1807 New Jersey Supreme Court Case: Joseph TAYLOR v. Benjamin ALLINGTON, Junior
Source: New Jersey Supreme Court Case Number 39794, Joseph Taylor v. Benjamin Allington, 1807. Located in New Jersey Archives, Trenton, New Jersey. [John DEN and Richard FEN are aliases, like John DOE and Richard ROE. A Messuage is a dwelling house with its outbuildings and adjoining lands. In September 1806 it sounds like Joseph Taylor … Read more
1774 to 1802 TAX RATABLES: including Christopher GARDNER, Benjamin ALLINGTON, and Anthony DOUGHERTY
Source: New Jersey Tax Ratables on microfilm in Morristown and Morris Township Public Library, Morristown New Jersey [The ratables lists are incomplete for New Jersey, so they don’t cover every year for every township. It looks like Benjamin ALLENTON lived in Pequannock from about 1778 (earlier?) to 1783. I think this is my relative Benjamin … Read more
1790 Tax Ratable: Anthony DOUGHERTY in Saddle River Township, Bergen County, New Jersey
Source: New Jersey Tax Ratables for Saddle River Township, Bergen County, New Jersey, located on microfilm in Morristown and Morris Township Public Library. [I know this is my ancestor Anthony Dougherty, because… (1) …of an 1813 Sussex County deed between one of his heirs, Mary Dougherty, and Leonard Devenport. The Devenport land Mary buys straddles … Read more
1744 Cattle Brand: Thomas ALLERTON’s mark in Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey
Source: Morris Town Book, 1740-1834 (Microfilm MF LH 0051 in Morristown and Morris Township Public Library, Morristown NJ) [I have a theory that my ancestor Benjamin Allenton, Senior is the same person as the Benjamin Allerton who was baptized in the First Presbyterian Church of Morristown in 1747. My Benjamin Allenton, Senior of Pequannock is … Read more
1804 Court Case: Sale of lands of Christopher GARDNER, for damages to be paid to Thomas OSBURN
Source: Sussex County County Clerk’s Office Hall of Records Deed Book R, Page 360 [In 1804, the Sussex County Court of Common Pleas ordered that Christopher Gardner pay Thomas Osburn $372.73 in damages. He didn’t have enough money to pay, so the County Sheriff seized Christopher Gardner’s land and auctioned it off in 1807. Christopher … Read more
Location: CANISTEAR
[Lots of Boyds lived around the village of Canistear, in Sussex County, New Jersey. Canistear was in Hardiston Township, until it became part of Vernon Township when Vernon was formed from Hardiston in 1793. Canistear was destroyed in the late 1800's when the City of Newark bought up property in the area and flooded it … Read more
1820 Deed: John DOUGHERTY and Wife to William BOYD
Source: Sussex County Clerk’s Office Hall of Records Vault, Deed book X2, page 61 [I think you can see this property in the 1860 Hopkins map of Sussex County. In an 1813 deed, Mary Dougherty bought this property from Leonard Devenport. She sold half of it to William Boyd and half of it to John … Read more
1818 Deed: John J. SMITH and Wife to William BOYD
Source: Sussex County Clerk’s Office Hall of Records Vault, Deed book X2, page 60 [I think you can see this property in the 1860 Hopkins map of Sussex County. In an 1813 deed, Mary Dougherty bought this property from Leonard Devenport. She sold part of it to William Boyd and part of it to John … Read more
1813 Deed: Leonard and Mary DEVENPORT to Mary DOUGHERTY
Source: Sussex County Clerk’s Office Hall of Records Vault, Deed book: Leonard and Mary Devenport to Mary Dougherty [An 1818 Sussex County deed between John Dougherty, William Boyd and Wife, John J. Smith and Wife, and James Dougherty shows that this Mary Dougherty (who later married John J. Smith) was an heir of Anthony Dougherty, … Read more
1818 Quit Claim: heirs of Anthony DOUGHERTY, War of 1812 Veteran, to James DOUGHERTY
Source: Sussex County Clerk’s Office Hall of Records Vault, Deed book: John Dougherty, William Boyd and Wife and John J. Smith and Wife to James Dougherty [This proves that William Boyd’s wife Margaret was the daughter of Anthony Dougherty, and that Anthony Dougherty fought in the War of 1812. This deed is a quit claim. … Read more
