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From: "Dane Coefer" <>
Subject: [NJHUNTER] Early officers of Amwell
Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 09:57:50 -0800


>From Snell:

The officers of Amwell township for 1723, as appears by the court records, etc., at Flemington, were
George Green and Samuel Cook, Freeholders; Samuel Green, "'Sessor"; John Knowles, Collector;
David Howell and Thomas Windor, Commissioners of Highways.

In 1724, George Green and John Holcombe were chosen freeholders; in 1725, David Howell and Daniel
Robins, Freeholders; John Manners, "'Sessor"; John Holcombe, Collector; Jacob Stull and Henry Ketcham,
Commisioners of Highways; John Holcombe and Jerome Vanorst, Overseers of the Poor. March 14, 1726,
John Holcombe and Duncan Oliphant, Freeholders; Daniel Sebring and David Stout, Commissioners of
Highways; Samuel Green Assessor; John Holcombe, Collector.

In July, 1727, it was "ordered by the court that the officers of Amwell stand as they were last year," and
in March, 1828, the court made a similar order. It would appear that the court appointed the officers of
Amwell township at that time, and continued to do so until about 1734.

Officers appointed March 11, 1729, for Amwell: John Manners, Assessor; Samuel Green, Collector; John
Knowles, Overseer of the Poor; Resolve Waldron and Henry Ketcham, Surveyors of the Roads; William
Miller, Constable.

In May, 1730, the Court of Hunterdon County appointed the following officers for Amwell: Henry Ketcham
and George Fox, Surveyors of the Roads; John Manners, Assessor; Peter Lomas, Collector; David Stout, Sr.,
Overseer of the Poor; Samuel Furman, Constable.

In March, 1734, occurs the first mention of a town-meeting held in Amwell and officers chosen. The following-
named were elected: Thomas Ketcham, Henry Ketcham, Freeholders; Samuel Green, Assessor; Philip Ringo,
Collector; Rudolph Harley, Constable; Samuel Barns, Deputy Constable; John Holcombe and Joseph Hixon,
Surveyors of the Roads; Samuel Green, Township Clerk.

March, 1735, the assessor and collector were re-elected, but there was a change in the other offices,--viz.,
John Reading and Joseph Hixon, Commissioners of Highways; Samuel Stout and Samuel Hall, Freeholders;
Johannis Moor, Constable.


Dane Coefer
Ashland, Oregon
Researching the Manners Family of Amwell
http://www.geocities.com/dane97520/DaneHome.html


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