MALCOLM- Hugh Malcolm, who lived the latter part of his life in old Dover township was married twice. A son George W. by his second wife, m. Rachel M.Salter and settled at Forked River. In Upper Freehold 1758, among taxpayers was Hugh McColm, which may have been meant for Malcolm. If so, he was a generation earlier than the Hugh who settled in old Dover.

MAPES- This is an ancient Long Island family and the first member of it was settled at Southold many years before the settlement of Monmouth. Thomas Mapes, the first member of the family, is mentioned at least as early as 1659. He married a daughter of William Purrier of Buckinghamshire, England. Thomas Mapes made his will in 1686. Of the neighbors of the Mapes, William Cranmer went to Elizabethtown, N.J., and his descendants are the Cranmers of Ocean and Burlington counties. Sweazeys went to Morris, and the late Hon. William H. Seward was a descendant. In the Revolution, members of this family are named in militia regiments of New Jersey.

MARSH- Henry Marsh was a juror, 1678; had a patent for land, 1681, from the proprietors; in 1688, bought land of Richard Hartshorne and John Vaughan; was grand juror, 1694, etc. In court records his name was sometimes spelled Mash. His will was dated May 16, 1716, at Middletown and named w. Margaret, son and daughter. In Woodbridge, Middlesex county, Hugh Marsh had a grant of 320 acres.

MATTOX- Lewis Mattox bought of Samuel Borden of Portsmouth, R.I., his share of land Feb. 20, 1672. His will is filed but not recorded at Trenton. It was dated Oct 18, 1694. It makes no mention of w. or children. He bequeathed his estate to his friend Mary Chambers, Sr., whom he appointed his executrix.

McKAY- Daniel McKay of Freehold, had w. Mary, son James and daughters Jean and Katherine. His will was dated Jan. 6, 1732, and proved March 17, 1732.

McKNIGHT- Rev. Charles McKnight, of the Presbyterian society, preached along shore about the middle of the last century. He was previously stationed at Cranbury 1741 to 1756, and in 1758 he was taxed in Upper Freehold, and about 1774 installed at Allentown. He died 1778. Richard McKnight was a captain in the Monmouth militia in 1778 and Joseph was a private. A member of this family about 1790-1 established a hotel at Long Branch for summer visitors and was about the first to bring the place into notice. His first guests were chiefly from Philadelphia.

MELVEN- James Melven is named as a grand juror 1700. His will was dated Freehold, Nov., 1708, and names w. Alice and son James, and daus. Mary and Margaret. In court proceedings it is said that a servant of James Merling murdered May Wright 1691. Probably Merling should be Melven.

MERRILL- The cattle mark of William Merrill was recorded in Middletown Town Book May 15, 1689. He was a juror 1699. William Merrill came from Staten Island and bought land in 1687 of Richard Stout, Jr., and w. Frances.

MESTAYER- Elias Mestayer of Shrewsbury, in will dated March 28, 1731, mentions executors John Amboyman, of New York, merchant, and Peter LeConte, physician, now resident of Shrewsbury. Made no mention of w. or children.

MIDDLETON- Abel Middleton, of Upper Freehold, is named in surveys in Ocean county during the latter part of last century and beginning of the present. In 1799 he bought Dillon's Island, in Toms River, of Abraham and George Parker. The name of Middleton is an ancient one in Burlington county.

MILLAGE, MILLEDGE- Thomas Millage had a mill 1714. His will was dated Dec. 7, 1714, and names w. Sarah and children. Previous to the Revolution a Thomas Millidge, said to be a surveyor-general in New Jersey, joined the Loyalists and was a major in New Jersey Royal Volunteers. He settled in Nova Scotia and d. 1816 a. 81.

MILNER- Nathaniel Milner, of New York, bought lands in Monmouth in 1707. His will is dated April 18, 1710, and proved May 19, 1713; it named cousin John Kent of City of London, merchant, and Anna, his wife, and other relatives.

MILLS- In the old Middletown Town Book is recorded an agreement dated 1670, between James Mills, living on James River, Virginia, and William Lawrence about a house and lot owned by Lawrence at Middleburgh, Long Island, was accidentally burned and the sale was declared void. This James Mills probably did not come to Monmouth. A James Mills came to Burlington county when 14 years old and settled at Forked River, and was of age about the time of the Revolution. In 1799 he bought land near Forked River about where the present Lafayette hotel is situated, and it is said for a time kept an inn there. He also at one time lived on Oyster Creek.

MELON, MOLLON- William Mollon or Melon of Shrewsbury, in will dated March 23, 1723, leaves his property to Manuel (Emanuel?) Woolley. (Trenton Wills, Lib. A., p. 241.)

MOORE, MOOR- Thomas Moor and Richard Moor are named among original purchasers of the land of the Indians 1667-70. Thomas Moore was a prominent citizen of Long Island, for a long time resident of Southold, where he was a shipwright. Job Moore and wife of Stafford township, deeded land to Shinn Oliphant and William Oliphant 1813.

MORFORD- Thomas Morfoot's lands are referred to about 1670, in a deed from proprietors to Thomas Herbert. In 1672 the cattle mark of Thomas Maurfoot was recorded in Middletown Town Book; in 1676 the cattle mark of John Morford was recorded; in 1677 Thomas Morford had warrant for 113 acres from proprietors and John Morford for 139 acres. In 1678 in a deed to Thomas Herbert, Morford's lands are referred to and the name spelled both Morfoot and Morford.

