tin- ii, nl with bis rival, he buried bis hatchet in bis brain and rolled
the body down the precipice. Qreat was the grief of Chlnqueka; she
refined to he (Mini', .i ted, .in.! BOUghl the Bpot where la*l >he and her
lover sat together, and where he met his fate. Thore she fancied alio
In it I aim calling her to come to htm ; She plunp-d into the dark chimin
and disappeared forovor. When the king of the Uanhatac beard of bis
eon's tragic death ut the hands n1 i \l n itu
lie resolved to wage war against that tribe until the spirit of his mur-
dered son was appease I. " The warriors of the tribe wore collected and
sent forward to meet their fa , and then It was that tho ploasant vales of
the Baritan ware mads t tho continually with the war-whoop, and Its
waters were often dyed with the bl I ol those who bad fallen in the
fierce and deadly strife. From year to year the revenge of the bloody
Manhatao was pursued, and all tho fierce passion of their savage souls
excited until they raged and burned, Many were llaln "ii I
but do decisive rletory gained; and whan the white mon camo the feud
was still continued, and gave occasion to tho remark which we have
quoted from the historian of those early days, that * t bo Mmihata. â– â– .â– â– - â–
Hi i • !' 'iiomlosof tho Raritans.' "
MIL! TART.
The pari taken by this township in the Revolution
was a prominent one. The following documents ex-
plain themselves :
"COMMITTER ClIAMHEK, B HUME WATER, Feb. J I, 177'..
"Whereas, by the Ordinances lately made by the Provincial Congrea*
for regulating the Hilftia of Now Jersey, it appears nocossary I
Captain should bave a District for the Company he • • mmand-, we tlie
Committee, aocordlngly grant ontoCapt Jacob Tan Eyck, the command
of all the men within tho following boundaries or District: Beginning
at the III f Hunterdon Co., on tha riser Allamatunck, thence down
i down the North Branch to the mouth of Chambers
Brook, then up the said brook to the place where William McDonald's
Mill formerly stood, then t i the top of the mountain <<< Capt. Sttl
then "ii a direct line down between Philip Van Vtrsdalen, and Chris.
Ealen's, westerly of Wm. Black Sails, to the rear of Baritan
Rivor Lots, then along the rear of said BJ > a line of William
Lane's Biver Lot, then northerly and westerly, then d-wneaid branch to
the line which dlvldi 'lr.Conovora,then
to Hunts Ion Co. lino, then along the same to the begin-
ning.
" By order of tho committee,
" ED. Bl'NN, Chairman."
" \ lisi of the men who served under Capt. Jacob
Ten Eyck in the Revolutionary war at different times
from L775 to L781:
"Edmon Arasmlth,John Andrews, Bialoom Andrews, Aaron Abaylon,
Thomas Auten, Robert Andrews, John Auten, David Appb-man, Jere-
miah Bertton, Richard Brol tro^Dlrk
Brokaw, Bergen Brokaw, Hendrick Bunn, Garrel Buhner, Cornelius Bo-
dine, Adam Brucanan, GIshert Bogert, Peter Bask fort, Geradis Bergen,
John Burom, Edward Bonn, John Bodine, William Brower, Abraham
Bodine, Cornelius Boss, Abraham Brown, 'melius Boss, Thomas Bosh-
fleld, Lewis Burner, Henrj Buun, BenJ imli B I wn, Geo.
