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Early Families of Fenwick's Colony / Cumberland County, New Jersey

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The earliest permanent settlements in Cumberland County were along the Cohansey River. Between 1680 and 1700, settlers had begun to carve out of the South Jersey wilderness a home for themselves and their families.

Meaningful permanent settlement in what is now called Cumberland County dates from 1675 when John Fenwick purchased his tenth of West New Jersey from Lord John Berkeley. Fenwick established the town of Salem that same year, and in his will dated 1683 called for a second town to be built on the Cohansey Creek. Quakers came from Salem first, but were soon followed by Calvinists from New England and Long Island, naming the village Greenwich for the Connecticut community.

Cumberland County is bounded SSW. by Delaware bay, NW. by Salem County., NE. by Gloucester and Atlantic Counties., and SE. by Cape May Counties. It is about 20 in. long, breadth and width, and its extreme breadth, north and south, is 28 miles. It was included in Fenwick’s tenth, and was part of his colony. It formed a portion of Salem County until 1747, when it was erected into a separate county, and named by Gov. Belcher in honor of the Duke of Cumberland.. The county was, at its formation, divided into six townships, viz., Greenwich, Hopewell, Stow Creek, Fairfield, Deerfield, and Maurice River,—to which Miliville and Downe have since been added. Along on its SW. boundary, on the Delaware bay, is a tract of marshy land, varying from one to six miles in breadth. This marsh extends up the principal streams, Maurice river and Cohansey creek, for several miles. The surface of the county is level—its soil of alluvial formation, and generally a sandy loam, with some clay. A large portion of the NE. part is covered with a pine forest. Cumberland County is divided into eight townships, viz:

  • Deerfield
  • Downe
  • Fairfield
  • Greenwich
  • Hopewell
  • Maurice River
  • Millville
  • Stow Creek

Fairfield (now known as Fairton)

In May of 1697, a group of potential settlers from Long Island and from Fairfield, Connecticut purchased a tract of land in Cohansey. The Provincial Assembly voted that the township be called Fairfield and empowered it with the privileges of other townships. It was one of the six original townships of Cumberland County. Originally, the area of Fairfield included what are now Fairfield, Lawrence, Downe, Commercial Townships, and a part Millville, west of the Maurice River. It is about 11 miles long, 6 broad, and bounded northerly by Deerfield, Greenwich, and Hopewell, from the two last of which it is separated by the Cohansey river, E. by Miliville, and S. by Downe and the Delaware bay. The surface is generally level. Many of the present inhabitants are descendants of the Harrises and Ogdens from Fairfield, Connecticut; and the Batemans and Diaments from Long Island. The original Presbyterian church, First Presbyterian Church of South Jersey, now known as the Old Stone Church, was constituted by emigrants from Fairfield, in Connecticut, in the year 1697. Early ministers in Fairfield included Daniel Elmer and Jonathan Davis. The first school in Fairfield was Bennett Town School, sponsored by the Old Stone Church.

The first Baptists known to have settled in South Jersey came from Ireland and were members of a Baptist Church at Cleagh Keating in the County of Tipperary in the Province of Munster in the south of Ireland. They arrived here about 1683 and settled Back and Shrewsbury Necks, in Fairfield Township, including David Sheppard, Thomas Abbott, and William Button. From their names we see that their origin was likely in the large number of English Protestants who settled in Ireland after Cromwell. Another family was Holmes. Later, Welsh Baptists, part of the Rev. John Miles' church, from Swansea, Wales, who had settled at Swansea, Mass., came from there about 1687 and settled about on the north side of the Cohansey in Hopewell Township and became a regularly organized church with Rev. Timothy Brooks as pastor. The Welsh Baptists who arrived during the years 1642-1660 in company under the leadership of their Pastor John Miles included: the Ayars, Bowens, Bacons, Brooks, Davis, Barretts, and Sweineys, and perhaps others. They came from Swansea, Glamorgan Co., Wales and landed at Boston, Mass. and made a new settlement near there. They called it Swansea after their native place in Wales. (See The Cohansey Settlement section below.)

