Manuscript Group 1218, Proprietary Era Manuscript Collection, 1664 – 1703

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Manuscript Group 1218, Proprietary Era

Manuscript Collection, 1664 – 1703, 39 items

Call Number: MG 1218

Summary

Summary:

A miscellaneous collection of manuscripts documenting important developments during the proprietary era, beginning with King Charles
II’s grant of former New Netherlands to the Duke of York.  The collection includes indentures, releases, commissions, orders,
and patents pertaining to:

Edmund
Andros		 William
Dockwra		 William Penn
Robert
Barclay		 John Gordon Earl of
Perth
Lord John
Berkeley		 Robert
Gordon		 Clement
Plumstead
Robert
Blackwood		 Sir John
Gordon		 John Reid
John
Bradbury		 Andrew
Hamilton		 Ambrose
Rigge
Edward
Byllynge		 Hugh
Hartshorne		 Thomas
Rudyard
Archibald
Campbell		 James, Duke
of York		 Viscount of
Tarbot
Lord Neil
Campbell		 Gawen Lawrie Rip Van Dam
Dame
Elizabeth Carteret		 George
McKenzie		 Robert
Vauqellin
Sir George
Carteret		 David Mudie George
Willocks
Charles II,
King of England

Provenance Note:

This collection of manuscripts, chiefly from the seventeenth century, was found uncataloged in the vault of The New Jersey Historical Society in June of 1985.  Many of the items have been published in volumes I and II of New Jersey Archives, with The New Jersey Historical Society cited as the repository of the original.  Accordingly, the Historical Society has held these materials since the nineteenth century, although precise provenance is unknown.  The items were accessioned in 1985 as A. 85-15.

Related Collections:

Manuscript Group 2, East Jersey Manuscript Collection

Manuscript Group 3, West Jersey Manuscript Collection

List of Items:

Included in the list below are the volume and page numbers for transcribed versions of the items that were published in  New Jersey Archives (NJA), Series I (call number: 974.9 N421).

Item Description Date Published
1 Lease:
James, Duke of York to Lord John Berkeley and Sir George Carteret for New
Jersey.		 June 23,
1664		 NJA, I, 8
2 Release:
James, Duke of York to Lord John Berkeley and Sir George Carteret for New
Jersey.		 June 24,
1664		 NJA, I, 10
3 Commission:
Lord John Berkeley and Sir George Carteret of Robert Vauquellin as
Surveyor General of New Jersey.		 Feb. 10,
1664/65		 NJA, I,
26-27
4 Lease:
James, Duke of York.  Renewal of original proprietary grant after
reconquest from the Dutch.		 July 28,
1674		 NJA, I, 161
5&6 Release:
James, Duke of York.  Renewal of original proprietary grant for New
Jersey following reconquest from the Dutch (manuscript original and viva
copia).		 July 29,
1674
7 Instructions:
Sir George Carteret.  “Directions Instructions and Orders”
for governing his province in New Jersey.		 July 31,
1674		 NJA, I, 167
8&9 Indenture:
Sir George Carteret, et al.  The Quintipartite Deed among Carteret,
William Penn, Gawen Lawrie, and Edward Byllynge dividing New Jersey into
Eastern and Western divisions (original and contemporary copy).		 July 1, 1676 NJA, I, 205
10 Release:
William Penn, et al. to Thomas Rudyard for 1/9 of 9/10 of West New Jersey.		 May 2, 1677
11 Will
(probation):  Sir George Carteret.  Exemplified copy of the last
will and testament of Sir George Carteret.		 Feb. 19,
1679
12 Release:
James, Duke of York to Edward Byllynge, William Penn, Gawen Lawrie, et al.
for West New Jersey.		 Aug. 6, 1680 NJA, I, 324
13&14 Release:
James, Duke of York to Sir George Carteret (grandson and heir of original
proprietor) for East New Jersey (original and duplicate).		 Sept. 10,
1680		 NJA, I, 337
15 Indenture:
Dame Elizabeth Carteret sells East New Jersey to the twelve Proprietors,
among whom were William Penn and Hugh Hartshorne.		 Feb. 1,
1681/82		 NJA, I, 366
16 Deed:
Dame Elizabeth Carteret to the twelve proprietors for arrearages of rents
and profits due the estate of Sir George Carteret.		 Feb. 2,
1681/82		 NJA, I, 366
17 Indenture:
William Penn, et al.  Agreement among the twelve proprietors that
there should be no benefit of survivorship.		 June 1, 1682 NJA, I, 373
18 Indenture:
William Penn transferring 1/2 of 1/12 of East New Jersey to Robert
Barclay.		 Sept. 22,
1682
19 Indenture:
Hugh Hartshorne transfers property in East New Jersey to the Earl of
Perth.		 Sept. 26,
1682
20 Indenture:
Clement Plumstead transfers a portion of his share in East New Jersey to
Robert Gordon		 Sept. 26,
1682
21 Fundamental
Constitutions for the Province of East New Jersey in America.		 1683 NJA, I, 395
22 Indenture:
Sir John Gordon sells a portion of East New Jersey to David Mudie.		 Feb. 20,
1683
23 Indenture:
Ambrose Rigge transfers shares of his East New Jersey holdings to Robert
Barclay.		 March 24,
1683
24 Indenture:
James, Earl of Perth lease of property in East New Jersey to George
McKenzie.		 March 28,
1683
25 Indenture:
James, Earl of Perth releases portion of his East New Jersey holdings to
George McKenzie.		 March 29,
1683
26 Indenture:
Robert Barclay transfers a portion of East New Jersey to John Gordon.		 April 22,
1684
27 Orders:
Proprietors of the Eastern Division of New Jersey for the laying out of
lands and censuring Gawen Lawrie and Thomas Rudyard.		 July 3, 1685 NJA, I,
492-500
28 Release:
Viscount of Tarbot release of share in East New Jersey to Lord Neil
Campbell.		 Aug. 13,
1685
29 Patent:
Proprietors of East New Jersey grant land to Thomas Rudyard.		 July 4, 1688
30 Commission:
Edmund Andros, Governor of Dominion of New England appoints Andrew
Hamilton and others justices of the peace in Middlesex County, NJ.		 Aug. 25,
1688
31 Patent:
Proprietors of East New Jersey grant land to Lord Neil Campbell.		 May 24, 1690
32 Patent:
Proprietors of East New Jersey grant land to Archibald Campbell.		 Aug. 23,
1690
33 Patent:
William Dockwra to John Barclay (and in case of disability to John Reid)
as Surveyor General of East New Jersey.		 April 6,
1692
34 Indenture:
Proprietors of the Eastern Division of New Jersey appointing Rip Van Dam
to receive quit rents and make disbursements on behalf of the proprietors.		 Dec. 14,
1697		 NJA, II, 194
35 Commission:
George Willocks as chief ranger of the Province of East New Jersey.		 Aug. 27,
1698
36 Patent:
Proprietors of East New Jersey grant land to George Willocks.		 April 14,
1702
37 Patent:
Proprietors of East New Jersey grant land to George Willocks and John
Bradbury		 April
20,1703
38 Indenture:
Lord Neill Campbell leases for one year 1/2 of 1/4 of his 1/24th interest
to Robert Blackwood.		 n. d.
39 Patent:
Exemplified copy of Charles II, King of England’s patent to James, Duke of
York for tract of land in America, including what subsequently became New
Jersey (framed).		 March 12,
1664		 NJA, I, 3-8

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