FARDON- In tracing this name back we find it given as Ferdon, Vardon and originally Verdon. The name is of French origin. Jacob Verdon appears to have been the first of this family in this country. His farm was between twentieth and twenty-fifth streets, Brooklyn. In Long Island records the name was sometimes given as Fferdon and Ferdon; the latter is the orthography retained by some descendants in New York state and elsewhere. Thomas Fardon who died about 1877, in the 84th year of his age, was one of the first Superintendents of the Sunday School of the old Holmdel Baptist church.

FENTON- John Fenton of Freehold, bought land of Edward Worth and Mary his wife, of Freehold, 1713. Thomas Fenton's lands bought of Thomas Parker, Jr., are referred to, 1716. Among soldiers in the patriot army in the Revolution were George and Thomas Fenton. Lewis Fenton, a blacksmith of Freehold, joined the Tories and was killed by a party in pursuit of him in 1779.

FLINN- Edward Flinn bought land of the proprietors in 1797, on the north side of Cedar Creek. His will was dated 1810 and proved Jan. 7, 1811. It is said that he was b. on the passage of his parents to this country and was buried in an old graveyard on the Gifford place at Toms River.

FITHIAN- The founder of this family was William Fithian. Tradition says he was a native of Wales and a soldier in Cromwell's army, and was present at the execution of Charles I; after Charles II was restored he had to fly for his life; he came to Boston, thence to Lynn, thence to East Hampton, L.I. Some account of his descendants is given in Howell's History of Southampton, L.I.

FISH- Charles Fish lived in Freehold, 1733. It is probable he came from Long Island.

FORMAN, FOREMAN, FURMAN- The first of this name, probably, in New Jersey, was George Foreman, who, in 1681, bought with John Inians and others, 640 acres near, or at what is now New Brunswick and west of the Raritan river adjoining Matthews' Indian purchase. In Monmouth county the first of this family appear to have been Samuel Forman and Aaron Forman who are named as early as 1688, and Thomas 1691. May 24th, 1695, Thomas Foreman and Mary Allen, both of Monmouth, were licensed to marry by Governor Andrew Hamilton. The license is now preserved in the library of the New Jersey Historical Society. The first Foremans in America were John and Giles Firmin, who came over with the Pilgrim Fathers in Governor Winthrop's fleet, 1630. They came from Sudbury, Suffolk county, England. The first named Jonathan Foreman of Monmouth, who was an early member of the Brick Church at Marlborough, married Margaret Wykoff, dau. of Cornelius Wykoff who was son of Peter and founder of the Wykoff family. In Monmouth county, some have expressed the opinion that the Formans of Monmouth descend from John Foreman, the Scotch refugee from persecution, whose name is given in Whitehead's History of Perth Amboy, and who came over in 1685; but the writer can find nothing to sustain this theory. The commission of David Forman as High Sheriff of Monmouth county, 1780, is filed in the library of the New Jersey Historical Society.

General David Forman, the well remembered hero of Monmouth, is said to have been the fourth son of Joseph and Elizabeth Lee Forman. He was b. Nov. 3, 1745. His father was a wealthy shipping merchant of New York and afterwards retired from business and settled on a farm in New Jersey. Gen. Forman m. Feb. 28, 1767, Ann Marsh, dau. of Wm. Marsh, of Maryland. He d. Sept. 12, 1797, aged 52 years. His children (as given by Miss Anna M. Woodhull) were:

1. Sarah Marsh Forman, b. Feb. 1, 1773, d. Jan. 18, 1799; m. her cousin, Major Wm. Gordon Forman (son of Joseph, of Shrewsbury,), who was a graduate of Princeton, and died at Lexington, Ky., 1812.

2. Rivine Forman m. James, son of Col. John Neilson, of New Brunswick, leaving an only dau., who m. Rev. George Griffin.

3. Ann Forman, who m. Dr. Jonathan Longstreet, of Monmouth.

4. Emma Forman m. Robert, son of General Cummings, of Newark, N.J.

5. Malvina Forman, living in Fauquier county, Va., 1873, aged 85, who owned the portraits of her parents, painted by Rembrandt Peale.

The will of David Forman of Freehold, dated Feb. 24th, 1802, proved 1813, speaks of him as "being anshant"; it names w. Nelle's sons Jonathan, Tunis and Samuel; daus. Anna Lloyd. Jonathan's son David; Samuel's son David.

FOXALL- In 1677, the proprietors, under concessions, granted to John Hance 240 acres of land in right of John Foxall.

FREEBORN- Gideon Freeborn was awarded a share of land 1667. He was of Portsmouth, near Newport, R.I., and was probably related to William Freeborn, who is named among the freemen at that place 1655. The proprietors' Records at Perth Amboy, show that in 1677 a warrant for land was issued to Gideon Freeborn and wife, and again in 1681.

FRENCH- Philip French in 1736 bought 100 acres of John Antonides. This is an ancient West Jersey name. In 1670 John French, mason, had 15 acres of land at Woodbridge. In 1689 Thomas French had 621 acres from West Jersey proprietors, and other tracts at different dates. In 1694 Thomas French, Jr., had land from them. In 1737 Thomas French had 96 acres in Mansfield and Richard French had 140 acres in Mansfield. Mrs. Blackman says that the ancestor of the Little Egg Harbor family of the name was Francis French, who settled at Bass River before the Revolution.

FRENEAU- Philip Freneau was a resident of Mt. Pleasant, near Matawan. He was b. in Frankfort street, New York, Jan. 2, 1752. The family was of Huguenot descent. Pierre Freneau, the father of Philip, was at one time of South Carolina. He bought a large tract of land near Mount Pleasant where his son Philip removed to in 1794. The father and grandfather of Philip are buried in Trinity church yard, New York. Philip Freneau, when about 30 yrs. old, m. Eleanor Forman, dau. of Samuel. Gen. Jonathan Forman and Denise Forman were her brothers. They had four daughters. He graduated at Princeton in same class as did Jas. Madison. He died from exposure Dec. 18, 1833. An account of his life and literary labors is published in "Old Times in Old Monmouth."

FRYTHOWART- Aaron Frythowart, weaver, bought land 1721 of Major James Hubbard, Middletown.

FULLERTON- Jamed Fullerton is named as a juror 1692. He may have been the James Fullerton who at Woodbridge, March, 1684, was by a resolution in town meeting "to be entertained as schoolmaster." Thomas and Robert Fullerton were among Scotch refugees from persecution who came to Perth Amboy; the first-named with his w. and ten servants, and Robert with nine servants, arrived in October, 1684. They were brothers of the Laird of Kennaber and located themselves with Thomas Gordon and others on Cedar Brook, about eight miles west of Amboy.

