HISTORY OF EAST GREENWICH, GLOUCESTER COUNTY, NEW JERSEY
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HISTORY of the Counties of
GLOUCESTER, SALEM and CUMBERLAND, New Jersey
with Biographical Sketches of their Prominent Citizens
by Thos. Cushing, M.D. & Charles E. Sheppard, Esq.
Philadelphia; Everts & Peck, 1883; 
Press of J.B. Lippincott & Co, Philadelphia

page 201 - CHAPTER XXXIX, TOWNSHIP OF EAST GREENWICH
by W.H. Shaw

GEOGRAPHY AND TOPOGRAPHY--This is one of the interior townships of the 
county, and was erected by an act of the Legislature, approved Feb. 10, 1881,
from the eastern part of old Greenwich, and the western part of Mantua
townships, and is bounded on the northeast and east by Mantua, and on the
southeast and south by Harrison and Woolwich townships, on the west by
Greenwich, and on the north by West Deptford and Mantua townships.

The surface is quite level, yet sufficiently undulating to admit of good
drainage. The soil is of a rich sandy loam, and produces abundant crops when
properly cultivated, which is the case with most of the farmers and truckers
within its borders.

The township is drained by the Mantua Creek, which forms its northern
boundary line, the Repaupo, which forms a part of its southern boundary
line, the Still Run, Repaupo, Nehansey Branch, and Clonmill Creek, the
three latter taking their rise in or near the central part of the township,
running in a southwesterly direction, emptying into the Delaware River.

The township is well supplied with ordinary highways and turnpikes; also by
the Swedesboro and Woodbury Railroad, running nearly north and south through 
the township, and having five stations within its borders.

The following is a portion of the act of the State Legislature, erected the
township of East Greenwich:
 "SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State
of New Jersey, That all those parts of the township of Greenwich and
Mantua, in the county of Gloucester, contained within the following bounds,
to wit:
 "Beginning in the middle of Great Mantua Creek, opposite the westerly line
of John A. Loudenslager's farm; thence following said line a westerly 
course to the middle of the public road leading from Berkeley to Gibbstown;
thence by a straight line to the western edge of the public road from
Paulsboro to Swedesboro, at the run near William E. Gaunt's dwelling-house;
thence down the westerly edge of said road to the middle of Purgy Creek,
in the line of Logan township; thence by the easterly line of Logan,
Woolwich, and Harrison townships to a large cherry stump near Joseph
Stewart's dwelling-house, where said Harrison township line intersects the
westerly edge of the Union road; thence from said point bearing about north
forty-four degrees east to the middle of Great Mantua Creek aforesaid, said
line passing a stone set in the westerly edge of said creek, sixty-three
feet eastwardly from an ancient white-oak stump on the westerly bank thereof,
northeast from Charles Shoemaker's dwelling-house; thence down the middle of
said creek to the place of beginning, shall be and are hereby set off from
said township of Greenwich and Mantua, in the county of Gloucester, and made
a separate township, to be known by the name of the township of East 
Greenwich.
 "SECTION 2. And be it enacted, That the inhabitants of the township of East
Greenwich shall be and are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate
by law, by the name of 'The Inhabitants of the Township of East Greenwich,
in the County of Gloucester,' and shall be entitled to all the rights,
powers, authority, privileges, and advantages, and shall be subject to all
regulations, government, and liabilities that other townships of said county
of Gloucester are or may be entitled or subject to by the existing laws of
the State.
 "SECTION 3. And be it enacted, That the inhabitants of the township of
East Greenwich shall hold the first annual town-meeting at 'Warner's Hall,'
in Clarksboro, in said township, at the time fixed by law for holding
annual town-meetings in the several townships of the county of Gloucester."
 Section 4 authorizes the township committees to meet for the settlement of
town property.
 Section 5 constitutes J. Albert Wolf township clerk until after the first
annual town-meeting.
 Section 6 allows officers in commission to remain in office until the
expiration of the term for which they were elected.
 Section 7 assigned East Greenwich to the First Assembly District of
Gloucester County.

PIONEER SETTLERS AND ROADS.--We have been permitted, through the courtesy of
Hon. Job S. Haines, to make a few extracts from the writings of his father,
the late William Haines, for many years the venerable surveyor of what is now
East Greenwich Township, and for the most part copy verbatim from his
writings.
  We will now proceed to notice some of the public roads, commencing at the
lower end of the township line road. This was formerly a somewhat crooked
by-road, leading from the Sand Hills to Cook's mill.  An application was
made for a public road about the year 1832 or 1833, but it failed. Another
application was made, and a public road from the Sand Hills to the Union
road laid, in 1834, two rods wide.  The other end of the road, though not
regularly laid out, was become established by the lapse of time, and is
maintained, with the bridges, as other roads are.  John Haines, who lived on
this road, had a well-improved farm, which, before the erected of East
Greenwich, lay partly in Mantua and partly in Greenwich townships. At the
lower end of the farm is "Rattling Run." This stream rises a little west of
what is now Jefferson, and, flowing westerly, supplies the millpond of
Judge Warrington, after which it takes the name of Purgy Creek, thence
emptying into the Repaupo Creek.
  The first farm over what was the line of Mantua township was
Thomas Hunter's, formerly owned by Jonathan Carter Sr. Then there is the
large mansion of Richard Black, whose farm also lay partly in both of the
old townships.  This plantation, with that of John Haines, before noticed,
and the next on the road, were owned by William H. Brown and Conrad Poole,
and were formerly owned by John Tatum Sr., on which he kept a large flock 
of merino sheep in the days of their popularity.
  Near the mansion of Richard Black a road puts off southwardly, laid in
1854, two rods wide, and passing through the farms of the late Zebedee 
Tomlin, Samuel Kessler, and Jacob G. Tomlin, enters the turnpike near the
latter place. After passing the land of Richard Black, we cross the Union
road laid out in 1807, three rods wide beginning at the Woodbury and Mullica
Hill road, thence running by Solomon's graveyard and by Judge Warrington's 
mill to Bridgeport. The late residence of Thomas Allen, deceased, and the
little mansion of John F. Hughes are on this road. The stone house farm
formerly owned by the Gloucester County Bank comes next on what was the old
township line road, and is now owned by Conrad Poole.  Next we cross the
Cedar road, which runs from Glassboro, by Five Points, to Greenwich 
meeting-house, at which place it connects with the Democrat road, and passes 
on to Gibbstown. This road was laid in 1800, and was two rods wide. On the
Cedar road was the residence of William Haines, deceased, and now occupied
by Job S. Haines. This was known as "Cedar Lawn Farm," so named from the
amount of cedars planted there many years ago by the then proprietor. Here is
a beautiful grove and miniature lake, a place that has of late become
famous as a picnic ground.  This property formerly belonged to the late
Joseph Wolf, who carried on the cider making business and distilling
business in ye ancient days, and belonged to the Wolf family for many
generations. Its chain of title can be distinctly traced back to 1663.
  Just a little southeast of the William Haines place, a public road, laid
out in 1855, two rods wide, branches off and runs through the lands and by
the residences of Silas Richards, Elwood Gorden, Mark Heritage, and 
Matthew Allen, to the turnpike at Richards' Hill.  The next farm on the
Cedar road was owned by Lewis V. Atkinson, the buildings being located
back from the road on the creek. This farm was formerly owned by the late
Isaac Hendrickson.  The farm of the late Jonathan Force, and then the farm
of Henry Weatherby are at the junction of the old Cohocking road. On the
old township line road stands the mansion of William A. Dawson, built 
according to his own plan.  The road, after passing the back of the farm of
Thomas R. Adams and the lands of John Green, on the Greenwich side of the
old township line road, enters the old Cohocking road at John Green's
residence, on an elevated spot known as the Sand Hill.
  The Lawrenceville (Jefferson) and Berkeley turnpike passing through this
township was the old Cohocking road, an Indian name, and was laid out about 
1855, at the time when the Red Bank ferry to Philadelphia was in full
operation. The dwelling of Senex Green is first on the road above the old
toll-house. A tenant-house of T.R. Adams, and the small farm of Sarah Carter
are next, and just beyond a road south-east to what was Daniels', after
Pines', and now Daniel L. Packer's grist-mill.  This road was laid out in
1816, three rods wide, but not laid across the mill dam.
  A little below this mill there are parts of an old dam across the valley,
with sundry piling and other relics of "Room's Mill," built on this stream
about 1690.  Father up the Cohocking road is the farm of T.R. Adams,
having on it a remarkable hill of conical shape just back of his barn.
From the top of this hill can be seen Girard College, and other points of
interest. The next farm was that of E.A. Holmes, formerly owned by
the late Jonathan Carter Sr.  Then comes the second farm of T.R. Adams,
formerly owned by Hon. Job S. Haines. Silas Richards occupied the corner
at the cross-roads with his neat little shoemaker-shop, long since
abandoned for that purpose.
  We will now make a few observations along the road leading from the old
Cohocking road by Leppee's or Jessup's mill.  There had been a by-road
running through this section of country from an early period, a part of
which was laid out as a public road in 1784, two rods wide.  The present road
was applied for soon after the building of the mill, or about 1821; was laid
through, and not being satisfactory to some of the parties, was caveated
and a portion thereof set aside, after which this part was again applied for
and laid in 1822.  The proceedings are only found on the minutes of the 
court. Three rods appears to have been the width of the road, commencing at
the Cohocking road (or tunpike, near the toll-gate); thence having
Greenwich township, as it was then, on the north side, down to a little
stream of water on the outbounds of Mantua as it was then.  Near this place
the first marl used as a fertilizer in this vicinity was dug. This place is
now owned by Jeremiah Haines.  Over at the left, on top of the hill, is the
Cozzens family burying-ground, no longer used as such.  A few marble slabs
mark the last resting-place of some of the pioneers of this section. Several
of the adjoining farms belonged to the Cozzens family, that of William G.
Haines, a short distance from the road on the south side, and that of
Samuel G. Haines, a little farther upon the north side.
  We now turn our attention to the public road from Barnesboro to Berkeley,
laid out in 1799, and beginning at a ford a little below Hannold's, now
Boody's mill; thence to Barnesboro, there omitting the main street,
commencing again at the lower end of the town, and running through Berkeley,
Clonmel, and Gibbstown to the old Seven Stars Tavern, three rods wide to
Gibbstown, and four rods wide across the Repaupo meadows.  Edward's Creek,
at Gerrard's dam, being the line between Mantua and Greenwich before the
erection of East Greenwich, where we commence, and find first the farms of
James Beckett and Oliver, both of whom are deceased.  The J.S. Somers
mansion comes next.  Next comes the farm of the late James B. Albertson;
the old mansion house, of brick, stands back from the road, was built in
1744, and set due north and south.  Just back from the house is a good
landing on Mantua Creek.  A little farther up the road is the entrance to
the mansion of the late Joseph W. Pratt, the farm now owned by Jacob Packer.
The Creek, comes next.  The old molasses house, with its mill and boiling
pans, have gone out of use.  There is a remarkable spring of cold water on
the hills of the Mantua Creek on this farm, that oozes out of a rock and
flows into the creek. There was formerly a fishing-ground where shad were
caught, and a good landing on the creek on this farm.  The Samuel Haines
farm is next on the south side of the road, extending back to Edward's Creek,
on which there is a fine marl bed.  This was the residence of the late 
William Haines Sr., grandfather of Hon. Job S. Haines.  There is a hired man
now (1883) on this farm that has been continuously employed here for nearly
forty years.  The next and last we shall speak of in this connection is the
Charles Shoemaker farm, the dwelling standing near Mantua Creek, and within a
few feet of the southeast boundary line of what is now East Greenwich 
township.  This farm was formerly owned by Jeffrey Clark, the pioneer of
Clarksboro, after whom the place was named.

