A list of most of the marriages, and a few interesting items recorded in the Books of the Little Egg Harbor monthly meeting of Friends.

1715, James, (son of Richard Willits, Sr.,) married without the consent of the meeting.

At the 9th monthly meeting, 10th 3d month, 1716, Thomas Cranmer and Abigail Willits, laid a proposal of marriage before the meeting. In due time they were married, and their's is the first marriage recorded in the books, which were commenced in the year 1715.

5th day of the 6th month, 1717, Robert Allen of Shrewsbury, and Edith Andrews married - daughter of Edward Andrews.

On the 5th day of the 1st month, 1718, Jacob Ong was appointed to look after the graveyard for the ensuing year.

1720, Robert Smith, of Great Egg Harbor, and Elizabeth Belangee married; daughter of Ive Belangee, Sr.

1721, John Cranmer and Mary Andrews married.

1721, Joseph Parker, of Shrewsbury, and Hannah Andrews married.

1723, William Satterthwaite, of Chesterfield, and Mary, (daughter of Richard Osborn, Sr.,) married.

1723, Thomas Johnson and Mary Jones, of Manasquan, married.

1723, Thomas Ridgway, Jr., and Mary, (daughter of Jacob Ong,) married.

1723, Jacob Ong, Jr., and Mary Sprague, married.

1723, Mordecai Andrews, Jr., and Mary Taylor, married.

1724, Joseph Gardiner and Catherine, (daughter of Thomas Ridgway, Sr.,) married.

1724, Evi Belangee, Jr., married out of the meeting.

1725, Isaac Ong got a certificate in order to marry in some other meeting.

1726, Samuel Somers and Mary Leeds, both of Great Egg Harbor, married.

1726, John Cranmer, (this is his second marriage) and Rebecca Stout, of Shrewsbury, were married, and at the same time and place, Samuel Andrews and Elizabeth, (daughter of Thomas Ridgway, Sr.,) were married.

1727, James Belangee, Sr., and Marjorie Smith, married.

1727, Thomas Ridgway, Jr., was chosen overseer in the place of his father, Thomas Ridgway, deceased, and Jacob Ong, removed.

1728, Thomas Cranmer and Mary Ridgway, married.

1728, Peter Andrews, (the eminent minister) got a certficate in order to marry Esther Butcher, of the Burlington monthly meeting.

1728, John Ridgway, Sr., received a certificate in order to marry Phebe Titus, of Westberry, Long Island.

1729, Timothy Ridgway and Sarah Cranmer married.

1730, Hananiah Gaunt and Ann Ridgway married.

1731, Henry Jacob Falkinburg, Jr., and Penelope Stout, of Shrewsbury, married. Penelope Stout and Rebecca Stout, wife of John Cranmer, were sisters.

1731. Nicholas Deleplaine and Sarah, (daughter of John Ong, Sr.,) married.

1731, Jacob Conover and Grace Cranmer married,

1732, Henry Shoemaker and Mabel, (daughter of Jacob Ong, Sr.,) married.

1732, Richard Wlllits, Jr., (son of Richard Willits, 2d), and Sarah Barton married.

1732, Robert Leeds (son of Japhet Leeds, 1st) and Abigail, (daughter of John Higbee, and step-daughter of John Mathis,) married.

1732, Edward Ridgway and Mary Deleplaine married.

1735, Robert Ridgway got a certificate for the purpose of marrying in Burlington monthly meeting.

1736, Richard Osborn and Christian (daughter of Evi Belangee, Sr.,) married. This Osborn was a relative of the Osborns who settled in Egg Harbor; after his marriage he went to reside on Long Island.

1737, Thomas Havens and Sarah Cranmer married.

1738, Stephen Birdsall and Deliverance Willits married.

1739, Joseph Parker, Sr., and Hannah, (daughter of Richard Osborn, Sr.,) married. This is Parker's second wife.

1739, John Delaplaine and Sarah Johnson married.

1739, Nehemiah Andrews and Elizabeth Lippincott married.

1740, Micajah Willits and Elizabeth, (daughter of Joseph Parker, Sr.,) married.

1740, James Willits, 2d, and Ann, (daughter of Thomas Ridgway, Jr.,) married. This was Ann Willits, the minister.

1741, Thomas Havens and Sarah Taylor married.

1743, Daniel Mathis, Sr., and Sophia Gaunt married.

1743, Levi Cranmer and Esther Horn married.

1744, Joseph Lippincott and Esther, (daughter of Samuel Andrews, Sr.,) married.

1745, Samuel Belangee and Alice (daughter of Joseph Parker, Sr., married.

1746, Anthony Morris and Sarah Cranmer married.

1746, Caleb Carr, of Rhode Island, and Sarah, (daughter of Thomas Ridgway, Jr.,) married.

