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UPCOMING PROGRAMS

September 12,1995: Video Recording Your Family History: Debbie Galant.

Freelance writer Debbie Galant writes on nu-merous diverse subjects and has been published in (among others) The New York Times and New Jersey Monthly. She produces radio documentaries; one tells the story of her grand-father's immigration to the United States. Her interest in family history extends to teaching others how to write their own. Ms. Galant has also worked as a reporter and as an on-air cor-respondent for Voice of America.

October 10, 1995: Cornish Heritage: William J. Curnow, Jr.

More than thirty years have passed since MAGS member Bill Curnow started dabbling in family history. Five years ago, a low key hobby escalated when began coordinating the Curnow Family Tree Project, a serious attempt at reconstructing the history of one worldwide Cornish "clan". This has led to a computerized data base containing more than 50,000 individ-ual records and has broadened to include other families with roots in Cornwall, the county at the southwestern tip of Great Britain. Mr. Curnow is a member of many Cornish family history societies as well as other historical and genealogical societies. His slide-illustrated presentation will focus on the "how to" of Cornish family research and the experience of one extended Cornish family in North Amer-ica.

November 14, 1995: Computer program "Personal Ancestral File": Richard L. Tolman, Ph. D.

Richard Tolman has been a lecturer and teacher on genealogical subjects since 1976. He is the founder of the Short Hills (NJ) Family History Center where he teaches genealogy minicourses. Dr. Tolman is a member of (among others) National Genealogical Society, New England Historic Genealogical Society, N.J. Historical Society.. His specific intersts are in New England genealogy, Mormon his-tory and German handwriting (altdeutsche S chrift).

In This Issue

MAGS Upcoming Programs Page 1 New Acquisitions 2 What's New in Genealogy Software 4 Morris Area Marriages: 5 More on the Byrams 7 Morris Area Bible Records: Hunt/Budd 8 Morris Area Bible Records: Joseph D. Budd 9 Morris Area Bible Records: Van Gilder 10 Labor in Colonial NJ 13 Queries 15

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Officers

President Barbara Davidson Vice President/Program Chair Alice duBois Min Treasurer Bill Graves Recording Secretary Jan Huth Corresponding Secretary Claire Kind Trustee Diane Dellicker Trustee Lirmea B. Foster

Committee Heads

Historian Jan Huth Hospitality Ruth Grimm Interest Group Coordinator Kevin Elliott Name Badges Charles Hay Jr. Newsletter Eleanor H. Casagrand Publicity Julia Slovinski/Helen Wolf Research Alice duBois Min

Membership Dues for 1995-1996

USA Individual - $15.00 Canadian Individual - $22.00 USA Family - $20.00 Canadian Family - $28.00 Institution (Newsletter only) - $10.00

Meetings

Meetings are held on the second Tuesday of the month, September through May, at the Joint Free Public Library of Morristown and Morris Township, 1 Miller Road, Morris-town, New Jersey. Coffee is served at 6:45 pm; meetings begin at 7:00 pm. Usually a brief business meeting is held first, followed by the evening's special program.

Newsletter

The Newsletter is published four times a year: March, June, September and December. Back issues are available at $3.50 each. Members are welcome to submit ideas or arti-cles for the Newsletter.

Issue Deadline March February 1 June May 1 September August 1 December November 1

Newsletter Committee

Eleanor H. Casagrand - Editor Janet Harmen Carlene Johnson Henry & Lois Weis

NEW ACQUISITIONS AT THE LIBRARY

by Cathy Douma

An aside - when you visit the Local History and Ge-nealogy Depart-

ment at the Joint Free Public library of Mor-ristown and Morris Township, don't forget to get a copy of the latest edition of "L H & Ge-nealogy Update". Volume 6, Number 3, (Summer 1995) is terrific and contains articles entitled the "Historic Morris Visitors Center", "New Acquisitions", "Bulletin Board" (local events), "News From LH&G", and "Notes from the Conservation Lab....Paper - History and Conservation". (The latter is filled with lots of useful suggestions on how to store your personal papers to minimize deterioration.)

Here are new acquisitions of interest to gene-alogists to be found in the Local History and Genealogy Department at the Joint Free Public Library of Morristown and Morris Township:

International Vital Records Handbook, by Thomas J. Kemp. H 929.01 Kent Third Edi-tion (1994). "Application forms and ordering information for the vital records you need ... ." Forms can be photocopied right from this book.