The following chain of title covers not only the almshouse farm but many
of the adjoining farms or plantations, and was prepared with the utmost
care by the late William Haines, and read before the West Jersey Surveyors'
Association, in August 1870:
  "Charles the Second, King of Great Britain, Ireland, etc., granted by 
letters patent in the year A.D. 1663, to his brother James, Duke of York,
all lands from the west side of Connecticut River to the east side of
Delaware Bay."
 "The following year, 1664, the said Duke of York, in consideration of the 
sum of ten shillings lawful English money to him in hand paid, did grant and 
convey to John Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret all that tract of land
adjacent to New ENgland and lying ot the westward of Long Island, to be 
called New Caesarea, or New Jersey."
 "Soon after this purchase a division, of the territory appears to have been
made by the parties, which line, so established, constitutes the division or
boundary between East and West Jersey; Lord Berkeley taking the western
portion and Carteret the eastern. Nothing worthy of notice appears to have
transpired in the western section for a period of eleven years from the
aforesaid date."
 "After which, in the year 1675, John Fenwick, a member of the Society of
Friends, acting as trustee or agent for one Edward Byllings, purchased
the whole of Wester Jersey from Lord Berkeley. THe price paid for same does
not appear."
 "Soon after this purchase, Fenwick, with a company of his friends, sailed
from London, and in due time arrived safely at the lower part of his new
colony, at a place he named Salem, being the same as at the present time in 
the county of Salem, the principal street of which still bears the name of
Fenwick."
 "Some time subsequently a dispute arose between Byllings and his trustee,
Fenwick, which they themselves not being able to settle, resulted in the
appointment of three arbitrators or commissioners on the part of Byllings to
negotiate with Fenwick, and the difficulty was finally adjusted. One of the
arbitrators was the worthy William Penn, just then in the bloom of life and
vigor of manhood (whose name and character will go down to posterity
gathering blessings with the increase of time), who while engaged in settling
the dispute first conceived the idea of founding the province of 
Pennsylvania.  Fenwick appears to have received for his services as trustee
or agent for Byllings a certain portion of the lands of the new colony,
viz., lying below Oldman's Creek, which creek the Indians called Mosacca,
but Fenwick called it Berkeley River."
 "The fact of the Fenwick title to lands below Oldman's Creek is apparent
from an old warrant now in my possession, in good keeping, having the seal of
FENWICK attached, and dated at the Fenwick government the 26th day of the
6th month, 1682, granting one thousand acres of land to Rodger Pedrick,
and lying on the west side of said creek, or Berkeley River, which embraces
the site where Pedricktown now stands.  The grants or title to the lands
above Oldman's Creek all appear to have been given by Byllings and his last
appointed commissioners or trustees.  This is the case with the lands in
question, for we find by deed dated the 26th and 27th days of the 7th month
(July) A.D. 1681, Edward BYllings and trustees convey to John Clark, of
London (brewer), a whole share of proprietary land in the western division of
the Province of New Jersey. The number of acres does not appear on the face
of the deed, but we find by reference thereto in after deeds that the
quantity was one thousand acres, more or less, with the usual allowance, 
etc., five hundred acres of which were located on the northwest side of 
Edward's Creek, a branch of Mantoes Creek, and five hundred on the southeast
side of said creek, in the township of Greenwich, in the county of
Gloucester.  John Clark dying intestate, the whole of said lands descended to
his eldest son, John Clark Jr., of Hackney, in the county of Middlesex,
England, gentleman, who by deed dated the 26th and 27th days of July, 1702,
conveys his whole right in said lands to Benjamin Alford, of New England,
in America. This appears to be the first time the name of America is 
mentioned in any of the grants.  Benjamin Alvord [not a misspelling, this is
the surname spelling in this document, the source noted above] dying without
a will, his whole estate descended to his son, John Alvord, who by deed
dated the 20th and 21st days of June, 1720, conveys five hundred and fifty
acres of said lands to Robert Gerrard.  Here appears to be the date of the
first survey made after the general location, and begins at a stake standing
on the westerly side of Great Mantoes Creek, and runs a southwesterly course
sixty-nine chains to John Eglington's line; thence with said line
southeastward, sixty-seven chains; and thence eastwardly to Edward's Creek,
and thence down the same to Mantoes Creek aforesaid, and thence down said
creek to the place of beginning.  It may here be observed that Edward's
Creek (which took its name from Edward Byllings) emptied into Mantoes Creek
at that time near where the Swedesboro Railroad now crosses the same, which
is some three-fourths of a mile from its present junction, the cause of which
will be hereafter noticed in its proper place.  The said John Gerrard, by
deed dated June 22, 1727, purchased of John Eglington one hundred acres
adjacent to the aforesaid tract."
 "Note.--These two surveys must have embraced the lands on which now stand
the village of Berkeley [now called Mount Royal], most of the town of
Clarksboro, Clark's Landings, the railroad depot at Clarksboro, Thomas D.
Brown's nursery, the almshouse farm, etc. We will here just notice that
John Alford aforesaid, by deed dated Nov. 1, 1740, conveys the other half
of the one thousand acres before mentioned, and lying on the southeast side
of Edward's Creek, to John Haines, of Goshen, neither place or kingdom
mentioned.  This must have included the lands in the township of Mantua,
now owned by Samuel Haines, Charles Shoemaker, John Haines, James B. 
Albertson, James Beckett, and others.  Four years after the purchase, the 
said John Haines built the larger part of the present brick mansion house
now owned by James B. Albertson, which is in good keeping after the lapse
of near one hundred and thirty years.  A considerable portion of said lands 
continues in the Haines family to the sixth generation."
  "We will now return to the almshouse property. Robert Gerrard aforesaid, by
his last will and testament, dated the 20th day of the 6th month, 1748,
directed that his real estate in general should be sold by his executors,
viz.: his wife Margaret, son William, and Joshua Lord, who by their deed
bearing date the 1st day of the 10th month, 1752, convey the whole six
hundred and fifty acres to Thomas Gerrard, who, by deed dated the 13th day
of November, 1752, conveys two hundred and fifty-three acres, being a part
of said tract, to Sarah Bickham, who married James Wood, and they do by
deed, dated Aug. 6, 1756, convey the same to William Gerrard, and he by
deed of the same date sells the same to Daniel Lippincott and wife, who,
by deed dated April 1, 1757, convey the same to Thomas Coles.  Thomas
Gerrard, aforesaid, by deed of conveyance dated Nov. 11, 1752, sells four
hundred and twenty acres of the land bought of the executors of Robert
Gerrard to William Gerrard aforesaid, who, by his deed dated the 26th day of
the 12th month, 1755, conveys the same to Restore Lippincott, who and wife,
by their deed bearing date the 15th day of July 1759, conveys the same to
Thomas Coles, who, by deed dated May 21, 1762, conveys sixty-four and
three-quarters acres of the seventy-three and one-half acres in the two
last pieces mentioned to James Hinchman, who and wife, by their deed dated
Jan. 15, 1765, conveys the same to Restore Lippincott aforesaid. The said
Restore Lippincott now owns of the original Clark tract four hundred and
eleven acres, and the said Thomas Coles two hundred and sixteen and one-half
acres.  Thomas Denny, high sheriff of the county of Gloucester, by deed
dated the 25th day of June, in the third year of the reign of George III,
king of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, defender of the Faith, etc.,
A.D. 1763, sells all the lands of Thomas Coles in the county aforesaid,
by virtue of a writ issued out of the Supreme Court, principally in favor
of Samuel Hogg, a blacksmith, to the aforesaid Restore Lippincott, who has
now become the owner of the whole half of the original proprietary right of
the said John Clark lying on the northwest side of Edward's Creek, with
one hundred acres additional bought from the Eglington tract, amounting to
six hundred and seventy-two and one-half acres, with the usual allowance,
etc.  From corroborating circumstances, it apepars that Restore Lippincott,
during the next fifteen years, accomplished the great task of straightening
Edward's Creek by cutting thoroughfares across several of the bends thereof,
and, with the assistance of William Haines, dug an entire new watercourse
or canal from Gerrard's Dam to Great Mantua Creek (here we first discover
the name of Mantua for the creek instead of Mantoes, as heretofore), a 
distance of some one hundred rods, at a width of about thirty feet, and four
in depth. This accounts for the entrance of Edward's Creek into Mantua Creek
at the present time being very different than formerly, as before alluded to.
At the mouth of this canal flood-gates were laid, which effectually kept the
tide from flowing up the same.  At some considerable distance up said creek,
and nearly on the lower bounds of the present almshouse farm, the said 
Restore Lippincott conceived the idea of building a grist-mill, preparatory
to which he purchased of John Haines, by deed dated the 14th day of the
5th month, 1777, fifty-three acres of land and marsh, lying on the
southeast side of said Edward's Creek, for the purposes of a mill-pond.
The project of the mill, after much labor and expense, was abandoned on
account of the flatness of the stream and valley, and consequent difficulty
in obtaining a sufficient fall of water. There had been two grist-mills in
early times further up said stream, above the tide, one of which was called
Room's mill, and upon its going down, another, known as Cozzens' mill (near
where Leppee's mill now stands), was erected, which also going down about
the date last mentioned, perhaps led to the idea of the new mill, in our
narrative, to supply their place.  Elijah Cozzens, ones of the owners of the
mill above noticed bearing his name, was a deputy surveyor and scrivener, 
many of whose maps and writings have frequently come into my hands. The said
Restore Lippincott, by deed dated the 3d day of the 7th month, 1778, conveys
the whole of his lands to his son, William Lippincott, which, by a survey
now taken, is found to contain eight hundred acres.  About this time we find
a sweeping warrant issued by the Council of Proprietors to one John Hind
(goldsmith), of London, Great Britain, bearing date the 4th day of August,
1755, recorded in the surveyor-general's office, at Burlington, for forty
thousand acres of land unappropriated in West Jersey, and that the sheriff
of Burlington County, by deed dated Sept. 29, 1787, sells to one John Lee
three thousand eight hundred and fifty acres of said land; and the said John
Lee, by deed dated the 1st day of the 2nd month, 1789, conveys fifty-three
and one-half acres thereof to the said William Lippincott."
 "William Lippincott, during the next twenty years from the date of his
father's deed, sells off to sundry persons various parts and parcels of 
his lands, which, with sundry parts before conveyed from time to time, and
excepted in the several deeds, without giving particulars, thereby reducing
the quantity retained by him to two hundred and fifty acres, and builds the
stone mansion house which was standing on the premises when conveyed to the
county of Gloucester.  On the 29th day of the 1st month, 1798, William
Lippincott and wife (whose maiden name was Beckett, and one of the original
owners of a part of the lands of Elmer W. Cooper, near Bridgeport) convey 
all their lands to William White.  He was a deputy surveyor and an excellent
scrivener, and who, upon being called on by the Society of Friends of Upper
Greenwich to assist them in making choice of a new site for their
meeting-house, in the place of the old one known as 'Solomon's,' after 
viewing a number of places, coming to the spot where the present Greenwich
meeting-house now stands, stuck down his compass staff, saying, 'Here is the
right place.'"
  "In the following spring, William Lippincott removes with his family to
Canada, purchasing lands about twelve miles westward from Niagara Falls, 
and settles thereon.  In the year 1800, William White builds the stone
barn, with his name and date engraven upon a large stone, and placed in the
west end thereof, which was standing when the farm was conveyed to the 
county, and taken down a few years thereafter.  William Lippincott, after
spending five years in Canada, returned with his family to New Jersey, and
purchases of William White, by deed dated the 7th day of the 2d month, 1803,
all and the same lands which he had before conveyed.  The difference in
price as per deeds was eight hundred and thirty-three dollars and twenty-five
cents in favor of the last sale.  The said William Lippincott, by his last
will and testament, bearing date 18th day of the 5th month, 1824, bequeathed
the homestead farm to his son, Restore Lippincott, who, by deed of
assignment, dated the 7th day of the 4th month, 1841, conveys the same to
William Mickle and George Craft, assignees, for the benefit of his creditors,
and the said assignees, by deed dated the 20th day of the 10th month, A.D.
1841, convey the homestead farm, containing one hundred and eighty acres,
to Elizabeth Lippincott, who, by deed dated the 14th day of the 6th month,
June, A.D. 1860, conveys one hundred and seven acres thereof to the county
of Gloucester, on which the present almshouse buildings were soon after
erected, the boundaries of which are as follows: Beginning at a stone in the
middle of the Lawrenceville and Red Bank turnpike 1.54 chains from the 
centre of the culvert over a small stream, and thence running eastwardly to
Edward's Creek, and thence up the same by low-water mark, southwardly to a
station in a general bend in said creek, and corner to the said Elizabeth
Lippincott's other lands, and thence by a direct line southwestwardly to a
stone standing some distance southward from a famous spring of water, known
as Rattlesnake Spring (but how it obtained the name the writer cannot tell).
It is nevertheless a fountain of most pure water, is issuing from a rock,
and supplies the whole wants of the almshouse.  From the stone last mentioned
the boundary line is northwestward to a stone lettered 'G.C. 1860,' in the
middle of the turnpike road above mentioned, and thence along the same a
northeasterly course to the place of beginning, containing by actual
survey taken at the time, the number of acres before mentioned. On the 2d
day of the 8th month, June, A.D. 1864, the said Elizabeth Lippincott conveys
to the county another small piece of marsh for mud to mend the meadow banks,
adjoining said farm on the south, at the general bend in the creek before
noticed, containing ninety-hundredths of an acre."
  "William Gerrard in his deed to Restore Lippincott dated the 26th of the
12th month, 1755, as noticed in its place, reserves one-half acre of land
for a family burying-ground forever, but where it is located, or whether
it ever was used as a burial-place none can tell, as no traces thereof
appear.  The Lippincott family, however, instituted a small burial-ground
some distance from the mansion-house, soon after it came into their 
possession, in which the interments of the family from time to time were
made; and the said William Lippincott before mentioned in his last will
directed the inclosure of the ground by a good stone wall, which was carried
out by the aforesaid Elizabeth Lippincott, under the immediate supervision of
the writer, and when the deed was made to the county for the farm this
venerable little spot was reserved.  The said Elizabeth Lippincott in her
last will (though not interred in said burying-ground) bequeathed a legacy
sufficient to keep the same forever in repair.  The almshouse graveyard
has been laid out right alongside of the foregoing, on a sandy hill amid the
shady pines, where one after another of the inmates of the institution, as
they pass off the stage of action, are quietly laid away."

