The Atwoods are of English origin. At rather an early date they came from England and settled in Massachusetts. Christopher Atwood was located at Cape Cod. He had a son Anthony, who settled in Egg Harbor, and was the forefather of the Atwoods at that place. Anthony Atwood, Sr., was a seaman and followed the West India trade. Captain Anthony Atwood, Sr., and Captain Hezekiah Brown, Sr., came together to Egg Harbor, where they purchased homes and ended their days in the place of their adoption. The properties which they purchased now constitute the Samuel S. Atwood farm in the neighborhood of Down Shore. The Atwood is a Methodist family; Anthony Atwood, Sr., was a local preacher; his daughter married a local preacher, his son Samuel is an unusually smart local preacher. His son, Anthony Atwood, Jr., is a minister of deep learning and of high standing in the Methodist Church. His son Joseph is a minister of good repute in the Methodist Church, and his grandson, Albert Atwood, is a minister in the Methodist Church.

Captain Anthony Atwood, Sr., married before he came to New Jersey, his wife being the widow of Samuel Snow, of Massachusetts. Her maiden name was Hannah Freeman Gross; she had one child by her first husband, and she married Samuel Lippincott, of Egg Harbor.

Anthony Atwood's children were Ann, Gideon, Samuel, Anthony, Joseph and Susan.

Ann Atwood married Samuel Weaver. Their children: Joseph, John, Samuel, Susan, Charles, Cyrus, Anthony and William.

Joseph Weaver married Sarah, daughter of Ezekiel Smith of Mannahawkin.

John Weaver married Abigail Leeds.

Samuel Weaver, Jr., married Josephine Scull.

Susan, Charles, Cyrus and Anthony A. Weaver all died unmarried.

Gideon Atwood married in Norfolk, Virginia, and died soon after his marriage.

Samuel S. Atwood married first, Ruth Mathis, second Sarah ______, third Ellen ______, who was the mother of Albert and Samuel, and fourth Hannah Young, who was the mother of Ellen, Oliver, Louisa, Roxana, and Paster C. Atwood.

Albert Atwood married Amanda Robinson of Toms River.

Alida Atwood married Captain Charles Cale.

Anthony Atwood married Rebecca Vanneman. Their children: Hannah Louisa, Emma, William, Anthony, Watson and Daniel.

Joseph Atwood in the early part of his life taught several terms of school in Egg Harbor, and the author of this work was one of his pupils, and she has always felt very grateful to him for the pains he took in instructing her in the branches which were taught in his school, and she cannot sufficiently express her gratitude to him for assisting to make her a proficient in geography.

Joseph Atwood's first wife was Louisa, daughter of John C. Cranmer of Ocean county. Louisa's children were Noah Jennings, Huldah Ann, Hannah and Joseph Freeman. The second wife, Abigail, was widow of Paul Sears, Jr.

Captain Hezekiah Brown, Sr., came from Cape Cod to Egg Harbor. He had a sister Mary Brown, who came with him, and she married Micajah Mathis, 2nd. Captain Brown sailed a vessel, and during a severe snow storm his vessel was capsized, and he and his son Jonathan, and James, son of Stephen Shourds, and Joshua Giftbrd, Sr., were drowned. Captain Brown married before he emigrated to Egg Harbor; his wife's name was Elizabeth, and their children were Jonathan, Sarah, Hannah, David, Hezekiah and Benjamin.

Sarah Brown married Joseph Devinney and went West.

Hannah Brown married Reuben White of Tuckerton. Their children: Barton, Wesley, Micajah and Ashbrook.

Wesley White married Phoebe Gauntt. Their children: Charles, William, Norman, Franklin, Mary, and Mary, 2nd. Mary White, 1st, was drowned in the surf at Long Beach.

Micajah White married Mary Jane Parker. Their child Harry.

David Brown went to the West and married away from Egg Harbor.

Hezekiah Brown, 2nd, married Sarah White. Their children: Mary, Daniel, William, Eliza, Hannah, Margaret, Micajah, Sarah, James, Thomas and Hezekiah.

Mary Brown married Louis Foloe.

Hannah Brown married William Wiley.

William Brown married Jane Parker.

Margaret Brown married Ezra Lippincott.