T.i i i, ii. i'ii !, ibiektii.ms. Join) Brown, Benry Booran, Bichard Bo-
ner, Frederick Bucklew, Robert Bain war, Wm. Brewer,
James Bruylen, John Colter, Archibald < Sampbell, John Chandler, Rieh-
ardCumpton, Bichaid «'.m , iii:u-l.-s Comes, John Cragg, Christopher
Casborn, John CorneUson, Alexandet Goiter, William OorneUaon, Benja-
min Olawson, Barnet Olawson, Garret Oornellson, Peter Colter, William
Ohivna, John Oastner, William Chambers, David Conine, Peter Coole,
Brant Clawson, John Calwell, J.^eph Chambus, M b hael Colter, John
Chapman, Jeremiah Doty, James Duycklns, John Herrod, Same
land, John Henry, George Sail, James Hoge, John Huff, Peter Herpcnd-
Ing, Isaac Hall, William Hay, Benjamin Harris, William Hall, Nicola
Hall, Ja a Hegamen, William Hoagland, Derrick B
Hadenbrook, Thomas Hall, Isaac Hodonbrook, James Harris, John Har-
riot, John Harris, fiUnard Johnson, William Johnson, James Johnson,
Jacobus Jerolman, Benjamin Jones, David CeUey, David King, Thomas
King, Andrew Kilpatrick, Tunis Lone, John Dumont, Elbert Duinont,
Pulkert Dow, Rabin Dennis, Pater Dacker, William Delley, Sklllman
1> ..ii-bty, Thomas Drone, Dirk Drake, Isaac Defrnste, John Duyckman,
William Duyckman, Garni Davis, John Davis, John Ewius, John Kl-
v.-iy. t iiristopber Fraser, Luko Fosler, Jeremiah Folds, Pater Fnlker,
Jacob Pusler, Henry Bulkerson, William French, John Goldtrap, John
Gordon, Jeremiah Garretson, Timothy Gilmer, David Helehrant, Lewis
Hartson, Garrel Harris, Lewis Hertough, John Lucas, WiUJam Long,
I mg, Thomas LanejBoberi Liddle, Thomas Loo, John Laue, Ja-
â– i i mo, James Lettis, John afore, Henrj Hapas, Samuel Minor, Joseph
Unlner, William afontinmore, Thomas Hcafortry, Samuel ttoKlnsloy,
Robert Uaggell, Peter bllshot, Luke More, Bphraim McDowell, John
afallgh, James Miliin, Thomas Mochlenrath, John Mulhrin, Samuel
Mawtnt, John Uao ; I
hin, Samuel UcDonald, Peter Moallgh, John MUlIn, William U
Daniel McCmin, Hugh McCarly, John M^ Dowel, John Meabeach, Jobu
Nortwlck, Ohristophor Nevius, John Novios, Christopher Off, Nicholas
uli\er, JmI.u Prlne, Henry Powelson, Peter Post, Isaac Pruwl, William
Packaon, Garret Probasco, William Porter, Archibald Powel, Jamas Powel,
William Pesu h, Ulna Powelson, Christopher Prohaaoo,John Ross, James
Rosa, Joseph Ricbson, John Bolan, Biohard Bunyon, Uondrick Roso-
bome, Hobort Rosobomo,Jame« Bightmor, Esraal Bli key, Be n ja m i n Rai-
nier, Vincent Bnnyon,Pel Btrykar,
Christopher Stryker, John Stu.ird, CornaUuS Miyd nn, Uyko Suydam,
â– mi, AmosSmalley, John Btaats, Ba harlss Boy-
ipfa Btophans, Pull â– I "liugerlan,
Banant Schuyler, John Sparks, John StuU, i
phens, Bichard Buddard, J ut, Andrew Soms,
John Sharp, Matthias Sharp, John Simason, Abraham Behrtn
Bparks, Joseph Stephens, Abraham Bohenk, Qbhert Butphan, John
smith, baac Sin dlay, John BtUlwi
Luke Teeple, lb rhomas Thompson, Gaorg
i id. Thomas Dmphray, Dow Van Narsdalan, «;<«>>rgo Van
| Nest, CorneUus Van DDu,Pstai Van Daberg». OhriatopharVan Nara-
dalan, Petei \m Dobrook, Peter Van Nest, John Van Naredalen,
Jiune- Van Horn, Derlck Van Karadalon, Ilcndrick Van Narsdalcn ,
688
SOMERSET COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.