CHAIN OF TITLE OF THE SAMUEL REED (late Joseph H. Moore's) FARM, EAST
GREENWICH TOWNSHIP.--Sameul Reed purchased 109-8/100 acres of Joseph A. Moore
and David S. Adams, executors of Joseph H. Moore (deceased), by deed dated
Jan. 27, 1883.
 Joseph H. Moore purchased 202 acres of Joseph V. Clark and Joseph Allen,
administrators of William Allen (deceased) Jan. 19, 1819.
 Joseph H. Moore purchased 12 acres of Isaac Pine, Oct. 19, 1843.
 Isaac Pine purchased 12 acres of Samuel Sailer, administrator of George
Allen, Oct. 2, 1843.
 George Allen purchased 12 acres of William Mickle, executor of Rachel Allen,
3d mo. 15, 1828.
 Rachel Allen purchased 12 acres of Joseph V. Clark and Joseph Allen (above)
5th mo. 10, 1822.
 Joseph H. Moore purchased 35/100 acre (Mary Ann Duncan) of Joseph Jessup,
sheriff, Jan 5, 1850.
 William Allen purchased 183 acres, 2 rods, 20 perches, being a part of the
original 225 acres of John Groff and wife, Nov. 14, 1800.
 William Allen purchased 1 rod, 36 perches of James Reeves and wife,
Sept. 25, 1808.
 William Allen purchased 18 acres of William Jones and wife, Aug 10, 1818.
 John Groff purchased 184 acrs of Nathan Paul and wife (Tamsen) Oct. 29,
1789. This land descended to Nathan Paul by will from his father, Nathan
Paul, who purchased the same of David Long and wife (Lucy) March 20, 1761.
David Long inherited this land by will from his father, Peter Long.
 John Groff purchased 35-1/2 acres of John Sparks, Esq. (Ruth, his wife),
April 1, 1791, being part of a large tract which John Sparks purchased of
Francis Robinson, Dec. 19, 1779.
 John Groff purchased 5 acres of meadow, adjoining on Repaupo Creek, of
Isaac Steelman, Dec. 14, 1787. It is a part of the real estate devised to
said Isaac Steelman, by his father james Steelman.
 The small lot of 1 rod, 36 perches aforesaid, which William Allen purchased
of James Reeves, is a part of 100 acres which James Reeves purchased of
John Sparks, March 9, 1793, and John Sparks purchased of Francis Robinson
(both aforesaid) March 13, 1781.
 James Reeves sold 1-45/100 acres, part of the above 100 acres, to Samuel
Bowers, May 20, 1828, and, from the best information at hand, the George
and Margaret R. Mullen farm was originally part of James Reeves' land.
 The 18 acres aforesaid, purchased by William Allen of William Jones,
Aug. 10, 1816, was a part of 190 acres which Solomon Lippincott (of the
western division of the State of New Jersey) and his wife (Mary) conveyed
to Jacob Lippincott, May 13, 1795, and Jacob Lippincott and wife (Mary) sold
said 18 acres to William Jones, June 16, 1814.

