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... Council & Creast of N.J. Staffordshire . nin Smith of Rossdale Abbey Yorkshire . ( as quartered by ) John Smith Lord Viscountfort . Edward Selby - Smith , Smith & Hammersmith , Captain Queenshonals . Middlesex . 1 10 THE BURLINGTON ...
... Council & Creast of N.J. Staffordshire . nin Smith of Rossdale Abbey Yorkshire . ( as quartered by ) John Smith Lord Viscountfort . Edward Selby - Smith , Smith & Hammersmith , Captain Queenshonals . Middlesex . 1 10 THE BURLINGTON ...
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... Council , and Sir George Carteret , of Saltrum , in the County of Devon , Knight , and one of the Privy Council , and their heirs and assigns forever , All that tract of land adjacent to New England , and lying and being to the westward ...
... Council , and Sir George Carteret , of Saltrum , in the County of Devon , Knight , and one of the Privy Council , and their heirs and assigns forever , All that tract of land adjacent to New England , and lying and being to the westward ...
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... councils . at this time still owned by persons re- maining in England , though a minority of the whole number of proprietors , these persons , among whom was Byllinge , were quietly permitted for a time , by the settler proprietors , to ...
... councils . at this time still owned by persons re- maining in England , though a minority of the whole number of proprietors , these persons , among whom was Byllinge , were quietly permitted for a time , by the settler proprietors , to ...
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... council , may and shall issue out writs to convene the assembly sooner , to consider and answer the necessities of the people of the said province . " This assembly , the first convened in New Jersey , sat from the 21st to the 28th of ...
... council , may and shall issue out writs to convene the assembly sooner , to consider and answer the necessities of the people of the said province . " This assembly , the first convened in New Jersey , sat from the 21st to the 28th of ...
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... councils they seldom or never interrupted or contradicted one another ; if ever so many were in company , only two must speak to ... Council of New Jer- sey , and of the first Indian Aid Society , were much concerned in early legislation ...
... councils they seldom or never interrupted or contradicted one another ; if ever so many were in company , only two must speak to ... Council of New Jer- sey , and of the first Indian Aid Society , were much concerned in early legislation ...
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10th mo 9th mo A. D. Born A. D. Children A. D. Died A. D. Married A. D. TABLE Abigail agreeable ancestors Anna Anne assembly Bowne Bramham Bringhurst brother Burlington Smiths Byllinge Charles Children of Samuel Children of William council Coxe Daniel Smith daughter of 9 daughter of William dear Hannah Delaware descendants Died young Dillwyn Drinker Earl Edward Edward Pole EIGHTH eldest Elizabeth England Eyre father female line Friends George governor Green Hill Henry Hessians Indians James Logan John Smith Joseph Junior land Levick Longstreth Lord Manuel Eyre Margaret Mary Smith meeting Morris NINTH o'clock Pemberton Penn Pennsylvania Perot person Philadelphia Pole proprietors province Quakers Rachel Rachel Smith Rebecca Richard Smith Robert Smith rode Samuel Smith Sarah Stenton Stewardson TENTH Thomas tion to-day told took town West Jersey Wetherill wife William Lovett William Lovett Smith William Smith Yorkshire
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Page 105 - Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, And thine health shall spring forth speedily : And thy righteousness shall go before thee ; The glory of the Lord shall be thy rereward. Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer; Thou shalt cry, and He shall say, Here I am.
Page 196 - Wasse; there we lay a foundation for after ages to understand their liberty as men and christians, that they may not be brought in bondage, but by their own consent; for we put the power in the people...
Page 74 - You shall take especial care that God Almighty be devoutly and duly served throughout your government, the Book of Common Prayer, as by law established, read on each Sunday and holiday ; and the blessed sacrament administered according to the rites of the Church of England.
Page 129 - I got to this place by 7; and had no small Satisfaction in seeing the pretty Creatures, the young Ladies, traversing the place from Stall to Stall where they cou'd make the best Market, some with their Maid behind them with a Basket to carry home the Purchase, Others that were designed to buy but trifles, as a little fresh Butter, a Dish of Green Peas, or the like, had Good Nature and Humility enough to be their own Porters...
Page 74 - And whereas we are willing to recommend unto the said Company, that the said Province may have a constant and sufficient supply of Merchantable Negroes, at moderate Rates, in Money or Commodities, so you are to take especial Care, that Payment be duly made, and within a competent time according to their Agreements.
Page 38 - That no man, nor number of men upon earth, hath power or authority to rule over men's consciences in religious matters...
Page 30 - York, his heirs and assigns, all that part of the main land of New England, beginning at a certain place called or known by the name of St. Croix, next adjoining to New Scotland in America...
Page 80 - ... and we cannot but be very uneasy, when we find by these new methods of government, our liberties and properties so much shaken, that no man can say he is master of either, but holds them as tenant by courtesy, and at will, and may be stript of them at pleasure: Liberty is too valuable a thing to be easily parted with...
Page 83 - the General Assembly of the province of New Jersey, that complains, and not the Quakers, with whose persons (considered as Quakers) or meetings we have nothing to do ; nor are we concerned in what your excellency says against them; they, perhaps, will think themselves obliged to vindicate their meetings, from the aspersions which your excellency, so liberally, bestows upon them, and evince to the world how void of rashness and inconsideration your excellency's expressions are, and how becoming it...
Page 49 - I have observed, that fruit trees in this country destroy themselves by the very weight of their fruit. As for venison and fowls, we have great plenty. We have brought home to our houses, by the Indians, seven or eight fat bucks of a day, and sometimes put by as many, having no occasion for them ; and fish in their season, very plenteous.