Nova Scotia Immigrants to 1867, Volume 2, by Leonard H. Smith. H 929.171 Smi. This has two parts, "From Non-Nova Scotia Peri-odicals", and "From Published Diaries and Journals". Alphabetically arranged within each part.

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From Generation to Generation: How to Trace Your Jewish Genealogy and Family History, by Arthur Kurzweil H 929.01569. This is a revised edition (the original was pub-lished in 1980). Comprehensive (almost 400 pages). Has sections on "Jewish Genealogy: The Basic Sources", "Names", and "Holocaust Research".

German Immigrant Servant Contracts Regis-tered at the Port of Philadelphia, 1817-1831, by Farley Ward Grubb. H 929.3 Gru. In-dexed.

Germans to America: Lists of Passengers Arriving at U. S. Ports, edited by Glazier and Filby. Newly acquired are Volume 43 (Jan. 1850-June 1883) through Volume 46 (May 1882-June 1883).

Irish Passenger Lists, 1803-1806. H 929.3 Iri. Extracted from the Harwick Papers. Con-tains name, age, occupation, residence, "TO" location, "FROM" location, ship, and sail date. Other volumes in this series cover the periods of 1847-71, and 1833-39.

Bibliographic Checklist of African American Newspapers, by Barbara K. Henritze. H 016.071 Hen. Contains title, city, state, fre-quency, dates, and sources. Arranged by state and indexed.

Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut, by William R. Cutter. H 974.6 Cut. Originally published in 1911. Has 4 vol-umes with an index in Volume 4.

Vital Records of Londonderry, New Hamp-shire...to 1910, by Daniel G. Annis. H 974.26 Ann. Originally published in 1914. Has births, marriage intentions, marriages, deaths.

Rhode Island Passenger Lists: Port of Provi-dence, 1798-1808, 1820-1872, Port of Bristol and Warren, 1820-1871. These were com-piled from U. S. Custom House Papers. All

have at least the following information: name, age, sex, occupation, and date of arrival. The following Federal Census Indexes pub-lished by A.G.E.S. and edited by Ronald Vern Jackson, et al. are now available:

Pennsylvania 1860 Pittsburgh. H 929.01 Census PA Pitt 1860.

Pennsylvania 1860 West. H 929.01 Census PA 1860.

Pennsylvania 1860 Philadelphia. H 929.01 Census PA Phil 1860.

Pennsylvania 1860 East. H 929.01 Census PA 1860.

Genealogist's Guide to Pennsylvania Records, by Helen H. Woodroofe. H 974.8 Woo. Or-ganized by county.

Research in New England (Except Maine and New Hampshire): A Guide for the Travelling Researcher, Compiled from a Lifetime of Ex-perience, by our own Marion 0. Harris. H 974 Har. Dated March 1992. Organized al-phabetically by state.

Aid to Place Names: New York State Town-ships and Counties, by Dorothy Remington Cutts. H 974.7 Cut.

Three more Mayflower genealogies are now available (H 929.1744 MFIP):

William Brewster Francis Eaton George Soule

Lastly, here is the list of surnames with recently acquired genealogies or newsletters:

Benjamin Burwell Dunham-Singletary Jacobus Harrison King Luce Parke Ross Seward Tooker/Tucker

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WHAT'S NEW IN GENEALOGICAL SOFTWARE?

David Kleiman, developer of utility and research software, spoke at the N.J.H.S. Genealogy Club meeting in May on the differences between genea-logical software packages and how to decide which one is best for you.

Whichever system you use, be sure that your soft-ware contains GEDCOM. GEDCOM makes it possible to transfer data between different genea-logical programs.

You should consider both features and flexibility in making your decision. NO ONE PACKAGE DOES IT ALL! Therefore, you must think about the fmal product that you wish to create.

There are three types of tasks you can achieve with genealogical software; two packages come close to doing all three: Reunion (MAC & PC) and Brothers Keeper.

1) Charts--create charts that are easy to read and understand; can be used as a research aid -- Consider Family Tree Maker or Reunion.

2) Research reports--create lists, focused reports -- Consider Master Genealogist. 3) Publication--write a book about your family --Consider Roots or Master Genealogist.

