920 cugraed the Dutch an
ccsiors Of Tie schcucs snocks Van CovcnhOyens now
condensed into Conovcrs Hcudrcks0Ts, Luystcrs. and
macy Others. In 1895 tIcre was shcriu IOilnaD,
aud Tie IhrocAmortons or Tbrogmoronr, who probably
lDu Nsa-EugIaud with Auuio Hutchinson were MISC
early -ett,rs. Not Ony do ihesc nam constantly ar
pear n the Revolutionary aud later lftoty OF lne
Snp but from this fertile mother Ot colonies they nave
wandered forth wand and westward hnl snuthWdfd' utl
they can De- rr1ced into every partof the Union Inc
EriIslus and CllGf0 ia of! GcOrEa the Growers 1bl
80, I,,9,-l Of caro- ina me Cumbsos ana Ashtons
az Erufu., al. rrt out from Monmouth as their early
Iulr FROM this county also was largely rec utica M
J.r,cy settlement ia iin0s and iue rich colonies Ia
cgnor IS gmour vns a ForuAn or Monmouth, related TO
tut famous General Forpau-known IS Black Daytd-
Who co nr,ludrd the NUw-Jorsey militia at Ger
mantown, uul who was the guide OF Laiay-
Henry Clision's Gank al Freehold. The family
General Robert schenck OF ono was rspI,sene. "a
J1ho Sbenck Of Monmouth i9r whose bead the KING Of
England offered reward OF lVO Guinea orcipay
tons family were cWJersty Ihroc On
and senator VOORHEES, and the Hon 8 = Cox nave M0n-
OF Cromwelrs Parliamentary Army, settled In
Monmouth, and his nephew Lewis inherited ms
known Morrisania. It ~ worth noting Too, tnat
Judge Bccknau has a.cy discovered doeuie 1s "ul,h
geneaiOgy, ana wbch enable us 10 trace la Actsy 70
toe Same substantial stock E1 ~ 5s aDSea
IN the court records Of me county Ibis LheP ha bs
latter families Thomas ~ common name
Mordecai Llncoln's name soon disappears RON We
Monmouth record. aud IN 1870 reappears Ia Bneks
Touufy across the river Abraham Lncoln while Pfesi-
dent once wrote IN rrply 20 some inquiries rs 10 DIS
sxtracton that Ony know that his ancestors IN the
erhte,utu century we're Pennsylvania Qlakers, among
whom the names Morlocai and Thomas we're tAe
Pcunsylyania that time two distinct families named
IlucDir Ouakcrs and both partial 70 inc same
bautistna namc. Monmouth County Will claim, as one
oil lsr Jewels, the martyr President
There was plenty Of hgt In this Monmouth blood. ~
WAS proved on almost every elu OF the war; and there
l. hardly one ~ tness ola families which was not repre-
5entea IN abe great battle behind aud around the O0u
Uonsc In ced the army had been rapidly recruited
by Npw-Jersey militia that JersCYmcn iuuSht III hcai
every regiment. The roster Oi LighthotSe haIIJ
troo1s I'M particular shows large percentage Of
Jersey riders. The history or nNe DAYS III
of hundreds more. on Friday Amos scndder fastened
FROM IA iarln 10 Join Washington al h0pewei ne car
s.frr.If rfnp
deadly heat ~ summer SUM- f0ught hiS nshl Hko
man sunday, was dismissed o. Monday ana H Ia5
hrcaE on Tuesday was wOrsiug Ia his cOrnteld Dckn-
son with the NowJersey Militia, had the hist shnls
with tae enemy, and there were many ne"1 1J 20
troops IN the hull charge. which was leu 10y
WAYNE An excellent view Of the entire D9tu ne
field can be had from The ROOF OF tue mousse vi va va
Rev Mr.. Cobb, who - now pastor OF INC gu
Tennent Chulch Ia front OF this the ground gradug
res as slowly beyond toward Freehold Two miles and
half away. From the right me Old BuIiingioA Pa,ni
tIrnuVh FreehOd. thence bearing away To MduetOWu
tr,ts an Inc RENE left Close down ny the parson-
age age IE n roa near the Court House angle
little more acute than rght ahEe. AS , III tbe
council at HOpeweu, ON the spot WheT p tn9
frog wat ragged lew years ago DeS"GSn tS arpe
Brook aud I ~ Kinsio tsen of Of tho
GiybIauds on Saturday night, June q and encamped
near 6 y cgSt miles away whore the roads
met What happened the next gay has often been lod
ti,st AMER SIR Henry moved on carly in the morn,
| INC. there WIS some sklrmsmng on MS hanh "iu
| chen TgtT6at DY Lie WIN ttb vfv""
his command back toward the parsonage Ltss W.h
mile in front Of the parsonage the SPOT where Wash
ingtnn who was marching down the PIKE toNaIu ~
hnJ moi Ice pd few yards front Of the porch ON
! tbe sIope inc Continental army formed ana checked
the pursuit. while further IS the spot where sionAtS S
f before the deadly lire Waynes Rhes, anu on ths
night ia Combs's Hin, where knoxs artillery was se''eu
/ 50 well. -, A., -, ntstorv
an lie points OF interest are marked Dy nlss shu
pacards and every you meet Is dlSCus to
question Of Lees treason and WashlngtogS PrPanty
Frrrbpld "A fast settling down 10 the beei lhat Ice
/ a tfntor and that Washington ala not swear LIS
latter ounI0n s based the testimony at Lees court
martial I'M spite OF the well authenticated asSeIupn ~
Lafayette that the Father OF bis Country cauru Lce
| pauked DoltroOu. and IN spite OF the asseIIoh %
General scott that he swore like an angel" Ihcre Is
itfflr donbt thai the celebration Tomorrow VIII 20 u
rand ress unless the mortal heat of that battle sun
| II. ,a,...t.t A.. known that many OF tne