The Ongs appear to have been among the early settlers of Burlington, N.J., for in the year 1694, Edward Andrews married Sarah Ong, and at the marriage was Sarah Ong, Sr. It is probable her husband was not living, for the Jacob Ong who was also at the wedding must have been the brother of Edward Andrew's wife, Sarah Ong, Jr.

It is believed that Jacob Ong came to Egg Harbor with the Andrews families, he was a brother-in-law of Edward Andrews. Jacob Ong, and his wife Elizabeth, were Elders in the Friends' Meeting of Egg Harbor. Jacob Ong appears to have been a man of considerable note in the settlement. He also appears to have had a passion for emigrating from place to place. In the year 1725 he left Egg Harbor, and went to reside in Pennsylvania. In the year 1728, he returned to Egg Harbor, where he staid about seven years, when a desire for a change of residence having seized him, he in the year 1735 bade Egg Harbor a final farewell, and established himself in Pennsylvania, where it is probable he died, as this is the last recorded account of Jacob Ong. It is probable that the places in Burlington county called Ong's Hat, and Ong's Run, took their names from Jacob Ong, or some of his posterity. The Ong family all left Egg Harbor with the exception of Mary, daughter of Jacob Ong, Sr., who married Thomas Ridgway, Jr. In Egg Harbor, the name of Ong soon became extinct.

Jacob Ong, Sr's. children were Jacob, Jeremiah, Isaac, Mary, Sarah, Mabel and Christian.

Jacob Ong, Jr., married Mary Sprague. Isaac Ong married away from Egg Harbor; his wife's name was Bersheba. There is not any account of Jeremiah Ong's marriage.

Christian Ong married out of the Friends' Meeting. Her husband's name not recorded.

Sarah Ong married Nicholas Dillaplain. The Dillaplains then lived within the limits of the Egg Harbor Monthly Meeting, but I cannot ascertain the exact locality.

Mabel Ong married Henry Shoemaker.

It is probable that Jacob Ong owned and lived on some one of the old-time farms of Little Egg Harbor, and by his moving about from place to place it is likely he was a mechanic and went to different places to work at his trade.

About the year 1745 Reuben Tucker emigrated from Orange county, N.Y., to Little Egg Harbor, where he purchased Short, or Tucker's beach, and after living on the beach for a long term of years, he purchased the farm now known as the Sprague place, near West Tuckerton, and here he ended his days. Reuben Tucker married Ruth Sulse, of Long Island, a near relative of the Headley family, who settled at Barnegat, and other places along the shore.

Reuben Tucker's children were: Stephen, Ebenezer, Margaret, Elizabeth, Sarah, Rebecca, Ruth, Julia and Nancy.

Stephen Tucker about the close of the Revolutionary War left Egg Harbor, and took refuge in Nova Scotia, the same as did many others of his profession, and it is said finally died in an ignominious manner.

Margaret Tucker married Thomas Cowperthwaite, and settled in Egg Harbor, and had children: Nathaniel, Ruth, Maria and Rebecca. Elizabeth Tucker married Doctor Ezra Baker, and after her death, her sister Sarah married Dr. Baker, whose children were Reuben, Ezra, Luke and Ruth, who married Gideon, son of Daniel Leeds, 4th, and his wife, Marjorie.

Rebecca Tucker married Ezekiel Teal.

Ruth Tucker and her lover, Benjamin Pool, were drowned in the surf at Tucker's beach. This took place about the time that her brother Ebenezer was married to his first wife.

Julia Tucker married Reuben Philips, and then Doctor Trace, of Pemberton, N.J.

Nancy Tucker married David Mull, and next, Samuel Scull, and next ______ Risley, and then ______ Spencer, and lastly ______ Reed.

Among her children were Samuel Scull, Ebenezer Scull, David Risley, Sarah Scull, and Ann Eliza Spencer.