GARDINER- Richard Gardiner of Tintern Manor is named about 1680. In 1683 he bought Land of Morgan Bryan; 1685, Feb. 17, he had conveyed to him by proprietors 1OO acres of land at "Old Woman's Hill" in Middletown township. He was appointed clerk of Monmouth county 1683 and continued until 1687. Joseph and Richard Gardiner are called sons-in-law by William Winter, in his will 1722. A family of Gardiners of Rhode Island and said to have descended from Sir Thomas Gardiner, whose son, Joseph Gardiner, came to this country with first settlers; was b. 1601 and d. in King's county, Rhode Island. 1679. He left six sons; the fourth, George, d. a 94; some of the family settled on Long Island.

GAUNTT- Zachary Gauntt of Sandwich, Mass., was among the original purchasers of land, 1667, but he seems to have settled at Newport, R.I. He had brothers Annanias and Israel who came to Monmouth and Annanias' son removed to Burlington county. In Bishop's "New England Judged" an ancient Quaker work published in London, 1703, it is said that Peter Gaunt, Ralph Allen, William Allen and Daniel Wing were fined twenty shillings each for not taking off their hats in court, and distress to the value of five pounds taken to satisfy the fine. This was about 1658. The same work adds that from Peter Gaunt was taken five kine, two heifers £30; one mare, two three-year-old steers, £12, eight bushels peas, £1-4s; four bushels Indian corn and one-half bushel wheat, 10s 6d-£43 14s 6d, and other laws made to rob them of their goods. Zachary Gaunt of Sandwich sold his share of land in Monmouth to his brother Annanias, Jan. 30, 1668.

GIBESON, GUIBERSON- In 1693, John Gibbonson and Daniel Hendrick of Flatbush, L.I., sold land to William Whitlock. John Gabeson was juror, 1699. In 1701, John Gysbertson of Middletown, sold 104 acres of land to Peter Wyckoff of Kings county, Long Island. Sep. 21, 1717, "John Gysbertse of Neversink, in the township of Crosswicks in the Jersies," conveyed to his brother Harman of Flatbush, a house, barn, orchard and garden in Flatbush. After the Revolution, among land owners in what is now Ocean county, were Hezekiah Giberson and B. Giberson. About 1820 to '30 John Guiberson's saw mill, in what is now Ocean county, was on Tice Van Horn's brook.

GIBBONS- Richard Gibbons, one of the twelve men to whom was granted the Monmouth Patent, was an early settler of Gravesend, L.I., where he was held in such good estimation as to be chosen arbitrator in disputes. 1688, May 10, Mordecai Gibbons had 540 acres confirmed to him in right of his father. In 1693, he was named as ensign in the militia, Richard Gibbons, the founder of this family, while on Long Island, signed his name Richard Gibbine, as stated by Tunis G. Bergen. In Monmouth he signed it Richard Gibbings.

GIFFORD- William Gifford is named as being assigned a share of land in Monmouth among the original purchasers in 1667-70. He was probably the William Gifford who about that time lived at Sandwich, Mass. In 1658-9 he was fined £57 19s. for refusing to swear allegiance and he, Geo. Allen and Richard Kirby and other Quakers were quite prominent at Sandwich previous to and about the time the first settlers came to Monmouth. The will of William Gifford, founder of the family in this country, was probated March 2, 1687. It is said by Bristol county descendants that the Gifford family trace their origin back to the Conquest. At the battle of Hastings, A.D. 1066, Sire Randolph de Gifford was a standard bearer of William, the Conqueror; a descendant named Sir Ambrose Gifford had a son, Walter, who came to America in 1630 and was founder of the American Branch.

GOODBODY- William Goodbody is named in court proceedings 1693 as juror and also in the suit. In 1698 he bought land of Joseph Lawrence and in 1701 of John Stewart and Elizabeth, his w. His will was dated April 6, 1703.

GORDON- Thomas Gordon is occasionally mentioned in Freehold records as King's Attorney and in connection with other business. He was a native of Pitlochie, Scotland, and arrived in the Province of New Jersey in Oct., 1684, with his w. Ellen, and four children. A sketch of his life is given in Whitehead's History of Perth Amboy. In 1715 John Salter, of Freehold, deeded 120 acres to Peter Gordon, of same town. In 1753 Hon. Richard Salter had this deed recorded. In 1774 Elizabeth Gordon, dau. of Thomas, m. John Salter, son of the Hon. Richard above named. Hon. John B. Gordon, U.S. Senator from Georgia, probably descended from a native of Monmonth county. Judge Cyrus Bruen, now in the 89th year of his age, thinks that he is a descendant of a brother of Ezekiel Gordon, who formerly resided on the Battle Ground, and well known in Freehold. The brother preferred to remove to Georgia, and was at one time a merchant in Savannah. In Freehold, 1776, David Gordon and William Gordon were named in list of inhabitants taxed. In Christ Church graveyard, Middletown, are tombstones to the memory of Jos. Gordon, who d. 1841 in his 69th year; to his w., Ruth, in her 42d year, 1811, and to other members of the family.

GOULD- Daniel Gould of Newport, R.I., with Joshua Coggshall, paid for a share of land 1667. He did not settle, however, here. He was a deputy to the Rhode Island Colonial Legislature 1673, and Governor's assistant 1674. In 1677 he had a warrant for 120 acres of land in Monmouth under proprietors' concessions.

GOULDING, GOLDING- William Goulding was one of the twelve men to whom was granted the Monmouth patent 1665. It is supposed that he first settled in New Amsterdam, now New York, as he owned land there in 1643. In the original division of town lots in Middletown, 1667, he was given lot 25 and also outlands. He sold his town lot and meadows to Richard Hartshorne, the deed for which was acknowledged Nov. 25, 1672. In Freehold records his name is signed Will. Golding. Joseph Golden or Goulding is next named in Freehold records. He bought 130 acres of land near Schenck's Hill, Middletown, of James Hubbard, Dec. 4, 1704; in 1709 himself and w. Anneke Davis were members of the Old Brick Church, Marlborough; he was grand juror 1713, etc. It is supposed that William Goulding, the Monmouth patentee, was one of Lady Deborah Moody's friends, who left Massachusetts on account of Puritan persecutions. The name, is an ancient one in Massachusetts.