MORRIS- Colonel Lewis Morris, of Barbadoes, had granted to him Oct. 25, 1676, a tract of 3,540 acres, from the proprietors of East Jersey as recorded in Lib. I, p. 155, of records of Perth Amboy. It was granted to him for the purpose of establishing iron works, and full liberty was given to him and his associates to "dig, delve and carry away all such mines for iron as they shall find or see fit to dig and carry away to the iron works, or shall be found in that tract of land that lies enclosed between the south-east branch of the Raritan river and the whale pond on the sea side." Col. Morris was appointed by the Governor a member of the Council, in which body he took his seat. Col. Morris was originally from Monmouthshire, Wales. In the civil war in England, he raised a troop of horse for Parliament, for which Charles the First confiscated his estate. In return for his losses Cromwell subsequently indemnified him. While living in Monmouth, Col. Morris was active in public affairs; he was a Justice of the Peace for many years and a member of the Council until Aug. 16, 1683. He d. May 16,1691, at his plantation in what is since known as Morrisania. In the Revolution John Morris was an ensign and Robert Morris a private in Monmouth militia. Among those who joined the Loyalists was another John Morris and also Robert Morris.

MOTT- Gershom Mott is named 1684 in an agreement of heirs of Capt. John Bowne. His cattle mark was recorded Feb 16, 1687, and subsequently transferred to his son James. He was High Sheriff of the county of Monmouth, 1697-8, and member of the Provincial Assembly 1708-9-10. In 1697 land was deeded to him by Obadiah Bowne and in 1710 by John Bowne second. It is supposed that he was a son of Adam Mott, of New York, and that he m. Dorothy (Deborah?), dau. of Capt. John Bowne. There was a John Mott of Hanover, in Hunterdon county, who made will dated 1732. James Mott was among taxpayers, 1761, in Middletown township, and a member of Assembly 1777-9. During the Revolution, James Mott, Jr., owned land near Toms River, and lived by the bayside a short distance above Island Heights. During the Revolution some of the Mott family in Monmouth were Quakers. A prominent member of that sect was Ebenezer Mott who settled at Barnegat about 1745. Major-Gen. Gershom Mott was b. in Trenton, Aug. 7, 1822, and d. Nov., 1885. His grandfather was Capt. John Mott who served in the Continental army and at the time of the Battle of Trenton, was a guide to Gen. Washington. Gen. Gershom Mott's first military service was in the Mexican war. At the breaking out of the late Rebellion he commanded the Fifth New Jersey, which served in the Army of the Potomac. For gallantry on the field he was promoted to be a brigadier and subsequently a major-general. At the Battle of the Wilderness he commanded the "Iron Brigade" and in leading a charge he was severely wounded and had to retire from the field. After the war he was State Treasurer, State Prison-keeper and filled other honorable positions. There are two distinct Mott families in this country and as the founders of both lines were named Adam and both had sons Adam - one having two sons of that name by different wives - considerable confusion is found in some attempts to trace their respective descendants.

MOUNT- George Mount was among the original purchasers 1667-70. He was awarded home lot number 10 in the assignment at Middletown recorded Dec., 1667, and also an outlot number 18. He was deputy to the first General Assembly, held at Portland Point 1668. Richard Mount was a taxpayer in Upper Freehold, 1731, and in same township, 1758, were Michael, Thomas, and Ezekiel Mount. In Middletown, 1761, John Mount and son, Joseph Mount, Samuel Mount and Thomas Mount were assessed. In 1776 Moses Mount was assessed in Freehold. The founder of this family, George Mount, probably came from Rhode Island as when he was a purchaser, in 1665, of the Indians, he bought jointly with Benjamin Borden who was a Rhode Islander.

NEPER, NAPIER- Alexander Neper of Monmouth, in 1689, sold thirty acres of land. The will of Alexander Napier of Freehold, 1744, named dau. Elizabeth English, and grandchildren. In 1776 Thomas Neeper was taxed in Freehold. In 1727 Alexander Napier was one of the first trustees of the Presbyterian Church at Shrewsbury.

NEWBERRY- This is an old Rhode Island name. Walter Newberry was a Quaker at Newport and in 1676 the noted Quaker preacher William Edmundson was at his house sick. In old Shrewsbury, 1764, Stephen and William Newbury were among taxpayers. The late Capt. Taylor Corlies Newberry, of Watertown, was a son of David, of Squan, formerly in Old Shrewsbury.

NEWMAN- William Newman took oath of allegiance In Middletown 1668. He was appointed captain of the militia by the Dutch during their brief supremacy 1673. William Newman had land deeded to him 1691. Walter Newman had earmarks of cattle recorded 1697. In Old Shrewsbury 1764, John, Sr., John of Squancum, Joseph and Samuel Newman were among taxpayers.