Peter Yossler, Jacob Valentine, John Van Natten, John Van Cort, Bar-
nard Van Nest, Jobn Van Camp, Abraham Van Nest, Christopher Van
Doren, Jaromas Van Vest, Jacob Van Narstrand, Frederick Van Nest, •
Cornelius Van Nest, Abraham Van Deventer, Isaac Van Viugle, Abra-
ham Van Tingle, Peter Van Deventer, John Van Tingle, Coonrad Van
Wagener, Philip Van Narsdalen, Fulkert Voorhees, Isaac Van Doren,
Kuliff Van Pelt, Michael Van Cort, Matthew Van Deveer, Tobiah Van
Norden, Bergen Van Doren, Hendrick Vroom, George Vroom, John
Vroom, Isaac Voorhees, John Van Houten, John Van Nortwick, John
Wortman, Wil liam Wilson, James Winterstein, Samuel Williamson, John
Wyckoff, Matthew Wite, Cornelius Williamson, Thomas Walker, Wil-
liam Waldron, James Whealer, Daniel Wooderd, Andrew Wortman,
William Winans, Peter Worley, John Wilson, Cornelius Waldron, Peter
Wortman, George Young, John Young.
List of the members of Capt. Conrad Ten Eycfe's
company :
David Ammerman, Powel Ammerman, Benjamin Arrosmith, John
Bennet (2d lieutenant), Daniel Blew, Hendrick Blew, John Board, George
Brewer, Abraham Brokaw, Casparus Brokaw, Adam Ballas, Jacob Coach,
Henry Cook, Abraham Coshaw, Thomas Covert, Tunis Covert, Samuel
Davis, John De Camp, John Decker, Hendrick Dumon, Peter Dumon,
Mancias Duboys (sergeant), Abraham Dumott, Benjamin Dumott, Law-
rence Dumott, Henry Fisher, Joseph French, Fulkert Fulkerson, Chris-
tian Herder, Hermanus Hoagland, Johannes Hoaglaud, John Hoagland,
Tunis Hoagland, Nicholas Huff, Richard Huff, Henry Kennedy, Thomas
Lawkerman, Thomas Light, John Lorey, Jr., Abraham Lott, Abraham
Low, Daniel McEwen, Simon Van Nortwick, Thomas Peteison, Abraham
Post, Peter Peryn (Perrine), John Powelson, Leroy Ralph, Hendrick
Rosebroom, John H. Schenck (sergeant), Roelif Sebring, Thomas Skill-
man, Isaac Stryker, John Stryker, Andries Ten Eyck, Garret Terhune,
Cornelius Van Arsdalen, Isaac Van Cleefe (corporal), Paryas Van Cleef,
Abram Van Arsdalen (corporal), Jacob Vanderbilt, Chrystoyan Van Dorn,
John Van Dorn, Cornelius Van Dorn, Abraham Van Dorn (ensign), John
Vandike, John Van Houten, John Van Middlesworth, Thomas Van
Middlesworth, Hendrick Van Nortwick, John Van Nortwick (ensign),
Jacob Van Nuys, John Van Voorhees, Conrad Ten Eyck (ensign), Conrad
Van Wagoner, Abraham Voorhees (corporal), Jacob Voorhees, Peter
Voorhees, John Van Arsdalen (sergeant), Adolphus Wcavour, William
Whilson, Jacob Winter, Barent Dumott.
BRIDGEWATER IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION.
The first action taken in reference to raising money
for soldiers in the great Rebellion was at a town-meet-
ing held Sept. 3, 1863. It was then voted
" That the township be authorized to borrow any sum not to exceed
814,100 as a fund from which to pay a bounty of $300 to each volunteer
or drafted man accepted and mustered into the army of the United States
under the pending draft."
The quota of the town under the call was 47 men.
Dec. 22, 1863, the committee was authorized to bor-
row $12,000 as a bounty fund, and again, at a special
town-meeting held May 31, 1864, the authorities were
authorized to borrow a sum of money not to exceed
$9600, to be expended in procuring substitutes or the
commutation of drafted men, the sum to be raised
by a special poll-tax upon each and every person lia-
ble to draft and upon the property of the township.
June 1, 1864, it was
" Resolved by the town committee not to raise money for drafted men,
as, the majority of the vote being so small, it was thought not advisable
to borrow money upon the credit of the township."
At a special town-meeting, Jan. 21, 1865, held to
devise ways and means to fill the quota of Bridge-
water, the town committee was instructed to issue
bonds of the township in such amounts, and payable
at such time, as they may deem proper and necessary,
to be applied in obtaining volunteers or substitutes to
fill the quota. A poll-tax of $10 was ordered on all
persons liable to the draft. Application was made to
the Legislature for an act authorizing the laying of a
special tax, not exceeding $20,000, to assist in raising
the quota of the township under the call of the Presi-
dent for 300,000 men.