Benjamin Brown married Eveline Horner. Their children: Benjamin, Hezekiah, Othello, Henry, Mary, Sarah and James.

Benjamin Brown married Sarah Barber.

Captain Hezekiah Brown, 3rd, married Ann Willits.

Captain Othello Brown married Sarah E. Pharo.

Captain Henry Brown married Elizabeth Rockhill.

Sarah Brown married William Truex.

James Brown married Letitia Rutter.

The Seaman and some other families of which it is proper I should write, do not belong to Egg Harbor, they having first settled in Ocean county. Some of the members of those families having resided in, and in other respects being intimately connected with Egg Harbor, it is expedient for me to give a sketch of their genealogy.

At an early date Joseph Seaman came from Long Island to West creek. He purchased (of some person who professed to be the proprietor) the lands which compose the Edmund and Richard Bartlett farms. He settled on the Edmund Bartlett farm, built buildings, cleared a farm, set out a valuable orchard, and made other improvements, supposing that he had a legitimate title for the land he had bought. After he had lived there some years, Joseph Bartlett came to West creek, and being desirous of purchasing a home, he, who proved to be be the legal proprietor of the Seaman property, sold Bartlett the lands which Seaman had improved. Seaman gave up his home to Bartlett, and removed to another location. Seaman owned a considerable tract of land on Long Island. He never sold his lands on Long Island, therefore in justice, all of his descendants are heirs to those possessions.

Joseph Seaman married a French woman, by the name of Sarah Burtow. Their children were Benjamin, David, Joseph, Mary, Elizabeth, Abigail, Hannah, Jemima and Sarah.

Benjamin, son of Joseph Seaman, Sr., married Amelia Pavia, a granddaughter of Samuel Shourds, Sr., of Tuckerton. Susannah, daughter of Samuel Shourds, Sr., married Adam Pavia, a Frenchman. They had seven sons, but they all died before they came to man's estate; they also had one daughter who was the above named Amelia, wife of Benjamin Shourds, Sr. Adam Pavia resided in Chester city, Pa. He carried on the manufacture of pewter ware, which was a profitable business, for at that time pewter ware almost supplied the place of China and Liverpool or stone ware. Pavia thought it would advantage him to set up a branch of his business in Virginia, and accordingly loaded a wagon with articles pertaining to his trade, intended to assist in the establishment of a pewter factory in Virginia. He started with his team with the intention of crossing the Alleghany mountains, and so on to Virginia. He never was heard from after he left home. It was supposed that while on the lonely mountainous route he was murdered and robbed of his property. After Pavia's disappearance, his widow married a second husband, and her daughter, Amelia, not relishing living under the dominion of a stepfather, came to Tuckerton, and lived with her grandfather, Samuel Shourds, Sr., until her marriage with Benjamin Seaman. The children of this marriage were Joshua, Achsah, Lydia, Phoebe, Mary, Benjamin, Susannah, Samuel and Amelia.

Benjamin Seaman, Sr., was born November 11th, 1746, and died August 7th, 1812. Amelia, his wife, was born February 19th, 1750, and died December 14, 1817. Ages of their children:

Joshua Seaman was born November 13th, 1769.

Achsah Seaman was born April 5th, 1772.

Lydia Seaman was born January 24th, 1775.

Phoebe Seaman was born February 25th, 1778.

Mary Seaman was born March 11th, 1781.

Benjamin Seaman was born January 13th, 1784.

Susannah was born June 26th, 1786.

Samuel was born May 13th, 1789.

Amelia was born December 5th, 1792.

Joshua Seaman married Mary Ellsworth. Their children were Elizabeth, Phoebe, Mary, Achsah, Joshua, Catharine and Amelia.

Elizabeth Seaman married Job Cox.

Phoebe Seaman married Asa Pharo.

Mary Seaman married Thomas Lamson.

Achsah Seaman married William Lamson.

Joshua Seaman married Mary Sprague.

Catharine Amelia Seaman married Jonathan Sprague.

Second Branch. - Achsah Seaman married Jesse Sprague. She died in the year 1792, leaving two children.

Third Branch. - Lydia Seaman married Stephen Willits, Sr. Their children were John, Timothy, Amelia, Stephen, Benjamin, Mary and Lydia.