NEWELL- John Newell, of Freehold, in will dated July 26, 1739, named w. Martha and six children. In Upper Freehold, 1758, Dr. Jas. Newell was taxed for a "chair." In 1776, Hugh Newell was a taxpayer in Freehold; he was also a soldier in the Monmouth militia during the Revolution, and James Newell, a sergeant. Hugh was buried in the Tennent Church graveyard. Dr. James Newell was son of Robert and Ellen Newell, and was b. 1725. He received his medical education in Edinburg, where he graduated. He joined the State Medical Society in 1767 and was its president 1772. During the Revolutionary war he was a surgeon in the Second Regiment of Monmouth militia. He m. Dec. 14, 1749, Elizabeth, dau. of Elisha Lawrence, and had issue fifteen children, of whom Mary m. Dr. Grandin, Magaret m. David Hay, and Elizabeth m. Robert Montgomery. It is said that there are no descendants of this Newell or Lawrence line now living. Dr. Newell d. of a prevalent malignant fever Feb. 21, 1791, a. 66 years. His w., a. 60, d. the following day. They were both buried in one grave. The will of William Newell, of Freehold, dated 1823, proved Nov., 1823, named sons William, Hugh and James; daus. Phebe, Lydia, Mary Ann and Amanda, mother Elizabeth; indentured boy Abel Burnett Anderson.

NICHOLLS- William Nicholls was High Sheriff of Monmouth county, May, 1722, and continued to hold the office until 1727. He was a physician. He was b. in the City of Dublin or the Kingdom of Ireland Oct. 23d, 1685, and d. in Freehold April 9th, 1743, in the 58th year of his age. His w. Sarah d. April, 1755, a. over 70 years.

NISMUTH- In 1714 John Baird, of Freehold, executed release to John Nismuth.

OAKLEY- Mary Oakley of Monmouth, in will dated Jan. 1st, 1711, names granddaughter Hannah Darling and sons and daughters.

OGBORN- Samuel Ogborn, sometimes spelled Ogbourne of Hopewell, Burlington county, bought land of Hendrick Gulick and Catherine his w. July 29th, 1712. The Ogborne family were early settlers in Burlington county. In 1761, Samuel Ogborne and Mary Ogborne were taxed in Middletown. Samuel was one of the members of the Middletown Baptist Church, 1793.

OLIPHANT- John Oliphant with others had land deeded to them August 19th, 1685, by John Harcutt. William Olivant or Oliphant bought for £32 a part of Robert Turner's share of land as Proprietors, about 1690. Among Scotch emigrants, named in Whitehead's History of Perth Amboy, who came over about 1685, was a William Oliphant, possibly the same shortly after named in Monmouth.

ONG, OUNG- Isaac Ong bought land of the Indians 1674, and was court crier 1683; his dau. Mary is named the following year. In 1699, Jacob Ong and another person were authorized by the Monmouth court to take a prisoner to Burlington. Jacob Ong is mentioned in Massachusetts Colonial Records, vol 5, as a plaintiff in a suit in 1679.

OKESON- In 1698, John Okeson of Hemstead, L.I., sold land in Freehold to John Robinson of Woodbridge. He bought a tract of land in 1706 in Freehold, of Clement Plumstead, per Richard Salter, his attorney, which tract began at an oak marked by George Keith. Okeson seems to be a name of Sweedish origin; if so, the Okesons may have come from Sweedish settlements on or near the Delaware. Tradition says that Captain Tom induced settlers from along the Delaware to take lands "on quit rents" in old Monmouth, now Monmouth and Ocean, and Okeson may have been one of the number.

OSBORNE- Richard Osborne is named in a land trial 1701. Samuel Osborne was a taxpayer in Shrewsbury 1764. In the Revolution Abraham Osborne was a lieutenant. The Osbornes early settled in Little Egg Harbor. Richard Osborne, according to tradition, came from Long Island. In 1648 Thomas and John Osborne settled at East Hampton, L.I.

PAGE, PAYE- Anthony Page was given lot No. 12 at Middletown as recorded December, 1667. In March, 1671, he sold his lot to Thomas Potter and in November following, Potter sold it back to Page. The same year, 1677, the name of Anthony Page appears among West Jersey proprietors. (N.J. Archives, vol. 1, p. 269.) Joseph Page was a taxpayer in Upper Freehold in 1758. In 1799 Jonathan Page, of Upper Freehold, sold land to Rebecca Budd.

PANGBURN- Stephen Pangburn was a land and mill owner in old Dover township 1750-60 and thereabouts. Rev. John Murray, the pioneer of Universalism, speaks of meeting a Justice Pangburn of New Jersey, a venerable gentleman, who became one of his converts. During the Revolution, Lines Pangburn, living in Stafford township, was a member of Captain Joseph Randolph's company of militia, and was shot dead while on guard at Manahawkin on Dec. 30, 1780.

PARR- Thomas Parr, a servitor of Gawen Lawrie, late Governor, sold thirty acres (headland) to Walter Kerr in 1688. Tradition says a person of this name was one of the first to settle at Barnegat.

PATTERSON- Edward Patterson was among original purchasers named in the settlement 1667. He had w. Faith named in a deed October, 1672, and he d. about this time, as his widow Faith was named same month. At the first General Assembly which was held Dec. 12, 1667, he was a deputy and overseer from Shrewsbury. In 1761 among taxpayers in Middletown were John, Joseph, James and Robert Patterson. In Freehold in 1776 Joseph Patterson was a taxpayer. John C. Patterson, b. in Monmouth July 12, 1790, d. Feb. 16, 1879, held various public positions in Howell township, and served as assessor for 39 years. He was the father of thirteen children, among them Col. Austin H., Hon. George W., John C., captain of Life Saving Station; four of his sons were in the Union army. During the Revolutionary war, in the Continental army, were the following members of this family from New Jersey: Thomas Patterson, captain; Edward Patterson, lieutenant; James Patterson, corporal; Andrew and John, privates, and several members of the family in the State militia.