 We are informed that the farms of Benjamin Heritage and David S. Adams were
both formerly the property of Joseph Harrison in 1773.
 The farm of Edwin A. Holmes was owned by Isaac Pedrick in 1818.
 Jessup's mill, called Daniels' mill, and the land adjoining, was owned by
Elijah Cozens in 1805.
 William A. Dawson's farm was owned by William Sweeten in 1809. The boundary
between this property and that of the late William Haines was a noted
boundary line between the Sweeten lands and another large tract originally
belonging to the Richards survey.
 Part of the latter appears to have been owned by Joseph P. Hillman in 1790, 
who afterwards sold about 130 acres to Michael Wolf, and it afterwards
descended to his son, David Wolf, who subsequently sold to Joseph Wolf, from
the heirs of whom the late William Haines purchased the same, and at his
death 85 acres thereof descended by will to his son, Job S. Haines, the
present occupant, one of the heirs of said William Haines. This property is
known as "Cedar Lawn Farm." It has an extensive grove on a natural inclined
slope, with a beautiful fresh-water lake, being a pleasant summer resort 
for the friends of the family and neighborhood.
  The Charles Heritage Farm appears to have belonged originally to
Solomon Lippincott, who, by his will, devised lands to his grandson,
John Lippincott, who in 1814 sold to Enos Gibbs.  He sold to Joseph D. Green,
from whom the title passed to Isaac Green in 1819; thence, at subsequent
dates, to Cornelius Johnson, to Isaac Johnson, to William White, to
John Watson, to Amos Hendrickson, to William Shute, to Jonathan Heritage,
and then to his son, Charles Heritage.  This is a valuable farm, and of such
there are many in the township of which we are writing.

CIVIL LIST.--The following is a list of the first officers elected in this
township, together with the principal officers for 1882 and 1883.
 1881.--Township Clerk.--J. Albert was appointed town clerk, when the act
erected the township was passed, and at the annual town-meeting held in the
spring of 1881, William H. Brown was elected; Assessor, J.A. Wolf;
Collector, William P. Haines; Chosen Freeholders, Joseph L. Reeves,
Benjamin Heritage; Township Committee, David B. Gill, John Loudenslager,
and Job S. Haines; Surveyors of Highways, David S. Adams, George H. Gaunt;
OVerseers of Highways, Jeffrey C. Batten, David S. Adams; Overseer of Poor,
Isaac C. Warner; Pound Keeper, Joseph Guest; Judge of Elections, Isaac N.
Hughes; Inspectors of Election, John Haines, William H. Wolf.
 1882.--Town Clerk, Henry L. Haines; Assessor, J.A. Wolf; Collector,
William P. Haines; Chosen Freeholders, Joseph L. Reeves, Benjamin Heritage;
Township Committee, David B. Gill, John Loudenslager, and Job S. Haines.
 1883.--Town Clerk, Henry L. Haines; Assessor, J. Albert Wolf; Collector,
William P. Haines; Chosen Freeholders, Benjamin Heritage, Joseph L. Reeves;
Township Committee, John A. Loudenslager, David B. Gill, Walter Heritage;
surveyors of Highways, David S. Adams, George H. Gaunt; Overseers of Roads,
First District, Jeffrey C. Batten; Second District, William Dawson; Overseer
of the Poor, Isaac C. Warner; Commissioners of Appeal, William G. Haines,
David Owen, Charles Shoemaker; Judge of Election, Isaac N. Hughes; Inspectors
of Elections, William H. Wolf, John Haines; Pound Keeper, Joseph Guest.