Old Stone Church, Fairfield

This deed was made June 9 1747 to Ebenezer Westcott, Deacon; Captain John Ogden, Deacon; William Bradford, Ephraim Dayton, Jeremiah Buck, Lieutenant; Edward Lummis, Lieutenant; David Ogden, Ensign; Matthew Parvin, Benjamin Davis, Thomas Bateman, Thomas Harris, Jun., Nathaniel Whitaker, Ebenezer Bower, James Rose Stephen Clark, Thomas Whitaker, John Garretson, Thomas Ogden, and Daniel Bateman. They were a committee chosen by the Church of Christ in Fairfield to receive the Release or Quit claim Deed from the pastor Though the church had been organized more than half a century and had been connected with the Presbytery about forty years yet it was still the Church of Christ and its officers were manifestly the pastor and the deacons only.

The Cohansey Settlement / Hopewell

About the year 1687, a little colony of Baptists located along the river called by the Indians "The Cohanso." The Cohansey River settlement (as it was called by the white settlers) was near the old town of Greenwich which lies near the mouth of the Cohansey River, in Cumberland County, (then Salem county) New Jersey. A few miles up the river from Greenwich the white settlers took up land and built a little log church. Rev. Thomas Killingsworth of Salem was their pastor until his death in 1709.

During the summer of 1690, a band of Welsh Baptists (mostly Seventh-Day worshippers) from Swansea, Mass. came to the Cohansey Settlement. Among these were Timothy Brooks, Sr. Timothy Brooks, Jr., the Bowens, Barretts and Swinneys. The Bowens and the Brooks moved farther inland to the section of Roadstown. Here, on the road leading to the Bridge, (Bridgeton) they bought farms and named their settlement, "Bowentown." The Barretts located on a run which is called to this day, "Barrett Run."

East Hampton, Long Island Families

See Long Island Genealogy for a list of East Hampton families that correspond to many of the early families of Cumberland County, to include: Mulford, Osborn, Dayton, Fithian, Stratton, and Shaw at a minimum.

Monmouth County Dutch Families

Conover and Bennett are of Dutch ancestry. The Bennett in Cumberland Co. is likely from Fairfield, CT and of British ancestry.

Ayars Family

In 1705, in the midst of land clearing and house building between the two commerce centers of Greenwich and Bridgeton, plantation owner Robert Ayars purchased some 3,000 acres of land for his children and grandchildren. Most of that land is where Shiloh now stands. In that day it was not uncommon to use landmarks for establishing boundaries, and Shiloh was marked off from a single oak tree. Ayars' children were Sabbath-keeping Baptists who built houses and established the borough of Cohansey Corners.

Bateman Family (Long Island or Woburn, Massachusetts?)

John Bateman, born in Woburn, Massachusetts, after his father's death in 1670, shared the estate of £348 with 3 brothers. He enlisted to fight in Philip's War, "and after the war settled, married…, and reared a family in Woburn." He married, 30 Jun 1681 at Woburn, Abigail Richardson of Worburn, daughter of Theophilus Richardson and Mary Champney. He (they?) later went to Cohansey, West Jersey, where he died before 26 May 1726. Of his children, two died young Abigail1 and William 1. John settled in Chester County, Pennsylvania. The others were Abigail2, John, Elizabeth, William2, Peter, Thomas, Job, Joseph, Timothy, and Daniel. Most of them settled in Cohansey, Cumberland County, later called Fairfield Township.

Bennett Family (Long Island or Fairfield, Connecticut)

Samuel Bennett came to Western New Jersey, reportedly from Holland, but it is more likely that this family was of British ancestry from either Fairfield, Connecticut or Long Island. He was the first to erect a saw and flour mill in Bennett Town (an area of Fairfield). His sons were Samuel, Jonathan, Nathaniel, Nathan, and Obadiah. The Bennetts lived in close proximity to the Batemans and the Bucks. Jonathan married Judith Buck. Samuel's daughter, Susanna, married Burgin Batemen. Samuel's son, Nathan, married Sarah Bateman.