PAF is reasonable, easy to use, but somewhat inflexible (Come to our November meeting to find out the latest info on PAR) If you already have your data in PAF, you can transfer your data through GEDCOM files into your new software package.

Use imagination & creativity. Additional computer software such as a paint brush or map package (only use non-copyrighted maps if you are publishing) will enhance your family history. Include photos or maps imported through a scanner (a handheld scanner, including software, costs from $150-$600). With these tools you can create an attractive, professional presentation of your family history.

With a MODEM you can communicate with other persons looking for family members--perhaps you will contact that missing branch of your family. You can access Social Security death records through Internet; America On-line has information on the service and personal records of Viet-nam War casualties. Soon, you can expect cablevision to bring library catalogues and vast amounts of genealogical data directly into your home.

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MORRIS COUNTY MARRIAGES by Linnea B. Foster

The following is a continuation of the ab-stract of Book D of Morris County Mar-riage Records. An explanation of these re-cords may be found in Vol. 6, No. 3 (Sept. 1993). The marriages have been ab-stracted in the order in which they were re-corded. The name of the minister or offi-cial and the date recorded is shown for each group of marriages. The first column shows the page number in Book D; the second column shows the date of the mar-riage; the third column shows the names of the bride and groom and other information that appears in the original record.

(Continued from Vol. 8, No. 2, Pg. 7)

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by The Rev. Henry ? I - Recorded 17 Feb 1841 94 22 Sep 1840 Wm Fenton of Passaic Co. to Caroline Stevens of Jefferson 94 28 Nov 1840 David S. Headley to Mary G. Mase, both of Jefferson 94 24 Dec 1840 David Fichtor to Maria Ludlow of Jefferson 94 24 Dec 1840 Ebenezer B. Gregory to Elizabeth Ludlow, both of Jefferson 94 9 Jan 1841 John Dell of Roxbury to Rachel Cole of Jefferson 94 3 Feb 1841 Minard Lafever of Roxbury to Manda Martin 94 4 Feb 1841 Tuttle Johnson to Sarah Jane Wood [Ward?] both of Roxbury

by [Martin?] S. Moore, J.P. - Recorded 19 Feb 1841 94 1 Feb 1841 Robert Bissett to Elizabeth Sidner

by Isaac Bird, J.P. - Recorded 27 Feb 1841 95 28 Nov 1840 David Hyer and Henrietta Maxwell of [Morris?] Twp.

by Rev. William Stanton, Rector of St. Peter's Church, Morristown - Recorded 3 Mar 1841

95 2 Nov 1840 Caleb Vanderhoof of Livingston, Essex Co. to Martha Hinton of Morristown

95 12 Nov 1840 John Nystrom, Esqr. to Mrs. Frances A. Adamson, both of Morris-town

95 22 Nov 1840 John Aynsley of New York City to Hannah Postgate Hall of New Vernon

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95 20 Feb 1836 95 2 Mar 1836 95 25 Jun 1836 95 29 Jun 1836

95 4 Jul 1836 96 12 Jul 1836 96 16 Jul 1836 96 22 Feb 1837 96 13 May 1837 96 20 May 1837 96 6 Aug 1837 96 16 Sep 1837 96 2 Nov 1837

96 96 96 96 96 96 96 96 96 97 97 97

25 Nov 1837 2 Dec 1837 20 Dec 1837 27 Dec 1837 30 Dec 1837 13 Mar 1838 17 Mar 1838 2 Apr 1838 9 Apr 1838 16 Jun 1838 18 Nov 1838 5 Jan 1839

