Ocean County , NJ History

New Jersey Courier 5 Oct 1876 Bass River has changed very little, during the last decade; yet increased attention to agriculture is manifest on every hand. Pretty farms, neat residences, and school houses that will compare favorably with localities much more pretentious, give evidence that the population is at once intelligent and industrious. The school house, associated with which are so many tender memories of lessons conned, and extreme elementary ideas worked in by the aid of old fashioned licking stimulators, seemed as of old, though, wearing a more modern appearance and a more euphoneous name than "Frogtown Schoolhouse." Miss Eva Robinson, a lady of desirable properties, is the present teacher, and I understand is doing a good work educationally. "Mr. Mark Adams has charge of the New Gretna school. Of course, we can say nothing about what he will accomplish until he has been at work for some time, but we know that his intelligence is sufficient to bring up his s...

Persons Who Died, Year Ending June 1st, 1850 From the Federal Census Washington Township, Burlington County, New Jersey Name Age Place of Birth Date of Death Length of Illness Cause of Death Marital Status Cranmer, Catherine 40 New York April, 1850 1 day Married Cavileer, Elizabeth 25 March 1850 1 year consumption married Cove, Susanna 6 days April 1850 3 days single Van Zandt, Charles A. 3 mos. July 1849 1 day catarrh single St. Clair, Margaret W. 31 April 1850 3 weeks measles married Brown, Sarah 41 Wattson, rachel 85 August 1849 8 mos. Pthisis widow Bird, Rachel 4 Nov 1849 catarrh single Cline, Emeline 5 August 1849 Billious fever single Mickle, Hannah 25 Sep 1849 consumption married Scull, Catherine 11 mos July 1849 bowels single Cavileer, Anna M. 10 mos. July 1849 rash single Sooy, Noah 47...

Persons Who Died Year Ending June 1st 1860 Washington Township, Burlington County, New Jersey From the Federal Census Name Age Date of Death Cause of Death Length of Illness Occupation Jackson, Enoch 3 March 1860 Catarrh on breast 4 days Jervis, Susanna 7 June 1859 fits 4 days Loyd, William 9 mos July 1859 fits 4 days Hankins, Margaret 20 January 1860 consumption 1 year Hughes, Sarah E. 8 mos February 1860 Billious Fever 9 days Gough, Isaac 1 mo. July 1859 dropsy 3 days Sooy, Rebecca A. 10 Nov 1859 Typhoid fever 9 days Thompson, Theodore 50 June 1859 accident (fell) 1 day laborer Reed, Henry 34 May 1860 inflammation of lungs 10 days Pool, Chas. A. 4 April 1860 maw worms 6 mos Sheppard, Abigail 53 April 1860 consumption 9 days Rumford, Mary 6 days October 1859 disease unknown ...

Tuckerton Beacon 4 Mar 1920 Capt. Jesse R. Cavileer, of Egg Harbor, formerly of Lower Bank, has announced the engagement of his daughter, Jessie and Mr. Harry C. Pittinger, of Camden

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 ...