Council of Proprietors of West Jersey

Cross-referenced sub-project of The West Jersey Proprietors
see list that includes dates of tenure (1687-1717) and all names, some of which are being tabulated below. Please consult the list and cross-reference others. There are said to be about 45 total to be identified.

elements

~• This project was completed in February 2020 by Michael M. van Beuren, volunteer curator. Besides establishing the identities of these men, drawing these names together helps to identify inter-family marriages within the list.

refers to Quaker faith
( ) parentheses refer to an estimate of ther number of years served on the Council
Map of Provinces of Jersey and detail

• Council members only, please
• Limited years, ending in 1717

Alpha-List

• BIDDLE William Biddulph (16) √
• BUDD John D. Budd (7), Judge William Thomas Budd, I (2) √
• BULL Richard Bull, of Gloucester County (8) √
• COLLINS Francis Collins, Sr. (3) √
• COXE Dr. Daniel Coxe (wikipedia) (5) √
• DAVENPORT Francis Davenport, Sr. (9) √
• DAY John Day (1) √
• DEACON George Deacon, Jr. (8) √
• FARRE Elias Farre (1) √
• FRETWELL Peter Fretwell (8) √
• GARDINER Thomas Gardiner, IV and his father combinefor 25 appearances in the list. (25) √
• HALL William Hall, Sr. : County Judge Salem County; renegade Quaker (returned to Anglican church) (4) √
• HOLLINSHEAD John Hollinshead, Jr. (4) √
• HUGG John Hugg, Jr. of the Newton township, Irish Tenth (4) √
• HUMPHRIES Joshua Humphries (6) √
• HUTCHESON George Hutcheson, Council of Proprietors √
• JENNINGS Deputy Governor Samuel Jennings (11) √
• KAY(E) John Kay, Council of Proprietors (11) √
• KIRKBRIDE Joseph Kirkbride (2) √
• LAMBERT Thomas Lambert, Jr. (3) √
• LOGAN Hon. James Logan wikipedia 14th Mayor of Philadelphia (5) √
• OLLIVE Deputy Governor Thomas Ollive , 2nd Deputy Gov. of NJ (4) √
• READING Colonel John Reading, II (26) √
• ROBESON Andrew Robeson, Jr. (5) √
• ROYDON William Roydon (4) √
• SHARPE Thomas Sharp, Sr. of the Newton township, Irish Tenth (2) √
• SHINN Joseph Shinn (1) √
• STACEY Mahlon Stacy I (9) √
• STEVENSON William Stevenson, Council of Proprietors and brother Thomas Stevenson, III (3) √
• TATHAM John Tatham of the Province of West Jersey (a Catholic) (1) √
• THACKERY Thomas Thackery, Council of Proprietors of the Newton township, Irish Tenth (5) √
• WETHERILL Christopher Wetherill (6) √
• WILLS John Wills, Jr. and his father by the same name (16) √√
• WOOD William Wood See references in Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 Burlington Chesterfield Monthly Meeting Book of Records, 1684-1756 (1) √

Comments

• There was widespread nepotism in appointment to the Council added to the fact that the earliest immigrant families had the most influence.
  • The SHINN, STACEY, and BUDD families are closely related by marriage
  • The BUDD family married into the SHIPPEN family of Philadelphia, a remarkable future Loyalist family
  • COLLINS married a BUDD
  • FRETWELL is the son of a STACEY
  • WILLS married a GARDINER and a SHINN
  • JENNINGS married a STEVENSON
  • OLLIVE married into JENNINGS
  • FARRE married a DEACON
  • JOHN DAY'S grandson married a SHINN
  • JOSEPH KIRKBRIDGE marries a STACEY

Sources

• http://www.trentonhistory.org/His/colonial.html
• Sketches of the first emigrant settlers in Newton Township, old Gloucester County, West New Jersey by Clement, John, 1818-1894
• https://goodspeedhistories.com/john-reading-and-the-creation-of-hun... < great narrative including an account of the Council's work
• Not for Filthy Lucre's Sake: Richard Saltar and the Antiproprietary Movement in East New Jersey, 1665-1707 ; Daniel J. Weeks; Lehigh University Press, (2001)