Ocean County , NJ History

Woodward provides a map of this area, presumably from about the time of his book's publication (1883), showing the tracts of land and who owned them on the Brotherton tract. Lot # Owner 1 William Branin 2 Gersham Perquite 3 Amos Wilkins 4 Amos Wilkins 5 Charles ??? 6 Samuel Reeves 7 Samuel Reeves 8 John Burd, then Thomas Wilkins 9 John McAllister 10 Joshua Stokes 11 Joshua Stokes 12 Joshua Stokes 13 Wm. Griffith 14 Josiah Foster 15 Japhet Garwood 16 John Taylers 17 Josiah Reeves 18 Francis Prickett 19 John Troth 20 Stacy Haines 21 Stacy Haines 22 Job Peacock 23 Job Peacock 24 Arthur Thompson 25 John Troth 26 Barzila Branin 27 Isaac Wilkins 28 George Painter 29 George Painter 30 Stephen Cunningham 31 Stephen Cunningham 32 John Groom (?) 33 John Piper 34 Solomon Parker

The following description of Brotherton was found in Edwin Salter's history of Ocean and Monmouth counties: "The last remnant of the Indians who frequented Old Monmouth, had their principal settlement at a place called Edge Pillock, about three miles from Atsion in Burlington County, from whence they removed to Oneida Lake, New York, 1802. Before their removal, members of this tribe with their families would visit the shore once a year and spend some time fishing, oystering, making baskets, etc. The most noted among the Indians who regularly visited the shore were Charles Moluss, his wife, and wife's sister, who bore the euphonious names of Bash and Suke, among the ancient residents of old Stafford Township, but in Little Egg Harbor, Burlington County, where they also were frequent visitors, Moluss' wife was known as Batsheba and considered as a kind of Indian Queen, on account of the great respect shown to her by her people and by the Quakers of Burlington, because...