GRANDIN- In 1720 Daniel Grandin bought land of Richard Salter. In 1728 Daniel Grandin of Freehold, "Practitioner of Law," deeded land to Sarah Powell, who he calls sister-in-law. Among tombstones in old Topanemus graveyard are some erected to the memory of members of the Grandin family. In surveys about 1755, recorded in proprietor's office, Perth Amboy, of land in what is now Brick township, "Grandin's Folly is occasionally referred to as a landmark, but no explanation is given of the origin of the term. In the Revolution, Daniel Grandin was a Loyalist officer in the New Jersey Royal Brigade.

GRANT- John Grant settled in what is now Ocean county, between Toms River and Cedar Creek before 1764, as in that year he was named among taxable inhabitants of old Shrewsbury township. He is frequently named in old records of deeds. John Grant of Monmouth had license to marry Sarah Irons, Nov. 3, 1750.

GREEN- In 1684, Sarah Reape sold to Abiah Edwards all her claim to land of Henry Green. Widow Green is named in a suit in court, 1705. John Green bought land of Stephen Colver, 1716. Elizabeth Green of Squan, was deceased in 1730, in which year letters of administration were granted on her estate to her son and heir Joseph Gifford. In 1764, Henry Green and Henry Green, Jr., were taxed in Shrewsbury township.

GROVER- James Grover was one of the twelve men to whom was granted the Monmouth Patent, 1665, and he came to the county with the first settlers who are named, 1667. He was granted home lot number sixteen, in Middletown and outlet number fifteen. He was among the first settlers of Gravesend, L.I., in 1646. He was collector for the poor, 1650. About 1654-5, James Grover, George Baxter and James Hubbard, prefering English to Dutch rule, hoisted the English flag at Gravesend, declaring themselves subjects of the Republic of England. Baxter and Hubbard sent Grover to England by way of Boston, in 1656, to take a memorial to Oliver Cromwell. Baxter and Hubbard were arrested as traitors by the Dutch and sent to Fort Amsterdam and where they were liberated by Gov. Stuyvesant at the earnest solicitation of Lady Deborah Moody. Under the Proprietors' Concessions, Grover received in 1676, a warrant for 500 acres of land as one of the twelve men named in the Monmouth Patent. James Grover, Sr., died about the beginning of the year 1686. He had three sons and two daus. Safety Grover, a son, and wife had a warrant for 120 acres of land in 1679, From the Proprietors under the Concessions. 1684, July 26, Safety Grover and Richard Hartshorne were the only ones in Middletown who voted against swine running at large on the commons. Among inhabitants taxed in Middletown, 1761, were James Grover, Esq., James Grover and Silvenus Grover. In Upper Freehold, 1758, Joseph Grover was taxed for 420 acres of land.

GULICK- Hendrick Gulick bought land in Middletown of Wm. Merrill May 22, 1704, being probably the same tract which Merrill bought of Richard Stout, Jr., and Francis, his w., in 1687. The first of the Gulick family in this country were Jochem and Hendrick. Jochem came in 1653. Hendrick's name appears the same year as a witness to a baptism in the old Dutch Reformed Church of New York. Jochem Gulick bought land at Six Mile Run, in Middlesex county, previous to 1717, where he owned 330 acres, situated on both sides of Ten Mile Brook. Peter lived in Middlesex county and had four sons and four daus, and d. near Franklin Park. Samuel Gulick, a brother of Abram, had four sons, Hiram, Joachim, Isaac and John. The Ocean county Gulicks, it is said, descend from Jacobus, who at one time lived at Pleasant Plains and then removed to Rhode Hall, where he kept the main hotel and stage house between New York and Philadelphia. He had children: Joachim, Cornelius, Abram (or "Brom," as the Dutch called him, John, Jacobus and Isaac. Isaac settled at Toms River about 1794, and m. Abigail Hatfield, a widow with one child. Isaac Gulick and w., Abigail, had five sons, viz: James, Stephen, Abner and William. Abner and William m., removed to Ohio and d. there, leaving issue. Nimrod moved to Tuckahoe. N.J., where he d., leaving issue. Stephen (from whom some of these items are derived) lived at Toms River and then in Berkeley township, and outlived all of the rest. James, who was the first judge appointed in Ocean county, was b. at Cranbury, in Middlesex county, Jan 9, 1793, the year before his father removed to Toms River, and he d. July 5th, 1855. He had sons: John Hatfield (at one time Surrogate), Sidney, Henry Clay, Horatio and another. Horatio was County Collector. Stephen, above named, was brother of Judge Jas. Gulick. In 1797 Isaac Gulick sold Dillon's Island to Abraham and George Parker, and in deed says he bought it 1794 of John Imlay. Members of the Gulick family became noted as missionaries and some settled in the Sandwich Islands, where, about 1870, Chas. T. Gulick held an official position in the Custom House.

HALL- John Hall was awarded a share of land 1670. He was probably from Portsmouth, R.I., as a John Hall is named there among original settlers. In 1702 Benjamin Hall, of Freehold, bought land of John Boude. In 1722 John Hall was a witness to will of Richard Hartshorne.

HAIGHT- About the first of this name mentioned in New Jersey records were Nicholas, Jonathan, David and John Haight, sons of Samuel Haight of Flushing, L.I., who in 1717, sold land at Amboy to George Willicks. The father, Samuel Haight of Flushing, was a prominent Quaker; he d. in 1712. William Haight bought land in Monmouth in 1795 of Michael Parker and Sarah, his w., and widow Abigail Bowman of New York. This William Haight had brothers Joseph, Charles and John. Charles settled at Long Branch. William Haight had son Thomas G., who was father of Gen. Charles Haight of Freehold.

HAINES, HAYNES- Charles Haynes is named in 1671, in an agreement with Randall Huet about a sloop. In 1676 he had patent for 200 acres of land and meadow. The same year, 1676, Charles Haynes of Sussex, Delaware, formerly of Middletown, deeded land granted by Carteret 1676 to William Clark.

HALSEY- Jesse Halsey of Stafford bought land 1779 from Joseph Emley. He was at one time Justice of the Peace in Stafford. The Halsey family were early settlers in Essex county, and Joseph was perhaps the first named. Members of the family early settled on Long Island. In the tax list of Southampton, L.I., 1683, among taxpayers were Thomas Halsey, Isaac Halsey and Josiah Halsey. A large amount of genealogical information of branches of the Halsey family is to be found in the published records of the Presbyterian church of Morristown.

HAMILTON- Robert Hamilton is named as juror 1678. In 1679 he is named as living in New York. In 1682 he bought land in Middletown of Jacob Truax. At the Court of Sessions at Middletown, March 22, 1687, the commission of Robert Hamilton as Clerk of the Peace was read. He is called Major at this time. Andrew Hamilton was Governor of East and West Jersey, and also Lieut.-Governor of Pennsylvania from 1701 to 1703, and d. April 26 of the latter year.

