from https://wwwnet-dos.state.nj.us/DOS_ArchivesDBPortal/NJProprietors.aspx BEGIN TO: Enoch Doughty; Jonathan Pitney FROM: SURVEY AND MAP. 918.68 acres. Beach Thoroughfare; Duck Thoroughfare; Jonathan Thoroughfare; Newfound Thoroughfare; Pitneys Island; Absecon Beach; Great Egg Harbor Township; Atlantic County. [Warrant Date: 27 Dec 1852]. (See also: Book CC, 272; Book HH, 243; Book HH, 254-256). OTHERS NAMED: Daniel Adams (Owner of adjoining land); John Clement (Deputy Surveyor) (Signatory); [Unrecorded] Homer (Homer's house; Owner of adjoining land); Simon Lake (and Others; Owner of adjoining land); Chalkley Leeds (Chalkley Leeds's house; Owner of adjoining land) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Atlantic; Great Egg Harbor Township; Absecon Beach; Islands; Shoreland, Beaches, Strand; Beach Thoroughfare; Duck Thoroughfare; Jonathan Addams Thoroughfare (waterway); Newfound Thoroughfare; Thoroughfare; Pitney Island; Houses, Buildings, Structures, Cabins 5 Jan 1853 WJ Loose Records : 1853 - Pitney, Jonathan (OV-A) (58557) (PWESJ004) TO: Enoch Doughty; Jonathan Pitney FROM: Stephen Colewell (Executor of Samuel Richards) SURVEY. 918.68 acres. By the intersection of Duck and Beach Thoroughfares; Absecon Beach; Great Egg Harbor Township; Atlantic County. [Warrant Date: 2 May 1837]. (See also: Book T, 153; Book X, 120-123; Book CC, 272; Book HH, 243; Book of Warrants A, 130). OTHERS NAMED: Daniel Adams (and Others; Owners of adjoining land); John Clement, Jr. (Deputy Surveyor); George Clymer (Former owner of land rights); Daniel Ellis (Former owner of land rights); Abraham Hewlings (Former owner of land rights); [Unrecorded] Horner (Horner's house; Owner of adjoining land); Simon Lake (and Others; Owners of adjoining land); Chackley Leeds (Chackley Leeds's house; Owner of adjoining land); Samuel Meredith (Former owner of land rights); Samuel Richards (Esquire) (Executors of; Former owner of land); Thomas Rodman (Former owner of land rights); William Smith (Former owner of land rights); Franklin Woolman (Surveyor General; Signatory; Also former owner of land); Thomas B. Woolman (Clerk) (Signatory) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Atlantic; Great Egg Harbor Township; Absecon Beach; Shoreland, Beaches, Strand; Beach Thoroughfare; Duck Thoroughfare; Thoroughfare; Houses, Buildings, Structures, Cabins 5 Jan 1853 Book HH (WJ Surveys) : Folio 254-256 (PWESJ004) TO: Simon Lake FROM: William Morris Cooper (Esquire) SURVEY. 2409.2 acres. On the Northwardly side of the Island or Beach known as Pecks Beach at a post in the Mouth of a small creek called oil Creek where it flows into Beach Thoroughfare; Upper Township; Cape May County. OTHERS NAMED: Henry S. Haines (Deputy Surveyor); Franklin Woolman (Surveyor General) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Cape May; Upper Township; Islands; Pecks Beach; Beach Thoroughfare; Oil Creek 27 Jan 1880 Book HH (WJ Surveys) : Folio 514 (PWESJ004) TO: Simon Lake (of Pleasantville, Atlantic County) FROM: SURVEY AND MAP [2 COPIES]. 2409.2 acres. On the north side of the island or beach known as Pecks Beach; at the mouth of a creek called Oil Creek; where it flows into Beach Thoroughfare; along the Atlantic Ocean; Cape May County. OTHERS NAMED: Henry Haines (Deputy Surveyor) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Cape May; Islands; Pecks Beach; Shoreland, Beaches, Strand; Atlantic Ocean; Beach Thoroughfare; Oil Creek 27 Jan 1880 WJ Loose Records : 1880 - Lake, Simon (57732) (PWESJ004) TO: Charles Mathews, Jr. (of Pennsylvania) FROM: SURVEY AND MAP. 476.05 acres. Atlantic Ocean; At the mouth of Oil Creek where it flows into Beach Thoroughfare; On the North side of an island or beach known as Pecks Beach; Upper Township; Cape May County. Surveyed for 914 70/100 acres; Remaining for 476 5/100 acres with exceptions. (See also: Book S6, 185; Book HH, 514; Book JJ, 21). OTHERS NAMED: Henry S. Haines (Deputy Surveyor) (Signatory); Simon Lake (Owner of adjoining land); Richard Somers (Owner of adjoining land) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Cape May; Ocean; Upper Township; Islands; Pecks Beach; Shoreland, Beaches, Strand; The Inlet; Atlantic Ocean; Beach Thoroughfare; Oil Creek; Thoroughfare 29 Dec 1881 WJ Loose Records : 1881 - Mathews, Charles Jr. (56699) (PWESJ004) TO: Charles Matthews, Jr. FROM: Henricks Cooper (Executor of William Morris Cooper, deceased); William Morris Cooper (Deceased; Executors of); Emmer Roberts (Executor of William Morris Cooper, deceased) SURVEY. 476.08 acres. On the Northwardly side of the Island or Beach known as Pecks beach at a post in the Mouth of a small Creek called Oil Creek where it flows from Beach Thoroughfare; Upper Township; Cape May County. OTHERS NAMED: Henry S. Haines (Deputy Surveyor); Simon Lake (Owner of adjoining land); Franklin Woolman (Surveyor General) LOCATIONS: West Jersey; Cape May; Upper Township; Pecks Beach; Beach Thoroughfare; Oil Creek 29 Dec 1881 Book JJ (WJ Surveys) : Folio 21 (PWESJ004) END CENSUS YR: 1850 STATE or TERRITORY: NJ COUNTY: Atlantic DIVISION: Egg Harbor Township REEL NO: M432-442 PAGE NO: 3 BEGIN ========================================================================================================================= LN HN FN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE OCCUP. VAL. BIRTHPLACE MRD. SCH. R/W DDB ========================================================================================================================= 21 18 18 Robinson Isaac 76 M W Farmer 50 NJ X 22 18 18 Robinson Ruhamah 66 F W NJ X 23 18 18 Lake Abigail A. 13 F W NJ X END CENSUS YR: 1850 STATE or TERRITORY: NJ COUNTY: Atlantic DIVISION: Egg Harbor Township REEL NO: M432-442 PAGE NO: 53 BEGIN ========================================================================================================================= LN HN FN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE OCCUP. VAL. BIRTHPLACE MRD. SCH. R/W DDB ========================================================================================================================= 24 396 403 Lake Simon 36 M W Farmer 1,200 NJ 25 396 403 Lake Sarah 38 F W NJ 26 396 403 Lake Ezra 16 M W Farmer NJ X 27 396 403 Lake Mary A. 15 F W NJ X 28 396 403 Lake Abigail A. 13 F W NJ X 29 396 403 Lake Anna M. 10 F W NJ X 30 396 403 Lake Frances A. 9 F W NJ X 31 396 403 Lake Simon W. 7 M W NJ X 32 396 403 Lake James E. 6 M W NJ X 33 396 403 Lake Christopher 2 M W NJ END