Manuscript Group 282, Holmes Family (Middletown, NJ) Papers, 1680-1905 (Bulk dates: 1770-1850)
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Manuscript Group 282,
Holmes Family (Middletown, NJ)
Papers, 1680-1905 (Bulk
dates: 1770-1850), 3.0 linear feet / 7 manuscript boxes
Call Number: MG 282 + Box and folder number
- Summary
- Biographical Note
- Provenance Note
- Scope and Content Note
- Related Collections
- Box/Folder List
Correspondence, legal documents, financial records, land records, military records, and other manuscripts of various
members of the Holmes family and related families of Monmouth County, New Jersey. The collection includes: diary of Jonathan Holmes, 1836/37-1738;
manuscript copy of a declaration of “the Deputies of the Shrewsbury Association” as submitted to “the County Committee for Monmouth,” May 15, 1775; muster rolls, court martial records, and other military documents from the Revolution and Early National period; Monmouth County sheriff’s records, 1787-1831, retained by Daniel Hendrickson and Daniel Holmes; documents from the Monmouth County Court of Common Pleas and the New Jersey Supreme Court, 1787-1831, retained by Hendrickson and Holmes; voting statistics for 1802 Congressional election in Monmouth County; undated return for a county election in Monmouth; letters and documents relating to horse breeding and racing in New Jersey, 1770-1843; documents relating to Middletown Academy, 1793-1808. Included are letters of:
| Samuel Breese | Aaron Ogden |
| Richard Cox | William Paterson (1745-1806) |
| Richard S. Hartshorne (1765-1833) | Samuel Quay |
| Robert Hartshorne | Jonathan Rhea |
| Daniel Hendrickson | John Saltar |
| John Henry | Garret Schank |
| John S. Holmes | Joseph Scudder |
| Joseph C. Hornblower | Richard Stockton (1764-1828) |
| John Kinsey | John Taylor |
| James Lake | Garret D. Wall |
| John Lawrence |
Parts of the Jonathan Holmes diary were
printed in: John E. Stillwell, Historical and Genealogical Miscellany: Early
Settlers of New Jersey and Their Descendants, 5 vols. (New York, 1903-1932),
3: 362-375.
Exchange, 1956.
The Holmes family of Middletown, Monmouth
County, New Jersey is descended from two brothers, Jonathan (1633-1713) and
Obadiah Holmes (b. 1644). The Holmes brothers along with their
brother-in-law, John Bowne (ca. 1630-1684), settled on land given to them by
their father, Reverend Obadiah Holmes (1606-1682). This land was part of
the 1666 Nicolls patent and was named Middletown. The Holmes tract was
later known as Freehold and then Baptistown and is now called Holmdel after the
family that first settled there.
Jonathan Holmes son, also named Jonathan
Holmes (1682-1766), settled on his fathers Monmouth County land and
married first Deliverance Ashton and later Rebecca Throckmorton (d. 1761), who
together gave him seven children.
John Holmes (1730-1804),
the third son of Jonathan Holmes (1682-1766) was born on July 27, 1730 to
Rebecca Throckmorton Holmes, and was sometimes referred to as John Holmes minor
or John Holmes Jr. As an adult, he was a yeoman; an overseer of the poor
for Monmouth County (1773); a Monmouth County delegate to the 1775 Provincial
Congress; a member of the Congress second session; and a deputy for Monmouth
County (1776). During the Revolutionary War he joined the Continental Army
eventually earning the rank of captain of the First Regiment – for which he
was forever after referred to as Captain John Holmes. Captain Holmes never
married and died in Monmouth County on March 26, 1804. His nephews,
Jonathan Holmes (d. 1814), John S. Holmes (1762-1821), and Joseph Holmes, acted
as the executors of his estate.
Samuel Holmes (1726-1769),
the youngest son of Rebecca Throckmorton and Jonathan Holmes (1682-1766) was
born on October 4, 1726. He was also a yeoman, and in 1745 married Mary
Stout, with whom he had nine children. He died on August 26, 1769.
Samuel and Mary Holmes youngest son, John
S. Holmes (1762-1821), was a merchant in Middletown, New Jersey. He
seems to have been involved with two firms, Holmes & Schenk from around
1795-1798, and John S. Holmes & Son with his son Daniel from around
1818-1820. John S. Holmes was also a trustee of nearby Middletown Academy
and possibly partners with his father-in-law Daniel Hendrickson (1736-ca. 1797)
in grist, saw, and fulling mills located in Tinton Falls, New Jersey. He
was also one of the executors of his father-in-laws estate. John S.
