The Penn's Grove record., 1905-03-10
Carney Point, Why Named?

Carney Point has become extensively known in recent years from the mokeless
powder manufactured there, while but few know how it anne to have the name
Carney"
I'm 1927" says the Pennsylvania Gazette, "In New Castle Government there
arrived last year $500 persons chiefly from Ireland and il Philadelphia, in one
year, 1,l55 Irish Of whom one were servants The settlement of Pennsylvania
brought many Irish settlers of all religious faiths, luminosity Prot@tants, for William
Penn's executive officers were Irish Quakers whom he had met and valued during
his residence in Ireland.
Among the Irish Immigrants about this time were Thomas Carney and William
Sunmern, both young men. Carney had means, because he purchased a large tract
Of land which extended from the Delaware river, between the mouths of Bout creek
on the east and Handbey creek on the west, back to Game creek.
Thomas Carney married Hannah, daughter of John Proctor, a large Iandholder,
which marriage increased Caneys estate and made him N Of the largest land
holders in Salem county. Thomas Carney died May IS, 1874, aged rs years, and
lies buried II ST. Georges church yard, at Churchtown, L. P. Neck.
Thomas Carney had four children, who grew up and got married. They we're
Thomas Jr, Peter Naomi and Mary.
Naomi married John, son of William smmenu, the immigrant, and became
an ancestor of the summerin family in Salem county. Mary married Henry Jeans
Jr, the owner of Deep Water Point tract of $40 acres. Their only child. Marv mar.
rd Joseph Stout and became an ancetoro the Stout, Feton and Locuon families
Peter Carney died leaving two daughters, Margaret and Elizabeth, minors. Pet
er owned about 600 acres which now comprise VIM. G. SummeriTs farm tenanted
now by Thomas Flanagan, 80 acres owned by Chnsdana S. Wright and tenanted by
VIM. Jess and the Boone farm tenaned by Hiram Cuff.
Thomas Cameys estate al not divided until 1893, after the death Of Thomas
Carney, Jr, who died i'll IT'S and lies buried at Chuchtown, According to old
English law, the only son Thomas Carney, Jr, got nearly ALL There is 10 record
that Mary Jeans got any of her fathers estate. The heirs Of Naomi Carney Sum
JOS A. Zane.
Ruth, daughter of Thomas Carney, Jr, and vile Of Benz. Crnrs ben1 III
Carney point farm of 2O aces with the mansion house" of which the above is a
picture. She also got Sc acres of woodland, 20 acres in ]. P Neck adjoining Hance
Jaquete1, a tract of 200 acres in Anoway township, $50 acres between Sandy Run
and Two Penny Run, branches of Elwood Laytons mill pond) owned by the late
JOS H Dolbow mute, also a share Of the pond and late brick mill, "a acres with
the orchard, house and mill, held lin common with he1s of John SummeGun
Hannah, the youngest daughter of Thomas Carney, Jr, hdned the vanneman
Wiley farm of Sls acres now occupied by VIM. Shape the farm Of PIG acres along
extended from C!arks farm into Lower Penns Neck, owned and lately occupied by
Borden; IL acres ofm marsh and 26 acres in Anoway Creek.
Hannah Carney who married Robert G. johnson, afterwards got the Carney
Point farm and it wash eired by her SOL Robert c johnson who sold it to Thomas
Norton in 1862 Thomas Norton's heirs sold it to Nette Mcfarland in June 1891
and in July 1891 she sold ii to E. l. DUPONT de Nemours Co. who built the Powder
mills thereon.
Thomas Carney took a prominent part in local affairs He was Township Com
miteeman in 1746 and Chosen Freebooter in 1850. He was also sworn in as Jusice
of the peace in 1776 and 1870, and vas county Judge III 1881. John summeriD. hi.
soninlaw, was also made a Justice of the Peace in 176 and 1880 During the
Revolutionary War the house in which John Summeril lived o. the Black farm
was burned down by British soldiers
Swedes owned and occupied much of the land along the Delaware when King
Charles II granted all the land between the St Crox and Delaware rivers to his
brother James, Duke of York, in 1864. The Duke of York sold New JERSEY o Lord
Berkley and George Cartart in 1864 Bekley got West Jersey and sold it to John
Jersey to VIM. Penn, GAVIN Iawrie and Nicholas Lucas who became West JERSEY
Propretus. FenWick, however, retained ten lots Of the M hundred into ubiob
Vest Jersey vas divided. These ten lots laid in Salem and Cumberland counties
Many of the Swedes had to buy their own land of Fenwick and the West Jersey
ProprietMs. Richard Tindan, Surveyor General laid out in 1884 for Lucas Peter.
sn 500 acres "upon the south side of Swat hook" extending along the Delaware
river from Henry Jeans creek to the mouth of Bout creek, extending back 27
perches, and Joining to the Bout Town Bounds" Lucas Peteson's house is men
toned in the survey, but is not a mansion.
The colonial mansion" was probably built by Thomas Carney, with brick made
on the farm, because in the record of incorporation of Deep Water Point Meadow
Co. in 1871, the boundary of the meadow is given as going to "a brick kiln on
Grips fast land"
Some of the historic points in the above article Oh Carney Point were ecured
by research among the public records at Salem and Trenton and were never before
published. It's worthy of preservation by those interested in local history. We
hope to publish other sketches of local land titles and the residents of Upper Penns
Neck and Oldmans during the past $50 years sometime in the future. ANY ne bav-
ing this local history, and will be greatly appreciated.