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From: Janice Brown <>
Subject: Re: [NJGLOUCE] Judges of Gloucester Co.
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 12:01:14 -0400 (GMT-04:00)


Dolores,

One of those "typos" are mine, sorry.
page 24
A Grand Jury appointed by the court in 1630

(( surely this 1630 is a typo? ))
It is 1680 not 1630.

Thank you for taking the time to meticulously go through what I posted.

Regarding the remainder of the text... having had the opportunity to review some original old records of Gloucester County, the person who transcribed the orginal data probably had a rough time of it. The hand writing can be almost impossible to decipher. As for the various spellings of the names, it was very common for names to be spelled various ways, due to the literacy level of both the person providing the information, and the person documenting it. Also, aliases were VERY common, and they did not hold the ominous feeling that we have now about them. All of this combined, makes it very difficult for us to re-create an accurate history. Our ancestors, I'm sure, never thought that hundreds of years later we would be searching for them. Who knows, 200 years from now our descendants may be grappling with similiar problems.

Janice

-----Original Message-----
From: Dol Sol <>
Sent: Jun 12, 2004 6:11 PM
To:
Subject: Re: [NJGLOUCE] Judges of Gloucester Co.

Janice, I just did a volunteer proofreading of the helpful compilation you
did on judges and lawyers in Pre-1750 Gloucester County. Your direct quotes
are from Stewart's "Proprietors," and, having combed that small book myself,
I realize it is FULL of typographical errors (some his and some from the
original records, no doubt.)

In case one or more of the "typos" are new, however, (made by the New York
G&B Society, HeritageQuest or by you) I question what I've marked below with
inserted (( and )). Some of my (( )) inserts contain
questions, too.

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Subject: Re: [NJGLOUCE] Judges of Gloucester Co.
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004

Teresa, I'm not sure if there is a single book, but there are several
collections that contain information on early Judges/Justices and Lawyers.
Many of these books can be found at the Gloucester County Historical Society
in Woodbury NJ. I believe that reprints of some of them may be for sale. I
access these books, in PDF format, through my membership in the New York
Genealogical & Biographical Society [through their HeritageQuest Online
Library].

I've abstracted SOME of the records, for you, and also recommended
additional reading at the end that contains additional listings of Justices
and Lawyers during the time period you specify.

FROM: Gloucester County under the proprietors, by Frank H. Stewart;
Woodbury, N.J.: unknown, c1942, 46 pgs
page 46 Our First Justices -- Thomas Thackera [sic Thackra and Thackery]
and Francis Collins were chosen Justices of the Third Tenth and Andrew
Robeson and Richard Lawrence Justices of the Fourth Tenth. The Justices
were continued when Gloucester County was created.
--
John Wood

(( Is he also called Jonathan Wood, does anyone know? And, what year
are we talking?))

was appointed Justice in place of Richard Lawrence who asked to be
dismissed. The latter was seventy years old and deaf. Thomas Sharp was
appointed in place of Thomas Howett by request of the latter. Thackera,
Collins, Robeson and Wood, thus became the first Justices of Old Gloucester
County the next year when it was incorporated. [note: the Third and Fourth
Tenths became Old Gloucester County].
-----
page 8
Francis Collins was one of the justices present at the court held 29th 12
mo. 1683.
-
page 24
A Grand Jury appointed by the court in 1630

(( surely this 1630 is a typo? ))

consisting of Henry Wood, Wm. Cooper, Richard Heritage, Sam'l Coles, John
Kay, George Goldsmith, James Atkinson, Robert Zane, Thomas Sharp, Anthony
Nelson, Benjamin Bramson, Peter Dalboe, John Parker, John Rambo, and William
Warner.
--
page 26
Sept. 1st 1682 [Judges] Francis Collins and John Wood were present but
Andrew Robeson and Samuel Spicer were absent on account of sickness.
Because of the lack of a quorum the court was ajourned until December 1,
1692.
--
The record of the December 1st 1692 term of court discloses an interesting
condition worthy of the attention of some students of the Colonial history
of New Jersey. The Justices on the Brench

((Bench))

were Ed. Hunlok, D. Gov'r
Thom. Revell. Sec'y
Andrew Robeson
Andrew Robeson, Jr.
Thomas Sharp, Sheriff
John Reading, Clerk
"A commission from ye Governor read constituting Edw. Hunlolce, John Tatham,

((Is it Hunlok one time, yet Hunlolce the next? And, might Tatham
mean Tatum?))