Holmes married Sarah Hendrickson (1767-1824) and with her had at five
children. He died on August 15, 1821
Daniel Holmes (1792-1851),
the eldest son of Sarah Hendrickson and John S. Holmes, was, like his father, a
merchant in Middletown, New Jersey. He entered into partnership with his
father in the firm John S. Holmes & Son and later was partners with Holmes
Van Mater (b. 1789) in the firm Van Mater & Holmes. Daniel Holmes was
postmaster at Tinton Falls, and sheriff of Monmouth County from 1828-1831.
He married Rhoda Van Mater and with her had seven children. Daniel Holmes
died in 1851.
Daniel Hendrickson (1736-ca. 1797),
Daniel Holmes maternal grandfather, was the son of Mary Longstreet (b. 1702)
and William Hendrickson (1709-1783), and the grandson of Catharine Van Dyke and
Daniel Hendrickson (1673-1728). This elder Daniel Hendrickson settled in
Monmouth County in 1700 and was the first Dutch sheriff of the county.
Daniel Hendrickson (1736-ca. 1797), owned the grist, saw, and fulling mills at
Tinton Falls, which previously belonged to Lewis Morris. In 1775, he was
one of Monmouth Countys delegates to the Provincial Congress and was a member
of its second session that same year. In July of 1776, he was appointed
colonel of the Third Battalion of Foot of the Monmouth County Militia and in
1777 participated in the Battle of Monmouth. He was possibly captured by
“Skinners Greens” in Tinton Falls around 1779.
Daniel Hendrickson also acted as the New
Jersey Gazettes distribution agent in Shrewsbury from 1777-1778, as a
member of New Jerseys General Assembly from 1782-1785, and as sheriff of
Monmouth County from 1788-1790. He married Catherine Van Brunt and with
her had six children: William, Elizabeth, William, Daniel (b. 1786), Mary, and
Sarah (1767-1824). Hendricksons daughter Sarah married the merchant
John S. Holmes.
See Holmes
Family Tree and Hendrickson Family Tree.
Sources:
Ellis, Franklin. History of Monmouth County, New Jersey (R. T. Peck & Co., Philadelphia, 1885).
Holmes Family File, The New Jersey Historical Society
Thornall, Jay W. The Holmes-Thornall Connection (Minute Press, Inc., Princeton, NJ: 1983).
Some of the documents in this collection
were purchased in 1956 and accessioned under the number M3086. The source
of the remainder of the items is unknown.
The Holmes Family Papers consist of
correspondence, indentures, Monmouth County sheriff papers, and receipts of
primarily Captain John Holmes (1730-1804), John S. Holmes (1762-1821), Daniel
Holmes (1792-1851), and Daniel Hendrickson (1736-ca. 1797). In addition
the collection contains Revolutionary War and Monmouth County documents. The
papers date from 1680-1905 with bulk dates of 1770-1850, measure 3.0 linear
feet, and have been organized into the following series: Series I. Captain John
Holmes (1730-1804); Series II. John S. Holmes (1762-1821); Series III. Daniel
Holmes (1792-1851); Series IV. Colonel Daniel Hendrickson (1736-ca. 1797);
Series V. Other Holmes Family Members; Series VI. Allied Families and Other
Individuals; Series VII. Revolutionary War Documents; and Series VIII. Monmouth
County Documents. Within each series the documents are arranged by type
and then by date. The exception to this is the correspondence and property
inventories which are arranged alphabetically.
Series Descriptions:
Series I. Captain John Holmes (1730-1804),
1750-1821
This series consists largely of the
receipts, accounts, and bills of Captain John Holmes, but also includes
correspondence, bonds, articles of agreement, estate papers, and a map of one of
Holmes meadows. This series dates from 1750-1821 though largely from the
eighteenth century.
Series II. John S. Holmes (1762-1821),
1787-1838
This series consists of the
correspondence; legal documents and contracts; and receipts, accounts, and bills
of John S. Holmes dating from 1787-1838 with bulk dates of 1795-1810. The
correspondence mostly deals with Holmes general stores and largely pertains
to supply orders and billing concerns with the New York City merchant firms of
O. & A. Bowne & Company, Snydam & Wyckoff, Duryee & Heyer, C.L.
Henderson, and James Hart & Company. The receipts also document Holmes
two mercantile businesses Holmes & Schenk and John S. Holmes & Son; his
support of the Middletown Academy; and the settlement of his estate. There
are also receipts signed by Samuel L. Southard (July 23, 1822), Garret D. Wall
(September 24, 1821 and January 30, 1823), and Richard Stockton (June 28, 1801
and April 20, 1813). Lastly, this series also contains a slave bill of
sale from 1806.
