Sketch of the Early History of Cape May County, to Accompany the Geological Report of the State of New Jersey for Said County |
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Page 171 - Leamyeng and his son Thomas, Caesar Hoskins, Samuel Matthews, Jonathan Osborne, Nathaniel Short, Cornelius Skellinks, Henry Stites, Thomas Hand and his sons John and George, John and Caleb Carman, John Shaw, Thomas Miller, William Stillwell, Humphrey Hewes, William Mason, John Richardson, Ebenezer Swain, Henry Young; and no doubt many others. The jaw-bone of a whale, ten feet long, was recently found a few rods from the shore at Town Bank, by Thomas P. Hughes, the pro
Page 166 - I saw there an infinite quantity of bustards, swans, geese and fowl, covering the shores, as within the like multitude of pigeons and store of turkeys, of which I tried one to weigh forty and six pounds. There is much variety and plenty of delicate fresh and sea fish and shellfish, and whales and grampus, elks, deere that bring three young at a time.
Page 179 - Assembly, particularly in 1721 (3 ?), when a bill was brought in to punish such as denied the doctrine of the Trinity, the Divinity of Christ, the inspiration of the Holy Scriptures, &c. In opposition to which Mr. Jenkins stood up, and with the warmth and action of a Welchman said : ' I believe the doctrines in question as much as the promoter of that ill-designed bill, but will never consent to oppose the opposers with law, or with any weapon save that of argument.
Page 176 - ... and got an old cow and a calf. In 1696 I went to whaling again, and made a great voyage ; and in 1697 I worked for John Reeves all summer, and in the winter went to whaling again. In 1698, worked for John...
Page 161 - An immense flight of wild pigeons in April, obscuring the sky. The 14th, sailed over to Cape May, where the coast trended ENE and SW Came at evening to the mouth of Egg Harbor ; found between Cape May and Egg Harbor a slight sand beach, full of small, low sand hills. Egg Harbor is a little river or kill, and inside the land is broken, and within the bay are several small is* Mulford's NJ p. 58 ; & Gordon. f Mickle's Reminiscences. 11 lands. Somewhere further up, in the same direction, is a beautiful...
Page 191 - Almighty to such as live in his fear, who will have peace in their death, and their change will be glorious, when they are taken out of this life; but with the wicked it is not so. From Cohansey I went through the wilderness over Maurice's river, accompanied by James Daniel, through a miry, boggy way, in which we saw no house for about forty miles, except at the ferry, and that night we got to Richard Townsend's, at Cape May, where we were kindly received.
Page 186 - ... Jacocks and Humphrey Hughes, the distance from the sea across the island to the creek was 265 perches. As the deed calls for a line of marked trees, it must have been on the upland, at which place the distance has been greatly reduced by the inroads of the sea since that time. In...
Page 172 - John Townsend and Arthur Cresse appointed Assessors; Timothy Brandreth, Collector; Shamgar Hand, Treasurer; Samuel Matthews and William Johnson, Supervisors of the Road ; and John Somers for Egg Harbor. At same Court, John Somers was appointed Constable for Great Egg Harbor." " The Court likewise orders that no person shall sell liquor without a license, and that £40 be raised by tax to defray expenses, with a proviso that produce should be taken at 'money price
Page 193 - but you do not tell all the story. I think the cap was nevertheless an advantage to us, for it was the first thing that put our girls upon knitting worsted mittens for sale at Philadelphia, that they might have...
Page 167 - Glocester-J&iver, which hath its Name (also) from the great quantity of curious Timber, which they send in great Floats to Philadelphia, a City in Pensilvania, as Oaks, Pines, Chesnut, Ash, and Cedars. This River runs down by Glocester-Town, which...