PAUL- James Paul and w. Isabel, in 1688, were granted headland by proprietors of East Jersey. James Paul was a witness to will of John Bowne 1714. The will of James Paul was dated at Middletown, Oct. 10, 1730, and proved March 16, 1732. It made no mention of w. or children, but left all his property to Obadiah Bowne's four youngest children, in consideration of "manifold favors and kindness received from Obadiah Bowne in his life time, as my diet and entertainment for several years; with other provisions for me made by him, both in my sickness and health."

PAYNE- John Payne had warrant, 1678, for 120 acres of land.

PEARCE, PIERCE- John Pearce, of Middletown, sold land to Thomas Whitlock Sept., 1693; his cattle mark was recorded 1697 and his name given as Perce in the Middletown Town Book. Among taxpayers in Old Shrewsbury township in 1764 were Jeremiah, Joseph and Thomas Pearce. The Pearce family early settled at Woodbridge, N.J. Joshua and w., Dorothy, were m. there Jan. 14, 1676; John was a noted Quaker of that place 1687 and thereabouts. John Pearce, father of the first of the name in Monmouth, it is said, was from Wales and a Baptist; he was persecuted on account of his faith and came to this country.

PERCY- Henry Percy is named as a township settler 1667. He settled at Portland Point and was given lot number 5. In 1658 Percy was a member of the Rhode Island colonial legislature from Warwick, and he held several offices until 1666. He was appointed overseer here in 1667.

PERKINS- William Perkins bought land on Lochiel Brook, between Waretown and Barnegat, in 1801, of Kenneth Hankinson and Samuel Forman. The late Jeremiah Spragg, of Barnegat, who was b. about the close of the Revolutionary war, said his grandfather was John Perkins who came from England about the time of the old French war and settled at Sopers Landing, between Waretown and Barnegat. Perkins is an old Long Island name. William was taxed at East Hampton, Long Island, 1683.

PERRINES- The first of this name in New Jersey was Daniel Perrine, one of the eighteen servants, some of whom were Frenchmen, probably from the Isle of Jersey, brought over in the ship Philip by Gov. Philip Carteret, landing in New York, July 29th, 1665. Among the marriage licenses issued by him was one dated Feb. 12th, 1665-6, to Daniel Perrine of Elizabethtown and Maria Thorel of same place. They were married the 18th of the same month. Nov. 1st, 1711, Henry Perrine of Staten Island bought land on Matchaponix Neck, formerly in Monmouth county, but then in Middlesex. Peter Perrine of Staten Island bought land in Middlesex of John Hampton in 1713. The earliest found records on Staten Island of Perrines, state that Daniel Perrine, yeoman, had land there March 12th, 1687, of Paul Richards. The location is given as at Simoakin Point. The great part of the Perrine family of New Jersey, it is said, descended from Pierre Perrine of Lower Charante, France. He and family fled for their lives from the persecutions that followed the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, 1685, by Louis 14th. They carried with them only what wealth they could conceal about their persons. They embarked at Rochelle in France, and by way of the Netherlands came to this country. It is said that they found passage on the ship Caledonia and that there were seventy refugees on board. They were wrecked and beached on the southeastern shore of Staten Island, where the family found a home. The Perrine family in the southern part of Ocean county are supposed to descend from Daniel Perrine who was a son of Henry who came to this country from France with his father Pierre Perrine, founder of the family. The will of this Daniel Perrine was proved June 20th, 1777, and speaks of him as "yeoman, of Stafford township in Monmouth county." It named w. Mary and sons James and Daniel. The will of Henry D. Perrine, son of Daniel 2nd,(?) was proved March 16th, 1841. Corlies Perrine, probably a brother of Henry D., born about 1815, lived near Vanhiseville, had sons Peter, William, Daniel and Corlies. Peter H. Perrine, son of Henry D., had son Brazilla Perrine who was a juryman in Ocean county, 1854. He had children, Peter H. and Ivins who lived near Vanhiseville. Clarkson Perrine, resident at Barnegat- letters of administration on his estate was granted in 1843. His father, it is said, kept a hotel on Broad street, Newark. One of his children, Samuel Perrine, was a well known, highly esteemed citizen of Barnegat.

PEW- John Pew lived in Middletown, 1722. He was a tax payer, 1761, in Middletown. In the Revolution. Joseph Pew was a soldier in the Monmouth militia. James Pew joined the Royalists and his wife Rhoda was sent to Monmouth, through the lines to join her husband in 1778. The next year Nov. 10th, her husband was captured by the Americans and confined in jail. A few days after, he attempted to escape, and a sentry named James Tilley, shot him. Tilley was tried for the shooting but was discharged.

PHARO- The founder of this family was James Pharo, who came to this country in the ship "Shield" in 1678. James Pharo had land in the north-eastern part of Ocean county, as in 1795-6, surveys on behalf of his heirs were made near Mosquito Cove and one from them to James Willets. A branch of this family settled at Barnegat. They were of the line of Timothy Pharo, born 1742. He married Hannah Ridgway, only daughter of Robert Ridgway; she was born 1752, and died 1801. During the latter part of the last century, Amos Pharo was Justice of the Peace, and surveyor in Stafford township and quite prominent in public affairs. At Freehold are recorded many marriages performed by him. He married his w. Elizabeth in Rahway.

