Hunterdon County, NJ Mortgage Deed Book 1, 220 BEGIN Mortgage deed from John Garrison of Amwell in the county if Hunterdon ? of New Jersey to Samuel Hill of the same place bearing date the eighth day of September Anno Domi 1775. For use that contain tract of land with the appertenances situate lying & being in Amwell aforesaid, beginning at an Ash Stump at the edge of Wm Chamberlain's Mill Pond, thence north 23 deg. 15 min. 27 ch. & 3 g.l. to a white oak tree ? the line of division between east & west Jersey, thence north 17 deg. 64 ch. & gd.l. along the division line to a small Hickory Tree also standing in said line & on the south side the Brunswick Road, thence along said road south forty five degrees west, to John Case's land, thence along said Case's land a south or nearly a south course 81 ch. & 40 l. to a post standing at the edge of the pond above mentioned, thence south ? deg. west 4 ch. & 42 l. to a small Hickory Tree, thence south ? deg. east 4 ch. & go.l. to a red oak tree standing on the north side of the Neshanning Brook, thence down said brook to the place of beginning - about seven acres of said land s excepted together ? to have & to hold ? principal sum of money due ? therein one bond from sd John Garrison & Samuel Hill his ? about or near seven years before the date here of conditioned for ? payment of [pounds]25 - with interest, one bond to Peter Peterson of Somerset County, about three or four years ago conditioned ? the payment of [pounds]30 - with interest - also one other bond to Joseph Smith the twenty-fourth day of March last, conditioned for the payment of forty pounds with interest, and also one other land ? the said Joseph Smith the day of the date thereof, conditioned ? payment of [pounds]30 - with interest, ? that if the sd John Garrison shall pay of and discharged the above mentioned bonds & the interest thereof due or to become due the sd Sam'l Hill being therein bound as a security, and shall save the sd Sam'l Hill harm less to the deed to be void ? - In witnessth [signed] John Garrison Sealed & delivered in the presence of James Brown, Mathw Lowrey, Joseph Smith Proved Feb 7th 1776 by Joseph Smith one of the witnesses - before Isaac Smith Recorded Feb. 7 1776 END "Hunterdon County Marriages 1795-1875", Hiram E. Deats, 1918 BEGIN Garrison, Rebecca and Joseph Johnson, June 26, 1796, 1-5 (Beavers). END from Roxanne Carkhuff ... BEGIN Pulled the GARRISON file in my "Inactive" files, paged through to Chester's report, #33: Rutgers University Library, New Brunswick, NJ Genealogical Society of New Jersey Colections Charles Carroll Gardner collection/Genealogical Dictionary Christ Church, New Brunswick Baptisms by missionary Rev. A. MacKean, "New Jersey Historical Society Proceedings," New Series volume 11, page 558: 7-9-1759 Baptized at Amwell, John, son of George and Mary Garrison 8-19-1759 Baptized at Amwell, John and Mary, children of John and Elizabeth Garrison As a minor point of correction, by reviewing... http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~lesk/church/lee/imagedb/images/Durnin_missionaries-2.jpg ...as posted at... http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~lesk/church/lee/rectors.htm ...it would appear that missionary "A. MacKean" was actually Robert McKean, the first Rector of Christ Church. An handwritten "R" could easily have been mistaken for an "A" somewhere along the way and Mc is simply an abbreviated form of Mac. END ARCHIVES of the STATE OF NEW JERSEY FIRST SERIES Vol. XXXIII VOL. IV OF CALENDAR OF WILLS COLONIAL HISTORY of the STATE OF NEW JERSEY FIRST SERIES— VOL. XXXIII CALENDAR OF NEW JERSEY WILLS, ADMINISTRATIONS, ETC. VOLUME IV— 1761-1770 EDITED BY A. VAN DOREN HONEYMAN OF COMMITTEE ON COLONIAL DOCUMENTS SOMERVILLE, N. J. The Unionist-Gazette Association, Printers 1928 BEGIN 1766, Nov. Koch, Henry, of Amwell Twsp., Hunterdon Co.; will of. Wife, Catherine, £12 every year. To Elizabeth Sneider, £25. To the children of my son, Barnard Koch, deceased, £50, being for their father's birthright. Grandson, Henry Koch, £50. Daughters, Margaret, and Maria, moveables. Lands to surviving children and my said son's surviving children; that is to say, my daughter, Margaret, who is espoused to Johan Christian Smith; my daughter, Maria, she is espoused to Jacobus Teats. Executors- John Garrison, Johan Kase and William Young. Witnesses - Henry Graff, William Ditz, Philip Yager. Proved May 10, 1768. 