CHAPTER I: THE SETTLEMENT
The selection of the site–Origin of the name of Amboy–Proposals
for building and peopling the Town–Plans of Samuel Groom and Gawen
Lawrie–Views of the Proprietaries in reference to the Seat of Government
CHAPTER II: THE SETTLERS
Thomas Rudyard, Gawen Lawrie, Samuel Groom, William Haige, William Dockwra,
Benjamin Clarke, George Keith, The Campbells, The Scotch Immigrants by
the "Henry and Francis," John Forbes, James Emott, John Barclay,
Stephen and Thomas Warne, Thomas and Robert Fullerton, John Reid, Miles
Forster, David Mudie, Garret and Walter Wall
CHAPTER III: THE CITY
Its first Charter–Its progress under it–Notices of the place
by different writers–Its second Charter–Last act of Incorporation–Population
at different times
CHAPTER IV: THE CITIZENS
None of the original families left–Causes of the change–The Gordon
Family–The Johnstone Family–The Sonmans Family–The Willocks
Family–The Lyell Family–The Harrison Family–The Kearny Family–The
Farmar Family–Elias Bland–The Skinner Family–The Nevill
Family–The Barberrie Family–The Watson Family–The Parker
Family–Thomas Bartow–The Sargant Family–The Stevens Family–The
Bryant Family
CHAPTER V: RESIDENT GOVERNORS
Robert Hunter–William Burnet–John Hamilton–Francis Bernard–Thomas
Boone–William Franklin
CHAPTER VI: RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS
Protestant Episcopalians—Presbyterians–Baptists—Metliodists–Roman
Catholics
CHAPTER VII: PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND PLACES
The Town or Court House–Jails–The Stocks–The Old Market–The
Barracks–The Office of Provincial Records–Brighton House–Inns
and Taverns–The Spa–The Cove–Tower Hill–The Wreck of
the Caledonia
CHAPTER VIII: TRAVELLING FACILITIES
Early routes and roads through the Province–Ferries at different points–Transmission
of the Mails–Establishment of Post Offices–The Carriage of Passengers
and Transportation of Merchandise–Different Stage Routes–Intercourse
between Newark and New York
CHAPTER IX: MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS
Early Educational Schemes–Commercial Projects–Fairs and Races–The
Public Bathing Day–Fires and Engines–The Pirates and Their Hidden
Treasures–Slavery–Lotteries
CHAPTER X: EVENTS DURING THE REVOLUTION
Operations of the Armies in the district of country north of the Raritan–Predatory
Excursions–Local Incidents
CHAPTER XI: WOODBRIDGE
Its Settlement and subsequent History–Allotment of land among the
Settlers–Their names–Lists of the Deputies to the General Assembly
and of Town Officers–Notices of the Old Families–Historical Sketches
of the Presbyterian and Episcopal Congregations–Educational Scheme–Appropriations
for Schools and for Support of the Poor–Miscellaneous Items
CHAPTER XII: PISCATAWAY
List of the Settlers–Their respective quotas of land–The Town
Officers–Religious Congregations–Extracts from the Town Books,&c.
ILLUSTRATIONS: Map of Perth
Amboy as Originally Laid Out; Map of Perth Amboy as it was in 1823; Portrait
of Governor Franklin; Portrait of John Watson, the Painter; Portrait of
Rev. Edward Vaughan; Portrait of Governor Burnet; The Seal of the Eastern
Proprietors; The Seal of Perth Amboy; George Willocks' Residence; The Graves
of the Billop Household; View of the Parker Mansion; View of Old St. Peter's
Church; The Presbyterian Church; The Baptist Church as First Built; The
Methodist Church; The Old Court House; The Old Jail; The Old Market; The
Barracks; The Office of Provincial Records; Brighton House; The Long Ferry
Tavern; Trinity Church, Woodbridge
INDEX
A.: Alexander, James; Allen, John; Allen, Rev.