PHILLIPS- Ephraim Phillips was deceased in 1698. In the assessment for taxes in Shrewsbury 1764, two John Phillips are named; one of these was subsequently a soldier in the Revolution, and also Joseph Phillips. In surveys in Ocean county about the close of the last century, and beginning of the present, Thomas, Richard Sr., Richard Jr., and William G. Phillips took up land. Richard took up many tracts. In 1803, July 17, Jacob Phillips was m. to Rachel Ferguson by Daniel Stout of Goodluck.

PINTARD- Anthony Pintard is named in Court proceedings 1691 as a defendant; in 1692 he bought land of Sarah Reape and son William Reape, Jr., and in 1695 of Nicholas Brown; he was assessor of Shrewsbury 1698, justice, 1700-4. He was a Huguenot, and fled from persecution from La Rochelle in France, and found a resting place in Shrewsbury. The will of Anthony Pintard, was dated at Shrewsbury February 24, 1729 and proved 1732. It named eight children. He was evidently a man of means, as in 1701 he was a member of the New Jersey Provincial Council, being recommended by the Board of Proprietors as "one of the persons of ye best estates in East Jersie." The first museum in New York was by one John Pintard, who was b. May 18, 1759, probably in New York, and d. June 21, 1844. In 1791 he founded the once noted American Museum under the patronage of the Tammany Society. The corporation granted him for a time the use of a room in the old City Hall on Wall street. Mr. Pintard then lived at 57 King (now Pine) street. In 1794 his collection was removed to the corner of Broad and Pearl streets. At a later date it passed into the hands of Gardener Baker.

PLATT- John Platt and Joseph Platt were taxed in Shrewsbury 1764. Abel Platt was m. to Melah Letts March 20, 1796, by Abiel Akins. He lived north of Cedar Creek, as named frequently in surveys. The Platt family is an ancient one on Long Island; branches settled in north-eastern New York, for whom Plattsburg was named.

POLHEMUS- Johannes Polhemus and Annatie, his wife, were members of Old Brick Church, Marlborough, 1709, and elder 1719. He lived in Middletown and in 1709 bought land in Middletown. Johannes Polhemus, first of the name who settled in Monmouth, was son of the Daniel of Flatbush and subsequently of New York, who made purchases of land in Middletown 1709. William Polhemus was m. to Mary Chadwick, of Dover township, by Rev. Simeon Pyle, July 19, 1797.

POTTER- Thomas Potter was among original purchasers named in the settlement 1667. Under Proprietors' Concessions, 240 acres for himself and w. were confirmed to him 1676. The next year he had a patent renewed to him for four or five hundred acres. In 1679 a warrant was issued to Thomas Potter, w., son and dau. for 500 acres of land at Deale. The same year he had deed from the Indians for land at Deale. Ephraim Potter is named in court proceedings 1685. He was m. twice. His first w. may have been a Wainright as he named a son Nicholas. His second w. was Mary (Chambers) widow of Nicholas Brown. They were m. about 1716. In 1729 Nicholas Potter gave quit claim "to his loving brother-in-law, Hugh Jackson" for land on which Jackson then lived. In 1733 Ephraim Potter (second?) is called son-in-law by Thomas Woodmansee in his will. Thomas Potter, noted in the history of the Universalist Society, it is said, m. Mary Hulett and his brother Isaac Potter, m. her sister Elizabeth Hulett; they were daus. of Robert Hulett. Tradition says that Isaac Potter's w. inherited the farm subsequently owned by their son Paul and in late years by H.E. Lawrence. Job Potter, a relative of Thomas, had son Phinehus, well remembered at Bayville. Paul Potter d. Dec. 6, 1853, a. 89 years, minus one day: his w., Penelope, d. Jan. 3, 1870, a. 82 years and 8 months. The will of Thomas Potter, of Goodluck, was dated May 11, 1777, and recorded at Trenton. It gave to his w. Mary his homestead and household goods. In reference to the church, he says, as is elsewhere quoted:

"The house I built for those that God shall cause to meet there to serve and to worship him, to the same use; and I will that my dear friend, John Murray, preacher of the Gospel, shall have the sole direction and management of said house and one acre of land where the house now stands for the use above mentioned."

In 1803, Jan. 25, Ephraim Potter was m. to Hannah Woodmansee by Silas Crane. Thomas Potter was m. to Rebecca Platt Jan. 31, 1813, by Anthony Ivins, of Toms River. The names Thomas and Ephraim have handed down in successive generations of the family. The founder of the family, Thomas, came from Rhode Island.

POWELL- Thomas Powell, of Wickatunk, servant of William Dockura, sold in 1689 to John Bowne, 30 acres, probably headland. Job Throckmorton's eldest dau., Sarah, m. John Powell. In 1709 John Throckmorton, singleman, Shrewsbury, deeded land to his brother-in-law, John Powell. In a deed dated Sept 22, 1720, from John Powell to Richard Salter, Powell is called innkeeper of Freehold. Elizabeth Powell m. Daniel Tilton at Friends' Meeting, Shrewsbury, 1717.

PREDMORE- Jeremiah Predmore of Barnegat, and Benjamin Predmore of Waretown, brothers, well remembered citizens of Ocean county, descended from Benjamin Predmore (or Pregmore, as the name was sometimes called) who in May, 1776, bought of Thomas Foulkes, son of Thomas, several tracts of land in Burlington county not far from the Ocean county line. One was near Cedar Bridge, one on east branch of Wading River, and on road from Little Egg Harbor to Mount Misery. The name seems also to have been given as Pridmore, and several whose name was thus spelled were in the patriot army in the Revolution. In Freehold records of deeds, Ephraim and Jeremiah Predmore are named Nov. 20, 1826, in a deed to them. In 1812 Benjamin Predmore and w. Azuba, sold lands to Francis Woodmansee of Forked River. Predmore is an ancient family in Dorsetshire, England, the arms and crest of which is given in English heraldic works.

