The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1923-01-25
St. Peters Church,
Freehold and It's Rect0rs
BIZ MAxoY APPLICABLE. sR.
REV. GEORGE KEITH, FOUNDER OF
FREEHOLD.
BIZ MAxoY APPLICABLE. SR.
ToPAEEMUs.

ToPANEMUs.
On the northeast side OF the buryin,
ground at Topanemus stands a gigan
tic white oak some four feet In diane
ter. The Barriclo faulty until quit,
recent years still used small plot or
the west side, enclosed by an iroI
fence, and we understand member oi
this family was the last person 20 BIZ
inferred in this burying gruoDd. On
the south side are the ancient graves Of
the Reds and Bairds. Near the center
is the grave of Thomas Warns. Just
southeast of the Warne grave is that
of Col. John Anderson, covered with a
slab. He was at one time Judge OF
the Monmouth County Courts and a
leading man and President of His Maj
esty's Council and at one time acted
as Governor of the Province OF East
Jersey. (The compiler of this has
one OF the books printed in London.
ITO. from his library with his coat
of arms and his name Inscribed therein,
purchased to the vicinity Of Tennent a
number Of years ago.. A number OF
other prominent men lie here inferred,
John Reid, the Deputy Surveyor I'M
der Keith in running the line between
East and West Jersey; MIR. Lyen and
Mr.. Barclay, Mr.. Nichols, Reeds and
Others. [See list Of copy from grave
stones to appear later
'sAs to Thomas Warne's religious
tenets we know nothing definitely.
He settled In Scotch community II
America, but came over from ireland.
and associated with Keith, Penn and
other Quakers, all of the first twelve Of
the Proprietors, it was declared, were
Quakers, as we'll as most OF the TWEEN
ty-four- and. he, too, therefore posi-
bly,, may have been Quaker, espec-
tally as he is thought to have
helped build the old Quaker Meeting
House at Topwnemus, and is on rec
ord as having been, present at least
two Quaker marriages, 8 of II mo-,
1859. and 10th of 2 month, 1890; be-
sides if his mother was Catherine
Warne Of Dublin, there is g matter IN
the will Of her brother, the Rev. Thorn
as Triplett, which might rather tend
to confirm this state of affairs, his par.
ents, it may be, both appearing to
have gone over to the Society Of
Friends. The item to which we refer
TO III LIZ 1flDtcIbS Will Aoi
l hereby request through the great
love that bear to nv sister and heI
three children, that she will make an
effort to have them baptized in the
Christian faith and see that they art
lcarefully taught the tenets of the
Church of England. F"
This would indicate that Catherine
Warne and her children were not in
the church of England at that time,
/ and why may they not consequently,
have been Quakers, as Stephen, the
father, and Thomas, the son. may
have been likewise, when they came to
this country, specially as John Hey
wood, of whom Thomas Warne
bought his property, was Quaker,
as so many of the other Proprietors
were.
If, however, Thomas Warne was
brought up and remained Quaker,
for some years after coming to East
New Jersey with his father. he was ev-
identity one of those persons who were
converted by Keith to the faith of the
of the Church OF England, when
he went over; and then, too, he is bur
led with so many of his family, In an
Episcopal burying ground; while we
know that certainly, one of this child
rem, and perhaps all, were baptized in
the Episcopal Church. Moreover, his
children. some of them at any rate, af-
ter they grew up. were Episcopalians,
notably Samuel, Thomas and Joshus
and his daughter, Sarah. Judge Irwin
w. Schuyler of Phillipsburg, Nj,
thinks Thomas Warne could not have
been q Quaker, because he held of
fee under the Crown, that he probably
was Tory and hence Churchman.
The union of Thomas Warne, Pro
prietor, and Mrs. Mary Carhart nee
Lord. resulted in the birth of at leas
six children, Stephen, Thomas. Sam
uel, Joshua, George apd Sarah.
Book E of Deeds. p $50, records Il
the affidavit by John Johnston, Sr.
and John Matthies, 1881. tina
Sarah, the wife of English Smith, de
ceased. after the death of her sale
husband, inhabited in the said city
and there died, leaving no issue by hs
said husband or any other. That tn,
said Sarah had sister Mary, WHIT
was first married to Thomas Carhart Q
the town of Woodbridge. in the Coun
tv of Middlesex, and that she had is
sues by the said Thomas, three sons
named John, Robert and William ant
after the said Thomas Carhart de
ceased, she married again unto
Thomas Warne, OF the said city, ant
that she, the said Mary, had issue by
him, 1--WE sons and one daughter, tS
wit: Stephen, Thomas. Samuel. Josh
ua, George and Sarah, Stephen be
ing the eldest as they do believe, ans
the said John Johnston doth further
say, that he knew the said Mary be
fore her marriage with the said Thorn
as Carhart. as Mary Lord. This affi
davit is signed Andrew Johnston
John Johnston. III. D.. and Johr
Matthies. This affidavit is printed il