Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-04-30
India goods, cheap for ready money

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or short credit"
'sAll persons indebted to the said
Timothy Matlaek on bonds, bills or
book debts are desired to come and
settle their accounts, and pay their
their respective debts or they may ex.
pect to be proceeded against as the
law directs"
IN B.-Attendance will be given at
Haddonfield, the second day in every
month, during the summer season, in
order to settle with debtors"
TIMOTHY MATLACK."
The builder of the Old Tavern
House. was Matthias Aspden. He was
the son of Thomas Aspden, and was
baptized on May IA. 1893, in the
Church of Padiham, Diocese Of Ches-
ter, County of Lancashire, England.
He served seven years as an appren-
tice to a wool stapler. He emigrated
to America and settled in Philadel-
phia, about the year 1918. where he
became a merchant, by 1880, he had
become sswell known in England and
the southern parts of Europe and was
equally respected for his probity and
punctuality in the discharge OF his en-
gagements. 2.
Matthias Aspdens first appearance
in public record in Haddonield was
in I745, when he purchased two lots
of land on the Main street or Kings
Highway, opposite to each other. The
deed to this property is not recorded
and is lost, but its conditions are re-
cited in a subsequent conveyance in
Its. 1t says, ALSO another lot or
piece Of ground situate on northwest
side Of the Main street in Haddonfield,
aforesaid, containing in breadth on
said street IL feet, 2 inches and in
length or depth 100 it." The boun-
daries correspond with the western
end of the lot upon which this building
stands. also a certain other strip
or piece of ground, situate on the
northwest side of Main street in Had
donfield aforesaid, containing in
breadth % inches. and in length or
depth 40 feet. This strip holds the
western wall Of the Old Tavern" And
which described lot or piece OF
ground, The sail Timothy Matlack
and Martha his wife by indenture
bearing date, 14th day of October,
1745, for the consideration, therein
named did grant and confirm unto the
said Matthias Aspden," And, which
strip or third piece of ground Samuel
Mickle, Junior, of Haddonield, sad
dler and Letitia, his wife, by indenture
bearing date, 14th day of October, i'll
the year of our Lord, 1745, for the
consideration therein named did grant
and confirm to the said Matthias Asp
den"
The Mickle property is well deserib-
ed in an advertisement in the Penn
sylvania Gazette of September p,
1748, as follows:
ITO Be Sold or Let"
"a commodious brick house and lot
with a good shop and barn situate in
Haddonfeld, Gloucester County. The
lot contains an acre and a half, plant
ed with 100 fruit trees.
For terms inquire of Letitia Mickle
living in the said house, or of John or
David Cooper eXecut.'
IN. B.-The situation is very CON
venient for a shopkeeper or trades
man. Letitia Mickle was a daughter
Of Timothy Matlack, and her acre and
a half of ground joined the western
side of this property.
On this small lot 14x100 feet, Mat
thias Aspden apparently had his house
and on the opposite or south side of
the street, where the places of bust
ness were, he had his store, which on
March II, 1850, the Township Com
mittee taxed 15S.
Five months after the first purchase,
Matthias Aspden closed out the re-
naming real estate holdings Of Tim
othy Matlack in Haddonfield, which
are fully set forth in the recital of the
title, viz: "A tract or piece of land
situate, lying and being in the town
of Haddonfeld, in the county Of Glou-
cester and western division of the pro-
vince of New Jersey aforesaid be-
ginning at the most easterIy corner of
Matthias Aspden's house, and runs
thus by the Main street 258 feet, 10
inches to the corner of a lot late of
Timothy Matlack, but now of John
Griffin for a second corner" The
boundaries then run back to the run
of water that feeds Hopkins pond and
along it, returning to the Main street,
thence by said land late of said Sam
uel Mickle, south 20 degrees east, $50
feet, 10 inches to the corner of said
Matthias Aspden's lot for an 18th COR
ner: thence by the rear Of the same
u feet inches to a 18th corner,
thence by the same ITO feet 2 inches
to the corner first named, containing
in all 10 acres, i rood and 81 perches.' =
Which first described tract or piece
of land Timothy Matlack, brewer, and
Martha his wife by indenture bearing
date, 18th of February, in the year of
our Lord, one thousand seven hundred
and forty-five-six, for the consideration
therein named did grant and confirm
unto the said Matthias Aspden."
When Matthias Aspden removed to
Haddonfield, he was widower with one
child, daughter. According to the
records of the Haddonfield Friends
meeting, he married late in 1748, Re-
becca, widow of Roger Hartley of this
town, who was a member of that meet
ing. She continued in fellowship
with it until 1856, when a letter Of
dismissal was given her to the Phila-
delphia meeting.
The late Of the erection Of the Old