Ebenezer Tucker married Catharine, daughter of Col. Aaron Buck, of Monmouth county, N.J., and the children of this marriage were Reuben, Samuel, Mary, Aaron, George W., and Eliza C.

About the close of the Revolutionary war, Ebenezer Tucker purchased Joseph Gauntt's farm, and at a somewhat later period John Gauntt sold him his farm. This last purchase constituted Tucker the owner of the greater portion of what is now the village of Tuckerton. He laid off a part of his farm into building lots, built the Union Inn and some other dWellings, and he also became the owner of the "Old Tavern." He located extensive tracts of valuable timbered lands, built vessels and entered into the lumber business on a large scale. He set up a store, and as some of his vessels were engaged in the West India trade, he imported much of his merchandize from Cuba, paying the Cuban merchants in lumber from his own forests. His various and extensive business made employment for a considerable number of persons. By his superior judgment, far-sightedness and uncommon business capacity, he became the wealthiest man of his time in the place of his adoption. His journey of life was a long one, and during most of it he was the most influential man of the township of Little Egg Harbor. He was consulted in many kinds of affairs, and looked up to as a man of superior judgment and knowledge. He was the recipient of many offices in the township, and also the higher offices of the State and Nation. He was a judge of the court, and a member of the Congress of the United States.

He was a handsome man and was distinguished for his sociality and gentlemanly deportment, having the style of manners and address peculiar to the old school of aristocratic gentlemen.

Mrs. Catharine Tucker had the reputation of being a very amiable lady, noted for her benevolence and many other excellent characteristics. She died in the prime of life, deeply regretted by all who had the happiness to know her.

Ebenezer Tucker's second wife was Phoebe, daughter of John and Susannah Ridgway. The children of this marriage were Susannah and Josephine Tucker.

Reuben, son of Ebenezer Tucker, married Elizabeth Lippincott, a lady of wealth of the upper part of Burlington county. Their children were Cordelia and Margaretta.

Cordelia Tucker married John R. Slack, Esq., of Mount Holly.

Their children George T., Mary, Nina and Effie.

Margaretta Tucker, married Clayton Page, and has two children, Clayton and Anna.

Doctor Samuel Tucker, son of Ebenezer Tucker, married a lady in Philadelphia. They had one child whose name is Samuel Anna Tucker. Doctor Tucker was a highly respectable gentleman, noted for his benevolence and other truly amiable qualities. He died a few years ago deeply regretted by his extensive circle of acquaintances.

Doctor Aaron Tucker, son of Ebenezer Tucker, married Elizabeth, daughter of Charles Carroll, Jr., of Maryland, and a grand-daughter of Charles Carrol, of Carrolton, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Aaron Tucker had two sons, whose names are Carrol and St. George. Mrs. Tucker inherited a large fortune from her father, and now that she is dead her two sons have her wealth. Doctor Aaron Tucker and his family resided some time in Europe.

Col. George W. Tucker, son of Ebenezer Tucker, did not marry. He was the possessor of a handsome fortune, most of which be bequeathed to his relatives; he also made some charitable bequests principally in his native place. Many of the pleasant shade trees which adorn the streets of Tuckerton are a gift from George W. Tucker. Col.Tucker died in Philadelphia, and his remains lie in Laurel Hill Cemetery.

Margaret B. Tucker, daughter of Ebenezer Tucker, married Daniel Budd, of Pemberton, N.J. Mrs. Budd was a handsome and highly accomplished lady. Her remains lie in the Methodist church-yard at Tuckerton.

Eliza Catharine Tucker married Howard Forman, a merchant of New York city. Her second husband was Doctor Thomas Page, by whom she had two children, Elizabeth Glovenia and Georgiana. Mrs. Page was a thoroughly accomplished lady, noted for her benevolence and sociability. In her youthful days she had the reputation of being the handsomest woman in the State of New Jersey. Susannah, daughter of Ebenezer Tucker by his second wife, married Joseph Bispham, a successful merchant of Philadelphia. Their children were Joseph B., Josephine B., and George T.