Sept. 3; 1865, the committee authorized the assessors
of the township to levy a tax for $30,000, to be applied
to liquidate the debt incurred for payment of soldiers.
April 26, 1866, at a special meeting for the purpose
of discussion and consideration on the subject of issu-
ing township bonds, it was
" Resolved to issue bonds for the purpose of reimbursing those persons
who put volunteers or substitutes for drafted men into the army or navy
of the United States, and who paid for the men so put in, or who paid
$300 under the exemption act, such bonds to be placed in the hands of F.
J. Frelinghuysen as trustee, to be held by him until final action be taken
by the government as to reimbursing townships for moneys expended in
the late war."
The amount due was $19,374. A detailed list of
the number of men sent out from the township and
the amount paid each was sent to the comptroller of
the State, a copy of which is here given :
" Somerville, Oct. 28, 1865.
" To Capt. William M. Shipman :
"Dear Sir, — The following statoment of volunteers furnished under
the last three calls of the general government by the township of Bridge-
water, county of Somerset, and the amount paid to men under such
calls, is respectfully submitted. This statement is made from such data
as are in possession of tho present committee.
The call of August, 1863, for volunteers, of which a draft
was made in Mav, 1*0-1, Thirtv-fiffh New Jersey Volun-
teers, 70 at $300 each $23,700
Call of July, 1864, 70 atS-l;M.r,7 each 33,027.32
Call Dec. 10, 1864, to fill vacancies, 84 at $008.15 each 68,645
Total $115,372.32"
i;kii><; i:\vater.
689
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
THE DAVENPORT FAMILY.
Perhaps there is no surer criterion of a people's
progress in intelligence, wealth, and a refined civili-
zation than the filial respect shown in commemora-
tion of the virtues and deeds of their aneestors. To a
greater or less degree has this Keen a eharaeteristie of
all nations, and in proportion to their progre.-s in arts,
literature, and the science of government, me!
izing each advancing epoch by monumental inscrip-
tions to perpetuate their memorj . This country, with
it- extent of fertile territory , matchless climate, and
va-t resources, has drawn hither a mosl enterprising,
Intelligent, and thrifty class of citizens from the older
nations. This immigration has been continuous to
the present time; hut it ha- onlj heeii ahotit half a
century that a true distinctive ty] f Lmerican
character has been exhibited, and so recognized by
the other nations of the earth.
II, nee it has now become a right and duty one
owes to himself, his ancestors, and descendants, in
wliieh justice, honor, property, and all he hold- mosl
sacred may be involved, thai at the earliest period
he trace oul the various link- in the chain of his
descent till he reaches the mosl remote point attain-
able. It is supposable that in a work of this charac-
ter some errors and aliases will appear through the
mistaken attempt of Mime to attain prominence through
exaggeration and fulsome prai-e of their progenitors.
But such abuses arc- no argument against meritorious
works of history and biography; all such attempt-
will ultimately rebound upon their authors.
The faiiiilx name of l>avenport i- of local origin.
"Davenporl township" is situated in the countg of
Chester, England, the nam.- being derived from the
river Dave that (lows through it. The manorial
historj of this township involves a subject of rare
occurrence even in Kngland : the descent of a family
in one uninterrupted nude line from William the I !on-
queror to the present day, a period of eight hundred
years, — possessing at this time the feudal powers
and manorial estates with which the sovereign in-
vested it, and preserving in it- archives a serie- of
original documents, the proofs of its ancient history
and unbroken descent. In 1086 the illusive crest of
the Davenports was conferred by the sovereign and
borne upon the helmets of the sergeantB, to the terror
of banditti, which infested the district. The " dav-
enport coat-of-arms" — reckoned among the most an-
690
SOMERSET COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.
cient in England — is a shield with sable, crosslets,
crest, a falcon's head couped at the neck, indicating
" magisterial sergeantcy," the duty exacted being that
of ridding the district of all robbers, highwaymen,
and marauders, with summary powers over the lives
of all such. There is now in possession of the family
of Davies Davenport, late member of Parliament, a
long roll, of very ancient date, containing numerous
names of " master robbers" who were taken and be-
headed.