1768, May 9. Inventory, £186.13.3, made by Peter Young and Freegift Stout, Jr. 1770, May 24. Account by John Case and John Garrison, Executors of "Henry Cock." Lib. 12, p. 507; Lib. 15, p. 67. 1764, March 28. Kough, Barnet, of Amwell, Hunterdon Co. Int. Adm'x - Cristina Kough, widow of said Barnet. Fellowbondsman Adam Deeds; both of said place. Witness - John Garrison. 1764, March 27. Inventory, £84.13.1, made by John Case and John Garrison, Jr. 1764, May 15. Account by Christeen Kough, Adm'x. Lib. 11, p. 525. 1763, Dec. 6 Rockerfeller, Peter, Sr., of Amwell Twsp., Hunterdon Co., yeoman; will of. Son, William Rockafelt, my plantation in said Twsp., which was purchased of William Burlis, Samuel Green and Justis Gonce, bounded by Ezcal Rose, James Abits, Peter Fisher and Noah Hixson, and contains 275 acres. Son, Peter, £10. Daughter, Mary Gaber, moveables. Daughter, Ann Runk, moveables. Daughter, Elizabeth Johnson, moveables. My daughter. Else Snuke, has departed this life and left children, William, Ann, John and Peter, and they are to have goods. Daughter, Cristane, has married a man that uses her ill, that she cannot live with, and my Executors are to keep her's in their hands and give it to said Cristane, and, at her death, what is left given to her children. Executors- son, Peter, and Philip Peters. Witnesses - William Abit, John Garrison. Proved Aug. 16, 1766. 1766, Aug. 11. Inventory, £730.10.5, made by Jacob Snyder and William Abit. 1771, Dec. 23. Account by Executors. Paid legatees, as follows: Peter Rockafellar, Mary Caver, Ann Runk, Elizabeth Johnson, the children of Alice Snook, and Christian Miller. Lib. 12, p. 418; Lib. 14, p. 405. 1763, July 3. Wamback, George William, of Amwell Twsp., Hunterdon Co., yeoman; will of. My 212 acres in said Twsp., that I purchased of William Scouley and Jacob Burcham, I give to my 3 children, Henry, Elizabeth and Mary Wamback. Wife, Margret, £100. Son, Antoney, is not capable of providing for himself, therefore the others are to keep him for life. Executors - Jacob Snyder, Christian Wart and John Young. Witnesses- George Servis, John Garrison, John Yoager. Proved Aug. 15, 1763. 1763, July 28. Inventory, £277.12.0, made by Jonathan Smith and Richard Reed. 1764, June 14. Inventory, £44.19.1, made by Richard Reed and Jonathan Smith. "Goods found since the other Inventory was taken." 1766, June 16. Account by Executors. Lib. 11, p. 405 END Archives of the State of New Jersey, First Series; Documents Relating to the Colonial, Revolutionary & Post-Revolutionary History of the State of New Jersey, Volume XXXVIII; Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Administrations, Etc., Volume IX, 1796-1800; Edited and Indexed by Elmer T. Hutchinson; Newark, NJ, 1944. BEGIN 1796, Aug. 16. GARRISON, Hannah, of Sussex Co. Int. Adm’r – John GARRISON, of Bethlehem, Hunterdon Co. Fellowbondsman – James GARRISON, of Alexandria, Hunterdon Co. Lib. 36, p. 384; File 686S. END from https://wwwnet-dos.state.nj.us/DOS_ArchivesDBPortal/NJProprietors.aspx BEGIN TO: Samuel Hill (of Amwell) FROM: John Garrison (of Amwell) MORTGAGE. 7 acres. At the Edge of William Chamberlins Mill Pond, on the South side of the Brunswick Road; Amwell Township; Hunterdon County. For the sum of £25 Lawful Money. OTHERS NAMED: James Browne (Witness); John Case (Owner of adjoining land); William Chamberlin (Owner of adjoining land); Nathaniel Lowrey (Witness); Isaac Smith (Witness); Joseph Smith (Witness); Samuel W. Stockton (Clerk) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Hunterdon; Amwell Township; Mill Pond; Brunswick Road; Mills; Mill Lots; Roads, Streets, Highways, Paths 8 Sept 1775 Hunterdon Co Mortgage Volume 1 : Folio 220 (CHNCL014) END