Josephine, daughter of Ebenezer Tucker by his second wife, married Doctor John Blake, of Washington, D.C. Their child was Ebenezer Tucker Blake. Tucker brought up and educated his children in a style befitting a gentleman of his wealth and station.

Four score and eight years having rolled over the head of Ebenezer Tucker, he was suddenly gathered to his fathers. He was unusually active for one of his age, and his faculties were good until the hour of his death, which happened on the 5th day of September, 1845. His remains lie in the Methodist churchyard at Tuckerton, surrounded by the unconscious forms of many with whom he had associated along the path of life. Thus rests the Honorable Ebenezer Tucker, of Tuckerton, the village which bears his name, and whose inhabitants still hold him in remembrance; as it takes a long time for the name of a distinguished individual to sink to unremembered rest. A costly obelisk marks his place of burial, bearing a record of his deeds of renown.

Evi or Ive Belangee, the forefather of this family, was a French Huguenot, and at an early date he came to Egg Harbor, where he purchased the farm now called the "Oliphant Farm," he also made several other locations of land. In ancient times Belangee's creek was called Ive's creek, after Ive Belangee, who owned property along said creek. This name is variously spelled in the early records, but Evi generally adopted.

It is recorded that Mary, daughter of Richard Ridgway, 1st, married a man by the name of Belangee, and I believe it was the above-named Ive Belangee, for I never met with the name of Belangee that could not be traced to this Ive Belangee, and he would have been a half-brother-in-law to Thomas Ridgway, Sr., and the same to Joseph Willits, that is, if he married Mary Ridgway. Ive Belangee's children, of whom there is an account, were James, Samuel, Ive, Jr., Elizabeth and Christian. The Belangees became Quakers, and throughout the various generations have been people of respectability. I never met with any one who had anything to say against a "Belangee." By their contemporaries, the Belangees were considered skillful farmers. Thomas Belangee, Sr., had a large peach orchard, and built a house to kiln dry peaches, and his dried peaches were made an article of commerce, he selling them in Philadelphia, and other places, where they were known as Belangee's dried peaches; and ofttimes he had more peaches than he could manage, when he would drive his hogs into the peach orchard, and then shake the trees so that the hogs might feast on the luscious mellow fruit. The field where the peach orchard was is still called the "peach orchard field," and at this date, it is grown up with quite large pine trees. The Mathistown saw mill is situated on the site of a fulling mill built by Ive Belangee, for the purpose of fulling the cloth woven by the people of Little Egg Harbor.

Various traditions state that James Belangee, Sr., was a skillful physician, but he could not have had very much practice in the sparsely settled place where he lived; no doubt but that his farm paid him better than his profession. I omitted to state above, that Thomas Belangee not only had a great peach orchard, but he also had a large apple orchard, of excellent grafted fruit and likewise pears, cherries and black mulberries, but for a long time, the apple trees have been on the decline, and many of them have disappeared.

First Branch. - In the year 1727, James, son of Ive Belangee, Sr., married Marjorie, daughter of Thomas Smith, of Cape May. James settled on his father's homestead. He had but two sons, and they were twins, and he intending the homestead for them, built a large dwelling house convenient for two families, and at his death, left the place to his twin sons, Thomas and James, but James finally emigrated to the West, selling his part of the farm to his brother Thomas.

As before stated James Belangee had two sons who were twins, and his daughters were Phoebe, Ruth, Christian, Susannah, Judith and Marjorie.

Thomas, son of James Belangee, Sr., married Mary Barton, of upper Burlington county, and their children were Thomas, Aaron, James, Isaac, Marjorie and Hannah.

Thomas Belangee, Jr., married Ann Dudley, of upper Burlington county, and had a son Ivan and two daughters, and perhaps other children. He was a wheelwright and more than fifty years ago he removed to the upper part of Burlington county.

