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D.S. to Jonathan Baker, deed of land on top of first mountain at Westfield Twp., N.J., undated
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Copy of will, undated
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Copy of will, undated
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D.S. to Matthias Sudlum, deed of property within the bounds of Westfield Twp., N.J., undated
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D.S. to Lewis Sudlow, deed of farm on road from Westfield Twp. to Rahway Twp., N.J., undated
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Will and attatched note of approval by Francis Bernard, Esq., Governor of New Jersey, undated
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D.S. to Isaac Hendricks, Jr., deed of property between Elizabeth Town and Westfield, N.J., undated
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Craig, John, 1811 May 4
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D.S. to Moses Crane, deed of land in the Borough of Elizabeth over the Rahway River, undated
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Crane, Noah, 1786 May 26
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Will, undated
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Day, Samuel, 1720 June 7
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Will, undated
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Dodd, John, 1815 April 1
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a.D.S. to James Ross, Esq., appointment to assistant assesssorship of Westfield Twp., N.J., undated
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D.S. to Matthias Sudlow, deed of property along road leading to Elizabeth Town, N.J., undated
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Hendricks, Abraham, 1791
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D.S. to Silvenis Pierson, deed of salt marsh in Elizabeth Twp., N.J. adjoining Oyster Creek, undated
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2 ALsS about his research on Jonathan Hampton (1712-1777) and the Hampton genealogy, undated
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A.D., Articles of Vendue, undated
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D.S. to Edward Clarke, deed of land on top of first mountain at Westfield Twp., N.J., undated
Miller, John, 1802 May 8
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D.S. to Jonathan I. Baker, deed of land on top of mountain in Westfield Twp., N.J., undated
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Part of will, dates not examined
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Article of agreement with Stephen Parcel concerning indenture of apprentice for three years, undated
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Ross, Ann, 1824 March 23
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Ross, David, circa 1807
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D.S., will, dates not examined
Ross, David, 1805 June 1
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D.S. to David Ross, quit claim of salt meadow on Southeast side of Pile's Creek Meadow, undated
Ross, Gideon, 1829-1883
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Ross, John, 1765 June 25
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D.S. to Noah Crane, bond, undated
Ross, John, 1798, 1800
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D.S., will, undated
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D.S. to William Miller, deed of four and one half acres of salt meadow in Elizabeth Town, undated
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Van Gelder, John, 1734
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Will, undated
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Woodruff, John, 1747
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- Scope and Contents
The collection consists of almost 200 eighteenth-century documents, mostly deeds to land, relating to several towns in Essex County, New Jersey, particularly Westfield, collected by Winans (Princeton Class of 1874). Included among this assortment are bills of sales of slaves (1807, 1811), a complete inventory of two estate sales (1790, 1800), and tax lists for Westfield (1790, 1824, 1828). These latter documents list the inhabitants by name and indicate, much like a census, the type of house each has, its size and material of construction, number of windows and outhouses, presence of a kitchen, number of acres of land owned, number of slaves owned, and the valuation of the dwelling and the land. Abraham Clark, signer of the Declaration, and Sir Francis Bernard, English colonial governor, are two notable figures represented in the collection.
- Arrangement
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- Collection Creator Biography:
Winans, Samuel Ross, 1855-1910
Samuel Ross Winans (Princeton Class of 1874) was an American collector.
- Acquisition:
Caricature of Edward VII by Max Beerbohm is a gift of Mrs. Hamilton Cottier.
- Appraisal
No appraisal information is available.
- Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research use.
- Conditions Governing Use
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- Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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- Credit this material:
Winans Collection of New Jersey Documents; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/t722h883k
- Location:
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (scamss): Box 1-2
- Subject Terms:
- Auctions -- New Jersey -- Westfield -- 18th century.
Slave records -- New Jersey -- 19th century.
Slavery -- New Jersey -- 19th century.
Taxation -- New Jersey -- Westfield. - Genre Terms:
- Deeds -- New Jersey -- Essex County -- 18th century.
Deeds -- Westfield -- 18th century.
Wills -- New Jersey -- Essex County -- 18th century. - Places:
- Westfield (N.J.) -- History -- 18th century -- Sources.