HAMPTON- John Hampton came to this country, probably in 1683, as it is stated in Perth Amboy records that his children Jane, Elizabeth, Lideah, John and David were "imported" that year. His plantation in Monmouth is referred to in 1687. The will of David Hampton of Freehold dated Sept 16, 1710, was proved Feb. 27, 1711. In 1764, John Hampton and James Hampton were assessed in old Shrewsbury township. William Hampton was assessed in Freehold, 1776. John Hampton was licensed to marry Lidy Hankinson, March 9, 1761.

HANCE- John Hance was among original settlers of Monmouth 1667. He was Deputy and overseer at a court held at Portland Point, Dec. 28, 1669. Sept 1670, he covenanted to make a pair of stocks for the town, for which he was to receive twelve shillings and sixpence. During the brief sway of the Dutch in 1673, he was appointed "schepen" or magistrate by them. In 1676, he received a warrant for 330 acres of land. The will of John Hance was dated March 24, 1707, proved Jan. 27, 1710. It states that he was of Shrewsbury. Tradition says that John Hance came originally from Wales. But it is evident that he had lived many years in Dover, New Hampshire, before he came to Monmouth. After 1665, his name disappears from records of that town. He was a brother-in-law of Tobias Hanson, also of Dover, New Hampshire, who came with Hance to Shrewsbury but who subsequently returned to New Hampshire and was killed by the Indians. He left a son Tobias whose name also appears in Freehold records. Isaac Hance, tradition says, died about 1764. In Mount Holly records of marriages is one of the marriage of Judiah Hance to Sarah Brown, Oct. 10, 1791. Among tax payers in Shrewsbury township, 1764, were Benjamin, Jervise, Isaac, Jacob, David, Jr., David at the Branch, Timothy and son, and John Hance.

HANKINS- John Hankins is named 1705 in a deed from Samuel Leonard to Edward Taylor. This "path" is referred to 1713. Thomas and Edward Hankins were witnesses to a deed 1713. Among licenses to marry, recorded at Trenton, are Thomas Hankins of Monmouth to Mary Clemminger, Sept. 12, 1728; Daniel Hankins of Middlesex, 1737; Isaiah of Burlington, 1771; John of Burlington, 1778; William, Jr., of Middlesex, 1751. In 1764 Zachariah Hankins was among citizens taxed in old Shrewsbury township, and in 1776 was taxed in Freehold. The name of John Hanckins occurs at Hempstead, L.I., 1683 with Spraggs, Cheesemans and other names since familiar in New Jersey. Perhaps the first John of Monmouth came from thence.

HANKINSON- There seems to have been two Thomas Hankinsons among first settlers of Monmouth. About 1688 Thomas and Richard Hankinson received a patent from proprietors for 120 acres of land. In 1690 a Thomas Hankinson. a. about 18 yrs., and Peter Hankinson, a. about 16, were in the employ of Thos. Warne, carpenter, who was b. in Plymouth. England, lived for a while in Dublin, Ireland, and came to America with his brother Stephen in 1683. This Thomas Hankinson, who was with Warne, it may he presumed, learned Warne's trade of carpentering. The Thomas Hankinson frequently named in early records of land sales, was probably the one named with Richard. In 1710 Thomas Hankinson bought 610 acres of land from Benjamin Allen, of Freehold. The same year he is said to be of Freehold in a deed from him for 100 acres of land to Cornelius Covenhoven, of Middletown. In 1717 he sold land to Marte Salem. In 1764 James and Thomas Hankinson were among persons taxed in old Shrewsbury township. In 1776 among persons taxed in Freehold township were Kenneth Hankinson for 594 acres and 64 horses and cattle; William Hankinson 150 acres; Albert Hankinson and Will. Hankinson, Jr. In the early part of the present century William Hankinson m. Mary, dau. of Joseph Perrine; she was b. March 27, 1798, and d. Sept. 7, 1881. She had dau. Elizabeth Perrine Hankinson. Capt. Kenneth Hankinson was noted in the Revolutionary history of Monmouth and had son James, who had a dau. who m. James Newell, father of ex-Governor William A. Newell, in 1778 Elizabeth Hankinson m. William Van Brunt, son of Nicholas, High Sheriff of Monmouth.

HANSON- Tobias Hanson was among original settlers who bought land of the Indians 1667; he is said to have settled at or near Nevisinks. He was from Dover, New Hampshire, and was a son of Thomas Hanson, who was granted land at Dover 1658. Tobias came to Monmouth. He did not remain long, but returned to Dover after the death of his father, probably to care for his father's estate. His fate and that of a part of his family was sad. On the 28th of June, 1689, his w. was captured by the Indians and his mother was killed the same day. He himself was killed by the Indians May 10, 1693. He left children Tobias, Joseph and others. The son Tobias was eldest and heir, and his name appears occasionally in Freehold and Perth Amboy records.

HART- Thomas Hart paid for a share of land bought of Indians in Monmouth 1667-70. There was a Thomas Hart of Enfield, England, who became one of the twenty-four proprietors 1682. But this Thomas named in Monmouth 1667-70, was probably of Rhode Island. In 1713 the land of "the late Thomas Hart" is referred to in a Freehold record of a road survey. Capt. Elias Hart, d. in Freehold in Jan. 31, 1882, aged eighty-eight years and one month. Levi Hart, his grandfather, emigrated from England about 1735 and settled at Colt's Neck. Jacob Hart kept the hotel at Colt's Neck about 1787, known as Hart's Tavern. He had brother Ebenezer, who had sons Elias (settled in Freehold), Levi, Permelia, Zelphia, Walter and Margaret.

HARKCUT, HARKER- Daniel Harker was a security to the amount of £125, for High Sheriff Forman, March, 1696. Daniel Harkcut, "late of Freehold, now of Great Harbor" (Absecom Creek?) in 1713 sold land to Abraham Emans, late of Gravesend.