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VILLAGES AND HAMLETS
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CLARKSBORO.--This quiet old town is situated in the northeast part of the
township, at the corssing of old Salem pike and the Paulsboro and Mullica
Hill roads. Previous to, and in the early part of the present century,
the land on the northeast side of the Mullica Hill road was owned by
Jeffrey Clark, from whom the town takes its name. He was a large
land-owner, his plantation including all that portion of the town and
running well up towards the old "Death of the Fox" inn.  He caused the farm
on that portion nearest the corssing to be laid out in building-lots,
somewhat larger than is the custom at the present day. The town soon began
to grow, and in about 1825 it had become the great trading-post for some 
miles around, although there were yet but few houses on the Clark tract.
  The southwest side of the Mullica Hill and Paulsboro road was owned by
different parties, among whom was John Eglington (after whom the beautiful
cemetery just out of the town was named), the Gill family, the Sailers, and
others.
  The pioneer merchant at this place was Matthew Gill. He kept store here 
probably as early as 1775, on the corner where the brick store now stands.
Here in the old building, and for some years in teh brick store which he
built, he dispensed the necessities of life usually kept in a country store
at that time, such as codfish, molasses, nails, calico, brown linen sheeting,
tea, sugar, crockery, and last, but not least, good old rum--rum that didn't
kill.  For many years Mr. Gill's store was the great centre. He was the
Wanamaker of eighty years ago.
  The pioneer tavern was kept in that ancient-looking stone building near
the railroad crossing, towards Berkeley. This was built previous to the
Revolutionary War, and has lived through four wars, and to all appearances
is good for several centuries more.  It was known all through this section
as the "Death of the Fox Inn." Tradition says, and every one knows that
tradition never lies, that it was the custom in ye ancient days to capture a
live fox, notify all sporting men within a hundred miles to meet at a certain
inn, being with them their dogs, and at a certain hour, after dinner, of
course, let the fox loose, give him a fair start, and then let the hounds
follow in the chase and kill the fox if they could. This was one of the
principal sports among the pioneers of this section, and for this reason
the old hostelry attained the name even prior to the Revolution.
 Among the pioneer landlords was WIlliam Sailer, who for many years
ministered to the wants of both man and beast, and always gave his guests
such a welcome that they at once felt themselves at home. In after-years,
and early in the rpesent century, Mr. Sailer left the old stone house,
and opened a hotel up in the village, in the house now owned by Edward 
Stewart, where he remained a few years, and retired, leaving Clarksboro 
without a tavern, and the weary traveler, even to this day, without a place
in town to rest and refresh himself.
  While Matthew Gill was in the mercantile business he was also engaged in
distilling spirits. His old distillery stood nearly in rear of the brick
store in the back part of the yard, or on what is now the next lot. Here the
old pioneer farmers could exchange their corn, rye, and wheat for something
more exhilarating, which many of them did. The old distillery subsequently
came under the ban of public opinion, and gave place to something better.
 For many years Clarksboro has moved along in the even tenor of its way,
neither adding or diminishing perceptibly. The solid old residences that
were there at the beginning of this century are still occupied by
descendants of the builders, and for half a century in some cases by the
builders.  Occasionally a new house has been built, or one modernized, but
no spontaneous uprising of new residences or tenements. The old Salem
turnpike, the mile-stones of which were set up in 1772 or 1773, is the
principal street, beautifully shaded as far as the town extends each way
from "the corners" as it used to be called.
  The railroad station is at the crossing of the Paulsboro road, and on that
street a few houses and a German church have been built since the advent
of the railroad. Taken altogether, it is a quiet town, with three churches,
Protestant Episcopal, Methodist Episcopal, and German Evangelical, two
stores, George S. Dilmore in the old Gill store and J.C. Davis & Bro. on
the opposite side of the pike, where the village post office is located.
The principal attraction of the town is the graveyard, or, as it is better
known, "Eglington Cemetery," a beautifully laid out and ornamented city of
the dead, whose slumbers will never be distrubed by mirthful demonstrations
of the denizens of what is now Clarksboro.

PIONEER LAND-OWNERS IN AND AROUND CLARKSBORO.--Besides those already 
mentioned, the following may be of interest.  March 9, 1715, the proprietors
of the Western Division of New Jersey deeded to Francis Austin a tract of
land containing one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five acres. Seven
hundred acres of the above was assigned to Jonathan Haines the 3d day of
January 1719.
  One hundred of the 1865-acre tract was assigned by Nehemiah Haines, son 
and heir of said Jonathan Haines, to John Eglington, and recorded in
liber M., folio 218, in surveyor-general's office, Burlington, N.J.
  John Eglingotn, by his last will and testament, dated May 22, 1776, gave
part of his lands to his nephew, John Lord.  John Lord died intestate,
and without issue, and the land went to his brother, Asa Lord.  Asa Lord
died, leaving a widow and one daughter.  The widow married John Richards,
and he, by an Orphans' Court sale, sole to Matty Coats, by deed dated
July 19, 1799.
 Matty Coats married Ann Lord, only daughter and heir of Asa Lord. Matty
Coats and wife, Annie, sold thirty-two acres and two roods of the above
land to James Cattle Wood, by deed dated July 20, 1799.  This thirty-two
acres, says James Taggart, now living near Clarksboro, is now owned by
Edward Steward.  It is described in the old deed as follows: "Beginning in
the middle of the Salem Road; thence along the middle thereof So 49 degrees
W. 9 ch 10 l; thence No 37-1/2 degrees W 35 Ch and 80 l to James C. Woods
other lands as he bought of George Cozzens; thence by same No 52 degrees E
9 ch 20l; thence by John Boyer and Steward's land and by other Lotts,
So 37-1/2 degrees E 35 ch 60 l to place of beginning, containing 
thirty-two acres and two Roods."
  This deed was signed in the presence of Matthew Gill and George Brown.
The price paid for the land was nine hundred dollars.

Dec. 25, 1802, Samuel Davenport, and Ann, his wife, deeded to William
Thompson fifty acres of land, on which stood the "Death of the Fox Inn."
The deed was recorded May 23, 1803, in liber G, folio 31, of deeds. This
property is now owned by J.D. Hoffman and Isaac Davidson.

Mr. David B. Gill, of Clarksboro, says that in the middle of the old
turnpike, in front of the old "Death of the Fox," is a deep well, and that
four or five feet below the surface of the road is a large flat stone 
covering the mouth of the well. The well was made many years prior to the
establishment of the turnpike (1772) and from the well water was taken for
use in the old tavern, and the building of the turnpike necessitated the
covering of the well.

MICKLETON.--is a small hamlet nearly one mile west from Clarksboro, on the
old Salem turnpike, and named from William and Samuel Mickle, who owned the
land upon which the hamlet is located. The place was known for many years as
"Upper Greenwich."
  William Mickle built the first store at this place in 1862 or 1863. It
stood on the opposite side of the Jefferson road from the present store, and
opposite the Friend's meeting-house, and was destroyed by fire in 1875.
  Greenwich Hall, a large two-store frame building, was built in August 1874,
by a stock company.
 S. Mickle Ogden, the present merchant at Mickleton, commenced business in
the old store in 1859, and moved his stock of goods into the Greenwich Hall
store in the fall of 1874.
  The pioneer wheelwright of this place was Joseph Allen, who located here
in 1876, and the first blacksmith was Joseph Kircher, who also came in
1876. The present blacksmith is Joseph Ley, and the wheelwright is 
Alexander Dean. William P. Haines is the carpenter and builder, while
George Irvin, who located here in 1880, is the village shoemaker.
  A large portion of the land around the village of Mickleton is now owned
by Job Carter, George Craft, and heirs of William Mickle. The Mickles came
from Clonmell Creek, near the Delaware River. William was a great-grandfather
of S. Mickle Ogden, and Samuel Mickle was Ogden's grandfather. There is none
of the Mickle family at present in or around Mickleton. S. Mickle Ogden is
the present postmaster.