PRESTON- William Preston sold land to Thomas Parker 1760, both of Freehold. June 19, 1803, Samuel Preston was m. to Anna Clayton by Daniel Stout of Goodluck.

PRICE- Joseph Price was one of the first, probably the first of this name, in old Monmouth. He was an innholder in old Shrewsbury township. In 1729 his five sons sold land formerly belonging to their father on Nevisink river to Daniel Allen of Great Egg Harbor, and lands to Joseph Hulet. Michael Price, of Shrewsbury, sided with the Loyalists in the Revolution, and his property was confiscated and sold in 1779, and bought by Mary Price, widow of Joseph. Major John Price was a prominent citizen of old Dover township. He resided at Goodluck, and was given the title of major from his position in the militia after the Revolution, though he had served in that war. Captain William Price, a brother of Major John, of Goodluck, had command of a company in the third battalion, Gloucester troops, in the Revolution. He was commissioned Sept. 18, 1777. He d. about 1818. He had three sons.

PURDAIN, PARDON- Thomas Purdain's ear mark for cattle is given in the old Middletown Town Book, April 12, 1684. William Purdaine had land deeded to him 1699 by John Stout, of Middletown. In 1681 Francis Pardon had patent for land from proprietors.

PURDY- William Purdy was in the county at least as early as 1698. In 1712 he bought land of William Story and is then said to be of Burlington county. William Purdy's cattle mark was recorded Oct 31, 1698.

RACE, REES- In record of licenses for marriages in office of Secretary of State at Trenton are several of this name. Among taxpayers in Middletown 1761 was John Race, a single man. Anthony Race's Run, about the south-western part of Monmouth, is often named in old surveys about the middle of the last century. Members of the family early settled in old Hunterdon county, N.J. Dr. Henry Race, of Pittstown, in that county, says that his grandfather Race was b. in 1716 and lived in Amwell township, near Ringoes.

RANDOLPH, FITZ RANDOLPH- Reuben F., Benjamin F. and Joseph F. Randolph owned land in Stafford township at least as early as 1762. Reuben F. Randolph was captain of the militia in Stafford during the Revolution. James F. Randolph was a prominent business man at Toms River before and during the first part of the Revolution, owning sawmills, etc. He was taxed here 1764. He m. Deliverance, dau. of the John Coward who d. about 1760. He d. about the winter of 1781-2. The late Judge Job F. Randolph, of Barnegat, it is said, was son of Thomas F., who d. at the advanced a. of 98 years. Judge Randolph m. Margaret Jeffrey, dau. of William and Margaret (Child) Jeffrey, of Berkley township. The ancient name of this family was Fitz Randolph, for which reason descendants retain the letter "F," as the initial letter of a middle name. The ancestor of the family was Edward Fitz Randolph, who came from England in 1630, while a lad. Warrants were issued by proprietors for lands in Middlesex at or near Piscataway to Elizabeth F. Randolph, 1676, for 300 acres and meadows, and several hundred acres to others of the name. The noted Randolph family of Virginia descended from William Randolph, who settled on the James River at a place called Turkey Island, where he purchased a large estate to which, says Bishop Meade, he added numerous others. He m. Mary Isham and had seven sons and two daus. Several of his sons became distinguished in the history of the State.

REAPE- William Reape of Newport, Rhode Island, one of the twelve patentees, 1665, seems to have been among the foremost in founding the settlement of Monmouth. By reference to the rights claimed from Proprietors for land by Mrs. Reape, she must have been one of the largest, if not the largest land proprietor in the county. Besides which, she owned property in Rhode Island. She also owned property in England. Her property seems mainly to have been inherited by her grandsons William Marsh and William Brindley.

RECOW, RACKHOW- Daniel Recow had land near Waretown which is referred to in a survey May 1st, 1755, for James Alexander on Oyster Creek. He had a son Peter who lived near Barnegat. Peter died when quite young. Peter had a brother Daniel who joined the Refugees.

REID- John Reid, the noted Surveyor. James Reid and his sons John and Samuel and his brother Andrew Reid were the earliest of the name mentioned in Freehold records. The first mentioned had been a bookseller in Edinburgh. His father and grandfather had been gardeners. He was born Feb. 13th, 1655. In 1683, he was selected by the Proprietors to take charge of a party of emigrants sent to East Jersey. They landed on Staten Island, Dec. 19th, went to Elizabethtown the 23d and to Woodbridge Jan. 10th, 1684. In records of wills at Trenton is one of Samuel Reid of Freehold (township), dated Feb 10th, 1710. In 1717, John Reid of Freehold is called an innholder, in a deed from him to John Boude.

REDFORD- In the old Scotch burying ground at Topanemus are inscriptions on tombstones to William Redford, who came from North Britain 1682, and d. March, 1725-6, aged 84 yrs. William Redford's will dated Feb., 1720, at Freehold, names wife Margaret and children. Samuel had land deeded to him by his father William, in Freehold, 1709. Among taxpayers in Shrewsbury, 1764, was John Redford.

REMINGTON- Thomas Remington, it is said, came from Haverstraw, N.Y. to Monmouth, about 1750. He had w. Amy and a dau. Mary, who m. Jedediah Woolley, son of Daniel.