HARTSHORNE- Richard Hartshorne, ancestor of the Hartshornes of old Monmouth, was a Quaker of good reputation and benevolent disposition. He came to this country in September, 1669, and soon located at the Highlands, where his descendants have since lived. The celebrated Geo. Fox visited him in the spring of 1672 on his way to Friends' Meeting at Oyster Bay, L.I. In the latter part of June of the same year, Fox again visited him. Richard Hartshorne says he was then 75 years old, by which it would seem he was b. about 1641, and was 28 years old when he came to this country. He was named for High Sheriff of Monmouth 1683, but declined the office. He held various positions of trust; was Town Clerk of Middletown 1675-7; member of the Provincial Assembly 1683 and in other years; in Council, 1684, 98-9; was Speaker of the Assembly 1686, etc. Hugh Hartshorne was at one time a New Jersey proprietor. In the division of town lots at Middletown, 1667, lot number 25 was awarded to William Golding who sold the same to Richard Hartshorne. On April 23d, 1670, William Goulding sold all his claims for lands in Monmouth to Richard Hartshorne. This was recorded in the Middletown Town Book, page 48, and dated Nov. 25th, 1672. Richard Hartshorne also owned a large tract of land at the Highlands which, in 1703, he gave to his son William and not long after moved into Middletown village. In the year 1703, Richard Hartshorne made a deed of gift of the Highlands estate, including Sandy Hook, to his son William. After this transaction he resided in the house now standing adjoining the Baptist parsonage. This house is probably the oldest in the county. He lived in this house until his death, in 1722, and was buried in the burial ground adjoining the house, but the site of his grave is unknown. The Highlands estate remained intact until 1762 when Esek released to Robert all his title to lands south of a line drawn east and west through the Highlands, making each tract about seven hundred and forty-seven acres and each retaining half interest in Sandy Hook. The property of Robert, being the south part, lies on Nevesink river. It was kept by him until his death, 1801. The will of Richard Hartshorne, the founder of the family, was dated at Middletown, May 14, 1722, and proved May 22, 1722; it says: "My body is to be decently buried * * * My will is, all my debts to be paid and it is not in my memory that I owe five shillings to any man or woman." His executors were sons William and Hugh. Witnesses Richard Stout, John Wall and Joseph Cox. Richard Hartshorne, the founder of the family in New Jersey, was born in Heatherne in the northern part of Leicestershire, England.

HARING- Jacob D. Haring bought an interest in land around lighthouse at Barnegat Inlet of Bornt Slaght, in 1838. The Harings are of Dutch origin. Probably the first was Jan Pieterozen Haering, who joined the Dutch Church New York, Oct. 28, 1668.

HATTON, HUTTON- Samuel Hatton or Hutton, in 1677, claimed warrant for land in right of Peter Easton, of Rhode Island, who was one of the original purchasers of the land in Monmouth of the Indians, but who remained in Rhode Island. The name is given both as Hatton and Hutton.

HAVENS- John Havens was among original settlers of Monmouth and is named 1668 among inhabitants of Nevesink who took the oath of allegiance. In 1675 he received from proprietors a warrant for 120 acres of land; another patent of land was issued to him 1681; in 1682 he is named as a Commissioner. His will was dated March 14, 1687, and proved Sept. 9, 1687. The Havens family descend from Wm. Havens, one of the first settlers of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, named in January, 1639. He died 1683. His will was dated March 12, 1680, and probated Sept., 1683. The son John came to Monmouth about 1667; there was a Jane Havens, dau. of John, (probably the John of Monmouth,) who m. Thomas Shreve. Among taxpayers in Shrewsbury in 1764, were Daniel Havens and John Havens. Jesse and Moses Havens were soldiers in the Revolutionary war. In 1800 a John Havens, called senior, bought a tract of land on Kettle Creek. The late Hon. Abraham O.S. Havens, who was the second member of the Assembly from Ocean county (1854), was a son of John Havens, who m. Anner Osborn, sister of Col. Abraham Osborn. Hon. A.O.S. Havens d. Oct 16, 1854. His widow, Ann, d. in 1882 in the 79th year of her age. She was a dau. of Esquire Davidson of Wall township in Monmouth. She was an earnest christian and a member of the Baptist Church at Kettle Creek, to which her husband, Hon. A.O.S. Havens, had bequeathed five hundred dollars.

HAVILAND, HEAVILAND- Letters of administration were granted on the estate of John Haviland, Aug. 31, 1724, to Gabriel Stelle and Elisha Lawrence. In 1776 Joseph Heaviland was assessed in Freehold for 130 acres of land and sixteen horses and cattle.

HAWES- John Hawes was among first settlers at Wakake, Monmouth county, named 1669. He sold a house and lot to Richard Hartshorne, May 24, 1670, and his w. Jone (Joan?) joined in signing the deed. The deed or agreement about the sale was recorded in the old Middletown Town Book. In 1670 he was appointed to make stocks for the town of Middletown. The name John Hawes appears in Plymouth Colony records 1660-8. In the latter year he was appointed to receive excise taxes at Yarmouth.

HAZARD- Robert Hazard, with Gideon Freeborn, was among the number who paid for and was awarded a share of land 1667. This family has been quite prominent in Rhode Island. There was a Thomas Hazard at Middleburgh, now Newton, Long Island, who was named as a delegate of Newtown, L.I., 1653.

HEARD- James Heard is referred to in Freehold records as a purchaser of Lands in Court records, dated Dec. 28, 1669. He d. in September 1687, as his will was dated Shrewsbury, Sept 4, 1687. It refers to his w., names son Edward, son-in-law John West; daughters Sarah, Lafetra and Elizabeth West; and children Robert West, Frances Stout, Mary Camock and Ann Chamberlain.

LAFEVER- In 1715 Hendrick Verwey of Freehold, sold land to Mindart Lafaver of New York. The same year Mindart Lafever, of Middletown, sold land to Daniel Polhemus of Flatbnsh, L.I. In 1725 William Brewer sold land he had bought of Mindart Lafever to William Leeds.

LAFETRA- Edmund Lafetra, first named in Monmouth, had warrant for land 1675. The name Lafetra indicates French, and probably Huguenot origin.

LAING- William Laing was collector of Freehold township 1695. He was from Scotland and his will is dated 1709. Among wills filed but not recorded at Trenton, is one of John Lang of Middlesex, dated 1697. He was the one probably who came over in 1685 from Craigsforth, Aberdeen, Scotland, whose descendants settled near Plainfield, N.J., and were members of the Rahway and Plainfield Quaker meeting. Much of the genealogy of the Laing family has been collected by O.B. Leonard, Esq., of Plainfield, New Jersey.

LAIRD- The tradition handed down on this family states that three brothers, Alexander, William and Robert Laird, emigrated from Scotland to East Jersey previous to 1700. Robert Laird, a descendant of one of these brothers, was b. April 7, 1758, and d. June 3, 1811. His w. Elizabeth was b. May 12, 1754, and d. April 13, 1833. Their home was at Englishtown. They had four sons and two daughters. Samuel, third son of Robert, was b. Feb. 1, 1787; in 1817 he became proprietor of the hotel at Colt's Neck, which he kept for 42 yrs., and d. there July 5, 1859. His wife was Eleanor Tilton, who was born May 16, 1795. and died June 1, 1848. They had eleven children; one, his son Joseph, when a boy, rode the famous race horse "Fashion" in 1842, in her race with "Boston," making the fastest time that ever had been made this side of the Atlantic. "Fashion" was owned by his father. Dr. Robert Laird was State Senator 1855-6-7.

