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Lake, [Unrecorded] (Owner of adjoining land) (Named)	TO: [Unrecorded] Griffith (Doctor); John Johnston (Doctor) (Deceased; Heirs and Assigns of); James Parker (at the request of Doctor Griffith)
FROM: Thomson Stille (Sheriff)
SURVEY AND MAP; AND CORRESPONDENCE AND NOTE. 57.35 acres. Along a road; Newark Township; Essex County. Surveyed for 72.13 acres strict measure; remaining for 55.70 acres [corrected to 57.35 acres] strict measure, after deducting 14.78 acres for surveys within the bounds. By virtue of a deed to James Parker from Sheriff Thomson Stille, dated December 17, 1787, for all the shares and rights of location due on a warrant to the Heirs or Assigns of Doctor John Johnston, deceased; warrant dated December 17, 1785, to survey 1,135 acres anywhere except Romopock and the Sussex Allotments. Includes a letter to the Surveyor General from James Parker, dated at New Brunswick, March 22, 1790; requesting a return of this survey made at the request of Doctor Griffith, and that he ignore a prior survey made by [Thomas] Ball at the request of _ Wade; and reflecting on his lack of trust in Ball. File also includes a note concerning a search for a survey of the adjoining land belonging to Elias Boudinot. (See also: S8, 356).
OTHERS NAMED: [Unrecorded] Ball (Deputy Surveyor) ([In correspondence]); Jacobus Barns (Present at survey); Elias Boudinot (Owner of adjoining land); Ephraim Cook (Chain Bearer); John Glean (Present at survey); Richard Harrison (Owner of adjoining land; also Chain Bearer); Samuel Hayes (Deputy Surveyor) (Signatory); [Unrecorded] Lake (Owner of adjoining land); John Rutherfurd (Surveyor General); [Unrecorded] Wade (Owner of adjoining land; [also noted in correspondence])
LOCATIONS: East Jersey; Essex; Excepting certain purchases; Newark; Roads, Streets, Highways, Paths 	4 Feb 1790	EJ Loose Records : S8-356 (64503) (PEASJ003)


Lake, [Unrecorded] (Owner of adjoining land) (Named)	TO: John Johnston (Doctor) (Heirs and Assigns of; Sold by Sheriff); James Parker (at the request of Jonathan Wade); Jonathan Wade (Also owner of adjoining plantation)
FROM: Thomson Stelle (Sheriff of Middlesex)
SURVEY AND MAP. 15.17 acres. Canoe Brook; Newark Township; Essex County. (See also: S10, 57).
OTHERS NAMED: Samuel Hayes (Deputy Surveyor) (Signatory); Lemuel Johnson (Owner of adjoining land); [Unrecorded] Lake (Owner of adjoining land); David Ogden (Owner of adjoining land); John Rutherfurd (Surveyor General); Nathaniel Wade (Chain Bearer); Obadiah Wade (Chain Bearer)
LOCATIONS: East Jersey; Essex; Newark; Canoe Brook; Canoe Brook Swamp; Plantations 	24 Jun 1791	EJ Loose Records : S10-57(b) (64801) (PEASJ003)


Lake, Commisary (Owner of adjoining land) (Named)	TO: John Rattoone (Esquire) (at the request of Daniel Taylor); Daniel Taylor; Edward Taylor (Deceased; Heirs and Assigns of)
FROM: Peter Knott
SURVEY AND MAP. 8.57 acres. Canoe Brook; North of the road from Newark to Hanover; Essex County. (See also: S15, 17).
OTHERS NAMED: Andrew Bell (Deputy Surveyor General); Samuel Hayes (Deputy Surveyor) (Signatory); Daniel Hendrickson (Executor of Edward Taylor, deceased; Former owner of land); Benjamin Johnson (Chain Bearer); Lemuel Johnson (Present at survey); Commisary Lake (Owner of adjoining land); Philip Royle (Owner of adjoining house); John Rutherfurd (Surveyor General); Obadiah Smith (Present at survey); Peter Smith (Chain Bearer); John Taylor (Executor of Edward Taylor, deceased; Former owner of land)
LOCATIONS: East Jersey; Essex; Canoe Brook; Canoe Brook Swamp; Road from Newark to Hanover; Houses, Buildings, Structures, Cabins; Roads, Streets, Highways, Paths 	6 Dec 1799	EJ Loose Records : S15-17 (67654) (PEASJ003)