John Willits married Hannah Thompson. Timothy Willits, Keziah Cranmer. Amelia Willits, David Jones. Stephen Willits, Mary Oliphant. Benjamin Willits, Harriet Crane. Mary B. Willits, Nathan Atkinson.

Fourth Branch. - Phoebe Seaman married Philip Ellsworth, Sr. Their children were Mary, William and Catharine.

Mary Ellsworth married James Pharo. William Ellsworth, Mary Pharo. Catharine Ellsworth, John Hughes.

Fifth Branch. - Mary Seaman married Cornelius Kelly. Their children were Benjamin, Susan, Amelia, John, William and Dennis.

Sarah, daughter of Mary Seaman, married Benjamin Pharo.

Benjamin Kelly married Ann, daughter of William Ivins, and after her death he married Elizabeth Ann Cranmer.

Susan Kelly married Miles Sweeney, and resides in San Francisco, California.

Amelia Kelly married Patrick Smith, and resides in California.

John Kelly married Elizabeth McCamridge.

William Kelly married Sarah Seaman.

Dennis Kelly married Susannah Cranmer.

Sixth Branch. - Benjamin Seaman, Jr., married three wives, his first wife was Rebecca Jones. She was the mother of Phoebe and Hazleton. His second wife was Hannah Alexander, she was the mother of Lydia, Timothy and Charles. His third wife was Hannah Cummings, a widow, whose maiden name was Gifford. She was the mother of Sarah, Mary, Maria, Susan, William, Benjamin, Jane and Jeremiah.

Phoebe Seaman married Dennis Kelly, Sr.

Hazleton Seaman married Sarah Pharo.

Lydia Seaman married Joseph Cox, Esq.

Timothy Seaman married Amy Elizabeth Goolan.

Charles Seaman married Julia Parker.

Sarah Seaman married William Kelly.

Mary Seaman married Michael Medoro.

Maria Seaman married John Tilly.

Susan Seaman married James Ford.

Benjamin Seaman married Judith Ketcham.

Jane Seaman married Alfred Vancott.

Seventh Branch. - Susannah Seaman married George Langdon. Their children: Jane, John, Elizabeth, David, George, Susannah and Amelia. Susannah Seaman had a second husband, Joseph Page.

Jane Langdon married Amos Naile. John Langdon Catharine Camburn. Elizabeth Langdon John Naile, and after his death James Pharo. George Langdon married in a distant section. Susannah Langdon married Borden Pharo, and Amelie Langdon married Captain Zebedee W. Rockhill.

Eighth Branch. - Samuel Seaman married Miriam Pharo. Their children: Benjamin, Elizabeth, Maria, Samuel, James, Ruth, Phoebe, Amelia and Emily.

Benjamin Seaman married Ann Eliza Pharo. Elizabeth Seaman, Timothy Cox. Maria Seaman, Isaac Stiles. Samuel Seaman, Temperance Lewis, and then Elizabeth Nugent. Ruth Seaman, Jesse Rutter. Phoebe Seaman, John Hansel. Amelia Seaman, Captain Edward Soper, and Emily Seaman, Hanson Jones.

Ninth Branch. - Amelia Seaman married Elihu Mathis. Their children: Leah, Sabra A., Lydia, Benjamin Franklin, Sophrania and Lovenia E.

Leah Mathis married Ezra Blackman. Sabra A. Mathis, William C. Sears. Lydia Mathis, Jesse R. Sears. Sophrania A. Mathis, Joseph Parker, and Lovenia E. Mathis, Jesse R. Parker.

David, son of Joseph Seaman, Sr., married Anna, daughter of James Pharo. Their children: Jerusha, Jemima, Anna and Maurice.

Jerusha Seaman married John Havens, and went to reside in the State of New York, and after Havens' decease she married a man by the name of Peters.

Jemima Seaman married William Cook of Mannahawkin.

Anna Seaman married Sylvenus Sharp.

Maurice Seaman married Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Cranmer, and granddaughter of Josiah Cranmer, 2nd. Maurice Seaman's children: David, Jerusha, Ann Eliza, Maurice, Joshua, Aaron, Mary and Hannah.

David Seaman married Mary Johnson.