Bereman / Berryman Family

Leonard Bereman moved down from Staten Island sometime after 1691. His daughter, Sarah, married Jeremiah Bennett.

Brooks Family (Swansea, Massachusetts)

About the year 1687, a little colony of Baptists located along the river called by the Indians "The Cohanso." The Cohansey River settlement (as it was called by the white settlers) was near the old town of Greenwich which lies near the mouth of the Cohansey River, in Cumberland County, (then Salem county) New Jersey. A few miles up the river from Greenwich the white settlers took up land and built a little log church. Rev. Thomas Killingsworth of Salem was their pastor until his death in 1709.

During the summer of 1690, a band of Welsh Baptists (mostly Seventh-Day worshippers) from Swansea, Mass. came to the Cohansey Settlement. Among these were Timothy Brooks, Sr. Timothy Brooks, Jr., the Bowens, Barretts and Swinneys. The Bowens and the Brooks moved farther inland to the section of Roadstown. Here, on the road leading to the Bridge, (Bridgeton) they bought farms and named their settlement, "Bowentown." The Barretts located on a run which is called to this day, "Barrett Run." Reverend Timothy Brooks (Sr & Jr) relocated from the same general New England area (Swansea) with the 'Bowen Company' in ~1700.

Buck Family

Dare Family

Bridges' Indian Field tract appears to have been subdivided for him into tracts of fifty acres, which he sold out as purchasers and settlers offered. One William Dare, described as of Cohansey, in the county of Salem, who probably came into this region with the Fairfield people, had located a tract of 100 acres of cedar swamp on Lebanon, as early as March, 1695-6. About 1700 he became the owner of two fifty-acre tracts.

Davis Family (Swansea, Massachusetts)

There is some dispute as to whether the various Davis families were related. One theory is that there were three brothers, John, Jonathan, and Daniel. John's branch settled in Pilesgrove, Salem, NJ. Jonathan's branch includes several prominent Seventh Day Baptist ministers, e.g., two Reverand Jonathan Davises and Elnathan Davis, the Surveryor General of New Jersey. Benjamin Davis, son of Daniel, settled in Cumberland county at Back Neck, a section of fertile land on the south side of the Cohansey river opposite Greenwich. He later moved to Deerfield.

The ancestors of the Davis Families which settled in South Jersey came to this country in the years 1642-1660 in company with a large number of Welsh Baptist emigrants under the leadership of their Pastor John Miles. In this land were the Bowens, Bacons, Brooks, Davis, Barretts, and Sweineys, and perhaps others. They came from Swansea, Glamorgan Co., Wales and landed at Boston, Mass. and made a new settlement near there. They called it Swansea after their native place in Wales.

Being persecuted however by the Puritans they soon left and a large number of these under the leadership of Timothy Brooks in the year 1687 came to New Jersey and settled about Bowenstown, Roadstown, and Shiloh.

Diament Family (Long Island)

Lois Diament was the wife of Samuel Bennett (1722). Jonathan, James, and Nathaniel Diament were March 22, 1756 signatories (see below).

Elmer Family (East Windsor, CT)

In the year 1727 Daniel Elmer emigrated to Fairton from Connecticut He was a young man and a clergyman of considerable note in his native State. He was a pastor of Fairfield Presbyterian church up to the time of his death which occurred in 1755. From him originated the Elmers of Cumberland county many of whom have been distinguished men in professional and civil life up to the present day.

Fithian Family (Long Island)

The first industries of the township were common to all early settlements. Samuel Fithian owned 1/8 share of the grist mill and the saw mill built at Forke Creek before 1702. The other owners are unknown, but it is believed that these mills were probably held in common—as would have been the practice in New England at that time. Previous to 1763, the site of the mill-dam was moved to near Clark’s Pond Road.