Aaron, son of Thomas Belangee, Sr., married Sarah Evans, of upper Burlington county. She lived but a short time after her marriage, and then Aaron married Margaret Motwell, and after her death he married Margaret Randolph, a widow, whose maiden name was Cranmer, she being of the Cranmer family of Lower Bank, Washington township, Burlington county. In his native place Aaron Belangee was long and favorably known as a school teacher. He had no children.

James, son of Thomas Belangee, Sr., married Rebecca, daughter of Barzillai Leeds. James removed to the West, and there became a minister in the Hicksite denomination.

Isaac, son of Thomas Belangee, Sr., married Elizabeth Stokes.

Marjorie, daughter of Thomas Belangee, Sr., married James Willits, 3d, and had a child Jane Ann, wife of Samuel Cawley.

Hannah, daughter of Thomas Belangee, Sr., married Evi Smith.

Second Branch. - Ive, son of Ive Belangee, Sr., married away from Egg Harbor, and immediately after his marriage, left his native place.

Third Branch. - Samuel, son of Ive Belangee, Sr., married Alice, daughter of Joseph Parker, Sr. Some years after his marriage, Samuel Belangee left Egg Harbor.

Fourth Branch. - Elizabeth, daughter of Ive Belangee, Sr., married Robert Smith, of Atlantic county. No account of any of their children, except their son Ive Smith.

Sixth Branch. - Christian, daughter of Ive Belangee, Sr., married Richard Osborn, of Long Island.

James, son of James Belangee, Sr., married Grace Angle, of the upper section of Burlington county. They had no children. They emigrated to what was then called the "Genesee country," in the western part of the State of New York.

Phoebe, daughter of James Belangee, Sr., was the second wife of John Ridgway, Sr., and the mother of Jacob Ridgway, who was the second on the list of millionaires of Philadelphia.

Ruth, daughter of James Belangee, Sr., married Job Ridgway.

Christian, daughter of James Belangee, Sr., married Daniel Shourds, Sr.

Susannah, daughter of James Belangee, Sr., married John Ridgway, brother to Job Ridgway; her sister Ruth's husband. Three of James Belangee, Sr.'s daughters married Ridgways. Phoebe married John Ridgway, the uncle of her sisters Ruth and Susannah's husbands. Those three Ridgway brothers-in-law, resided on the following named farms: John Ridgway, Sr., on the Willits Parker farm; Job Ridgway, on the Oliver Parker farm; and John Ridgway, 2nd, on the Joseph Parker farm.

Judith, daughter of James Belangee, Sr., married Gideon Scull, of Atlantic county. Marjorie, daughter of Gideon and Judith Scull, married Daniel Leeds, 4th, and their children were Judith, Gideon, Josiah, Daniel, Offley, Benjamin, Japhet, Marjorie and Mary.

Judith, daughter of Daniel Leeds, 4th, married Nathan, son of Jeremiah Willits, of Egg Harbor.

Offley, son of Daniel Leeds, 4th, married Charlotte, daughter of Jeremiah Ridgway, of Egg Harbor.

Marjorie, daughter of James Belangee, Sr., married Benjamin Haines, of Evesham.

The Belangees, of Atlantic county, N.J., resided somewhere between Absecon and Somers Point. James and Thomas are remembered as residents of this place, but it was many years ago. It is very probable that they were the descendants of Ive Belangee of Little Egg Harbor, through his sons Ive, Jr., or Samuel, both of whom left their native place soon after their marriages, and I have heard a tradition of one of them living on the Atlantic county side of Mullica river during the Revolutionary War.

John Belangee Cox, Esq., of Philadelphia, is a descendent of the Little Egg Harbor Belangees, but I do not know from which branch he descended. It is now more than fifty years since the Belangees removed from their native place, so that of their later posterity nothing is known by me. Thomas Belangee, Jr., settled in upper Burlington county. Isaac Belangee settled in Philadelphia, and Aaron removed to Bordentown, where he died at an advanced age.