Ann Eliza Seaman married Hugh McGrattan.

Maurice Seaman, Jr., married Maria Stevens.

Joshua Seaman is a doctor, and has the reputation of being a skillful physician, who has performed many remarkable cures. Dr. Seaman married Melinda Hornbuckle.

Jane Seaman married ______ Campbell.

Mary Seaman married ______ Seaman.

Hannah Seaman married ______ Snellbaker, and resides in Philadelphia.

Joseph, son of Joseph Seaman, Sr., married Kesiah, daughter of Joseph Parker, 2d, by his first wife, Edith. Joseph and Kesiah Seaman's children were Isaac, John and Edith.

Isaac Seaman married Amy Kinney.

John Seaman married Jemima Perkins.

Edith Seaman married Hezekiah Cranmer, son of one of the Josiah Cramers.

Mary, daughter of Joseph Seaman, Sr., married James Pearsall. Mary never lived in New Jersey. She remained on Long Island, having married before her father removed to New Jersey.

Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph Seaman, Sr., married Peter Parker, Sr.

Abigail, daughter of Joseph Seaman, Sr., married Joseph Parker, Jr.

Hannah, daughter of Joseph Seaman, Sr., married John Havens.

Jemima, daughter of Joseph Seaman, Sr., married Elias Truax. They were the progenitors of those of that name in Stafford and Egg Harbor townships.

Sarah, daughter of Joseph Seaman, Sr., married John Sprague. They were the ancestors of many of the Spragues of Ocean county.

There are Seamans on Long Island who must be the descendants of a brother or uncle of Joseph Seaman, Sr., who settled at West creek. Ocean county, N.J. Elias Hicks (the founder of the society of Hicksite Friends) married Jemima Seaman, of Long Island. Jemima is an old and favorite name in the Seaman family. The females of the Seaman family are noted for their ingenuity, industry and enterprise, and also for being excellent housekeepers.

The male members of the Seaman family are distinguished for being skillful mechanics, and especially as being ingenious boat builders.

About the close of the Revolutionary War, Samuel Stiles, Sr., came from the middle section of Burlington county, and settled in Egg Harbor, where he ended his days at the advanced age of 91 years. It is said that Samuel Stiles was the first person who sincerely believed that wheat could be raised from the soil of Egg Harbor, and being of an experimental turn he sowed a patch of wheat which yielded a good crop, and caused the scales to fall from the eyes of his unbelieving brother farmers.

His wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Jesse Chew. Jesse Chew owned a large tract of land - now included in the Hammonton settlement, Atlantic county, N.J., and where some of the descendants of his daughter Elizabeth settled. Their children were Jesse, Isaac, Samuel, Mary, Hannah, Anne, Sarah, Susan and Eliza. The Stiles is a Methodist family and are noted for their aptness in learning, and for being endowed with a gift of oratory.

First Branch. - Jesse Stiles married Sarah, daughter of Thomas Willits, Sr. His first wife was the mother of his thirteen children. He married two other wives but there were no children with these two marriages. Jesse Stiles' children were Isaac, Eayre, Jacob, James Thomas, Samuel, Andrew, Jesse, Francis, Mary, Sarah Jane and Hannah.

Isaac Stiles married Maria Seaman. Their children: Jesse, Ann Eliza, and others whose names I have not obtained.

Eayre, Jacob and James Stiles married in the West.

Thomas Stiles married Abigail Cox. Andrew Stiles married Josephine Gaskill. Jesse Stiles, Jr., is married, and is a minister in the Methodist denomination.

Mary Stiles married James Southard and resides in the State of Ohio. Jane Stiles married Nathan Rockhill.

Second Branch. - Isaac, son of Samuel Stiles, Sr., married Elizabeth Cherry. He went to the West, and nothing is known of his posterity.

Third Branch. - Samuel Stiles married Sarah Cranmer. Their children: Samuel and Elizabeth. Samuel Stiles married Mary Throckmorton. Elizabeth Stiles married Albert Pharo.

Fourth Branch. - Mary Stiles married Charles Stewart, of Philadelphia. Their children: Huldah Ann, Cordelia, Josephine and Susannah.