Harris Family (Fairfield, Connecticut)

Husted Family

Lummis Family (Ipswich, MA perhaps via Fairfield, CT)

Edward Lummis, son of Samuel and Sarah Smith Lummis, was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts October 12, 1665 died February 1740. About the year 1697 he removed from Massachusetts to Cohansey, Salem county, New Jersey, as shown by the following abstract of a deed. On May 3, 1607 John Bellowes of London, merchant, by his attorney, Thomas Budd, of Philadelphia, merchant, deeded to Thomas Jones, Jonathan Moorehouse, Joseph Seeleye, and Joseph Sayre, late of New England, now of Cesariae River, alias Cohansey, New Jersey planters, four hundred acres to be surveyed on said river. The grantees in this deed allotted the said land among themselves "ye first Twelve Adventurers yet settled on ye place" Thomas Jones, except, and John Bennett, Thomas Bennett Jr, John Bateman, Nicholas Johnson, John Mills, Joseph Grimes, Edward Lumis, Joseph Smith, John Smith, John Ogden, Joseph Wheeler, and others.

The provincial law enacted at in May 1697 enacts that the tract of land in Cohansey purchased by several lately inhabitants of Fairfield in New England be from and after the date hereof erected a township and be called Fairfield This law would indicate that Edward Lummis may been an inhabitant of Fairfield Connecticut before going to Cohansey New Jersey.

Nixon Family

Ogden Family (Long Island and Fairfield, CT)

John Ogden, son of Richard Ogden of Long Island and of Fairfield, Connecticut, was the first Ogden to arrive to Cumberland County, New Jersey. He was one of the signers of the 1697 Agreement in Fairfield. From him originated the many Ogdens in Cumberland County.

Osborn Family (Litchfield, CT)

Ethan Osborn was born on August 21, 1758 in Litchfield, Connecticut and died May 1, 1858 in Cumberland County, New Jersey. He shows up in the 1830, 1840, and 1850 Census in Cumberland County. He married Elizabeth Riley of Cumberland County. He was the only member of his immediate family to settle in New Jersey.

Moore Family

In 1752 Alexander Moore, of Cohansey Bridge, purchased of the agents of the West Jersey Society 990 acres, part of their 11,000 acre tract. This purchase begins on the Cohansey, a little above Pamphylia Spring, and runs several courses to Bridges' Indian Fields tract, striking it a little east of the beginning corner, thence along said tract, and several courses north of it to the Cohansey, something more than a mile above the town. By means of this deed, and of a release from one Pigeon, a claimant under Basse, of the tract connected with the Hancock mill, he became the owner of all that part of East Bridgeton lying west of Bridges' line. That line was probably so run in consequence of the mill tract being held by Hancock. Moore was of Irish descent, and was the first person who transacted much business at Cohansey Bridge. His grandson, the late Judge John Moore White, thought he came here about 1730, and married into the Reeve family. He accumulated a very handsome estate, built himself a good house near his store, on the north side of Commerce Street, near the corner of Water, in which a tavern was kept for many years after his death, and which was removed to make room for the present brick building about 1830. He died at a good old age in 1786, on the farm now attached to the poor-house, where he, and his son after him, had an establishment known as Moore Hall.

Parvin Family

Preston Family

Reeve Family

Riley Family

Sayre Family

Seeley Family

About 1753 William Dare, son of the William first above named, and Col. Ephraim Seeley, purchased of the agent of the West Jersey Society several hundred acres lying south of Bridge's tract, and east of the tract sold to Moore. Most of the Indian Field settlers, who were the first in the eastern part of Bridgeton, were from Fairfield. Among them, besides Dare, were Riley and Loomis — or Lummis, as the name has been since written — and Hood. Robert Hood's tract was a part of the Society land, purchased by him at an early date.

Shaw Family (Long Island)

Descendants of Edmund Shaw of Long Island, New York.

Sheppard Family (Cleagh Keating, County Tipperary)

David Sheppard and his brothers (or cousins), John, James, and Joseph, were among the first settlers of Cumberland County. They came from Ireland and were members of a Baptist Church at Cleagh Keating in the County of Tipperary in the Province of Munster in the south of Ireland. They arrived here about 1683 and settled Back and Shrewsbury Necks, in Fairfield Township. In 1733, Watson’s Ferry connected Greenwich with Fairfield Township. In 1767 the ferry was taken over by John Sheppard. For many years, the ferry was powered by a horse located on the Fairton side. Economic pressures put the ferry out of business in 1838.