Andrew Robeson, Thomas Olive, Thomas Revell, John Hovlidge, and Andrew
Robeson Jr. Justices of the Peace for ye County of Gloucester. The rest of
ye persons for justices within ye county refused their commissions chiefly
because there was noe justice of ye quorum apointed for this County here
resident, so that no court could be held without one at least of ye
Governor's Council being present..."
--
page 27
March 1, 1692/3 - The Justice on the bench were the same as the December
term. "Samuel Spicer, James Atkinson, John Hugg and Thomas Gardiner Jr. al
attested Justices for ye County of Gloucester, their commissions being
rectiified as at ye last Court desired by virtue of an order from ye
Governor to his deputy in these words."
--
page 30
Edward Hunloke,

((see Hunlok and Hunloce))

John Tathem
((Tatum/ Tatem?))

and Thomas Revell of Burlington County sat on the bench with the Gloucester
County Judges at the September 1st 1694 term and dissented from a decision
concerning John Roberts and William Matlack. They also dissented in another
case. The Gloucester County Justices were Samuel Spicer, Thos. Gardiner,
John Hugg, Andrew Robeson, James Atkinson and John Kay. John Wood was
sheriff and John Reading was clerk.
--
page 36
A Court held at Gloucester ye second day of December Ano. Dom. 1685.
Justices present - Samuel Spicer, Tho. Gardiner, John Hugg Jr., John Kay,
John Rambo, John Somers; Joseph Tomlinson-Sheriff, John Reading, Clerk. The
Grand Jury was composed of Thomas Thackera, John Hugg, Wm. Warner, John
Ladd, Jno. Ashbrook, Jno. Ireson, Mord. Howell, Henry Johnson, Thomas Sharp,
Simeon Ellis, Wm. Alberson, Tho: Dennis, Woolley Dalbo, Paul Paulson, Ben.
Bramon.
--
page 37
March Term of Court 1685-6
Samuel Spicer, Tos. Gardiner, John Hugg, Jr., John Kay, Justices; Jos.
Tomlinson, Sheriff; John Wood, Coroner; John Reading, Clerk were present.
--
June Court 1694
Samuel Spicer, Tho. Gardiner, Andrew Robeson, John Kay, John Somers,
Justices; Joseph Tomlinson, Sheriff; John Wood, Coroner; John Reading,
Clerk; Grand Jurors: Tho. Thackara, Simeon Ellis, Tho. Sharp. Hen. Johnson.
Jes. Cooper, Jso. Wright, Isaac Wood, John Strong, Wm. Alberson, Woolly
Peterson, Hance Halton,

((could this say Hilton?))

Nath. Zane, Andr. Lock, John Hopman and Richard Arnold were present at
Gloucester Court.
--
page 40
December 1695 Term of Court
Thomas Revel, Char. Cresthwaite, Joseph Tomlinson, Mordecal

((Mordecai?))

Howell, John Somers sat as Justices.
--
page 41
Joseph Tomlinson was one of the Justices on the Bench Dec. 2, 1696-98.
--
A court held at Gloucester on ye 2nd of December Anno 1770. Justices: John
Kay, John Kaighn, Thos. Sharp, on ye Bench; Math

((Math. with a period; meaning Matthew?))

Medcalfe, Sheriff; John Reading, Clerk.
--
page 43
1702 Justices: Thos. Gardiner, John Kay, John Hugg, Jr., Philip Paul, Wm.
Warner; Matthew Medcalfe was sheriff and John Reading, clerk. Thomas Sharp
and Peter Long were commissioned as Justices, under the new commission, also
John Ladd as Coroner.
--
1702-The Proprietary Government ends.

====================
Other publications mentioning Justices and Lawyers of Old Gloucester County:

1. The Organization and minutes of the Gloucester County Court, 1686-7 :
some loose papers pertaining to our earliest court. Also, Gloucester County
ear mark book, 1686-1728; Woodbury, N.J.: Gloucester County Historical
Society, 1930, 48 pgs.

2. South Jersey : a history, 1664-1924. New York: Lewis Historical
Publishing Company, 1924, 1889 pgs. [Chapter on Gloucester County]

3. Biographical, genealogical and descriptive history of the First
Congressional District of New Jersey
New York: Lewis Publishing Company, 1900, 1365 pgs.

4. Sketches of the first emigrant settlers in Newton Township, Old
Gloucester County, West New Jersey, by John Clement; Camden, N.J.:
Sinnickson Chew, 1877, 452 pgs. [Biographies of several of the early
Justices including Robert Zane, Thomas Sharp, Thomas Thackara, Francis
Collins, John Kaihn, etc.]

5. History of the counties of Gloucester, Salem, and Cumberland, New Jersey
: with biographical sketches of their prominent citizens, by Thomas Cushing;
Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1883, 876 pgs. [Chapter XXIX. Bench and bar of
Gloucester County]

6. Notes on old Gloucester County, New Jersey : historical records published
by the New Jersey Society of Pennsylvania, by Frank H. Stewart; New Jersey:
unknown, 1917, 982 pgs. [Chapter: Docket of John Little, J.P. - starts Nov.
30. 1781 to 1783.]

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(( Perhaps you or another reader has a copy of Stewart's "Proprietors"
booklet, and will compare it to see if I am merely catching the original
misspellings. Also, regarding #5 above, wasn't Sheppard the co-author, or
am I thinking of another Cushing book? -- Dolores Langley ))

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