Fifth Branch. - Hannah Stiles married Isaac Jenkins. They were prominent members of the Methodist Church at Tuckerton, and their house was a home for the Methodist ministers and other ministers to the church at that place. No children.

Sixth Branch. - Anne Stiles married Isaac Downs. Their children: Samuel, Charles, James, Fletcher, Isaac Jackson, Hannah, Sarah, Susan and Mary Harriet.

Samuel S. Downs is a surveyor and a prominent member of the Methodist church. He has had three wives, his first wife was Mary, daughter of Nicholas Sooy, her children were Charles, Samuel, Josephus, Esther Ann, Huldah, Sophia and Jefferson. His second wife was Rebecca Davis; her children: Clara and Susan. The third wife was Mary Hall.

Charles, son of Samuel S. Downs, married Hannah Ann Andrews. He is a minister in the Methodist Society.

Esther Ann, daughter of S.S. Downs, married Captain Thomas Sawyer, youngest son of D. Sawyer. Their child: Edwin Adolphus. Huldah, daughter of S.S. Downs, married John H. Austin.

Charles, son of Isaac Downs, has had three wives. The first wife was Mary Simpkins; her children: Samuel and Mary. The second wife was Mary Foster; her child: James. The third wife was Sarah J. Corson: her children: John, Charles and Louisa. Charles Downs has been a minister in the Methodist Society; his present wife, Sarah J. Downs, is an estimable and intelligent lady, and stands at the head of the column of enterprising ladies who are building the new Methodist church at Tuckerton.

James, son of Isaac Downs married Sarah, daughter of Nicholas Sooy. Their children: Doctor McKendry Downs, Cordelia, Susan, William, James and Herbert.

Cordelia Downs married Josiah Lane. Susan Downs married Doughty Vansant.

Fletcher, son of Isaac Downs, married Almira Pearson. Their children: Orlean, Kate, Laura, James and Willie.

Hannah, daughter of Isaac Downs, married Rev. Noah Edwards, of Barnegat. Their children were James Watson and Charles Emmory.

Susan, daughter of Isaac Downs, married Dr. Jeremiah Hand, of Cape May. Their children were Joseph, Harold, Anne, Louisa and Josephine.

Seventh Branch. - Sarah Stiles had two husbands. Her first husband was James, son of Thomas Willits, Sr. The children of this union were Alphonso A. and Melvina. The second husband was Francis Rose; the children were Emma, Francis, Wilbur Fisk and Almira Vernon.

Alphonso A. Willits, D.D., is a minister of high standing in the Dutch Reformed Church, and is also a popular lecturer. He married Jane Street.

Melvina Willits married James, son of Brant Slaight.

Eighth Branch. - Susan, daughter of Samuel Stiles, Sr., married Eli Gifford. Their children: Charles, Mary, Francis Julia, Sarah Jane and Amelia.

Ninth Branch. - Eliza Stiles married James B. Longacre. Their children: Sarah, Andrew, James, Eliza, Orlean and Phoebe Palmer.

Joseph Bartlett, Sr., was an Englishman, and a citizen of the city of London. He emigrated to New Jersey sometime between the years 1750 and 1754. He settled on the farm now known as the Amos Bartlett farm, of West Creek, Ocean county, N.J. Soon after his arrival he married Phoebe Havens - a widow whose maiden name was Birdsall. She must have been a sister of Stephen and Nathan Birdsall, the first of the name who settled at Barnegat. The Bartlett family is of great respectability, noted for morality, pleasantness and kindness of heart. It is a Quaker family, and nearly all of its representatives have been of the Quaker persuasion.

Joseph Bartlett, Sr., had two sons whose names were respectively, Nathan and Joseph.

First Branch. - Nathan Bartlett had two wives; his first wife was Judith Somers, of Atlantic county, N.J. Judith's children were Edmund, Joseph, Mary, Judith, Sarah and Hannah. The second wife was Mary, widow of Timothy Willits, Sr., and daughter of Stephen Birdsall, Sr., and his wife, Deliverance Willits. Mary's children were Nathan and Phoebe. Edmund, son of Nathan Bartlett, Sr., married Deliverance Willits, daughter of his stepmother, and also daughter of Timothy Willits. Edmund's children were Nathan, Edmund, Mary, Zilpha, Phoebe and Judith.