John; Allen, Jediah;Anderson, John; Andrews, Rev. Josiah B.; Andrews, Solomon;
Aswell, Ned; Allison, Richard; Antill, Edward; Arnold, Robert; Arnold,
John; Arnold, Benj. F.; Angus, Captain John; Angus, Samuel; Asbury, Francis;
Ayres, Obadiah;B.:; Baldwin, Jesse; Ball, Edward John; Ball, Ezekiel;
Barber, Major F; Barberrie, Peter; Barberrie, John; Barberrie, Lambert;
Barberrie, Oliver;Barberrie Family; Barclay, Robert; Barclay, David; Basse,
Jeremiah; Barton, Rev. Wm. B.; Bartow, Thomas; Bland, Elias; Bland Family;
Bradford, William; Brazier, Francis; Beach, Rev. Abr'm; Beeker, Captain;
Belcher, Governor; Bell, Andrew; Bend, Rev. Joseph J.; Bernard, Gov'r Francis;
Berry, Henry; Berry, Henry, Jr.; Brewster, John; Beman, John; Berrien,
John; Billop, Christopher; Bingley, William; Bishop John; Brinley, Edward;
Brinley, F. W.; Boacker, John; Bodine, Peter; Bogs, Lawrence; Bollen, James;
Boltwood, L. M.; Bonham, Hezekiah; Bonham, Nicholas; Boone, Gov'r Thomas;
Boudinot, Elisha; Bloomfield, Dr. Moses; Bloomfield, Joseph, (Governor);
Bloomfield, John; Brook, Rev. Mr.; Brown, Rev. Isaac; Brown, Mrs. Sophia;
Browns, William; Brown, John; Broughton, John; Buchanan, George; Buckaloo,
Frederick; Bunnell, Judge; Bunnell, Isaac; Burdge, Uriah; Burnet, Governor
William; Burnet, William; Burnet, John; Butler, Anthony; Bruen, Thomas;
Bruen, Alex. M; Bruen, Matthias; Bryant Family; C.: Cairns, (Carnes),
Alexander; Campbell, Lord Neil; Campbell, John; Campbell, Archibald; Campbell,
Rev. Colin; Campbell, Margaret; Carré, Louis; Carteret, Philip;
Chandler. Rev. T. B; Chapman, Rev, James; Clarke, Benjamin; Clarke, John;
Craig, Ursula; Crawford, John V.; Cluck, John; Chipchase, Rev. James; Crips,
William; Cockburn, John; Coker, Thomas; Colden, Cadwallader; Compton, George;
Compton, James; Compton, Mary; Conger, John; Conway, Captain; Cooke, Rev.
Samuel; Cooper, David; Cooper, Dr. Miles; Cooper, Thomas A.; Corbett, Thomas;
Cornbury, Lord; Cory, Rev. Benj'n; Cosby, Gov. William; Coxe, Daniel; Cromwell,
John; Cross, Rev. John; Crowell. David; Crowell, Joseph L.; Cuming, Rev.
F. H.; Cumming, John N.; Curtting. Rev. Mr.; Cuyler Henry; D.: ;
Dayton, Elias B.; Drake, George; Drake, Simeon; Deare, John; Deare, Jonathan,
(Major; Deare, Stephen; Delvey, John; Dennis, Samuel; Dennis, Robert; Desbrow,
Griffin; Dessigny, Peter; Dexter, Lady Barney; Dickinson, General; Doby,
John; Dobbin, James; Dockwra, William; Dodsworth, John; Douglas, Rev. Wm.;
Dun, Hugh; Dundas, James; Dunham, Edward; Dunham, Edward W.; Dunham, Elijah;
Dunham, Benj.; Dunlap, Wm.; Duyckink, Major; E.: ; England, Poole;
Everard, Sir Richard; Eier, William; Elliott, Andrew, 141.; Emott, James;
F.: ; Faesch, John Jacob; Faitout, Aaron; Fairholme, Johnston; Farquerson,
Alex'r;Farley, Henry; Farmar, Samuel; Farmar, Jasper; Farmar, Thomas; Farmar
Family; Frazer, John; Frazer, Dr. Thomas; Franklin, Benjamin; Franklin,
Governor William; Franklin, William Temple; Fenwick, John; Fletcher, Rev.