Stratton Family (Long Island)

Benjamin Stratton, son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Edwards was born circa 1675 in East Hampton, Long Island and moved with his wife, Mary, to Fairfield, Cumberland County. He died before September 1716. His son Benjamin was born 1701 in Fairfield and married Abigail Preston.

Swing Family

It is quite possible that Methodism reached Fairfield via the Methodist Circuit Riders, however, the earliest record of Methodism was in the late 1790’s. Michael Swing, the pioneer Methodist Preacher purchased a farm at New England Town in 1790 from the Reverend Daniel Elmer. The Year 1791 officially marked an organized Methodist Society with Micheal Swing ordained as the local Preacher. A Methodist Meeting House was built in during 1819-20 on the road from Fairton to Back Neck, directly in front of the old graveyard of the Fairfield Presbyterian Church. As long as it existed (1866) the church was known as “Swing’s Meeting House”. The new church was built in Fairton Village and dedicated on January of 1867.

Thompson Family

Zadoc Thompson March 22d, 1756 signatory

Westcott / Westcote Family

David, Joseph, Jonathan March 22d, 1756 signatories

Whitaker Family

Richard Whitaker (1644 - 1710) arrived on The Griffin with John Fenwick. Richard Whitaker became a prominent man in the colony at Salem soon after landing. An agreement entered into between Fenwick and the purchasers of land in his tenth dated June 25, 1676 providing that each purchaser of 500 acres of land should have sixteen acres thereof laid out to him in the town limits bears the signatures of ten of the first settlers including Richard Whitaker. On July 5m 1676 he took the oath as one of the Council of Government of West Jersey by the proprietors a position he retained until 1702 .Hancock's farm of 868 acres of land is designated in the warrant for its survey as Whitacre's Plantation but in the return of survey as Hancock's Hurst Richard Whitaker married Elizabeth Adkin of Alloways Creek on March 17, 1679 by whom he had one daughter Elizabeth. About 1685 he removed with his family to the south side of Cohansey Creek and settled on a large tract of land near what is now known as New Englandtown the locality being known as Herring Row. George Provoe of Alloways Creek, cordwainer, in his will dated August 1. 1688 refers to eight of his cattle being cared for by Richard Whitaker and devises the increase of these cattle to Elizabeth Whitaker wife of Richard and also leaves a money legacy to Elizabeth the daughter.

Other Families

The ancestors of the Potter, Ewing, Fithian, Westcott, and Bateman families also came from New England and settled at Cohansey in the latter part of the seventeenth or early in the eighteenth century They have held an influential position in Cumberland county for several generations (as of 1876 writing).

Old Stone Church (First Presbyterian Church of South Jersey)

The monument erected at the entrance of the old burying ground bears the following inscription:

"IN MEMORY of the true and good men and women who coming in the seventeenth century founded here on the Cohansey, THE CHURCH OF CHRIST IN FAIRFIELD. It came under the care of the Presbytery of West Jersey, May 19, 1708. This monument is erected by their descendants and the Presbytery of West Jersey, June 15, 1909. REV. THOMAS BRIDGE WAS THEIR MINISTER."

"Signers of Agreement in Fairfield, June 10, 1697."

  • Bateman, John
  • Bellnap, Samuel
  • Bennett, John
  • Bennett, Thomas
  • Chatfield, John
  • Curtis, Joshua
  • Dallglesh, Robert
  • Foster, Samuel
  • Griffin, John
  • Grimes, Joseph
  • Hauna, Michael
  • Johnson, Nicholas
  • Jones, Thomas
  • Kernes, Thomas
  • Lummis, Edward
  • Mills, John
  • Morehouse, Jonathan
  • Ogden John, the the son of Richard Ogden of Long Island and of Fairfield, Connecticut
  • Roberts, John
  • Sayre, Joseph
  • Seelye, Joseph
  • Smith, Eleazar
  • Smith, John
  • Smith, Joseph
  • Wheeler, Joseph
  • Wescott, Daniel

March 22d, 1756 signatories Old Stone Church

"March 22d, 1756. Fairfield, in Cumberland.

