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Early History of
Cape May County Dr. Maurice Beesley 1857 |
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The following named persons purchased of the Agents of Dr. Cox and
the West Jersey Society, mostly previous to 1696, some few as early
as 1689, the number of acres attached to their respective names viz:
-- [From
a Sketch Of The Early History Of The County Of Cape May, by Maurice
Beesley M.D., 1857]
*from the Trenton and Cape May County records
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Acres |
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Acres |
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Christopher Leamyeng |
204 |
William Mason |
150 |
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William Jacoks |
340 |
Henry Stites |
200 |
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Abigail Pine |
200 |
Cornelius Skellinks |
134 |
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Humphrey Hughes |
200 |
Cornelius Skellinks |
124 |
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Samuel Matthews |
175 |
Arthur Cresse |
350 |
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Jonathan Osborne |
110 |
Peter Causon [Corson] |
400 |
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Nathaniel Short |
200 |
John
Causon [Corson] |
300 |
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Caesar Hoskins |
250 |
John
Townsend |
640 |
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Shamgar Hand |
700 |
Wm.
Golden & Rem Garretson |
1016 |
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Joseph Weldon [Whilldin] |
150 |
William Johnson |
436 |
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Joseph Houlding |
200 |
John
Page |
125 |
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Dorothy Hewit |
340 |
John
Parsons |
315 |
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Thomas Hand |
400 |
William Smith |
130 |
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John
Taylor |
220 |
George Taylor |
175 |
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John
Curwith |
55 |
Dennis Lynch |
300 |
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John
Shaw,2 surveys |
315 |
William Whitlock |
500 |
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Timothy Brandreth |
110 |
Jacob Spicer, 2 surveys |
1000 |
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John
Crawford |
380 |
Benjamin Godfrey |
210 |
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Ezekiel Eldridge |
90 |
Randal Hewit |
140 |
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Oliver Russel |
170 |
Elizabeth Carman |
300 |
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Samuel Crowell |
226 |
John
Reeves |
100 |
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John
Carman |
250 |
Benjamin Hand |
373 |
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Thomas Gandy |
50 |
James Stanfield |
100 |
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Caleb Carman |
250 |
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Early History of Cape May County Dr. Maurice Beesley 1857
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In addition to those who located land previous to
1700, on the foregoing pages, the following-named persons had
resided, and were then residing in the county, many of whom
possessed land by secondary purchase* |
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Thomas Leamyeng |
Thomas Hand |
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Alexander Humphries |
Joseph Ludlam, Sen |
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John Briggs |
Anthony Ludlam |
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Abraham Hand |
Jonathan Pine |
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Shamgar Hand Jr. |
John Wolredge [Worledge,
non-resident] |
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Benjamin Hand Jr. |
John Jervis |
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Daniel Johnson |
Jonathan Foreman |
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Oliver Johnson |
Thomas Goodwin |
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William Harwood |
Jonathan High |
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Jacob Dayton |
Edward Howell |
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Richard Ha [Hand]? |
George Crawford |
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Jonathan Crossle |
Joseph Badcock |
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William Lake |
William Dean |
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Theirston Raynor |
Richard Jones |
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Thomas Matthews |
John Howell |
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William Stillwell |
Thomas Stanford |
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John Cresse |
George Noble |
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Morris Raynor |
John Wolly |
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Joshua Howell |
Peter Cartwright |
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Arthur Cresse, Jr. |
Abraham Smith |
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William Blackburry |
John Hubard |
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Daniel Carman |
Thomas Miller |
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Joseph Knight |
Rober t Crosby |
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John Stillwell |
John Fish |
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John Else |
Lubbart Giberson |
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John Steel |
Edward Marshall |
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James Cresse |
Thomas Bancroft |
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William Simpkins |
Edward Summis [Lummis]? |
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Thomas Goodwin |
Henry Gray |
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Thomas Clifton |
Abraham Weston |
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Joshua Carman |
Thomas Going [Golding,
Golden] |
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William Duboldy |
Jonathan Edmunds |
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James Marshall |
Nicholas Martineau |
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John Baily |
John Garlick |
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William Richardson |
Samuel Matthews, Jr. |
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Thomas Foster |
William Shaw |
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Thomas Hewit |
Robert French |
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George Taylor, Jr. |
Jeremiah Miller |
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John Dennis |
Zebulon Sharp |
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Isaac Hand |
William Sharwood |
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Daniel Hand |
John Story |
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Jeremiah Hand |
Richard Townsend |
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Joseph Hand |
Robert Townsend |
*State and
County Records
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