Series III. Daniel Holmes (1792-1851),
1818-1851
This series consists of the
correspondence, personal court papers, sheriffs papers, land indentures, and
financial documents of Daniel Holmes dating from 1818-1851. Of particular
interest are papers from Holmes time as sheriff (1828-1831), which include
two dockets, property inventories, and court orders. Holmess receipts
document his mercantile business in the firm Van Mater & Holmes and his
involvement in New Jersey horse breeding and racing, the latter of which is also
discussed in a letter from William Hurley.
Series IV. Colonel Daniel Hendrickson
(1736-ca. 1797), 1753-1863
This series consists of the
correspondence, indentures, sheriffs papers, and financial documents of
Daniel Hendrickson. These materials date from 1753-1863, but largely come
from the time period when Hendrickson served as high sheriff of Monmouth County
(1788-1791). The six folders of property inventories and vendue
(auction/sale) papers of various Monmouth County residents, as well as the five
folders of court orders, bills, and notices particularly detail Hendricksons
duties as sheriff, as does the majority of the correspondence. The
property inventories also document the personal belongings of Monmouth County
residents, which often at that time included slaves. The sheriffs
orders are mostly written and signed by Jonathan Rhea (1758-1815), who acted as
attorney and clerk of the Monmouth County Court of Common Pleas. The
orders from the Supreme Court of New Jersey were largely under the jurisdiction
of Joseph Bloomfield (1753-1823), the attorney general at the time, and written
by Elisha Boudinot (1749-1819), the clerk of the circuit court. This
series also contains receipts and bills from Daniel Hendricksons estate;
receipts which document Hendricksons involvement in horse breeding and
racing; indentures for the grist, saw, and fulling mills in Tinton Falls, New
Jersey; an indenture (1797) and promissory note (1822) of Hendrick Hendrickson;
and a true copy of General William Livingstons orders on August 13, 1776
concerning Colonels Taylor, Brearly, and Hendrickson of the Monmouth County
Militia.
Series V. Other Holmes Family Members,
1736-1899
This series dates from 1736-1899 and
contains documents from Asher and Sarah Holmes, John H. Holmes (fl. 1827-1854),
John S. Holmes (b. 1851), John W. Holmes (fl. 1827), Jonathan Holmes
(1682-1766), Jonathan Holmes (d. 1738), Jonathan Holmes (d. 1814), Joseph Holmes
(fl. 1772-1790), Joseph H. Holmes (d. 1892), Mary Holmes (fl. 1789), Obadiah
Holmes (fl. 1797), Samuel Holmes (1726-1769), and Samuel Holmes (fl.
1770-1803). The majority of the series consists of individual letters,
deeds, and receipts – of which a 1738 indenture of Jonathan Holmes (1682-1766)
for land in Middletown is the earliest.
Of particular interest in this series,
however, is the diary of Jonathan Holmes (d. 1738), Captain John Holmes
brother and John S. Holmes uncle. The diary dates from the year 1736/37-1738
and records the events of Holmes life in Middletown, New Jersey. Holmes
writes conversationally and often with a sense of humor. A typical entry
reads, “February 9th 1736/7 – I was at home a doing I know not
what except reading and continued so untill (sic) the twelfth.” While
Holmes passes many days reading history, he also notes such things as the
freeholders and justices meetings (for which he provides notes of the
actions passed), visits with family, and religious meetings. Throughout
the year he also follows the trial, conviction, and execution of a man charged
with rape (January 3, February 1, and May 26, 1736/37) and on January 28, 1836/7
notes that he “heard of a fashion that was in these parts to whip the
women.” On a lighter note, Holmes twice mentions his attendance at a
wedding and both times describes pranks played on the bridal couple on their
wedding night ending in the tradition of throwing the brides stocking (which
eventually led to todays throwing of the garter) (April 25 and July 12,
1737).
The diary ends with a few entries from
Jonathan Holmes trip to Ireland and, on the return, his stop in Barbados.
The last entry, dated April 7, 1838, documents his landing in Barbados, where he
soon died.
Series VI. Allied Families and Other
Individuals, 1680-ca. 1905
This series consists of documents from the
allied Bowne, Crawford, Schenck, and Stillwell families, in addition to
miscellaneous letters, wills, legal documents, and financial documents from
individuals not immediately related to the Holmes family. The documents
date from 1680-1905. Of note in this series are the Bowne family papers.
