History of Monmouth County, New Jersey
Franklin Ellis
1885


Joseph H. Holmes, born July 28, 1824, on the family homestead, the son of
Daniel and Rhoda (Van Mater) Holmes, married Sept. 19, 1848, Ann Crawford,
daughter of James Crawford of Raritan Township; the children of Joseph
H. and Ann (Crawford) Holmes were: Carrie C. (married Asher S. Ely), John
S. (married Annie Lake, daughter of James Lake), Daniel (second) and Lizzie:
biography and portrait of, 824

Lake, Annie, daughter of James Lake, married John S. Holmes, son of Joseph
H. and Ann (Crawford) Holmes, 824

Lake, Rev. A. M., minister, Blue Ball Methodist Church, 1876, 652 pastor
Tabernacle Methodist Church, Seabright, 778

Lake, Henry W., charter member, Farmingdale Odd Fellows, 1874, 648

Lake, J., private, Continental Army, 1776, 237

Lake, John R., sergeant, Mexican War, 1846-1848, 241

Lake, Joseph, private. Fifth Regiment, 1861, 250 corporal. Company A,
Fourteenth Regiment, 1863, 256

Lake, Joseph T., captain. Company E, Twenty-ninth Regiment, 1862, 264


Apollo Meirs, born 1765, son of David (first), and Martha (Swain) Meirs,
married first Unity Shinn; married second Ann Burtis; children of Apollo
and Unity (Shinn) Meirs were: Thomas (first), born 1798, (see below),
Martha (married Abraham Tilton), John (second, married Lucretia Gaskill),
David (second); children of Apollo and Ann (Burtis) Meirs were: Unity
(married John Bruere), Sarah (married Daniel Tilton), William (married
Mary Stewart), Charles (married first Sarah Ann Cox, married second Anna
E. Robbins); Thomas Meirs (first), born 1798, son of Apollo and Unity
(Shinn) Meirs; married Rebecca H. Conover, born 1805; children of Thomas
(first) and Rebecca H. (Conover) Meirs were: Collen B. (see below), Martha
Ann (born 1824, married Joseph Holmes (third) son of Joseph (second),
and Mary (Bruere) Meirs), John, Mary L. (married John R. Longstreet);
Collen B. Meirs, born 1833, son of Thomas (first), and Rebecca H. (Conover)
Meirs, married Louise Butterworth, born 1800, daughter of John and Keturah
(Stockton) Butterworth, 1855; children of Collen B. and Louisa (Butterworth)
Meirs were: Rebecca C. (married William H. Davis), Thomas (second), Helen;
biography of, 640

Robbins, Anna E., married Charles Meirs, son of Apollo and Ann (Burtis)
Meirs, 640

Robbins, Charles, postmaster, Imlaystown, 1864, 634

Robbins, Judge Chilion, appointed law judge of Monmouth County, 1872, 299
biography and professional career of, 303 law partner of Acton C. Hartshorne,
1875, 312 attorney, admitted to the bar, 1866, 317 counselor, admitted to
the bar, 1869, 317 lawyer, Freehold, 1884, 318

Robbins, Daniel, Friends' Meeting at house of, Wrightsville, 1736, 633

Robbins, Elisha, helped to organize Hope Fire Company, Allentown, 1850, 631

Robbins, Eseck, original member Perseverance Fire Company, Allentown,
1818, 621

Robbins, Rev. F., preacher, Imlay's Hill Methodist Church. 1848, 637

Robbins, George W., first lieutenant, Company G, Fourteenth Regiment,
1864, 258

Robbins, J. C, officer. Odd Fellows, Allentown, 1884, 631

Robbins, John, member of militia, 1814, 241 original member of Perserverance
Fire Company, Allentown, 1818, 621 ruling elder, Allentown Presbyterian
Church, 1864, 629

Robbins, Joseph, private, Continental Army, 1776, 238

Robbins, Joseph, original member, Perserverance Fire Company, Allentown,
1818, 621

Robbins, Josiah, president, Allentown Creamery Association, 1881, 631

Robbins, Lewis, deacon, Baptist Church of Upper Freehold, prior to 1869, 636

Robbins, Morris, owned tavern, Smithburg, 1884, 507

Robbins, Moses, mentioned in 1705 road records, 374 application of, to
build a Friends' meetinghouse. Upper Freehold Township, 1738, 633

Robbins, Moses, member of Toms River blockhouse garrison, 1782, 215
private. Continental Army, 1776, 234

Robbins, Richard C, trustee, Imlay's Hill Methodist Church, 1816, 637

Robbins, Samuel, helped to form Methodist Church organization, Allentown,
1810, 629

Ribbons, Samuel V., private, Fifth Regiment, 1861, 250

Robbins School, No. 5 1/2, Atlantic Township, 668

Robbins, Susan, later Mrs. Schuyler, heard first Methodist sermon at
Allentown, about 1790, 629

Robbins, William, private. Continental Army, 1776, 238

Robbins, William V., school trustee, Allentown, 1834, 631

Schuyler, Mrs. born Susan Robbins, Allentown, prior to 1790, 629

Murphy, Judge Joseph, youngest son of Timothy and Mary (Garrison) Murphy,
married Alice Holmes, 1820, daughter of Stout Holmes of Freehold; children of
Joseph and Alice (Holmes) Murphy were; Timothy (died young). Holmes W. (see
below), Mary (married Seth R. Robins, of Brooklyn), Louisa S. (married A. A.
Wheeler), Kate (married Alfred Walters), Phebe, Joseph, Anne (married Stokes
J. Clark), William H; 308

Robins, Aaron, property of, on county boundary line, 1709, 102 taxed
in Upper Freehold Township, in 1731, 631 Robins, Daniel, taxed in Upper
Freehold Township, in 1758, 616

Robins, Elizabeth, (widow), taxed in Upper Freehold Township, in 1758, 616

Robins, Ephraim, taxed in Upper Freehold Township, in 1758, 616

Robins, Ezekiel, trustee, Imlay's Hill Methodist Church, 1816, 637

Robins, Jacob, taxed in Upper Freehold Township, in 1731, 613 taxed in
Upper Freehold Township, in 1758, 616

Robins, John, taxed in Upper Freehold Township, in 1758, 616

Robins, John B., chosen freeholder, Millstone Township, 1851, 656

Robins, Joseph, (small still), taxed in Upper Freehold Township, in 1758, 616

Robins, Joseph, Jr., taxed in Upper Freehold Township, in 1758, 616

Robins Meeting (Friends') at village of Wrightsville, 633

Robins, Moses, taxed in Upper Freehold Township, in 1758, 616

Robins, Old, said to have contributed to bribery of Lord Cornbury, 1708, 39

Robins, Thomas, taxed in Upper Freehold Township, in 1758, 616