1747, Micajah Mathis procured a certificate, in order to marry Mercy Shreve in Upper Springfield monthly meeting.

1747, Marmaduke Coate and Sarah, (daughter of John Mathis, Sr.,) married.

1747, Jeremiah Mathis, Sr., and Hannah, (daughter of Samuel Andrews) married.

1749, Edward Havens and Sarah, (daughter of Joseph Parker, Sr.,) married.

1750, Gideon Skull and Judith (daughter of James Belangee, Sr.,) married.

1751, Thomas Ridgway, (must have been one of the Barnegat Ridgway's,) and Mary Pearsall, married.

1751, John Leeds, (son of Japhet Leeds, 1st,) and Sarah, (widow of Marmaduke Coate) married.

1752, Israel Stoakim and Grace Conover, married.

1754, John Ridgway, Sr., and Phebe (daughter of James Belangee, Sr., married.) This is Ridgway's second wife.

1755, Peter Andrews, Jr., (son of Samuel Andrews,) and Hannah Somers married.

1755, Joseph Parker, Jr., and Edith (daughter of Mordecai Andrews, Jr.,) married.

1756, John Gauntt and Jane Satherwaite married.

1756, Jacob Cranmer, (son of John Cranmer) and Phebe Valentine, married.

1757, Peter Parker, Sr., and Elizabeth, (daughter of Joseph Seaman, Sr.,) married.

1758, John Pearsall and Mary, (daughter of Mordecai Andrews, Jr.,) married.

1758, Abraham Cranmer and Abigail Birdsall, married.

1759, Joseph Shourds and Kesiah (daughter of Mordecai Andrews, Jr.,) married.

1760, Nathan Bartlett, Sr., and Judith Somers, married.

1761, Daniel Shourds and Christian, (daughter of James Belangee, Sr.,) married.

1761, Joseph Gauntt and Elizabeth _______ married.

1767, Job Ridgway and Ruth, (daughter of James Belangee, Sr.,) married.

1768, William Leeds and Mary, (daughter of Richard Osborn, Sr.,) married.

1769, Job Ridgway, of Barnegat, and Elizabeth, (daughter of Jeremiah Mathis, Sr.,) married.

1769, David Antrim and Mary Falkinburg, and at the same time and place, Richard Buffin and Hannah Falkinburg were married. Mary and Hannah were daughters of Henry Jacobs Falkinburg, Jr.

1770, Stephen Birdsall, Jr., and Desire Mott, married.

1770, Henry Willits and Phebe Osborn, married.

1772, Benjamin Haines, of Evesham, and Marjorie, (daughter of James Belangee, Sr.,) married.

1772, Joseph Sharp and Anne, (daughter of James Willits, 2d,) married.

1772, Ephraim Morse, Jr., and Elizabeth, (daughter of Joseph Lippincott. Sr.,) married.

1774, James Collins and Elizabeth Birdsall, married.

1776, Isaac Pedrick, of Salem, and Hannah, (daughter of Richard Osborn, Jr.,) married.

1776, James Grant and Marjorie Smith, married.

1777, John, (son of Jeremiah Mathis, Sr.,) and Deborah Grant, married.

1777, Micajah Willits, Jr., and Judith Cranmer, married.

1778, David Smith and Hannah, (daughter of Jonathan Pettit,) married.

1778, Jacob Somers and Ann, (daughter of Richard Osborn, Jr.,) married.

1783, Jeremiah Willits, Sr., and Mary, (daughter of Nathan Bartlett, Sr.,) married.

1783, Caleb Osborn and Ann Parker, married.

1786, Joseph Craft and Esther, (daughter of Job Ridgway, of Barnegat,) married.

1786, Jonathan Smith and Hannah, (daughter of Daniel Shourds, Sr.,) married.

1786, Aaron Gaunt, Jr., married a Forsyth of the upper part of Burlington County.

1786, William Pearsall and Elizabeth, daughter of Hanniah Gaunt, Sr., married.

1787, Samuel Cawley and Amy, daughter of Jonathan Pettit, married.

1787, Isaiah Durnell and Mary Havens, married.

1788, Samuel, son of Daniel Shourds, Sr., and Hannah Gray, married.

1789, Joseph Wetherill, of Burlington, and Mercy, daughter of Job Ridgway, of Egg Harbor, married.

1789, Thomas Gifford and Mary, widow of Reuben Soper, Sr., married.

1792, Isaiah Durnell and Sarah, daughter of Nathan Bartlett, Sr., married.

1792, Seth Silver, of Mannington, and Mary Ridgway, married.

1792, Caleb Cranmer, Sr., Phebe, widow of Job Mathis, Sr., married.

1793, Samuel Willits, son of Henry Willits, and Elizabeth Grey, married.

1795, Uriah Riley and Shada, daughter of Daniel Shourds, married.

1795, James Arnold and Phebe Inman, married.