Seth; Freeman, Thomas; Fitz Randolph, Capt. Nath'l.; Forbes, Arthur; Forbes,
John; Forbes, Cleaveland A.; Forbes, Joseph D.; Ford. Samuel R.; Ford,
Edwin; Ford, Wm. J.; Ford, Charles; Forster, Miles; Frost, William; Fox,
Thomas; Fox, John; Fullerton, James; Fullerton, Thomas; Fullerton, Robert;
G.: ; Gage, Family of ; Gates, Gen'l Horatio; Gascrie, John; George
II, King; Greenland, Henry; Gibb, John; Gifford. Archer; Gilman, Charles;
Gilman, John; Gillmer, Rev. David R.; Gilpin, Rev. Edwin; Griffith, Benjamin;
Griggs, Richard; Griggs, John; Goelet, Peter; Golding, Joseph; Golding,
Lewis; Gordon, Charles; Gordon, Thomas; Gronovius the Botanist; Gordon
Family; Groom, Samuel; H.:; Haige, William; Hale, Sarnuel; Hall,
William; Hall, Eber. H.; Hall, Edward J.; Haliday, Rev. Thomas; Halsey,
Rev. Job F.; Halsted, Matthias; Halsted John; Hamersley, Andrew; Hamersley,
L. C.; Hamilton, John; Hamilton, Gov. Andrew; Hamilton, Wm.; Hamilton,
Charles; Hampton, John; Hardenbergh, Jacob R.; Hardy, Gov. Josiah; Hart,
Thomas; Harped, Gilman; Harriman, Rev. John; Harriott, James; Harriott,
Samuel; Harrison, John; Harrison Family; Harrison, William; Harrison, Wm.;
Hawks, Rev. F. L.; Hay, Andrew; Hay, Adam; Haynes, Jonathan; Hazard, Aaron;
Heard, Gen. Nathaniel; Heard, General John; Heard, John; Heathcote, Caleb;
Henderson, Rev. Jacob; Henderson, Rev'd Matthew H.; Henry, Michael; Herriott,
John; Hicks, Whitehead; Hicks, William; Hodgson, William; Hooper, Robert
Lettice; Hooper, James; Hornblower, Josiah; Howe, General; Howell, Captain,
326.; Bode Family; Hude, James; Hude, Adam; Hughes, Rev. Philip; Hughes,
Richard; Hull, Thos. M.; Hull, Benjamin; Hull, Hopewell; Hunter, Governor
Robert; Haley, Elisha; I.: ; Ireland, John; Iseltine, Isaac; Iseltine,
Matthew; Isleton, Jacob; Inglis, Thomas; J.: ; Jackson, William;
Jamison, David; Jaques, Henry; Johnstone, John; Johnston, Andrew; Johnstone
Family; Johnston, Heathcote; Johnston, John L.; Johnston, John; Johnston,
Lewis; Johnson, Col. Robert G.; Jones, Rev. Alex'r, D.D.; Jones, Rev. Henry
V.; Jones, Rev. Jasper D.; K.: ; Kearny Family; Kearny, Philip;
Kearny, Ravaud; Kearny, Michael; Kearny, James Hude; Kearny, Lawrence;
Keene, Charles; Keith, George; Kennedy, Archibald; Kemble, Peter; Kent,
Stephen; Ker, Walter; Ker, Rev. Nathan; Ker, Rev. Jacob; Ker. Samuel; Kidd,
William; Killingworth, Rev. Thomas; King, William; King, Robert; Kinsey,
Benj. D.; Knight, Madame,; Knowles, Thomas; L.: ; Lawrence, Dr.