LAMSON- LAMBSON- The earliest mention of this family is at Penn's Neck, Salem county. Thomas Lambson and w. Ann, came to America and settled at Penn's Neck about 1690. They were of the Baptist faith. They had nine children. A descendant, named Matthias Lampson, owned in present century the brick mansion near Salem Creek, built by an ancestor about 1730.

LANE- Gilbert Lane of New Utrecht, L.I., bought land May 31, 1699, of Tobias Hanson. Adrian Lane of New Utrecht, L.I., bought land in Middletown, June 21, 1701, of Peter Tilton. Jas. Lane of Freehold, bought land 1705 of Robert Burnett. In 1709 Gisbert Lane of New Utrecht, L.I., bought land of Daniel Applegate and others of Alexander Innes, clerk. In 1711 Gisbert Lane of Middletown, deeded land to his son Cornelius, Shrewsbury. Cornelius was grand juror 1715. The will of Gilbert Lane was dated Nov. 7, 1720, and named w., Jane, son Adrian, dau. Catharine DeHart, Mary Van Sicklen, Jane Lane and grandchild of deceased dau., Williamse Hendrickson, formerly w. of Wm. Hendrickson. The will was proved 1727. The Lanes of Old Monmouth were from Holland and mainly descend from Gysbert and Jacob Thysz Van Pelt Lanen, and are of the same stock as the Van Pelts, using Lane, Laen or Laan as a surname instead of Van Pelt. In 1764 Cornelius Lane was a taxpayer in Old Shrewsbury township. In the latter part of the last century Jacob Lane settled at Goodluck.

LAWRENCE- William Lawrence was among the original purchasers of the land in Monmouth, 1667. William Lawrence, first of the name, became a large land owner and during his life deeded tracts to his children. The will of William Lawrence 1st, was dated at Middletown, Dec. 3d, 1701, and proved May 22, 1704, and is quite a lengthy instrument. Among other items he bequeaths to his loving w. Elizabeth during her natural life, forty acres of land with the dwelling house, barn, orchard, &c, thereon; also to said wife all household goods and furniture that he had with her when he married her; also two cows. To my son Joseph I give the use of my negro boy "Shallo" for the term of thirteen years, when said negro boy is to be free. To three grandsons he gave each a horse. To one granddaughter ten shillings and to his granddaughters Mary, Hannah, Elizabeth, Susannah and Rebecca Grover, each one a two year old heifer. All the remainder of his estate, real and personal, he gives to his sons Elisha and Joseph and makes William and Elisha his executors. It is dated Dec. 3d, 1701. James S. Lawrence, grandson of James Lawrence, was born at the homestead, Cream Ridge, and he was for many years a judge, also member of the Legislature, president of Freehold Banking Co., &c. He d. Feb. 26, 1860, in his sixty-third year. He married, first, Mary S., dau. of Hendrick Conover, and second, Phebe Ann, dau. of Nathaniel S. Rue, Sr. Elisha Lawrence, sheriff of Monmouth, at the breaking out of the Revolution, was born in 1740. He raised a corps of five hundred men which he commanded in the Royalists Brigade. In 1777, he was taken prisoner by General Sullivan on Staten Island. After peace he left with the British army with his rank of Colonel and half pay. Thomas Lawrence of New Jersey joined the Royalists and was a Major in the British service. In the Revolutionary war, in the Continental army, Benjamin Lawrence was a lieutenant, 1776-80, and Daniel, John, Nathaniel and Thomas, privates. In the State Militia, Elisha Lawrence was a colonel and also quartermaster; Elisha, Jr., major and lieutenant-colonel, 1775-7; Abram, Daniel, George, Isaac, Israel, John, Thomas and William were privates. Robert Lawrence died in Upper Freehold, Oct. 31, 1881, in his 90th year; he was a lawyer and had been a member of the Assembly for upwards of twenty years and also speaker.

LAWRIE, LAURIE- Thomas Lawrie, brother of Deputy-Governor Gawen Lawrie, came to this country in 1683, with two children, James and Anne. His will was dated March 6th, 1712, and proved August 12th, 1714. He appointed son James his executor. In the will of James Redford, 1726, he speaks of his son-in-law James Lawrie. In 1705, James Laurie bought 187 acres near Allentown upon which he built a cabin and remained the remainder of his lite. In 1727 the son James purchased of Anthony Woodward 132 acres, situated on Crosswicks Creek, and in 1731, was taxed for 318 acres of land. This James had two sons, Thomas and William. In 1758, William was taxed in Upper Freehold for 490 acres of land and Thomas for 300 acres. William was a prominent Quaker and Thomas was a store keeper in Allentown.

LAYTON, LAWTON- William Layton was a "townshipper" among original settlers of Monmouth, 1667. He had town lot number fourteen in Middletown. In 1677, he received a warrant for 218 acres of land from Proprietors. Among tax payers in Middletown township, 1761, were Andrew, John, William and Anthony Layton. In Shrewsbury, 1764, were Andrew, William, Lemuel, Obadiah, Safety, John and Samuel and son. This family may descend from Thomas Layton who was among original settlers of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, 1638.

LeCOCK, LACOCK- Robert LeCock, Shrewsbury, had returned from proprietors 179 acres in 1679. The same year he had also a warrant for 160 acres. In 1687 his place is named in will of John Chambers, and his name given as Lacock.

LeCONTE- Peter LeConte of Staten Island, bought land at Woodbridge, N.J., in 1696. In the will of Elias Mestayer, 1731, is mentioned the name of Peter Lee Conte, physician, of Shrewsbury. Sept. 5, 1734, Robt. Stout of Shrewsbury, conveyed to Peter LeConte, physician and surgeon of the town of Freehold, 500 acres near Barnegat. He m. Valeria, dau. of John Eaton of Eatontown, who d. 1788 in her 72d year, and was buried at Orange, N.J. Their dau. Margaretta m. Rev. Jedediah Chapman of the Presbyterian church, Orange. Their first child, named Peter LeConte Chapman, upon reaching maturity, adopted its grandfather's name (Peter LeConte) in consideration of the settlement upon him of his grandfather's large estate. He studied law and settled in Western New York. John I. LeConte, b. in Shrewsbury 1784, was a noted Naturalist. In the Presbyterian graveyard near Matawan, is a tombstone to the memory of Dr. Peter LeConte, who d. Jan. 29, 1768, in the 66th year of his age.

