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Number; He and his Wife are come over from Quakerism to the Church." His tenets would not allow him to aid in the support of a "hireling" minister; yet, as he had considerable dealings with Mr. Harriman, he allowed the latter to charge him in the old Ledger, "1697 8r 1. p gift in ord to my maintenance 26 [£] 1. 6. 0." In 1696, he is charged with "mending glass for ye brick house. . . 3. 41." In that year he built his "brick house" on the site of the present parsonage of St. John's Church. A portion of the old house still remains, in which is still seen the old corner-stone with this inscription: A smaller stone is inscribed

as follows:

He was appointed, Dec. 1, 1698,

H

1697 ANDREW

HAMTON

ture. His name is found among the Memorialists of 1700, and among the Associates of that year, but not among those of 1729. He died, Jan. 1738.*

JOHN HARRIMAN, 1687, is noticed at length on a subsequent page.

HENRY HARRIS was one of Mr. Harriman's parishioners, employed by him, at times, in "fetching shells, mowing saltgrass, killing hogs, pitching hay," and the like. His subscription was 6s. George Harris was at Northampton, L. I., in 1657, and this Henry may have been of his family. George, of the next generation, in this town, was, probably, Henry's son. A George Harris was at Salem, Mass., with a family, in 1636. Daniel and Arthur were in 1640 at Duxbury.t

CAPT. JOHN HARRISON was a merchant here, as early as June 6, 1701, at which date he obtained license from Gov. Hamilton to "purchase of the Indians or Natives a tract of land at or Near Milton River," in W. Jersey. No connection has been traced between him and the Harrison family of Newark. His father, John, was an early settler in Monmouth Co., N. J. (having four sons, John, William, Henry, Ed

Howell, pp. 151, 6, 305, 7. E. J. Records, C. 267. P. Ep. His. Soc. Coll., I. 44. Ledger, p. 102. Clark's St. John's, p. 61. ↑ Savage, II, 860, 1. Howell, 284. Ledger, p. 101.

PARSONAGE OF

ST. JOHN'S CHURCH, ERECTED 1696, ENLARGED, 1765.

ward), and was, probably, that son of Edward Harrison, who was baptized at Boston, May 21, 1648. Or he may have. been the son of John, of Boston, whose son, John, was born there, Ap. 2, 1652. John Harrison, in 1695, was the Sheriff of Queens County, L. I., and, July 22, 1697, applied for a patent for a tract of land at Oyster Bay. Soon after, he removed to this town, and engaged in trade. He purchased, Jan. 23, 1703, one-fifth of Robert Barclay's Propriety in the E. Jersey lands, which was 12ths of th, and consequently became an advocate of the Proprietary Claims. In 1709 he served as Captain on the frontiers, at Albany, N. Y., acting, also, as Commissary. He purchased, Sept. 19, 1713, of Thomas Barker's widow, of th of his propriety.. In 1718, he was employed, occasionally, as a surveyor, having previously removed to Amboy, where, the same year, he served as Sheriff. He died in 1724.*

BENJAMIN HATTER was one of the Memorialists of 1700, but has left no other record.

JOHN HERON died, July, 1687, and Jonathan Ogden, with Roger Lambert administered on his estate, valued at £26. 13. 1.†

JOHN HERRICK is known first as an 8s subscriber to Mr. Harriman's support, in 1694. He was, probably, a member of the Southampton family. He was a witness, May 28, 1695, to the Will of Thomas Lee.t

ZERAH HIGGINS was from Piscataway. Mrs. Mary Higgins of Piscataway obtained, Ap. 2, 1677, a warrant for 180 acres, in right of herself, her deceased husband, Richard, and her son Eliakim, "& another Right for Zera Higgins." Richard was at Plymouth, Mass., in 1633, married, Nov. 23, 1634, Lydia Chandler, and had Jonathan and Benjamin; removed, 1644, to Eastham, Mass., and was Representative of the town, 1647-51; married, Oct. 1651, Mary Yates, and had Mary (b. Sep. 27, 1652), Eliakim (b. Oct. 20, 1654), William (b. Dec. 15, 1655), Judah (b. Mar. 5, 1657), Zeruiah (b. June,

* Savage, II. 366. Alb. Records, XXXIII. 62, 808, 812; XL 86. E. J. Records, II. 149-51, 153-5, 8, 180, 209, 286; O. 227. E. Town Bill, pp. 84, 6, 7. Howell, pp. 47, 202. Whitehead's P. Amboy, pp. 53, 86-9.

↑ Inventories.

Ledger, p. 87. Howell, p. 289. E. J. Records.

1658), Thomas (b. Jan. 1661), and Lydia (b. July, 1664). They emigrated to N. Jersey, about 1670. Zeruiah [Zerah], after his father's death, came to this town, where he died, intestate, Dec., 1695, in his 38th year. Richard Baker and Andrew Hampton administered on his estate, valued at £134. 15. 10.*

JOHN HUME was a mason, and came over with the Scotch immigration in 1685, and soon after had a tract of 150 acres surveyed for him, for which he obtained a patent, Ap. 28, 1686. The land adjoined John Pearce, on the S. side of E. Town Brook. At his death, the property passed to his three daughters: Catharine, the wife of John Matthies, of Perth Amboy; Jane, the wife of John Brown; and Hannah, the wife of Andrew Redford. The title was contested, at a later date, by claimants under the Town Associates.†

JOHN INDES was a poor parishioner of Mr. Harriman, subscribing 3s. per annum only to his support, from 1694 to 1699. He was living in 1717, near Winans' Landing, on the Creek, and just beyond Isaac Hatfield, dec.‡

GEORGE JEWELL was one of the early settlers of Piscataway, N. J., having previously resided at Newtown, L. I., of which he was, in 1665, one of the Overseers. He was, probably, of the lineage of Thomas Jewell, who was at Braintree, Mass., in 1639. He purchased, Mar, 21, 168, of Daniel De Hart, acting for the heirs of Balthazar, all their estate in E. Town. Four pieces of land, in all, 200 acres, were surveyed for him; one, adjoining land of Hendrick Baker and Nathaniel Bonnell; another, on the N. side of the Woodbridge road, adjoining Robert White, Roger Lambert, and John Toe; and two, of meadow, one of them on the S. side of E. Town Creek. He was appointed, Mar. 28, 1683, Clerk and Messenger of the Court; also, Dec. 3, 1692, County Clerk, and again, Feb. 15, 1699-1700. His death occurred, Aug. 1734.§

ALEXANDER KEENEE [KINNEY] was a parishioner of Mr. Harriman as early as 1694, and was still here in 1709.

* E. J. Records, II. 58. Savage, II. 412. Inventories.

↑ E. J. Rec., A. 836. E. T. Bill, p. 44, 5.

: Ledger, p. 91.

Savage, II. 54S. Riker, p. 418. E. T. Bill, pp. 102,7. E. J. Records, II. 69, 73; A. 113; C. 13, 176, 323; E. 103; O. SS.