John; Lawrence, Judge; Lawrence, Etlingham; Lawrence, Jonathan H.; Lawrie,
Gawen; Leacock, Rev Humble J.; Leigh, James; Lent, James; Leonard, Samuel;
Leslie, George; Lewis, John; Livingston, Chancellor; Little, George; Livingston,
William, Governor; Lockhart, George; Logan, Mr., of Philad'a.; Loggans,
Thomas; Longstreet, Captain; Loofborrow, John; Lovelace, Governor, Lord;
Lowe, Cornelius; Lyell, Fenwick; Lyell Family; Lyric, James; Lytheby, Capt.
Philip; M.: ; Madison, James; Maginnis, Capt. Robert; Makemie, Rev'd
Francis; Mandeville, Betioni; Manning, John; Marsh, Hugh; Marsh, Eliae;
Marsh, Joseph; Marsh, Thomas G.; Martin, Jeremiah; Martin, John; Martin,
Rev. Wm. M.; Martin, Luther, of Baltimore,; Matthie, John; Maurice, Benjamin;
Maurice, Charles F.; Meiss, Henry; McKean, Rev. Robt.; McLellan, Robert;
Mercer, Archibald; Mercer, William; Meredith, Captain; Merritt, George;
McIlvaine, Bishop; Mills, Rev. Henry; McKnight, Rev, Charles; Moore, Rev.
Thorowgood; Moore, Capt. John; Moore, Rev. Richard C.; Moore Matthew; Moores,
Samuel; Moore, Samuel; Morgan, General; Morgan, James; Morris, Governor;
Morris, Chief Justice; Morton, Rev. Andrew; Montgomerie, Governor; Munson,
Medad; Mudie, David; Mundy, Zadoc; N.: ; Neilson, William; Nevill,
Family; Nevill, Samuel; Nevell, John; Nicholls, James A.; Nicholls, William;
Niven, William; Noe, David; Nugent, Sir George; O.: ; Ogden, David;
Ogden, Robert; Ogden, Col. Samuel; Ogden, Gabriel; Ogden, Capt. Jonathan;
Ogden, Josiah; Ogden, Captain; O'Brien, Daniel; Ogelly, Rev, Fred'k; Ormston,
Joseph; Odlum, Digby; P.: ; Paine, Jedediah; Palmer, Joseph; Palmer,
John; Palmer, Rev. Mr.; Palmer, Robert; Parker Family; Parker, Elisha;
Parker, James (1); Parker, James (2); Parker, James (Printer); Parker,
John, Colonel; Parker, John.; Paterson, William,; Paterson, S. V. R.; Paten,
James; Pattersone, Rev. Thomas; Partridge, Richard, Colonial Agent; Pratt,
Rev. H. E. E.; Putland, Heron; Perth, James Earl of; Perthuck, Rev. Edw'd;
Pettit, Charles; Preston, Rev. John; Pierce, Daniel; Pierce, Joshua; Pierson,
Daniel; Pierson, Caleb C.; Pierson, Rev. Abra'm, Jun'r.; Pierson, Rev.
John; Pike, John; Pike Family; Pinhorne, William; Pintard, John; Q.:
; Quin, Rev. Thomas; R.:; Randall (Fitz Randolph), Capt; Rattoone,
John; Rattoone, Robert; Read, Joseph; Reading, John; Reckless, Joseph W.;
Redford Andrew; Reed, Bowes; Reid, John; Rigg, Margaret; Riggs, Rev. Elias;
Riddell, Rev. Archibald; Ritchie, John; Robinson, Coronel Beverley; Robinson,
Sir Wm. Henry; Rodgers, John R. B.; Roe, John; Roe, Rev. Azel,; Rogers,
Robert; Rolph, Hannah; Ross, Dr. Alexander; Rowland, Rev. John Hamilton;
Rudyard, Thomas; Rudyard, John; Rusco, Captain; Russ, W. S.; Rutgers, Harmanus;
Rutherfurd, Walter; Rutherfurd, John; S.: ; Salsbury, Rev. Benj.;
Sargant, Samuel; Sargant Family; Savery, Peter; Sayre, Gerard; Sharp, John;
Shaw, Rev. Peter H.; Shaw, Captain; Slack A.; Stakes, Dr.; Schapps, Cornelius
H.; Strahan, William; Strang, Christopher; See, John D.; Selover, Daniel;
Selover, Cornelius; Semple, Alex'r; Schenck, David K.; Shepard, Rev. Samuel;
