Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-06-06

and Burlington, to meet the Justices and
Freeholders. He was, however, assessor,
and there are several entries Of his being at
this work, andA Of his taking the provincial
duplicate to William Long, the collector at
that time, and further says: 'sUriah Paul
qualified to serve the constable Office for
me, for e10 the year. Entered into bond
for his performance Of e100 penalty. Men
tion is also made, that Joseph Thomass
man was whipped with thirty stripes, for
taking Sculls pocket book with about EGO
Of money, and one bond Of value, which it
was said he throwed into the river, saving
the cash and hiding ii in several places
but afberward went and showed where he
had hid it, so the owner got most part of
the cash again. IL would seem from his
account that he was frequently called upon
to settle differences between his neighbors,
Aanother item say George Jones lodged
here with George Cfouz who was accused Of
stealing two horses out Of Pennsylvania.
The next day they went to Philadelphia
with the horses, to the owners. Again
this morning was seen the track of cart,
and some hay scattered about, suppose
somebody had taken hay out Of the barn. !"
The strengthening OF Edwards creek from a
point at the upper end Of the Aims House
meadows, to its junction at Mantua creek
ESQ called from the Mantos tribe Of Indians,
who lived there) was work of much la
Dor. The creek had been damned off near
its mouth, and large sluices laid therein,
most probably by William Gerard, its for
mer owner, from which it took the name Of
sGerrard's dam. Exactly where the dam
was is not now known it has long since
| disappeared, and the creek has been banked
to near the head of tide water. ION the 24th
of 9th mo-, 1859, it was proposed to build
i flood gates, and lay them near the old
sluice Riah Shinn subscribed toward it
ei0 ; Solomon Lippincott, e5 Restore Lip
pincott, e10, James LORD, e3 Jacob Coz
en-, clio !; R.Shim and R Lippincott agreed
to lay them and find all the material for
the amount Of the subscription. Nearly
two months was consumed in their building.
The cutting Of the race, along the eastern
hill side, was done in part at this time, and
there are many entries of the time Of his
men employed in this work, also in the
years Of ~ and '73, there are entries CUT
ting the race through the hill,p showing
that the work was continued at intervals Of
several years. About this time he says
'sIt is proposed to build new bridge over
Mantua creek, and che duplicate was given
to William Long, to collect she taxi and a
| few days later we find civilian Long was
here to draw list in order to mako. re-
turn Of the delinquents. = They began to
build the bridge 1Ith month, %, 1863
John Lord and John Ellington, as assist
ants
| Among other entries are the following
"At Philadelphia, brought servant man,
William Bond, to serve three years and
seven months, paid el6.n Bought an
other man named Edward gave
Els for four years y Again bought
Dutchman, named Andus Stelling, for five
years, and three months, paid e23. 6,'
Among those employed by him, in reaping
are many familiar names, and, no doubt,
were ancestors of those among us bearing
the same names. They were Philip Shell
baker, Jacob Green, John Packer, James
Hinchman, Thomas Colwell, James Haines,
Jacob Cozens. James and Jacob Wolf,
Ebenezer Eglington and others. It was no
uncommon thing in shat day for both men
and women to be reaping together in the
harvest field, and some Of the men were
frequently accompanied by their wives
The wages paid was about two shillings and
six pence per day.
In the winter 81 ~ and '73, the small
pox appeared in the neighborhood. The
family physician was DR.. Vanleer. He
was called in and innoculated the family,
there being seven of them at that time
The diary says: THE next day they took
physic; the following day rested; the next
day they took phyic again, then the doctor
came and bled them. In about week
the smallpox began to come out, and some
Of the family were quite sick There were
some deaths from the disease in the neigh
borhood. Mention is made Of Azariah Shinn
who died after innoculation. It was not
long before DR.. Vanleer presented his bill
land was paid e9.10 for his services. The
Ronly other physician mentioned, is DR..
lotto, who also at different times. waited
ION the family. Among these who were
friends Of the family and frequently enjoyed
the inequalities of their home, we find the
names Of John Saunders, Uriah and Sam|t
Paul, Constantine Wilkins, VIM. Mickle,
James Lord, Nehemiah Andrews and