Nathan, son of Edmund Bartlett, married Hannah, daughter of John Willits, Sr. Their children were John, Louisa, Amanda and Martha. These all reside in the State of Indiana. Louisa Bartlett married James Hanum. Their children were Hannah, Sarah, James M., Alice, Josephine, Nathan, Martha, Ella, Mary, Louisa, Edmund B., and Johnannis.

Hannah Hanum married De Witt Deckel.

Amanda Bartlett married Frederick Geer. Their children were Mary Melvina, Nathan, John, Martha Louisa, William H., Hannah D., Judith B., Sarah Rosa, Naomi, Alfred and Frederick.

Mary M. Geer married George Hawkins. Their children were Alva and Willie.

Nathan Geer married Amelia Merrilds. Child: Frederick B.

Martha Geer married William Chulip. Child: Ralph.

Edmund, son of Edmund Bartlett, Sr., married Mercy, daughter of Thomas Ridgway, 3d. Their children were Thomas, Joseph A., and Amos.

Zilpha, daughter of Edmund Bartlett, Sr., married Joseph Shinn. Their children were Edmund, Nathan, Oliver and Josephine.

Josephine Shinn married Walter Cox.

Phoebe, daughter of Edmund Bartlett, Sr., married Amos Ridgway. Their children were Thomas, Edmund, Amos, Alfred, Job and Phoebe Ann.

Joseph, son of Nathan Bartlett, Sr., married Abigail, daughter of Timothy Willits, Sr. Like his brother Edmund, his wife was his step-mother's daughter, by her first husband, Timothy Willits. No children.

Mary, daughter of Nathan Bartlett, Sr., married Jeremiah Willits, Sr.

Judith, daughter of Nathan Bartlett, Sr., married Jeremiah Ridgway, 2d.

Sarah, daughter of Edmund Bartlett, Sr., married Isaiah Darnell, son of Lewis and Grace Darnell. Their children were Aaron and Isaiah.

Hannah, daughter of Nathan Bartlett, Sr., married Jesse Andrews, Sr.

Nathan, son of Nathan Bartlett, Sr., and Mary, his second wife, married Deliverance, daughter of Jarvis Hazleton, of Mannahawkin. Their children were Job, Joseph, James, Nathan, Edmund, Richard, Jarvis, Phoebe, Mary, Sarah and Deliverance Ann.

Job Bartlett married Abigail Brick. Their children were Mary, Ada, Joseph, Henry, John, Charles and Collin.

Joseph Bartlett married Ann P. Willits, and resides in the State of Ohio. Their children: Ellen, Mary, Henrietta, Alfred, Agnes, Phoebe Ann, Emily, Lovenia and Susan Jane.

James Bartlett married Phoebe Ann, daughter of Robert Barnes. They reside in the State of Ohio. Their children: Anna, Martha and George.

Nathan Bartlett married Sarah Ann, daughter of Eayre Oliphant, Sr. Their children: Eayre, William, Nathan, Marion, Anna, Helena and Phoebe Ann.

Edmund Bartlett married Sarah Ann Warren. Their children: Walter, Frank, Isaac, Sarah Ann and Lizzie.

Richard Bartlett married Margaret Warren. Their children: John and Alfred.

Jarvis H. Bartlett married two wives, his first wife was Matilda, daughter of Samuel Pharo, of Barnegat. Matilda's surviving child is Samuel Bartlett. Jarvis H. Bartlett's second wife is Martha, daughter of Japhet Leeds of Leeds Point. Martha's children are Harry, Ellen and Charles Allen Bartlett.

For many years Jarvis H. Bartlett was one of the principal business men in Tuckerton, but the roguery that was practiced upon him about the Tuckerton railroad finally put an end to his business affairs.

Sarah, daughter of Nathan Bartlett, 2nd, married John D. Thompson, a prominent citizen of Tuckerton; a few years ago he was sheriff of Burlington county. He is of the Methodist persuasion, and one of the pillars of that church in Tuckerton. He is a gentleman of a pleasing address, and in all respects a worthy and useful citizen. John D. Thompson's children are Lovenia, who is married to a Mr. Kline, of Philadelphia, Mary Elizabeth, Emma D. and Arthur.