LEEDS- Warrants for lands were issued by East Jersey proprietors in 1676 as follows: Thomas Leeds, Sr. and w. 240 acres: William Leeds and w. Dorothea 120 acres; Daniel Leeds and w. (Anna?) 120 acres, Thomas Leeds, Jr., and w. Ann 120 acres. In Burlington county, the name Daniel Leeds occurs 1677. Daniel Leeds, of Burlington, was first Surveyor-General of West Jersey; his books are in the office at Burlington and date from 1681 to 1710.

LEFFERTS, LEFFERTSON- Ouka Leffers named in court proceedings 1710 was the Ouke Lefferson who with w., Catrina Vonk, joined the Marlborough Brick Church 1709. He was b. April 4, 1678, and was son of Lefferts Pieterse, who came from Haughwort or Hauwert in North Holland about 1660. Anke Janse Van Nuyse settled at Flatbush, L.I. Lefferts Pieterse had a number of children who are named in Bergen's Kings County settlers. His son who came to Monmouth was named Auke, but was generally called Ouka.

LeMAISTRE, MASTERS- Among names of original purchasers of land in Monmouth 1667, was Francis Masters, as the name is recorded in Freehold records. He is named at same time as a "townshipper." His name subsequently appears in proceedings of court and in proprietors' records, Perth Amboy, as LeMaistre. Their names indicate that both were of Huguenot origin. The name LeMaistre was soon corrupted to Masters. In 1675 Francis LeMaistre or Master, was granted 240 acres in Shrewsbury by proprietors. The same year Clement Masters and Paulin Masters were granted 120 acres in Shrewsbury.

LEONARD- James Leonard of Taunton, Mass., was one of the original purchasers of land in Monmouth 1667-70. He did not settle here but sold his share to Sarah Reape, December, 1764, and in the deed is called "ironmonger." Henry Leonard, brother of James, from whom most of the ancient Monmouth Leonards descend, had w. Mary, and came to New Jersey, it is supposed, about 1674 or 5 and engaged in the iron business with Col. Lewis Morris at Tinton Falls. Henry Leonard had warrants for land in 1676 for 450 acres and then for 300 acres. The Leonard bros. early had a sawmill, named in 1687-92 and other times. The Leonard family descend from Thomas Leonard of England, who was a son of Henry Leonard, b. in the latter part of reign of Queen Mary, or early part of reign of Queen Elizabeth. In the northern part of New Jersey was another branch of the Leonard family, descending from the James of Taunton, first named in Monmouth as a purchaser, but not settler. He had several children. In the Revolutionary war some members of the Leonard family friendly to the Church of England, joined the Loyalists, among whom were John, John Jr., Joseph, Thomas and Samuel Leonard, whose property was advertised to be confiscated. At sale, March 27, 1779, John Schenck bought property of Thomas Leonard. The latter was a merchant of Freehold. He became a major in the Royalist service and was taken prisoner by the Americans in 1777 and confined at Easton, Pa. At the close of the war he went to St. John, New Brunswick.

LETTS- Francis Letts was taxed in old Shrewsbury 1764. In 1792 Francis Letts took up land south side Cedar Creek, and in 1801 John Letts took up land just above house of Francis Letts. At Manahawken, Thomas Letts sold land to Samuel Brown in 1793, and in 1800 he sold to Luke Courtenay. In the Revolutionary war John and Nehemiah Letts were soldiers from old Monmouth county. This family descend from William Letts, an original settler of Elizabethtown, New Jersey. Daniel Letts lived about beginning of this century on north side of Stout's Creek, on the place subsequently owned by Joseph Stout; he had son David who lived at Goodluck, corner of the church lane.

LEWIS- Ezekiel Lewis was a taxpayer of Middletown in 1761. Among taxpayers of Shrewsbury in 1764 were William, Daniel, and William Lewis of Turkeytown. Jonathan Lewis, who settled near Bayville about close of last century, tradition says came from near Blue Ball. His son Ezekiel was b. there Sept. 3. 1791. He was m. to 2d w. Deborah Stout, sister of Captain Benjamin Stout of Goodluck, in 1796. Besides son Ezekiel, he had three other children. Ezekiel settled on south branch of Forked River. He served in war of 1812, in Captain James Newell's company of Colonel John Frelinghuysen's regiment. He m. Sarah C., youngest child of Jacob Hall, who was a soldier with General Lafayette. Ezekiel Lewis d. May 20, 1885.

LLOYD- Timothy Lloyd was grand juror 1720. In Middletown, 1761, Thomas Lloyd was a taxpayer. In 1779 Thomas Lloyd bought confiscated lands of John Pintard, a Loyalist. Richard Lloyd was a major by brevet in Revolution. William Lloyd was a sergeant, David, John, James and Thomas Lloyd were privates. William Lloyd, a patriot of the Revolution, was Sheriff 1793; James Lloyd was Sheriff 1796-9 and 1805; Caleb Lloyd was Surrogate 1797-1804, County Clerk 1812 and again Surrogate 1717. Corlies Lloyd was Prosecutor of the Pleas 1828 and William Lloyd was a Judge of the Court.

LIGHT- Letters of administration on estate of Mary Light, late of Middletown, was granted in 1740 to Peter LeConte.

LIMMING, LEMON- John Limming is named in court proceedings 1683 and subsequently. Prudence Limming is named in deed to her 1697 by Nicholas Wainright and Alice, his wife. In Upper Freehold, 1731, William and John Limming were taxed. The name was sometimes given as Lemon. Members of this family emigrated to Ohio in the beginning of this century.