REYNOLDS, RANOLDS- The will of William Ranolds of Freehold names wife Hellen and children. It was proven 1709. John Ranolds had land deeded to him by Richard Salter 1712, south side of Doctors Creek. James Runnells (Reynolds) was a taxpayer in Shrewsbury township 1764. Samuel Reynolds took up several tracts of land near Toms River 1802 and thereabouts. Samuel Reynolds, Jr., was m. to Deborah Jeffrey Nov. 14, 1799, by Benjamin Lawrence.

RENSHALL- Thomas Renshall was licensed to keep an ordinary at Middletown 1684; bond, £20. He is named in Court proceedings 1691. In 1688 he had 30 acres of land from proprietors.

RHEA, REA- Robert Ray bought headland in 1688 of John Keighn. In 1691 he had land from proprietors. May 26, 1791, he had land from the noted George Keith, who then lived in Philadelphia, and in 1693 the proprietors confirmed the title. He is subsequently frequently named in ancient records, and in some deeds he is called carpenter. The ancient Rhea farm, since called the "Kerr or Carr farm," and owned in late years by D. Demarest Denise, is situated a short distance south-west of Freehold on the Heightstown road. On this farm the main part of the battle of Monmouth took place, and here the old family burying ground is situated, Robert Rhea, farmer, and Mary, his wife, in 1772 owned land, the title of which began at Tennent parsonage. In 1789 they deeded land to Jonathan Rhea, Esq.

RICHARDSON- Richard Richardson was among the purchasers from the Indians, 1667. He settled at Portland Point and was given lot number 3 at that place. It is probable that he came from Rhode Island and may have been of the family of William Richardson an early settler of that colony. In 1676 he had 150 acres of land from Proprietors.

RIDGWAY- Timothy Ridgway was probably the first of this family who settled within the limits of the present county of Ocean. In 1729 he m. Sarah, dau. of William Cranmer. This William Cranmer was also an early settler of Barnegat and one of the earliest converts to Quakerism. In the upper part of Ocean county, on branches of Toms River, Solomon and Job Ridgway had land, 1761-2 and at other times and had the sawmill previously owned by James Hepburn and Stephen Pangburn. The founder of the Ridgway family was Richard, who with w. Elizabeth and infant son Thomas, arrived in the Delaware from London, 1679. He came from Wallingford in Berks county, England. Tradition handed down among old Quakers at Barnegat, was that Richard Ridgway was a tailor. The usual way of stating the tradition was, that "all the Ridgways descended from Richard, and he a tailor." Richard remained in Bucks county, Pa., till about 1690, when he removed to West Jersey and finally settled in Springfield in Burlington county where he died Sept. 21st, 1722, having made his will just before his death. Charles a grandson, settled in Barnegat where he d. July 14th, 1882, aged 65 years. Richard, son of Richard, and grandson of Timothy, was a Justice of the Peace at Barnegat. Job Ridgway, son of Timothy married in 1769, Elizabeth, dau. of Jeremiah Methis, and had two daus. He died at Barnegat, July 24th, 1832, aged 89 years. Solomon Ridgway, 2nd, and w. Amey lived in what was once a part of Upper Freehold, but which since was included in Ocean County.

ROBBINS- The first of this family in old Monmouth seem to have come from Woodbridge, N.J., where Daniel Robins is named among original settlers about 1670, and at which place he received a grant of 173 acres of land. He held various town offices such as collector of taxes, constable, etc. His wife was named Hope and they had nine children. Among persons taxed in Upper Freehold 1731 were Moses Jr., Nathaniel, Aaron, Samuel, Jonathan, Jacob and Zachariah Robins, and in 1758 were Moses, Samuel, Ephraim, Elizabeth, widow, Daniel A., Daniel, Joseph, (who owned a still) John, Thomas, Moses, Jr., Jacob and Joseph, Jr. In old Shrewsbury 1764, Aaron Robins was taxed. In the Revolutionary war Thomas and William Robbins were in the Continental army and Isaac, Jesse, John and Joseph served in the militia. Moses Robbins lived at Toms River and was wounded by the British in the attack on the Block House, March 1782. The village was then burned by the enemy, and among the houses rebuilt one of the first was one by Moses Robbins.

Elijah Robbins was the first postmaster at Toms River and owned the land on which the Block House had been situated. Daniel Robins, either from Old England or New England, supposed to be the first of that name, settled in the Jerseys, and had seven sons and three daughters.

ROBINSON- John Robinson was defendant in a suit with Thomas Leonard 1685. James Robinson's cattle mark is recorded about this time and he was deceased 1687. Another James Robinson in 1732 was executor of will of Thomas Adams of Freehold. In Middletown, 1761, among taxpayers were Duncan, John and Patrick Robinson.

ROCKHEAD, ROCKHED- John Rockhead, proprietor, of New York, in 1734, sold land to Peter Knott, of Shark River. James Rockhead, of Monmouth, sold land to William Watson in 1737. The will of James Rockhead, of New York, merchant, 1739, directs that his body be buried by his brother, John Rockhead in Monmouth. In Topanemus graveyard is a tombstone to the memory of Mr. John Rockhed, second son of Mr. Thomas Rockhed.