1795, Samuel Arnold and Rany Cox, married.

1801, Richard Willits, Jr., and Rachel Birdsall, married.

1804, James Collins and Sykee Pharo, married.

1802, John Collins and Anne, daughter of James Willits, 3d, married.

1805, Samuel Pharo and Phebe Collins, married.

1807, Robert Pharo and Anne Collins, married.

1812, Timothy Pharo and Hannah, daughter of James Willits, 3d, married.

1813, Japhet Leeds and Anne Pharo, married.

1813, James Willits, 3d, and Marjorie Belangee, married.

1816, Archelaus Willits and Mary Haines, married.

1816, Samuel Smith and Judith, daughter of Jeremiah Willits, Sr., married.

1818, Gideon Birdsall and Palmyra, daughter of Thomas Osborn, married.

1819, Nathan Bartlett, Jr., and Hannah, daughter of John Willits, Sr., married.

1820, Willits Parker and Phebe, daughter of John Willits, Sr., married.

1826, William Twining and Rebecca Riley, married.

1826, Joseph Bartlett and Ann P., daughter of Thomas Willits., Jr., married.

1826, Jonathan Gifford and Esther, daughter of Eli Mathis, Jr., married.

1827, Job Gifford and Ann, daughter of Eli Mathis, Jr., married.

1829, James Arnold and Elizabeth, widow of John Bartlett, married.

1833, Allen R. Pharo and Phebe B., daughter of Thomas Willits, Jr., married.

1833, Henry Leeds and Hannah Pharo, married.

1835, James Bartlett and Phebe Ann Barnes, married.

1847, George Collins and Mary Ann Parker, married.

1849, Joseph Cook and Ann Pharo, married.

1859, Alfed Collins and Frances Stokes, married.

The greater part of the distinguished characters among the ancient and modern inhabitants of Egg Harbor have been members of the Friends society; but such will be more properly described under other heads.

Names of some of the dead whose remains lie in the Friends graveyard at Tuckerton. This is not to be considered a complete list of the dead within that enclosure. I have selected a few names principally from among the ancient inhabitants. It is probable there are many buried there whose names have not come down to us. Many of the natives of Egg Harbor have from time to time removed to other sections and have been buried in the place of their adoption. For a long time this was the only burying ground for miles around and Friends and others from a considerable distance buried their dead in this graveyard.

John Higbee died in the year 1715.

Edward Andrews and Sarah, his wife.

Mordecai Andrews, Jr., and Mary, his wife.

Isaac Andrews and Hannah, his wife.

Samuel Andrews and Elizabeth, his wife.

Peter Andrews, Jr., and Hannah, his wife.

Jesse Andrews and Hannah and Mercy, his wives.

Hananiah Gaunt and Ann, his wife.

Joseph Gaunt.

Richard Willits, Sr.

James Willits, 1st, and his wife.

James Willits, 2d, and Ann, his wife.

Thomas Willits, Sr.

John Willits.

Henry Willits and Phebe, his wife.

James Willits, 3d, and Phebe, his wife.

Jacob Hubbs and Phebe, his wife.

Jeremiah Ridgway, Sr., and Hannah, his wife.

Thomas Ridgway, Sr., and probably his two wives, Ann and Elizabeth.

Thomas Ridgway, Jr., and Mary, his wife.

Job Ridgway and Ruth, his wife.

Thomas Ridgway, 3d, and Phebe, his wife.

Caleb Carr and Sarah, his wife.

John Ridgway, 2d, and Susannah, his wife.

Jarvis Pharo, Sr., and Elizabeth, his wife.

James Pharo, Sr., and Ruth, his wife.

Amos Pharo, Sr., and Elizabeth, his wife.

James Pharo, Jr., and Mary, his wife.

Timothy Pharo, Sr., and Hannah, his wife.

Robert Ridgway and Hannah, his wife.

Joseph Ridgway.

Henry Jacobs Falkinburg, and his wife.

Henry Jacobs Falkinburg, Jr., and Penelope, his wife.

Richard Osborn, Sr., and Jean, his wife.

Richard Osborn, Jr., and Phebe, his wife.

Thomas Osborn and Rhoda, his wife.

Abigail Sooy.

Joseph Cox, and Abigail, his wife.

Joseph Parker, Sr., and his two wives, Hannah and Hannah.

Peter Parker, Sr., and Elizabeth, his wife.

Joseph Parker, 2d, and Edith and Abigail, his two wives.

Thomas Parker, Sr.

Peter Parker, Jr., and Rachel, his wife.

Joseph Parker, 3d, and Hannah, his wife.

William Parker.

Joseph Bartlett, Sr., and Phebe, his wife.

Nathan Bartlett, Sr., and Judith and Mary, his two wives.

Joseph Bartlett, Jr., and Hannah, his wife.