97 21 Feb 1839 97 29 Apr 1839

by the Rev. Jacob Briant, Minister of the Gospel- Recorded 18 Mar 1841

Jacob Hildebrant to Phebe Hugg, both of Chester Twp. Georg K. Reid to Susan Aber, both of Randolph Twp. Lanson Compton to Elizabeth Briant, both of Randolph Twp. John L. Pierson of Randolph to Phebe Ann Bonnel of Mendham Twp. John P. Lawrence to Mary Reid, both of Randolph Twp. Alpheus Pierson to Eunice Larison, both of Randolph Twp. Israel S. Aber to Sarah Arm Herrhnan, both of Randolph Twp. Elias Roff of Mendham to Rachel Searing of Randolph Twp. John Lyon to Mary Meeker, both of Randolph Twp. Isaac H. Pierson to Mary Emily Loree, both of Morristown Hiram Lewis to Louisa Baker, both of the Village of Whippany Walter Thorpe to Ann Nockright, both of German Valley Moses Fairchild to Jude Pitney, both coulered persons of Mend-ham Twp. John L. Carrol to Emily Dalrymple, both of Randolph Twp. John Lyon of New York State to Elizabeth Hall of Randolph Twp. Drake Borme to Margaret Cramer, both of Mendham Twp. John Casterline to Hannah Briant, both of Randolph Twp. Luther Pool to Elizabeth Roberts, both of Randolph Twp. Aaron Corby to Mary Allen, both of Berkshire Valley Stephen C. Briant to Bershebe Schenk, both of Randolph Twp. Frederick Aspinal to Nancy Brown, both of Morristown Joseph Donaldson to Elizabeth Carrol, both of Randolph Twp. Amza Allen to Elizabeth Johnson, both of Randolph Twp. Lewis La Forje to Phebe Clark, both of Randolph Twp. Benjamin Ezekiel [Ezekiel Benjamin?] to Caroline Atwood, both of Stanhope, Sussex Co. Job Birt to Elizabeth Tahnage, both of Suckasunna Plains Jacob White of New York City to Harriet Williams of Long Hill, Essex Co.97 25 May 1839 Dennis Sanders to Ann Berry, both of Jersey City, Bergen Co. to Susan M. Strader of Sussex Co. [This record was copied as it appears. Probably the date and groom in the second marriage were omitted by the clerk. The Records of the Mount Freedom Presbyterian Church, a typescript in the MMT Library collection, shows the marriage of Luke C. Price and Susan M. Strader, 25 May 1839.]

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97 [15?] Sep 1840 by Henry [Il Hoffman, J.P. - Recorded 18 Mar 1841

Robert M. Hight and Mary Perry

by Wm. B. Lefever, J.P. - Recorded 18 Mar 1841 21 Jan 1841 Henry Vanover to Mary Whitehead

by William Allen, J.P. - Recorded 24 Mar 1841 98 26 Nov 1840 Robert Cole to Hila Chamberlane

by Joseph M. Ogden, Minister of the Gospel, Chatham -Recorded 15 Sep 1841

98 23 Feb 1841 Charles Lum to Mary Muchmore, both of Chatham Twp. 98 25 May 1841 David S. Bower to Laura P. Hard [Hand?], both of Chatham Twp. 98 15 Aug 1841 Isaac Littell to Jane Ann Augusta Edison, both of Chatham Twp. 98 31 Aug 1841 Peter S. Vanhouten to Phebe Catharine Edison, both of Chatham

Twp.

End of Book D (to be continued)

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More on the Byrams of Morris County

We received a letter from one of our members, Philip H. Pitney of Basking Ridge, NJ, who has a different "spin" to add to our story of the Morris County Byrams and the founding of the Black Horse Inn at Mendham (See MAGS Vol 8 #2, June 1995 and Vol. 1 # 2, June 1988).

"Ebenezer Byram, Sr. brought his family to New Jersey as a result of the Great Awaken-ing controversy surrounding The Reverend George Whitefield's visit to Bridgewater, MA. It was this Ebenezer who built the tavern as his home. Perhaps it was Ebenezer Jr. who took over management of the tavern after his father died in 1753.

"The second son of Ebenezer Sr., Eliab, was the first pastor of the Mendham church.

"The elder Ebenezer also had a daughter, Abigail, who married Benjamin Pitney after the death of her first husband, Daniel Thompson. Sarah, daughter of Benjamin and Abigail, married her first cousin Mahlon Pitney, my three great grandfather."

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Bible Records

submitted by Linnea B. Foster, computer scanned by Kevin Elliott

In 1968, Adelaide J. Howell presented three volumes of Bible Records to Local History and Genealogy Department of the

Morristown-Morris Township Library; these are records that she had copied and collected over a period of years. A surname index was published in Vol. 1, No. 2 and 3 (June and September, 1988) of the Newsletter. (Continued from Vol 8, No 2, p 14)

Samuel H. Hunt (1814) and Budd Family Bible

In possession of Mrs. Jennie Spencer Budd, Chester, New Jersey. Copied from the original by Willard S. Muchmore for the Genealogical Society of N.J.