We, whose names are underwritten, do mutually Promise
and Agree to call Mr. Ramsay to the pastoral care of this Congregation, and to give him Eighty pounds Proclamation, per annum, for our Lawful Minister : To be levied on our estates both Real and Personal, which are subject to rates in the Provincial Tax. Our Lands and Certainties to be valued by a Committee, by us to be chosen and appointed for the purpose :

  • Daniel Elmer,
  • Thomas Bateman,
  • Thomas Ogden,
  • Thomas Whitecar,
  • Ephraim Buck,
  • John Powell,
  • Nathaniel Diament,
  • Henry Peirson,
  • Jonathan Lorance,
  • Robt. Low,
  • Jeremiah Buck,
  • David Ogden,
  • Israel Petty,
  • Edward Lomis,
  • Abraham Sayre,
  • David Husted,
  • Joseph Ogden,
  • David Westcote,
  • James Diament,
  • James Ray,
  • Benjamin Stratton,
  • Joseph Westcote,
  • Jonathan Westcote,
  • Thomas Joslane,
  • Zadoc Thompson,
  • William Dickson,
  • Jonathan Stratton,
  • Ephriam Harris,
  • Daniel Westcote,
  • Joseph Seeley,
  • Amos Ireland,
  • Nathan Lorance,
  • Jonathan Diament,
  • David Fithian,
  • Jeremiah Nickson,
  • Henry Sparks,
  • Daniel Bateman,
  • Moses Husted.

Source: https://archive.org/stream/bicentennialcele00fair/bicentennialcele0...

Other Early Families

In addition to the names upon the monument, a partial hst of the heads of families who early settled within the limits of Fairfield township, or immediate vicinity, is here given. Not all were Presbyterians however; some were Friends, others Baptists, and worshipped elsewhere. A few among the number removed to other set- tlements after a few years residence.