LINCOLN- Hannah Lincon is named in the will, dated Sept. 14th, 1714, of Capt John Bowne, 2nd. Mordecai Lincoln is named in a letter, dated April 25th, 1716, from John Saltar to Obadiah Bowne; he speaks of "my brother Lincon" and "my brothers Thomas and Mordecay." This letter is preserved by James G. Crawford, living near Freehold. Abraham Lincon, blacksmith, of Monmouth, conveyed to Thomas Williams, 1737, 240 acres of land situated near Crosswick county aforesaid. The consideration money for both tracts, containing 440 acres was "£590, and furthermore, every year thereafter, forever, upon the feast of St. Michael the Archangel, the sum of one penny, good and lawful money." The sale of this land was preparatory to his removal to Pennsylvania. The will of Abraham Lincoln was dated at Springfield, Chester county, Pa, April 15th, 1745. Mordecai Lincoln m. Hannah, dau. of Richard and Sarah Bowne Salter previous to 1714, as in that year Hannah Lincoln is mentioned in a will of Capt John Bowne, 2nd. The settlement of this estate involved a tedious lawsuit which is noted in Book No. 1, Minutes of Court, Freehold. Mordecai Lincoln's will was admitted to probate at Philadelphia, June 7th, 1736. The plantation of Mordecai Lincoln contained 1,000 acres situated in Exeter, now in Berks county, Pa. George Boone, named as a trustee in the will, was grandfather of the celebrated Daniel Boone. Abraham Lincoln, the posthumous son, m. Ann Boone, cousin of Daniel Boone, the celebrated Kentucky pioneer. About 1782. Abraham Lincoln and his brother Thomas removed with their families to Beargrass Fort, Kentucky, near where Louisville now stands and Abraham's daus. Mary and Nancy were born in the fort. In the spring of 1784, Abraham was planting near the fort when an Indian stole up and shot him dead. Thomas, President Lincoln's father, then a boy of six years old, was with his father in the field and on hearing the report of the gun started for the fort. The Indian pursued and captured him and started to run with him in his arms, when Mordecai, his older brother, shot the Indian from the fort and killed him. The Indian fell face foremost upon the boy who struggled from under the savage and ran back to the fort. Thomas Lincoln, who was the President's father m. Nancy Hanks at or near Springfield, Washington county, Ky., Sept. 23, 1806. The ancestor of Mordecai and Abraham Lincoln of Monmouth was Samuel Lincoln, a native of Hingham, Norfolk county, England, who came to this country in 1637, and settled at Hingham, Mass.

LIPPENCOTT- Richard Lippencott was among the original purchasers of lands of the Indians, named in the settlement 1666-7. He is named as a deputy and overseer at a court held at Portland Point, Dec. 28, 1669. Under Grants and Concessions he claimed in 1676 for himself, wife, two sons and two servants, 600 acres; John Lippencott and w. claimed 240 acres; and the following year, 1677, Restore Lippencott and w. claimed 120 acres and Remembrance Lippencott and w., 240 acres. Other warrants were subsequently issued to them, among them to Restore, Remembrance and John, in 1681. The will of Richard Lippencott, founder of this family, is filed in Secretary of State's office, Trenton. It was dated Sept. 23, 1683, and proved Jan. 2, 1684. Among taxpayers in Shrewsbury 1764 were David, Hannah, James, son of John; John (Smith), James, Samuel, Robert, Thomas, Uriah, Lydia, Thomas, of Squankum, and John Lippencott. The Refugee Captain Richard Lippencott, was b. in Shrewsbury township in 1745, and d. at Toronto, Canada, in 1826; his only child, Esther Borden, m. George Taylor Dennison, a member of the Canadian Parliament. Phil. White, a Refugeee, who was killed near Colt's Neck in March, 1782, was a half brother to Lippencott's w. The notice of the Lippencott family, published by Judge Clements in Annals of Newtons, prepared by James C. Lippencott, of Haddonfield, says that Richard Lippencott and w. Abigail, came from Dorchester, England, about 1640-1, to Boston, Mass. After a brief sojourn, not liking Puritan persecutions, he returned to England with his family and settled first at Plymouth, and then near Plymouth. This was about 1652. He returned, made his permanent settlement at Shrewsbury and d. in 1688. In the Revolution one William Lippencott bought the confiscated lands of a Loyalist named John Wardell. The motto of the ancient Lippencott family was: "Secundus dubusque rectus."

LIPPIT- Henry Lippitt was among original purchasers in 1667. Nathaniel Lippitt is named in a suit, 1676. In 1692, Moses Lippett was a juror, and in 1696 he bought land of Francis Usselton. Moses Lippitt was born Feb. 17th, 1668, and m. Sarah Throckmorton Dec. 8th, 1697. In 1714, Moses Lippit and wife Sarah, John and Rebecca Stilwell, Thomas Stilwell and wife Alice and Hugh Coward and wife Patience deeded land to Job Throckmorton, lands surveyed for John Throckmorton, son and heir of Job. Moses Lippit's name frequently occurs in records at Freehold in land sales.

LITTLE- "Wee, Joseph Little, eldest son of Mr. George Little, late of Newbury, deceased, and John Little, eldest son of Moses Little, deceased, the other son of said George Little of Newbury, Massachusetts," are named 1702, in a deed for Woodbridge lands. John Little of Monmouth had license to marry Elizabeth Wales of same county, Dec. 23d, 1752. John Little of Monmouth had license to marry Mary Leeds of Gloucester, April 16th, 1768. John Little of Cape May had license to marry Esther Barret, May 29, 1769. The name "John" seems to have been a family name handed down in every generation in the Little family.

LONGSTREET- Stoffel Longstreet bought land, 1698, of Thomas Huet, in the deed for which his name was given as Long Strett; Theophilus Longstreet bought land of James Lawrence, 1710; of James Hubbard in 1714; Stoffel Longstreet bought land of Gavin Drummond of Lochaber, 1714. Stoffel, Stophilus and Theophilus were names applied to the same person. In record of wills at Trenton is one of Aaron Longstreet of Freehold, dated March 3d, 1727, proved May 10th, 1728. In 1750, a Stoffel Longstreet bought the Allen mill of Allentown. In 1758, he owned two grist mills in Upper Freehold. In 1764, among taxpayers in old Shrewsbury township were Samuel, Elie and Augustus Longstreet. In Freehold, 1776, John Longstreet, Esq., and John Longstreet, Jr., were extensive property owners. In the Revolution, Elias, Aaron and Gilbert Longstreet were captains, and other members of the family were in the army in various positions. Captain Elias was a member of the Society of Cincinnati. Derrick Longstreet who had been married twenty-four years, had sixteen children, of whom there was one pair of twins and all sound and well.

LUCAR, LUKER, LOOKER- Mark Lucar was among original purchasers of Monmouth 1667. He was of Newport, R.I., and one of the founders of the Baptist church there, 1664. In what is now Ocean county Jacob Luker m. Mary Soper, Dec. 4, 1800.

LYELL- The will of David Lyell of Freehold, was dated January 23, 1725, and mentioned wife and seven children. He resided in Monmouth county at the time of his death in 1726. Some of his children settled in Perth Amboy and are noticed in Whitehead's History of that place. Through their mother they descended from the noted Fenwick family of England, in which they took great pride. They had in their possession, kept with great veneration, a small embroidered handkerchief that had come into their possession through the Fenwick family, which they stated had belonged to and been spotted with the blood of Charles the First, who d. on the scaffold. Major John Fenwick was ordered to superintend the execution. Members of the Lyell family were buried in the old Leppett or Taylor burying ground, Middletown. The Lyells are frequently named in surveys in what is now Ocean county.