New York Printed by M.L. & W.A. Davis For Gaine & Ten Eyck, S.Campbell, John Reid, John Broome & Son, E. Duychinck, T. & J. Swords. T.S. Arden, P.A. Mesier, S. Stephens and T.B. Janson & Co.

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Sarah Hunt was born 18th August 1812 and died 18th October 1812

Samuel H. Hunt was born 5th June 1814

Mary Keturah Hunt was born the 22nd August 1818

Mary Keturah Hunt died 6th March 1907

Anna H. Budd was born the 26th November 1847

Mary L. Budd born March 11th 1850

Joanna A. Budd born April 30,1852

Joseph D. Budd born Sept. 6th 1857

Isabel! M. Budd born Aug.10th 1859

Harriet A. Budd born Sept. 9th 1861

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Deaths

Mary Louisa Budd died May 24th 1858

Joanna Augusta Budd died May 6th 1861

Isabella Mary Budd died May 1st 1861

Mary K. Budd died March 6th 1907

Harriet Amelia Budd died Sept. 1, 1891

Joseph D. Budd Family Bible.

In possession of Miss Jennie Spencer Budd of Chester, New Jersey. Copied from the original Bible by Willard S. Muchmore for the Genealogical Society of New Jersey.

Marriages

Joseph D. Budd to Jennie N. Spencer Married June 12, 1878 at Berkshire Valley N.J. by Rev. B. C. Megie.

Mary Hunt Budd Married April 23, 1910 at Chester, New Jersey to Joseph Osmun Skinner by Dr. Edward R. Gardner.

Mary Louise Collis married October 4, 1919 at Chester, New Jersey to Daniel Spencer Budd by Rev. John Burton.

Births

Mary Hunt Budd daughter of Joseph D. Budd and Jennie N? Born March 3, 1879 at Berkshire Valley, N.J.

Daniel Spencer Budd son of Joseph D. and Jennie N., Born June 9, 1887, at Chester, N. J.

Josephine Skinner daughter of Mary Hunt Budd and Joseph Osmun Skinner, Born July 20, 1911, at Newark, N. J.

Mary Budd Skinner daughter of Mary Hunt Budd and Joseph Osmun Skinner, Born January 22, 1915, at Newark, N.J.

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Daniel Collis Budd, son of Mary Louise Collis and Daniel Spencer Budd, Born February 19, 1921, at Jersey City, N.J.

Abie Louise Budd daughter of Mary Louise Collis and Daniel Spencer Budd, born January 31, 1925, at Morristown, N.J.

Deaths

Mary Budd Skinner daughter of Mary Hunt Budd and Joseph Osmun Skinner, Died January 30th 1924 at New York City buried at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Chester, N.J.

Vangilder Bible

From a Bible now in the possession of Mrs. Anderson M. Guerin 45 Western Ave.. Morristown. N.J. Published by American Bible Society New York City.

Births

Abraham Vangilder was born August the 23, 1805

Mary Vangilder was born November the 29, 1802

John H. Vangilder was born February the 19 1828

Caroline Vangilder was born January the 30, 1830

Thomas Vangilder was born January the 15 1831

Martha Vangilder was born June the 23, 1833

Samuel G. Vangilder was born April the 13, 1835

Ann Elizabeth Vangilder was born April the 25, 1837

Hannah Mary Vangilder was born October the 27, 1839

Catharine Vangilder was born August the 30, 1841

William Henry Vangilder was born November the 27, 1844

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Marriages

Abraham Vangilder and Mary Harrison was married February the 10 in the year of our Lord 1827

Deaths

John H. Vangilder departed this life Dec. the 28, 1828

Caroline Vangilder departed this life March the 9, 1830

Thomas Vangilder departed this life Sept. the 25, 1832

William Henry Vangilder departed this life Dec. the 28, 1844

Hannah Harrison departed this life Sept. the 24, 1842

Nancy (Rutan) Vangilder departed this life April the 9, 1855

John Vangilder departed this life, March the 13, 1864

Delcinia F. Harrison departed this life March 5, 1874, sister of Mary Vangilder

in pencil

Martha Vangilder (Teed) died Oct. 1913

Samuel Vangilder died November 1904

Ann Elizabeth Vangilder (Pruden) died April 21, 1923

Hannah Mary Vangilder (Culberson) died Jan.1913

Catherine Vangilder (Pruden) died Feb. 10, 1917

On a separate sheet in the Bible

Family Record

Births

John Vangilder was born February 9th,1777

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Nancy, the wife of John Vangilder, was born August 10th, 1784

