The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-09-23
lCoutinued from last week.l
a1LpERr oIBERsoN l6aptaln(

mouth Comfy. where he was born.
Here he was appointed. In 1875. Cap
tain of the American militia and consin-
ued in this service until the Declare
tion Of Independence, when be resign
ed. The documents in A O. 1918, con-
sists of:
1. An official description of his tract
of land. which was left by will of his
father, Guisbert Guisbertson, to be di-
vided between this son, Gilbert (or
Guisbert) and another son, William
2. A copy of the will of Guisbert Guis-
bertson, yeoman, in which are mention
ed his wife, Hannah; tha children Of
his son, John; Guisbert Guisbertson.
son and heir of his son, John, deceased;
and his two sons, above named, dated
April 10, 1858. 3. The original deed,
dated October 90, 1854, between Oliver
de Lancy and Henry Cuyler, Junior,
merchants in the city of New York, for
property in Monmouth county, New
Jersey, sold to Guis Guibertson and
William Guibertson. 4. The original
release of certain property by William
Guibertson to Guibert Guibertson, dat
ed March s, 1868. 5. A schedule Of this
Loyalist's confiscated real property,
which was sold in Monmouth County,
N. J.. for G3, $50 in 1779, and copy Of
the inquisition. In 1886 he was residing
lin Pennsylvania.
ELIJAH GROOM
He was born in America and lived il
Monmouth Cou nty, New Jersey He
served for six years ii thef New Jersey
Volunteers, and for time as priya-
teer, He mentions in his memorial the
names of Jacob Cooper and Ezekiel
Groom, probably Loyalists, as witnesses
to his loyalty, and includes q schedule
of his property lost in New Jersey. In
1886 he was residing in First Township,
above Cataraqui, Canada.
REUBEN HANKINsoN Ensign
This American born Loyalists born
in 1859 joined the New Jersey Volun-
teers as private in September, 1770
and passed through from Sergeant tc
Ensign in the Is Battalion on August
ID, 1881. He was married on Decembel
Is. 1885, to City 80, and died on
May 20, 1919, at Sissiboo, Nova Scotia.
leaving widow and Is children. Hi:
original commission as Ensign, bearing
T the signature Of Sir Henry Clinton is il
w. o. 40. H6. He was taken prisoner or
Staten Island in f777 and sent to Tren
ton.
ROBERT AND EzBEIAI HARTsHoRE.
Their estate was not confiscated. and
they were in possession of it in 1887 I
probably suffered considerably from
plundering by Americans and British
They may have been of Shrewsbury
N
JOHN HEARD
Hewas of Woodbridge, N. J. In A. O.
1918 are the following papers relating tc
to him:
/. A list of deeds giving the names Of
William Heard in 174l, John Heard, de-
ceased in 1901, and the latter Johns ]
son, Nathaniel. 2. A copy Of the inqnisis
tion into his confiscated property, from
which it would seem that it was sold
for e7, 496. 8. s. 8. A valuation Of his es-
tate by Joseph Shotwell and Isaac
Freeman, his former neighbors in Wood
bridge; also certificate to his knowl-
edge of John Heard from Johnathan
Clawson IA. v. also a former neighbor.
4 A certificate from Cortlandt Skinner
10. v. to his loyalty. 5. Two letters from
his near relation" William Taylor
ca. W, lawyer Of Freehold, N. j.,
dated January 10, 1889, and February
90, 1889, from London.
In the second letter above named this
New Jersey lawyer and agent in Lon
don for many exiled New Jersey 10y
alists, in commenting upon the refusal
Of the Commissioners of American
Claims to grant compensation to John
Heard because he remained in the Unit
States after the War, pointed out that
his (Taylor's) near relation" and his
eldest son, Nathaniel Heard, had serv-
ed with the British army for seven years.
Such were the misfortunes OF this un-
happy Loyalist that his mind had been
affected and death occasioned. Morrow
er, he had left widow and a large FAM
ly in extreme indulgence in Novia
Scotia
His son, Nathaniel, was granted com
to the amount Of 1892 from
mis- claim Of 81, 47S.
The WilliamTaylor above referred to
is Of the Jamily of Taylors whose vault
is under st. Peters church, Freehold.
Another member of this family was
President of bank in New Orleans,
La.
CONRAD HENDRICKS (Captain)
He was born in America the son Of
John Hendricks, and was settled as a
farmer at the entrance Of Whale Creek,
County. He was seized in
1776 as a Loyalist. He had warrant
as Captain under Lieut.. Colonel John
Morris (q.v.) He died 10 exile in New
in 1884. His widow and
third wifel. Ann Nancy, married John
and was living at st. John, New
Brunswick, in 1887
A certificate Of Robert Campbell, then
late Of New Jersey; dated st. John, No
vember 9, 1856, testifies to the loyalty of
Hendricks With this are several official
affidavits proving the confiscation of
his properly Gin Monmouth County.
May Is, 1779), and a certificate Of
George Leonard, the Massachusetts,
Loyalist, dated Fabruary IS, 1887, de-
claring that Hendricks had acted as a
Lieutenant on board one of his armed
vessels in the war and was brave and
loyal,
Ann Sinnott claimed 81 ,423. Is. for
the confiscated property Of Conrad