These largely consist of John Bowne (1700-1774) documents, including a letter
from Jno. Lawrence, a court summons, a petition also signed by Garret Schenck
(1671-1745) to Governor William Burnet (1687-1729), two true copies of
indentures, and a bond. There is also a 1680 letter to Captain Andrew
Bowne (1638-ca.1708) with sailing instructions, and a 1716 letter to Obadiah
Bowne (1666-1726) from John Saltar. The Crawford family papers in this
series largely consist of land deeds and bonds of William Crawford (fl.
1771-1795), John Crawford (fl. 1794-1818), John B. Crawford (fl. 1808), and
William I. Crawford (fl. 1827-1830).
The documents of the people not directly
related to the Holmes family include correspondence, wills, slave deeds of sale,
indentures, and receipts. The correspondence includes a series of letters
to Catherine Beers from James Lake (1847-1850); a letter from Josiah Hornblower
(1729-1809) to Mess. Blackwell and McFarlan (1805); and a letter from Hermann
Romünder to William H. Martin, the director of the Trenton, Lakewood, and
Atlantic Railway containing a printed advertisement for a convertible cable car
(ca. 1905). The sub-series also includes the wills of James Paul (1730),
Thomas Rudyard (1701), and Joseph Vanmater (1788 and 1790); and indentures of
Samuel Wardell, Jr., William Little, William Parker, John Willett, James Morris,
and William Gardon Forman. Of particular note are five slave bills of sale
(1755-1810) and the apprentice indenture of thirteen-year-old Margaret Robert
(1808).
Series VII. Revolutionary War Documents,
1776-1780
This series contains military documents
from the Revolutionary War period of 1776-1780. The items include muster rolls
and enlistment documents; lists of delinquent warrants; court martials; and a
list of provisions received by Colonel Isaac Smiths battalion of foot,
Hunterdon County Militia.
Series VIII. Monmouth County Documents,
1725-1827
This series contains government and court
documents from Monmouth County dating from 1725-1827, including election results
from the years 1800 and 1802, a Middletown Town Committee report, a declaration
from the deputies of Shrewsbury, and land surveys.
Manuscript Group 948, Monmouth
County Justice of the Peace Docket
Manuscript Group 1123, Monmouth County
Freeholders List (photocopy)
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
Series I. Captain John Holmes (1730-1804) |
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| 1 | 1 | Correspondence received | 1773-1780 |
| 1 | 2 | Estate papers | 1804-1816, n.d. |
| 1 | 3 | Bonds and articles of agreement | 1770-1789 |
| 1 | 4 | Receipts, accounts, and bills | 1750-1765 |
| 1 | 5 | Receipts, accounts, and bills | 1766-1771 |
| 1 | 6 | Receipts, accounts, and bills | 1772-1785 |
| 1 | 7 | Receipts, accounts, and bills | 1789-May 1798 |
| 1 | 8 | Receipts, accounts, and bills | June 1798-1801 |
| 1 | 9 | Receipts, accounts, and bills (includes estate financial documents) | 1802-1821, n.d. |
| 1 | 10 | Map of the meadow belonging to John Holmes and John Schank | 1762 |
Series II. John S. Holmes (1762-1821) |
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| 1 | 11 | Correspondence from A-C | 1794-1804 |
| 1 | 12 | Correspondence from D-F | 1796-1804 |
| 1 | 13 | Correspondence from H | 1797-1807 |
| 1 | 14 | Correspondence from O-R | 1798-1804, 1813 |
| 1 | 15 | Correspondence from S-W and unsigned | 1797-1806, 1821 |
| 1 | 16 | Correspondence written | 1795-1798 |
| 2 | 1 | Personal court documents | 1795-1822 |
| 2 | 2 | Indentures and articles of agreement | 1790-May 1806 |
| 2 | 3 | Indentures and articles of agreement | June 1806-1821, n.d. |
| 2 | 4 | Slave bill of sale: Jacob Lawrence sold “a certain Negro man named Abraham” to John S. Holmes | 1806 |
| 2 | 5 | Vendue list | 1818 |
| 2 | 6 | Bonds and promissory notes | 1789-1820 |
| 2 | 7 | Receipts, accounts, and bills | 1787-1796 |
| 2 | 8 | Receipts, accounts, and bills | 1797 |
| 2 | 9 | Receipts, accounts, and bills | 1798 |