BERKELEY [now called Mount Royal].--a small and ancient hamlet, situate
about one mile from Clarksboro, on the turnpike to Woodbury, and on the line
of the Woodbury and Swedesboro Railroad. It is also on the northeast border
of the township, and left bank of the Mantua Creek, and four miles from
Woodbury, the county-seat.
  The town was named in honor of Lord John Berkeley, one of the proprietors
of West Jersey. Just who the pioneer farmer, merchant, or mechanic was at
this place seems to be a mystery to any now living. No doubt it was
settled long prior to the beginning of the present century, but by whom,
echo answers, Who?
  There is at this place an old Baptist meeting-house of small dimensions,
a school-house, store by David Owen Jr., hotel by William Kean,
harness-shop by Charles Test, blacksmith-shop by Robert Eldridge,
wheelwright-sho by Charles G. Higgins, and coal- and lumber-yard by 
George Parker, who is doing quite an extensive business. The nearest
post-office is Clarksboro.

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UPPER GREENWICH PREPARATIVE MEETING OF FRIENDS.--The rise of the Society of
Friends is regarded by an eminent historian as "one of the memorable events
in the history of man." This conclusion, founded upon the love of civil and
religious liberty manifested by the early Friends is abundantly confirmed
when we condsider the excellence of their principles, the purity of their
lives, and the patient endurance of severe persecution.
 The doctrines and testimonies of the religious Society of Friends, when
faithfully maintained, contstitute, in their view, a revival of primitive
Christianity [Bancroft's United States, ii 337, Janney's History of Friends].
  Many of the Freinds who came with John Fenwick from England located a
colony and early established a meeting at Salem, N.J., in the year 1675,
and about 1681, Friends settled at what is now Woodbury City, where a meeting
was established, and subsequently a branch of the Woodbury Meeting was 
established at Upper Greenwich, and in 1740 a small frame meeting-house was
built on a lot of land granted for that purpose by Solomon Lippincott, and
in 1798 the present large, two-story brick building at Mickleton was erected
for meeting purposes, on lands donated by Samuel Tonkin and Samuel Mickle.
This house is lcoated one and a half miles east of the former one, and the
first meeting-house is still held by the meeting and occupied as a burying-
ground. Among the early or pioneer Friends appear the names of Lippincott,
Fisher, Hooten, Cozzens, Zane, Mickle, Wood, Bates, Haines and others,
whose descendants still occupy the pioneer-possession and form the better
portion of the community in which they live.
  There is one peculiarity about the Friends' discipline, viz., it enjoins
upon its members of the Society to provide for their own poor, consequently
no Friend is found as a subject of charity within the walls of any
charitable institution.
  Another peculiarity of the Friends is their care for the youth and their
educational advantages. Somewhere in the vicinity of a Friends' meeting-house
will be found a school-house, or a place provided for the education of the
children. Expense is not taken into the account, for education they must
have, and they esteem it one of the essentials of life. Would that all others
fel tthe same interest in the youth of our land.
  In 1808 the Friends erected a brick school-house on land donated for that
purpose, adjoining the meeting property of Mickleton, for the use of
members and the neighborhood. Suitable apparatus was subsequently provided 
for illustrating the higher branches of science, and an extensive and
well-slected library was established.
  In connection with Upper Greenwich is the Woodbury Monthly Meeting, held
alternately at that place and at Upper Greenwich, with Job S. Haines as
clerk.
  For the Upper Greenwich Preparative meeting, Rachel Haines and Joseph B.
Livezey are the ministers, with Edwin A. Holmes and Job S. Haines appearing
occasionally in that service. Of this meeting Benjamin Heritage is clerk.
  The trustees of the meeting property in 1883 were Charles Heritage,
Amos J. Peaslee, Samuel Haines, John Owen and Job S. Haines.
  With this meeting is a flourishing First-day school, with Job S. Haines
as superintendent, and Mary L. Haines, Debbie G. Haines, Rebecca V. Ogden,
Hannah Chatham, Ellen B. Haines, William M. Carter, Hannah A. Heritage,
Joseph B. Livezey, and Edwin A. Holmes as teachers. The librarians are
William H. Borden and Mary Owen; Secretaries, Hannah Peaslee and Lizzie
Borden.

ST. PETER'S CHURCH, BERKELEY, AT CLARKSBORO.--The corporate name of the
church is derived from its original location in Berkeley, a mile above
Clarksboro, on the Swedesboro turnpike. It was founded in the former place
in 1771.  When the building of a church was first proposed it was
evidently entered upon without any distinct understanding as to the 
particular form of worship which ws to be held in it. At that time it was
no easy thing to secure a settled minister of any denomiation, and when a
rural church was built it was for the general purpose of preaching by
whoever could from time to time be obtained. [Transcriber's note: this is 
entirely INCORRECT.  The original DEED of this church, specifically states 
that is would be a CHURCH OF ENGLAND aka EPISCOPAL, and  the first minister 
was an EPISCOPAL minister.  The writer of this history is INCORRECT.] At that
time, too, the Methodist preachers who traveled through the country were
quite generally men ordained in the Church of England, and in no way
formally separated from that communion by their connection with the Methodist
society. But soon after the erection of the church the question of distinct
ownership arose, and the first minute on the church records is of a
congregational meeting, at which it was declared that the intention of the
founders was to erect a building for the Church of Egnaldn, and a resolution
passed authorizing Dr. Bodo Otto, afterwards conspicuous in the Revolutionary
war, to return their subscriptions to any who had contributed under the
misapprehension on this point.  Soon afterwards another resolution was
adopted prohitibing the use of the building to any clergyman who had not 
Episcopal ordination. The first rector was Robert Blackwell, D.D., a man of
great energy and diligence, who faithfully served this and other missions
in Gloucester County for about six years. He afterwards removed to
Philadelphia, as assistant minister to the united parishes of Christ Church 
and St. Peter's, and fulfilled a long career of usefulness in that city.
He became one of the trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, of which
the present rector of the same village church became secretary just one
hundred years later.  For many years after the Revolution this and all its
sister churches were in a most unsettled condition.  There were seldom stated
services. No accurate records were kept of the occasional ministrations,
and there is great difficulty in securing even the outlines of parochial
history. Not until 1824 do we find a regular minister in charge, the
Rev. Richard D. Hall, who served this and St. Mary's, Colestown, formed a
mission at Mullica Hill, now St. Stephen's, and even added to his charge 
St. John's, at Chew's Landing.  Mr. Hall was not only an indefatigable
worker, but in his prime a most attractive preacher. He lived to a very
advanced age, greatly respect by the whole community, after service in many
and varied fields. After a short vacancy the Rev. William Bryant become
rector, but served only for one year. In the following year the Rev. Simon
Wilmer, of Pennsylvania, was chosen. Some difficulty, the details of which
are not now known, led to his being silenced in 1834 by BIshop Doane, an 
action in which the vestry seems to have acquiesced, and his connection
with the parish terminated. The next rector was the Rev. John Jones, of whom
great things were expected, but to the great regret of the parish he was
removed by the bishop's influence to what seemed to be a more important
field. But what seemed a misfortune proved to be most providential. The 
Rev. Hiram Harrold had been a Methodist minister stationed in the vicinity,
but having become an Episcopalian he was ordained to the ministry, and
became the rector of the parish in 1836.  His ministry was productive of most
excellent and permanent results. His wife was a most earnest and faithful
helper in his work. THrough her energy the parsonage in Clarksboro was
secured, in which it was her delight to exercise her widest and most
generous hospitality. Thsi important acquisition was made in the year 1838,
and led finally to the erection of the present church building on the 
opposite side of the road. This was done in 1845, to meet the demand for a
more central location as to the congregation, and while the old church was
torn down the surrounding graveyard was carefully walled in, and has ever
been guarded as a trust of the parish.  Dec. 17, 1846, the new church was
solemnly dedicated by Bishop Doane.
  After a rectorship of nearly fourteen years, Mr. Harrold resigned 
(December, 1849), to the great regret of his parisioners. To this day the
memory of this excellent couple is preserved, both in their bishop's
recorded words and in the hearts of surviving friends, as a most precious
legacy of Christian zeal and Christian friendship. In 1850 the Rev. Samuel C.
Stratton became rector. he, too, was a good man and an effective minister.
After six years' service failing health compelled his resignation, and he
removed to Philadelphia, where he died in a few years. In October 1856,
Archibald Beatty came, His rectorship lasted only about three years but they
were fruitful in good work, and a goodly number of useful members were
gathered into the church. He afterwards became a very prominent clergyman
in Kansas, growing in usefulness and distinction with the growth of the
young diocese. He was succeeded in 1859 by the Rev. Henry B. Barton, with
whose advent there seemed to come a revival of religious interest. In the
first year of his incumbency there were more baptisms and confirmations
than in any other year of the history of the parish, but he remained only
about a year. In 1860 the Rev. Isaac W. Hallam, who had organized the first
Episcopal Church in Chicago, assumed the rectorship, which he ably filled
for nine years, removing then to his native New England, where he still 
lives, though unable to engage actively in church work.  He was succeeded
by the Rev. Francis E.R. Chubbuck. Mr. Chubbuck was in feeble health when
he took charge of the parish, and so endeared himself to the people that
every indulgence was shown him, in the hope of a long and useful life among
them. But this hope was disappointed, and he died, after a brief term of
service, deeply regretted by the people of his charge.  In 1872 the Rev.
James Hart Lamb assumed this as his first parish. Winning at once the
affection and esteem of his people, he made excellent proof of his ministry,
and in every department of church work awakened a new interest. Both in
temporal and spiritual things the parish prospered greatly under his
ministrations.  In addition to the work at home he inaugurated a mission at
Paulsboro, and soon built there the present St. James' Church, which, when
fully organized, he transferred to other hands.  But the qualities which
endeared him to his people and secured the regard of his neighbors of all
denominations marked him as the man for larger spheres of usefulness, and to
the deep regret of his flock he resigned the parish in 1878, to take
charge of Trinity Church, Moorestown, of which he is still the efficient
rector.
  He was succeeded in the fall of the same year by the Rev. Jesse Y. Burk,
the present rector. The parish is in a fairly prosperous condition. It has
a communicant membership of about fifty. The church edifice is plain, but 
comely and comfortable. it owns also a rectory and the old burial-ground
at Berkeley, and is not only free from debt, but possesses a moderate
invested fund from bequests made at different times by faithful parishioners.
The last and largest of these (one thousand dollars) was recently left by
Mrs. Mary Jessup, whose ancestors were among the founders of the church, and
whose descendants are yet among its members and supporters. Its roll of
membership exhibists the names of many of the old families of the county, 
and attests to the happiness of its situation in a region which retains
through so many generations the attractions of home. It has before it the 
prospect of continued and increasing prosperity and usefulness, and of a
future not unworth of its venerable past.