Branches of the family extend through most of the
counties of England and other parts of the world, yet
the same coat-of-arms appertains to them all, and with
singular accuracy the name in all instances is spelled
the same. There has been almost perpetually a repre-
sentation in Parliament, sent there from the numerous
branches of the family in the realm.
Through marriage connections they have at times
been brought in close relationship with the ruling
powers and the Crown. Edward Hyde, Lord High
Chancellor, married Margaret, daughter of Sir John
Davenport, ancestor of Mary, wife of James II., and
the mother of Mary, the consort of William of Orange,
who together occupied the British throne, and also of
Queen Anne, successive sovereigns of the kingdom.
The family have been frequently represented in
the peerage, etc., and constantly in the Church. But
no boastful claims are presented for aristocratic dis-
tinction : the family seeks no higher ambition than
of belonging to the advanced order of the great mid-
dle class, — that of merchants, artisans, and scholars, —
loyal to the ruling powers, yet ever advocates and de-
fenders of the cause of human rights.
It may be worthy of remark here that the Daven-
port Pottery- Works of Staffordshire, with branch
warerooms in London, Manchester, and Liverpool
(in connection with the Wedgewoods, with whom
there have existed for a long period close marriage
relations), are the largest manufacturers of Queens-
ware, China, and faience- ware in the world ; and this
position the house has maintained for more than a
century. The firm of Davenport Bros, are, and have
been for a third of a century, agents for the sale of
their goods in New York.
The first of the name that came to this country was
the Rev. John Davenport, the distinguished Pilgrim
minister of that celebrated band of Christian heroes
who landed in New England in 1637, comprising such
names as Eaton, Hopkins, Beecher, Atwater, Lord
Leigh, Cheever, Pierpont, the Edwards, etc., to whom
may be well and truthfully accorded the fame of being
the fathers of the American Commonwealth.
This eminent divine, Rev. John Davenport, was
born in Warwickshire, England, in 1597, of wealthy
parentage; graduated at Oxford; soon after became
minister of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Loudon.
His profound learning, eloquence, fervent piety, and
bold, fearless advocacy of Puritanical doctrines, then
becoming prevalent, aroused the anger of Laud, Arch-
bishop of London ; persecutions followed. Daven-
port, with many of his congregation and other ad-
herents, fled to Holland ; were met with open arms
by others of like faith in that asylum of religious
liberty. After a brief stay, permission being granted,
they returned to England, when, after collecting their
scattered band and holding frequent conferences, they
resolved to emigrate to America. They accordingly
chartered a vessel, taking all their earthly effects
aboard, set sail in the spring of 1637, and arrived at
Boston after a three-months' passage. These immi-
grants being highly connected in the mother-country,
of much learning and considerable wealth, strong in-
ducements were offered to persuade them to settle
within the confines of the Plymouth colony. After a
full discussion it was decreed best, for various reasons,
to establish a distinct colony. Accordingly, after a
brief period of inspecting the country, they selected
a spot, which met the approval of all, in Connecticut,
on Long Island Sound, and located the town of New
Haven. The records, and all writers on that period,
accord Mr. Davenport the honor of leadership in de-
veloping and establishing, through organic law, those
great principles of civil and religious freedom which
have rendered that colony so illustrious. He urged
the necessity and duty of universal education, and
framed the outline principles of what has since been
known as the common-school system, now become
national since the triumphant suppression of the
slaveholders' rebellion. In 1654, assisted by his
friend and parishioner Governor Eaton and others,
he embodied in written form the plan, which was
substantially adopted, establishing Yale College; also
contributed and collected funds in its aid. For thirty
years, with zeal and energy, he labored and ministered
in that parish, when, in 1668, being seventy years of
age, he received and accepted a call (against the
universal regret of his people) to the First Church of
Boston, then the largest in the colonies. He labored
here for three years with full acceptance, when he
was suddenly stricken down with apoplexy, in his
seventy-third year. His tomb can now be seen in
Kings Chapel, Boston. His death was universally
deplored. Writers on that period agree that the man
above all others who has stamped the impress of his
genius most indelibly upon the institutions of New
England is the hero of this sketch. The descendants
of the family, with others who soon after came from
the parent-branch in England, became numerous
and scattered through most of the States, and have
maintained the reputation of the Pilgrim ancestor.
