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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

Summary:

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.

Biographical Note:

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 Nicoll’s 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 father’s 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-law’s 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 County’s 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 "Skinner’s Greens" in Tinton Falls around 1779.

Daniel Hendrickson also acted as the New Jersey Gazette’s distribution agent in Shrewsbury from 1777-1778, as a member of New Jersey’s 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). Hendrickson’s 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).

Provenance Note:

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.

Scope and Content Note:

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, sheriff’s 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. Holmes’s 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, sheriff’s 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 Hendrickson’s 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 sheriff’s 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 Hendrickson’s estate; receipts which document Hendrickson’s 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 Livingston’s 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 9^th 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 bride’s stocking (which eventually led to today’s 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 Smith’s 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.

Related Collections:

Manuscript Group 948, Monmouth County Justice of the Peace Docket

Manuscript Group 1123, Monmouth County Freeholders List (photocopy)

Box/Folder List:

Box	Folder	Title	Dates
Series I. Captain John Holmes (1730-1804)
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)
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)
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 sheriff’s 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)
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	Sheriff’s inventories and vendue papers: A-B	1788-1794
5	7	Sheriff’s inventories and vendue papers: C-D	1788-1793, 1798
5	8	Sheriff’s inventories and vendue papers: E-H	1767, 1783-1799
5	9	Sheriff’s inventories and vendue papers: J-P	1787-1792
5	10	Sheriff’s inventories and vendue papers: R-T	1788-1796
5	11	Sheriff’s 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	1797, 1822
Series V. Other Holmes Family Members
	Asher and Sarah Holmes
6	1	Indenture	August 27, 1799
	John H. Holmes (fl. 1845-1854)
6	1	Indentures (3)	1845, 1850, 1854
6	1	Receipts	1827-1836
	John S. Holmes (b. 1851)
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
	John W. Holmes
6	1	Sheriff’s deed	February 1, 1827
	Jonathan Holmes (1682-1766)
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
	Jonathan Holmes (d. 1738)
6	5	Diary	1736/37-1738
	Jonathan Holmes (d. 1814)
6	6	Statement concerning inventory of property	January 10, 1816
6	6	Summons to executors	April 1821
	Joseph Holmes (fl. 1772-1790)
6	6	Contract, witness	August 15, 1772
6	6	Indenture	January 1, 1790
	Joseph H. Holmes (d. 1892)
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,
	Mary Holmes
6	6	Release of dower	March 7, 1789
	Obadiah Holmes
6	6	Summons by executors	October 21, 1797
	Samuel Holmes (1726-1769)
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.
	Samuel Holmes (fl. 1770-1803)
6	10	Receipts and promissory notes	1770-1803, n.d.
Series VI. Allied Families and Other Individuals
	John Bowne (1700-1774)
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
	Bowne Family
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
	Crawford Family
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
	Schenck Family and Schenk & Co.
6	15	Receipts	1797-1823, n.d.
	Hendrick H. Smock (d. 1841)
6	16	Receipts	1839-1847
	Stillwell Family
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.
	Miscellaneous people
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
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
Series VIII. Monmouth County Documents
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.

Holmes Family Tree:

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

Hendrickson Family Tree:

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.

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