METHODIST EPISCOPAL.--Clarksboro was at an early day included in a large
circuit, and enjoyed only occasional preaching by the faithful old
iterants who reached their appointments on a four or six weeks' circuit.
  The pioneer class was formed at this place in 1825, with Job Lawrence
as leader. Among his members were Kesiah Lawrence, Daniel Green, Mary Green,
Nathaniel P. Turner, and Mary Turner.
  In 1831 the little band of worshipers had so increased in numbers that a
meeting-house was built on the site occupied by the present one. For half a
century the little old frame building served the purpose of the Christian
fold, where the little flock of faithful ones went in and out, and where
they worshipped God without any to molest or make them afraid. For fifty 
years they were fed with the heavenly manna in the old church, and had grown,
not as numerous as the children of Israel, but so numerous that a more
commodious place of worship seemed to be a necessity. Accordinly, early in
the summer of 1883 a building committee was appointed, consisting of Rev.
H.J. Zelly, David Owen Jr., Capt. James D. Hoffman, Isaac C. Warner, and
Fillmore Hughes, who, took the work in hand and built a church edifice,
with stone basement and superstructure of frame work. At the time of the
publication of this work (November 1883) the church is not completed.
Estimated cost, four thousand dollars.
  The pastors since 1863 have been as follows: Rev. Dr. George K. Morris, 
1863; Jesse Stiles, J.H. Hutchinson, Dickinson Moore, 1870; W.P.C. Strickland
1872; J.B. Westcott, 1875; E.J. Lippincott, 1878; J.R. Thompson 1880;
E. Messler, 1881, died in Clarksboro, Jan. 15, 1882; E.K. Brown, appointed to
fill vacancy until Conference; T.C. Parker, 1882; H.J. Zelly 1883. Membership
in 1883 was one hundred and ten.
 The official board for 1883 was as follows: Stewards, J.D. Hoffman, 
Nathan P. Hoffman, James L. Camp, Fillmore Hughes, John Green, Charles 
Hughes, Samuel shute, and George Owen; Trustees, James L. Camp, Thomas Adams,
John Green, J.D. Hoffman, George Owen, Samuel Shute, and Joshua Corzon;
Leaders, J.D. Hoffman and Thomas Adams; Sunday-school Superintendent,
Joseph H. Smith.

THE GERMAN EVANGELICAL CHURCH.--located on Railroad Avenue, was built in
1880. Upon its front may be seen the following inscription:
 "Zions Kirche
  Der
  Evangelische
  Germanschaft."
On the cornerstone is the following inscription:
 "G M & J B
  April 1880"

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CEMETERIES
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EGLINGTON CEMETERY.--located on the southeast side of the village of
Clarksboro, has become the most popular and best-arrange burial-places in
Gloucester County. A small portion of what is now the cemetery grounds was
a burying-ground in the very early part of this century, and was set apart
as such by John Eglington, in his last will and testament in 1776. When the
little original plat of ground had become filled with the remains of the
department pioneers of Clarksboro, an effort was made, more land secured,
a company formed, a charter granted by the State Legislature, and the present
beautiful cemetery grounds the result of efforts put forth by David B. Gill,
Esq., who is the secretary and treasurer of the association. The association
was chartered in 1869, and the cemetery laid out in 1872.