| 2 | 10 | Receipts, accounts, and bills | 1799 |
| 2 | 11 | Receipts, accounts, and bills | 1800-1802 |
| 2 | 12 | Receipts, accounts, and bills | 1803-1805 |
| 2 | 13 | Receipts, accounts, and bills | 1806-1817 |
| 3 | 1 | Receipts, accounts, and bills (includes estate financial documents) | 1818-1838 |
| 3 | 2 | Receipts, accounts, and bills | n.d. |
| 3 | 3 | Holmes & Schenck – Receipts, bonds, and promissory notes | 1791-1796 |
| 3 | 4 | Middletown Academy – Receipts and agreements | 1793-1808, n.d. |
Series III. Daniel Holmes (1792-1851) |
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| 3 | 5 | Correspondence | 1825-1851 |
| 3 | 6 | Personal court documents | 1847, n.d. |
| 3 | 7 | Common pleas docket | 1823-1824, 1828 |
| 3 | 8 | Sheriff’s docket (loose items in next folder) | 1828-1831 |
| 3 | 9 | Loose items from sheriffs docket | 1830-1845 |
| 3 | 10 | Sheriff’s docket | 1828-1831 |
| 4 | 1 | Sheriff’s inventories and orders | 1828-1843 |
| 4 | 2 | Indentures and bonds | 1823-1843 |
| 4 | 2 | Map of a lot of land purchased by Daniel Holmes | November 5, 1848 |
| 4 | 3 | Receipts, accounts, and bills | 1818-1841 |
| 4 | 4 | Receipts, accounts, and bills | 1842-1850, n.d. |
| 4 | 5 | Van Mater & Holmes – Receipts | 1818-1826, 1843 |
| 4 | 6 | Horse racing – Deed of sale and receipt | 1846, n.d. |
Series IV. Colonel Daniel Hendrickson (1736-ca. 1797) |
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| 4 | 7 | Correspondence from A-D | 1789-1796 |
| 4 | 8 | Correspondence from E-P | 1777-1796 |
| 4 | 9 | Correspondence from Q-R | 1771-1792, n.d. |
| 4 | 10 | Correspondence from S | 1787-1795 |
| 4 | 11 | Correspondence from T | 1788-1799 |
| 4 | 12 | Correspondence from V-W | 1773-1796 |
| 4 | 13 | Correspondence written | 1775, 1787 |
| 4 | 14 | True copy of General William Livingston’s orders on August 13, 1776 concerning Colonel Taylor, Brearley, and Hendrickson of the Monmouth County Militia |
n.d. |
| 4 | 15 | Indentures (includes bill of sale for a race horse, 3/20/1790) | 1753-1791 |
| 4 | 16 | Indentures (includes contracts with John S. Holmes) | 1792-1798 |
| 4 | 17 | Bonds | 1765-1791 |
| 4 | 18 | Personal court documents | 1789-1809 |
| 5 | 1 | Sheriff’s orders, bills, and notices – Monmouth County Court of Common Pleas | 1786-1789 |
| 5 | 2 | Sheriff’s orders, bills, and notices – Monmouth County Court of Common Pleas | January-April 1790 |
| 5 | 3 | Sheriff’s orders, bills, and notices – Monmouth County Court of Common Pleas | May 1790-1797, n.d. |
| 5 | 4 | Sheriff’s orders, bills, and notices – New Jersey Supreme Court | 1787-1792 |
| 5 | 5 | Sheriff”s orders, bills, and notices – New Jersey Supreme Court, signed by Joseph Bloomfield, Attorney General | 1788-1790 |
| 5 | 6 | Sheriffs inventories and vendue papers: A-B | 1788-1794 |
| 5 | 7 | Sheriffs inventories and vendue papers: C-D | 1788-1793, 1798 |
| 5 | 8 | Sheriffs inventories and vendue papers: E-H | 1767, 1783-1799 |
| 5 | 9 | Sheriffs inventories and vendue papers: J-P | 1787-1792 |
| 5 | 10 | Sheriffs inventories and vendue papers: R-T | 1788-1796 |
| 5 | 11 | Sheriffs inventories and vendue papers: V-W | 1784-1792 |
| 5 | 12 | Personal court/legal documents | 1787-1799 |
| 5 | 13 | Promissory notes | 1770-1797 |
| 5 | 14 | Receipts, accounts, and bills | 1771-1789 |
| 5 | 15 | Receipts, accounts, and bills | 1790-1795 |
| 5 | 16 | Receipts, accounts, and bills | 1796-1863, n.d. |
| 5 | 17 | Hendrick Hendrickson. Indenture and promissory note | 797, 1822 |
Series V. Other Holmes Family Members |
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Asher and Sarah Holmes |
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| 6 | 1 | Indenture | August 27, 1799 |
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John H. Holmes (fl. 1845-1854) |
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| 6 | 1 | Indentures (3) | 1845, 1850, 1854 |
| 6 | 1 | Receipts | 1827-1836 |
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John S. Holmes (b. 1851) |