The following are the children of John & Nancy Vangilder

Isaac Vangilder was born February 14, 1803

Abraham Vangilder was born August 23, 1805

Rebecca Vangilder was born October 8, 1807

Elizabeth Vangilder was born March 13, 1809

Ann Vangilder was born October 11, 1811

Catharine Maria Vangilder was born October 20, 1813

John R. Vangilder was born November 24, 1815

Letty Jane Vangilder was born September 7,1817

Henry C. Vangilder was born August 25, 1819

Appollis F. Vangilder was born July 27, 1825

George W. Vangilder was born February 25, 1829

Marriages

John Vangilder and Nancy Rutan were married March 4, 1802

Isaac Vangilder and Catharine Huff were married November 13, 1825

Abraham Vangilder and Mary Harrison were married February 10, 1827

Rebecca Vangilder and Nathan A. Cole were married October 1824

Elizabeth Vangilder and William Southwarth were married November 19, 1831

Ann Vangilder and Cornelius V.D.Demarest were married February 5,1835

Catharine Maria Vangilder and Abraham Laroe were married May 18, 1833

Lefty Jane Vangilder and Peter Laroe were married November 7, 1835

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John R. Vangilder and Eliza Wireman were married January 10, 1839

Henry C. Vangilder and Nancy Knox were married October 23, 1841

George W. Vangilder and Angeline Hiler were married March 20, 1847

Deaths

Appollis F. Vangilder departed this life October 28, 1827

Rebecca Cole departed this life May 6, 1849

Nancy, wife of John Vangilder, departed this life April 9, 1855

Jane Laroe, daughter of John and Nancy, died February 1855

John Vangilder departed this life March 13,1864

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LABOR IN COLONIAL NEW JERSEY by Eleanor H. Casagrand

Labor Day represents "A truly American sentiment [that]recognizes the dig-nity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil." Cleveland

New Jersey with its accessible seaports, fertile farmland, geographical location and natural resources needed a vast pool of labor. English, Dutch, Scotch-Irish and Germans predominately settled the state. German redemptioners

paid for part of their passage, then bound themselves for the rest of the debt; the length of term depended on the size of the debt. The English were bound as indentured servants at home; their contracts were then sold to American masters in exchange for passage. They agreed to serve a term of four to seven years in exchange for passage, housing, food and clothes. Still others, Eng-lish, Scots, Irish, convicted of some crime or other, known as "His Majesty's seven-year passen-gers," were sold as indentured servants. Redemptioners and indentured servants formed the prime source of labor for farms and the trades.

The family formed the centerpiece of the American colonial economic system, the basic industrial unit. The head of the family was responsible for all business operations. He was aided by his wife and taught his children his trade. A wife, therefore, developed competence in her husband's busi-ness. She could inherit it and carry it on. If more help was needed, they took on apprentices, ser-vants or journeymen.

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The Colonists brought with them the customs and institutions of their native lands. The appren-ticeship system was an Old World practice that the colonists modified according to the unique problems and fresh opportunities they encountered. Apprenticeship was an economic and educa-tional institution regulated by both tradition and law. It has been looked upon as "a specialized form of servitude (Bremner, 104)." It served as the basic preparation for a life's vocation through hands-on experience and as the entry into the social structure.

Apprentices were bound by indentures similar to servants. They were usually native-born minors whose parents bound them out to learn a trade and to be educated. The local Overseer of the Poor bound out poor and orphaned children to save the taxpayers money and to enable the youths to become self-supporting. Apprenticeship commonly began at age 10 or 12 but could start as young as 8. A girl was apprenticed until age 18 or marriage, a boy until 21. Upon completion of their term, masters gave their apprentices clothing, tools and a stipend to start off in life; in New Jersey they allotted female servants goods and wages equal to male servants.