In this beautiful city of the dead, may be found the following inscriptions:
 Samuel Davis, died Jan. 30, 1883, aged 78 years.
 Samuel Coles, died May 26, 1879, aged 73.
 John Lippincott, died July 22, 1866, aged 51.
 William Steward, born Dec. 28, 1820, died June 7, 1881.
 Ann Ladd, died Feb. 5, 1857, aged 50.
 Samuel H. Ladd, died March 6, 1866, aged 41.
 William Waddell Ladd (soldier) born July 20, 1847, died Dec. 15, 1863.
 Lawrence Packer, born Nov. 30, 1799, died July 19, 1879.
 Alice F. Packer, born July 15, 1800, died Oct. 22, 1877.
 Isabella M. Packer, died Feb 18, 1874, aged 62.
 Edward Duffield, born May 18, 1773, died Dec. 2, 1855.
 Sarah Clark, born Nov. 24, 1783, died July 23, 1865.
 Sarah Cavis, died Feb. 7, 1860, aged 78.
 John V. Clark, born April 3, 1779, died Oct 22, 1827.
 Ruth D. McHam, born Aug. 21, 1794, died Aug. 26, 1866.
 Mary Zane, wife of J.V. Clark, born Oct 6, 1778, died Dec. 21, 1806.
 Jeffrey Clark, Esq., died April 2, 1821, aged 76.
 Zilla Clark, died Nov. 10, 1795, aged 48.
 Mary Clark, died Nov. 26, 1785, aged 30.
 Elizabeth Clark, died Sept. 5, 1798.
 Matthew Gill Jr., died Aug. 11, 1822, aged 48.
 Phebe Gill, born Aug 23, 1777, died Dec 11, 1864.
 Joseph C. Gill, born Sept. 9, 1800, died Jan 20, 1869.
 Desire Gill, died April 20, 1837, aged 32.
 Maria Paul, died Oct. 18, 1846, aged 50.
 Thomas Clark, Esq., died Oct 29, 1809, aged 72.
 Christian Clark, died Jan 17, 1817, aged 75.
 Nancy Paul, died Oct 3, 1845, aged 82.
 Christian Gill, born July 12, 1774, died Jan 15, 1846.
 Mary Batten, born Dec. 12, 1808, died Feb. 11, 1879
 Moses Batten, born March 22, 1802, died May 1, 1858.
 Rebecca Weatherby, died Feb 17, 1841, aged 61.
 Edmund Weatherby, died Sept. 25, 1826, aged 62.
 Joseph W. Platt, died June 8, 1868, aged 58.
 Adalaide B. Heyl, wife of Capt. A.T. Bacon, died Nov. 15, 1845, died 
Jan. 8, 1880
 Elizabeth C. Clement, born 9th mo. 25, 1811, died 11th mo 10, 1881.
 Christiana String, born March 25, 1820, died Aug. 10, 1882.
 Samuel String, died Feb 11, 1853, aged 85.
 Ezekiel C. Mount, born Aug. 12, 1821, died Jan 21, 1879.
 Deland P. Atkinson, died Oct. 21, 1881, aged 53.
 Samuel G. Haines, died 3d mo 12, 1881, aged 54.
 David Owen, died 9th mo 9, 1879, aged 64.
 Michael Allen, born Nov 12, 1813, died Feb 6, 1873.
 Sarah D. Osgood, born May 25, 1808, died Sept. 11, 1872.
 Thomas L. Ogden, 1834-1880.
 Joseph E. Erwin, born May 6, 1791, died Aug 20, 1858.
 Honora Erwin, died July 28, 1856, aged 68.
 Deborah Holdcraft, born Feb 2, 1814, died June 24, 1873.
 Oram Adamson, died April 16, 1875, aged 49.
 Andrew V. Locke, died Dec. 4, 1870, aged 70.
 Lewis Curtis, born Feb. 6, 1816, died Feb 21, 1874.
 Dr. Charles F. Clark, died Oct. 16, 1875, aged 75.
 Zebulon Locke, born April 10, 1808, died Aug 1, 1876.
 Harriet Locke, born Feb 11, 1809, died Oct. 12, 1876.
 James Jessup, died Feb. 23, 1850, aged 52.
 William G. Murray, born Feb 17, 1848, died Oct 5, 1882 (Soldier)
 Thomas Schumo, born Feb 6, 1803, died Nov 9, 1859.
 Selby Murray, born May 29, 1807, died Feb 16, 1883.
 Sarah Stetzer, born Nov 19, 1796, died July 2, 1882.
 Hiram Abbott, died May 12, 1880, aged 51.
 Joseph Dayton, died May 27, 1880, aged 80.
 Sarah Dayton, died Feb. 20, 1878, aged 78.
 John Simmermon, died Jan. 20, 1850, aged 72.
 Kesiah Simmermon, died March 24, 1857, aged 75.
 John Estell, Esq., died Oct 10, 1839, aged 59.
 Naoma Estell, died March 31, 1852, aged 64.
 Benjamin C. Packer, born Sept. 13, 1840, died Sept, 18, 1881.
 James Bradshaw, died Jan. 18, 1878, aged 63.
 Rebecca French, born Jan 1, 1790, died July 19, 1879.
 Christopher Morgan, died May 2, 1881, aged 52.
 James Garrison, died Aug. 21, 1872, aged 69.
 William Harvey, died Nov. 30, 1861, aged 22 (Co. B. 53d P.V.)
 Edward W. Harvey, Co. K., 198th P.V.; killed at battle of Louisa Court-House
Va, March 29, 1865, aged 17 years.
 Sarah McGhan, died Oct 26, 1880, aged 48.
 Mary Longstreth, born May 24, 1820, died July 18, 1881.
 Rebecca Beal, born July 8, 1833, died Sept. 7, 1881.
 Catharine Blinsinger, born May 5, 1831, died April 22, 1882.
 Joseph M. Paul, died Aug. 13, 1878, aged 61.
 Joseph M. Stout, born Feb. 12, 1818, died Nov. 7, 1879.
 Samuel E. Newton, died Dec. 5, 1882, aged 79.
 Elizabeth Newton, died Sept. 5, 1879, aged 69.
 William G. Fletcher, died Feb 26, 1882, aged 71.
 Eliza Ann Fletcher, died March 10, 1882, aged 64.
 Charles Small, born March 2, 1805, died Jan. 3, 1874.
 Samuel Hudson, died Oct 9, 1865, aged 70.
 Joseph D. Green, born July 5, 1793, died April 12, 1880.
 William Bailey, died March 26, 1865, aged 58.

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
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WILLIAM HAINES
 John, the grandfather of William Haines, was born Sept. 22, 1753, and
married Hepzibah, daughter of James H. Hinchman. Amon gtheir children was a
son William, whose birth occurred Dec. 7, 1779, and who married Ann White,
to whom were born children,--Joshua, Ann, William, Sarah and Samuel. All
of these children resided in Gloucester County, where the sons were farmers.
William was born March 8, 1810 in the above county, and spent his youth at
his father's home in Greenwich township. Having embraced such opportunities
of education as the neighborhood afforded, he bore a leading part in school
exercises and debates, and eagerly sought such advantages as were attainable.
Mr. Haines was, however, a man of self-culture, and owed less to instruction
than to his own perseverance and zeal in the pursuit of knowledge. At an 
early day he fitted himself as a teacher, and taught at Swedesboro, 
Battintown, Eldridge Hill, and Upper Greenwich, and at nineteen had fitted
himself for surveying and conveyancing, and very speedily established a
lucrative business. He frequently engaged in the settlement of estates and
served as the guardian of important trusts. His judgment was sound, his mind
logical, and his abilities exceptional. His business relations were marked
by the strictest integrity and exactness. These qualities made his services
eagerly sought, and afford him less leisure from his daily avocation.
 Mr. Haines possessed a scientific mind, and attained some reputations as an
investigator of facts pertaining to the magnetic needle.
 He was, in religion, a member of the Society of Friends, and connected with
the Upper Greenwich Meeting, of which he was a minister. In politics he was
a Whig, and joined the ranks of the Republican party on its organization.
He was, as a member of the Board of Freeholders, especially zealous for the
interests of the county, and as township superintendent of schools for 
several years greatly promoted the cause of education.
 Mr. Haines possessed strong convictions, and wielded a decided influence
in the county, though of unobtrusive manners and of simple tastes. His
habits were frugal, though liberal and charitable where such qualities could
be properly exercised, and ever mindful of the interests of the poor. He was
married March 6, 1834, to Rachel, daughter of John and Hannah Lippincott,
of Salem County. Their children are Job S., Elma (Mrs. Joseph B. Livezy),
William Penn, and Hanna A. (Mrs. John Heritage). After his marriage Mr.
Haines purchased "Cedar Lawn Farm," now the residence of his son Job S.,
and continued both professional and farming employments until his death,
which occurred April 23, 1876 in his sixty-seventh year. Job S. married
Miss Ellen B., daughter of Samuel & Anna Holmes of Salem County. Their
children are Jacob C. and William C. (deceased), Stacy L., Idella, and
Jesse B.  Mr. Haines succeeded to his father's profession and business,
and also vindicates the principles of the Republican party in politics. 
He in 1882 represented his constituents in the State Legislature, and served
on committee on Elections, Bribery, Federal Relations, Deaf and Dumb Asylums,
etc.  Both he and Mrs. Haines are members of the Society of Friends.
  William Haines was one of the first members of the "Association of
Practical Surveyors of West Jersey." He took an active interest in the
affairs thereof, and encouraged its success by personal attention and by
contributions from his pen relative to his researches as to real estate
titles, and his practical experiments with the magnetic needle, showing
its variations and disturbing causes.
 

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