ROGERS- William Rogers sold half a share of land at Nevisinks to William Shaddock, March 7, 1667. In 1677 Benjamin Rogers and w. had 120 acres of land from proprietors; in 1680 he had another warrant. The ancestor of the Rogers family in Berkeley and Lacey township was John Rogers, who tradition says, came from West Jersey when a youth to what is now Ocean county. He m. first Abby or Abigail Woodmansee and had sons Isaac, Jesse, John and David; he m. second w. Elizabeth Buck, of Toms River, and had children James D., George W. and Samuel Rogers. The second w., Elizabeth Buck, was dau. of Aaron Buck, of Toms River. Isaac Rogers, son of the first named John, had w. Sarah and sons Capt. William, Capt. Solomon and Judge David I.C. Rogers. It is probable that the Ocean county Rogers are offshoots of this family.

ROMEYN, ROMINE- Stoffel Romine had land deeded to him 1709, by Richard Salter and Sarah, his w. Jacobus Romine bought land of Jonathan Forman of Freehold, 1718. Stoffel must have d. about 1709. Stoffel Jansen Romeyn came to this country in 1653 and m. Gertie, dau. of Peter Wyckoff, March 17, 1678. His widow was a member of the Brick Church, Marlborough in 1711. Thomas Romine and Thomas Romine, Jr., and Samuel and Layton Romine were taxed 1764 in Shrewsbury.

ROSE- This is an ancient family, originally settling in Burlington county, members of which branched off into old Stafford, now Ocean, county. Peter Rose was a propertyholder in town of Burlington 1724, and Joseph Rose owned a dwelling in same town 1741. Previous to the settlement of New Jersey, the name was found on Long Island. Robert Rose was settled at East Hampton in 1648.

RUCKMAN- John Ruckman is named among those who paid for shares of land in Monmouth in 1667 and the same year he was awarded town lot number one in Middletown. The name John Ruckman first appears at Sandwich, Mass., 1644, mentioned with Peter Gauntt, George Allen, Richard Kirby and others whose descendants subsequently came to New Jersey. He was probably the same subsequently named at Gravesend, L.I., where he sold a share of land to Thomas Applegate Nov., 1646. His will was dated March 13, 1650, and proved May 2d, of the same year. Samuel, Thomas and John Ruckman, named in the early years of the Monmouth settlement, 1700-15 and thereabouts, were probably his sons. The will of Thomas Ruckman, of Monmouth, was dated May 20, 1714, and names w. Rachel and seven children.

RUE- Matthew Rew, of Staten Island, 1726, gave power of attorney to Capt. Albert Johnson (of Perth Amboy?). In 1737 Matthew Rue, of Perth Amboy, bought land of Arthur Brown, of Monmouth. John Rue, of Cranbury, a soldier of the Revolution, had son Joseph I. Rue, who m. Mary, dau. of Abraham Bergen, of Middlesex, and their son was Jacob B. Rue, the well remembered banker of Freehold, who d. March 19, 1885. There was a John Rue who lived at or near Matcheponix Neck, formerly in Monmouth, now in Middlesex.

RULON- This family is of Huguenot origin. Tradition says that some time between 1684 and 1704, the first of this family came to this country; that his brothers were Catholics and he a Protestant, and that his brothers took the following means to assist him to escape from persecution. He was secretly headed up in a hogshead and taken to a vessel about to be sent to the United States, put on board as merchandise, and, after getting to sea was unheaded and reached this country, but at what port is not certainly known, but probably New York. David, son of David, m. Esther Camburn and had five children. Jesse Rulon, son of David, m. Rachel Camburn, sister of Esther. Two brothers thus married sisters. Jesse and wife Rachel had nine children. David and Jesse had cousins Peter, who lived at Waretown, and Israel, who settled near Tuckerton. Peter Rulon, at Waretown, had children Stephen, Joseph, Caleb and Peter. At Allentown, Monmouth county, John H. Rulon d. Sept. 22, 1872, aged 82 yrs.

RUSSELL- John Russell was taxed in old Shrewsbury township, 1764. John Russell, son of John, was sergeant in Captain John Walton's company of Leight Dragoons in Monmouth during the Revolution. In 1780, he was at home on a furlough and a band of Refugees attacked the house. The Refugees were said to be seven in number among whom were Captain Richard Lippencott, the man who hanged Captain Joshua Huddy; Phil White subsequently killed by a party of Americans of whom John Russell, Jr., was one, John Farnham afterwards hanged at Freehold, and another said to be named William Gilian who was killed at the time. The attack took place the last of April, 1780, and at night when the Refugees broke into the house, the father, who was over 60 years old, fired, but missed his aim. Gilian then shot and killed him, whereupon young Russell then fired and killed Gilian. In the affray young Russell was severely wounded in the side and fell to the floor, pretending to be dead. A little grandchild of the senior Russell was lying in bed and was hit by five balls but it evidently recovered. After the Revolution young Russell settled near Cedar Creek in Ocean county and lived to quite an advanced age. He had son Edward Russell who was born 1785, who has descendants now living at Barnegat.

RYALL- Daniel B. Ryall, a well remembered lawyer of Freehold and member of Congress 1839-41, was son of Thomas and Rebecca Ryall, and born at Trenton, Jan 30th, 1798, and died December 17th, 1864. He m. 1822, Rachel Bray Lloyd, dau. of Caleb and Martha A. She died in 1825 and in 1828, he married Juliet Phillips Scudder, dau. of Joseph and Maria Scudder. In 1812, Jonathan Rial was deceased and Elisha Chadwick was his administrator.