The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-10-16
Hannah AppIegates's
Capture by Indians.
THE APPLICABLE HOMES ON
LONG ISLAND $50 YEARS AGO.

LONG ISLAND 700 \ EARS Ago.
The record of the Applegates when
they resided on Long Island is interest
ing. They being of the Church Of Eng
land were driven out of the Connecti-
cut plantations, where they first set
tied and then found home in Rhode
Island and from thence went to Long
Island.
In 1850, Bartholomew Apologize,
who married Hannah Patrick Of
Grayesend, with William Wilkins, COM
plete ed / a tide mill on Strome Greek,
near the site Of the present Garretson's
mill at Gravesend.
Bartholomew Apologize was proges.
sive and staunch adherent Of the
English and their Church. His per-
nicous activity along these lines made
him distrusted by the Hollanders and
resulted finally in much trouble and
dispute. However he gradually &C
quired considerable land from his
Dutch neighbors, thereby mourning
their further enmity and displeasure.
Later he was obliged to sell some of
his land to Glace Pauiu, but retained
eight acres on which he lived and
cultivated, and beside these acres he
exchanged with William Guolding Qa-
ter of Middletown, Monmouth Co., n.
j. their four acre lots. Aug. /, 1867, he
purchased of Matthew Whitman the
farm allotted to Thoms Mcneil
On Oct. 9, 1868, according to the His
tory of the State of New York, John
VanCleaf, was sent by his New
Utrecht neighbors to notify Director
Stuyvesant that about 300 armed Eng
lish were in Jamaica and that Barthol-
omew Apologize and others OF Graves
end, well-armed. had joined them. +"
These purchases and the aggressive
iveness in favor the Church of Eng
land resulted in his persecution by
the HoIanders in the neighborhood
and it may have influenced the In
dams to capture Hannah Apple
gate and her child and hold them as
means of obtaining favor and re-
ward from the Dutch. but owing to
public opinion the kidnapping
turned ont different from what they
expected"
The capture of Hannah Apologize
and her child aroused all of the resi-
dents of Long Island. She was said
to have been beautiful woman
and loving wife and commitment
of the English church on Long Is
land. Her capture made a great COM
motion turnout the Colonies so that
on Nov. 9Th, 1871, the Governor
was pleased to order Mr.. Wilkins to
paw ten pounds towards the release
of her and her child this showeth
that Thomas Whitlock received OF
Mr.. DeIevall five pounds Of the
aforesaid sum Of which the said Thomas
delivered five pounds to the Constable
and Overseers of Gravesena in red
cloth, &c.
This account fails to state the to-
ia amount of the ransom.
This occurrence seems to have
disheartened the Applegates from re-
siding on Long island, for on March 8,
1874, Bartholomew with Thomas
Apologize. the latter then owning
large plantations near Flushing, and
their brother-in-law, Richard Sadler
TSalter] were given permission to
purchase land Of the Indians, near
the Neversinks in East Jersey. This
permission provoked the controversy
between the Hartshornes, who laid
claim to the land, which was settled
by the Courts in favor of the Appegates.
In 1885, 200 acres. q part of this tract at
the Falls of the Shrewsbury, now linton
Falls, was ceded to Governor Lewis
Morris for his iron works.
Daniel Applegate, ST., son of Bar
tholomew Applegate married Rebecca
Tiltop, and when he died Oct, Is, 1909,
he made his wife sole heir and execu
trix. The widow, Rebecea Apologize,
married July 9, 17l0-11, William Leeds,
the benefactor of Christ Church,
so it i quite certain that
some of the Apologize money and
land went to that church, as he willed
all his property to 1t
OF the Applegate baptismal names,
Ann, Mary, Elizabeth and Hannah
seem to have been favorites for females
and William, Daniel, John and Thorn
as for males and this makes great diff
ficulty in genealogical research.
Al the Applegates in the early days
had very large families and their de-
scendants are widely scattered.
After the Applegates removed to
Monmouth County their children in
termarried with the Dutch and last
ing truce of the feud ensued and the
Monmouth Hollanders conferred the
name to be found in their old writings
and deeds, "Applegadt.,