Joseph Bartlett, 3d.

John Bartlett.

Roger Osborn.

Evi Belangee, and his wife.

James Belangee, and Marjorie, his wife.

Thomas Belangee, and Mary, his wife.

John Berry, and Prudence, his wife.

Joseph Berry, and Hannah, his wife.

Samuel Deacon, and Sarah, his wife.

Jeremiah Mathis, Sr., and Hannah, his wife.

John Mathis, Sr., and Alice, his wife.

Job Mathis, Sr.

Micajah Mathis, Sr., and Mercy, his wife.

Job Mathis, 4th.

Esther Mathis.

Hezekiah Mathis and Hannah, his wife.

Eli Mathis, Jr., and Judith, his wife.

Charles Mathis.

Samuel Mathis.

Jesse Mathis and Ann, his wife.

Mary Mathis.

Isaac GifFord and Hannah, his wife.

Nehemiah Mathis, Sr., and Elizabeth, his wife.

Alice Mathis.

Ziba Mathis and Elizabeth and Mary, his two wives.

Job Mathis, 3d.

Nehemiah Mathis, Jr.

Sarah Ragar.

Mahlon Mathis and Mahala, his wife.

Jane Shreve.

Eli Mathis, Sr., and Phebe, his wife.

Barzilla Mathis.

Benjamin Mathis and Anne, his wife.

Job Mathis, 2d, and Leah, his wife.

Samuel Shourds, Sr., and his two wives.

Joseph Shourds and Kesiah, his wife.

Daniel Shourds and Christian, his wife.

Jonathan Pettit and Mary, his wife.

Joseph Lippincott and Esther, his wife.

Samuel Lippincott and his wife.

Peter Lippincott.

Jonathan Gifford, Sr., and Hannah, his wife.

Joshua Gifford.

Jonathan Gifford, Jr., and Melissa, his wife.

John Ridgway and his two wives, Phebe and Phebe.

William Gifford, Sr., and Hannah, wife.

Job Gifford and Ann, his wife.

Reuben Soper and Rachel, his wife.

Reuben Soper, Jr.

Staats Palmer and Judith, his wife.

Ellis Mathis and Mabel and Rebecca, his two wives.

Daniel Parker, Sr.

Mary Willits.

Timothy Pharo, 2d, and Hannah, his wife.

Joseph W . Pharo.

Edmund Bartlett, Sr., and Deliverance, his wife.

Nathan Bartlett, Jr., and Deliverance, his wife.

John Cranmer and Martha, his wife.

Elizabeth Page and Edward Page.

Edmund Bartlett, Jr.

Thomas Ridgway.

Edmund Ridgway.

Phebe Ridgway.

Joseph A. Bartlett.

Josephine Cox.

Edmund Shinn.

Ezra Parker.

Martha Parker.

Matilda Bartlett.

Others of the dead might be named had not this article already attained such a great length.

A few years previous to the Revolutionary War, and about three score and ten years after the settlement of Egg Harbor; Episcopalian, Presbyterian, Baptist and Methodist missionaries visited the place. The Rev. John Brainard is said to have been the first Presbyterian minister who visited the Quaker settlement, and it is thought he established a society at Bass river, which finally died out. According to Brainard's own account of the affair, his preaching places were at the house of either Charles Loveland or John Leak near Wading river. Within a few years Presbyterianism has gained a new foothold in Egg Harbor. There is a Presbyterian society and a church at Bass river, and also a society and church at Tuckerton, likewise a parsonage. These two societies were for some length of time under the guardianship of Rev. Samuel Miller, of Mount Holly, to whose untiring efforts they owe much of their success.

The Episcopalians and Baptists do not appear to have gained a foothold in Egg Harbor. The Baptists were more successful at Manahawkin, having founded a society, and built a church there at an early date.

When about to commence this work, I called on one of the oldest and most intelligent local preachers of the Methodist Episcopal Society of Little Egg Harbor, for the purpose of learning something about the history of Methodism in Egg Harbor, but I could not ascertain anything from which to form a history; and the Society not keeping records, I am unable to write much about Methodism in Egg Harbor.

According to traditions the Methodist missionaries visited Egg Harbor about the time of the Revolutionary War, where they formed a Society which has continued to the present date, (1879.) It is said that a school teacher by the name of Morgan, gave the ground for the first Methodist Church that was built in Tuckerton. This church was built at an early date, and probably before the year 1800. I think the oldest tombstone in the graveyard bears date 1799. A few years ago the Methodist Society built a new church and made a parsonage of the old church. The old-time circuit ministers preached at Tuckerton once in four weeks, their headquarters being at Pemberton, N.J. The old-time Methodists used to make great preparations in order to go to the Quarterly Meeting which was held at New Mills - now Pemberton. The circuit ministers rode on horseback, and had many hardships to endure, and got but little pay for their services.