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| 6 | 1 | Letter from Mary Holmes Rue | February 21, 1899 |
| 6 | 1 | Letter from Lydia H. Schenck-Conover | January 21, 1899 |
| 6 | 1 | Agreement with Joseph H. Holmes (d. 1892) | March 12, 1887 |
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John W. Holmes |
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| 6 | 1 | Sheriffs deed | February 1, 1827 |
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Jonathan Holmes (1682-1766) |
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| 6 | 2 | Land surveys (copies of 1750 surveys) and court decision on division of land | n.d., 1781 |
| 6 | 3 | Indenture | 1738 |
| 6 | 4 | Receipts, accounts, and bills | 1745/6-1776 |
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Jonathan Holmes (d. 1738) |
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| 6 | 5 | Diary | 1736/37-1738 |
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Jonathan Holmes (d. 1814) |
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| 6 | 6 | Statement concerning inventory of property | January 10, 1816 |
| 6 | 6 | Summons to executors | April 1821 |
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Joseph Holmes (fl. 1772-1790) |
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| 6 | 6 | Contract, witness | August 15, 1772 |
| 6 | 6 | Indenture | January 1, 1790 |
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Joseph H. Holmes (d. 1892) |
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| 6 | 6 | Letter from Frederick Miller | April 27, 1863 |
| 6 | 6 | Letter from Al Shemo | July 1865 |
| 6 | 6 | Letter from D. (Ellis?) | January 26, 1854 |
| 6 | 6 | Conditions of real estate sale | January 21, 1852 |
| 6 | 6 | Indenture | March 4, 1852 |
| 6 | 6 | Receipts | 1843-1879, n.d, |
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Mary Holmes |
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| 6 | 6 | Release of dower | March 7, 1789 |
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Obadiah Holmes |
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| 6 | 6 | Summons by executors | October 21, 1797 |
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Samuel Holmes (1726-1769) |
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| 6 | 7 | Indentures and articles of agreement | 1756-1769 |
| 6 | 8 | Bonds and promissory notes | 1753-1769 |
| 6 | 9 | Receipts and accounts | 1754-1770, n.d. |
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Samuel Holmes (fl. 1770-1803) |
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| 6 | 10 | Receipts and promissory notes | 1770-1803, n.d. |
Series VI. Allied Families and Other Individuals |
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John Bowne (1700-1774) |
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| 6 | 11 | Letter from Jno. Lawrence | 1756 |
| 6 | 11 | Court summons | 1747 |
| 6 | 11 | Petition with Garret Schenck (1671-1745) to Governor William Burnet (1687-1729) | 1727/28 |
| 6 | 11 | Indenture with John Stout, 1689 (true copy) | n.d. |
| 6 | 11 | Indenture with Joshua Gifford, 1767 (true copy) | n.d. |
| 6 | 11 | Bonded to Benjamin Borden | 1712 |
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Bowne Family |
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| 6 | 12 | Captain Andrew Bowne (1638-ca.1708). Letter with sailing instructions | April 9, 1680 |
| 6 | 12 | Obadiah Bowne (1666-1726). Letter from John Saltar | April 25, 1716 |
| 6 | 12 | O & A Bowne. Receipts | 1798-1799 |
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Crawford Family |
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| 6 | 13 | Indenture: Thomas Willett and John Willett to William Crawford | July 15, 1771 |
| 6 | 13 | Indenture: William Crawford (torn) | May 1, 1772 |
| 6 | 13 | Indenture: John and Elisabeth Morris to William Crawford | May 27, 1789 |
| 6 | 13 | Indenture: William and Rebecca Crawford and Robert and Esther White to John Crawford | March 24, 1795 |
