Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-03-05

cOll1ud1lu III GOtOaCl 1dChClt AOlOASl
Hemeks and Lieutenant Colonel Thay-
er, to protect the scaffold during the
execution of Charles the First, which
was done January 80, 1649. (p).
After his settlement in Salem, his
daughters married two of his SER
wants, Samuel Hedge and John
Adams. (o). In his will be bequeath-
ed Fenwick Grove to his grandson,
Fenwick Adams for his life and after
his decease to his heirs, male, law
fully begotten, and for want Of such
heirs to his grandson, Samuel Hedge,
the younger, for his life and to his
heirs, male, of him lawfully begot+
etc. All his household stuff at Fen
wick Grove he left for his grandson,
Fenwick Adams, and to his son-in-law,
John Adams, my large Swede hiatt
at Iyey Point, all my shoes, new and
old, with my gray coate and my oil
Wastecoates and drawers, and my new
frying pann." His son-in-law, Samuel
Hedge he appoints his Secretary and
Register for his life.
The poor old man seemed to have
troubles Of his own, for in his will he
'excepts against Elizabeth Adams of
having any the least part of my es-
tate and her heirs forever, except the
Lord open her eyes to see her abomin-
able transgression against him, me and
her poore father, by giving her true re-
pentance and forsaking vt Black vt
hath been the RUNE of her, and be-
coming penitent for her sines upon vt
condicion only. | doe will and re
quire my executors to settle five hum
bred acres of land upon her, she pay
ing equally with the rest, otherwise
totally excepted as aforesd," (p).
In 1876, commissioners from the
new proprietors of Byllynge's share,
with two hundred and thirty passen-
gers, embarked on "The Kent, arriv-
ing at Newcastle, Delaware, August
Is. Soon after, most of them landed
at the mouth of Raccoon creek, where
the SWedes had some habitations, (q).
These not being sufficient to accom-
modate all of them, some took posses
sion of cow stalls and apartments of
that sort, until other edifices could
be built, RI. Notwithstanding these
inconvenience for want of room, they
had some terror from the abundance
of snakes, which were occasionally
seen in their chambers, or crawling
over the low roofs of their dwellings,
(q). In the same year, 1.-THE Willing
Mind" with seventy passengers, and
the Martha" with one hundred and
fourteen passengers, dropped anchor
at Elsinborg, in Salem county, (O.
In December, 1878, 1.-THE Shield, 2
from Hull, England, came up the
Delaware and when passing Coaqua-
mock, the site of the present city of
Philadelphia, she ran so close to the
shore, that in lacking her spars struck
the trees and some one remarked
how fine spot this was for town
A fresh gale brought her to Burling-
ton, being the first vessel that came
so far up the Delaware. She moored
to tree, and the next morning the
passengers came ashore on the ice
This was on December IL, 1878, (q).
About the same time another ship
arrived from London, freighted with
passengers. In Gordon's History, note
G. PIP. 1884, 335, may be found the
names of many Of the passengers on
these three ships.
In 1851, few persons set out from
Dublin, Ireland, for New Jersey, and
after a short voyage, landed at Sa-
lem. Their place of destination was
however, within the limits of the
Third or Irish Tenth, which extended
from Oldman'S creek to PenSauken
creek. the original bounds of Glou-
cester county. This company consist
ed of William Bates, Thomas Thack-
ara, Mark Newbie, George Goldsmith
and Thomas Sharp. The three first
named had families, the two last
named being single men. Thomas
Sharp was the surveyor that laid out
Gloucester in 1889. They arrived at
Salem in November, and through the
winter following, made much search
for suitable place to make perma-
nent settlement. A spot was at last
selected upon stream they called
Newton creek, within the bounds of
Haddon Township, near the old New.
ton graveyard, and about three miles
from the city of Camden, (s). It is
said that this old graveyard is in
West Collingswood, very close to the
station on the Reading Railroad to
Atlantic City.
In 1852 similar settlement was
made at the mouth of Woodbury. creek
by several brothers by the name OF
Wood" who came from BURY" in
Lancashire, England. They were soon
Joined by Thomas Gardiner, Thomas
Matthews, John Test, William Warner
and others. They were all Friends
and established religious meeting
which they called 1.-THE Shelter" Isl
In the same year John Roberts. vii
liam Matlack, Timothy Hancock and
others settled at an Indian town call.
ed Penisaukin, (s), on the south
branch of the creek of that name
probably on or near the site of the
fort built there by the settlers from
New Haven in 1910.
In January, 1851, West Jersey was
laid off into ten precincts or tenths
The first and second tenths extended
from the river Dereyant, formerly
called Sunpink (Assanpink as it is
now called at Trenton) in the north
to the river Crapweff or Pensauken
on the south, and the third and fourth