Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-09
x NEWS OF WOMEN FOR WOMEN AND THE HOME X
Men and Women of Newark


- EvERAL. descendants n early settlers Of Newark have asked the writer
Of the Men and women Of newark" series to record what some o the
~ mn did for the town, when the little settlement Of less than n hun
fded families assumed the dignity Of a tow and tow meetings were hell.
Some Of the old settlers ave been noticed in sketches of their descendants
who oe to positions of distinction in the county. province. State and a
ton 1t was o intended to slight ANYBODY and therefore reference win be
made today to the work one by each ma fol III town. SO Ia As IN
s~ +a+s ~ u" strans- -s Observation-Disclosures as Ths travsier had to I've religious
proofs before ne VAS given rest ana refresbmeut Samuel swaine built the
first gristmiL He was third man to Robert Treat. the first town clerk
and Jasper Crane. the first president Of the town court. and he and Treat
were the magistrates. Thomas johnson. father o the town drummer pc
refractory person and every liar quietly departed the place seasonaby"
Minor ofensss such ass swearing, tipping on the Lords day except for
John Ward a son of Laurence Ward. the first deacon when the church
was the town and the town was the church. was brander of and recorder Of
cattle, nc George Day announced the tow meetings Ephraim Pennington.
father Of Governor William Sanford Pennington. and his on Governor VIII
lam Pennington was viewer of fences and assistant surveyor. and William
resident of the town on condition that he keep a boat Of the Passaie river
for public uses. No gre va received in those days az a member If the
town without q certificate Of church membership and then only By a full
John Ward was the first wood turner in the town. Samuel Whitehead a
the first shoemaker. and BENJAMIN Baldwin was the town weaver Han Aibers
ans 2 io,e Is "r rea um P 10 CT. 'an anasu 1900 40 on 800 s,ass
was the wolf and bear killer. Some Of these men came from Eaizabethtown and
s srs4 ,s ~ II Tue vas decided that all men improved land in the town
should attend the town meetings and attend % business "as any planters
do and yet IN 1855 q committee went from house to house to get men to sign
For nearly $50 yesrsa after the settlement of Newark women had no part in
r r. c hanss building thew sat on Or n de or the church and the men o.
the opposite side Their duties were in their homes But In the year 1907 M
in Essex county. A new court house "a to be built and both Newark md
allowed to vote. The first election was held in Enzabethtown. and all sac-
counts If it agree that it was crooked, that many ONE voted three or
four times But IT the election in Newark women young n Old, voted
from five to nine times each. Many dressed a boys or men With hair rolled
up and concealed under wdebfmne1 hats
Newark o the court house by a large majority The EhzabethtoHn o.
pie made charges of gross frauds. especially by the women who voted. but the
powers took no actor. Modern sunragisis who talk 10 shbiy about
elections being made purea and honest il women are allowed % vote should
Tread the story OF the election in the town Of Newark in February, ln, as
related in the histories Of that period. Men voted only once, u women who
we're TO sanctify the ballot. voted early and often. and at night. when it a
known hat Newark had won the new court house. the women illuminated
their houses in honor Of their victory.
Here is what a old author, who had talked with men and women, who
voted at the election Of 1907 wrote about it: Every person voted at every
poll. Married women voted as veil Is single women Three sisters, the
i Youngest aged Is years. changed their dresses n their names n voted
six times each Two of them are still living and reside in Newark Men and
boys changed clothes in order o duplicate their votes and married II single
women did the same Never WI there a more reckless election. Newark won
the our house, IN in the evening illuminated herself wen to III tops of Ter
steeples; Numbered and beloved, and all the tar and apple barrels
which could be gathered in from miles around were consumed by fire.