Phoebe, daughter of Nathan Bartlett, Sr., and Mary, his wife, married Thomas, son of Job Ridgway. Their children: Amos, Mary, Ruth and Mercy.

Second Branch. - Joseph, son of Joseph Bartlett, Sr., married Hannah Gifford, who must have been a daughter of Jonathan Gifford, Sr., of Barnegat, and sister to Jonathan Gifford, 1st, of Little Egg Harbor. Joseph Bartlett's children were John, Mary, Phoebe, Rachel and Mabel.

John, son of Joseph Bartlett, Jr., married Elizabeth, daughter of John Sooy, and granddaughter of Richard Osborn, Jr. John Bartlett's children were Thomas, Joseph, John, Abigail and Hannah.

Joseph, son of John Bartlett, married Cynthia Sooy. Their children: Richard, John, Japhet and Cynthia.

Richard, son of Joseph and Cynthia Bartlett, married Emily, daughter of David and Hope Adams. Richard Bartlett grew up in Timothy Pharo's store, in Tuckerton, and for many years he was the head clerk of that flourishing commercial establishment. He was highly respected by those who were acquainted with his sterling characteristics.

Hannah, daughter of John Bartlett, married Joseph Shinn.

Mary, daughter of Joseph Bartlett, 2d, married John Willits, Sr.

Phoebe, daughter of Joseph Bartlett, 2d, married James Willits, 3d.

Rachel, daughter of Joseph Bartlett, 2d, married Asa Mathis.

Mabel, daughter of Joseph Bartlett, 2d, married Maja Mathis, Esq.

Richard Devinney, Sr., was located in Egg Harbor, about the middle of the last century. His children consisted, of sons and daughters, but I am not able to name the sons as before stated. One of the sons married Amy Morse, and among their children were Martha, who married Semor Rose, and Delilah, who married Michael Mick. The male members of the Devinney family all left their birth place, most of them settling in the West. Among Richard Devinney's daughters were Eunice, who married Isaac Cranmer, Sr., son of Stephen Cranmer, Sr., of Bass river. Mary, daughter of Richard Devinney, Sr., married James Pharo, 2d, and Phoebe, daughter of Richard Devinney, Sr., married Eli Mathis, Sr., of Bass River.

There was a Joseph Devinney who married Sarah, daughter of Captain Hezekiah Brown. He went to the West. John Devinney married Mahala, daughter of Hezekiah Mathis.

The Devinney and the Morse families were connected by marriages, and both names are now extinct in Egg Harbor.

The Sears came from New England. Josephus, Paul, Sarah and Ann were the names of those who settled in New Jersey. Josephus Sears settled at Bass River, where he made himself a pleasant home. He was a sea captain, and after he came to Bass River, he married two wives, his first wife was Catharine Carter, who was a granddaughter of John Cranmer, Sr., of Bass River. Catharine's children were John, Haman, Louisa, Rebecca and Mary. His second wife was Achsah, widow of Chalkley Cranmer, Sr. Achsah's children were Chalkley C., William C. and Jesse R. Sears.

John Sears married Dorcas Adams.

Haman Sears married Abigail Leak.

Louisa Sears married James, son of John Wilson. Their children: Josephus, Catharine, James Forman, John, William, Deborah and Abigail.

Catharine Wilson married Joel Vansant. Their children: Louisa, Minnie, Edward, Joel, Doughty, Samuel, Madaline and Lizzie.

Rebecca Sears married William Allen, of Bass River.

Mary Sears married Henry Tice.

Chalkley C. Sears married Margaret Cale. Their children: Josephus, Josiah, James, Towers, Lavenia, Haman, Elizabeth, William, Mary, Catharine and Chalkley.

William C. Sears married Sabra A. Mathis. Their children: Elihu, Achsah and Abigail.

Jesse R. Sears married Lydia Mathis. Their children: Mary, Benjamin, Sabra and Walter.

Paul Sears, brother of Josephus Sears, Sr., settled at Williamstown, Gloucester county, N.J.

Sarah, sister of Josephus Sears, Sr., married Nicholas Sooy, Sr.

Ann, sister of Josephus Sears, Sr., married William Coffin, Sr.