The Puritans of East Jersey and the Quakers of West Jersey influenced patterns of apprenticeship and education in New Jersey. The Puritans brought with them the from New England the ethic of hard work and discipline. It was not uncommon for children of well-to-do Puritan parents to be bound out so the children could profit both physically and spiritually from the discipline of learning a trade. In 1642 in Massachusetts they wrote into their laws the principle of compulsory education of apprentices. The Quakers in similar fashion urged the careful education of their youth so their children could read and learn a trade. They had an old saying, "Whoever has a trade has also an inheritance." This notion led to a required stipulation of schooling in most indentures and initiated basic universal education in New Jersey. The laws that bound out poor children as a means of so-cial control and public welfare, insured their education and a means to become self-supporting.

Apprenticeship helped to develop a democratization of class and gender. As early as 1762 girls and women were ......ployed in Germantown as weavers in a stocking factory. They learned to be independent and self-supporting. New Jersey women took over running taverns and stores, mills and forges. They sold real estate, practiced law and the Quaker ministry. Thus women in New Jersey emerged in an unconventional role, women who could support themselves and their fami-lies. This spirit of independence and autonomy enabled them to make significant contributions to New Jersey's development and subsequently to play an important role in the War of Independ-ence.

Sources: Bremner, Robert H. (ed.). Children and Youth in America: A Documentary, Vol I: 1600-1865.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard Univ., 1970. Burr, Nelson. Education in New Jersey: 1638-1871. Princeton, NJ.: Princeton Univ., 1942. Lyttle, Virginia M. Ladies at the Crossroads: 18th Century Women of N.J. Morristown, NJ:

Compton Press, 1978. Seybolt, Robert Francis. Apprenticeship and Apprenticeship Education in Colonial New England

and New York. New York: Columbia Univ., 1917. Weiss, Harry Bischoff & Grace M. Weiss. Trades and Tradesmen of Colonial New Jersey.

Trenton, NJ: Post Times, 1965.

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Queries: by Kathy Sullivan

Members may submit one query for publication in each issue of the newsletter. Queries will be limited as space allows. Please be sure to include dates and places in your request. Make sure it is typed or printed legibly. Print your name, address and zip code on the same piece of paper as the query. Please spell out all words; we will abbreviate as necessary.

Answers to queries should be sent directly to the submitter, whose name and address is shown at the end of the query. The deadline for queries for the next issue is November 10, 1995.

BALDWIN/MARTIN. Need parents' names of Joanna ? who died during the small pox epidemic of 1778 Parsippany, Morris Co., NJ. She was the first wife of Ezekial Baldwin, son of 3rd Zachariah. Her son Lucas b. ca. 1765 and daus. Mary "Polly" and Anna (m. William Martin) went to VA before 1795. Lucas moved on to OH abt 1817. Wish to correspond with descen-dants of Anna and William Martin. Scottie Baxter, 7762 Luann, Saginaw, MI 48609-4905.

CASTERLINE: Need parents of James Casterline b. ca. 1786 NJ; d. Guernsey Co., OH 1863; m Bulah ("Buly') ? b. ca. 1786 NJ. James' parents may have been Joseph Casterline & Susannah Lyon. James obtained Bounty Land Warrant from Alexander Young for land in Guern-sey Co., OH. James in Ohio 1820. Would like any info on Casterline families. Carole M. (Casterline) Loos, 312 E. Seventh St., W. Lafayette, OH 43845.

COOLEY/CASTERLINE: Seek parents/ info on Barnabus and Rhoda (Cooley) Casterline. They were in Orange Co. NY in 1800 and NJ before that. He is proba-bly a member of the Francis Casterline family of Morris Co. ca. 1690. Children: Jonathan, Nathaniel, Barnabus, Hiram, Keziah, Thomas, Mary Anne, Jane, Sarah, Rhoda. Nanette Krieger, 12109 Whip-poorwill Lane, Rockville, MD 20852.

LEONARD/PIERSON: Seek parents of Samuel Leonard b. 1757 d. 1822. He m. Abigail Pierson b. 1726 d. 1810. Both are buried in Presb. Church cem. in Morris-town, NJ. Children: Abigail b. 1812, MaryAnn b. 1815, Joseph, Silas b. 1823, William, Jacob, John, Samuel, Elizabeth, Louisa, Abigail's parents were Joseph Pierson b. ca. 1713 d. 1785 and Patience Pierson b. ca. 1724 d. 1813, buried in Presb. Church cem. in Morristown, NJ. Seek parents of Joseph Pierson. Kathy Nowadlv, 4 Hickory Dr., Morris Plains, NJ 07950.

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