Ocean County , NJ History

New Jersey Courier 27 Aug 1903

Here are the 1st 21 families on the census for Chester Township: Hse# Fam# Name Age Birth Occupation Personal Estate Real Estate 1 1 Samuel Runold 33 NJ Farmer $1000 Elizabeth Runold 30 NJ Keeping House Edward Runold 10 NJ 2 2 William Boyar 33 NJ laborer Kate Boyar 41 NJ Emma Boyar 4 mos. NJ Sarah Hargady 5 NJ Charles Taylor 46 NJ laborer Anne (?) Taylor 41 NJ Keeping house Daniel Taylor 17 NJ Maria Taylor 22 NJ Emma Taylor 3 NJ Charles H. Taylor 2 PA 3 3 Job N. Clevenger 41 NJ farmer $4000 Abigail Clevenger 30 NJ Sarah Clevenger 10 NJ Sarah E. Shinn 19 NJ servant Elmer E. Higgins 8 NJ 4

New Jersey Courier 17 Sep 1903 The trial of CHARLES BENNETT, of Tuckerton, for the murder of MRS. MARY A . DARBY on the morning of Christmas Day, was begun before Justice BENNETT VAN SYCKEL at ten o'clock Monday morning. For the state, Prosecutor BROWN was aided by I.W. CARMICHAEL of Toms River, EDMUND WILSON of Red Bank, and SAMUEL A. PATTERSON of Asbury Park defending Bennett. It took but an hour and fifteen minutes to secure a jury, the defence exhausting its twenty peremptory challenges for cause being allowed the defence by the court, and the State using seven challenges. The jury consists of : J. WESLEY BREWER, electrician, Lakewood WALTER C. HYDE, carpenter, Lakewood WILLIAM T. GIBERSON, lumber dealer, Toms River PETER Y. VEEDER, farmer, Bayville CHARLES WILLIAMS, farmer, Forked River SAMUEL BROCKWAY, farmer, Bayville GEORGE W. ANDERSON, laborer, Point Pleasant CLARENCE HARDY, undertaker, Point Pleasant CHARLES STOUT, farmer, Cedar Creek JOHN W. WHITE, mason, Whit

The following is paraphrased from E.M. Woodward's History of Burlington County, published in 1883. Robert Allen of Shrewsbury came to Little Egg Harbor in 1716, and married Edith Andrews, daughter of Edward Andrews, of Tuckerton. They were wed in the Friends meetinghouse in that town, and it is said they were only the second couple ever wed there. Where he settled seems in some dispute; Woodward believed he settled on the west side of Wading River, while others believe he settled at Bass River. He purchased land and took up farming. His children were: Edward Allen. He married Rachel, daughter of John Cranmer,Sr., of Bass River. They had: Charles Allen Simeon Allen Edward Allen John Allen Edith Allen Mercy Allen Sarah Allen Kesiah Allen Phoebe Allen Edith Allen Peter Allen, "Like Nimrod of old, was a great hunter, and lost his life in consequence of his love for the chase. Sometimes he went a considerable distance from home for the purpose of killing deer, and