Sleight, Abraham; Sleight, Cornelius; Spencer, Rev. Elihu; Stelle, Margaret;
Stelle, Thomas Gordon; Stelle, Gabriel; Stevens Family; Stevens, Richard;
Stevens, John; Stevens, Gen. Ebenezer; Stirling, Lord; Simson, Rev, David;
Skinner Family; Skinner, Rev. William; Skinner, Cortlandt; Skinner, Stephen;
Skinner, John; Skinner, Thomas; Smith, John; Smith, William Peartree; Smith,
Rev. Isaac; Smith, William (Historian); Smith, Richard; Smith, Joel; Smith,
Rev. Sam'l S.; Smith, Charles McK.; Spieren, Rev. George Hartwell; Stites,
Richard W.; Stockton, Richard; Sonmans Family; Sonmans, Peter; Scot, George,
of Pitlochie; Spotswood, Gov. ; Stout, Harman; Stubbs, Rev. Alfred,; Schuyler,
John; Schuyler, Col. Peter; Stryker, Rev. Peter; "Sylvanus Americanus,";
Smyth, John; Smyth, Andrew; Smyth, Laurence; Smyth, Frederick; T.: ;
Talbot, Rev. John; Tappan, Abraham; Taylor, Joseph; Tenbrook, Johannes;
Ten Eyck, Philip; Tennent, Rev. Gilbert; Terrill, William; Terrill, Sophia;
Terrill, John; Terrill, Captain; Trent, William; Tomlinson, B. H.; Thomas,
William; Thompson, John; Thompson, E. B.; Thompson, William; Thompson,
Ab'm.; Thorp, Norris; Thorp, David; Thorp, Robert A.; Throckmorton, James;
Turnbull, Thomas; Turnbull, Captain; Tuite, James; Tyrrell, Henry D.; Tryner,
George F.; U.:; Upton, Dr.; V.: ; Van Cortlandt, Stephanus;
Van Horne, James; Van Horne, Cornelius; Van Kirk, John; Vaughan, Rev. Edward;
Verplanck, Gulian; Vesey, Rev. Wm.; Vicars, Captain Robert; W.: ;
Wade, Rev. Nath'l.; Wait, David; Wait, John; Wait, David T.; Wall, Walter;
Wall, Garret; Wall, John Galen; Wall, Garret D.; Walker, Alexander; Wallace,
Hugh; Walters, Captain; Warne, Stephen; Warne, Thomas; Warren, Sir Peter;
Warren, Lady; Warren, John G.; Waterhouse, Dr. John; Watson, John "Merchant";
Watson, Peter; Watson Family; Watson, John, "Painter," ; Watson,
Alexander; Watson, John R.; Webb, John; Webb, Abraham (1); Webb, Abraham
(2); Webster, Rev. Richard; Weiser, Jacob; Willocks Family; Willocks, George;
Wilson, James; Wilson, Rev. Nicholas; Winder, Samuel; Whitaker, Rev. Nath'l;
Whitefield, George; Whitehead, William; Wright, George; Woglum, John P.;
Woodbridge, Stephen G.; Woodbridge, Samuel E.; Woodruff, Abner; Woodward,
Captain; Y.: ; Young, Robert; Young, John; Youngs, Rev. Joshua
This classic local history chronicles the settlement of Perth
Amboy, Woodbridge and Piscataway from the early 1700s through the Revolution.
The narrative begins with the earliest records of grants and habitation
in the area and its appointment as the capital city and primary port of
the proprietary colony of East Jersey. Detailed discussions of the primary
families and their descendants as well as the public institutions that
served the community follow. Considerable effort is devoted to recording
occurrences during the French and Indian War and the American Revolution,
including accounts not to be found in any other historical work. Although rarely seen and never republished, this book is one of
the most frequently-cited histories of New Jersey's colonial period.