  • Abbot, Thomas, died 1718.
  • Alderman, Thomas and Alderman, Mary. Thomas died in 1715.
  • Alexander, Samuel
  • Allen, Ebenezer and Allen, Mary. Ebenezer died in 1716.
  • Ayars, Robert and Ayars, Hester. "Removed to Shiloh."
  • Bagley, Charles
  • Barns, Samuel and Barns, Patience Barns, his widow, who died in 1716.
  • Bennett, Jeremiah
  • Berriman, Leonard
  • Bishop, Nathaniel and Bishop, Sarah. He died April 24, 1723.
  • Bishop, John
  • Brooks, Isaac
  • Brooks, John Brooks
  • Brooks, Josiah Brooks, died about 1732.
  • Buck, Henry and Buck, Rachel. He died February 1725-6.
  • Buck, Henry Jr. and Buck, Ruth, his wife. He died March 1725-6.
  • Button, William
  • Clarke, William and Clarke, Patience. He died about 1702.
  • Dare, Captain William
  • Dare, William Jr.
  • Davis, Benjaman. "Removed, and settled in Deerfield."
  • Dioment, Thomas
  • Dixon, Anthony. Died about 1728.
  • Douglas, Robert.
  • Eastland, Joseph and Eastland, Ann. Joseph died in 1728.
  • Eldridge, Capt. Ezekiel and wife Eldridge, Sarah. He died 1710
  • Fairbanks, Thomas.
  • Fithian, John, died about 1702
  • Fithian, Jonathan
  • Fithian, Samuel and Fithian, Priscilla. Samuel died in 1702,
  • Fithin, Samuel Jr. "Removed to Greenwich."
  • Fithian, Josiah. "Removed to Greenwich."
  • Francis, James
  • Fullerton, James, merchant. Died about 1729.
  • Furbush, Thomas, died 1701 or 1702.
  • Garret Garrison.
  • Jacob Garrison, wife Christiana. He died 1708 or 1709.
  • John Garrison.
  • Edmund Gilman, wife Hannah. He died in 1715.
  • John Gilman, Sen., died 1695.
  • Rachel Gihnan, widow of John, died 1695 or 1696.
  • John Green and his wife Ursula. He died in 1696.
  • Stephen Halford.
  • Richard Hancock. He died in 1689.
  • Thomas Harris.
  • Robert Hood.
  • William Johnson and wife Frances. He died in 1694.
  • Hezekiah Lare.
  • Nathan Lorrance.
  • Thomas Maskell. Removed to Greenwich, died in 1712.
  • WilHam and Mary Mulford. William died in 1719.
  • Joseph and Joyce Newcomb. He died 1732, or 1733.
  • Jeremiah Nixon. He died about 1727.
  • John Nixon.
  • Jonathan Ogden.
  • Richard and Elizabeth Ogden. Richard died in 1726.
  • Samuel Ogden. Removed to Deerfield.
  • Nicholas Osborn.
  • James Padgett.
  • Thomas Parvin.
  • William Paulin.
  • James Peirce. He died in 1694.
  • William and Ruth Pope. He died in 1715.
  • Howell and Elizabeth Powell. He died in 1716.
  • Levi Preston.
  • Mark Reeve, wife Ann. He died in 1694.
  • Joseph Riley.
  • David Sayre.
  • Ebenezer Sayre. Died 1725 or 1726.
  • Elisha Sayre. Died 1726, probably unmarried.
  • Ephraim Sayre, wife Sarah. He died in 1715-6.
  • Joseph Sayre, wife Priscilla. He died in 1710.
  • Joseph Sayre, wife Margaret. He died 17 15 or 1716.
  • Benjamin Seely.
  • Ephraim Seelye, wife Mary. He died 1722-3.
  • Edmund Shavy, Sen., wife Rachel. He kept the first inn in Fairfield, as early as 1698. He died in 1719.
  • John Shaw.
  • William Shattock. Removed to East Jersey.
  • David Shepherd, wife Eve. He died 1695, she in 1710.
  • Dickeson Shepherd.
  • Enoch Shepherd, wife Elizabeth. He died in 1717.
  • James Shepherd. He died in 1690.
  • James and Eve Shepherd. He died in 1713.
  • John Shepherd. Died in 1710.
  • John Shephard. He died in 1715-6, unmarried.
  • Joseph and Ann Shepherd. He died in 1728.
  • Mary Shepherd. She died in 1713-14.
  • Jonathan Smith.
  • Solomon Smith. Removed to Burlington.
  • Thomas and Ann Smith. He died in 1692. She married Thomas Yard, who left her a widow in 1695.
  • Benjamin and Mary Stratton. He died in 1716.
  • Philip and Hannah Vickary. He died in 1703.
  • Joseph Wheeler.
  • Richard Whitacar and Elizabeth Whitacar. He died about 1709.
  • Richard Whitaker and Abigail Whitacar. He died in 1718-9
  • William Worth. Removed to Shrewsbury.

Other names from early Fairfield documents are: Abigail, Rebecca and Peter Bateman; Marj' Bowen; Edward Burrows; Richard Butcher; Hugh Chard; John Clarke; William Couseus; David Foster; Joseph Hodge; James Hudson; Samuel Hunter; John Jones; Stephen Leek; Restore Lippencott; Richard Mathis; James Moir; John Peirpoint; Israel and William Petty; Joseph Rogers; James Robbenson; Roger Ryderwood; James Silver; Alexander Smith; Thomas Vaughn; William Waithman and Samuel Wescott.

The settlement of the New England people in Fairfield was early called "New England Town," and "New England Cross Roads," names now seldom heard.

Families: Abbott, Ayars, Bateman, Bennett, Berryman, Brooks, Burrows, Butcher, Button, Chard, Dare, Davis, Diament, Elmer, Fithian, Harris, Holmes, Johnson, Lippencott, Lummis, Maskell, Nixon, Ogden, Parvin, Reeve, Riley, Sayre, Seelye, Shaw, Sheppard, Stratton, Westcott, Wheeler, Whitacar.

Deerfield

Hopewell

Families: Brooks

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