A continuous line of ministers have succeeded,
numbers in colleges, institutions of learning, the
army, navy, at the bar, and as legislators in State and
national government. They heartily sustained the
colonial cause in the Revolution by pen and sword;
were in the army as officers and privates. Two of the
name were in Congress in each of the administrations
of Washington, Adams, and Jefferson.
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691
A grandson of the Puritan, the Rev. James 1 daven-
port, stationed at Bouthhold, L. I., was a preacher of
singular eloquence and power. His renown at t i:nl. il
hither the celebrated Whitefield Ln 17 1". thenjusl ar-
rived from Englandj who wrote home, " I am com-
forted by meeting my dear Brother Davenport, by
whose hiinds the Lord has done such great things."
They matured and organized a missionary tour ; to-
gether thej held etings in the leading towns of
New England, New York, New Jer-ev, Pennsylvania,
etc. At Princeton they met the Tennents, who trav-
eled with them. Sometimes they would journey sep-
arately, then meet on gnat occasions. " During this
time Davenporl was preaching to a congregation of
three thousand in Mr. Cross' church in Basking
Ridge, this county. Whit, Held t him there and
aided in the work with great success." After this
tour closed Davenport preached in ( 'onnecticiit, and
finally was stationed in Hopewell, on the border of
(Somerset County, where he died in 177>.".. Another of
the family, Rev. John Davenport, was horn in Free-
hold; graduated in Princeton; .stationed at the former
place, and at Dcertield, X. .1. The celebrated John
I. Davenport, chief supervisor of elections, now of
New York, by his fearless fidelity to prevent fraud
upon an honest ami free ballot, causing cneinh - and
committees of Congress to own him right in law,
justice, ami honesty, most fully exemplified the spirit
Of the great Puritan, Of whom he is a direct lineal
descendant.
The progenitor of tin- family in Somerset County
was John Davenport, of the same lineal ancestry as
that of the New England Puritan, but arrived at a
later date. Be was horn in Bury, near Manchester,
England, in 1777; emigrated to this country mar the
close of the last century. Landing in Connecticut,
the home of so many of tin- name, he first settled in
Danbury, After a brief period he aspired to seek a
more favorable business locality. Being quite young,
ambitions, and energetic, he quickly perceived the
superior advantages that New Jersey presented in her
milder climate and prolific soil, and more especially
by her geographical po-ition between the two great
cities of New York and Philadelphia, lie concluded
to visit there, and. pushing for the centre of the Stale,
heard of Pluckamin, then a thriving village, giving
promise of being the most important manufacturing
town in the county. After a visit of inspection he
determined to locate there. A dingly, he settled
in Pluckamin in L800 and engaged in general mer-
chandising, A 1 1 1 r three years, observing Somerville
showing signs of more rapid growth the county-seat
having recently been transferred there from Mill-
stonet. he concluded to invest then, with a view of
permanent removal. He purchased a farm facing on
the Main Street, running north a mile, including
within it what has since been known a^ the " Lottery
Field" Ian ai unt of which appears in another part
of this work). The next year he built and occupied
the house now the residence of Messrs. John and
James Bergen. While still continuing his business
in Pluckamin, he formed a partnership branch of
hatting in Somerville with Mr. George Vannest.
After a few year-' experience he found difficulties in
managing two enterprises thus separated: heme he
closed up with Mr. Vannest, negotiated for the sale
of his Somerville farm, moved back to Pluckamin,
and permanently concentered his entire business
there. Then, being in prime, vigorous manhood,
with a singular wealth of res -ces, he harnessed all
these ener,:i.s to untiring servi in hi vancus un-
dertakings.
lie purchased 8 fine farm adjoining the village,
improved and cultivated it. The tannery- and eur-
rying-works on the place he re]. aired and enlarged.
Built a (louring- ami grist-mill : also a distillery and