| 6 | 13 | Indenture: Garat Morford to John Crawford | April 25, 1803 |
| 6 | 13 | Indenture: Samuel Stevenson to John B. Crawford | March 26, 1808 |
| 6 | 13 | Indenture: Samuel Smith to John Crawford | December 25, 1815 |
| 6 | 13 | Indenture: Samuel and Rachel Burt to John Crawford | January 15, 1818 |
| 6 | 13 | Indenture: William I. Crawford to Samuel Smith | September 23, 1827 |
| 6 | 13 | Indenture: Jonathan Smith to William I. Crawford | November 1, 1830 |
| 6 | 13 | Indenture: Holmes Conover to Reeliff Crawford | March 7, 1853 |
| 6 | 14 | Bond: William Crawford bound to Ann Waddell | July 14, 1766 |
| 6 | 14 | Bond: William Morris bound to William Crawford | February 12, 1787 |
| 6 | 14 | Bond: Robert Hervey bound to John Crawford | October 15, 1794 |
| 6 | 14 | Bond: Samuel Stevenson bound to John B. Crawford | March 26, 1808 |
| 6 | 14 | Account: Elizabeth Crawford | n.d. |
| 6 | 14 | Order: John Crawford | August 15, 1798 |
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Schenck Family and Schenk & Co. |
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| 6 | 15 | Receipts | 1797-1823, n.d. |
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Hendrick H. Smock (d. 1841) |
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| 6 | 16 | Receipts | 1839-1847 |
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Stillwell Family |
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| 6 | 17 | Letter to Jestes (sic) Stilwell, Cornell Henderson, and Mr. Nolt (?) from James Mount | n.d. |
| 6 | 17 | Letter regarding the illegal sale of liquor, signed by R. Schenck, Jos. Stillwell, and Daniel Ketchum | April 21, 1796 |
| 6 | 18 | Court statements: William Taylor and John Longstreet, witnessed by Jos. Stillwell | June 12, 1787 |
| 6 | 18 | Indenture: Caleb and Nelly Stilwell to Garret Stilwell | May 6, 1801 |
| 6 | 18 | Indenture: Obediah Stillwell to Jeams (sic) G. Crawford | April 1821 |
| 6 | 19 | Receipts | 1803-1806, n.d. |
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Miscellaneous people |
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| 6 | 20 | Letters: to Catherine Beers from James Lake | 1847-1850 |
| 6 | 21 | Letter: to Mess. Blackwell & McFarlan from Josiah Hornblower (1729-1809) | March 30, 1805 |
| 6 | 21 | Letter: to Daniel Ellis from Roland Gelston | February 28, 1843 |
| 6 | 21 | Letter: to William H. Martin, Director of the Trenton, Lakewood, and Atlantic Railway, from Hermann Romünder (contains only a printed advertisement for a convertible cable car) |
ca. 1905 |
| 6 | 21 | Letter: to N.S. Rue from P.I. (?) Phillips | February 13, 1850 |
| 6 | 21 | Letter: to Jacob Tice from ( ) | ca. 1795 |
| 6 | 21 | Letter to: Joseph (Venk?) from Sarah Bostwick | December 29, 1806 |
| 6 | 21 | Letters (3): to “Uncle” from M. Van Brunt | 1850-1851, n.d. |
| 6 | 21 | Letter: to ( ) from Aaron T. Whitney | November 25, 1824 |
| 6 | 21 | Letter: to ( ) from ( ) | n.d. |
| 6 | 22 | Poetry | n.d. |
| 6 | 23 | Will: James Paul of Middletown | October 10, 1730 |
| 6 | 23 | Will: Thomas Rudyard, copy of Dec. 7, 1685 will | 1701 |
| 6 | 23 | Will: Joseph Vanmater (1710-1792) | October 1788 |
| 6 | 23 | Will: Joseph Vanmater (1710-1792) | August 28, 1790 |
| 6 | 24 | Power of Attorney: John Estall to Nicholas Winnant | October 6, 1785 |
| 6 | 24 | Slave deeds of sale | 1755-1810 |
| – Peter Winne sells “a Negro man named Harry to Jonathan Sergeant | 1755 | ||
| – Jedidiah Freeman and Abijah Harrison sell “a certain Negro man named Harry” to Caleb Wheeler | 1785 | ||
| – Daniel Smith sells “a certain Negro boy named Jacob” to William Egbert | 1803 | ||
| – Marsalas Van Guisen sell a “black man called Joe” to Benjamin Coe (receipt for $280) | 1810 | ||
| 6 | 24 | Apprentice indenture of Margaret Robert | September 25, 1808 |
| 6 | 25 | Indenture: William Coxe, Richard Saltar, and Robert Lettice Hopper to John Cornell | August 14, 1756 |
| 6 | 25 | Indenture: Joseph Fleaman to David Knott | August 19, 1771 |
| 6 | 25 | Indenture: Samuel Wardell, Jr. to William Tapscott, Jr. | July 7, 1780 |
