Newark post., 1913-10-08
Well-Enown Names
On Old Document

In 177S two years after the Rev
olutionary War under act of the
General Assembly, all loyal male
citizens Of Pencader Hundred were
required TO take the oath of alleg-
lance to the State of Delaware. J..
Wilkins COoch, president of the
Farmers Trust Company Of New
ark has a document which will no
doubt be of great interest to pre-
sent and former citizens of the hun
dred as it contains the names of
those who subscribed to this oath.
The document was recently pre-
sented to Mr.. Cooeh by Judge
Henry c. Conrad who happened to
find 1t among lot of historic rel
les. Descendants of many of those
whose names appear as having tax
en- the oath of fidelity still live in
that hundred. Thomas Cooch, one
of those who took the oath was the
great great grandfather Of the own
er of this interesting document.
Pencader hundred has been the
the home of many generations of
the Cooch family.
The document contains the form
of oath taken by the residents of
Pencader Hundred which was as
follows:
81 do solemnly swear (or af-
firm as the case may be- that | do
not hold myself bound to yield any
allegiance or obedience to the King
of Great Britain, his heirs or sue
cesors, and that / will be true and
faithful to the Delaware State, and
will support and maintain the free
dom, independence and Constitu-
ton thereof, against all open enc
mics and secret and traitorous con-
spiracies and will disclose and
make known to the Commander in
Chief for the time being, or some
Judge or Justice of this State, all
treason or traitorous conspiracies,
attempts or combinations against
the same, or the government there
of, which shall come to my know
ledge
The document contains the
names of 129 men who took the
oath of fidelity and that they did
so willingly is evident from the fol-
lowing paragraph which was added
to the document by the Justice be-
fore whom the oathS We're taken |
1.-The persons that We're qualified |
after the first day of July render
ed me a good reason of their not APP
pearing at the time limited by the !
act of Assembly, viz some of them
were sick and could not come. and |
some of them were far abroad and f.
could not reach here and some de
clared they did not hear of the af-
fair till the time was past, but
every one of them were free and
willing to take the oath of fidelity
Witness my hand,
Thomas James.
The complete list of those who
took the oath follows: John Boggs
John Townsend, Matthew Jack,
Daniel Howell Thomas, Mulham
William Eynon, Will
lam Scott, James Jones, Moses
Mynor, Stephen Eynon, Enoch ;
Jones, Andrew Fisher. Daniel '
Jones, Evan Davis, Daniel Mccall /
Wy, Arthur Cation, Robert Owens, |
Thomas Walton, James Orr, Alex 1
ander Thomson, William Cummins E
James McCowen, Timothy Carney. '
Robert McCobery, William Barnes, '
John Jack, William Reddick, Sam a
lel Jones, Thomas Jinkins. Thorn a
rs McCrea, John McKinly, Thomas
Cooch. John Aiken, David Howell. Y
William Milligan, Valentine Dodd, t
Matthew Aiken, Joseph Thomas, a
lanes Thompson, William Thomp- i
ION, Richard Roberts, John Neel, n
David McKinly, Jacob Welch, John Q
Underwood, Rees Evans, Joseph n
John Stewart, John o
Evans, Andrew Muldroh, Andrew "
Robert McCay, Howell G.
evans, David lIuldroh, Charles Il
Johnston, John Edwards, William
lcCaughey, Peter Flood, William II
James Porter. James +,
5oldin, Nathan Boldin, Christie o.
her Jones, John Griffith, William y p
iaughey, David Rees, David An =
erson, John FAIRIES, Jacob Nor az
an, John Torrans, John Moore. p
'homas Whitlock. William Robin OF
on, Samuel Beatman, John Elder, to
William Camblin, Thomas Cum
erland, Christopher McAlister, .,
William Cumberland, Elijah Barns
mos Barns, John Bowen, William l'
-ckinly, Isaac FAIRIES. William W.
Inc,,,h 1al ] w.