| 6 | 25 | Indenture: Elizabeth and Joseph West, Jr. to William Little | April 14, 1783 |
| 6 | 25 | Indenture: William Parker to John Brinley, Jr. | June 15, 1795 |
| 6 | 25 | Indenture: John Willett to James Morris | April 17, 1798 |
| 6 | 25 | Indenture: William Gardon Forman, Esq. to William Rossell, Esq., Thomas Newbold, and Michael Taylor | July 15, 1801 |
| 6 | 25 | Indenture: Derick and Alche Sutphen and John and Mary Wickoff to Hendrick Longstreet | April 15, 1805 |
| 6 | 25 | Indenture: John Nowlen, executor of William Bonnet to William Lloyd | June 19, 1816 |
| 6 | 25 | Indenture: Peter Smock to George Smock, Jr. | April 6, 1824 |
| 6 | 25 | Indenture: Theodore F. Talbot to Charles N. Bancker (?) | April 8, 1825 |
| 6 | 25 | Indenture: Torn | n.d. |
| 6 | 26 | Receipts, bills, and accounts | 1754-1795 |
| 7 | 1 | Receipts, bills, and accounts | 1796-1818 |
| 7 | 2 | Receipts, bills, and accounts | 1819-1864 |
| 7 | 3 | Receipts, bills, and accounts | n.d. |
| 7 | 4 | Receipts, bills, and accounts | n.d. |
Series VII. Revolutionary War Documents |
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| 7 | 5 | Muster rolls and enlistment documents | 1778-1780, n.d. |
| 7 | 6 | Lists of delinquent warrants | 1778-1780, n.d. |
| 7 | 7 | Court martials | 1780 |
| 7 | 8 | Provisions received by Col. Isaac Smith’s battalion of foot, Hunterdon County Militia | September-October 1776
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Series VIII. Monmouth County Documents |
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| 7 | 9 | Election results | ca. 1800, 1802 |
| 7 | 10 | Middletown Town Committee report | December 28, 1822 |
| 7 | 10 | Deputies of Shrewsbury declaration to the Monmouth County Committee | May 15, 1775 |
| 7 | 11 | Land surveys | 1725, 1827, n.d. |
| 7 | 12 | Miscellaneous Monmouth County Court documents | 1773-1830, n.d. |
| 7 | 13 | Blank legal forms | n.d. |
Rev. Obadiah Holmes (ca. 1606-1682) = Katherine Hyde
(10 children)
Lydia Holmes = Capt. John Bowne (ca. 1630-1684)
Obadiah Holmes (b. 1644)
Jonathan Holmes (1633-1713) = Sarah Borden (b. 1644)
(9 children)
Obadiah Holmes (1666/67-1745) = Alice Ashton (1671-1716)
Jonathan Holmes (1682-1766) = Deliverance Ashton, Rebecca Throckmorton (d. 1761)
Jonathan Holmes (d. 1738)
Deliverance Holmes = Peter Bowne
Sarah Holmes = John Throckmorton
Joseph Holmes (1722-1738)
Captain John Holmes (1730-1804), unmarried
Rebeckah Holmes (1734-1757) = Gilbert Tice
Samuel Holmes (1726-1769) = Mary Stout
Jonathan Holmes (d. 1814) = Anna Schenck, no children
Lydia Holmes = Garret Stillwell
Parmelia Holmes = John Stillwell
Stout Holmes = Elizabeth Pintard, 2) Mary (Osborne) Bray
Catharine Holmes = Nathan Stout
Samuel Holmes
Joseph Holmes = Nellie Schenck
Elisha Holmes
John S. Holmes (1762-1821) = Sarah Hendrickson (1767-1824)
Mary Holmes = Albert Van Brunt
Catharine Holmes = Daniel H. Ellis
Emma Holmes = George Taylor
Eleanor Holmes = Charles Hasbrouck
Daniel Holmes (1792-1851) = Rhoda Van Mater
Huldah Holmes (b. 1815) = Joseph Holmes Longstreet
Catharine Holmes (b. 1817) = John W. Ely
John S. Holmes (1819-1820)
Sarah Holmes (1821-1822)
Maria Louisa Holmes (b. 1826) = Ely Conover
Sarah Holmes (b. 1829) = Ruloff P. Smock
Joseph H. Holmes (d. 1892) = Ann Crawford (d. 1894)
Carrie C. Holmes
John S. Holmes (b. 1851)
Daniel Holmes
Lizzie Holmes
Hendrick Hendrickson = Gisseltie Albertse Bradt Van Echelen
Daniel Hendrickson (1673-1728) = Catharine Van Dyke
(11 children)
Teuntje (Catharine) Hendrickson = Jonathan Holmes
William Hendrickson (1709-1783) = Mary Longstreet (b. 1702)
Col. Daniel Hendrickson (1736-ca. 1797) = Catharine Van Brunt
William Hendrickson
Elizabeth Hendrickson
William Hendrickson
Daniel D. Hendrickson (b. 1786)
Mary Hendrickson
Sarah Hendrickson (1767-1824) = John S. Holmes (1762-1821)
Processed by Kim Charlton, November 2000 as part of the “Farm to
City” project funded by a grant from the National Historical Publications
and Records Commission.
